GROOVES

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Center Stage: James Cotton, Scotty Moore and Lee Rocker
March 14 at the El Rey, Harp legend James Cotton on the same bill with Elvis’ guitar player, Scotty Moore is a sight to behold...

Highlights

Rock, Pop

The Damned, Rob Zombie at The Universal Amphitheatre 3/16
Lydia Lunch, Cecil Taylor, Smog, Tony Conrad, Ira Cohen, Gerard Malanga, John Sinclair, Nathaniel Mackey at All Tomorrow’s Parties (Curated By Sonic Youth - 7pm, UCLA’s Royce Hall – 310.825.2101) 3/14
Object with Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock at The Knitting Factory 3/14
AWOL1, Circus of Shapeshifters at Mr. T’s Bowl 3/14
Saccharine Trust, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Television, Cat Power, Eddie Vedder, Ikue Mori & Kim Gordon & Jim O’ Rourke & DJ Olive, Christina Rosenvinge, Quixotic at All Tomorrow’s Parties (5:45pm, UCLA/Royce Hall) – 310.825.2101) 3/15
Flogging Molly, Slackers, Blue Collar Special at The Troubadour 3/14
H.R. of Bad Brains, Fidel of Todos Las Muertos at The Key Club 3/14
4th Plane Jaiant at Dragonfly 3/19
John Mayall and the BluesBreakers, special guests, Steve Pierson, Blues Head at The Got the Blues Concert Series (El Rey Theatre) 3/21
Five Degrees of Soul, Fischer P., Ashley Maher,Temple Bar 3/14
Tequila’s Reliquarium: Disposable Human, Linda Soular, Melodrone, Snakes vs. Lizards, Tequila Mockingbird at CIA (11334 Burbank Blvd, NOHO)3/14
Michelle Penn, Chi Chi at Taix Lounge 3/14
Sleater Kinney, Aphex Twin, Boredoms, Merzbow, Madlib, The Fred Anderson Trio, Cannibal Ox, Mats Gustaffson & Nels Cline, Thurston Moore & William Winant, Bride of No No, Tony Conrad, Pita, Renee Gladman, Fursaxa, Satan’s Tornade at All Tomorrow’s Parties –see 3/16 listings)
John Gorka, Alice Peacock at McCabe’s 3/16
Soul Funk Show, Pensativa, Natural Afrodisiac, Poopan Hooligan at BB King’s 3/16
Clawhammer, South Bay Surfers, Groovy Rednecks, Angry Amputees, Stinkeye at Spaceland 3/16
Decadence at Garden of Eden (7080 Hollywood Blvd) 3/14
Los Superelegantes at The Derby 3/17
Autolux, Radar Brothers at The Derby 3/19
The Phantom Riders at The Derby 3/14

Jazz, Classical

Cosmologic at Rocco 3/14
Janis Siegal, Eric Reed Trio at The Jazz Bakery 3/14

Readings,
Performances

The Campaign for Old Growth (CFOG) at various locations (see below). A broad coalition of “religious, environmental and business groups” gather in support of placing the Heritage Tree Preservation Act on the 2002 ballot. Supporters include Martin Sheen, Ed Begley, Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Gillian Anderson, Julia Butterfly and others. Press Conference 11am, Ronald Reagan Bldg, downtown. Green Party Gathering 2809 Pico Blvd., 7pm. After Dinner Fundraiser at Malibu Pueblo (213) 484-4474.
Luis Alfaro, Samantha Dunn, Lynell George, Judith Lewis, Richard Rayner, Jervey Tervalon, and David L. Ulin at Another City: Writing From Los Angeles. Track 16 Gallery & the Midnight Special Bookstore presents, call 310.264-4678 to rsvp.

