GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock, Pop

Dengue Fever, Future Pigeon, The Secret Family at The Silverlake Lounge, 2/7. Dengue Fever features the “Cambodian goddess” Chhom Nimol, and David Ralicke (Beck), guitarist Zac Holtzman (Dieselhed), bassist Senon Williams (Radar Brothers), farfisa organist Ethan Holtzman, and drummer Paul Smith. Secret Family features Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, The B52s), Jon Birdsong (Beck, Beth Orton), Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, John Hammond), Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., Elliott Smith), Smokey Hormel (Tom Waits, Beck, R.L. Burnside). “They bring a unique sensibility to the dancehall music of Africa in the 50s, Paris in the 40s, and the Caribbean in the 30s. With Stephen Hodges’ and Joey Waronker’s intoxicating drums, Jon Birdsong’s driving tuba, Smokey Hormel’s savage surf-guitar, and the “electric embouchure” of Ralph Carney’s clarinet and saxophone, Secret Family guarantees to make you sweat and smile.”
Thievery Corporation at The El Rey 2/ 7 & 8. Dig the smooth, cool, and ultra hipster retro grooves of the gang from DC’s Eighteenth Street Lounge.
An Evening With Redbone at The Autry Museum of Western Heritage 2/9. Native American brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas combine Latin & soul influences with hard rock and more to create their own “Redbone” sound.
Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck at UCLA’s Royce Hall 2/7. His rich history combines a tapestry of styles, meshing folk and techno influences, that reach deep into our soul and bring Senegal’s sleepy back porches to Los Angeles. (310) 825-2101
The DIY Convention at The Wyndham Bel Age Hotel 2/9. Do it Yourself in film, music, and books. For more info, go to DIYconvention.com
Dick Dale at The Knitting Factory 2/7
Suzanne Vega at the House of Blues 2/8
Halou at Temple Bar 2/9
Samil Nori at the Irvine Barclay Theatre 2/10
Chris Smither, Louise Taylor at McCabe’s 2/8, 8pm
Double Naught Spy Car at Zen Sushi 2/11

Jazz, Classical

The Michael Vlatkovich Septet at The Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica 2/10, 6pm. Featuring Michael Vlatkovich on Trombone, Anders Swanson on Bass, Christopher Garcia on Drums, Vinny Golia on Sax, Dan Clucas on Trumpet, Alan Lechusa on Clarinets, Bill Roper on Tuba. Part of the Powerhouse Theatre Jazz Series (every Sun, 6pm. (310)-396-3680, 3116 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA
Ronnie Laws quartet with Vernell Brown Jr., Larry Antonia, William Bryant at The Jazz Bakery
Marcus Miller’s band with LeRoy “Scooter” Taylor, Michael “Patches” Stewart, Roger Byam, Dean Brown and Gerry Brown at The Catalina Bar & Grille
Andy Milne’s Cosmic Dapp Theory at Rocco
Earl Palmer, Ernie McDaniel, Ed Vodicka at Charlie O’s

Readings,
Performances

Sandra Bernhard “Hero Worship” at The Knitting Factory (through 2/14).
John Stauber: Trust Us, We’re Experts at Midnight Special Mon, 2/11, 7:30pm. “We count on experts to tell us everything form what we eat, to how we raise our children, to how we vote...problem is these third parties are...hand-picked, cultivated and meticulously packaged by PR firms and corporations to make you believe what they have to say.” (See Midnight Special Listings)
Douglas Henry Daniels: LESTER LEAPS IN: The Life and Times of Lester “Pres” Young at Midnight Special, 2/13, 7:30pm. The author reveals the life of “jazz’s first hipster” who coined the term “it’s cool” and “you dig”. (See Midnight Special listings)

The Week Ahead

Thursday, Feb 7

Dick Dale at The Knitting Factory
Feliz Da Housecat at Sugar
Thievery Corporation, Blue States, Nicola Conte at The El Rey
Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Patsy, Tadpole at Fais Do Do
Kids of Widney High, Nantucket Suicide, Lystra at Mr. T’s Bowl
Dick Dale at The Roxy
Fonda at The Troubadour
Kim Hill at Amoeba Records
Sp-Dee-O-Dee, Lloyd Trip at Rudolpho’s
Nortec Collective at The Highlands
Super Bees at Three of Clubs
Babylonian Tiles at The Tinderbox Cabaret (Que Sera)
Celebrity Spin! at The Knit Bar (Knitting Factory)
Michael Kudirka, Evening Eclectic, Telepathy at The Alterknit Lounge (Knitting Factory)
Reel Big Fish, Home Grown, Sugarcult at The House of Blues
Jimmy Intveld’s Roots Music at The Derby
Tape, I’m a Robot at The Knitting Factory
Soulcracker, Potent Chokey, DJ Pixie Stixx, more at The Viper Room
Toti Moshi, Diesto, Vaz at The Garage
Ten Ton Chicken at 14 Below
Lectrikdik, Dik Smuthers, Stummullen, Tony Avalon, 2nd to None, Yeah 48, Tailspin 360 at The Coconut Teazser
Andrew Dorff, Jake Dynnish, Scott Bennet, Think of England at The Mint
Ampersand, Drag, Pete Munday, Planet E, Crankshaft at The Gig
Psydecar, DJ Haul, Vinyl at Temple Bar
Fast Times, Mike’s Hard Lemonade at Lush
Pop American Style: Fonda, more at The Troubadour
Club Paranormal: The Crue, The Peppermint Creeps, The Rosies, Ziggy Played Guitar at Whisky a Go Go
La Banda Skalavera, Sabor, Umbalae, The Joints at BB King’s
Killa Kali, Mix Mob 1208, Too Rude, Kyros at The Key Club
Rolaria, Uberband, Stereotribe at The Joint
Curt Christian, Respect, The Junglist Platoon at The Martini Lounge
“Survivor” Televised Party at The 5243 Lounge (818) 784-1920

