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Ruins
Pictures of decay — abandoned structures slumping to ground, engulfed in flora or proudly, rustily erect — are a trope now, but that’s OK. They’re fascinating. They combine history, our reverence of engineering feats, our fears of death and erasure. We get to rubberneck at a slow moving train wreck — nature and time joining…
Human intervention
That’s right, another human puts things right with the world. That’s Alex Fogg, fairly new to town, prettying and friendly-fying the temporary, dreary walls of plywood flanking the Carson Block Building while it undergoes major rehab. “The Ink People put me up to it,” says Fogg, referring to the artsy outfit which also put him…
Biologist Charged in Last Year’s $1 Million Embezzlement
Federal embezzlement charges were filed this week against biologist Ron LeValley, who was arrested last year following investigation into a nearly million-dollar grift involving the Yurok Tribe and Levalley’s Mad River Biologists. The Times-Standard’s Thadeus Greenson reported today that LeValley is expected to appear in court for the first time this month. He and biologist…
From the Hum: Tonight’s Art Rock
Art-rocker Todd Clouser plays the Jambalaya. His latest record, Man With No Country, was produced by Anton Fier (Pere Ubu, Golden Palominos, Lounge Lizards) and is being released on Medeski Martin & Wood drummer Billy Martin’s label, Amulet Records. “Those are pretty major artistic endorsements,” says his promotions guy, reasonably. Music starts around 9:30 p.m.…
From the Hum: Tonight’s Goth Downer, Folk Upper
Troller by Troller If the Yogoman show(s) put too much happy into your life, balance things out with Troller and Ssleeperhold, two Austin bands bringing dark electronica to The Siren’s Song. Bleak and ominous. Things start at 9 p.m., cover is $5 and all ages are welcome, so punish your bad children by making them…
Another Friday Night in Arcata
Another Friday, another rockin’ night on the town, beginning with horn player Karl Denson and his Tiny Universe throwing a Ray Charles Boogaloo Dance Party. The dancing at the Arcata Theatre Lounge started with Zach Deputy, one-man-band getting the crowd going with looped guitar, keyboards and bass. The Tiny Universe and the Cosmic Horns funked…
From the Hum: Tonight’s Rock, Funk, Space Jams
Have you seen that show Sons of Anarchy? Ron Perlman and that hot blond guy? Katey Sagal from Married With Children? It’s not that great, although compelling enough as an escapist-evening-soap-opera kinda thing. Anyway, L.A.-based band Jeff Crosby & The Refugees have two songs featured in upcoming episodes. The band is also opening for Jerry…
Snagger Watch
Going fishing? Or maybe just for a scenic wander along some lonesome, lovely riverbank? Feeling the latent cop in you itching to bust out and pop some badboy(girl) bootie? Whoa, calm down, Vig. This is strictly a legal proposition, a request from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for anglers’ friends and fishing-hole frequenters to…
Sex Assault Alleged in Sheriff’s Sergeant Arrest
From a Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office press release: On 10-18-13 at approximately 0540 hours, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office – Criminal Investigations Bureau arrested Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jason Daniels (age 40) for violations of PC243.4 – Sexual Battery, and PC289(a)(1) – Sexual Penetration with a Foreign Object. Both of these violations…
From the Hum: Tonights’s Soul and Funny Folk
The Soul Spectacular Tour, in which Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe presents a Ray Charles Boogaloo Dance Party with special guest Zach Deputy and The Cosmic Horns, erupts at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. Quick history: Denson first came to prominence as a member of Lenny Kravitz’s band, then, in 1993, joined DJ Greyboy in creating Greyboy…
Redwood Rush
Rush into them gleefully, that is — those tall, barked hunks towering in our national-park sides of the woods, for which we’ve so pined over the past 16 days. They are open! Shutdown be gone! For now. In non-giddy English: Without fear of reprimand or worse (by feds, anyway), you may now enter Redwood National…
Help a Reggie Out: Watts Looking for ‘Edibles’
The man of non sequiturial beat-box hilarity has arrived, and apparently he’s familiar with our county’s reputation. His tweet from yesterday: And his Vine from earlier today. Welcome, sir.
Oompah
The Teutonic hedonists who came up with schadenfreude and the autobahn knew we needed a little something in the fall — a chance to appreciate the season before the big holidays swoop in. They also knew we needed beer. Shake out your lederhosen, volks, it’s Oktoberfest. On Saturday in Rohner Park from 11 a.m. to…
Soap. In a Fountain.
