If you haven’t exhausted yourself from the action at the third annual May Day Block Party at 2 p.m. in Blue Lake near the Logger Bar, here’s some more locally crafted entertainment for your enjoyment. The Wild Hare Tavern is hosting veteran eclectic rock act Barking Dogma, with singer Peggy Martinez and company keeping alive […]
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Music Today: Sunday, July 7
Humboldt Hot Air, our region’s free internet radio station and a beacon of the off-beat and pulse for the proper goods since KHSU was assassinated, is holding a fundraising fest today at the Arcata Playhouse and adjacent areas. This free, all-ages “fun-raising” event will feature two stages for live music, vendors, food trucks, a vinyl […]
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Fanfare for the Common Man
While I am not a fan of historical hypotheticals and counterfactual guesswork, it is enticing to imagine what a different world we’d all be living in if instead of that homicidal hayseed from Missouri, Harry S. Truman, FDR’s previous sidekick Henry Wallace had been vice president when Roosevelt died. Wallace was an avid reformer in […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, May 19
Australia has a way of cutting out all the bullshit from American culture and leaving in all the greasy and gory fun bits. There are many examples of its righteous offerings since the days of AC/DC and The Road Warrior, but lately there have been a lot of great garage bands breaking containment from the […]