Growing the Machine
The local marijuana industry has united. Now comes the hard part.
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Growing the Machine
Depending who you ask, it was the pitch of a snake oil salesman or Humboldt County marijuana farmers’ version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Whatever your bent, it was an example of classic political oration with a heavy economic focus, an impassioned personal plea, with references to a way of…
UPDATE: Second Suspect Identified in Assault Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified Nickolas Ryan Joseph Johnson (pictured) as the second suspect in the April 28 assault and murder of David Dwane Ganfield. Johnson is considered to be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information as to Johnson’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Office. Another person of interest, Jonas Randall Semore,…
Tonight’s Setlist: That band that plays with the Flaming Lips
The experimental noise band Linear Downfall is, perhaps, best known for the side project Electric Würms, a collaboration with Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. If the Flaming Lips guys were inspired to team up with them, you will likely be keen to see them as well, yes? Expect the live show…
Tonight’s Setlist: Dark corners, hot bands
Our favorite dark corner As is the case with most Saturday nights, you can count on the Alibi to provide a taste of true independent touring goodness. This one is no exception. Please check out Seattle-based cosmic country band Evening Bell with A-town’s own dream poppers Float Forward. Music at 11 p.m., $5, 21-and-over. The…
Tonight’s Setlist: Jammin’ at the Jam, Playin’ at the Playhouse
Jammin’ Sacramento’s Achilles’s Wheel and Arcata’s Liquid Kactus — who has a notable fan base — keep the “jam” in Jambalaya, doors at 9:30 p.m., music at 10 p.m., $7 cover, 21-and-over. Possibly Humboldt’s best venue From our friends at Arcata Playhouse: “String quartet, string band, vocal quartet, jaw-dropping improvising world-music collective. … Pick a…
Tonight’s Setlist: Down and dirty in SoHum, Mudshow at the Jam
Naughty and nasty Let’s begin with the story of Mickey Avalon: A tough childhood, a musical salvation and a return with a brand new album, Loaded, which takes listeners on a journey through the seedy streets of Hollyweird via sleek electro-synth beats, playful rhymes and straight-up rock. Do you enjoy excess and explosive sexual energy?…
Tonight’s Setlist: Come Together
Quick heads up: the Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays HumBrews on Wednesday, May 6. Robinson — you recognize him as the vocalist from The Black Crowes — has been creating California-centric American blues rock with the Brotherhood for several years now. Should be a kickass show. Tickets are $27 and recommended in advance, doors at 8:30…
Humboldt Style: Seize the Sparkle
Did you just throw on sweats and a ball cap before you hit WinCo this weekend? Then Josephine Silva, who caught our eye by the registers as shiny things do, put you to shame. She was glinting her way past the bulk bins and bread racks in a rhinestone-studded cowgirl shirt, a rhinestone-encrusted belt and…
HumBug: What’s Up, Tiger Beatle?
One of my favorite beetle species is out and about now. You might see them by the dozen hunting on sandy stretches of river bar. Cicindela oregano, commonly known as Western Tiger Beetle. About half an inch long and gray, they dart here and there and are among the fastest running creatures for their size. According to…
Watch: Flatmo Plays the Fillmore
Duane Flatmo, the demented genius behind El Pulpo Mecanico, opened for Infected Mushroom at San Francisco’s famed Fillmore last night. Flatmo designed the massive animatronic set that tours with the band, and was invited to open the energetic act, which he did with his usual quirky gusto. The goodness was captured on video by former…
Today’s Setlist: Spend the Day with Jim Page and Humboldt’s Favorite Songwriters
If you’re a fan of singer-songwriters, today looks like a slice of heaven at the Arcata Playhouse. First, at 1 p.m., some of the North Coast’s finest songwriters take to the stage with legend Jim Page to reflect on their creative writing process, share songs and take questions in an Afternoon Songwriters Summit featuring Jan…
State Water Restrictions May Dry Eureka’s Budget
Eureka’s tough budget year may go from bad to worse. News broke this past week that — despite voters’ approving a sales tax extension in November that’s supposed to keep more $4 million coming into city coffers annually — the city is looking to erase a $2.3 million deficit, which equates to about 10 percent…
Tonight’s Setlist: Launch Parties and Funky Love
Upbeat all night party vibe… Which is better, a legitimate party or an unauthorized one? In any case, the “official” kick off to the Northern Nights music fest happens at the Arcata Theatre Lounge with organic hook groovemasters Fort Knox Five, DJ Spinn & Taso and Cacao. Tickets are $20, show is 21-and-over, and the party…
