Music Tonight: Monday, March 18

Savage Henry Comedy Club is hosting another Metal Monday and tonight’s line-up has a distinct grind flavor, so fans of extreme noise and outer-reach sounds should prick up your ears. Our scene will be represented by Malicious Algorithm and Sadistic Hallucinations, while Seattle is sending some rotten sonic spores in the form of the bands Rat King, Re-Buried and Isenordal. As is generally the case, it’s a $5-$10 sliding scale cover and all-ages, so bring an appropriate I.D. to drink.

Music Tonight: Sunday, March 17

Regular readers will already know my preamble for this holiday, so I’ll make it brief. I’m one of the few American guys named Collin who doesn’t flex on claims of Irish heritage, and I bartended too much to pretend to enjoy this plastic Paddy green beer fest. But for those about to rock, I salute you, especially those among you for whom this day has a greater meaning. Here, humbly submitted, are two certified fine events to settle into and let the good times roll. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the Logger Bar will be featuring live bagpipe music, Irish dancers and a main attraction performance by The Vanishing Pints. There will be corned beef and cabbage while supplies last, and this event also serves as the second anniversary of the new ownership of the joint, which is on its own well worth celebrating. If you prefer your fun to happen under the sun — or whatever we have going on at the time in this county — consider heading to the Shanty at 2 p.m. for a matinee performance of everyone’s favorite local drinking punk

Music Tonight: Saturday, March 16

Luke and Rachael Price are a married couple who form the structure of the roots and country-fried soul act Love, DEAN. The fella plays fiddle and backup, while Rachael sings and strums to a gospel-tuned style of uplifting songwriting. The two lovebirds will be doing their thing at Wrangletown Cider Co. this evening at 8 p.m. for a mere $25 for an intimate recitation of their songbook. …

Music Tonight: Friday, March 15

Seattle trio Biblioteka struts a wide line across a garage rock and punk frontier littered with chewed-up bubblegum pop and distorted grunge debris. Big sounds and big fun come wrapped up in a tight, bombastic package, like a TNT glitter-bomb. Tonight at 9 p.m. at the Miniplex, you can park yourself at ground zero and absorb the blast with fantastic furry freaks Pills for Thrills bringing some local shockwaves to the dropzone ($10)…

Music Tonight: Thursday, March 14

Sansfu is a portmanteau word for sans Tofu, which isn’t a menu option, but rather a reference to the members of Absynth Quartet when they are performing without the drummer (his nickname is Tofu, you see). However, the plot thickens tonight at the Basement because the group is working with some additions: new mandolin player Amanda Malachesky and star chanteuse/multi-instrumentalist Beverly Twist. I am told the musicians will be performing some old tunes from the quartet’s catalog that haven’t been dusted off in quite a while, as well as some covers by David Grisman, Tony Rice and more. 8 p.m. (free)…

SUBATOMIC

Each up, each down, each strange, and every charm that naively splits the atom from which ghost particles emerge and leave us puzzling over metaphors and their meaning, leads us closer to the place where we either grasp the existence of the Divine, or the necessity of it. You decide. Adrienne Veronese…

‘A Source of Solutions’

Editor: It is true that Six Rivers National Forest Service, for the first 20 years after designating the Horse Mountain Botanical Area, let unmanaged target shooting continue. They have been unable to protect the botanical resource (“Trouble on the Mountain,” Jan. 11). That is changing, at governmental pace, as protocol allows for public input. This spring the forest botanist will be sending out a large mailing to initiate the scoping process. This is the first step, on the federal level, to request a closure of this area to target shooting. After the scoping letter goes out and the plan becomes an official proposal, the general public will be invited to submit public comment. We are really encouraged by the current steps being taken by the Forest Service, and will be following their progress closely. The California Native Plant Society — North Coast Chapter, is working with Six Rivers National Forest. We are offering this email address to provide a more immediate means of communication about target shooting and other recreation on Horse Mountain: HorseMountainrec@gmail.com. The Forest Service and we want to hear from the people using the

