As Leo Tolstoy once said, “All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Every member of the MacTwatt Clan’s 10-year family reunion reveals unique unhappiness as they meet again after years apart in the Logger Legends, Liars and Lookers, the third in the Logger Bar-located series of plays written and directed […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 19
There’s nothing going on tonight that I haven’t reported on in one form or another before, so I’ll just spin the wheel and see where the cursor stops. Duck, duck, duck, goose … and it looks like the Logger Bar is the place tonight, where you can enjoy Jazz Bros at 4 p.m., and karaoke […]
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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: Saturday, Nov. 30
Speaking of free shows, tonight’s offering at the Logger Bar is a near certified burner for those of you into the tried-and-true sonic landscape of the blues power trio. Jesse Mills Band fills out all the spaces in ways that such acts make a habit of doing, with a rock-solid rhythm section holding up some […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 31
It’s the Big Spooky tonight. Rather than round up all the various activities available out there for all you Halloweenies, I’m going to stick to my beat and suggest three shows, starting in Ferndale and heading north. That ought to cover the geographic spread for many of you. Over at the Old Steeple at 7:30 […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 29
If you still find yourself mourning the recent loss of Kris Kristofferson — and who with a heart isn’t? — then head over to the Logger Bar at 7 p.m. for a free open mic appreciation of the man’s music.
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Music Tonight: Friday, July 26
Speaking of the Logger Bar, there’s a show going down tonight that is tailor-made for the venue. I’m talking about the return of Gunsafe, the formerly Humboldt-based dark street-country and jumped-up death blues vehicle helmed all these years by Stella Martinez. The roots run deep with this one, and longtime locals and new converts alike […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, July 20
Two interesting but disparate shows are happening tonight, one in Arcata at 7 p.m., the other in Blue Lake two hours later, and so with a nod to chronology, let’s go. At Outer Space it’s a three-pronged affair, with Sacramento alt-rock band Quinine representing the road dogs, with local color provided by ambient act Blub […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, July 13
Two free gigs with very promising lineups for a July night of solid entertainment, perhaps rowdy, even. Only problem is both are at 9 p.m. and nowhere near each other, so you’ll have to pick one. Over at the Shanty, The Pine Hill Haints are back in town and ready to slap the gutbucket and […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 27
Longtime Logger Bar regular Kaptain Kirk is providing the musical entertainment at that fine establishment tonight at 8 p.m. I think I’ve walked in on a past performance or two, but my mind isn’t what it used to be, so the only notes I have are free-associative: “cosmic,” “trippy fun” and, most importantly, “free,” in […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 7
There was a little bit of a mix-up last month regarding Wild Abandon playing a gig at the Logger Bar, so let’s just do a quick window-edit in space-time and insert that show into tonight’s slot at 9 p.m. The forecast now looks like you can enjoy a lovely summer’s evening in one of our […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, May 24
There are two separate local indie rock band shows tonight that are worth your time, only one of which you can choose due to both occurring at 9 p.m., and the limiting nature of the hours in our particular dimension of reality. Wild Abandon is playing a free one over at the Logger Bar if […]