GROOVES

St. Teresa Stone
email: groovesmirror@hotmail.com

Highlights

Rock, Pop

Elton John, Sting, Robert Downey, Jr., Christina Ricci, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aimee Mann, Third Eye Blind, Benicio Del Toro, Lucy Liu & more at The Silver Lining Benefit (various venues including The Paramour and the Palladium) 12/13 through 12/15. These shows to benefit the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic. For more info, go to silverliningsilverlake.com.
Fruit Bats, The Court & Spark, Mia Doi Todd at Spaceland 12/6
Double Naught Spy Car, The Brian Woodbury Songbook, Stew, Michael Webster and his Band Of Grown Men, Spaced Jam Session at Fais Do Do, 12/7
Sandra Berhard’s The Love Machine at The Knitting Factory 12/7
Charlie Hunter Quartet, Jacob Fred, Jazz Odyssey at McCabe’s 12/8
Etta James at The House of Blues 12/9
Rain Perry, Ojai folk-rocker and singer-songwriter extraordinaire at Genghis Cohen, 740 N. Fairfax, LA, (310) 578-5591, 7 p.m., 12/9
Fanbelt, Ruby Blue, Drew Rouse and the Gathering, Munk, Savage Henry, Flower Child, Art Auction, 1 to 9 pm. Benefit for CLARE Foundation. Harvelle’s. 12/9

Jazz, Classical

Stefon Harris, Jacky Terrasson at The Jazz Bakery (12/6 – 12/9)
Steve Lockwood Trio at LACMA (323.857.6000), 5:30pm. Free.
Black Rice at The Monsoon Café (3rd St. Promenade)
Earl Palmer Trio at Charlie O’s
Poncho Sanchez at The Atlas

Readings,
Performances

Carole Cetrone, Mitchell Rose, Melinda Ring, others at The Dance Video Salon Series (Midnight Special), 12/8. This event kicks off a series of salons, featuring local film makers as well as a selection of Canadian and European dance-films.
Cathy Coleman, Jerry Stahl at Poem.X (Barnes & Noble, 3rd St. Promenade)12/6
Marissa Roth, DJ Waldie, Robert D. Herman, Patt Morrison, Louise Steinman at The Central Library, Downtown, 12/6, 2pm. For more info, call (213) 228-7550 or go to writersblockpresents.com

The Week Ahead

Thursday, Dec 6

Slayer, Hatebreed at The Universal Amphitheatre
Wilco, The Go Go’s at The Sun Theatre
Psychadelic Furs, Echo & The Bunnymen at The House of Blues (also on 12/8)
Banyan at 14 Below
Carlos Nino, Sambada, Quetzal, The Motet at Temple Bar
David Garza at Largo
Flogging Molly, One Man Army at The Troubadour
Poison the Well, Death By Stereo at The Knitting Factory
Superconcious, Generica, Calahan, Amateur at The Roxy
John Gold, Movies, Molecular Soundhead at The Silverlake Lounge

Friday, Dec 7

Melissa Ethridge at The Kodak Theatre
Cadillac Tramps, Throwrag Blazing Haleys at The Roxy
Berlin at The House of Blues
Brazilian M.I.L.A. Band at Café Danssa
Cadillac Tramps, Throwrag, Blazing Haley at The Roxy
DJ Dia, Larry & Mark at Tempest
DJ Jordy at The Bigfoot Lounge
Patay, Loquat at Spaceland
Slant, Lithium, Faceplant at The Whisky
Thrice, Piebald, Death On Wednesday, Rufio at The Troubadour
Westside Crew at Rusty’s Surf Ranch

