I have what I am telling myself is a slight cold. Maybe it has something to do with my multi-generational associates: My friend’s absurdly cute baby seemed a little snottier than usual when I picked her up the other day and I will tell you that nothing is more likely to Trojan Horse disease into […]
Blood Hunny
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No Country for Old Young Men
I’ll admit I am a bit of a jerk. I try not to be but my heart is heavy. The first election I was old enough to vote in was Bush vs. Gore and since then it’s basically been a backslide through unending war, recessions, bailouts for the financial industry and lately a gross turn […]
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Beautiful Music in a Cruel World
Last week was marked by two high-profile deaths. The tragic suicide of troubled songwriter, poet and Silver Jews frontman David Berman, and the there’s-no-fucking-way-that-I-will-ever-believe-that-was-a-suicide demise of professional scumbag and alleged child pimp Jeffrey Epstein. And though both of these events happened in New York City, they are worlds apart: The latter has me watching with […]
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To an Oasis, Sprinkled by Stars Above
Last week surf rock icon Dick Dale died. I saw him live twice and was deafened by his massive and beautiful sound both times. Unfortunately, I saw Mr. Dale’s shows because he was forced to tour into his old age and until his death due to medical bills. Dick Dale’s experience was just one example […]
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Gemini Nights
Who needs an intro in these short, wet and cold days? By the time I get started the sun will have come and gone and we will all be mocked heartily by the massive frozen charioteers who pull the night across the sky at the bored whim of the gods. (Note: I have never actually […]
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Hibernation Breaks
For all its vaunted pomp and first-tier-in-the-new-year position on the calendar, January is a pretty beige and uninspiring month here in the Northern Hemisphere. All through December it comes rushing up the stairs, hitting each landing on the way up like a tensioning string, only to knock forcefully on the protagonist’s door to deliver the […]
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Get to the Show and the Voting Booth
This has been an ugly and busy week. White terrorism has been in the news and in our own community someone was stabbed to death in Arcata in what I am sure was a tragically pointless dispute. Two lives are now ruined: the victim’s and the alleged attacker’s. This isn’t a crime to put on […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 5
It’s the inaugural day of Lost Coast Fest, our local DIY community’s celebration of music, direct action and all-ages fun. As of press time, tickets were flying fast but, rather than allowing that to dissuade you, I suggest you take it as a challenge to join in for the main feature. The matinee begins today […]
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Do or DIY
There’s a ton of music this week with the exception of Monday night, which I have cut out entirely for space because it’s dead out. Here’s a thought: Consider spending that night rooting for my erstwhile home team the New Orleans Saints to beat the racist institution known as the Washington R*dskins within the purview […]