Monday, Sept. 8
Lowdown: Three Monday Night Gatherings For You Cool Kids
Supposing for a sec that you didn’t expend all your life force over the weekend, you could conceivably fill your eyes and ears with curiosities this Monday:
- Start your arty night at upstart venue The Sanctuary where you’ll be treated to Silver Ochre, a series of short films featuring live accompaniment by pianist Thollem McDonas. In addition to scoring mini-avant-garde movies, your Lowdown will note that McDonas has his own Wikipedia page, and then we will step away.
- That performance wraps up about the time a band hat trick — comprised of Teach Me Equals, RedRumsey and The Tweeners — beings its rotation stage at the Jambalaya. Please nod your head along with Teach Me Equals song “Swallow the Smoke” above.
- If you’re stuck in Eureka, The Siren’s Song Tavern is where the bands are. In addition to playing gongs and gamelans, Geist and the Sacred Ensemble claim to use “tools like power drills, hammers and chains to add texture” to their music. The Lowdown provides evidence of this below.
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Thollem McDonas
The Sanctuary
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $15
<em>Silver Ochre</em> is a 47 minute series of short films ranging from 30 seconds to 4 minutes in length capturing moments in time, each with their own story, and in stark contrast one from the other. Thollem has scored these films and accompanies them live with a vintage electric piano.
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Geist and the Sacred Ensemble, Medicine Ball
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
“They use gongs, gamelans, banjo and tools like power drills, hammers and chains to add texture.”
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Teach Me Equals, RedRumsey, The Tweeners
The Jam
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $7
/ 21+
Indie for you.
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All Events!
Fall Plant ID
College of the Redwoods Community Education
/ 1:30-4 p.m.
/ $80
/ 18+
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Aber Miller and Drew Mohr
Sushi Spot McKinleyville
/ 5-8 p.m.
Electric jazz.
Open Mic
Shamus T Bones
/ 7 p.m.
Every Monday with bluesy hosts Jim Lahman Band.
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Friendship Circle Dance
Moose Lodge
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $4
Dancing to live music featuring tunes from the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s.
Swing Dance Night
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $7
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Quiz Night
Blondies Food and Drink
/ 7 p.m.
Aww, show people how smart you are when you drink. Adorable.
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Really Cheap Bowling
Harbor Lanes
/ 8 p.m.-midnight
$1.75 per game? <em>Steeeee</em>-rike!
Jimi Jeff Open Jam Night
Simon LeGree’s Roadhouse Saloon
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Jam in the middle of nowhere — really as far east as you ever want to go.
Rude Lion Sound’s Dancehall Mondays
Ocean Grove Lodge
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Reggae/dancehall night. Looks like <a href=”http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/feb/27/these-people-had-fun-rude-lion-sounds-dancehall-mo/”>this</a>.
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