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Our neighbor Jonathan

September 6, 2023 Ken Smith 0

If you happen to run into Jonathan Richman while grabbing a cup of coffee or walking the streets of Chico—and the odds of that happening, in certain parts of town, are pretty good—just be cool. […]

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Arts DEVO: Au revoir, band leader

February 28, 2023 Jason Cassidy 1

Just before the CN&R print deadline, I got word about the passing of beloved local musician Alan Rigg. He died in the early morning of Feb. 25 at Enloe Medical Center. He was 69. Rigg […]

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Arts DEVO: The meaning of life? We’re alive

February 12, 2021 Jason Cassidy 0

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: Lockdown challenge, plus new Chico music

September 26, 2020 Jason Cassidy 0

Labor Day to Krampusnacht The only way Arts DEVO is going to make it to the other side of this shelter-in-place (-inside, -in-smoke, insane) with his health intact is to check his consumption—of nightly beers […]

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The musical eccentrics among us

April 30, 2020 Jason Cassidy 2

Did you know the “Last of the Vaudeville Cowboys” lives right here in Butte County? How ’bout the banjo player/historian known as the Banjo-Ologist? Or one of the founding members of 1960s/70s weirdo-rock crew Charleston […]

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