GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock/Pop

Common Sense, Trans-global Underground at The Twilight Dance (Santa Monica Pier) 7/19. It’s that time again. For balmy nights on the pier, while the wild surf crashes below. Time for the mix of music, the scents of cotton candy, hot dogs and salty sea air meandering about like cheerful guests at the party. Enjoy the exotic, pounding sounds at sunset, of two bands, who together, make a 52 pick-up of Reggae, hip hop, dub, soul, R&B, and ska. 7:30pm – FREE. 
Cowboy Nation (Chip & Tony Kinman), Gary Robertson Da Poetry Lounge at The Knitting Factory, 7/19. They’ve had it under cover for a while now, playing incognito in small westside dive bars, and now they’re pulling the rug off Cowboy Nation at the big house. Find out what Chip n’ Tony are up to know by checking them out at Da Lounge…
Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin at The Greek Theatre 7/20. His country twang and her moody yet wispy melodies converge upon the Greek tonight. A big affair for such once-obscure artists. Glad to see they’ve both hit the big time.

Jazz, Classical

Sonny Fortune, Ronnie Mathhews, Cecil McBee, Steve Johns at The Jazz Bakery 7/19. Truly a night to splurge on. A chance to see the great Sonny Fortune blow his sax, pianist Ronnie Mathews walk the ivories, while Cecil McBee rides the bass and Steve Johns brings it all back home again on the drums. If you wanna check out at least one jazz show that’ll stick with you for nights to come, this would be it.
Circus Millennia at the Ford Amphitheatre

Readings,
Performances

Jim Krusoe, Michael Ryan, Benjamin Weissman at the Hammer Readings: New Writing From Los Angeles (UCLA Hammer Museum, 7/19,7pm. Hosted by Benjamin Weissman, don’t miss local literary wunderkind Krusoe, critically acclaimed fiction writer, local professor and mentor to many from Beyond Baroque to Santa Monica College and beyond, along with Poet/Memoirist Michael Ryan will ring up the halls of Hammer tonight with their echo.
Gerald Locklin, Fred Voss, Joan Jobe Smith, Jane Buel Bradley, Donna Hilbert, Lisa Glatt, David Hernandez, Marilyn Johnson, Barbara Hauk at the Pearl Reading (Barnes & Noble, Long Beach)7/21, 3pm. Worth the long drive to Long Beach, this troupe of poets have been publishing Pearl for quite a while now. Add the dusty roads of Gerald Locklin’s boots and you’ve got true grit.
Blasé Bonpane at Dutton’s Books in Brentwood - 7/23. Bonpane’s new book, Guerrillas of Peace on the Air, describes his “record of radio commentary and peace reports,” which Noam Chomsky calls “Gripping and instructive, shining a bright light on painful and critical problems of the day…”7pm.
Clint Catalyst, Shawna Kenney & Thea Hillman at Book Soup 7/20, 7 pm
Sarah Matsuda, April Durham, Andillon Hackney at Beyond Baroque 7/21,7:30pm.
Gloria Koenig: Iconic LA: Stories of LA’s Most Memorable Buildings at The Brentwood Library, 7/21, 2pm.
I Wanna Be Joey Ramone at Bergamot Station (thru 7/25)

The Week Ahead

Thursday, July 19

Radio Vago at Milk (Fais Do Do)
Craig Davis, Lina at The El Rey 
Barbara Manning & The Go Luckys at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Echo & The Bunnymen, The Rosenbergs at The House of Blues
Sherry Pruitt & The Bomb Squad at Harvelles
Teenage Fanclub, Minibar at The Troubadour
Ky-Mani Marley, Eek a Mouse at The Roxy
Beth Custer, Olin, Blues Experiment at Al’s Bar
The Star Fuckers (Slim Jim Phantom, Traci Guns, Gilby Clarke), Luis Oliart at The Cat Club
Teenage Fanclub at The Troubadour
Drunk Monkey Style, Scaredy Cat, Action Hand, Brent Locke at 14 Below
1976, Twitches, Rover’s Pinky, Mudbunnies at The Garage
5 Degrees of Soul, Quetzal, El Tambor at Temple Bar
Kelly Joe Phelps at Largo

