Scottish and Cape Breton-style fiddle master Hanneke Cassel is back in town to saw away at the good stuff for the lucky folks in the audience at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7:30 p.m. This iteration of her band is a trio with cellist and singer Tristan Clarridge along with Keith Murphy on guitar and […]
Tristan Clarridge
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Music Tonight: Monday, March 17
Regular readers know how little regard I have for this plastic Paddy holiday, having run the gauntlet bartending and been mistaken as Irish on this silly, American drinking pageant. No shade on the Irish, by the way, and up the ‘RA and get your Brits out, as Kneecap, a favorite Irish rap group of mine, […]
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If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Despite what a few of you might think, I believe the organizing principle of the world is supposed to be love, but somewhere along the way we all fucked it up. Read St. Augustine for more on that, or Milton, Plato, or Dante or Mary Oliver. The mid-20th century psychoanalyst and genius Wilhelm Reich was […]