Two happy returns tonight, in both artist and venue, as we are treated to the return of Hawaiian slack-key guitar master Led Kaapana at the Old Steeple, an excellent venue with a very select program of shows throughout the year. Tonight’s offering begins at 7:30 p.m. sharp, with tickets going for $31.50 in advance and […]
Led Kaapana
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
In last week’s intro I wrote about the fear of the zombification of our neighbors, teasing a discussion about a sneaky way of writing about an inversion of that concept. Well, here it is: The central idea shifts from a fear of your social equals to the creeping horror of full institutional political capture from […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, May 26
Hawaiian slack-key guitarist, wide-range singer and multi-instrumentalist Led Kaapana returns to our county to share the sounds he has made famous for most of his 75 years on the planet. I’m lucky enough to have seen him live before and will confirm he is a master of his form in every sense of the word, […]
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Hardcore UFO’s
Well, it’s finally here, Memorial Day weekend, which locally means the Kinetic Sculpture whatever it’s called these days. The weather looks promising, and this stuff is always fun, a welcome diversion and genuinely organic article of regional fun that hasn’t been digested by the tasteless acid pit of global consumerism (yet). I’m looking forward to […]
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Dr. Strangelove 2.0
Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Anybody want to guess why I’ve been thinking about that lately? With no sign of de-escalation in sight on the European front, we’re all back under the umbrella of the dumbest human action imaginable: the specter of nuclear war. Back in 1962, […]