GROOVES

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Highlights

Rock/Pop

Buckwheat Zydeco, Jimbo Ross & the Bodacious Blues Band at the Santa Monica Pier 8/9, dusk, FREE. The first Zydeco artist to sign with a major label when he hooked up with Chris Blackwell and Island Records in the 80’s, the “King of Creole Dance Music” Buckwheat Zydeco brings his spicy Cajun grooves to our own Santa Monica beach this evening, along with electric viola sessionist opens. More info: twilightdance.org
Tiger Army, Barnyard Bailers, Betty Rage, Dragstrip Demons at The Troubadour 8/11. Psychobillies and cowpunkers gather for a twisted night of loud, raucous and fast paced psychobilly. (also on Fri 8/10 with Calavera, The Generators, The Slanderin’)
John Renbourn at McCabe’s, 8/11. A founding member of the group Pentangle, and the “undisputed dean of fingerstyle guitarists, Renbourn fuses Celtic folk, jazz, ragtime, Middle Eastern and pre- Rennaissance music, and is entirely without peer.”

Jazz, Classical

The Mike Barone Big Band at Jazz Bakery, 8/9.
Henry Mancini Institute Brass Ensemble & Chamber Orchestra with Gil Johnson, Vince Mendoza, Richard Greene at Schoenberg Hall, 8/10
Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Jerry Goldsmith at Wadsworth Theatre, 8/11
Eric Bibb, Linda Tillery, The Cultural Heritage Choir at Skirball, 8/9

Readings,
Performances

Patt Morrison, Mark Lamonica at Duttons Brentwood, 8/11, 2pm. Patt Morrison (author) and Mark Lamonica (photographer) present Rio L.A., a tribute of sorts to the LA River. Carolyn See hails it as an “important and thoughtful book,” while Ray Bradbury lauds Morrison as one who “writes so well she proves there is water in the L.A. River 425 days a year…by jumping in and swimming from San Fernando to Ballona Creek.”
Philomene Long at Dutton’s Brentwood 8/12, 2pm. The queen of the Venice West Beats reads and signs her newest book, The Queen of Bohemia.
Brandon Backhaus at Mysteries, Movies & Mayhem

The Week Ahead

Thursday, August 9

Haul & Wreck at Milk (Fais Do Do)
Flora Purim & Airto at Schoenberg Hall
Guitar Boy, Spooky Pie, Dame Darcy at The Fold(Silverlake Lounge)
Harry The Dog’s Soul Revue, Bob Forrest, others at The Knitting Factory
Rossana at The Mint
Banyan, Joe Baiza at the Garden Co-Op Nursery Benefit (Spaceland)
Superdrag, Smile, Ultrabend at The Troubadour
Strunz & Farah at The House of Blues
SP Unlimited, Stargunn, My Regrets, DJ Roky Manson at The Viper Room
Blue Collar, Special, Leglock, the Things, The Moseleys at Al’s Bar
The Fockers, others at Canter’s Kibbitz Room
Samurai Homeboys, Oregone at 14 Below
The Electric Girls, more at The Garage
Manifest, Strange Fruit, N8E at Temple Bar
Tijuana Bible’s at Mr. T’s Bowl
De Facto, 90 Day Men, Paper Chase at The Smell

Friday, August 10

Tiger Army, Calavera, The Generators, The Slanderin’ at The Troubadour
M.O.D. , New Society of Anarchists, Superjack at The Whisky
Mathew Sweet, Phantom Planet at The El Rey
Dressy Bessy, Irving, Laura & Paul, Duralux at The Knitting Factory
Café R&B at The Mint
Arthur Adams at Cozy’s
The Humpers, Throwrag at Spaceland
Bobby Matos, Giant People, Fischer P., Arkestra Clandestina at Temple Bar
Sticky Fingers, David Brown Lee, Armory, Trigger at 14 Below