It’s funny because bubbles.
From the Hum: Tonight’s Blues, Hard Rock and Hip-Hop (and Watts)
Earl Thomas and Eddie Angel sit down for some “coffee-house style blues” at the Arcata Playhouse. Earl’ll tell stories from the road and Eddie’ll make his acoustic guitar sing. Soulful Jesi Naomi opens the show, which starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 advance, $15 at the door. A 10 on the grown-up meter. Aesir,…
Phillips thrills, Machete is dull
Reviews CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. Director Paul Greengrass has a dead-accurate, razor-edged sense of story. One could say he makes action movies (the second and third Bourne installments, Green Zone), but that doesn’t quite get it. He distills the essential elements of large-scale conflict into absorbing, often impossibly intense human dramas. Despite taking on big stories about…
Mack Lovin’
The upcoming off-year election is kicking up a bit of dust in McKinleyville, that unincorporated burg of 15,000 where horses, its motto proclaims, have the right of way. Four people are trying to squeeze into three seats on the McKinleyville Community Services District — three incumbents and one retired professor who hope to have a…
Lonely Crustaceans
Was it something we said? The Humboldt Crabs appears to be the only team left in the Far West League after its three collegiate summer league-mates — the Menlo Park Legends, the Neptune Beach Pearl and the Walnut Creek Crawdads — joined the Santa Barbara-based California Collegiate League last week. Crabs officials only found out about the mass exodus by reading the news on the…
The High Court
You could argue that nine grown-ups who sit around all day in silky black robes always look ridiculous, but the U.S. Supreme Court looked especially foolish last week when it decided not to hear an appeal of the federal government’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug — that is, a substance with no…
Two New Owners for 3 Foods Café
If you’ve been scrolling through Craigslist in hopes of buying 3 Foods Café in Arcata, you’re too late. New owners Jennifer Shipman and Laura Duttweiler beat you to it, and no, they didn’t buy it online. Escrow closed on Friday, and the place itself will only close (fingers crossed) from Oct. 21 to Oct. 24.…
Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community and is open for all McKinleyville businesses to display the work of local artists. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Call (707) 834-6460 or visit www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com for more information. 1. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COAST-HUMBOLDT COUNTY AIRPORT 3561…
Embellishing English
Once when the world was young — 1978 to be more precise — I headed out alone from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, fancying myself an anthropologist on the verge of discovering new peoples in the mythical “Golden Triangle” region. So much for the hubris of youth. Turned out I was walking into…
Providing Water for Wildlife
There’s little that irritates me more than going to the garden center and seeing an array of gorgeous, well-made bird baths that are all completely and utterly useless. It seems that the manufacturers of such things have never really researched or even given the most cursory amount of thought to what qualities a bird might…
Burying the Needle
If you thought this was the week you’d stay home and catch up on Trailer Park Boys, you were wrong. So wrong. Eat well and drink plenty of water because you’ve got a lot to do, Humboldt. Thursday’s blues, hard rock and hip-hop (and Watts) Earl Thomas and Eddie Angel sit down for some “coffee-house…
October and it may have rained
October and it may have rained once or twice but I have been flushed hot in a tee shirt on the Trinidad dock at the blessing of the crab fleet on a Thanksgiving morning We never really know and you wouldn’t think it but the rain comes slowly like fog the grayness moving quietly steady…
Oh, Dan
Editor: Wow. I really wish I hadn’t read the recent article about Dan Johnson in the Oct. 10 edition of the Journal (“Meet Dan Johnson”). Before Mr. Johnson’s plagiarism issue unfolded, I knew that he was a local developer, a Rotarian, a soccer coach and generally seemed like a decent enough guy. But now I…
Clarification
Last week’s story on the General Plan Update (“Disputed Principles”) stated that 3rd District Supervisor Mark Lovelace was pushing for increased restrictions on resource lands. Specifically, he was arguing to restrict resource land subdivisions.
Moondance
On Friday night, when that gorgeous harvest moon is shining in the night sky, you’ll wish you were out at a barn dance celebrating. And you could be! Blue Lake Harvest Days kick off under Dell’Arte’s big top tent with Colin Vance and the Striped Pig String Band. Just mosey over to the Blue Lake…
Silence!
Anybody else a little burned out on CG and 3D at the movies? Feel like you’re one Dolby sound check away from a burst eardrum? It might be time for a special effects break. The ArMack Orchestra fundraiser at Arcata High this Thursday, Friday and Saturday is just the ticket ($5). The students are showing…
