Come Pound Our Fresh Pavement.

WE HAVE OUR STREET BACK
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Construction has finally finished up out front and we are ecstatic about being able to once again lollygag out front smoking cigarettes. Come down and check out the result of two months of heinous construction.

SOUL NIGHT AT HUMBREWS
A ginormous thanks to all 152 of you who came out to support the Missing Link's Got Soul Night. We had an amazing time and can't wait to do it all over again. To the people who asked us for a copy of our set...sorry but honestly, we don't remember since everything was done on the fly. Come on back for our next night, tentatively set for the Saturday after Thanksgiving featuring JAYMORG - King Maxwell - MANTEASE & MATT n ADAM, what a perfect way to work off that extra helping of yams.

SOULED OUT AT BLONDIE'S

If you missed your chance to dance to the soul at Humbews, either because you weren't 21 or you had to work, get yourself a second shot at Blondie's this November 11th. Hosted by DJ Spaceman Spliff, and featuring JAYMORG, Adam n' Matt, we'll be setting the wheels in motion for this all-ages fandango around 9pm.
P.S. there is beer
P.S.S. you must pay for said beer.

INSTORE WITH THE DAPPER CADAVERS
Check out their page by clicking here.
November 26th join us for an evening of traditional bluegrass, old time and original songwriting with Portland's The Dapper Cadavers.
The Dapper Cadavers consists of Hazel Rickard on vocals, guitar, and banjo, Tom Fenollosa on upright bass, Kyle Butz, on guitar and banjo, and Will Munger on fiddle, and perform a classic mix of American folk and dance genres highlighted by the original songwriting of lead vocalist and Arcata native, Hazel. After five years of recording and performing in the United States and having just returned from a summer touring in Europe, They now excitedly return to the West Coast in support of our most recent EP, "Regarde," recorded in A Coruña, Spain, in June of this year. The show starts at 5:00pm and as always is all ages and no cover.


MISSING LINK PRESENTS "SHUT THE F@#K UP:
an evening with frank fairfield"

So the last few times Frank has come to town we always end up hearing bellyaching the whole rest of the week about how loud the crowd was, the feedback issues or just that the crowd was slightly too bro-ish. To address these elitist concerns we're tickled pink to be hosting a night with Frank here at the shop. This will be a not-to-be-missed, all-ages, suggested donation show with limited room. The catch is you have to shut the f#$k up and let Frank do his thing or you will be asked to leave. Starting at 7:30 on either November 15th or 17th, you can call to get more info or hold your reservations at 707-826-0590.

BRIAN WOIDA PREPARES FOR UPCOMING SHOW!
Over the last year or so, local artist barista and DJ Brian Woida has been making record nerds everywhere jealous with his art. His record album photos has gone from prints to tapestries and even skateboards, so what's the logical next step? start making your own covers. At the end of November, First Street Gallery in Eureka will be hosting Brian's latest work featuring album covers he re-created using his own photos. Each record is a laborious work of art, created with painstaking detail, and comes packaged with a screened artist statement plus a randomly selected poster showing other works from the collection. According to Brian, there will be an original copy as well as two prints of each album scattered within the installation, people are encouraged to dig through them all in search of the one they're after but since the records are sealed you'll need a careful eye to tell the prints from the original. Check out his photo album here.





SHARON JONES TO RELEASE "SOUL TIME" FOR BLACK FRIDAY

Why has Black Friday suddenly become a reason for limited vinyl releases? We don't rightly know but like you we're wringing our hands towards the sky and cursing whomever came up with this alt-record store day event. We have to admit though, one good thing coming of this is a new(ish) release from Sharon Jones and her super team of musicians. Soul Time is a kind of rare comp. featuring tracks from singles, compilations and bonus tracks from online vendors. While only one of the songs seems to be completely new, for those who've bought all the other studio albums this is a great collection you could only previously enjoy by being a diehard completist.



EL REGO, BENIN'S GODFATHER OF FUNK.

It seems like every order that comes in, there's one record that just sweeps in and dominates our turntable for at least a week and this week it is, without a doubt, El Rego. Brought to us by Frank Gossner of Voodoo Funk via the always fabulous Daptone Records, El Rego is packed full of painfully deep, beautifully slow brain melting funk. First heard by us on Analog Africa's 2008 compilation African Scream Contest, Benin's Theophile Do Rego looms large among the lost giants of the West African funk scene. Filled with fatback bass lines and James brown style " Unghhs" and "Ahhs." This record is not to be slept on. On top of being an unstoppable collection of funk, this Lp comes with a bonus download AND a 45 single to play on the go!


