Offered various choices in my research for tonight, I ended up landing on a flyer for a free show at the Kaptain’s Quarters at 8 p.m. for a band called Battle Mountain Gold Co. Blame it on the Mardi Gras-adjacent colors, or the grinning skeleton brandishing a trumpet, or the promise of “Let’s get weird,” […]
Kaptain’s Quarters
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 27
Lots of gigs going down tonight, but I’d like to give a shout out to two, something old, and something new. In the first camp is Holus Bolus, a one-man guitar looping sound-meister who I’ve been writing about and advocating for since my first days on this beat. He’s playing a free gig at the […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 29
Local blues master Buddy Reed is playing a solo gig at the Kaptain’s Quarters tonight at 8 p.m. He might not be accompanied by his backing band Th’ Rip It Ups but I guarantee ripping licks will still be on the menu. If you are feeling like making some noise of your own, the Miniplex […]
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Taste of Main Street Returns
In what felt like a shrewd tactical move, my companions and I started with dessert. Once we’d picked up our Taste of Main Street passes, it was only a block’s walk to Living the Dream Ice Cream, where miniature scoops spiked with shards of waffle cone were on offer and the line hadn’t yet extended […]