It’s the second of three Fridays the 13th for this year, and with the last one coming up in November, it’s going to be an extended spooky season past Halloween if we are allalive to experience it. If not, extra spooky, I guess. Anywho, there’s 13th bash over atthe Eagle House tonight at 8 p.m. […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 12
If you are hankering for some excellent contemporary jazz fusion, tonight’s the night.Over at the Basement at 7:30 p.m., HDMB will be joined by Sheldon Brown, a BayArea composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist whose career has straddled theworld of live avant jazz and jam rock with energy and innovation. And it’s only $5, which is a […]
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Blanking Down the House
My country is raining death upon one of the largest and oldest cities in the world, and as one of the apparently few genetically abnormal American mutants who experiences grief and empathy, even for total strangers, this has gotten to me. Heavily. Let me distract myself with a little housecleaning. When I wrote years ago […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 9
The Outer Space is hosting Seattle indie musician Sarah Weszely’s act Where’s Beth, along with support from Halfwing and Luna Sofia. The music starts around 7:30 p.m., and the entrance fee for this all-ages, sober show is a suggested $5-$20.
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Music Tonight: Sunday, March 8
Back over to the Arcata Playhouse for more Zero to Fierce Fest action, come check out singer/songwriter Ruth Theodore as she teams up with singer/songwriter and playwright Katie Dahl for an evening of original music. It starts at 7 p.m. and $30 is the price for this jamberoo.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, March 7
Three options tonight, so I’ll get with the facts. Two 7 p.m. gigs in Arcata. Over at the Arcata Playhouse, Harmonic Howl presents Women of Country, a group featuring singers Ruby Ruth George, Elle Penner and Briana Penner for $20. There’s a “Classic Cuntry” (costume contest, so dress accordingly.Meanwhile over at the Moss Oak Commons, […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 6
The Eureka Symphony is back with an early welcome to spring, playing tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts. Tonight’s program is called Legends and Spirits — Stories in Sound and features bassoon soloist Rufus Olivier playing the music of living Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaahá Tate, along […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 5
The Back Seat Drivers are bringing the blues to the Logger Bar during a free gig this afternoon at 4 p.m. Expect some of the anchored picking sounds of the pre-war, Piedmont-style guitar blues, along with some variations coming in the form of bespoke tune arrangements by the group.
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Twisted Nerve
I had wanted to write about something else, but once again the gears of my attention span are gummed up quite a bit. I’m all for stopping to smell the flowers, but that behavior can appear frankly insane and willfully ignorant when the endless stench of crimes against humanity has been rising for years against […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 27
The Shanty needs to get mentioned more often in this column, and I am happy to oblige tonight. Three rock bands are jamming a free one at 9 p.m. for all comers over 21. We’re talking Sun War Ship, Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes and The Breakfast Collection. And just to show I’m serious […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 26
Reverso is a transcontinental jazz trio composed of tromboner Ryan Keberle, pianist Frank Woeste and cellist Vincent Courtois. Their latest album, “Between Two Silences,” is a chamber music celebration of the music of Erik Satie, with that chamber sitting like a spinning plate in a hall of mirrors. That’s a high compliment; I loved what […]
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The Clever Hounds
This week’s offering is named after a rugged translation of an old Cajun tune whose name percolates back to a galvanic collision between French and colloquial English from the days before electricity allowed such modern alchemy. I guess I’m inspired by the inscrutable story titles of my late hero Edward Gorey, whose 101st birthday clicked […]