Friday, July 20

Maata Haari, Fischer P., John Gold Merrick at Temple Bar 
London after Midnight, Dozen Doses, Fear Cult at The Whisky
The Frogs at Spaceland
Steve Forbert at McCabe’s
Sade at Verison Wireless
Onelinedrawing, Fairview, Something Corporate at The El Rey
Poncho Sanchez at The Conga Room
Paul Weller, Jill Sobule at The House of Blues (also 7/21 &7/22)
Finis Tasby at Harvelles

Saturday, July 21

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Union 13, Total Chaos, Backside at The Troubadour
The Frogs at Spaceland
Kate Rusby at McCabe’s
Berlin, Asia, The Fixx, The Motels at The Universal Amphitheatre
Stereo MC’s, Deep Down & Dirty at The Whisky
Café R&B at Harvelles 
John Brown’s Body, DJ Haul, Eric Lynn at Temple Bar
Tony Lucca, Randy Sacks at The Mint
David Cassidy at The Greek
GIANT at the Park Plaza. (Giantclub.com)

Sunday, July 22

Sade at The Hollywood Bowl (also 7/23)
Fishbone at The Key Club
Jackie Deshannon at The Knitting Factory

Monday, July 23

Glen Tilbrook at The Troubadour
Club Bling Bling at The Whisky
Tracy & the Hindenburg Ground Crew, Menthol Hill at Mr. T’s Bowl

Tuesday, July 24

The Charlatans UK, Wonderland, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at The El Rey
SPOON at The Troubadour
The Yellowjackets at The Mint
International Pop Overthrow: The Tories, Waking Hours, The Grey at the Knitting Factory

Wednesday, July 25

The Charlatans UK, Wonderland, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Vynyl
Jesse Cook at The Key Club
The Yellowjackets at The Mint
The Locust, Kid606, Volume 11 at The Knitting Factory

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. This week: Sat, 7/21, 7:30pm: Sarah Matsuda, April Durham, Andillon Hackney. 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 7/19, 7pm: Frances Kazan (Halide’s Gift), Sat 7/20, 11am: Stinky Cheese Man. Mon 7/23, 7pm: Blasé Bonpane reads and signs Guerrillas of Peace on the Air. Tue 7/24, 7pm: Katharine Tanney (Carousel of Progress). Wed 7/25, 7pm: Deanne Stillman (Twentynine Palms). 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, 7/20, 8pm. Open Reading (signups 7:30) Sat, 7/21, 3:30pm: Society monthly series of discussions. This month’s book for discussion is “Capitalism and Slavery” by Eric Williams. Sat 7/21, 7pm: J.C. Arlington: THE STAND, “a fast-paced political thriller about the JFK assassination that takes place today.” Sun, 7/22, 10:30am: The Linux Users of Los Angeles [LULA] hold their monthly “Install Fest”. The Linux operating system is widely thought of as the only rival to the Microsoft monopoly (lula.org). Sun, 7/22, 2pm: Paul Buhle:”A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left,” co-written by Dave Wagner. This is a critical biography of Abe Polonsky, “lawyer, educator, novelist, labor organizer, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic who was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer.” Sun 7/22, 5pm: Trina Robbins will read & discuss “ETERNALLY BAD: Goddesses with Attitude.” Trina Robbins, “one of the pre-eminent feminist cartoonists of our time takes off the white gloves and relates the tales of twenty nasty, bitchy, totally amusing and utterly enjoyable goddesses.” Tue, 7/24, 7:30pm: Mark Thompson:”AMERICAN CHARACTER: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis,” a colorful and compelling account of a man who was, “at various times, an author, an archeologist, a newspaperman, a photographer, a poet and an early advocate for the rights of Indians, whom he insisted on calling ‘First Americans.’” 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.