GROOVES

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Center Stage: Long Beach Blues Festival

Highlights

Rock, Pop

Jefferson Starship at The Twilight Dance Series (Santa Monica Pier), 8/29, dusk. Sure, there are hipper shows around town tonight, and yeah, you could brave the traffic into town, but there’s something to be said for catching Grace Slick and Co., for free, belting it out with an hypnotic Santa Monica sunset as a backdrop, as the sea breeze and nostalgia delicately invade your senses.
Tommy Sands at Fu’s Palace, 8/29. Don’t miss your chance to see this underappreciated, unsung-hero of rock and roll, live, and accompanied by his daughter, the lovely Jennifer.
Los Super Elegantes’ Record Release Party at The Echo, 8/29
Camper Van Beethoven, Dave Lovering, Rob Zabrecky at The Knitting Factory, 8/29
My Ruin, Will Haven, VIII Fraud, District, Orkest, Plagued at The Whisky A Go Go, 8/29
Don McLean at The Canyon, 8/30
Exotic Erotic Ball at The Sunset Room (1430 Cahuenga), 9/1
Save Ferris, Jonneine Zapata, Tiffany Kyees, Lily Haydn, Charlotte Martin, Carla Holden at After The Rainn (Benefit for The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), 6pm., 9/2
Gregory Isaacs, Poncho Sanchez, Freddie McGregor, Lymie, Tinga Stewart, Boom Shaka, Ashley Maher, Junior P., Lasta Sound, Brasil Brazil, Los Pinguos, Prince Diabete, Fussible, Yeshemabeth, DJs Kingpin, King Richard, Smoky, Fenix, international food & crafts, more at One Drop World Music Festival (Woodley Park, Encino), 9/2
Irving, Radar Bros., Pine Marten at Spaceland, 8/31
Twinemen, Mia Doi Todd, Alexis Murdoch at The Troubadour, 8/31

Jazz, Classical

Seventh Annual Sweet and Hot Music Festival, 8/30-9/2, Airport Marriott. With The Platters, Herb Jeffries, Jack Sheldon, and over 40 other guest artists, running the gamut —swing, big band, classic, New Orleans and Chicago jazz, and blues – most from 1920s-1950s. A highlight of the weekend will be the Saturday Night Dance with the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra, legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas and host Chuck Cecil. For more information, call the Jazz Festival office at 310 641 5700, or visit the website: www.sweethot.org.
Bobby Rodriguez, Alex Acuna, Abe Laboriel, Donald Vega, Ernie Watts at The Jazz Bakery, 8/29
Jeff “Tain” Watts at The Catalina Bar & Grill, 8/29
The Stuart Elster Trio with special guest George Shelly at The Vic, 8/29. Reservations: (310) 317-4292
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane at The Hollywood Bowl, 8/29
The Great American Concert: New York, New York: The Hollyood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri, Davis Gaines, Judy Kaye, Rebecca Luker, Daniel Rodriguez, more at The Hollywood Bowl, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1.

Readings,
Performances

Viggo Mortensen at Midnight Special, 9/1, 8pm.
Robert S. Levinson at Village Books, 8/29, 1049 Swarthmore, Pacific Palisades

