Due to the nature of deadlines and the passage of linear time, I have far less insight into the winner of the presidential election than you, dear reader, as I am writing this on Election Day. And I don’t want to make any predictions about it, either. I view coin-flipping as a byproduct of nervousness […]
War Möth
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Bee Loud
June has arrived, which means summer is basically here. It certainly was for me last weekend but more on that later. Before industrial societies overtook the global paradigm, summer started when nature felt like it, which, for classical and middle period Europeans, usually meant sometime in May, and certainly well before the summer solstice. The […]
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In Dreams
I’ve been a little out there lately. Mostly late at night, when “the candy-colored clown they call the Sandman” whispers in my ears to inform me of the evening’s entertainment to be displayed in the oneiromantic playground of my dreams. I have a couple events to blame it on, as two of my best friends […]
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Lady Luck
Many years ago, in a Yankee cemetery in coastal Maine, I was pondering the grave of a young man who was taken out of the game by an “unruly bull,” in an incident that I can only imagine was every bit as dramatic and shocking as the gravestone (upon which I was making an etching) […]
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The Curtain Hits the Cast
I woke up on Sunday thinking about writing about the upcoming election, maybe some piece where I ramp up the direness of the results to see if I am actually a modern-day Cassandra or just another crank (probably). Instead, I was greeted by the news that Mimi Parker, one half of my favorite band, had […]
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Goodbye, August
Laying out in my sunny backyard last weekend with my friend Chini and the two gray sister cats that make up my brood, I had a moment of pure summer idyll. It might have had something to do with practicing my pitch wind-up with a few yard apples, or the sheer blue of the sky […]
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Rock of Ages
I’ve been reading about and looking at a lot of prehistoric art recently. Maybe when the future looks bleak enough, it’s a survival instinct to look back at the far distant past. Maybe it’s because I’ve been slowly making my way through David Graeber (RIP) and David Wengrow’s excellent 2021 book The Dawn of Everything […]
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Back at it Again?
To mask or not to mask, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer a mild inconvenience to … oh, stop it. It looks like the numbers are climbing and the governor — with a recall election looming that he might want to take a tad more seriously lest we all […]
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All of Us
Enough time has passed since Super Tuesday that I feel it necessary to thank Humboldt County specifically and California broadly for voting and generally supporting Bernie Sanders in the democratic primary. Now let’s get the rest of those votes counted fairly and delegates assigned. This primary season isn’t over. Why am I so blunt and […]
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Soothsayin’
There are many great shows this week. I know I say that a lot but I can assure you I always mean it. I am honest in sharing my opinion, maybe to a fault, though my mom often quoted William Blake to me: “A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you […]
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From Here to Eternity
Last month McKinleyville native and metal-scene stalwart John Hee passed away at the age of 43. Known for his impressive and kinetic bass playing in many local bands, including Acts of Aggression, Entheogon, Kids for Sale and, most recently, Dead Man’s Tale (winner of the 2013 KMUD Battle of the Bands), John will be celebrated […]
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Ghosting 2018
It’s the last week of the year and you know what? I hate goodbyes. I hate them immensely and will duck out of a good time like the house is on fire if I am ever put on the spot to eulogize the evening. So I won’t say anything more here and instead let the […]