GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock, Pop

Graham Nash at The House of Blues, 10/2. Once a member of The Hollies, Nash (as the story goes) met Crosby & Stills in 1968 at Joni Mitchell’s house in Laurel Canyon, after a Hollies concert. They were so pleased with their collective sound that they formed their group that same evening. Young joined in 1969, and the rest is history…
The Tiki Tones, DJ Ben Vendetta at Bigfoot Lounge, 10/2. “The Future Go-Go Sound…The Tiki Tones have taken the same transistor and vacuum tube-powered antique synthesizers of the mid-sixties, combined them with a little year-2002 sampling and looping technology, and added a dash of surf-influenced guitar.”
Arthur Lee & Love, The Tyde at The Henry Fonda Theatre, 9/27
Teddy Pendergrass at Royce Hall, 9/30
Patrice Rushen & Ndugu Chancler at Center Theatre, 10/1
Lea DeLaria at Center Theatre, 10/1
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones at Royce Hall, 10/2
The Excessories, The Vice Principles, DJ Lee at Club 66/77 (Bigfoot Lodge) 9/26
Junior Reid at Amoeba Music, 9/26, 7pm
The Excessories, Vice Principals at Bigfoot Lodge
UK Subs at Martini Lounge, 9/26
Atmosphere (Slug, Mr. Dibbs, Blueprint), Murs (Living Legends), Brother Ali, DJ BK One, Dee Jay Bird, DJ Bizzart at The Roxy, 9/26
Mike Stinson, I See Hawks in LA, Grey De Lisle at The Silverlake Lounge, 9/26
Blare Bitch Project, Flash Express at Spaceland
Reel Big Fish at The Palace, 9/26
Psuedopod, Munkafest, Redline 5, Govner, Dalton Grant at The El Rey, 9/26
New Maximum Donkey, 30 Seconds Long, Fargo, The Willowz at Fais Do Do, 9/26
Elliott Smith, Daniel Lanois, Rilo Kiley, Kid Gallahad (UK) at The Echo, 10/1
Arthur Lee & Love, The Tyde at The Henry Fonda Theatre, 9/27
Alaska, Slydell, Earlimart at The Derby, 9/26
Mike Stinson, I See Hawks In LA, Grey De Lisle at The Silverlake Lounge, 9/26
Gabriel Mann, Postfontaine, The Action Cats at The Derby, 9/27
The High Speed, Scene Mistlethrush (Boston) at The Derby, 9/29
Lou Barlow, Victory at Sea, Queen Maud Land at The Silverlake Lounge, 9/30
The Prids (Lincoln), The Rash Modernaire (Starlite Desperation), The Art of Safecracking, Nervous Return at The Silverlake Lounge, 10/2
Bob Brozman at McCabe’s, 9/28
Carla Bozulich at Largo, 9/28
The Muffs, The Steven McDonald Group, Lisa Marr Experiment at Spaceland, 9/28

Jazz, Classical

Chris Potter, Kevin Hays, Bill Stewart, Scott Colley, Doug Weiss at The Jazz Bakery, 9/26
Jon Mayer Trio with Jackie Ryan at The Vic, 9/26. RSVP: (888) 367-5299

Readings,
Performances

Steve Abee at The Adam and Eve Theater, 9/28 (2020 N. Main)
The Other Network at Moomba, 9/27
New Faces of The Apocalypse at Moomba, 9/28

Thursday, Sept 26

Junior Reid at Amoeba Music, 7pm
The Excessories, Vice Principals at Bigfoot Lodge
UK Subs at Martini Lounge
Atmosphere (Slug, Mr. Dibbs, Blueprint), Murs (Living Legends), Brother Ali, DJ BK One, Dee Jay Bird, DJ Bizzart at The Roxy
Mike Stinson, I See Hawks in LA, Grey De Lisle at The Silverlake Lounge
Blare Bitch Project, Flash Express at Spaceland
Reel Big Fish at The Palace
Psuedopod, Munkafest, Redline 5, Govner, Dalton Grant at The El Rey
New Maximum Donkey, 30 Seconds Long, Fargo, The Willowz at Fais Do Do
Doctor, Paris Railroad, Johnny Satanseed Express, Thunder Pistols, The Color Turning at Zen
Rip Carson, The Annette Valdes Trio, Champagne Velvet, The Deadbillys at The Garage
Roger Allan Wade, Beth Bladen, Purgatory Rodeo at The King King
Static Lullaby, Fairview, Breaking Panacea, Attention at The Troubadour
DJ Haul, Fischer P. Mason, Action Figure Party, DJ & The Jummers at Temple Bar
Zoe Bonham at The Viper Room
Junior Reid at Amoeba Music
Brad Mehldau, Eliphas Horn at The Knitting Factory
Ravi Shankar & Anoushka, Bikram Ghosh & Tanmoy Bose Tabla at Royce Hall, 8pm
Drop 6, The Dollyrots, Private Selection, Salimus, others at The Whisky
Stephen Ashbrook at Rusty’s Surf Ranch
Quiet Riot at Key Club
Viva Variety, Jennifer Appelquist, Local, Number 4, Off The Wall Sketch Comedy at 14 Below
Ours, Zoe Bonham at The Viper Room
Debbie Weisberg at The Mint
Black Arts at The Echo

