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: 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, 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 […]