GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock/Pop

Psychedelic Furs at HOB 4/13. Back when the teen-phenom of the “brat pack” first hit in the 80’s, thank god that teen movies had soundtracks made up of songs by adult bands, you know, real bands, not the corporately packaged nightmares that pass for music nowadays. If you only know the Furs from the movie copped from the title of their song, Pretty in Pink, you deserve to broaden your horizons. Combining the art school rock and glamour of Roxy Music, the brooding soundscape of the Velvet Underground, and the vigor of punk rock, the Furs charted out into their own areas. Their trademark sound of the sneering sandpaper vocalist Richard Butler and the wailing sax, runs into you like a train, or perhaps even, a pop epiphany.
Audiotistic: LTJ Bukem, Cut Chemist Meets Shortcut, Common, Jurassic-5, Dilated People’s, Q Bert, The Beat Junkies, Blackalicious, Visionaries, MC Supernatural, Garth Trinidad at The Long Beach Convention Center 4/14. The man, the musician, the DJ, the head of Good Looking records, live and direct from England, LTJ Bukem considered one of the world’s top dee-jays, leads this mind-numbing absolutely humongous seemingly endless list of world-class DJ’s from across the globe. Last year’s version of this event drew 37,000 people. Be prepared to rave on from 4pm to 4:30 am. (audiotistic.com)
Chaos U.K. at The Whisky 4/15. This first generation hard-core punk band originally from Bristol, England may have set a record in punk rock band-om. These guys have been together since 1979 and other than a short 3-year hiatus in the late 80’s, they’re still together! Chaos U.K. is possibly the hardest working punk rock band in show business, they’ll will make your ears bleed with their heavily political agitprop. 

Jazz, Classical

Andrew Hill at The Jazz Bakery 4/12 through 4/15. He’s a mysterious Dark Horse of Jazz, popping up throughout the years to grace the public with his dark, haunting style, he started playing at the tender age of 6 in Chicago. He’s studied under German classical composer Paul Hindesmith, played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dinah Washington, Roland Kirk and released his masterpiece in ’64, “Point of Departure.” Don’t miss this one.

Reading, Performances

The Figures at Beyond Baroque, 4/13 & 14. One of America’s more extraordinary small presses presents editor GEOFFREY YOUNG, who says “From the beginning there was the pleasure of working with poets, of close reading. Then there was an abiding interest in the aesthetics of the book (size, type, layout, cover art, etc.), and there was the knowledge that if we didn’t publish these books (the small presses, in general), there was almost no chance that above-ground publishing houses in New York would. Thus, the Figures was born to provide inexpensive, well-made books by a new generation of writers.” (see Beyond Baroque’s listings for more info.)
Henry Rollins El Rey Theatre 4/12. Uber macho machine-man Rollins is a cottage industry unto himself. His small press 2.13.61 has published everyone from rock stars Nick Cave, Exene, and Lydia Lunch to local heroine Ellyn Maybe, and is due some props for bringing the words of other obscure or unsung heroes to the published page. His own spoken word rants are notorious for inciting ripples of giggles throughout the crowd via his cutting wit and sarcastic humor, and now it’s official, this show is being billed as “comedy.”

The Week Ahead

Thursday, April 12

Thelonious Monster, Money Mark at The Garden Co-Op Benefit (Spaceland)
Martha Wainwright, Shoofly, Parlor at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Pablo Milanes at The Conga Room
Grandaddy at The Troubadour
Jimmy Van Zant at The Key Club
Double Naught Spy Car at The Alterknit Lounge (Knitting Factory) 
Sound Tribe Secor 9 at The Couch House

Friday, April 13

Danny Pucillo Quartet at LACMA, 5:30 pm, FREE. 323.865.6000
Eric Burdon & The New Animals at The Galaxy
Pound Hound at The Roxy
Granddaddy, Virgin Shaw at The Troubadour
Pablo Milanes at The Conga Room
Nels Cline, others at Mr. T’s Bowl

Saturday, April 14

AC/DC, Slash’s Snakepit The Forum
The Juliana Theory at The Troubadour

Sunday, April 15

Supersuckers at The Troubadour
Geggy Tah at The Conga Room
Supersuckers at The Troubadour 

Monday, April 16

Joe Jackson Night & Day II Tour at John Anson Ford Amptheatre.
Shane MacGowan & The Popes at The House Blues. Former lead singer of The Pogues, flies solo.
Space Ballerinas, Lonely Pixel, Spiritual Tramp, Lutefisk, others at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)

Wednesday, April 17

David Thomas & Two Pale Boys at Knitting Factory. Pere Ubu frontman Thomas brings a new act to the factory.
SR-71 at The House of Blues

