Every Beatles Song, Ranked: JAMSBIO ranks every single Beatles song, from worst (“Revolution 9”) to best (“A Day in the Life”). The gimmick is the least of it, though — writer JBev provides an incisive couple of paragraphs on each number. Excellent
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At Last
Last night, while many in Humboldt were out partying to celebrate the swearing in of our new prez, I stayed home with my wife Amy to watch the Inauguration Balls on TV, on MSNBC to be exact. Amy imagined we might see some of the top-flight bands playing, but that wasn’t what MSNBC offered. While […]
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The Next Leader of the U.S.A.
If Paul Morley of the Observer (London) had his druthers , tomorrow we’d be celebrating the inauguration of North Coast Journal food columnist Joseph Byrd as our new president. Joseph Byrd of the USA, my mascot of an American truth that is more David Lynch than Steven Spielberg, developed sounds for toys, wrote TV theme […]
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More NPK
This week’s North Coast Journal includes a portion of a conversation with NPK guitarist Tanner Speas in The Hum . Our chat covered much more territory, touching on issues like diesel dope, and some of you may want to read more. Here’s the rest of the story in Q&A form: I understand you’re about to […]
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Bobby McFerrin show cancelled (don’t worry)
This just in: CenterArts regretfully announces the cancellation of [the] Bobby McFerrin [concert] this Friday, January 9 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre, HSU. Due to Bobby coming down with strep throat we are forced to cancel his performance on campus this Friday. We are working to reschedule the event for sometime in […]
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Sara Bareilles up for Grammy (times 2)
Eureka homegirl Sara Bareilles hit the big time some time ago, but her career just got even bigger. Her hit single “Love Song,” which went to No. 1 on the charts, is now in the running for a “Song of the Year” Grammy. It doesn’t get much bigger than that, but wait, she’s also in […]
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A love story
Thanks to Slate (via BoingBoing ) for pointing out this TV ad for a bank, with what Humboldters will recognize as a familiar story, at least until the ending. As Slate’s John Swansburg points out, Joanna Newsom provides the soundtrack song. I can’t say I understand what it all has to do with banking, but […]
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A Folklife show that fell through the cracks
Sometimes things fall through the cracks in our event listing system, an e-mail is overlooked or gets incorrectly diverted by the junk mail filter. Here’s the p.r. for a very cool show tomorrow night (Monday) that I discovered this morning after hearing about it from a friend: What: Humboldt Folklife Society presents Russ Barenberg and […]
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Chas Lewis named Roots Music “DJ of the Month”
note: South Side show hours expanded to 7-10 This just in from the folks at KHUM: Chas Lewis, host of ” The South Side ” on 104.7/ 104.3 KHUM has been named ‘DJ of the Month’ by the Roots Music Report , which features radio airplay charts from over 300 radio stations worldwide. Lewis said, […]
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Who would Jesus vote for?
Is this what Jesus looked like? The guys in Everclear don’t actually say who they think Jesus would vote for, but their new song is called “Jesus Was a Democrat,” and they say, “he wouldn’t vote for John McCain.” By the way, they’re giving the song away for free. “Jesus Was a Democrat” Jesus Christ […]
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correction Amy/Lila – start time 6:30 p.m.
Amy Stewart / Lila Nelson Due to a data input error, today’s Journal has an incorrect start time for Friday’s Amy Stewart reading at College of the Redwoods. Songstresss Lila Nelson will sing starting at 6:30 p.m. before Stewart reads. Here’s the full press release: CR’s Visiting Writers Series presents New York Times best-selling local […]