The Little Drone that Could

Ingenuity, “Ginny” to its friends, will never fly again. The little Mars-based helicopter-drone landed badly on its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, damaging all four of its carbon fiber wingtips and ruling out future flights. But in the three years since being released from the underbelly of its “mothership” the Mars rover Perseverance, it has accomplished much more than the original five-flight goal. In short, Ingenuity has been a stunning success and NASA’s experience with the first machine to fly on another world will change the future of space exploration in two ways. First, we now know powered flight on other worlds with atmospheres is indeed possible; second, a space-faring vehicle can be built comparatively cheaply with mostly off-the-shelf components that were originally developed for smartphones. To stress the first point, a year before Ingenuity began its mission, NASA associate administrator Thomas Zurbuchen said, “We don’t even know if powered, controlled flight of an aircraft at Mars is possible.” As for the second, look no further than Ingenuity’s “brain,” a half-ounce 2015-era Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip found, for instance, in Samsung’s $99 Galaxy S5

‘Thank You’

Editor: Thank you so much for your very informative collection of election results on the day following the election (NCJ Daily, March 7). It is very well done and so important for all of us to have quick and thorough results of the election. I had spent decades working all night on election results with a large staff of fellow journalists while with United Press International in Washington, D.C. I remember the tasks involved and the working together atmospheres within the Washington office and offices coordinating with us from around the United States. The staff at the North Coast Journal has demonstrated that coordination and skills. Thank you. Dave Rosso, Eureka…

‘A Pretty Self-reliant Bunch’

Editor: You can say what you want about the folks behind the mysterious company that made the strangely high bid to buy the Jacobs campus property from the Eureka City Schools district, about whom all we know is that Rob Arkley is definitely not one of them, and/or about former district Superintendent Van Vleck, who signed the deal with the mysterious company and then “stepped down,” but they seem like a pretty self-reliant bunch. Because apparently, based on Mr. Greenson’s recounting of the evidence, they negotiated the whole deal, including that weird complication of transferring to the district a piece of rental property, without consulting any assessors, engineers, consultants, real estate agents, etc. That’s pretty impressive, though maybe slightly suspicious. But I guess they just got together over a couple of locally-brewed ales, and, in a spirit of civic betterment, knocked out the deal and sealed it with hearty handshakes. Of course, from the district’s point of view, it would probably have been better to require the mysterious company to seal the deal with something more substantial than a promise. Because it sure sounds like the mysterious people

Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 12

The World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is an institution which will forever be associated with the pinnacle of World War II-era big band jazz, in no small part because its eponymous founder disappeared into the fog of war aboard an allied air force plane headed from England to France sometime in the hours before the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. Like the plane he was on and its crewmen, Miller has never been found, drifting into history and musical mythos like the ghost of a Zippo-lit Chesterfield fading away on melting celluloid reels from yesteryear. The orchestra, however, has endured, dedicated to playing the style and arrangements of its long-ago fallen leader, whose ears and mind produced a certain magic that defined the sound of joy, victory and pleasure across the free world. Tonight at 7 p.m., you can catch its current iteration at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, where the ticket pricing is as follows: $42 general, $27 seniors and children, $10 for CPH students…

Music Tonight: Monday, March 11

It’s just another Metal Monday over at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 6 p.m., so don’t go wishing it were Sunday, even if that’s your I-don’t-have-to-run-day. These are fun, too. Tonight’s gig brings two bands from Everett, Washington, KillCam and Resin Cough, for a meet-up with our local heroes GRUG! and Brain Dead Rejects. This all-ages gig requires a valid I.D. from anyone of proper age who wishes to drink alcohol and comes with a $5-$10 sliding scale door charge, which isn’t bad at all, especially if you do a little math on the distance from Snohomish County to Humboldt and the current price of gasoline…

Timothy David Cochrane: 1953-2024

Tim Cochrane was born the evening of Aug. 24, 1953, in his maternal grandparents’ home in Eureka, California, to James William Cochrane III and Alice Loree Stockton Cochrane of Loleta, California. He and elder brother James Michael “Sham” were later joined by Robert Todd and sister Leslie Loree, the four of them growing up on Singley Hill in Loleta. Tim had an ear for music and began playing the piano when he was only 3 years old. On his fourth birthday, he was presented with a piano from his parents, launching a lifelong love for the instrument and all things musical. Tim attended Loleta Elementary where his father was superintendent and briefly attended Fortuna Union High School before the family relocated to Chiapas, Mexico, resulting in a year escaping formal education and exploring the jungles of the Yucatan. Later, the family moved to Peru when his parents joined the Summer Institute of Linguistics. The time in the Amazon was formative for Tim and he embraced the different cultures, their traditions, music and cuisines. Packing his trusty accordion along since the piano did not fit under

