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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Laugh It Up

(May 26, 2022) I'm happy to report I finished last week with a show that absolutely repaired my mood and gave me just enough oomph to get back to the working week. I...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Dr. Woo

(May 19, 2022) I'm writing this at the beginning of the week, the day after the eclipse of the Super Flower Blood Moon. I'm probably more immune to the effects of magical thinking...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Better Git it in Your Soul

(May 12, 2022) Having grown up in love with the work of Charles Mingus, I am excited for Thursday's show. Which is good news because there hasn't been much else in the world...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Vaya con Dios

(May 5, 2022) One aspect of this gig that I haven't relished over the years is reporting when another member of the Humboldt music scene has passed away. I try to keep things...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Weekenders

(April 28, 2022) As is sometimes the case in the re-emerging world of local live entertainment in which we find ourselves, the good shows are simply not spread out evenly across the week....

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Rock of Ages

(April 21, 2022) I've been reading about and looking at a lot of prehistoric art recently. Maybe when the future looks bleak enough, it's a survival instinct to look back at the...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Microphone Season?

(April 14, 2022) I'll make this quick, for once. I have included both open mics and karaoke gigs here in the Setlist this week, with the obvious elephant of two-plus years of plague...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Once More, with Feeling

(April 7, 2022) All right, here we go again. We've got a lull in the pandemic wave action and, for better or for worse, live music is being made with a few minor...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

(March 31, 2022) Regular readers will remember I enjoy reviewing records in an appropriately intimate, yet dynamic environment — specifically, while driving to somewhere pretty in my truck. This week however, circumstances came...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

A Little Taste of Royalty

Conman Bolo's "King Spliff"

(December 9, 2021) So much has changed in the last two years, it's sometimes difficult to keep track of every little turn of the screw. In the old days, I used social media,...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Little Graces

Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson at the Arcata Playhouse

(November 18, 2021) Lately I've been focusing on small graces and pleasures: a walk in nature with a loved one, a good meal, seeing a cool bird, or reading something full of brilliance...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

As It Was, So Shall It Be

Eureka Symphony opens again

(October 7, 2021) On Oct. 1 and 2, the Eureka Symphony opened its 30th anniversary season at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts with a program that was aptly titled "Re-Emergence." I...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Open Your Mind

(August 12, 2021) Last week I asked a very important question about the continued existence of live music in the face of our increasing pandemic spike and its attendant dangers. That question has...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Waltzing Mephisto

(August 5, 2021) As I blearily write this, I am up too late, thinking about a last-minute camping trip I'm sneaking away on in the hopes of removing some of the crude nanoparticles...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Back at it Again?

(July 29, 2021) To mask or not to mask, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer a mild inconvenience to ... oh, stop it. It looks like the...

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The Setlist / By Collin Yeo

Living on a Thin Line

(July 22, 2021) I'm a little confused lately and I'm not the only one. Now that things have opened up again, and I did my civic duty and got the jab, what's...

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