There’s a heavy punk presence at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m., where some concerned locals are throwing a “Safety Meeting” to address the best way to keep bigotry out of our local music scene as the rest of the country is being filled with the putrid stench of weaponized institutional racism in […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, June 21
It’s the second and final night of the mini-music fest Thrash and Destroy at RampArt Skatepark in honor of international skate weekend, so if you missed last night’s “Thrash Metal Fest” offering at 7 p.m., you can still enjoy tonight’s “Punker Parade” at the same time, featuring performances by locals Racket and Imperial Destructo, along […]
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Computer World
A.I. sucks. From the name outward, it’s completely false. It isn’t and will never be an artificial intelligence, but it does operate as a plagiarism-fueled pyramid scheme for some of the worst people on the planet, while further destroying any concept of consensus reality and vetted information, making an already post-literate population far more stupid. […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 15
It isn’t exactly Metal Monday, but Savage Henry Comedy Club steams ahead tonight with a loud line-up of merry noisemakers. Two Bay Area bands are in the mix: post-hardcore act Drought and screamo group Máu, along with local grind duo Klod and the punks in Racket. This all- ages funhouse starts at 7 p.m., with […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 9
I haven’t checked in on Blondie’s in a while, so in deference to that sweet little venue in my old neighborhood, Here’s a two-fer for the evening. Starting at 5 p.m. and running for two hours, the lively open mic will be happening, then after a pause, at 8 p.m., you can enjoy a showcase […]
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Armistice
Last Sunday we had Fall Back, when we retreated to an extra hour of darkness — and for many, sleep — on the clock to adjust to the changing season. Fall back, retreat, ceasefire, armistice … these words flow together in a certain thematic harmony as we reach the last one. Until 1954, we used […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 30
This is the last Metal Monday of the month at Savage Henry Comedy Club, and it’s looking to be a heavy one. Texas math and grindcore band The Sound That Ends Creation fills the touring band slot, and local support comes in the form of Grug!, Satanicus Sarcophilus, and Racket, which balances nicely across the […]
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Dressing Up
Time for a costume suggestion. We all know about David Bowie’s various personas, the most famous of which was Ziggy Stardust. There was also Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke and Jared the Goblin King. But for a brief moment during his fascist Orwellian masterpiece from 1974, Diamond Dogs, the world got a taste of […]
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No Country Music for Old Men
Now that much of the controversy surrounding Jason Aldean’s latest single has been supplanted by another meaningless and obnoxious salvo in the seemingly endless, mind-crushing American culture war — thank you, Lizzo — I wanted to share something that occurred to me during all the hubbub. While I’m not interested at all in the “Try […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Aug. 5
I have two festivals to recommend today, each on either end of our county’s share of the 101. First up on the northside at 3 p.m., RampArt Skate Park is home to Bushfest, a metal-palooza full of shredders and screamers, priced at a very reasonable $20 for 13 bands, $15 if you get an early-bird […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 22
Another night, another metal show at RampArt skatepark. No Living Witness is a technical death metal band from Tumwater, Washington, on tour with fellow distortion peddlers Blighted Eye. Tonight, they share the stage with locals Racket and Echoes of Rumination. Doors are at 7 p.m. and $10 will get you through those doors.
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Good Rituals
Summer is finally here, in the technical sense. I inaugurated the season last weekend by working on Saturday, then spending all day Sunday at the first iteration of Fernstock, serving as the emcee and one of the judges. And while I have plenty of experience with the former, I have a different experience with the […]