Music Today: Sunday, March 10

Pianist John Chernoff, violinist Cindy Moyer and sax player Virginia Ryder make up the Vipisa Trio, a group of music department staff who have been performing together long before the CPH rebrand. Today at Fulkerson Hall, the trio will be performing a 2 p.m. matinee of music including the work of local alum and current University of California Los Angeles composition and theory teacher Dante Da Silva. There will also be pieces by the composers Marc Eychenne and Richard Wienhorst ($15, $5 children and Cal Poly Humboldt students)…

Calvin Harold Kernen: 1925-2024

The family of Calvin Harold Kernen is sad to announce his passing on Feb. 11, 2024, in Arcata, California. Cal was born Aug. 5, 1925, in Del Norte, Colorado, to Swiss Immigrants Friederick Alfred and Mary Albertina (nee: Gerber) Kernen and was proud to have turned 98 ½ years old just days before his passing. He grew up on Pinos Creek near Del Norte as the youngest of seven children and loved life in the great outdoors. Cal grew up farming organically, eating farm to table, composting and living off the grid. He remembered the big changes electricity made to their home in 1937. The family raised their own crops and livestock, and Cal began helping at age 7. He loved tending to cattle in the hills, hunting and fishing. A highlight of growing up was being chosen to drive the school bus. Any 17-year-old in high school got to drive the school bus if they were the farthest one out on the route. That way the person driving had the bus in the morning to pick up the children for school. He drove a

Mexican Breakfast, Elections and Updates

This week we’re getting breakfast with Mexican flavor at the new Aroma’s Cafe and sorting through election outcomes. We’re also checking back in on Travis Schneider’s building permit saga, now set to go before the Coastal Commission, as well as the mystery surrounding the Eureka City Schools’ real estate deal. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories. …

Music Tonight: Friday, March 8

Once again, Friday means Fuego at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, a dance party celebration of modern Latin club music. Join DJs D’Vinity, Pressure and Statik as they curate an evening of reggaeton-plus for all the assembled crowd, including crews of in-house go-go and pole dancers, at 9 p.m. ($15, $10 advance).

Music Tonight: Thursday, March 7

Alpha Rhythm Kings are a San Francisco sextet trading in the style jump blues and sassy, high energy, swinging lounge music that made Louis Prima a household name during the glory days of live American dance club music. Tonight at 7 p.m., you can capture a taste of those goods at the Eagle House Ballroom for a mere $20, courtesy of the good folks at the Redwood Coast Music Festival…

Correction

The Feb. 29, 2024, edition of the North Coast Journal included the wrong crossword puzzle, which a number of readers took time out of their day to make us aware of. We especially appreciate the few who did so kindly. And we commend Rachel Scherer and Nicholas Neal, who let us know the mistake we’d made, but also took the chance to use the clues to construct and complete their own puzzle grid, which is included below. You are the picture of resilience, Rachel and Nicholas, and a beacon to us all. The Journal regrets the error.

Midwinter Day

The air is crisp Sunshine streaming through the window With a bite A gentle breeze plays with the curtain. Trees jut up on The horizon, a row of clouds Blanket them Shaded dark as they ready for rain. Two birds, a third Appear in view as they frolic Across the sky A bar of blue above the trees. Clouds soft like down Meditative, lulling me and Invite me in Reframing my grateful mind. Lori Cole…

Wandering Meatloaf

Look there! It’s Stiletto Stacy strutting down the street in her high heels knowing she looks sexier than the women wearing sensible shoes. And there goes Steel-toe Steve daydreaming about finding a hippie to kick the shit out of. Isn’t it interesting how a person’s footwear is such an important part of their identity? This got me thinking about the gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) — chiton is pronounced “kite-un.” What sort of footwear is a gumboot, anyway, and how does it inform us about the identity of this large marine mollusk? Well, gumboot is an old name for rubber boots. And the internet thinks the chiton was named for looking like a gumboot. Maybe the original gumboots were reddish brown with a pebbly texture like the chiton’s skin. Or maybe their sole was orange or yellow like the chiton’s underside. But that’s unlikely. And unless 19th century parents yelled, “Tally-ho, young’uns. Pull on your gumboots for a bully chiton expedition!” then gumboot chiton is just a bad name. Some of today’s cool young tidepoolers call gumboot chitons the “wandering meatloaf” because they resemble a meatloaf