Saturday, August 11

Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Home Grown, others at The Palace
Colin Hay at Largo
Eels, 2 Girls with 12 Strings at The Roxy
Peaches, Sally & Rachel’s Rapping Puppet Show at The Knitting Factory
The Negro Problem at 14 Below
EvenRude, others at The Gig
Flavor, Ornament, DJ Danny Saber at The Viper Room
John Renbourne at McCabe’s
Chris Pierce, Kofy Brown, DJ Haul, Dwayne Neillson at Temple Bar
The Negro Problem, Roofus Holiday, Gabriel Mann Situation, Perils on the Airwaves at 14 Below

Sunday, August 12

Squarepusher at The El Rey
Ted Leo Pharmacists at Spaceland
Big Beat Sundaes with Ivan Neville, Bernard Fowler, Angus Thomas, Alvino Bennett, Nelson Gary, Lionel Cole and more at The Mint
Peaches, Taylor Savvy, The Rapping Puppet Show at The Knitting Factory

Monday, August 13

Jack Tempchin’s Big Mondays at The Joint
Folk Implosion, Neptune, Downtown Kicks at The Fold

Tuesday, August 14

Zeni Geva, Bluebird, KK Null at The Knitting Factory
Big Beat Sundaes at The Mint
Merrick, Parlour, Norfolk & Western (Portland) at The Fold
Mutabaruka at The Conga Room.

Wednesday, August 15

Disengage, American Murder at The Troubadour
Jack Johnson, Ben Lee at The El Rey
Folk Implosion, Neptune, Lumirova, Downtown Kicks at The Fold (Silverlake Lounge)
Lili Haydn at The Viper Room

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. This week: Call for this week’s schedule. 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 8/9, 7pm: Jill Marle Landis, author of Come Spring, Blue Moon, Sunflower and Just Once offers up her newest novel, Summer Moon. Fri 8/11, 2pm: Patt Morrison (author) and Mark Lamonica (photographer) present Rio L.A., which Carolyn See hails as an “important and thoughtful book.” Ray Bradbury lauds Morrison as one who “writes so well she proves there is water in the L.A. River 425 days a year. She proves it by jumping in and swimming from San Fernando to Ballona Creek.” Sun 8/12, 2pm: Philomene Long, of the Venice West beats reads and signs her newest book, The Queen of Bohemia. Tue 8/14, 7pm: Robert Levinson presents his latest novel The John Lennon Affair. Wed 8/15, 7pm: Aimee Bender reads and signs An Invisible Sign of My Own. 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 8/10, 8pm: Open reading (7:30 sign-ups) Sat 8/11, 12noon: Poetry workshop hosted by Elizabeth Pavone - please bring 5 copies of your poem. Sun 8/12, 3pm: The NASA/UCLA Astrobiology Institute presents Astrobiology SuperStar Lectures, with Kenneth Nealson from JPL/Cal Technical Institute, who will discuss “Finding life when you don’t know what it is: non Earthcentric life detection.” Sun 8/12, 6pm: “Abandoned: The Betrayal of America’s Immigrants,” a film produced by Pulitzer Prize winner David Belle of Crowing Rooster Arts. This documentary examines the plight of immigrants that resulted when Congress quietly passed strict deportation laws in 1996. It also explores the plight of asylum seekers who are often detained for years in county jails that profit from their incarceration. Family members and victims of the immigration laws will be present to tell their stories. More info: (213) 640-3942 or 213.353-1346. Tue, 8/14, 7:30pm: Science in the Public Interest presents: “Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Commemoration.” James Yamazaki M.D., author of Children of the Atomic Bomb will relate the latest known medical effects on children as a result of the bombings; James Warf, Ph.D. author of All Things Nuclear, will discuss the latest U.S. efforts to continue building and developing nuclear bombs; and, Nina Byers, Ph.D., professor of physics at UCLA and author of numerous publications, will discuss various personalities and their contributions to particle physics and nuclear development. Wed 8/15, 7:30pm: Meeting of the Los Angeles Monthly Review Discussion. 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.