RADIO MOSCOW - "THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ"

The joyous return of our friendly neighborhood power trio! Written during their stay on the West Coast and recorded down at Prairie Sun, Leslie Magnafuzz is the kind of vicious guitar madness that can only be written while taking psychedelics in an A-frame in the woods and shows again why Radio Moscow's been one of Alive Record's top selling bands for the last two years.


PATTON OSWALT - "FINEST HOUR"

Another gut busting offering from one of America's greatest living funnymen. For hardcore Patton fans, this album, taken from a live show in Seattle, contains some material you've heard before (such as his rant on the way his parent's raised him or how he got out of his last parking ticket) but along with this comes a slew of hilarious new bits that will have you saying "I want ALL the ham" for weeks.


NOW THE ANSWER TO THE POPULAR QUESTION "WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?"

Matt:
I can always tell it's about to be winter when I'm digging through my record stacks and suddenly wonder where those Elliott Smith LPs got to. The weather goes grey and with it, men everywhere swim upstream to rediscover the sad bastard music of their past. For me, that means time to pull out my long red underwear and three albums that have always paired well with coffee and cold mornings.

Pavement "Slanted & Enchanted"

	Pavement - Zurich Is Stained .mp3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

Sam Amidon "All Is Well"

Elliott Smith "From A Basement on a Hill"

	Elliott Smith - Shooting Star .mp3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

ADAM:
As a parent of a 17 month old monster, repetition is key. Every morning I start my day with side one of Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three's latest "Middle of Everywhere." Fuck you Raffi, my kid has taste! When I get to choose what I listen to i always turn to some other fall weather favorites.

Riley Pucket "Evening Mail"- A compilation of rare 78 sides from Gid Tanners blind ugly guitar player.

	Riley Puckett - Ragged But Right .mp3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

Earth " Bees Made Honey in the Lions Head"- Droney Americana perfect for staring out the window and watching the leaves fall.

	Earth - Omens and Portents I: The Driver .mp3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

That's it, what with all the concrete in the air, we're still trying to get fully back in the saddle. Prepare for alot of new posts coming up as the year gets closer to closing out and the end-of-the-year lists begin to get tallied from music nerds everywhere but until then,
keep diggin' those crates
--Matt n Adam

Come Out and Show Support For Missing Link

Well it look like they're only a few short weeks away from being done with construction of our new sidewalks and not a moment too soon. We'd like to thank all our diehard customers who have braved the snaking construction, lack of parking and sudden dust storms to continue shopping at the store. As a token of thanks (and as fundraiser during these sidewalk-less times), we'll be hosting a vinyl only night showcasing some of the knowledgeable music heads who can often be found lounging on our couch.


















































MISSING LINK's GOT SOUL

Join us at Humbrews this Thursday at 9pm for an all vinyl soul party featuring DJs Jason Morgan, Mantease, King Maxwell, and yours truly, Matt n' Adam. For a simple $5 you can come out and get sweaty while showing your support for Missing Link. If we get some heads then the folks at HUMBREWS might just make this a once a month thing so put down your fiskars, get a ride down the hill, put on a clean pair of pants and join us, won't you?

BLOCK PARTY STYLE STREET OPENING
Halloween is going to be even more disturbing this year as the official H st opening will kick off at 4:20 with a ribbon cutting, Samba band explosion and plenty of candy for chillins big and small. As if that wasn't reason enough to come check out the newly finished street how about Pacific Paradise having their anniversary? Still on the fence, how about Henry dressed as a Bigfoot?

That's All for Now everyone, until next time

keep diggin' those crates,
Matt n' Adam

The sidewalks are getting skinny but our racks are getting fat.

A NOTE TO OUR CUSTOMERS
So you may have already noticed the construction trucks mounting H St. Over the course of the next 2 months, Arcata will be getting a sidewalk style facelift. What this means is that our streets from 11th to the plaza will be ripped up and our existing sidewalks reduced to about 18 inches, while they work to extend the sidewalks and create a single lane road towards the plaza. WE ASSURE YOU WE ARE OPEN throughout construction and though the street may be dusty, we do believe that when the dust settles you're going to be pleasantly surprised at how nice it will look...or we'll take to city hall wielding flaming torches like in the good old days. Also bear with us as the blog takes on a bit of construction as well, we figured after two years and some change it was time.

This month we had to have a long talk with ourselves about trying something new. Ever since Pickathon, the only records we've been playing are Clifford Hayes, Darby & Tarlton, Charlie Poole and other gems you can't just stroll on in and pick up anytime. To our customers who've asked us 'what's this?' only to discover the record in question was some relic from our private stash...we're sorry. As penance, we decided to each search out something new, as well as something we've had around the store, and give you our 2 cents about a few records you can actually buy. First though, we would be remiss in our duties if we didn't hep you to some of the events coming up in our own little hamlet.

