GROOVES

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Center Stage: Rachid Taha and Cheb Nasro on the Pier

Highlights

Rock, Pop

Jack Temphin’s Big Mondays at The Joint, 7/29. You never know who’ll drop in on songwriter Jack (“Peaceful, Easy Feelin”)Tempchin “Big Mondays” jam night. Along with regulars Phil Jones (Tom Petty), Waddy Wachtel, Terry Reid, and Bernard Fowler, you might also find some pretty big names (past jamsters include Eric Burdon, Roger Daltrey, George Clinton).
Femi Kuti, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Bongo Maffin at KCRW World Festival (Hollywood Bowl), 7/28
Mission of Burma, Silkworm, Mike Watt at The El Rey, 7/27
DJ Spooky, Ming + FS, Baldwin Bros., Dalek at The Knitting Factory, 7/25
Inversion, Cringe, Guilt By Association, Ascension, Contra, Ambionic at The El Rey, 7/25
Smokey and Miho at The Skirball Cultural Center, 7/25
The Fire Show at Spaceland, 7/25
Nels Cline, Michael Infriere, Lynn Johnston, Heather Lockie, Rick Potss, Rich West at Amoeba Music on Sunset, 7/25, 7pm.
Arnold at Amoeba Music on Sunset, 7/26, 7pm.
Hypnogaja at The Virgin Megastore, 7/25, 7pm.
Sugarskull at Little Shop of Culture Nueva Galeria Alternativa (213.368.6115)
Mark Farina, Andrew Marcari, Rithma at Honey (Arena), 7/25
David Garza, Mark McAdam at Largo. 7/25
Split Second, Joint Cheifs, Big Bad Zero at Fais Do Do, 7/25
Emily Wells, Danny Peck at Genghis Cohen, 7/25
Distillers, Transplants, The Armstrong & Matt Freeman (Rancid), Travis Barker (Blink 182, Box Car Racer), Craig Fairbaugh (LFP), Rob Aston, Pressure Point at The Roxy, 7/27 & 7/28
Corey Feldman Band at The Coach House, 7/25
Fishbone, Weapon of Choice at The Galaxy, 7/25
Club 66/77 at Bigfoot Lodge, 7/25

Jazz, Classical

Doug MacDonald (13 Piece Band) at The Jazz Bakery
Jackie Ryan with the Jon Mayer Trio (Jon Mayer, Chris Conner, Roy McCurdy) at The Vic. Reservations: (310) 317-4292)
Kingcake (Brad Dutz, Scot Ray, Matt Zebley, Ken Rosser) at LAHC Music Recital Hall, 7/27, 8pm

Readings,
Performances

Beyond Text Festival at Beyond Baroque (See BB Listings)
Milton Knight, Damon Schindler, Snake Lady at Gallery Figueroa, 7/27, 11pm. “Outrageous curves and exaggerated sensuality” punctuate this exhibition which also features Snake Lady spinning a “unique combo of vintage Mexican tunes and ‘70s funk.” (323) 258-5939
Susan Ahdoot, Debra Elder Brown, Wayman Barnes & Naomi Buckley, Carlye Archibeque at The Council Office of Eric Garcetti, 7/26 (323.355.0604
The UnCabaret: Beth Lapides, Andy Dick, John Riggi, & Andy Kindler at the Knitting Factory, 7/28 (Reservations: 323-463-0204)

The Week Ahead

Thursday, July 25

EastmountainSouth, Alexei Murdoch, Trespassers William at The Fold (The Derby)
Smokey and Miho at The Skirball Cultural Center
Nels Cline, Michael Infriere, Lynn Johnston, Heather Lockie, Rick Potss, Rich West at Amoeba Music on Sunset
Driven, Propaganda Man, Hyper, Spitfire, Revolver at Zen Sushi
Saticoy at Anastasia’s Asylum
640 Rooms, Snap Groove, DJ Nick Sanders at Club Funk (14 Below)
Vince Neil, Hemingway, Wicked Relish at The Whisky
The Angoras, The Invisible Men, Holly & The Italians at The Troubadour
Every Mother’s Nightmare at Paladino’s
The Star Fuckers (Slim Jim Phantom, Gilby Clarke, Tracii Guns, surprise guests) at The Cat Club
Club Decade at The Derby
The Amazombies, The Checkers at The Garage
Felonius Groove Foundation, Omnia, Patchwork Symphony, Friendship Motor Inn, Bang Super Bang at The Gig
The Superbees, Motorcycle Boy, Tsar, The Masons, Bad Apples, Golden Bats, King Cheetah at The Cadillac Club (Goldfingers)
LL Cool J, NAAM Brigade, Little T & One Track Mike at The House of Blues
Monogroove, Luke Jackass, The Barry Holdship Four, Vivian, The Adam Daniel Frequency, Tammy & The Lords of Misruel, The Westbreakers, The Katies at International Pop Overthrow (The Joint)
Eddie Cunningham, Stuart Ziff, Ed Berghoff, Jimmy Muffin at Platinum Live
Aviously, Daughter, Niki Crawford, Skylab at The Roxy
Gila Monsters, Cynthia Ford at Rusty’s Surf Ranch
Mike Stinson, Skeeter Truck, Kennedy at The Silverlake Lounge
The Fire Show, The Fascination at Spaceland
DJ & The Jummers, Khaley Nguewel, DJ Haul, Mason, Fischer P. at Temple Bar
The Sun, Virgin, Tim, Driven 202 at The Viper Room
Aquanote at Club Sugar (Broadway & Lincoln)

