Man, is timing everything. This morning on Twitter, former member of The Hitch, Magnum and numerous other socks-rockin’ bands (and current bearded construction god, seen above with Duane Flatmo’s fire breathing dragon) Steve Bohner announced: Looks like the new band has found a keyboard player….. New band? Keyboard player? Bohner agreed to come on the […]
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Local Music On Hold
In this age of computerized phone systems, we all spend more time than we’d like on hold, usually listening to bad music. When the Journal moved into our new offices over the summer we got a new digital phone system complete with some of the worst hold music ever — renditions of old Elvis tunes […]
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Captain Beefheart, Legendary Avant Garde Musician and Reclusive Trinidad Resident, Dies
Rolling Stone reports that he died today due to complications from multiple sclerosis. Entertainment Weekly adds that he passed away “in a northern California hospital.” We’ll see what we can get. UPDATE: Assistant Coroner Charlie Van Buskirk that Beefheart died at Mad River Hospital early this morning. He knows this only because hospital staff called him with […]
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Share It Fairly: How YOU Could Win House of Floyd Tickets!
So, you want to go see the Pink Floyd tribute band House of Floyd at the Arkley Center on Saturday night, but “the economy” just isn’t letting your brain part with the $38 it costs to get in. At the North Coast Journal, our readers are more important than just another brick in the wall! […]
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CMJ: Day Two.
My second day in New York started off kind of slow, but grew throughout the day. Things didn’t really get moving or shaking till about 7 p.m., when I went to a press mixer hosted by Big Picture Media, the publicist for CMJ. I didn’t really know what to expect besides a bunch of press […]
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What I Did On My CMJ Vacation — Day One
KSLG DJ Melissa Culbertson is covering the CMJ Music Festival for the North Coast Journal and KSLG. Follow her at @silygirl0. What I Did On My CMJ Vacation — Day One. By Melissa Culbertson Melissa Culbertson here in New York City all week long to attend the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. (If you […]
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NCJ at the CMJ
Hi, I’m Melissa Culbertson. You may know me from my days as a “Left of the Dial” DJ on KHSU, or have at least heard my voice overnight on 94.1 KSLG. I love music and everything to do with it, so I have chosen to spend my life finding new music and sharing it with […]
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Strix Vega At The Alibi, Sept. 25, 2010
I’ve been watching Strix Vega and listening to them grow for more than five years at this point. What started as an unmistakeable nod to the folky sounds of Neil Young, has grown into a psychadelic mix that touches on influences like The Doors and Pink Floyd. Saturday night, Strix Vega played two full sets […]
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Ukesperience At North Country Fair
By the time Sunday rolled around last weekend, it seemed like most folks had had enough of being soaked to the bone on the Arcata Plaza, but the ones who stuck out the weather were in for a slightly overcast treat, late in the afternoon. Ukesperience played on the Garden Gate stage at 9th and […]
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Samba Time at the North Country Fair
A couple of samba dance troupes combined, a bunch of drummers led by Jesse Jonathan, a North Country Fair tradition. The rain held off for most of the time as they circled the Arcata Plaza.
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Sara Bareilles: home for the holidays, again
An announcement just came in from CenterArts: They’re presenting a concert by Sara Bareilles on Friday, Dec. 17 in HSU’s Van Duzer Theatre. As you may recall, Sara comes at holiday time most years to visit with the folks — and sing for the hometown audience. From the press release: Eureka native Sara Bareilles is […]