control. Eureka California is Dead: The Flagpole, our sister paper in Athens, Ga., reports that the local (to Athens) powerpunk band Eureka California has just dropped a new album — Eureka California is Dead. Check out the band’s MySpace page.
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Buy local! Holiday gift sure to please
Because what could be better than a piece of Absynth? Quintet, that is. Would you like to give a friend a slot as the sixth member of Humboldt’s renowned* gypsy-jazz-string-happy Absynth Quintet? Or have the erstwhile male models** follow them about for part of a day a la Jonathan Richman in Something About Mary? Or […]
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That Wild Drummer
This week’s Hum starts out with a bit about the improv trio Holshouser, Bennink and Moore , (aka Third Man Trio) coming to town next Tuesday, Oct. 20 , for a Redwood Jazz Alliance show in HSU’s Fulkerson Recital Hall. The interview with the band’s reeds player, Michael Moore , ( a Humboldt native ) […]
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Homeland Security Strikes Again
This just in from the folks at the Mateel re: the concert by Chirgilchin, The Master Throat Singers Of Tuva : The Mateel Community Center’s Membership Appreciation Night which was originally scheduled for this Friday, October 16th has been cancelled. Unfortunately the visas for the Tuvan throat singers were denied and their tour has subsequently […]
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Dimmick Pays Mateel
The folks at the Dimmick Ranch just announced that they now hold the rights to the Reggae Rising festival free and clear: The Dimmick Ranch, LLC is pleased to announce that Tom Dimmick made the final payment of $50,000 to the Mateel Community Center prior to its due date of September 30th. This payment fulfills […]
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Changes by the Bay
There’s a last minute switch in the Blues by the Bay line-up for Saturday: Harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo , who was scheduled to play just before his friend and music collaborator Roy Rogers, has cancelled due to serious illness. A post on Norton’s Facebook page notes that he’s been in the hospital all week with […]
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Drumming for Pelicans
Who wouldn’t park his truck by the side of Samoa Road, unload the sticks and skins and serenade the bay? On a warm summer day? That’s what Zach Lewing — last seen playing with White Manna — has been doing all summer long. “I’m just working on my music,” he says.
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Ween Kills Dwight Yoakam
This just in from the folks at Dimmick Ranch: Regrettably we have to announce that the Live on the County Line show Saturday August 29 featuring Dwight Yoakam at the Dimmick Ranch has been cancelled. The show was also set to feature Kelly Willis , John Doe and the Sadies and Wanda Jackson . “This […]
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Snoop: A Big Louie’s Man?
Snoop: A Big Louie’s Man?: You might have thought that Snoop Dogg would have preferred APD or Big Pete’s, but you forgot one thing: The D-O-Double-G kicks it OLD SCHOOL. So says this TMZ post on Snoop’s Humboldt County pizza-buying
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Macca Brands Fortuna Fan
Hoopa! This ultra-awesome YouTube video was shot at the Paul McCartney show in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday: The girl jumping up and down, barely able to contain herself, is 19-year-old Audrey McCombs of Fortuna. McCombs is a guitarist, tuba player, HSU music student, salesperson at Fortuna Music Mart, and — as evidenced by the […]