Black Flag is one of the few original wave of American punk acts who have everything needed to cement a worldwide icon status: a highly influential discography that covers everything from early hardcore to proto-sludge, grunge and alternative metal; an instantly recognizable sound throughout despite five decades of line-up changes, with guitarist Greg Ginn remaining […]
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Comedy Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 11
San Francisco comedians Spencer Devine and Rachel Pilson continue the last of their two-night headlining residency at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 9 p.m. ($10). If you would like to get in on the ground floor of some rising Bay Area stand-ups, tonight or Friday’s gigs are the place to be. On the topic […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 10
Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka continues its fine use of the pipe organ on site, with a concert by visiting virtuosic player Adam Brakel. The program includes appropriately Baroque tunes, as well as a rendition of French organist Léonce de Saint-Martin’s Toccata de la Libération, written to celebrate the 1944 expulsion of the Nazis from […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 9
Swing on by The Basement this evening at 8 p.m. if you are in the mood for some swing jazz and pop excellence, courtesy of Swingo Domingo. No cover at the door, but as always, consider bringing some coin for refreshments and to give the players a dram of something.
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 8
Ellensburg is one of those towns in Eastern Washington on the road from Tacoma to Spokane, where, to the casual traveler, a whole lot of nothing goes on in the far slope of the Cascade Mountains. However, there are gems from nearly every outpost in this vast land we call home, and one such act […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Jan. 6
Savage Henry Comedy Club comes through again with another Metal Monday, thus giving me something to write about during this famously quiet week and giving you something to consider attending. Should you choose to go, you will be treated to the distorted sounds of Frog Mallet, Bonginator, Kult of Indifference, Bloodspire and Echoes of Ruination. […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 3
If you recall from my New Year’s Eve roundup from last week, the Arcata Theatre Lounge had a very whomp- and bass-heavy party to bring on 2025. There was a subtle clause there, too, for those who wanted the gig to roll over into the weekend, where $30 got you a package deal for New […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 2
Go on, enjoy yourself with a little jazz tonight with some local experts in the field. I’m talking about the Alley Cats, who are playing the Basement tonight and not the Speakeasy, so “Opera” is therefore removed from the front of their name. No cover, and doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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Movie Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 1
Welcome to the future. I don’t know what to say other than hopefully it will be less terrible, shitty and infuriating than the recent past and present. I completely understand if you find yourself immobilized by last night, or last year for that matter. But assuming you aren’t frozen in terror or hungover malaise, the […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Dec. 31
It’s the long goodbye, coming in early in the week this year, and I’m going to make a few suggestions, not in chronological order, but rather paired by location and style. For instance, if you are interested in some DJ’ed dance parties, you can check out the big EDM blow at the Arcata Theatre Lounge […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Dec. 30
It’s New Year’s Eve-eve, and the folks at Septentrio are kicking off a two-night goodbye to 2024 with a couple of big-ol’ dance parties starting at 7 p.m. DJs Red and King Maxwell will be providing the musical mortar to fill the gaps between sets by funk masters Object Heavy and Deadheads The Magnificent Sanctuary […]
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Movies Today: Sunday, Dec. 29
Let’s break from the musical build-up to the year-killer and enjoy a day at the movies. The Eureka Theater is showing a 2 p.m. matinee of An American Tail, the beloved 1986 film animated by Don Bluth and co. about the coming to America story of young Fievel Mousekewitz, whose family is escaping a Cossack […]