The Outer Space is throwing a show tonight at 8 p.m., headlined by a new favorite band of mine, the funk and dance, honkin’ squawkers Hermit Crab. Also on the bill are spoken word artist Dylan Collins, dark folk act Tsunga and a performance art/electro drone group called KMRO, which stands for “Karma Means Revolutionary […]
KMRO
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River Man
Aldous Huxley had a regular column in Esquire Magazine in the mid-1950s where he once observed, “The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong; the next most distressing thing is to be proved right.” He was revisiting the legacy of his novel A Brave New World during the […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 13
With St. Patrick’s Day on Friday and spring coming in a week, I am cautiously optimistic about seeing an end to the frequent dead night or two that the winter brings to the local music scene. Another good sign is that tonight features an installment of Metal Mondays over at Savage Henry at 7 p.m. […]
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Beautiful Era
I have probably mentioned here before that I like going for walks, often at odd hours to avoid other people. This isn’t out of any misanthropic impulse, but to stay out of the way of traffic, which is the pedestrian’s natural enemy. They aren’t long walks, either, I just need a space and time where […]
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A Wee Touch of the Lurgy
I have what I am telling myself is a slight cold. Maybe it has something to do with my multi-generational associates: My friend’s absurdly cute baby seemed a little snottier than usual when I picked her up the other day and I will tell you that nothing is more likely to Trojan Horse disease into […]