Friday, Sept 27

Arthur Lee & Love, The Tyde at The Henry Fonda Theatre
Cinerama, VHS or BETA, Ballboy at The Troubadour
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys at McCabe’s
Tipsy, Frou Frou, Seksu Roba at Spaceland
Fischer P., Zion, Scarub, Crown City Rockers at Temple Bar
Funky Hippeez, Capital Pusher, DLMA, Sterling Drvish at 14 Below
Brad Mehldau at The Knitting Factory
Fanny
Grace at The Mint
Disco Biscuits, The Peak Show at The House of Blues
Register & Rock: Enough Said, Local, Mank at The Canyon

Saturday, Sept 28

Lira Concert Series: Brad Dutz’ Obliteration Quartet (Brad Dutz, Joe Berardi, Dan Morris, Dave Schaeffer), NYAPE (Christopher Garcia, Melissa Lee, Edwin Porras, Jeanette Wrate) at The LAHC Music Recital Hall (1111 Figueroa Place – liraproductions.com)
The Drum Festival at The Watts Towers
Bob Geldof, PJ Olsson at The House of Blues
An Evening With Pepe Aguilar, LA Angeles Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl
The Negro Problem, The Shakes, Frou Frou at The Knitting Factory
Bob Brozman at McCabe’s
Carla Bozulich at Largo
The Muffs, The Steven McDonald Group, Lisa Marr Experiment at Spaceland
Mason, Besskepp, Hustle, Burning Star at Temple Bar
Songsalive! Expo 2002, Lauren Adams, Holly Figarolla, Eve’s Garden, Kathy Bradley at 14 Below
Steve Reynolds at The Mint
Juan Atkins at The Echo

Sunday, Sept 29

Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Phantom Planet at The Mayan
The Lost Trio at Cato’s Ale House
Transgalactic Record Faire at The Smell (247 South Main Street)
The Annual Watts Towers Jazz Festival at The Watts Towers
Toots & The Maytals at The House of Blues
at The Troubadour
Fairweather, Liars Academy, Open Hand, Code Seven at The Troubadour
Karan Casey at McCabe’s
Loudermilk at Spaceland

Clubs

14 Below – 1348 14th St., Santa Monica (310)451-5040. Or go to www.14below.com
Club Sugar - 814 Broadway Ave., Santa Monica. (310)899.1989 www.clubsugar.com
Harvelle’s Blues Club – Downhome westside spot since 1931. Sundays: The Toledo Show. Mondays: New Breed open mic. Wednesdays: Mickey Champion. 1432 Fourth St., Santa Monica (310)395-1676
Liquid Lounge - Gotham Hall presents. (800) 384-8865 ext. 0 or go to www.gothamhall.com or www.salsasundays.com
Lush - 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. (310)829-1933
McCabes – (see above). Sunday of every month at 7pm: Free Talent Night. 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 310 828-4403 www.mccabes.com.
Rusty’s Surf Ranch- Every other Thursday: Women Who Cook. Wednesdays: Planet 80’s. 256 Santa Monica Pier (310)393-PIER
Temple Bar –1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica (310)393-6611.
The Friendship - 112 W. Channel, Santa Monica.
The Joint – 8771 W. Pico Blvd. (310)275-2619
The West End - 5th & Arizona in Santa Monica. (310)313-3292 www.westendclubs.com

