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Lowdown: Battling KFC's Factory Farming With Bluegrass (VIDEO)

(Above: When bluegrass attacks.)

The ol' Eureka Inn's on a slight roll.  

Tuesday night The Palm Lounge will again try to capture the same off night magic that was on full display Sunday for the packed La Luz show when local "face melt torch country" group Gunsafe share the stage with returning Arizona punkgrass posse The Haymarket Squares.

Random Haymarket Squares trivia: The band members are not fans of factory farming. I mean, who is, really? The difference between you and the Squares is that they staged a confrontational bluegrass flash mob in their local KFC to perform their protest song "Down on the Farm." A lyrical sample:

"Meet the product of laboratory tests,
Stuffed in cages, a maze of metal nests
Drunk on hormones, they grow 'til their grotesque
It barely passes for life. And at the end a butcher's knife

They're just animals, what's the harm?
Another day of dirty work down on the farm." 

Needless to say, KFC was not pleased a evidenced in the video below. But you are not KFC. Thus, you may be if you drag your ears to The Palm. Other more bucket o' chicken-friendly Tuesday night options in your Lowdown below.

-Andrew Goff

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Haymarket Squares, Gunsafe

Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / $5 / 21+

"Good old fashioned punk rocking bluegrass with a subversive agenda."

497-6093 / twang4strings@yahoo.com / Web site

Sophistafunk

The Jam / 10 p.m. / $7 / $5 adv. / 21+

"Rooted by old school funk / hip hop, the trio explores electronic dance grooves while infusing each tune with soul and positively charged lyrics."

822-5266 / Web site

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

See Event Description / 9 a.m. / Free / 18+

441-1001 / 211humboldt@unitedwaywinecountry.org / Web site

Game Night

Crush / 5 p.m.

Don't be bored. Play board games.

Belly Dance Workout!

The Dance Scene / 5:30-6:30 p.m. / $10

502-2188 / dancescenestudio@gmail.com / Web site

Dale Winget

Cutten Inn / 6 p.m.

Local guitarist/vocalist.

Humboldt Cribbage Club

Moose Lodge / 6:15-9:30 p.m. / $8

Muggins! Get your weekly crib on.

444-3161 /

Dark Victory (1939)

Humboldt County Library / 6:30-9 p.m. / Free

This Bette Davis drama is the third film in the library's January series "1939: Hollywood's Golden Year." Hosted by Charity Grella.

269-1962 / Web site

Cribbage Tournament

Logger Bar / 6:45 p.m.

Signups at 6:45 p.m. Play at 7 p.m. $5.

668-5000 / Web site

Buddy Reed

Libation / 7-9 p.m.

Local bluesman gets low down. Accompanied by Andy Fihn.

825-7596 / Web site

Shugafoot

SpeakEasy / 7 p.m.

Local jazz/blues band gets it done.

444-2244 / Web site

Karaoke w/ Chris Clay

Cher-Ae Heights Casino / 8 p.m.

Your Lowdown will go on the record as saying that Chris Clay is Humboldt's most pro karaoke jockey. We know this stuff.

800-684-2464 / Web site

Sunny Brae Jazz Collective

Six Rivers Brewery / 8-11 p.m. / Free

839-7580 / 6rbmsuicbooking@gmail.com / Web site

Good and Evil Karaoke

Silver Lining / 8 p.m.

Karaoke. In an airport.

839-0304 / Web site

Electric Gravy

Eureka Inn / 8-11 p.m.

Electronica, jazz improvisational trio.

497-6093 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre