GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock, Pop

The Donnas, The Kicks, The Eyeliners at The Palace 9/13. Not just any desperate-teenage-high-school-rocker chicks from Palo Alto, The Donnas took the gritty melodic punk rock of the Ramones and turned it up a notch with bratty, glammy kitsch, spitfire fury and full speed ahead rocker grrrrl grit.
Billy Idol at The Roxy 9/13 - 15. Blowhard that he is, he does have a certain striving - to be Elvis, rocker, punker, metl’er. Gotta give him credit too for Gen X roots and faux punk dance songs in the 80’s that caught the girls’ attention…

Jazz, Classical

Dave Brubeck at Smothers Theatre (Pepperdine University). 9/16, 3pm. Jazz titan best known for his ultra-cool “Take Five,” is joined by Michael Moore on bass, Bill Smith on clarinet, and Randy Jones, on drums. 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu.
Jane Bunnett, Spirits of Heaven at The Jazz Bakery 9/13

Readings,
Performances

Bobbie Ann Mason (Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail Stories) at Dutton’s Brentwood 9/13, 7pm.
Alan Watt (Diamond Dogs) at Book Soup 9/13.
Patt Morrison, Mark Lamonica (Rio LA: Tales from the Los Angeles River) at Central Library 9/13.
Jeffrey Samudio, Portia Lee (Images of Los Angeles, California), Michael Jacob Rochlin (Mate Next Move) at Village Books, Pacific Palisades, 9/13, 7:30pm

The Week Ahead

Thursday, Sept 13

Los Muequitos De Matanzas, Five Degrees of Soul, Quetzal at Temple Bar
AnnMarie Montade, Gilli Moon, Ross Golan, The Wash at The Mint
Action Slacks, Burning Airlines, Rival Schools at The El Rey
Brazzaville, Midget Handjob at Spaceland
Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Roger McGuinn, Richie Havins at The Wildflower Festival (Sun Theatre)
The Dwight Trible Quintet at The Museum Of Contemporary Art
Flora Purim & Airto Moreira at The Skirball Cultural Center
Dengue Fever (Radar Bros., Dieselhead), Irving, Queen Maud Land at The Knitting Factory
Hertz-Lion, David J, International Metal Supply in the Alterknit Lounge (Knitting Factory)
Mayhem (Tommy Lee’s new band?), Wax Apples, Freeloaders at The Viper Room
Blink 182 at Arrowhead Pond

Friday, Sept 14

Bionic Jive, Pitch Black, 20 Minute Loop, Halo, Shutdown, Welt at The Panasonic Shockwave Core Tour (Santa Monica Pier)
Harry the Dog’s Soul Revue at The Knitting Factory
Cheryl Wheeler at McCabe’s
Irakere at The Conga Room
Agrokulcher, Depswa, Venus In Rage, CO8, Droid at The Troubadour
Raining Jane, Ziroq, Ruby James, Carlos Calvo at The Mint
The Jon Mayer Trio, Ernie Andrews at The Santa Monica Concert Hall
Prince Diabete, Judge Roughneck at Temple Bar
Berlin at The House of Blues

Saturday, Sept 15

Harry Dean Stanton, Airbus, David Brownlee, Bejole at The Mint
Robbie Fulks, Mike Martt, Bollweevil at The Knitting Factory
Mason, Vitamin B, Maata Haari, The Peak Show at Temple Bar
Harlow, My Barbarian at The Troubadour

Sunday, Sept 16

Shari Elf at McCabe’s; Los Munequitos de Matanzas at The Conga Room; Union 13, Backside, The Kadre, The Family Dog at The Troubadour; Ivan Neville, Bernard Fowler, Angus Thomas, Alvino Bennett, Lionel Cole, Michael Wincott at Big Beat Sundaes (Mint)

Monday, Sept 17

Hellride, Nobody’s Listening, others at 14 Below
Jack Tempchin’s All Star Jam at The Joint
Eddie Nichols at The Derby

Tuesday, Sept 18

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at The Wiltern (also 9/19); Pete, Lockdown Crew, Angry Barbers, Slampire at The Roxy; Tijuana Bullfight, Skold, Pinhead at The Troubadour
Uprisas, Buzzfly, others at 14 Below

Wednesday, Sept 19

Ozomatli, Queztal at The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre; RES, Anna Waronker, Quazar & The Bamboozled at The Roxy; Theodore, Luckie Strike at The Troubadour; Circo (Puerto Rico), Satellite, Rascuache, Enjambre at The Knitting Factory

In The 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 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. Thursdays, 8pm: Beat Writing Class 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. Thu 9/13, 7pm: Bobbie Ann Mason reads and signs her work of fiction: Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail Stories. 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. Fri, 9/14, 8pm: Open Poetry (7:30 signups). Sat 9/15, 3:30pm: Science of Society - This month’s book for discussion is: The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall. Sun 9/16, 2pm: Roberto Loiederman will read & discuss THE EAGLE MUTINY. In the past 150 years there has been only one armed mutiny aboard an American ship. This is the story of that incident, March 14, 1970. Sun 9/16, 5pm: Alicia Gaspar de Alba will read & discuss SOR JUANA’S SECOND DREAM Gaspar de Alba brings to life Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a prolific, brilliant, and complex author and nun of 17th century Mexico…often considered “North America’s first lesbian feminist writer.” Wed, 9/19, 7:30 PM—Meeting of the Los Angeles Monthly Review Discussion–The nominal discussion for this September meeting will again be the entire July/August issue of MR, and in addition: “Prisons & Executions: The U.S. Role Model” 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.