This week, the Sequoia Park Zoo will finally detonate a massive fuzzy, red, cute bomb on the citizens of Humboldt County. After over a year of jumping through accreditation hoops, fundraising and habitat construction, red panda brothers Shifu and Sumo will make their North Coast debut on Friday. Let me kill the suspense for you […]
Andrew Goff
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Days of Swauger
There’s no way of predicting when you’ll find yourself watching Access Humboldt. It’s not an activity one plans in advance. But on occasion, some “show” may lure in a channel surfing-passerby with the promise of giving you a “guess what I saw” conversational item to pass on at your next gathering. That’s what I’m doing […]
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The Big Two-Oh
It was 20 years ago today… uh, 20 years ago this year anyway… As you may have noticed in our pages in recent weeks, the North Coast Journal, founded in 1990, turns 20 this year. As far as decade-rounded birthdays go, for humans, 20 is kinda weak when compared to the life-crisis causing 30, 40 […]
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Tapping the Fuzzy Market
To an artist in today’s music industry, finding your voice and your demographic is key to sustaining a career. But with so many different avenues available to the consumer to find new sounds, more people are likely to indulge unique tastes, and as a result there are fewer and fewer artists that enjoy huge success […]
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Magnum/Zepparella
Was there a better way to end a day of sun, oysters and beer? Doubtful. Humboldtians lucky enough to have snagged tickets packed the Arcata Theatre Lounge for a sold out, post-Oyster festival double-bill featuring the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella and local ’80s metal killers Magnum. One thing was for sure: Eardrums would […]
Posted inArt Walks + Festivals
Ferndale vs. McKinleyville
It can be hard to get Humboldtians out of their houses at night. OK, there’s some good stuff on TV, I get it. But if you’re like me, during your once a month pilgrimage to Arts Alive! in Old Town, you find yourself saying, “They should do this more often.” Businesses open late, people walking […]
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Open Up
You spent all afternoon picking and strumming, tinkering with the words, sacrificing meaning for rhyme, making the scansion flow just right. Had to axe that third verse. It had some good moments, but you gotta be succinct in this game, baby. Leave ’em wanting more. And now… yes, this is a good one, you can […]
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Converted to Apatow
Previews It’s back to the ’80s this weekend, with two major openings based on cultural touchstones from that era. The A-Team updates the kitschy ’80s TV series about rebellious commandos turned mercenaries. The new cast has Liam Neeson as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith (the George Peppard role), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, Alias) as Lt. Templeton […]