AltWeeklies Wire
Weathercraft / Wilsonnew

Dan Clowes' Wilson and Jim Woodring's Weathercraft provide two different takes on the state of the graphic novel.
North Coast Journal |
Jay Aubrey-Herzog |
09-23-2010 |
Fiction
Hookednew

Blood, masochism and the shocking thrill of human suspension.
North Coast Journal |
Ryan Burns |
09-09-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Suspension
Broken Arrownew

The Golden Rule -- a legendary ship used by early anti-nuclear activists -- has been parked in Humboldt Bay for years, in an awful state of disrepair. A veteran's group is looking to remedy that.
North Coast Journal |
Heidi Walters |
09-09-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Environment, Anti-Nuke
Sex With An Xnew

Kurt Cobain's favorite Scottish band puts out their first album in 20 years.
North Coast Journal |
Mark Shikuma |
09-09-2010 |
Reviews
'Hawk': The Best Sort of Throwbacknew

Former Belle & Sebastianite Isobel Campbell and her collaborator, Mark Lanegan, channel the smoldering boy/girl duos of the cool 1960s.
North Coast Journal |
Mark Shikuma |
08-19-2010 |
Reviews
Water Snakesnew
The Obama administration has a chance to do right thing by honoring its water contracts with Northern California.
North Coast Journal |
Hank Sims |
08-19-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Trinity River
Beer Me, Jesusnew

Dan Davis, the ambiguously Christian leader of Humboldt County's Catalyst Church, is bored with hate and Hell.
North Coast Journal |
Deric Mendes |
08-19-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Catalyst Church
In Defense of SPAMnew

A brief history of Hormel's spiced ham loaf.
North Coast Journal |
Joseph Byrd |
08-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Spam
Seven-O-Heavennew

In which we discover that the Eureka City Charter is ageist and evil.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
08-16-2010 |
Cartoons
Tags: Seven-O-Heaven
Nine Arguments Against 8new

A philosopher and a social justice activist take the fight to opponents of same-sex marriage.
North Coast Journal |
Ryan Burns |
08-16-2010 |
LGBT
Tags: Proposition 8
Andre Williams: That's All I Neednew

The 74-year-old Detroit soul legend assembles a Motown supergroup for a sly, satisfying, bluesy garage-rock release.
North Coast Journal |
Mark Shikuma |
08-16-2010 |
Reviews
Talking Treesnew

How scientists are coaxing 2,000 years of climate data from ancient redwoods.
North Coast Journal |
Ryan Burns |
08-16-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Redwood Trees
Tribe Lays Groundwork for Condor's Return to Redwood Countrynew

Under orders from its elders, California's largest Native American tribe, the Yurok, is working to bring back one of redwood country's long-lost inhabitants -- prey-go-neesh, the endangered California condor.
North Coast Journal |
Heidi Walters |
07-16-2009 |
Environment
The Beautiful Harmonies of the Northern California Jesus Freaksnew

The two-disc Northern California Jesus Movement restores the post-gospel legacy of the Lighthouse Ranch, a seventies-era Christian commune in Humboldt County.
North Coast Journal |
Joel Hartse |
07-16-2009 |
Reviews
Why Has NYC Gone Crazy For Coleus?new

A bounty of new varieties have given new life to the Disco Era's favorite potted plant, and New York has taken notice.
North Coast Journal |
Amy Stewart |
07-16-2009 |
Gardening