It’s a long list of goodness, friends. Let’s dive in. Thursday: All You Need is Love (and Money) All right, so there’s a benefit for Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods at the Jambalaya with music by Beatles tribute band Silver Hammer, plus Triple Junction. The Club is running in the red, says show […]
Jennifer Savage
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An Epic Week (!!!)
Guys! This week is nuts! I feel like I’m 15! So many exclamation points!!! Forget about sleep or saving money or anything other than getting yourself out to at least one of these excellent shows! Friday: A Thing! It’s not just any ol’ thing, The Stringthing. It’s a very special type of thing. With strings! […]
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Perfect Spring Trips
Every day brings more daylight. Make the most of it by exploring some of Humboldt’s best places. The Outdoorsy Type Everyone loves Fern Canyon (Gold Bluffs Beach Road, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Orick). So much so that you might think the place can’t possibly live up to the hype. And yet, it does. The walls rise […]
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Before All Hope For the Planet Is LostThose of us who adhere to science and facts need to speak more loudly and more often.
1 Support change at the top. Support those who prioritize the environment: legislators who put forth bills to reduce waste and enforce clean water regulations; elected officials who serve the public’s interests; citizen leaders who demand accountability; businesses that voluntarily go greener. We, as individuals, have a responsibility to do right, but shouldering the burden […]
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Mood Music
You know when you’re in a kind of mood and then music comes to you that does more than reflects that mood, it soaks right into you and you soak in it, revel in it, until that weird sadness you were feeling evaporates away with the music? That’s where I found myself while listening to […]
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Classics, Rock
Hi, Humboldt! This week’s Setlist comes to you from New Orleans’ Faubourg Marigny district, adjacent to the French Quarter, drenched in musical history, tasting of Sazerac rye and smelling like a barbequed shrimp po’ boy. No wonder, then, that we’re highlighting the jazzy greatness of Ryan Keberle and Catharsis taking place Monday night at the […]
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Civic Duty
I blame Serial. Or the holidays. Or 2014’s spotlight on our flawed justice system. Whatever the reasons, I was inspired to report for jury duty. I’d never shown up before — too busy and ugh and a million other weak reasons. The process began with 80 of us in the jury assembly room, watching videos […]
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Fill Your Ears
Hello, Humboldt! I’m writing to you from San Francisco’s Outer Sunset district, the final leg of a coastal trip that included seeing SF’s very fine Western swing band The Vivants at Smiley’s Saloon in Bolinas — Smiley’s is the oldest tavern west of the Mississippi, how about that?! — and shooting pool for hours in […]
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Before You Ditch Your Job to Follow Your Dream
1You need to eat. Seriously. Being able to buy groceries and pay your bills and take the occasional trip to the city is its own kind of bliss. Don’t underestimate the toll financial insecurity can take on your happiness. Then again, if you’re stuck in a dead-end, low-paying job, you might not have much to […]
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The Odd, The Fad and the Heavy
Before we get into where you can go with your bodies, let’s talk about where you can go with your ears. This week marks the debut of a new KMUD program, The Adventurous Ear in which host John Hardin shares unusual, interesting, genre-defying music, and talks to the artists who create it — including Humboldt […]
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Life’s a Beach
Sunday evening found me neck deep in my computer, clicking back and forth between work stuff and Facebook. I’d stayed up late the night before judging Drag Wars — tough gig! — and was struggling to finish a project that should’ve taken me an hour but, despite my efforts, remained undone after several. My neck […]
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Existential Options
Welcome to this week, which, like many weeks, features a variety of sounds to please, challenge and motivate you. What a grand time to live. Thursday: Be open Starting things off, you’ve got the inherently fascinating RedRumsey, brainchild of Oly’s Vern Rumsey, best known for his seminal, post-hardcore ’90s band, Unwound. During that decade it […]