In The Green Room
As Humboldt County (the movie!) prepares for its debut, the directors revisit their inspiration
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In The Green Room
For me, the story of Humboldt County the movie began back in June at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Some friends introduced me to Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky, and quickly they became part of my new film-fest hang-out crew. Somewhere between gala receptions and beer-doused Quentin Tarantino ogling sessions, I found out that my…
Programming Note: Broadband
If you’re interested, we’ll be broadcasting today’s Rural Broadband Forum down in Fortuna starting at about 9 a.m. It’s be live at northcoastjournal.com. As always, thanks to The Venue Project. UPDATE: Yes, the seemingly inevitable technical difficulties. We should be with you shortly. UPDATE 2: The sound in the room is pretty much useless, so…
It’s official: Cleary Named Interim KHSU Chief
More details later, for now here’s the press release from the University: Cleary Named Interim KHSU Chief Aug 18, 2008 Arcata – Humboldt State Vice President of Advancement Rob Gunsalus (on left above) has named Patrick Cleary, President of Lost Coast Communications, interim general manager of the University’s radio station, KHSU-FM, with immediate effect. In…
Who’s going to run KHSU ? – part 2
Well, it looks like Rob Gunsalus made a choice, and a good one at that. It seems he’s convinced Patrick Cleary, a founding member of the Humboldt State University Advancement Foundation , to handle station management for KHSU on an interim basis. Expect an official press conference announcement Monday. The fact that Cleary is also…
BIG NEWS
Somebody wondered in a most-miffed fashion the other day, in a response to a previous post, “what important community issue was shelved to make room for this stupid, worthless blog entry.” Well, if you have to ask…I did have a breaking news story about white stallions I probably shoulda put in there instead, but, well,…
Stats Geek Let Down
Editor: I was like a kid in a candy store when I saw your local statistics (“Who’s Your City,” Aug. 7). As a professional economist and entrepreneur I live and die by numbers, estimations, trends and logic. I was thrilled to see a local publication utilizing graphs and sourced numbers. I was disappointed that you…
Rock On
“The majestic rocks off Northern California’s coast dominate the shore, slightly beyond the physical reach, but not the imagination, of humans.” So says Annie Reid, curator of an exhibit at the Westhaven Center for the Arts titled "Sea Stack Survey of the North Coast." The display running until the end of August showcases the work…
Fascists!
Editor: Thank you for publishing Shane C. Brinton’s review of Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Aug. 7). The most important point Brinton makes is at the very end: “Klein hasn’t discovered something new so much as she has explained how a very old strategy is manifesting itself in even more atrocious…
Growth and Decay
Begin with one bacterium capable of dividing each hour. After 10 hours there will be 1,024 bacteria (2^10). That’s an example of geometric, or exponential, growth. If the colony is confined to a small jar of food, and half that food is converted into those 1,024 bacteria in 10 hours, you can imagine their leader…
Little Bay Area
Editor: Regarding the various topics addressed in your Aug. 7 edition: First, the great Arcata v. Eureka debate sounds like a variant on the old Oakland v. Berkeley issue, since in both cases neighboring communities forming one city are differentiated by economics and class, with Eureka/Oakland having the problems/benefits of poverty and diversity, and Arcata/Berkeley…
Leftovers Anglaise
I’m drawn to folk recipes — the kind that aren’t actually written down, or if they are call for things like “some sugar” or “enough salt.” Recipes that make use of leftovers in your refrigerator. Take Shepherd’s Pie. for example. Even better take a dish that was introduced to me by my British husband –…
Arcata Hearts Stallions
Editor: The North Coast Journal‘s little joke on the Arcata City Council was a good one (“Pretty War Horses,” July 30). While I appreciate the expectation that people ought to be able to distinguish between fact and farce, I’ve heard that the “article” on the Council’s decision to ban Arcata residents from attending the Lipizzaner…
Parades
"To be lonely is a state of mind, something completely other than physical solitude." "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." — Danish writer Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) There are Scandinavian countries where daylight lasts for days on end, or darkness continues from one day into the next, depending on…
Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or erformances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 834-6460, for more information. 1 Mirador GlassMiller Business Park on Nursery Way. Andrew Daniel, paintings. 2 Conscious HomeMiller Business Park on Nursery Way. Marsha Lee, nature photographs. 3 Blake’s…
An Inconvenient Stereotype?
Not many Humboldt County residents have seen Humboldt County. Most will have to wait until Aug. 27, when the movie opens the 101 Wild Rivers Film Festival with a Eureka showing. (It opens to wider release in September.) However, some are already wondering how Humboldt Countyportrays Humboldt County, and they’re anxious about the impression it…
Thunder
Being with a horse After so many years…
Reggae Rising
Hippies from the hills, turbaned dreads, tattooed party boys, college kids, urban refugees, friends and families — they all gathered by the Eel River once again on the first weekend in August for another round of Reggae. Aside from the split with the Mateel (which seldom came up in conversation), it was the same as…
Here Come the Scalpers
KHUM deejay Mike Dronkers apologized to the caller he’d left on hold, warned her she was live on the air and asked her what was up. She said she’d called because she was confused. She wanted to know why tickets for the upcoming Lucinda Williams show at the Van Duzer Theatre were so expensive –…
Hot Summer Hell!
Previews> The summer funfilmfest continues Wednesday, Aug. 13, with Tropic Thunder, which rides in on the crest of protests by disability advocates because of the film’s depiction of people with learning difficulties. This alleged action comedy, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Stiller, Jeff Khan, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black, concerns a film crew…
Eureka’s Newest Stench
A block from home, the smell accosts you. You look around the dark street for the stray dog that’s rolled in dead skunk then topped off the treatment with a wallow in fresh excrement. There is no dog. You reach the stairs, ascend to the porch, and the putrid scent intensifies. Check your feet –…
Gone Viral
Is State Sen. Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) our first local YouTube-era superstar? Several of our neighbors have tried to claw their way into Internet celebrity — brazen dope growers, Jackass-style pranksters, self-obsessed video diarists — but it appears that all of them have lacked some essential element. Maybe they were trying too hard. Because last…
Humboldt County Movie Poster Revised
The poster for Humboldt County has undergone a transformation. As producer Jason Weiss explained, “The Motion Picture Association of America, the governing body that assigns ratings to films (as expected, ours got an ‘R’), also closely monitors movie websites, trailers, posters and other marketing areas. They took issue with the image of our protagonist standing…
Cruisin’
We were finishing up a day at the Humboldt County Fair, which is more or less a day at the races. (I managed to hit a couple of exactas and come out ahead.) While perusing the canned fruit, model trains, quilts and other exhibits in the Home Ec building, we chanced upon an old friend,…
See Ya, Sister
Editor: I keep thinking next time someone feels the need to demonize Arcata that I won’t be surprised … but, here I am, surprised again (“Escape from Arcata,” Aug. 7). Dennis Handy sounds suspiciously like someone who’s undergoing a bitter divorce and feels the need to prove the other guy wrong. I suspect him of…
