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DEC. 19: LA LADIES CHOIR SILENT AUCTION FOR CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments
EXENE CERVENKA: BECAUSE THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Exene Cervenka helped invent what Los Angeles is now and helped save the best of what it used to be. She releases a new solo album Somewhere Gone on Bloodshot in October and is moving back to California after years in a historic farmhouse in Missouri. She speaks now while camping on the beach. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
PETER HOLSAPPLE AND CHRIS STAMEY: CRAZY IN RETROSPECT
July 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple were (legendarily) the only people in North Carolina who bought Big Star albums the very first time around, and they’d team up most famously for the power-pop band the dB’s. (Stamey would also release Chris Bell’s 45 and Holsapple would go on to play with Hootie and the Blowfish!) They are now teamed up as a band with no official name. This interview by Dan Collins.
DAVID SERBY: OVER THERE IN THE BACK OF THE BAR
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments
David Serby was a punk kid in Orange County and then an insurance adjuster in L.A. and took a long time and a lot of lumps to become the country singer he is now. He performs monthly at dark bars with old photos on the walls and he has just released his third album Honky Tonk And Vine. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE @ SPACELAND
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
In the Henry Clay tradition, they finished their set with a lot more people on stage than when they started. To be honest, by time they played their cover of the Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women” to close their set, I was so wasted, I couldn’t tell if they had all the members of Airborne Toxic Event onstage with them because I was seeing 1 ¼ people for every person at that point. The great part is that considering there was no stage diving and only one moderately scary wipeout—and I never saw more than a dozen or so (actual) people on stage at the same time—is that this was probably their mild show.
KURT VILE: NO, DON’T BRING ME WEED
March 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Philadelphia guitarist/songwriter Kurt Vile put out a record called Constant Hitmaker (on the Gizmos’ Gulcher label, one of the oldest DIY/independents in America) that was one of the best releases of last year. He will play his first-ever Los Angeles show at Echo Curio tonight. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
