Here are some picture I took last night at Boundary Bay and The Wild Buffalo.
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Reggae Night Photos
July 2nd, 2009WhAAM Announces July 2009 Concert Calendar
July 1st, 2009Whatcom All-ages Arts & Music (WhAAM) is pleased to present four concerts in July of 2009. All of the shows will take place at WhAAM @ The Old Foundry located at 100 E. Maple St. in Bellingham, WA.
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Glowing Back To Summer
July 1st, 2009
Local events this week
July 1st, 2009Local events for July 2 - July 11
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Vieux Farka Toure @ The Nightlight Lounge
June 29th, 2009
Since his childhood, Vieux Farka Touré has been deeply inspired by the music of his father, Ali Farka Touré. Growing up in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as well as in his father’s hometown of Niafunké in the Sahara desert — both teeming with rich musical life — Vieux proved himself a precocious talent as a drummer and calabash player. Ali, however, grew concerned about his son’s future as he observed his son’s budding musical gifts. Having long suffered in the music industry himself before finally finding a home with World Circuit Records, Ali did not want his son to have to have to face the same hardships. He forbid Vieux to play music and decided that Vieux should become a soldier instead. Vieux, as stubborn as his father’s moniker Farka (donkey) suggested, began instead to play along with his father’s recordings in hiding, determined to pursue his musical aspirations.
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Bellingham’s Michael Jackson Tribute
June 26th, 2009Remembering the lives of Sean “Donnkie” Mansfield and Gunther Jose Frank, two Northwest locals recently lost at sea
June 25th, 2009In the turbulent dark morning hours of June 5th, two of Bellingham, Washington’s most vivid personalities, Sean “Donnkie” Mansfield and Gunther Jose Frank were lost at sea. They attempted a swim to shore in the cold waters of the Puget Sound, after their 17-foot sailboat capsized under the pressure of the weather. The sudden and mysterious loss of these two friends is a devastation to the local community, to many people around the country, and beyond.
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Moondoggies and Chuckanut Drive
June 25th, 2009Upcoming Events
June 25th, 2009Local events from June 25 to July 1.
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Bellingham’s first Ladyfest celebrates female artistry
June 25th, 2009Bellingham’s inaugural Ladyfest, a celebration of female artistry, specifically in music, dance and visual arts, kicks off with a dinner show at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at the Ground Floor Gallery, 1105 N. State St.
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Dick Dale at the Nightlight
June 21st, 2009
Dick Dale wasn’t nicknamed “King of the Surf Guitar” for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he remained the fieriest, most technically gifted musician the genre ever produced. Dale’s pioneering use of Middle Eastern and Eastern European melodies (learned organically through his familial heritage) was among the first in any genre of American popular music, and predated the teaching of such “exotic” scales in guitar-shredder academies by two decades. The breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique was unrivalled until it entered the repertoires of metal virtuosos like Eddie Van Halen, and his wild showmanship made an enormous impression on the young Jimi Hendrix. But those aren’t the only reasons Dale was once called the father of heavy metal. Working closely with the Fender company, Dale continually pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing the thick, clearly defined tones he heard in his head, at the previously undreamed-of volumes he demanded. He also pioneered the use of portable reverb effects, creating a signature sonic texture for surf instrumentals. And, if all that weren’t enough, Dale managed to redefine his instrument while essentially playing it upside-down and backwards — he switched sides in order to play left-handed, but without re-stringing it (as Hendrix later did).
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The Air Sex Championships
June 21st, 2009“AIR SEX CHAMPIONSHIPS Monday, like Air Guitar, but instead of an imaginary guitar, you make sweet and/or filthy love to an imaginary partner”
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Back Porch Alley is for sale
June 19th, 2009Back Porch Alley just opened last January and now is for sale. It was closed for business Thursday and there were several signs indicating the restaurant and bar are for sale.
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Passionfly Summer Photo Shoot
June 18th, 2009
All Ages Hardcore Show
June 18th, 2009June 21st (Sunday)
at The Ground Floor
1105 N. State Street
(building right next to the Herald Building and RIGHT behind the Farmer Market Depot)
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