There is no backstage at the Reggae Trial.And while it follows the same sort of rules and general form, the legal proceeding is not a traditional trial, civil or otherwise. The Hon. James Warren, a retired judge from San Francisco, presided over the first portion of the hearing, which ran from Jan. 28-Feb. 6 in […]
Bob Doran
Freelance photographer and writer, Arts and Entertainment editor from 1997 to 2013.
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His name is Tilmann Otto, but he’s best known as Gentleman , the No. 1 reggae performer in Germany. He was born and raised in Cologne, the cultural center of the Rhineland — not exactly a place that comes to mind in connection with reggae. "There’s a big scene there," says Gentleman, who is in […]
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Alpha Blondy cancels tour / Gregory Isaacs replaces him in Arcata
African reggae star Alpha Blondy , who had been scheduled to perform at the Arcata Community Center next Sunday, Feb. 24 , has canceled the remaining dates of his American tour. An inquiry to the producers of the Ragga Muffins Festivals , a series of concerts planned for the West Coast featuring the singer from […]
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Bandemonium!
We’ll start by forgiving the fact that the Mardi Gras/Carnaval Blow-Out and Dance Extravaganza coming up this weekend is on a Saturday, even though Mardi is French for Tuesday. Who wants to (or has time to) party on a Tuesday, what with work and all, even if it is Fat Tuesday? And we’ll overlook the […]
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Be It Hereby Proclaimed: Rep. Mike is down with the weed
This just in: Proclamation “To be presented @ 11 AM today at Mike’s office on 3rd and D street in Eurkea (sic).” PROCLAMATION of Congressperson Mike Thompson’s Awareness and Support of Medical Cannabis. Whereas Americans for Safe Access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal […]
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Chron weighs in on Palco bankruptcy
The bright side of bankruptcy — from Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle editorial page: Redwood wrangle – It may be a new day for logging The fabled Pacific Lumber redwood company is teetering in a billion-dollar bankruptcy in a Texas courtroom, some 1,800 miles from its foggy stands of primeval trees near Humboldt Bay. It may […]
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In Pursuit of Happiness
He’s the master of the psychedelic funk he branded funkadelic, the spacey Captain of the Mothership. With James gone, you could say George Clinton is the funkiest man on Earth. The music he made with various iterations of his bands Parliament and Funkadelic was sampled left, right and sideways to become the basis of hip […]
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Long Distance Encounter with George Clinton
He’s a man who needs no introduction, so I won’t say much. My conversation with George Clinton ranged far and wide, from his legal affairs to the history of Parliament-Funkadelic and on to close encounters, even a recipe for fried fish, “the best one in the world.” In advance of his show for the Black […]
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Reggae Hearing Continues — Today
The headline on the page 2 story in this morning’s Times-Standard reads, ” Mateel hearing to continue later this month.” It would appear that the story was written last week, but held until today, which makes the past/future tense parts a tad confusing. T-S staffer Jessie Faulkner writes, Retired Judge James Warren of San Francisco, […]
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On Shaky Ground
The Physical Science Building at the College of the Redwoods sits atop a grassy knoll on the corner of the campus. As was explained in detail at a special meeting of the community college’s board of trustees last Thursday, the building also sits atop something called the Little Salmon Fault. In fact, much of the […]
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I Made a MySpace
If you’ve been listening to Lila Nelson’s radio show, "Meet Me In the Morning" Sunday mornings on KHUM, you’ve heard about her "Write Your Own Damn Song" contest. (If you come up with an idea, she writes a song around it.) This Sunday she’ll be singing a "damn" song about Humboldt’s MySpace scene, and in […]
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Retired Judge James Warren presides
Retired Judge James Warren presided over two days of testimony in the Reggae lawsuit, Mateel v People Productions LLC & Tom Dimmick today and yesterday. So far only Dimmick has testified, and he’s not done yet. While on a break, Warren mentioned some of the significant cases he worked on while on the bench in […]