There are two mini-fest gigs tonight, so choose wisely. At 7 p.m. at the Bodyworks Alpha Annex in Eureka there is a battle of the bands in the style of local metal, featuring Image Pit, Something Wicked, Malicious Algorithm, Psyop Victim, Grug! and Death Doula, along with raffles, live boxing matches (!) and refreshments. Tickets […]
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He Was a Friend of Mine
The Ides of March came last Friday, some 2060-plus years since mighty Caesar got smoked, and we lost our little king. I am talking about my partner and I putting down our sweet, little, old dog man, when the forces of time and congestive heart failure brought on a fast catastrophe. I had put some […]
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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: Monday, Oct. 30
This is the last Metal Monday of the month at Savage Henry Comedy Club, and it’s looking to be a heavy one. Texas math and grindcore band The Sound That Ends Creation fills the touring band slot, and local support comes in the form of Grug!, Satanicus Sarcophilus, and Racket, which balances nicely across the […]
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Dressing Up
Time for a costume suggestion. We all know about David Bowie’s various personas, the most famous of which was Ziggy Stardust. There was also Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke and Jared the Goblin King. But for a brief moment during his fascist Orwellian masterpiece from 1974, Diamond Dogs, the world got a taste of […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 2
Yet another Monday packed with metal over at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 7 p.m. This week’s offering is heavy in favor of the power violence genre, with touring Tijuana act Hong Kong Fuck You joining forces with local acts Grug!, T.I.C.K., and The Groomers. As always, this all-ages show is $10, and you need […]
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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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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 16
The Siren’s Song Tavern is hosting a night of grind-oriented metal, with Knoll from Tennessee rolling in on a local’s joint featuring Malicious Algorithm, God is War and Grug! This is chug chug scream metal, not noodley falsetto metal, and the price is $10. Everything kicks off at 7 p.m.
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Bowling for Housing
Very few people are immune to the temptations of self-mythologization. This makes sense in America, where we are raised from birth by the flashing dream machines provided by the entertainment, sports and advertising industries. Narrative is injected into our minds like the processed filling in Twinkies at such a rate and volume that we are […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, April 6
Heavy, heavy, heavy show tonight at 7 p.m. at Siren’s Song Tavern. If you like the extreme end of metal, you’ll love the sets by Narc from Sacramento, Washington State’s Burial Rites and local chuggers and grinders Psyop Victim (whom I have given my stamp of approval to in columns past), and Grug. For this […]