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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 15

The all-ages, $20, 7 p.m. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles show at Savage Henry Comedy Club appears to be all sold-out on the internet, so unless you know something I don’t — entirely possible — you might be looking for another adventure tonight. Here’s an idea. Remember Bulgarika from Monday night? Well, today they will be putting […]

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Music Tonight: Tuesday, May 22

Why is my pulse elevated, my pupils dilated and my body hair erect? Because OG punk/thrash masters D.R.I. — Dirty Rotten Imbeciles — are playing the Arcata Vet’s Hall tonight at 7 p.m. ($20/$15 advance). And although I have listened to them since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I have yet to see the […]

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Call Me By Your Band Name

The more creatively named bands featured this week got my wheels spinning down memory lane. Despite a preternatural and seething distrust of all things over and done with, I couldn’t help thinking about some of the uniquely named groups I’ve encountered over the decades. I myself used to front a New Orleans-based punk/psych outfit called […]

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