Category Archives: Music

Where to Celebrate 4th of July Weekend, 2023

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Elise Thompson

Fireworks shows at the Rose Bowl, in Redondo Beach, Pacific Palisades and Malibu have been canceled this year due to new environmental rules regarding plastics falling into the ocean. Speaking of the environment, please don’t light illegal fireworks, instead check out … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Here and There, Then and Now

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Paul Gaita

* indicates that the film is also available for digital sale or rental on various platforms. “The Worst Ones” (2022, Kino Lorber*) A filmmaker (Johan Heldenberg) and his crew seek an authentic tone to their socially conscious drama by casting … Continue reading →

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Opening this week: High Heels on Wheels – The Musical!

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

Leslie Sloan presents High Heels on Wheels – the Musical where “‘Hairspray’ meets  ‘A League of their Own’ – when roller derby was one of the few places women could compete as professional athletes. A lesbian love story, roller derby … Continue reading →

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NELAFEST At The Offbeat Lounge Is Already Happening – Don’t Miss It

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Bob Lee

Friends and relatives of the beloved Cafe Nela have a weekend of fun ahead of them, as a number of acts from that scene take over the Offbeat Lounge in Highland Park. It promises to be an intimate, yet expansive, … Continue reading →

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Break-A-Way TONIGHT with DJ JD Samson!

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

DJ JD Samson of Le Tigre, MEN and Crickets spins tonight! With Senior (Junior Senior) and Rudy Bleu (La Polla Loca)

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“I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear” Book Launch this Thursday!!!

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

Stories Bookstore and The Wrinkle Room host the book launch of “I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear” this Thursday, June 1. The long anticipated and just released explicit diaries of our homegrown punk, queer, … Continue reading →

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The Revivify Tour: Fanny’s 50th Anniversary Show at the Whisky a Go Go!

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Lucretia Tye Jasmine

“If I can just make it to the show on time,” I told myself as I got ready this past Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, “if I can just make it to the show on time!” I charged my batteries … Continue reading →

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Otello At The LA Opera – Loose Lips Sink Ships But This Stellar Cast Will Float Your Boat

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Bob Lee

Front row: Rachel Willis-Sorenson, left, Morris Robinson and Russell Thomas in Otello. Photo by Cory Weaver, used by permission.  The production of Otello currently playing at the LA Opera is somewhat unconventionally staged on a platform that resembles the inside … Continue reading →

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Wild Honey & Lenny Kaye’s Tribute To Nuggets Is A Eureka! Moment In Garage Rock History

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Bob Lee

Wild Honey’s Tribute to Nuggets at the Alex Theater, hosted by its original compiler, Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group, was a hot night in Glendale. With a set list made up entirely of “artyfacts from the first psychedelic … Continue reading →

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Cruel World 2023: A Report from the Front

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Deb Smith

Cruel World 2023, with a stellar line-up of new wave, punk, and goth 80’s bands, came to Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena on May 20th. Headliners included Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Echo and the Bunnymen, Human League … Continue reading →

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