Arcata Eye Scene
A-town art, music, theatre. Mostly music. Updated Wednesdays.Archive for year-in-review
Jennifer’s top 11 of 2008
With my Christmas in San Francisco already slipping away as if I’d just awoken from a dream, how am I expected to recall all the way back to January, 2008? March? June? Even November feels a little fuzzy. But now that Josh Duke (see column, right) has thrown down the gauntlet, let me plunder my memory in hopes of rekindling your own fond live music experiences of 2008.
Unlike Josh, I tend to have fun naturally when out, so I don’t have a “Worst of 2008” list – neither can I choose a clear victor in the “Best of” category (I love you all equally, dear bands).
A-town scene, 2008
• January 8 Rubberneckers played their last show at the Jambalaya. Eye columnist Josh Duke quipped, “I spent the night singing away for the last time on the triumphs of whiskey and Blue Lake.” A contra dance was planned.
• January 15 The contra dance went well. Daniel Lewis declared The Baby Arms “a great big revitalizing gulp of noxious air that makes me that much more anxious to see them again and again as many times as I can.” The Baby Arms soon disbanded. Josh Duke offered a kidney should Scott Stapp never “step near a microphone again” after a Mosgo’s show. Read the rest of this entry »
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