Author Archives: James Eliopulos

Martha Davis – Motels, Jazz and Two LA Shows in One Great Week

Some artists hit your radar like a meteor and just as quickly veer off into the void. Others craft ‘hits’ that become mainstays of media and memory, and so remain, ever fixated, tied to a time and place, maybe even … Continue reading

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BETTER by Jessica Goldberg at The Echo Theater

I have an acquaintance, a screenwriter oddly enough, who claims she finds it impossible to enjoy live theater. Her explanation is that it feels, ‘. . . disturbing, just sitting there; with conversations, and arguments, accusations and confessions; crying and … Continue reading

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‘THE ECHO ONE ACTS’ Extended Through August 31

The Echo Theater Company’s world premier presentation of 6 commissioned one act plays (which were reviewed by the LA Beat on August 16 and were originally scheduled to run through August 23) has been extended to run through August 31. … Continue reading

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The Echo One Acts. The World Premiere of Six New Plays at the Atwater Village Theater – Through August 23rd

Cutting to the chase because I am late with this review and don’t want anyone to miss an opportunity for some truly wonderful local theater due to my slacking – I highly recommend The Echo One Acts playing this weekend … Continue reading

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X’s and ARROWs at The House of Blues Saturday 2/8

  The Foundation Room upstairs at The House of Blues on Sunset continues to provide a terrific venue for up and coming bands. A couple of Saturdays back I dropped in with friends to see what was new and interesting and … Continue reading

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‘AKA Doc Pomus’, Documentary Film On Life of Legendary Composer: October 11,12 & 13 at Laemmle’s Music Hall

  AKA Doc Pomus, co directed by Peter Miller and William Hechter and opening in Los Angeles next Friday, Saturday and Sunday (10/11, 12 & 13) at Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills, is a brilliant concoction of music and biography, history … Continue reading

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‘Sects, Cults and Mind Control’ at Cinefamily (June 17 and 19)

Every religion is (officially or unofficially) associated with a city, right? Rome, Jerusalem, Mecca – you don’t have to think too long about visiting any of these before historical religious trappings begin to intrude on more mundane issues like ‘How do … Continue reading

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Downtown Punk Museum: Legendary Punk and Metal Musicians Contribute to Memorabilia Auction to Benefit Outsiders and China White Guitarist Frank Ruffino

Frank Ruffino of The Outsiders and China White (pictured right with his wife and children in 2009), one of the Orange County musicians whose energy, style and tone helped define the Southern California hardcore punk sound is in critical need of … Continue reading

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Gurf Morlix Finds The Present Tense at McCabe’s on Saturday April 13

I get the love for the acoustic warmth of glowing filaments that purists claim as the special province of music played and recorded and played back again using vacuum tubes. And every once in a while I even think I … Continue reading

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Syd Straw and Friends at McCabes on Friday April 5

There are, for me, two unexplainable mysteries of the LA music scene. The first is how anyone could end up missing a show that had they had known about it they would have gone. That experience has befallen me more than … Continue reading

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