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES @ ARCATA THEATRE LOUNGE

When La Dolce Video called us about helping making this event really happen, first we cleaned up the puddle of pee, then in our best Rudy Ray Moore voice replied, "hell yes." Get your chance to meet Hisham Mayet, videographer of the amazing DVD series put out by Sublime Frequencies. When not traveling all over the world filming amazing musicians, apparently he likes to travel all over the coast. Come join La Dolce Video, Missing Link Records, DJ Mantease and Sublime Frequencies for two films, a Q&A session and a world dance party! Films and Q&A are all ages and the afterdoings (10pm) are +21. Admission is $5 and doors open at 7pm.

MAMA ROUX + BITCHDOCTOR @ ARTS ARCATA
This month we're honored to have our walls gussied up by HSU alumni and 3 year champion of the Pawtucket County Fair Tractor Pull, Ms. Gina Tuzzi. Now residing in the uber-hip land of the Bay, she's kindly agreed to venture back to the old oak tree for a show she's calling, "MaMa Roux: New Art & Old Gris-Gris." Oh but wait, as if the incredible arts wasn't enough, we're makin' an all out sandwich! Starting at 6, The mighty Bitchdoctor takes the invisible stage. If you haven't already caught this trio of fine young lads, they serve up the kind of simple yet refreshing garage rock that this town needed. Afterwards, let the funky cutoffs of DJ Mantease teach you how to booty clap in a short set of soul stomp, dedicated to the MaMa herself.


THE PACK A.D. SEPT.12TH @ THE ALIBI
Two hard rockin' women combine to form Canada's greatest living garage duo. After first rocking the Alibi about four years ago, they find themselves unable to further ignore Humboldt County's siren song...plus, they emailed Ian. If you didn't catch them the first time around, make sure not to miss this so in another four years you can brag about being at the last one, when Arcata was cool.


THE ALLAH-LAs

Remember how awesome it was when bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Go, Greenhorns and The Rosewood Thieves were making that jangly throwback rock? After what has seemed like a pretty long drought, a light rain begins to fall in the form of San Francisco's The Allah-Las. A big thanks to the folks at Aquarium Drunkard for turning us onto this one, we're definitely going to try and catch them the next time we're in the bay.


NICK WATERHOUSE

L.A. Weekly described this 24 year old Huntington Beach native as, 'The young man who makes old R&B". Nick Waterhouse is the New Breed - An R&B fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged, contemporary style. You know we are suckers for this type of stuff. He only has a couple of expensive self released 7"s and an EP out at the moment, but you best believe we are on the hunt to bring some into the store (we even emailed the guy already). We'll keep you posted!



STARVING WIERDOS
With their latest "Rolled in the Midst of Never-Ceasing Currents Flowing Without a Rest Forever Onward"...( damn say that three times fast!), local floor core stalwarts The Starving Wierdos step it up a notch. Crushed rap-tempo beats echo and tumble over knocking percussion, high pitched wails and the distant rattle of electrical ghosts create a mass of drone. Total mind-fuck bliss type stuff here, featuring a beautifully screen printed photo of Gregg DeVaney's Great Grandmother in front of her Topanga Canyon homestead. This is a one time pressing of 350 on Bo'Weavil records. Don't sleep on this one they won't last long.

VERMILLION SANDS

Things you should know about the Vermillion Sands...
1) They are from Treviso Italy (so that explains the accent).
2) Their stuff is damn hard to get in stock.
3) If we had to make a 'sounds like' list we'd say Fabienne DelSol or early Holly Golightly.

Ever since we stumbled upon the 45 Fat Possum put out by these guys a few years ago, we've kept our peepers peeled for any releases other they might send stateside. Finally after a long wait, we got ahold of their 12" EP. With a simple photo on the cover and no real listing on the back, it's been sitting on the shelf waiting for someone to discover this awesome band.


OTHER NEW RELEASES
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks "MIRROR TRAFFIC"
Primus "GREEN NAUGHAHYDE" 9/13
Beirut "THE RIP TIDE"

OK, THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL MENTION PICKATHON...

BEARDY SESSIONS
Our new friends over at Natural Beardy have compiled a whole bunch of candid recordings from all over the festival. If you didn't make it this year, then sit back and enjoy a little of what the weekend was like.

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - All for the Sake of Day.

Charlie Parr - Mastodon.

Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Walk Your Way Out of This Town.

Joy Kills Sorrow - Reservations.

OH BUT THERE'S MORE...
we the stout-hearted staff of Fort Dave also manned our portable recorder through three days of liquor and doobs, managing to capture a few of our more memorable moments this time around.

