Metal Monday, 7 p.m., Savage Henry Comedy Club, all-ages, I.D. to drink fermented liquids, $5- $10 sliding scale at the door, and now that we’ve moved past the standard boilerplate, here comes the line-up. Locals Insomnia Syndrome, who are more metal and heavy than punk, and land speed recorders Brain Dead Rejects will join Dumpster Puppies from Crescent City, a […]
Brain-Dead Rejects
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Freedom of Choice
There was some sort of local scuffling happening during press time for this column, so under the comforting thump of a police helicopter in the near-full moon-lit sky over my home, I consulted an official government dictionary for American Media — both social and corporate — to help clarify some terms I’ve been hearing a […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, April 22
The calendar marks the onward tapping of time, and once again the first days of the working week is capped off with a 7 p.m. installment of Metal Mondays at Savage Henry Comedy Club. Tonight’s fare includes two Midwestern touring bands, Cincinnati’s power-violence crew Slut Bomb and noise violence mercenaries Blackwater Snipers from Chicago. Local […]
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The Royal Scam
On this year’s 4/20, let’s all take a moment to celebrate the true message of legalizing marijuana in the American way: Commodifying the struggle for freedom against oppression so that a small handful of rich assholes can get even wealthier without the unpleasantness of restorative justice for the millions of lives destroyed by the long […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 11
It’s just another Metal Monday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 6 p.m., so don’t go wishing it were Sunday, even if that’s your I-don’t-have-to-run-day. These are fun, too. Tonight’s gig brings two bands from Everett, Washington, KillCam and Resin Cough, for a meet-up with our local heroes GRUG! and Brain Dead Rejects. This […]
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Hybrid Moments
Belarius, the exiled lord and soldier who stole and raised the sons of the British pagan King Cymbeline in the play of the same name, is certain of a kind of noble “strain” of eugenics, where breeding shows through any humble environment (in this case, a rustic cave in the Welsh countryside). “Cowards father cowards, […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 10
The Outer Space is hosting a Punks for Palestine benefit show tonight at 7:30 p.m., with bands Vegan Slaughterhouse, The Groomers, Brain Dead Rejects and Heart Eyes putting in their best effort for a good cause. The door is $5-$10 sliding scale, and the proceeds go to the American Near East Refugee Aid, providing relief […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 16
Two shows tonight because things thin out a bit later on in the column, so I’m packing more options on the weekend. However, these are a toss up, happening at roughly the same time in two different cities, so you gotta pick one. At 6:30 p.m. at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, it’s Humboldt Surfrider’s fifth […]
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New Moon Fever
I don’t attribute much of human behavior to the far-out celestial bodies in our solar system. Credit that to a rebellious streak I’m employing against my now-deceased parents who met in the 1970s in a transcendental “community” that was somewhat active in that archetyping. I don’t worry about which planet is in retrograde. I do, […]
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In With the Future
Well, it’s that time of year, when I must once again appeal to the reason of my fellow Americans and suggest we not only can but must do better regarding which holiday we choose to celebrate this week. Things change and historical reassessments have produced a staggering amount of evidence that Thanksgiving is built on […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 6
I don’t mind boosting another Metal Monday night at Savage Henry Comedy Club because the lineups are good at balancing local talent with touring acts, I’m happy to support anything resembling a local metal scene and this regular gig is dependable, and Mondays are a tough field to carve out anything lasting on, and I […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Sept. 25
Two venues, both alike in dignity, (in fair Humboldt, where we lay our scene), from ancient grudge to break new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. (Author’s note: There are two gigs happening at 7 p.m., so you have to pick a side.) If you are a shoegaze and dreampop loving Montague, then […]