Klamath: Direct Action!
Tribal members train with Earth First! in Six Rivers National Forest showdown
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Klamath: Direct Action!
ORLEANS — Molli Jane had clambered up the ropes not effortlessly but quickly. But now she hung there halfway up a large Douglas fir tree and strained to make the muscular transition to descent. Below, her coach, a veteran of many Earth First! forest actions, repeated the instructions. Molli Jane sucked in her breath, slipped…
Hum correction – Chris Chandler
Due to a couple of errors, the day for the Chris Chandler/Paul Benoit show at Old Town Coffee was listed incorrectly in the Hum and in Music and More. The show is on Monday, March 15. Here’s a song by the two of them:
Mixed Messages on Local Economy [updated]
First, the good news: Building permits and help wanted ads have both been trending upward for the past three months while unemployment insurance claims have been going down, according to the latest issue of the Humboldt Economic Index. These three categories are considered the best indicators of where our local economy is headed (i.e. the…
CR gets cold feet on Jefferson project
If you’ve been following the story of College of the Redwoods’ plans for the Jefferson School campus, you know the whole thing has not gone over well in the community or with the city of Eureka who had eyes for the property. Now it looks like CR has cold feet. Here’s a press release from…
Jackson Officially Enters DA Race
Hoo boy, it’s gonna be a hot one! After months of speculation, former prosecutor Allison Jackson officially confirmed today that she will seek to unseat her former boss, incumbent District Attorney Paul Gallegos, in the June elections. A formidable and even frightening trial attorney, Jackson can now be expected to lay out the case against…
Trade is Good
Editor: Reader Sara Sunstein misunderstands some fundamentals of our local economy and the role that local independent businesses play when they export their Humboldt Made products ("Mailbox," Feb. 25). We have been raising beef cattle in Humboldt County for over 150 years, and the vast majority has been exported into the commodity market. Eel River…
Pointing Fingers
Editor: I always enjoy Barry Evans’ "Field Notes" column. For last week’s — "Ends of the Earth" — I anticipated the exceptions as I was reading: Of course the two exceptions are at the two poles. I thought I would be clever and try to figure out the diameter of the area around the poles…
Insomnia
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Irie vs. Irate
Last Wednesday evening, a group of gay rights advocates, concert promoters, venue owners, politicians and media scribes gathered in an oval of uncomfortable chairs on the dance floor at Aunty Mo’s in Eureka. For many in attendance, the discomfort likely had more to do with the topic of conversation than the chairs. In the past…
Crazy Train
Previews Just in time for the Oscar ceremony, Precious, based on the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire, concerns a pregnant Harlem teen (Gabourey Sidibe) living with her abusive mother (Mo’Nique) who finds respite in a literacy workshop. The film garnered four major nominations: Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress and Director (Lee Daniels). Rated R for child…
Coffee by the river
My low lidded eyes caress The manzanita tree…
Solace, Removed
It was largely a coincidence that the interview took place on March 1, a year to the day from when the single-prop airplane occupied by 30-year-old Florida pilot Vladislav Milushev and his 60-year-old passenger, Rick Gustafson, plunged into the cold Pacific less than a mile from Trinidad Head. During that year, Humboldt County Airports Manager…
Tim Rollins and the K.O.S.: A History
In 1981 a young artist and teacher named Tim Rollins ventured into the rotting rubble of the South Bronx, and began his first art class for at-risk middle school students with these words: "Today we are going to make art, and we are also going to make history." Through thick (lionized by the New York…
Texan Brits
We caught up with Midlake guitarist Eric Pulido at his home in Denton, Texas before he left on tour. Everyone in the band is from somewhere else in Texas; most came to Denton to study at Univ. of North Texas, a college known for its music program. In many ways Denton sounds like Arcata, although…
Salt
In the late fall of 1967, the brilliant science writer John McPhee challenged Euell Gibbons (author of Stalking The Wild Asparagus) to a foraging trek along the Appalachian Trail. They would eat only wild food at first. After a week, they planned to gradually add elements of civilization: salt, sugar, coffee, cooking oil. Gibbons was…
Why You Runnin’ EP
and *Today, Tomorrow and Forever EP* By Pete Molinari – Damaged Goods In this digital age, the EP, acronym for "Extended Play," is an oddity. In ye old days of vinyl, the concept of the EP was that it offered more songs than a 45 single, usually unreleased material that wasn’t on an album. The…
Choice Voices
According to renowned early 20th century Italian actor Tomasso Salvini, the three most potent elements of acting are: "Voice! Voice! Voice!" You might expect that sentiment from an old-school actor like Salvini, or even actor and director John Gielgud, who suggested that while attention is often lavished on other aspects of performance, how the words…
The Holy Zoo
In the movie Madagascar, Alex the Lion and Melman the giraffe loved their zoo. The crowds adored Alex and the animals had all needs taken care of with little effort. Who doesn’t love a zoo? That’s the question the Times-Standard should have asked before publishing its Feb. 14 editorial titled “Some things have to remain…
When Life ‘Just Happened’
Three thousand years ago, our ancestors’ normal mode of thinking had more in common with present-day schizophrenics than with minds of such rational, conscious folks as, for instance, North Coast Journal readers. Back then, minds were "bicameral" — that is, cognitive functions were sharply divided between the right hemisphere of the brain, which "spoke," and…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Is proudly presented by USBank, with Eureka Main Street and the Humboldt Arts Council Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances March 6 6-9 p.m. Phone 707-442-9054, for more information. 1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Georgia Long, Split Vision, paintings; music by DJ Kissyface. 2. HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL…
Titlow: Geology and Rules
Editor: The geology of Titlow Hill — lots of unstable sections — makes much of it unsuitable for roads and buildings (see "Titlow Hill Blues," Feb. 18). As Fifth District Supervisor at the time, I voted for a pattern of development which I was advised would not burden the rest of the taxpayers with the…
Utah’s Unquiet Dust
Editor: "Go to sleep you weary hobo" … verse by Utah Phillips ("A Gentleman Wanderer," Feb. 25)? That’s not only a glaring error — it verges on heresy. Utah will be squirming in his grave — or more likely, his ashes will be turning over in their universe — until the Journal corrects itself. It’s…
