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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Live Review: Return to Forever, Zappa Plays Zappa at the Greek Theater
Fusion remains one of the most outsider forms of music in existence, derided by the masses but clung to feverishly by a hardcore collective of fans, most of whom also play instruments. Return to Forever have been one of … Continue reading
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Calling All Post Production Peeps: The Editor’s Lounge is Back!
Since 2003, Alpha Dogs has held regular hands-on seminars for industry post production professionals – The Editor’s Lounge. Each month, dozens of professionals in the production and post-production industries exchange ideas, discuss trends and learn about new technologies. The sessions … Continue reading
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Live Review: Surfer Blood @ The Echoplex 9/16/11
Surfer Blood may look every bit their youthful age, but they play with an ease and professionalism that makes you forget that. The boys from West Palm Beach, FL projected a modest confidence the moment they stepped out onstage, where … Continue reading
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Tagged astro coast, echoplex, kanine records, pop rock, surf rock, surfer blood, tarot classics
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Beat Recommends: The Great Intervention Movie Premier
[youtube]cLfKOsSOND8[/youtube] When Steve Moramarco, lead singer of The Abe Lincoln Story, hit a rough patch for a while a couple years ago, instead of wallowing in the resulting depression, he realized that his broken dreams, general lack of direction and … Continue reading
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Pie are Squared Off
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was the site of KCRW’s third annual Good Food Pie Contest last Sunday. In spite of the heat and the crowds, everyone was in good spirits and chatted with their neighbors in the long … Continue reading
The 2012 Zagat Guides are Here!
Why do I feel like Steve Martin in “The Jerk”? “The new phone books are here!!!” For the first time ever, food trucks have been included in the ratings, with Zagat raters declaring trucks both the best and worst development in the LA … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Mooncake
Last weekend’s Moon Festival in Chinatown revolves around the making, giving and receiving of moon cakes. How do they make these perfect, tightly compressed little cakes stamped with elaborate designs? Just like Mr. Rogers taking us through the crayon factory, … Continue reading
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Beat Recommends: Return To Forever IV and Zappa Plays Zappa
Photo by Tom Marcello courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons. If fusion is a cushion, RTF is the strong foundation. The fusion monsters – in this lineup, replacing guitarist Al DiMeola with Frank Gambale, and adding the violin of Jean Luc-Ponty … Continue reading
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Impacting Your World: It’s Social Media Week
Los Angeles is one of twelve cities hosting Social Media Week events, now through September 23, 2011. The other cities are: Beirut, Berlin, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Glasgow, Milan, Moscow, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo And Vancouver. Most of the … Continue reading
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Photo Gallery: Tears For Fears at the Wiltern 9/17/11
All photos by Brian Michaels for the LA Beat. Thanks to the nice folks at the Wiltern for our chance to relive a little bit of the 80’s. The fellas in Tears for Fears were seriously tight and the house … Continue reading
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