Thick grooves are on the bill at The Arcata Theatre Lounge around 8 p.m. courtesy of local reggae jammers The Dubbadubs along with Stonechild and trippy-pysch DJs The Desert Dwellers. Harnessing exotic instruments, eastern scales and reverb-drenched foreign female vocals, these dwellers of the desert bring you something you might hear in a yoga tent […]
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Music Tonight – Thursday, May 25
Tonight the Miniplex in Arcata is hosting Seattle band Mommy Long Legs, who come out of the feminist punk scene of the Queen City and who are making their Humboldt debut (I think). Local “femme-nasty” rap duo Vagsicle — think Talking Heads art performance blending with some part of The Beastie Boys and a secret […]
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I’m With Her
Reviews ALIEN: COVENANT. I saw Ridley Scott’s ground-breaking Alien (1979) too young and imprinted on its visceral sci-fi horror like a duckling. Artist H.R. Giger, whose work calls to mind an Art Nouveau death cult, designed a beast that finally frightened us more than humans. Its oil-slick, black, eyeless bullet of a head, with its […]
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Entertained to Death
Technology giveth, and technology taketh away. I’ve been pondering this thought for a while now. I won’t claim to be a fully out-of-the-closet Luddite, but compared to many — my children especially — I am far more wary of the trade off between what we get from technology and what we give to technology. Specifically, […]
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Music Tonight – Wednesday, May 24
Bob Dylan turns 76 today and that means it’s time for the seventh annual Bob Dylan Birthday Bash happening at Blue Lake’s Mad River Brewery at 5 p.m. Local musician/promoter/engineer/nice guy Chris Parriera has been organizing these tributes so make sure you thank him for all the hard work. I know Bob’s voice isn’t for […]
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Music Tonight – Saturday, May 20
One of the more cheekily named local bands, For Folk’s Sake — or is it For Folks’ Sake? — are at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. and for free. Enjoy the show, the local beer and feel free to let me know how to spell the band’s name correctly. “One-Man-Psychedelic-Acoustiloop musician” […]
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Music Tonight – Friday, May 19
Sticking with Blue Lake, you’ll find the country stylings of Cadillac Ranch at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room at 6 p.m. Same deal as usual, it’s free and all ages, but feel free to tip the band. The RLA Trio is hosting its third show in the Westhaven Center for the Arts Jazz Series […]
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Music Tonight – Thursday, May 18
Get your bluegrass on tonight as our own Compost Mountain Boys are back doing their string thing at the Mad River Brewery Tap room at 6 p.m. Like all MRB shows, it’s free and all ages. Just don’t let your kids sip your beer alright? Once you’re done there, leave the kids in the car […]
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Throwaway Throwbacks
Reviews SNATCHED. When Amy Schumer, building on the success both of her stand-up comedy and subversive, hilarious TV show Inside Amy Schumer, made her first foray into the Hollywood mainstream, she did it like a cagey pro. Teaming with director Judd Apatow, starring and working from her own screenplay, she came out with Trainwreck (2015). […]
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About Bob
My freshman year in high school, I’d hitch rides to school with my friend Cameron and his mother. Cameron and I would groggily listen to cassettes his older brother gave him: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan. We listened to Dylan from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan up to Blood On the Tracks and anything […]
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Music Tonight – Tuesday, May 16
I’m told there’s some “cutting edge music” in the Scottish tradition happening tonight as a part of the Crib Concert Series at 7 p.m. in Arcata. Now I’m not hip enough to know where these exclusive house concerts take place but if you’re interested, email crib1251@gmail.com for more information. I haven’t mentioned who’s playing tonight, […]
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Music Tonight – Sunday, May 14
In case you didn’t party hard enough last night and are up early this morning, head to the Arcata Community Center to hear the 60-singer-strong Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir doing its thing. AIGC is joined by the AIGC Youth Choir and A Company of Voices around 10 a.m. Tickets are $18 at the door but […]