The Week Ahead

Thursday, Mar 14

John ‘OO’ Flemming (Gatecrasher, Euphoria, Wired for Sound – UK), DJ Brad (Moontribe, Tropical), Hendo, Brian McGuire at Red (Arena)
John Scofield, The Radiators at The House of Blues
The Music of Frank Zappa: Grandmothers (Roy Estrada, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Moris Tepper), American Grass, Roots With Mule (Dan Janisch) at The Alterknit Lounge
Melissa Ferrick, Joanna at The Roxy
Postfontane, Gram Rabbit at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Molecular, The Movies, Silversun Pickups, Let’s Go Sailing at Spaceland
Unsigned on Sunset, Stangeland, Shut Up Marie, Foolproof, The Orphics at The Whisky a Go Go
The Star Fuckers (Gilby Clarke, Traci Guns, Slim Jim Phantom), Emma, Lorraine Lewis, The Broke Americans at The Cat Club
David Garza at Largo
Heidi at Lush
Dimmu, Borgir, Diabolic, Krisiun, Cryptopsy at The Palace
The Skinny Little Twits at Rusty’s Surf Ranch
Danu at The Conga Room
The Phantom Riders at The Derby
Fight Dirty, 5 Cent, Shine, Punchbox, Mind Go Flip at 14 Below
Mimsies, Deere Johns, Rolling Blackouts, Flood at The Garage

Friday, Mar 15

Saccharine Trust, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Television, Cat Power, Eddie Vedder, Ikue Mori & Kim Gordon & Jim O’ Rourke & DJ Olive, Christina Rosenvinge, Quixotic at All Tomorrow’s Parties (5:45pm, UCLA/Royce Hall) – 310.825.2101)
Califone, Mighty Flashlight, Horse Stories at Spaceland Asheton,
Mascis & Watt (Stooges Material), Unwound, Neil Michael Hagerty, Bardo Pond, US Maple, Erase Errata, White Out (5:45pm, UCLA/Ackerman Grand Ballroom – 310.825.2101)
RF7, Piss Ant, Revlon Red, SDZ, I Decline at The Coconut Teaszer
Tierra at The Conga Room
Rockabilly Saturday at Crazy Jack’s

Saturday, Mar 16

Shoppy, Flowers for Faith, Heathers Gone, F.E.W., Mutation Lab at The Coconut Teaszer
Son Mayor at The Conga Room
Rip Masters at The Derby
Big Wu, Strangefolk at 14 Below
Vice Principals, Midnight Thunder Express, Starvations at The Garage
Original DP, Noris, Nerami, Dublika at The Gig
Save Ferris, Never Heard of It, Astoria at The Glass House
Super Diamond, Dudley Manlove Quartet at The House of Blues
Dillusion, Underwood, Enjoy at The Key Club
Beat Junkies: Nightlife at The Knitting Factory
Cousin Lovers, Deena Nordian, Lorraine, The High Strung at The Mint
Punks vs. Psychos Tour, Tiger Army, The Distillers, Nekromantix at The Palace
Finch, Moth, Allister, Dumb Struck at The Roxy
Clawhammer, South Bay Surfers, Groovy Rednecks, Angry Amputees, Stinkeye at Spaceland

Sunday, Mar 17

Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Peaches, Dead C., Black Dice at All Tomorrow’s Parties (4pm, UCLA/Ackerman Grand Ballroom) – 310.825.2101)
Katherine Dines at McCabe’s
Flogging Molly, Slackers, Low Ball at The Troubadour; Dengue Fever at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Young Dubliners, New Breed Orchestra at The House of BluesIangus, Random Number at Spaceland

Monday, Mar 18

Starsailor, Matthew at The El Rey
Double Naught Spy Car at Zen Sushi
Club Twister at The Derby
Lambchop, David Kilgour at The Knitting Factory
Cooly’s Hat Box, 4th Avenue Jones at The Mint
Knievel (Sydney), Sunstorm, Patrick Park at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)

Tuesday, Mar 19

4th Plane Jaiant at Dragonfly
Radar Brothers, Autolux at The Fold (The Derby); American Steel, One Time Angels at The Key Club
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sahara Hotnights, Citizen Bird, The Darkness, In Memory at The Roxy
Engine Down, Leopold at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
The Walkmen, Stratford 4 at Spaceland