The Week Ahead

Thursday, August 29

Tommy Sands at Fu’s Palace
Los Super Elegantes’ Record Release Party at The Echo Camper Van Beethoven, Dave Lovering, Rob Zabrecky at The Knitting Factory
Glen Phillips at Largo
Raul, Big West, School for Burning Children at Mr. T’s Bowl
Wayne Kramer at Amoeba on Sunset, 7pm. FREE!
Gliss, Trespassers William, December Starz, Let’s Go Bowling at The Silverlake Lounge
Peter Kolovos at The Smell
The Lost Sounds, Kristin King, The Swagger at Spaceland
The Blue Hawaiians at The Lava Lounge
The Candies at The Lighthouse Café
Bizzart, Ten Forty, Respect at Martini Lounge
The Rave-Ups, Scott Bennett, J4 at The Mint
Laced, The Rukkus, Psyopos, others at The Roxy
Planet 80s at Rusty’s Surf Ranch
Parkside, The Flutterbias, Music Mafia at Taix Lounge
Los Pinguos, Elijah Emanuel & The Revelations, Jacqueline Fuentes at Temple Bar
Lady Bunny at Absolut Live! (House of Blues)
High on Fire, Kkleq Muzzil, Uphill Battle at The Troubadour
The Controllers at Club 66/77 (Bigfoot Lounge)
Wendy Morrison, Dimitria, Small, Motorland, Motorcade at Fais Do Do
Yortoise, Sally Semrad, 50 Cent Haircut, Tom Fruend at 14 Below
Coffin Draggers, Custom Made Scare, Betty Rage, The Slanderin’ at The Garage
Camarosmith, Custom Made Scare, Deadbeat Sinatras, others at The Cadillac Club (Goldfingers)
Section 8, Exit Strategy, Sex, Freeway, People, American Hero, Freeway People, Sex, Exit Strategy, Section 8, Destitute, Three Times Fast at The Whisky a Go Go
Jack The Mad, Paranoid Android, Lisa Dewey, Andalusia, DJ Raven V. at Zen Sushi
Lydia at Space 6507
Bassbin Twins, Christopher Lawrence, Max Graham, Simply Jeff, Andy C., MC GQ, Moontribe DJ’s, Brian, Daniel, Brad, more at Divine Playground (Qtopia Events Center, 6021 Hollywood Blvd.)
“D” 80s Music Performance at The King King
John Santos & The Elio Villafranca Trio at MOCA at the Geffen Contemporary, 5pm.

Friday, August 30

Eric Bibb at McCabe’s
Ted Nugent at The House of Blues
My Ruin, Will Haven, VIII Fraud, District, Orkest, Plagued at The Whisky A Go Go
Level, Blueride, Powerslave (tribute to Iron Maiden), Drew Davies, Stolen Thought at The Troubadour
Rolling Blackouts, Lost & Found at The Garage
Don McLean at The Canyon
LFOT, Reason to Live, Toryn, Fever Now, The Confused, Michale Denvir at Zen Sushi
Misfits, Marky Ramone, Dez of Black Flag, Damnation at The Key Club
Tony Lucca, A Band Called Moses, Sunset Room, Mike Bloom at The Mint
The Tierney Sutton Quartet at The LA County Museum, 5:30pm, FREE.
Charlotte Martin at The 3rd Street Promenade, 12pm, FREE.
Carlos Calvo (Bob Dylan/Paul Simon opening act), Louden Swain, Brian Robbins, Dinah Englund, Garagedogs at The Joint.
20/20, The Last, The Records, Weed Puller at The Knitting Factory
David J., Dahlia, Cheb I Sabbah at Temple Bar

Saturday, August 31

Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, Otis Rush, The Ohio Players, Arthur Adams, Ben E. King at The Long Beach Blues Festival (CA State Long Beach), 10am – 7pm
Cerulean, Slow Motion Rein, Independent at Zen Sushi
Damo Suzuki’s Network, Koonda Holaa, The Beetches, Moving Units at The Knitting Factory
The Chicken Hawks, Cheap Chick, Magneatos, Trinkets at The Garage
David Sanborn at The Canyon
Slightly Stoopid, Delinquent Habits, Syc Bois at The House of Blues
Ozzy Osbourne, System of A Down, Rob Zombie, POD, Tommy Lee, Adema, Black Label Society, Down, Hatebreed, Meshuggah, The Apex Theory, Lostprophets, Pulse Ultra, Neurotica, Mushroomhead, Seether, Chevelle, Glassjaw, The Used, Switched at Ozzfest (Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion)
The Start, The Nervous Return, The Art of Safecracking, Lunarclick at The Whisky a Go Go
Twinemen, Billy & Dana, Morphine, Mia Doi Todd, Alexis Murdoch at The Troubadour
Shine, Critter Jones, Rubble, Stay at Home, Evolution Zero at The Joint
Slydell, Abbey Booth, Red West, Carla Warner at The Mint
Diane Schuur, The Gregg Field Big Band at Burton Chace Park, Marina Del Rey, 7pm.
The Greg Poree Trio at The Skirball Cultural Center, 12pm, FREE.
Claudette Sexy DJ at Mango (1650)
Carlos Nino, Ashley Maher, Eyedentity, Chris Pierce at Temple Bar

