Full Moon Fever, Jambalaya, live music, Pete Ciotti, Tom Petty, good times
Jennifer Savage
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Best Foot Forward
The biggest deal in Humboldt this weekend is, of course, the North Country Fair. Be sure to check out the full fair schedule in the calendar. Now, look at your feet. What’s on them shoe-wise? Let’s use that information to figure out what you’re doing Saturday night. Post-apocalpytic folk genius Boots caked with farm dirt? […]
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From the Hum: Seriously, Tuesday?
Well, look at Tuesday with its not one, not two, but three interesting options. 1. At the Arcata Playhouse, Buenos Aires guitarist Gonzalo Bergara celebrates his new release, Walking Home. Bergara mixes “a cascade of arpeggios” with the sounds of Django Reinhart’s Paris and Bergara’s own native Argentina to forge his own style of progressive […]
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From the Hum: Oh, and Then There’s Monday
If you thought fun ended with the weekend, wrong! Make an afternoon pot of coffee because Monday night invites you to the Siren Song, where local bad boys Drifter Killer play with San Francisco’s appealingly gloomy Owl Paws (owlpaws.bandcamp.com). The gig is free – bring some dollars for the tip jar – and starts around […]
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From the Hum: Your Weekly Sweat-inducing Punk Gig
San Diego’s Dead on the Wire hits the Alibi tonight, bringing shades of the Ramones, The Lazy Cowgirls and Rancid. If you appreciate 1970s punk rock – and judging from the fact that Iggy Pop & the Stooges are currently touring America, lots of people do – you will enjoy the hell out of this […]
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From the Hum: Helping out Doug Green
Another benefit takes place tonight, this one for Doug Green, who is currently suffering from cancer and the avalanche of medical bills associated with treatment of the disease. Green originally conceived of and spearheaded the construction of a concert venue at French’s Camp, producing the Garberville Music Festival in 1980 and 1982, was a founding […]
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From the Hum: Due for some Good Luck
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit Just in time to cheer a person up with some sweet, sweet Americana comes The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit. Give a listen to the “The Very Best” off the band’s No Excuses album and be transported to a sunny back porch, homemade wine and good friends singing a […]
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From the Hum: ‘Not so gospel’ Friday the 13th
Jenni & David On the theme of faith, community and hope, we have the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, a veritable Humboldt County institution not necessarily all about gospel. Like most musical organizations, the choir has to pay for practice space, event space and many other obligations, so the group is holding a “Not So Gospel […]
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Back in the World
I write the Hum on Sundays. But hearing of the crossbow killing and subsequent manhunt in the dunes near my house, instead of writing up music haps, I locked my doors and called my neighbors. But the next day, sunshine lit up the outside world, laughter emanated over fences and the day progressed with all […]
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From the Hum: Tuesday Temptation
Yet another big weekday show takes place tonight in the form of The Slackers, New York City’s self-described “legendary masters of reggae, ska, soul and rock’n’roll” at Hum Brews. In the 22 years the Slackers have been together, they’ve released a lot of albums embodying that sound that seems to go over so well in […]
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From the Hum: Entertainment Explosion
Pablo Midence of Lord Ellis/Photo by Mark McKenna Tonight is one of those times where you might just want to drop your head in your hands and despair over the sheer number of choices you face on the amusement front. Over in Eureka, art comes alive with artists making awkward conversation with wine-drunk fans, buskers […]