Wednesday, Mar 20

Ed Harcourt at The Troubadour
The Apex Theory, Lost Prophets, Guarashi at The El Rey
Dean Mora’s Modern Rhythmists at The Derby
OneLineDrawing, Sloe, Crashcart, The Reputation at The Glass House
Jump, Little Children at The Mint
OTEP, Flaw, Allergic, Nosedive at The Roxy
Knife In The Water (Austin), Mendoza Line (New York), Dewey Defeats Truman, Consafos, Slowcoach at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Hand of Doom at Spaceland
David Clayton Thomas, Blood Sweat & Tears at The Canyon

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. Events: Sat, 3/16, 7:30pm: John Densmore, Aram Saroyam (Day and Night: Bolinas Poems, Starting Out in the Sixties, Artists in Trouble: New Stories), Saroyam will read and work side by side with Doors drummer, John Densmore. The performance will be followed by a discussion with the performers. Sun, 3/17, 7:30pm: PHYSIC. An Evening of Sound Art, Performance & Installation, which includes “sound art and installation, with an incredible feedback machine, interstellar telephone/ rubberband/violin drones, bamboo flute logorhythmia, stomps, screams and laptop screens, all in overlapping format.” Featuring work by Yong-Jin-Jeong, Nora Hoffman, Bob Bellerue, Clay, Chaplin, Ghrisha, Coleman, Jesse Gilbert, Liam Mooney, Masahiko Sunami, Matthew O’ Donnell, and the Cal-Arts Electronic Club. Thu, 3/21, 8pm: 2002 Middle East Video Artists - New and recent work from film & video artists including Lida Abdullah, Farzad Karimi, Houman Mortazavi and others. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood Thu, 3/14, 7pm: Lynn Freed reads and signs House of Women. Sat, 3/16, 11am: Storytime with Brother and Sister Berenstain Bear! Tue, 3/19, 7pm: Samantha Dunn reads and signs Not by Accident, an “amusing memoir…she recovers from a life-threating accident, forcing her to examine her life, which has been fraught with carelessness, risk-taking, and injuries, and confronts the problems that lurk beneath the surface including her intricate past.” Sat 3/20, 7pm: Ghalib Dhalla will sign and read Ode to Late, “a multicultural gem that transcends all borders of race, ethnicity and sexuality.” — Mark Jude Poirier (310)476-6263, or check duttonsbrentwood.com. 11975 San Vicente Blvd.
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. Thu, 3/14, 7:30pm: Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser will read & discuss The News About the News: Journalism in Peril. The writers — both Washington Post executives and former investigative journalists “take us inside the news media to reveal why we get the (often unsatisfactory) news we do, why news reporting is increasingly deteriorating, and what can be done about it.” Fri, 3/15, 7:30pm: Open Poetry, Also Fri, 3/15 7:30pm: Track 16 Gallery & the Midnight Special Bookstore present Another City: Writing From Los Angeles, a reading & signing featuring Luis Alfaro, Samantha Dunn, Lynell George, Judith Lewis, Richard Rayner, Jervey Tervalon, and David L. Ulin. 310.264-4678 to rsvp. Parking is free. Mon, 3/18, 7:30pm: An Evening of Music and Words with David Rothenberg, who will read selections from Sudden Music: Improvisation, Sound Nature & Zen Echoes. The reading will be accompanied by clarinet and shakuhachi flute. Tue, 3/19: FAIR the media watch group, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting presents an evening with award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast who will read & discuss The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a book which reveals unpublished details about Bush’s links to Enron, Argentina and Islamic terrorism. Also — preview of documentary “American Coup d’Etat: The 2000 Presidential Election”. Wed, 3/20, 7:30pm: Meeting of the Los Angeles Monthly Review Discussion. Midnight Special Bookstore 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.