Coffeehouses
and Other Spaces

Anastasia’s Asylum – Live music nightly, no cover. 1028 Wilshire, Santa Monica. (310)394-7113
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center - Critically acclaimed events, FREE Workshops & Readings. Call for this week’s events. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. Thu, 9/26, 7pm: Author John Eidinow will be on hand to discuss and sign WITTGENSTEIN’S POKER, based on “A ten-minute drama in 1946 between Karl Popper, visiting Cambridge University to lecture at a seminar, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, the seminar’s host, involving a fire poker and these two great thinkers’ philosophies.” Co-authored by David Edmonds. Fri, 9/27, 7pm: Alev Lytle Croutier, author of HAREM: THE WORLD BEHIND THE VEIL and THE PALACE OF TEARS, is on hand to read and sign, SEVEN HOUSES, a new novel and “enchanting chronicle of four generations of Turkish women.” Sat, 9/28, 2pm: April Halprin Wayland reads and signs GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, a novel “for young adults constructed from poems that follow a year in the life of a teenage girl.” Sun, 9/29, 2pm: Karen Stabiner reads and signs ALL GIRLS: SINGLE SEX EDUCATION AND WHY IT MATTERS. Parent and author Karen Stabiner chose to dive into the source “when confronted with the choice of where to send her teenage daughter to high school.” Mon, 9/30, 7pm: Lewis Lapham, author of WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS and CLASS IN AMERICA, among others, reads and signs THEATER OF WAR. Mr. Lapham “questions the motive, feasibility and imperial pretensions of the Bush administration’s infinite crusade against the world’s evildoers.” Tue, 10/1, 7pm: Dora Levy Mossanen reads and signs her debut novel HAREM, “a narrative of three generations of Persian women that invites the reader into the mysteriously exotic world of the harem, where women seemingly without power have held immense influence through the ages.” Wed, 10/2, 7pm: Duff Brenna reads and signs THE ALTAR OF THE BODY a novel that, according to Publisher’s Weekly “...perfectly captures Minnesota dialect, and LIvia’s senile-to-lucid babbling is spot-on.” 11975 San Vicente Blvd.
Legal Grind – Award winning coffee house offers legal help with your coffee. www.legalgrind.com, or call (310)452-3160. 7640 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405.
Metro Rags & Java – Tuesdays: Philosopher’s Café. 1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405. (310)396-8356
Midnight Special Bookstore - Open and featured readings, political discussions & groups, renowned authors and reading circles, computer and technology groups, science fiction book club and much more. Thu, 9/26: 7:30pm: DOCUMENTAL and the Friends of the Watts Towers Arts Center, will screen a special preview rough-cut segment of the feature-length documentary work-in-progress, “I BUILD THE TOWER”: The Passion of Sam Rodia. Presented in honor of the 21st Annual Day of the Drum Festival on September 28th and the 26th Annual Watts Towers Jazz Festival, September 29. The film covers the thirty-three years Sam (Simon) Rodia lived in Watts and fashioned his monumental spires of reinforced concrete. Following the screening, the filmmakers will answer questions from the audience. Fri, 9/27, 8pm: Open Poetry, sign-ups at 7:30pm. Sat, 9/28, 7pm Show: DOCUMENTAL the documentary & experimental film and video series: HAPPY ARE THE HAPPY (YOUR BEST JOKE PLEASE) (‘99, 18m) 2. QUEEN OF THE MIST (‘96, 29m) 3. THE GREAT SADNESS OF ZOHARA (‘88, 40m). 9pm Show: 1. TO RE-EDIT THE WORLD (‘02, 32m) 2. CULTURE JAM–HIJACKING COMMERCIAL CULTURE (‘01, 57m). Sun, 9/29, 2pm: Anthony Slide will read & discuss SILENT PLAYERS: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. “Many of these early film names live in legend. Tony Slide’s exhaustive and devoted research brings them to life again as fascinating people.”–Marsha Hunt. Sun, 9/29, 5pm: David Carle will read & discuss BURNING QUESTIONS: America’s Fight with Nature’s Fire. Tue, 10/1, 7pm: FAIR the media watch group, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting presents their monthly program on the role of the media in shaping our views. This month’s program “The Ultimate Song,” directed by Lisa Scott, a member of the LA Independent Media Center. She will discuss her 30 minute documentary which explores “the musician’s role in the struggle to end poverty and deals with how musicians are helping the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign.” 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.
Village Books – Thu, 9/26: Mann Rubin signs FAST FRIENDS DIE SLOW, a novel that tells the tale of a Los Angeles detective who “is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease while investigating a kidnapping.” 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, 90272. (310) 454-4063.