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Cameron M. Smith, left, of Portland State University will speak about human migration at
the Cannon Beach History Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.
ASTORIA — San Diego four-
piece The Donkeys will perform
at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 at the
Fort George Brewery, located at
1483 Duane St. There is no cover,
and the show is open to all ages.
The band’s new mini-album
“Midnight Palms” was released
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mini-album, the band is on a
month-long West Coast tour.
Tracked largely live-in-the-
studio with veteran producer,
longtime friend, and fellow trav-
eler Thom Monahan (Vetiver,
Fruit Bats, Devendra Banhart),
“Midnight Palms” was recorded
at the end of one of the band’s
blitzkrieg road runs (which
Selvidge hopped on stage with
the Donkeys during a show in
Texas and would end up join-
ing the band for a fair number
of those 150 RTBW shows. His
pointed, tasteful leads are pep-
pered throughout “Midnight
Palms.”
“Over the course of The Don-
keys’ more-than-a-decade-long
career, the band has fallen into
that special sort of Southern Cal-
ifornian sway,” says Paste. “Per-
cussive drum strokes sound like
rustling palm fronds on Donkeys
songs, and random psychedelic
freak outs seem like the sonic
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through the Hollywood Hills.”
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San Diego band The Donkeys will perform Sunday, Feb. 14 at Fort George Brewery.
might see the band playing as
many as 28 shows in 29 days).
The collection’s lived-in live feel
should surprise few.
The core founding trio of
Tim Denardo, Anthony Lukens
and Sam Sprague drive the pro-
ceedings. The fourth Donkey on
“Midnight Palms” is The Hold
Steady’s Steve Selvidge, step-
ping in after the departure of
long-time guitarist Jesse Gulati.
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CANNON BEACH — Join the Can- cal Anthropology Magazine, change is a free event held from
non Beach History Center & Mu- South American Explorer, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
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Center & Museum is locat- and old. Handouts will be avail-
tion to space exploration.
He has a Ph.D. in archae- ed at 1387 S. Spruce St. The able for people to take, and there
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