Alot of the problems in contemporary society can be traced to the servile tradition of western liberal compromise, and one of central stations of failure within that tradition is the long list of Nazi officials who died natural deaths as free men after World War II. One of the more egregious examples of this in […]
Steve Poltz
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 5
Steve Poltz is a unique case study of the type of musician who found a way to forge a livelihood with his art right before the industry cratered into the rare mega-wealth and mass poverty model that is currently destroying the soul of American music. Coming up from the SoCal indie music scene of the […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, July 8
Steve Poltz wears a lot of hats, including the actual style accessories and UV protectors, some of those hats include singer, songwriter, guitar picker, fully booked road dog, and a chooser of good collaborators for his style of jaunty and jocular tunes. I do not know whether he chose Trinidad Town Hall for this evening’s […]
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Fanfare for the Common Man
While I am not a fan of historical hypotheticals and counterfactual guesswork, it is enticing to imagine what a different world we’d all be living in if instead of that homicidal hayseed from Missouri, Harry S. Truman, FDR’s previous sidekick Henry Wallace had been vice president when Roosevelt died. Wallace was an avid reformer in […]
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From the Hum: Tonight! Steve Poltz, legendary music, all-round cool guy
And here’s yet another excellent show brought to us by the indefatigable Chris Parreira. This time it’s Southern California’s Steve Poltz, long beloved as both a solo artist and with cult legends the Rugburns, playing with the one, the only, John Ludington, perhaps Humboldt County’s most unique songwriter and always endearing performer. (Also in Absynth […]
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Early Christmas
Hope you enjoyed last week’s bit of a break, dear readers, because we’re barreling down full bore into the holidays now and your things-to-do-places-to-go-people-to-see list isn’t getting any shorter. The good news is there’s a lot of good news, at least when the news is about the fine, fine selection of musical geniuses vying for […]