Sunday, September 1

Etta James, Roy Gaines, Dr. John, Ike Turner, Tyrone Davis, Mable John (Sun) at The Long Beach Blues Festival (CA State Long Beach), 8/31 & 9/1, 10am – 7pm.
The Triad Tour: Michael Rose, Mutabaruka, Reggae Revolution at The House of Blues
Hot Snakes, Beehive & The Barracudas at The Troubadour
Exotic Erotic Ball at The Sunset Room (1430 Cahuenga)

Monday, September 2

Save Ferris, Jonneine Zapata, Tiffany Kyees, Lily Haydn, Charlotte Martin, Carla Holden at After The Rainn (Benefit for The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), 6pm.
Gregory Isaacs, Poncho Sanchez, Freddie McGregor, Lymie, Tinga Stewart, Boom Shaka, Ashley Maher, Junior P., Lasta Sound, Brasil Brazil, Los Pinguos, Prince Diabete, Fussible, Yeshemabeth, DJs Kingpin, King Richard, Smoky, Fenix, international food & crafts, more at One Drop World Music Festival (Woodley Park, Encino)

Clubs

14 Below – 1348 14th St., Santa Monica (310)451-5040. Or go to www.14below.com
Club Sugar - 814 Broadway Ave., Santa Monica. (310)899.1989 www.clubsugar.com
Harvelle’s Blues Club – Downhome westside spot since 1931. Sundays: The Toledo Show. Mondays: Open Mic with The New Breed. Wednesdays: Mickey Campion. 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. Wednesdays: Planet 80’s. 256 Santa Monica Pier (310)393-PIER
Temple Bar –1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica (310)393-6611. Sun, 6/16, Verve Recording Artists Action Figure Party featuring
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, FREE Workshops & Readings. Call for this week’s events. Ongoing: LIFE STORIES Performance Workshop, 10 week session, classes Sat 10-1 or Sun 11-2. $250. Call 310.281.3175. “A writing workshop utilizing spontaneous writing, music, movement, and drawing to mine autobiographical stories for memoir or performance.” TUESDAY NIGHT CREATIVE NON-FICTION - 8 PM Bring works of creative non-fiction, memoir, and prose. Led by CINDY BAILEY and WAYMAN BARNES. WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY - 8 PM The West Coast’s longest running, free workshop, this month, led by JOHN HARRIS. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. This week’s events: Thu, 8/29, 7pm: Poet Jill Bialosky reads and signs her first novel House Under The Snow, which “captures the confusion, passion, and pain of teenage love.” Special Upcoming: Thu, 9/5, 7pm: Carolyn See reads and signs Making a Literary Life. (See story, page 13): 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. Fri, 8/30, 8pm: Open Poetry, 7:30pm sign-ups. Sun, 9/1, 5pm: Diana Cohn, Francisco Delgado will read and discuss Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can! Janitor Strikes in LA, a book honoring the plight and effort of the striking janitors. Sun, 9/1, 8pm: Artist, poet and actor Viggo Mortensen reads from his new book of poetry, Coincidence of Memory. Tue, 9/3, 7pm: FAIR media watch group , Fairness In Accuracy in Reporting presents their monthly program on “the role of the media in shaping our views.” Bookstore 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.
Village Books – 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, 90272. (310) 454-4063 Regular readings by authors.