Seattle comedian Quinn Fitzgerald will be doing his thing at Siren’s Song Taverntonight. What is that thing? You can find out by showing up at 8 p.m. with $5 fo’ the do’.
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Music Tonight: Monday, Dec. 29
There’s an important birthday to celebrate, and no, I’m not talking about my dear middle brother’s nativity marker yesterday. It’s bandleader, tromboner, music master, clownish pro and all-around great guy James Zeller’s birthday celebration at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7 p.m. Expect appearances from the roster of fantastic jazz musicians who have been entertaining […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 27
Savage Henry Comedy Club owner Chris Durant presents his annual stand-upheadlining show at 8 p.m. In addition to the aforementioned founder, you can enjoy the jolly breezes and wheezes from folks like Josh Barnes, Madison Lopez, Brandy Lara and more. Five bucks is a pretty good deal for all of this fun. However, if you […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 26
Dance off some of the holiday blues, booze and boo boos over at the Basement tonight, where at 9 p.m. the majestic DJ Kreepeeo is hosting a bounce takeover featuring cuts from every direction including techno, Eurodance and top o’ the pop hits. It’s $5 to get inside; everything else is up to you.
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Bah, Humbug
Until very recently, I considered using this space to write about the future, Christmas and otherwise, as a means of suggesting through gentle encouragement how we might collectively find a path through the detritus of the present. But now I find myself working remotely from the wrong side of some flooded roads, and what little […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 20
It’s solstice eve, and due to the coming of another more celebrated eve on Wednesday,I’m loading the underboughs of this evening with shows to balance the silent nightsahead. The big shebang is happening over at the Arcata Playhouse, where the JingleJam Holiday Benefit, packed with so many local shining stars, will be happening in two […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 19
Here are some local treats to stuff your stockings with. First up, Moss Oak Commons,where it’s Freq Night again, with music from the crossroads of experimental electronicsounds, tap loops, treated guitar amp worship, holy synths and modulators, and lo-figrooves. Check out Hudson Glover, Luker, Samantha and Aermac 8 at 7 p.m. for asuggested $5-$10. When […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 18
The blues seem like a good soundtrack to roll out the carpet of this coming weekendand its official shift into winter, so how about a trip to the Logger Bar? There you will find a free gig by The Back Seat Drivers starting at 4 p.m., or as we call it these days,sunset’s foyer.
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The Ghost of Christmas Present
The morning holds its breath as each day begins with the uncertainty of whether the first exhalation will be expressed as a sigh or a scream. Or maybe all and more, with laughter filling out a frightening new combination. The news is just awful all the time, isn’t it? Everything we understood in years past […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 13
The venerable Frogbite will be doing its thing behind frontlady Lisa Sharry tonight at the Logger Bar starting at 9 p.m. And what a thing it is, providing a proper sonic backbone for one of our county’s longtime eccentric stars. It’s probably free at the door, so nothing’s at stake here but a good time, […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 11
The Claire Bent Jazz Quintet is putting on a holiday show at the Basement this evening, consider sleighing through to hear the talented eponymous vocalist slaying on the mic in front of her crack-sharp band of merry revelers. Tis the season for this kind of cheer, after all. The doors are at 7:30 p.m. and […]
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
The diminishing returns of nostalgia are nothing new, but their false glitter is one of the central lodestones guiding the artistic compass of my generation. Millennials didn’t invent sentimental cultural artifacts — they were first minted years ago — but we did kind of define the demand built around recycling their continued relevance. It’s one […]