Saturday, Dec 8

The Dickies, Duane Peters, The Hunns, Throwrag at The Troubadour
Jane Siberry at The Knitting Factory
Charlie Hunter Quartet at McCabe’s
Fine Machine at The Mint
Wild Child at The Whisky
Ak & Zule at The Alterknit Lounge
Blues Head at Rusty’s Surf Ranch
DJ Haul, Cody Chestnut, Kim Hill, Chris Pierce at Temple Bar
DJ Lee at Bigfoot Lodge
The Dickies, Duane Peters & The Hunns, Throwrag, I Decline at The Troubadour
Jane Siberry at The Knitting Factory
Life’s Halt, Tear it Up, What Happens Next?, In Control, Fuerza X, Youth Riot at The Smell
Lords of Altamont, The Forty-Fives, Street Walkin Cheetahs, The Von Steins at The Garage
Par Avion at The Alterknit Lounge
W.A.C.O., Har Mar Superstar, Clone Revolt at Spaceland
Thunderball at Nayarit

Sunday, Dec 9

Converge, Hope Conspiracy, American Nightmare, Planes Mistaken For Stars at The Troubadour
Big Beat Sundaes at The Mint

Monday, Dec 10

Guru, Afu-Ra at The House of Blues

Tuesday, Dec 11

The Manifolds, The Man, Orphans at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Aimee Mann at The House of Blues
Bandage at The Key Club
Fine Brother at The Mint
The Manifolds, The Man, Orphans, Rolling Blackouts at The Silverlake Lounge

Wednesday, Dec 12

The Elton John AIDS Benefit with Elton John, Sting, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Craig David, Matchbox Twenty, Pete Yorn, Rufus Wainwright at The Universal Amphitheatre
Campfire Girls, Parlour, James Hall & The Pleasure Club Gush at The 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
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

Center Stage: Jonathan Richman At the El Rey
Thursday, December 6. He’s wild, he’s wacky, he’s kitschy, but no one else since Brian Wilson seems to have his beguiling and sort of naive sense of pure pop exuberance...

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 FREE Workshops & Readings. Tuesday Night Creative Non Fiction, 8pm: Bring works of creative non-fiction, memoir, and prose. Led by Cindy Bailey, Waynan Barnes. Wednesday Night Poetry, 8pm: Los Angeles’ longest running, and legendary gathering of poets. Ellyn Maybe (Dec), Nelson Gary (Jan). Thursday Night Poetry, 8pm: 1st and last Thursdays of the month (bring poems), with Jenny Factor & Jessica Goodheart. Monday Poetry Reading Circle, 8pm: led by Betzi Richardson, 1st & 3rd Mondays in December, Simon Ortiz–-2nd & 4th Mondays, critiques and exercises, bring your own work. FREE. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. Call for this week’s schedule. 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, 12/6, 7pm: Sisterhood Reading Group. This month’s book is: The Burning of Bridget Cleary by Angela Bourke. Next month’s selection: Bee Season by Myra Goldberg. Fri, 12/7, 7:30pm: David Barsamian will read & discuss THE DECLINE AND FALL OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING. He will also sign copies of Propaganda and the Public Mind. Sat, 12/8, 12noon: POETRY WORKSHOP, hosted by Elizabeth Pavone (Please come prepared with 5 copies of your poem. Sat, 12/8, 4-6pm: DANCE VIDEO SALON SERIES. The Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles sponsors this Dance Video Salon Series, which will present selections of contemporary dance videos and films made locally, nationally and internationally. The salons will be held on a bi-monthly basis and invite participation and discussion from local dance film/video makers and audiences. This first event of the series will present several short films featuring local film makers like Carole Cetrone and dance artists like Mitchell Rose and Melinda Ring, as well as a selection of Canadian and European dance-films. Sun, 12/9, 3pm: The NASA/UCLA Astrobiology Institute presents Astrobiology SuperStar Lectures. This will be an ongoing bi-monthly public lecture series bringing some of the remarkable new findings in this field to a more general audience. Lecturers for the series will be drawn from the distinguished pool of the UCLA Astrobiology Institute’s professors and researchers. This month’s speaker will be Maria C. Rivera who will discuss Basic Genomics. Tue, 12/11, 7:30pm: Barbara Crane will read and discuss THE OLDEST THINGS IN THE WORLD. As much truth as fiction, Crane’s book is set in Peru two decades ago when the country seemed poised for revolution. Rose Smith, the novel’s main character, wants to live among the “oldest things”, and her search takes her to violence-wracked Peru and Guatemala. 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.