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Arts DEVO: Booster shot needed
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I mean, of course you’ve heard it before. Maybe just stop me before I even get started? Can we just stop, like an action-movie hero being chased […]
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Arts DEVO: Soon …
Bring back the arts, and the directors, and the punks, and the notebook with the handwritten open-mic poem, and the sound people, and the guest curator, and the guy who sweeps up the broken glass […]
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Arts DEVO: Just a normal column
Ahhh … This is nice. As Arts DEVO sits down to write this column, his mug is filled with coffee and his list—the source, the sauce, the juice that powers the Energy Dome—is filled with […]
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Arts DEVO: Bring back the arts
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of the clubs, theaters, bars and galleries last year, Arts DEVO’s world disappeared. For 17 years, my self-imposed job description was: own the local arts scene. I poured […]
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Arts DEVO: Art in your feed
With Chico State’s galleries shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly everyone has been deprived of experiencing student works in person this school year. In response, the university’s Art Department has taken the show […]
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Arts DEVO: Sisko’s world
RIP Sisko Chico lost a giant in the local arts scene this past week. David Sisk, better known as Sisko, died suddenly on March 21 while hiking in Upper Bidwell Park. He was 75. The […]
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Arts DEVO: PandeMUSic
The old-timers … Few things have been as consistent in Chico over the past couple of decades as West By Swan. The long-running experimental rock band has been around for more than 17 years—probably longer […]
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Arts DEVO: Let’s all spring forward, please!
I am hopeful that the News & Review will find a way—Arts DEVO, March 19, 2020 It has been one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic (March […]
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Arts DEVO: On today’s show …
Happy Thursday, Butte County. Thanks for tuning in. It’s been three months since this paper added radio to its media output … If you’re just joining us, you’re listening to the Chico News & Review […]
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Arts DEVO: This is where the pickle jars go
Sometimes, when I feel overwhelmed, I’ll go stand inside the pantry closet. I’ll open the door from the hallway in the middle of our house, turn on the light, step in and quietly scan the […]
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Arts DEVO: The meaning of life? We’re alive
Arts DEVO is not a religious man nor a philosopher, but he is devoted to the songs. It’s in the lyrics of my favorites where I often get confirmation of the few truths that guide […]
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Arts DEVO: Live music tonight & big losses for the arts scene
Tonight, go Back to the Grotto Chico’s favorite sons are turning 30 this year. The Mother Hips, naturally, had wanted to celebrate in the way that they do best—with epic live shows throughout 2021—but those […]
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Arts DEVO: In memoriam
It’s been nearly a month since Arts DEVO has written this column. That’s the longest break I’ve taken from it since the debut in August of 2006. The bulk of the break was spent on […]
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Arts DEVO: Year in local (recorded) music
Just play me another song Should there be any awards shows for this year? With so many canceled/postponed tours, albums, films, etc., the entertainment machine should just skip 2020 like the 13th floor and move […]
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Arts DEVO: Live/life music
Over the 15-plus years Arts DEVO has had this column space to write about whatever he wants, the “whatever” has most often been music. I’ve said here many times that my life revolves around it, […]