I had a great time last night, followed by a magical morning. Let me tell you about it a little, won’t you? No photos were taken, as they weren’t allowed last night, and I don’t like to bring technology along […]
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It takes a lot to get Venice people to the Valley … and Dan Coakley and his band are a LOT. Dan has a brand new and excellent Ep out – EP 1 – and we were all excited to […]
If you have the music in you even just a little, then the new documentary done by the marvelous band, The Good Listeners, is going to be one of your new favorite films. Don’t Quit Your Daydream (Winner of the […]
In honor of Kris Kristofferson’s 74th birthday today, I share with you the story of getting to meet the man that set me on a long long path of looking for unusually wonderful men … And he’s a tough act […]
I’m in the mood for some serious rabble-rousing. Yesterday I saw “Capitalism: A Love Story” in the morning, and then went to see Steve Earle and Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman at night. Let us just say that after a breezy and […]
I wrote about The Stronghold as a music venue back in April of this year for The Beachhead, and wondered how it would turn out. I’ve seen a fair share of growing pains (mega-disorganization one night when we had a […]
After all the goings on in the world last week (upping the war in Afghanistan, the on-going health care debate, “Capitalism: A Love Story” not being on the Oscar short list, etc ..) I really needed a Nightwatchman show, mainly […]
The new album Black Ribbons by Shooter Jennings, and his new band Hierophant, is nothing short of jaw-dropping. It’s a good old-fashioned “Concept” album, complete with between track narration by Stephen King, here playing the part of radio D.J. “Will […]
It’s been a while since The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) last liberated Venice. In fact, Venice was the site of some of his earliest liberating. We used to have Friday nights at Abbot’s Habit that my brother, Paul, booked, called The […]
I first became friends with Matt Ellis when I heard him playing his songs at The Habit, the much-missed Friday jam my brother, Paul, started at Abbot’s Habit in Venice, California a few years back. I was impressed, and immediately […]
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