Friday, Feb 8

Chris Smither, Louise Taylor at McCabe’s
The Centimeters, Eugene Chadbourne at The Smell
Michelle Branch at The Roxy
Suzanne Vega at The House of Blues
H2O, Mest, Bigwig, F-Minus at The Palace
Mother Hips, Kevin Salem, Hank Floyd at The Knitting Factory
Blue Oyster Cult at The Canyon
Sticky Fingers, Local Slavin’ Dave, Code Blue at 14 Below
Texas Terri, Peep8, Glamour Pussy, Hollywood Hate at The Garage
Brother, Celeste Prince, Stephen Clarke, Jen & Doug at The Mint
Afterthought, Sol, Paradox, Frequency, Absolute Zero at The Whisky a Go Go
Boogie Knights at BB King’s

Saturday, Feb 9

Harry Dean Stanton, The Jenarators, The Brombies at BB King’s
Jim Lauderdale, Sid Hillman at The Knitting Factory
Monte Montgomery at McCabe’s
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, Brad Dutz, Jeff Kaiser at the Ventura City Hall Atrium (501 Poli St.)
Dr. Alex Paterson at The Knitting Factory
Which One’s Pink? at Paladino’s
Rockabilly Saturdays at Crazy Jack’s
Vonda Shepard, Allyson Taylor at The House of Blues
The Platinum Groove at The Canyon
Jerry Wages, Andy Tubman, Andy Creighton, 20 Second Cycle at The Mint
Fischer P, Robin Moxey, The Soul of John Black, 4th Ave. Jones at Temple Bar
2 Years Later, Parum, Angeles Drake, Come & Go, Pleasant Something, DOJA at The Whisky a Go Go

Sunday, Feb 10

OAR, Left Undone, Howie Day at The House of Blues
Dr. Alex Paterson (Orb), DJ Alex Gordon at The Knitting Factory
My Sister Amazing, Ascension, The Stayouts at The Knitting Factory
Maimou Halou, Five Point Plan, Fischer P at Temple Bar
Longfellow, Nural, All Day Long, Little Known Fact, August Ends at The Whisky a Go Go

Monday, Feb 11

David J, Wrong Dimension Boy at Goldfingers
Sandra Bernhard “Hero Worship” at The Knitting Factory (through 2/14)
Pop American Style: Will Haven, Mugg, Oddman, Klegg Muzzil at The Troubadour

Tuesday, Feb 12

Tadpole, Tracy & The Hindenburg Ground Crew, Les Payne Product, Arrington De Dionyso, Chris Heenan at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Marcia Ball, Leo Nocentelli at The Mardi Gras Party (House of Blues)
The Big Fatty, Carlos Nino, Swing Brazil, The Venice Capoeria Class, Critical Brass Brass Band at Temple Bar
C.O.T., Ancia, MT, Trace, Cindy V at The Whisky a Go Go

Wednesday, Feb 13

Chris Heenan, Jason Mears Quintet at The Smell (thesmell.org)
The Blue Hawaiians at Blue Wednesdays (The Lava Lounge)
Mike Stinson, I See Hawks in LA, Tracy Spuehler at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Teena Marie at The House of Blues
Samples, Rey at The Troubadour
Straight Jack It, Ill Phonic Pill, Shovel, Lankershim, Simple Sin at The Whisky a Go Go

Center Stage: Voices for a Green LA

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

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. Ongoing, call for schedule: 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. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. Fri, 2/8, 7pm: Chip Martin reads and signs Float Test. Mon, 2/11, 7pm: Barbara Wood reads and signs Sacred Ground. (310)476-6263, or check 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 this week: Thu, 2/7, 7pm: Sisterhood Reading Group. Fri, 2/8, 8pm: OPEN POETRY, 7:30pm sign-ups. Sat, 2/9, 12noon: POETRY WORKSHOP, hosted by Elizabeth Pavone. Bring 5 copies of your work. Sun, 2/10, 5pm: The NASA/UCLA Astrobiology Institute presents Astrobiology SuperStar Lectures, with Dr. Inseok Song, UCLA Astronomy Dept., who will speak on Nearby Young Stars and Planets. Mon, 2/11, 7:30pm: John Stauber will read & discuss TRUST US, WE’RE EXPERTS: How the Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future. “According to Stauber and co-author Sheldon Rampton we count on experts to tell us everything form what we eat, to how we raise our children, to how we vote. We trust them because there is too much information out there and not enough hours in a day to sort it all out. The problem is these third parties are unusually anything but neutral, they have been hand-picked, cultivated and meticulously packaged by PR firms and corporations to make you believe what they have to say.” Tue, 2/12, 7:30pm: SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. Wed 2/13, 7:30pm: Douglas Henry Daniels will read & discuss LESTER LEAPS IN: The Life and Times of Lester “Pres” Young. Young “was jazz’s first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like ‘that’s cool’ and ‘you dig’. According to B.B. King, ‘Prez invented - he barely breathed into this horn, creating an intimacy that gave me the chills.’” Mailing list: Send a blank e-mail to internet@lists.MSBooks.com with SUBSCRIBE as the subject. Midnight Special Bookstore 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.