It’s the last night of March and there are far worse ways to go out like a lamb than enjoying another Tuesday evening of jazz played expertly by the Opera Alley Cats at the Speakeasy. No cover for the show, so show some love for players and pourers.
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Sept. 23
I might as well toss in one of my periodic reminders to go check out the Opera AlleyCats at the SpeakEasy at 7 p.m. They’re good and it’s free, minus the cost of whateveryou feel like pouring down the hatch from behind the bar.
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Green Destroyed
This column’s song title comes from the highly influential — in my formative years, at least — album Human=Garbage by the anarcho crust punk band Dystopia. Lines like these were once attractive to an angry and borderline nihilistic young man: “Humanity is diggin’ its own grave From the master in the high rise To his […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 26
Another Tuesday night in the Northern 707, another chance to catch some jazz courtesy of the Opera Alley Cats at the Speakeasy at 7 p.m. It’s a free gig but bring some scratch for my buddy Brian and the rest of the boys in the band. Tip your bartenders, too, please.
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 15
Hey daddios, daddiettes and all hep-cats in between, it’s Tuesday night, so that means another freebie at the Speakeasy by one of our most talented groups of jazz-bos, the Opera Alley Cats. Music starts at 7 p.m. (what is it with that hour and this week?) and a responsible cocktail or two will only enhance […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 20
The Alley Cats, sometimes known as the Opera Alley Cats when playing in their home turf in Old Town Eureka, are playing a free one tonight at the Basement after 7 p.m. Be on the lookout for my buddy Brian’s new trombone, which came in the post from Japan, looks like a beaut and I […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Dec. 12
Once again, you have the opportunity to enjoy the jazz stylings of the Opera Alley Cats at one of the group’s weekly gigs. This one is at the SpeakEasy at 7 p.m., no door cover, so be sure to bring some cash to tip the band and bartender.
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Nov. 14
I saw one of its members the other day, which reminded me to remind you about the Opera Alley Cats, a jazz group that plays to fill its surroundings, two places in particular being just about perfect for heightening the ambience: the Basement and the Speakeasy. Tonight at 7 p.m. the group will be at […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Sept. 5
I am once again suggesting you make your way over to the Speakeasy to check out the jazz stylings of the Opera Alley Cats. The music starts around 7 p.m., and the only cost associated with the entertainment is the social convention of buying a drink and tipping the band.
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, July 4
I was recently asked by a member of the Opera Alley Cats, a tight and enjoyable jazz group that trades in intimate-setting tunes, what it would take to get their weekly gig at the Speakeasy into the Setlist. Well Brian, as I have written about their ongoing Tuesday residency in weeks past, a tug on […]
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Party Rocking
The art of the playlist is a lot like conversation, there’s a flow state that wants to be achieved by the unconscious mind for the benefit of the collective whole. When choosing our songs, we are likewise choosing our words and tailoring them as best as we can for the context of the desired exchange. […]