The weather’s going to be a bit corybantic like a good and proper April, so why not celebrate the unpredictable wildness with some dancing on a Thursday? The Latin Peppers are jamming at the Basement tonight at 8 p.m. and it’s only $5 at the door. If you play your cards right, this could kick […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 17
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. St. Patrick’s Day is back again, arare cross-cultural experience that Americans have chosen to celebrate in our trulystupid custom of polluting all meaning into an inebriated all-day war of attrition and orgy of crude stereotypes the scope of which won’t be seen again until Cinco de […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 12
If you are hankering for some excellent contemporary jazz fusion, tonight’s the night.Over at the Basement at 7:30 p.m., HDMB will be joined by Sheldon Brown, a BayArea composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist whose career has straddled theworld of live avant jazz and jam rock with energy and innovation. And it’s only $5, which is a […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 26
Dance off some of the holiday blues, booze and boo boos over at the Basement tonight, where at 9 p.m. the majestic DJ Kreepeeo is hosting a bounce takeover featuring cuts from every direction including techno, Eurodance and top o’ the pop hits. It’s $5 to get inside; everything else is up to you.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 16
October genuinely feels timeless, as we transition into the darker part of the year, we are frozen in the amber of the perfect light of early fall. It seems appropriate to celebrate such a cool, smoky era by enjoying something else timeless: electric blues done right. In this county there are few contenders who meet […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, May 15
Start your weekend entertainment early with two free live music gigs, each helmed by gentlemen named Jeff, and both happening around 8 p.m. At the Logger Bar you will find music of singer-songwriter and band man about town Jeff Landen, while at the Basement you can double your listening pleasure with acoustic/electric duo the Jeff […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 13
The Basement is once again saving us from the ennui of missing a long, long weekend of music — in my former home of New Orleans, the weekend could stretch a few days on either end because people know how to live down there — by providing a place for some live entertainment. Tonight’s sounds […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 19
Here’s a thought: Try starting your long solstice weekend off with some free jazz. Not free in the sense of genre, but a no-cover show at the Basement at 7:30 p.m., with fusion group HDMB Jazz.
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Music Tonight: Friday, Aug. 9
I am hearing news that this afternoon and evening will see the final Arts Arcata, which I am receiving with stoic indifference because I have learned to never say die about our institutions — even when the organizers of those institutions are saying it — and because Arts Arcata honestly never did much for me. […]
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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: Thursday, May 23
It’s the warm-up to one of the most cherished long weekends of the year, and depending on your personal calendar, this evening might even be considered a tailgating countdown to kickoff. If you are looking for some easy fun, go check out Low Class Jazz at the Basement at 8 p.m. The name really says […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 22
If you’ve got the itch for something lively to brighten your night as the winter begins its landing into spring, you might want to check out the Basement tonight at 8 p.m. There you will find the Elderberry Rust String Band playing the kind of bluegrass and Americana music made to stoke the fires and […]