Clubs

14 Below – 1348 14th St., Santa Monica 310.451.5040
Club Sugar - 814 Broadway Ave., Santa Monica. 310.899.1989 www.clubsugar.com
Harvelle’s Blues Club – Downhome westside spot since 1931. Tuesdays: Bad Boy Jones. 1432 Fourth St., Santa Monica 310.395.1676 
Liquid Lounge - Gotham Hall presents. (800) 384-8865 ext. 0 or go to www.gothamhall.com or www.salsasundays.com
Lush - 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. 310.829.1933
McCabes – (see above). Sunday of every month at 7pm: Free Talent Night. 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 310 828.4403 www.mccabes.com.
Rusty’s Surf Ranch - Every other Thursday: Women Who Cook. 256 Santa Monica Pier 310.393.PIER
Scruffy O’Shea’s – 822 Washington Blvd., Marina Del Rey 310.821.2653
St. Mark’s - Live Reggae every Wednesday. 23 Windward Ave., Venice Beach. 310.289.3256 . www.fiendish.org or call 323.660.6663.
Temple Bar –1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica 310.393.6611. email whatbands@aol.com. 
The Friendship - 112 W. Channel, Santa Monica.
The Gig W.L.A. - 11637 Pico Blvd. 310.444.9870
The Joint – 8771 W. Pico Blvd. 310.275.2619
The West End - 5th & Arizona in Santa Monica. 310.313.3292 www.westendclubs.com

Coffeehouses and Other Spaces

Anastasia’s Asylum – Live music nightly, no cover. 1028 Wilshire, Santa Monica. 310.394.7113
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center - Critically acclaimed events, and weekly reading groups. Events this week: Fri 4/15, 7:30pm: LYN HEJINIAN (The Language of Inquiry, The Cell, Oxota: A Short Russian Novel, and Happily), MICHAEL GIZZI (No Both, Too Much Johnson, and the just) GUS BLAINSDELL (Dented Fenders), GEOFFREY YOUNG (Cerulean Embankments, The Dump). Sat 4/16 April, Saturday, 4pm: The Intersections of Poetry and Jazz MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL DAVIDSON, CLARK COOLIDGE, LYN HEJINIAN, MICHAEL GIZZI, PAUL VANGELISTI, moderated by GEOFFREY YOUNG How do music and poetry inter-relate and ovelap? What is the effect of jazz on poetry, poetry on jazz? With MICHAEL FRIEDMAN , MICHAEL DAVIDSON, CLARK COOLIDGE, LYN HEJINIAN, MICHAEL GIZZI, and PAUL VANGELISTI, moderated by Figures publisher GEOFFREY YOUNG. Sat, 4/16, 7:30pm: RAE ARMANTOUT, CLARK COOLIDGE, MICHAEL DAVIDSON MICHAEL FRIEDMAN RAE ARMANTOUT. Thursdays, 8pm: Beat Writing Class with with Venice West poets Philomene Long & John Thomas. “Beat writing,” says Philomene, “is a distinctly American literary form inspired by the rhythms of jazz and the controlled accident of Zen. I will start you off in this process. I will not promise I can stop it.” For info/registration, call (310) 822-3006. Saturdays, 10-1pm and Sundays at 11am: “Life Stories” with Terrie Silverman. Mondays, 8pm: Trinie Dalton’s Fiction Workshop, focusing on short stories, stories, and novels. Tuesdays, 8pm: Venice: Cindy Bailey, Creative Non-Fiction Workshop. FREE. Mondays: Monday Reading Circles, hosted by Will Slattery & Betzi Richardson. 310.822.3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. for schedule: 310.476.6263 or go to http://www.duttonsbrentwood.com. 11975 San Vicente Blvd.
Legal Grind – Award winning coffee house offers legal help with your coffee. www.legalgrind.com, or call 310.452.3160. 7640 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405. 
Metro Rags & Java – Tuesdays: Philosopher’s Café. 1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, 90405. 310.396.8356
Midnight Special Bookstore - Open and featured readings, political discussions & groups, renowned authors and reading circles, computer and technology groups, science fiction book club and much more. Events: Thu 4/12, 7pm: L.A. County Bicycle Coalition meets, followed by author of BICYCLE RIDES: Los Angeles County, Don & Sharon Brundige, including slide show of their favorite places to ride in L.A. County. Fri 4/13, 8pm: Open Poetry. Sat 4/14, 12noon: Poetry Workshop hosted by Elizabeth Pavone (please bring 5 copies of your work). Sat, 4/14, 7pm: The Midnight Special Slam makes a return, sign-ups at 6:30, prizes range from $50 to $150. Mon 4/16, 7:30pm: Slavo Zizek will read & discuss DID SOMEBODY SAY TOTALITARIANISM?: Wed, 4/18, 7:30pm: Meeting of the Los Angeles Monthly Review – Discussion. Mailing list: Send a blank e-mail to internet@lists.MSBooks.com with SUBSCRIBE as the subject. 1318 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, or go to www.msbooks.com.