THE WILDERS ON THE WOODS STAGE


ADAM 'LIGHTNIN' HOSKINS, RYAN KOENIG AND BETSEE ELLIS!


THE WATER TOWER BUCKET BOYS &'CHURCHMOUSE' KOENIG


RAY WYLIE HUBBARD


With the summer weather holding steady, expect us to be keeping the afro-jams and soul collections on both the racks and the turntable. C'mon by and we'll tell you all about them.

keep diggin' those crates,
--Matt n' Adam

We want to go back to Pickathon!

After another glorious Pickathon, we return to the shop with our craws stuffed full of new music to tell you about. Sure we had our brains melted by Lee Fields & The Expression and we got tears in our eyes when Mavis Staples hit the stage but there sure was a whole hell of alot of magical moments on the stage and we thought now would be the perfect time to share some of them with you.



Dock Ellis Band

Named for the infamous baseball player who pitched a no-hitter on acid, we were clued into this amazing band by the boys of Pokey LaFarge & South City 3. A mix of honkey tonk and humor, Jesse and his talented band almost seem like the country Spike Jones. Coming from the Show Me state and beloved by every Missourian musician we met last weekend, download their free live album on their website and make sure not to miss the soon-to-be nationwide hit 'I Cheated on you with your Mom.'



Ray Wylie Hubbard

Pickathon kicked off this year with a name we've heard before but never checked out his records. Like a dirty version of Guy Clark, Mr. Hubbard is a true Texas country star. Led by Ray's 17 year old son on blazing lead guitar, the band brought a perfect blend of country blues and honky tonk to the Woods stage. Henry went nuclear, we were pleased. Pickathon started strong!



Eileen Jewell, Queen of the Minor Key

Before the festival we had checked out many of the acts and truth be told, we were unsure whether or not this self professed 'Queen of the Minor Key' would be able to keep her crown during the live shows. Let us be the first to eat our doubts. Eileen Jewell and her AMAZING backup band really showed their stuff, tossin' rocking tunes into the crowd the way big breasted women throw t-shirts at a NASCAR rally. But Missing Link, you say, that doesn't discribe the music at all, and we would answer, "have you listened to their version of 'Shakin' All Over' yet?"



Whitey Morgan & The 78's

This last January we first heard about the awesome honkey-tonk hutzpah put out by Whitey Morgan and the 78's and ever since then it hasn't been far from our record players. Many of you have already had us jam a copy into your hands and tell you 'just buy this' but since it has been awhile, we thought a little reminder might be in order. While picking up our jaws during the show, we were struck by 2 things: 1)Whitey looks like Ian from the Alibi's long lost twin brother and 2)This is what Country is supposed to sound like. We definitely agree with the qoute from their website, "they haven't re-invented the wheel they just picked it up and started it rolling all over again." In terms of today's country bands, these Michigan based boys could mop the floor with their gussied-up competition.



The Wilders

Another set of folks from Missouri, The Wilders have been going strong since 1996. Featuring Lush's home girl Betsee Ellis slaying it on fiddle, these fine folks are light years ahead of the competition, performing their own songs and Kansas City standards with a rock n' roll edge. This year they put out a whole new album of original material that's Pure Ozark Mountain craziness at its finest. As lush would say "SHOW ME!!!!"



Groupo Fantasma
Another surprise act of this years' lineup was hipshakers Grupo Fantasma. 11 funky Tejanos banded together on a quest to shake every hip in the lower 48. Even people walking by these guys on the main stage found their converse hitting the ground in time with the cumbia beat. Let us be the first to say that 'Burnin' Down the House' may have been written by the Talking Heads but was meant to be played by Grupo Fantasma.


Brownout

A side project of the afore mentioned Grupo Fantasmo, We were stunned when we heard the fuzz tone dirty funk coming out of the barn at about 1:00 in the morning. Brownout can be called Grupo Fantasma's psychedelic Latin funk little brother, a more-than-just side project of that regularly backs Prince Simply said "Damn!" Do yourself a favor and find these guys out on the road, you won't be disapointed.


LC Ulmer
If you've never heard an 80 year old bluesman play the guitar behind his back, then you haven't lived. L.C. Ulmer may not be the most famous of the Mississippi bluesers but just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean diddly squat. With that dirty, slightly out of tune style, L.C. Ulmer doesn't just harken back to the delta blues, he is the delta blues. After his show L.C. saw a man loading in a fold up bass. "the hell is that?" he asked. "That's a standup bass that folds into intself" a fellow musician replied. "Damn," L.C. said while mopping his brown, "they done made EVERYTHING there is to make."