It’s a Black Friday tradition among certain lefties to sit out this monstrous bacchanal of capital by not spending any money. And while I understand that urge, I also have a belief that where you spend your cash is what matters. I would have been dropping mine ($5), at the door of Synapsis at 7 […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 22
One more free, ongoing weekly institution at the Siren’s Song: TerrapinTuesday is an open-form Grateful Dead jam at 8 p.m., where you can bliss out to the music of the Dead band that just won’t die.
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 21
The Siren’s Song Tavern is hosting a paranormal open mic at 7 p.m. While not entirely certain, I suspect that this entails sharing your own anecdotes about strange encounters with like-minded fellow travelers. It’s free, and probably good for a shiver or a laugh.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 19
The rest of the week is a wee bit barren (as so often happens this time of year), so I’m going to stack today as a means of balance. Here are three shows to brighten your time. First up, as alluded to before, local world-traveling folkster Oryan Peterson-Jones is playing a free matinee birthday gig […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 18
Rural New York state, particularly the Hudson River Valley, has a habit of harboring some top- notch folk talent. There’s an undeniable magic up that way and I have some good memories of snowshoeing around when I was a rootless 20-something Brooklynite trying to get out of the frozen hell of NYC for a spell. […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 17
The Outer Space is hosting an outré show of psyche-folk wanderings. Local bard Oryan Peterson-Jones, who’ll be hosting a birthday show this Saturday at the Griffin (more on that later) brings his act Die Geister Beschwören to share the stage with Nevada City touring acts Scott Hawkins and Sammy Fields. I caught Sammy at a […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 16
Early-ish show over at the Miniplex (8 p.m.), which means if you have work, school, etc., you can still go without guilt and be abed by eight bells. Sgt. Papers is a Mexican rock band whose thrashy, pop-psychedelia will not fail to pick you up. Also appearing is Tuscon’s Anchorbaby, a tropicalia act performing soundtrack […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 14
Metal Mondays continue over at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 7 p.m. Tonight’s bill is a full roster, featuring Greybush, Psyop Victim, War Möth and a band whose name was told to me once, quickly forgotten (my bad) and then utterly impossible to decipher from the flier due to that occasional metalhead habit of borrowing […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 13
Here’s a quirky show over at Blondies. Portland’s Foot Ox recently got some footing when one of its tracks “Angel Eyes and Basketball” went semi-viral on TikTok, that open-user platform whose hyper-quick videos are annihilating the membrane-thin attention spans of at least one generation like a purifying supernova. But don’t hold that against Foot Ox, […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 12
The Arcata Theatre Lounge is hosting a Harvester’s Ball with EDM DJ acts, so I guess there must still be whisps and vapors left in the tank of our county’s flailing cannabis industry. At 9 p.m. and for $20 ($15 if you pay in advance), you will find David Starfire, Savaj, Akritza and Dissolv making […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 11
Multi-instrumentalist, visionary, concept artist and all-around sonic magician Arrington de Dionyso returns to the Miniplex tonight for an 8 p.m. show. He will be joined by the rhythm section of White Manna, and members of Die Geister Beschwören and Medicine Baul, performing under the moniker The Uncredible Phin Band, named after the electric Thai lute […]
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Photos: Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Central del Pueblo, Cal Poly Humboldt El Centro Académico Cultural, Arcata Playhouse, Los Bagels and Arcata Main Street created a beautiful Dia de los Muertos Celebration on Sunday that began at Cal Poly Humboldt at 4 p.m., headed for a stop with members of Centro del Pueblo at the Jardín del Santuario (Sanctuary Garden) at 11th […]