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October 5, 2008

If you're as pooped as we are from yesterday's festivities, then you'll likely be staying in tonight. Luckily there's not much going on in LA. However, for those looking to venture outside the comfort of their own home, we suggest checking out Portland, Oregon-based folk rockers Horse Feathers at Spaceland. ...

Continue Reading "Tonight In Rock: Horse Feathers, Rancid, Jackson Browne"

December 4, 2007

Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab Def Jam December 4, 2007 "No time...there's never any time," cried a caffeine pill crazed Jesse Spano in that very special episode of "Saved by the Bell." Ghostface Killah laughs at you and your complaints, Spano. While you can't find the time to balance a geometry midterm, getting into Stanford and covering Pointer Sister tunes, Pretty Toney is having no trouble finding time to spit sick verses on 8......

Continue Reading "Ghostface's 'Big Doe' Does Not Disappoint "

September 7, 2007

If you go as far west as you can in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd., right before you wind up in Beverly Hills you will see the Troubadour - one of the most famous rock clubs in the world - established in 1957. Home of the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Elton John, and Linda Ronstadt in the '60s and '70s, the warm, rich club also saw the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and......

Continue Reading "LA Booker Interview: Brian Smith of The Troubadour"

August 7, 2007

Pete Thomas, a drummer since he was a kid in Sheffield, England, joined Elvis Costello to form the Attractions and continues as the drummer for the Imposters. He has also played as a session musician with countless artists including Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, Neil Finn, John Wesley Harding, Joe Jackson, Los Lobos, Joan Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, Squeeze, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, and the Waterboys. In 2003, Thomas was inducted into the Rock......

Continue Reading "LAist Interview: Pete Thomas of Jackshit"

March 29, 2007

O.J. to Auction Book Rights After a long string of controversies and cancellations, rights to O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It will be auctioned off on April 17, according to Los Angeles authorities. Freeing the slaves - in Los Angeles Tales of modern day slavery, in LA. And none of these people work for Disney. Benefit Concert For the Midnight Mission The Malibu Performing Arts Center (MPAC) was the place to be on March......

Continue Reading "Extra Extra, OJ, We Know You Did It, We Don't Want To Read About It"

March 16, 2007

More than fifty local communities and sixty local schools & colleges will come together this Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the ground invasion of Iraq. This massive anti-war protest will be one of more than two hundred nationally coordinated protests, rallies and marches this weekend. Saturday, March 17 @ 12 NOON ~ GATHER with thousands of like-minded people at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. ~ MARCH at a leisurely (but outraged)......

Continue Reading "If You Like Pina Coladas And Pulling Out Of The War - PROTEST THIS SATURDAY!"

February 24, 2007

The Gospel of Leonard Cohen Dave Alvin, Jackson Browne, Bill Frisell, Michael McDonald, Perla Batalla, Howard Tate, Kevin McCormick, Don Heffington. Dave Palmer, Robben Ford, Don Was and others give thanks to great songwriter @ Royce Hall Dark Side of the Moon Laser Show @ Van Nuys Cyber Studio of Laser Images, Inc. (email laserium@earthlink.net or call (818) 997-6611 for reservations James Taylor @ Wilshire Theatre Too $hort @ Viper Room Nudist Priest, Donita......

Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Gospel of Leonard Cohen, War, Too $hort, James Taylor, Nudist Priest, Mickey Avalon"

February 22, 2007

Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne @ Gibson Amphitheatre Flogging Molly @ Henry Fonda Theater Cold War Kids, Delta Spirit, Matt Death & the Intellectuals @ The Troubadour Lamb of God @ Grove of Anaheim Big Head Todd & the Monsters @ House of Blues The Shakes, The Prix, The New Fidelity, Velvet Ratio @ Safari Sam's (bring a can of food) Michael Franti, Blackalicious @ Wiltern Boy Hits Car, Rama Duke, Porcelain, Malea McGuiness, 40......

Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Willie Nelson, Flogging Molly, Cold War Kids, Lamb of God, Big Head Todd"

February 20, 2007

The New York Times seems to think so. We can confirm that among the 800 or so who paid $2,300 a head to rub elbows with Barack Obama for a minute or two at the Beverly Hilton were: Jennifer Aniston, Burt Bacharach, Mario van Peebles, Stephen Spielberg, Arianna Huffington, Ben Stiller, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Eddie Murphy, Ron Howard, Taye Diggs, Norman Lear, JJ Abrams, Paul Reiser, Christine Lahti, Jackson Browne, and Natalie Maines.......

Continue Reading "Does Hollywood Heart Obama?"

January 31, 2007

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Victoria Williams, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne, the Martinis (Joey Santiago and David Lovering), and others @ Alex Theater (Beat It Wally benefit) Helmet @ The Troubadour Kaki King @ Hotel Cafe Joss Stone @ House of Blues Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Polysics, The Outline @ The Knitting Factory Ferona Vai, In Memory, Anthema @ Viper Room Iceage Cobra, Jessie Deluxe, The High......

Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Victoria Williams, Kaki King, Helmet, Joss Stone, Sally Kellerman"

May 30, 2006

The Monday holiday makes it a very light week for new releases. Here are a few things that caught our eye.... Dave Alvin West of the West (Yep Roc) – This is a concept album about California from the former leader of the Blasters. All these songs were written by California songwriters (Alvin co-wrote one of the songs). He covers Merle Haggard, Jackson Browne, John Fogerty, Jerry Garcia, Tom Waits, The Beach Boys and......

Continue Reading "Top Five New CD Releases"

April 21, 2006

Fri 4/21 - Dinosaur Jr @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT) – Here’s a show for the aging indie rocker. That first reunion show a year ago at Spaceland was a little disappointing (packed and a billion degrees inside). While Green Mind and Where You Been are still the best Dinosaur records, the first three with Lou Barlow have some great moments too. The show on Saturday night is sold out too. Sat 4/22 - Matthew......

Continue Reading "Live Music Picks: Seven Shows in Seven Days"

March 8, 2006

Bruce Springsteen sings "Promised Land" in at an anti-nuclear concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 1981. Check out those mutton chops! The skinny guy singing with him is, we're pretty sure, Jackson Browne.......

Continue Reading "New Jersey at the Hollywood Bowl"

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