43rd Annual Kinetic Grand Championship How beloved is the Kinetic Grand Championship? Last September, as part of our annual “Best of Humboldt” issue, the Journal asked its readers to sort through the many annual local gatherings they look forward to and pick one to reign as “Best Event.” It really wasn’t much of a contest. […]
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On the Beat in May
The month of May is filled with art. Here’s just some: At Saturday’s Arts Alive! Jennifer Metz is showing beautiful paintings on silk at Humboldt Baykeeper. Three of my favorites are Blooming Lotus, Beginnings and Home Visions. Her lyrical artist’s statement is “I paint because I am alive and I love life.” C Street Hall […]
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Get Doomed
It’s been said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But what if you’d kinda like to repeat it? Or at least lovingly recreate a small portion of it? This Saturday, May 7, flip George Santayana the bird for the first ever Humboldt Living History Day, stretching to seven local […]
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Viva John Ross
Once upon a time, when I was just an angel child lo these many light years ago, I took Baby Dodds’ drumsticks to my lips and kissed them on the tips, the ones that back up Louie Armstrong and the Hot Five all the way to the Royal Garden, the south side of Chicago, 1919. […]
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Egg cetera
‘Tis that time of year again! Time to partake in everybody’s favorite symbolically Pagan tradition somehow co-opted into a Christian holiday; the hunt for brightly colored byproducts of the chicken reproductive system. Easter is precious. Now you could hide eggs at your own house solely for your own children to find. But if we’ve learned […]
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Quiz Me
So, like, you know how you’ve got that friend whose brain is full of useless facts and dominates every time you’re foolish enough to challenge him to a game of Trivial Pursuit. Dude, I’m totally that guy. Green wedge, pink wedge, orange wedge — it don’t matter. I complete my pie so fast I should […]
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Slime Ball
“Once fastened, servile, now you’re getting sharp Moving oh so swiftly with such disarm I pulled the covers over him Should have pulled the alarm Turned to my nemesis, a fool not a (radio edit) god Please, don’t go on me … Don’t go on me” — Lyrical excerpt from Pearl Jam’s “Go.” I know […]
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This is Birdemic
As I’m sure you’re all aware, birds have suffered from some bad PR lately. Ever since the underground film Birdemic somehow found its way into wide distribution last year, there has been an unspoken distrust between the human and bird populations. (Go ahead, google Birdemic‘s spine-chilling trailer and see what all the hubbub is about, […]
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Shiny Portals to World Relief
Times are undeniably stressful, and it’s hard to think that miracles will happen when you’re preoccupied with natural disasters and radioactive particles raining from the sky. Some would argue, however, that thinking in terms of miracles is the only way out of this arguably human-caused quagmire. Consider Dr. Amit Goswami, the theoretical physicist and pioneer […]
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Green Future: Next Gen
As Criswell said in Plan 9, “We are all interested in the future because that’s where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.” All kidding aside, that future could be dark or it could be bright, depending on the plans we make. If we want it to be sustainable and […]
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Your Roadshow Moment
Anyone who’s watched the very successful PBS show Antiques Roadshow knows the fantasy: You stumble upon some precious relic at a yard sale: “Wow, it’s worth that much?” You find some forgotten lamp in the attic or rescue a priceless painting from a dumpster and learn its sky-high value from an expert: “I had no […]
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Golden
Psst… remember that heist you were planning? You know, the one where you and 10 associates go to elaborate lengths to stylishly infiltrate the money vault at Blue Lake Casino while simultaneously exchanging wit-filled, Hollywood-caliber dialogue? Remember? You had the entire scheme synchronized down to the millisecond. It was good enough to be a movie! […]