GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock/Pop

The Shakes, Tracy & The Hindenburg Ground Crew, Les Payne Product at Al’s Bar 6/7. Journey to the bowels of downtown L.A., where the graffiti’d walls of Al’s are legendary. Pop open an entry level beer and find a place to sit or stand, then watch as the mayhem and madness enfolds. You might even find yourself part of it, if you’re lucky…
Januaries, Persephonies Bees (S.F.), Gush, Cornflower at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge) 6/7. Local Sexbomb-Baby Debbie Diamond oozes glam-kitsch while crooning soft pop melodies, while Persephone’s Bees mix a “Queen’s theatrics, dreamy French pop and the soft psychedelia of the Strawberry Alarm Clock”
Tortoise, Nobukazu Takemura, Jet Black Crayon at Royce Hall (UCLA) 6/8 KCRW presents this Spaceland production of Chicago-based Tortoise and more. You can also catch Tortoise’s eight members’ “exploratory and organic sounds,” on KCRW’s (89.9fm) “Morning Becomes Eclectic” at 11:15am, on Thurs., 6/7. For more info, go to spacelandproductions.com

Jazz, Classical

Bob Dorough, John Chiodini, Jim Hughart, Denny Seiwell at The Jazz Bakery 6/7. Bring a date, sit back, relax, and take in the intoxicating sounds of vocal master Bob Dorough, with Jim Hughart on guitar and Denny Deiwell on drums.
James Intveld’s Swing Sinners at The Derby 6/7. James Intveld has been a local staple for the last two decades. His latest incarnation, The Swing Sinners, has been causing quite an uproar. Check it out — and don’t forget to dress to the nines.

Readings,
Performances

Gerald Locklin, Patricia Cherin at Dutton’s Brentwood, 6/10, 2pm. From the outside, L.A. can seem like a glitzy world of glamour and snipped waxy faces on Rodeo Drive whipping around in Mercedes SUVs. For those of us who actually live here, life is often a very different story. From dusty railroad tracks and trashy streets, to cherry lipstick’d booze hounds, rough trade and frayed street ramblers on the docks, yes, life in back alley L.A. is certainly different from Hollywood’s ever-technicolor world. Locklin, a Long Beach professor who taught Dave Alvin and was a friend of Bukowski, has been compared to William Carlos Williams and Frank O’Hara, for his casual style, but words are all his own.
Jack Skelley, Matthew Byloos at Beyond Baroque, 6/8, 7:30pm: Jack Skelley, punk rock L.A. alt-lit fixture since 1979, joins forces with artist and fiction writer Matthew Byloos tonight. Skelley wrote, (among others, including a notorious poem to Marie Osmond), “Fear of Kathy Acker,” and published “Barney,” a very cool lit journal that skated smoothly along the edge of raw and scholarly, and introduced many fine new writers. Byloos co-edited “Fishwrap,” a “saucy and sexy literary art mag,” and is described as a “cross between Donald Barthelme and David Cronenberg.”
Electricity Generation and Distribution at Science & The Public Interest (Midnight Special) 6/12, 7:30pm. Sandy Elster, Jim Warf and Shel Plotkin discuss California’s energy crisis.
John Hensley’s Flypoet Spoken Word Showcase at The Knitting Factory

The Week Ahead

Thursday, June 7

Kim Hill, Tadpole at Fais Do Do
The LadyBug Transistor at Spaceland
Phoenicia, Otto Von Schirach at The Knitting Factory
East LA Sabor Factory, Revolver, Sidecar at Mr. T’s Bowl

Friday, June 8

Kristin Hersh at The Knitting Factory
Manic Hispanic, Damnation, Calavera, Los Villians at The Troubadour
The Del McCoury Band at McCabe’s
Coolio, No Authority, others at The Hollywood Knights Wrap Party (Key Club)
Soulcracker at 14 Below

Saturday, June 9

Spain at The Knitting Factory
Bugs Henderson at Yesteryears
Al Dimeola at The Key Club

Sunday, June 10

Courtney Campbell at McCabe’s (Children’s Matinee, 11am)
Cinerama, Magic Musicians, Fonda at The Knitting Factory
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)

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
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: Fri 6/8, 7:30pm: Jack Skelley, Matthew Byloos (See “Readings). Sat 6/9, 7:30pm: Iris Berry & Keith Morris. Iris Berry, punk rock sex goddess and queen of the Gen X’ers, wrote “Two Blocks East of Vine,” and reads her work on the CD “Life on The Edge in Stilettos.” A punk rock princess, she burned up the stage in “The Lame Flames,” and “The Ringling Sisters,” and is currently working on “Tales from the Tropicana.” Keith Morris, former singer for Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, and Bug Lamp, now fronts the punk/jazz/spokenword group Midget Handjob, and is working on a Circle Jerks reunion tour as well as performing his own spoken word and music. Sun 6/8, 8pm: Moris Tepper and Matthew Niblock. Moris Tepper, legendary guitarist & songwriter who’s played with Tom Waits, Frank Black, Robyn Hitchcock, and was a member of Captain Beefheart’s mighty, magnificent Magic Band, plays his new music, including some from his new album “Moth to Mouth.” Matthew Niblock, leader of the LA band The Clear, and co-editor of Blue Satellite magazine, performs also. Niblock’s latest project, Superman Loses the Girl, is a “minimalist pop collaboration with bassist & KCRW mainstay Jeffrey Roden, guitarist Gary NorthWhite (late of the Manchester UK band, Strange) and Jennifer Hardaway.” 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. Events: Thu 6/7, 7pm: Shirley Windward and Audrey Hargreaves’ “Two Kisses.” Sat 6/9, 3pm: Jessica Harper and Lindsay Harper duPont’s “Nora’s Room.” Sun 6/10, 2pm: Patricia Cherin and Gerald Locklin’s “Familiarities, a book of poetry by student and teacher.” Tue 6/12, 7pm: Jane Green’s “Mr. Maybe.” 11975 San Vicente Blvd, 310.476.6263,or for more info, go to duttonsbrentwood.com 
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, 6/7, 7pm: Sisterhood Reading Group. This month’s book: God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Fri 6/8, 8pm: Open Poetry (sign ups 7:30). Sat 6/9, 12 noon: Elizabeth Pavone’s Poetry Worskshop (bring 5 copies of your poem). Sat, 3pm: Richard Grayson will read & discuss THE SILICON VALLEY DIET and other stories. Sun 6/10, 3pm: The NASA/UCLA Astrobiology Institute presents Astrobiology SuperStar Lectures. This month’s lecturer is William B. Moore who will discuss “Jupiter’s Ice Moon, Europa: The Icing on the Cake of Life”. Sun 6/10, 5:30pm: Aimee Bender presents eight students from her UCLA Extension’s Master Sequence class in Magic, Surrealism and the Absurd. Tue 6/12, 7:30pm: SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. This month’s subject: “Electricity Generation and Distribution”, presented by panelists Sandy Elster, Jim Warf and Shel Plotkin. This “in house” SCFS discussion of California’s energy crisis will include both generation and distribution aspects. 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.