Savage Henry Comedy Club comes through again with another Metal Monday, thus giving me something to write about during this famously quiet week and giving you something to consider attending. Should you choose to go, you will be treated to the distorted sounds of Frog Mallet, Bonginator, Kult of Indifference, Bloodspire and Echoes of Ruination. […]
Echoes of Ruination
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Music Tonight: Saturday, June 29
Summer means festival season and although I’ve been a little lax about reporting on all of the grouped-up goings on around here, I can’t miss reporting on this metalworks happening at the Mateel today. The Nor-Cal Headbanger’s Ball will feature 13 bands from the Bay Area and above. Rather than list the entire lineup, I’ll […]
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Zero the Hero
As far as humiliation rituals go, another debate between two of the oldest and worst men to ever run for president (with four more years of decrepitude stacked on since their previous showdown) seems like something beneath the dignity of most people I know. When Alexis de Tocqueville gave his speech on socialism — he […]
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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, Aug. 14
Okie dokie, another installment of Metal Monday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club and this one is crammed with bands. I am told by promoter Eric that there will be a “vs.” quality to the 7 p.m. show, which seems to boil down to alternating bands setting up and performing on either the stage or […]
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No Country Music for Old Men
Now that much of the controversy surrounding Jason Aldean’s latest single has been supplanted by another meaningless and obnoxious salvo in the seemingly endless, mind-crushing American culture war — thank you, Lizzo — I wanted to share something that occurred to me during all the hubbub. While I’m not interested at all in the “Try […]
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Rock of Ages
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 far distant past. Maybe it’s because I’ve been slowly making my way through David Graeber (RIP) and David Wengrow’s excellent 2021 book The Dawn of Everything […]