Hum Plate Roundup
Eat America First The standard sub at Z & J Asian Subs (2336 Third St., Eureka) isn’t so much a Vietnamese bánh mì as an American barbecue sandwich that spent a semester abroad and came back with pickled carrots, cucumbers, cilantro and sriracha sauce. Call it inauthentic, make fun of its souvenir beaded necklace, but…
The Artist Vanishes
Two exhibits at Humboldt State University’s First Street Gallery in Eureka bring social identity issues to the fore this month. All or Nothing, paintings and videos by San Francisco-based artist Ana Teresa Fernàndez occupy the main space. A group exhibition titled Labeled features the work of HSU art majors and alumni in the adjacent gallery.…
Arts Alive
Presented by the Humboldt Arts Council and Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone (707) 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org for more information or to have an exhibit or performance included. 1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. Forever Young, Neil Young cover band.…
Trinidad Arts Night
LOCATION TBA “Kidz Zone,” skateboard ramps, boffer ring, face-painting. SAUNDER’S PARK (start of Patricks Point Drive). Circus of the Elements presents fire dance performances and fire art. 8:45 TRINIDAD MUSEUM 400 Janis Court at Patricks Point Drive. “J. Goldsborough Bruff Sketches,” “Unsheltered, Commercial Fishing out of Trinidad.” Music by Val Leone. SAUNDER’S PLAZA EAST. Music…
Dodgy Diets
Not getting enough advice about how to eat healthily? Got a weight problem and can’t find any books to tell you how to fix it? Nothing online about diets? I jest. The problem isn’t too little but too much information. Fad diets (what other types are there?) come and go. Some stick around longer than…
Inhuman
Reviews EX MACHINA. Maybe it’s foreshadowing: The first half of 2015 has, so far, produced two mainstream cinematic explorations of artificial intelligence. It would hardly come as a surprise if Apple’s next big launch is a sentient machine, which would simultaneously provide delicious vindication to all the sci-fi nerds and likely signal the onset of…
On the Border
Editor: Your article on the Hispanic community of Humboldt County (“Preparados,” April 9) was very timely and intelligent. These people deserve a chance to integrate into our society and contribute to it in a positive way. In order to be realistic about this goal, it’s time to set a date and close down the border…
Do No Harm
Editor: Alienation and desperation are the roots of the anti-social behavior we would like to see improve among homeless (“Mailbox,” April 23). An alienated person is constantly confronted by a disapproving society telling them their ideas have no value and forcing them into the margins. They come to view society as the enemy. A desperate…
Cameras, the Pope and the Constitution
A friend posted a picture on Facebook of a bear pooping in the woods with this message: “Now we know the Pope is Catholic.” Bears poop in the woods, but if you film the bear in his act of relief and post the video online, are you a journalist or just a pooper peeper? If…
Evening oak
Evening oak 500 years of spreading branches softly fuzzed in green against a sky so deeply blue it touches on crystal. Over and over without longing or desire twisted fingers pull up stability, love and ageless patience. By Lauri Rose
A Dangerous Playground
If the city of Eureka didn’t have enough to worry about at the Devil’s Playground behind the Bayshore Mall, a recent jury verdict and settlement underscore that the graffiti-covered concrete structure is one massive liability concern. The city recently settled a civil suit brought in 2012, agreeing to pay out $400,000 to a local woman…
All Kinds of Music
It’s a long list of goodness, friends. Let’s dive in. Thursday: All You Need is Love (and Money) All right, so there’s a benefit for Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods at the Jambalaya with music by Beatles tribute band Silver Hammer, plus Triple Junction. The Club is running in the red, says show…
Stoned Willie
Pot’s on a lot of minds in Sacramento these days. Our own state senator, Mike McGuire, announced on 4/20 that his proposed medical marijuana bill received the unanimous approval of the Senate Business and Professions Committee. The bill would create a Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation under the state’s consumer affairs department, which would “license…
Sad Songs, Happy Dance
Hear the word flamenco and you likely imagine a woman with a dark chignon clapping and stomping in a café. But according to dancer Savannah Fuentes, “Flamenco is first and foremost a singing art form.” The sexy, expressive sights and sounds of the genre, she says, actually have their roots in persecution, springing from the…