Friday, July 26

Ben Kweller, My Morning Jacket, Pony League at The Roxy
Styx at The Canyon
Shai Hulud, From Autumn to Ashes, Coheed & Cambrea at The Troubadour
The Might Be Giants, Common Rotation at The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
Asha’s Baba at The Ford Amphitheatre, 10am. Children FREE (storytelling, dancing, games)
Dntel. Athalia, The Bedroom Walls at The Fold (The Derby)
Custom Made Scare, Speedbuggy, First to Fall, Los Creepers at The Garage
Medusa & Feline Science, The Soul of John Black, Dianna, DJ Carlos Nino at Temple Bar
A-Track, Beat Junkies, DJ Craze, J-Smoke, Klever, Mix Master Mike, P-Trix, others at The El Rey

Saturday, July 27

Stargunn, Angeles Drake, Funktion, Texsture, Makeshift, The Reese Place Band at The Whisky
The New Deal at The Knitting Factory
Ton Loc, Coolio & The Replacements at 1650
The South Austin Jug Band at Boulevard Music
Z-Trip at The Troubadour
Mission of Burma, Silkworm, Mike Watt at The El Rey
Santa Cecilia Orchestra at The Ford Amphitheatre
Geoff Tate (Queensryche) at The House of Blues
Maimou, Action Figure Party, Wade 3 at Temple Bar
Q-Burns Abstract Message at The Echo
Anita Pace, Joe Potts, Tom Recchion, Tom Shepherd, Vetza, Liz Young at MAK (Shindler House – 835 N. Kings Road), 7pm.
Three Mo’ Tenors at The Greek

Sunday, July 28

Femi Kuti, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Bongo Maffin at KCRW World Festival (Hollywood Bowl)
Darius Rucker at The Key Club
Davis Gaines: The Big Band Show at The Ford Amphitheatre
Lauri Kranz Ileen, Jennifer Nash, Judithstar at The Fold (The Derby)
Phillip Greenleaf at The Yard, Santa Monica (310.260.6498)
Alan Jackson at The Greek

Monday, July 29

Jack Temphin’s Jam Night at The Joint
X-Press at Monday Social Las Palmas
Leticia Castaneda, Don Lewis, Phillip Greenleaf, Hsuan at Line Space Line Salvation Theatre

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. 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. 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. Events this week: Beyond Text Festival – Fri, 7/26, 7:30pm: George Drury Smith, experimental fiction writer & founder of Beyond Baroque; World Stage poet AK Toney performing; poet Paul Vangelisti, author of Selected Poems and many other books; LA artist Stephanie Taylor; Judson Church founder, LA dance improviser and writer Simone Forti; and poet/editor/UNESCO ambassador Jerome Rothenberg, editor of the Book on the Book and major international anthologies (delivering the keynote and reading his poems). Sat, 7/27, 7:30pm: LA artist Andrew Choate Deejaying found sound and language collages; LA writer & artist Matthew Byloos reading fiction; Holly Crawford performing punctuation; Majid Naficy, author of Muddy Shoes, will read new work; and The Levantine Center hosts the Beyond Baroque Books Author Publication reading of Ammiel Alcalay’s new from the warring factions, an epic poem on wars and dispossession in the contemporary world. Alcalay is author of Between Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture and Keys to the Garden, New Israeli Writing, and several volumes of poetry and non-fiction. Sun, 7/28, 4pm: Jordan Elgrably, writer and organizer, has published in Salamagundi and The Paris Review, will read from Life and death Photographs; Sande Cohen, author of Passive Nihilism and several books on historiography, will discuss oxymorons in contemporary culture; poet Ellyn Maybe, author of Cowardice of Amnesia and the forthcoming Walking Barefoot in the Glassblowers Garden, will read; and leading Israeli refusenik and poet Sami Chetrit will read from new work, in Hebrew and with translatons by Ammiel Alcalay. Sun, 7/28, 7pm: San Diego artists Tony Allard & Alexi Morrisey will read from their moebius strip manual typewriter cut-up of the weekend’s texts; artist and writer Paul Zelavansky will discuss moron jokes; poet Will Alexander will read from his book Stratospheric Cantacles accompanied by slides of his art work; musician and member of Solid Eye Joseph Hammer will perform; members of the Beyond Baroque Working Group will read texts on the preservation of culture; LA artist Cory Peipon will perform a capella with her band; and text maestro and author of The Alphabet Man and Book of Lazarus Richard Grossman will close with excerpts from the forthcoming Breeze Avenue. Gallery and Installations in the building will include extended performances from Tony Allard & Alexi Morrisey and Michael Markowsky, works by Robbie Kimberg, Richard Grossman, Andrew Choate, Jason Mahanes, Simone Forti, Matthew Byloos, George Drury Smith, Paul Zelavansky, Holly Crawford, and the Beyond Baroque Working Group. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. This week’s events: Thu, 7/25, 7:30pm: Darian Braswell will read and sign 2000 NIGGA, an “account of one man’s existentially fevered race through the streets of Los Angeles, a race fueled by both his physical and spiritual hunger and homelessness.” Fri, 7/26, 7pm: Blair Fuller will read and sign ART IN THE BLOOD, which Library Journal says “examines the Negus-Fuller family and its seven generations of American artists from the late 18th century until the present day. “Fuller presents an informal history that reads at times like a letter from a long-lost cousin reacquainting relatives with the family’s trials and tribulations.” 11975 San Vicente Boulevard.
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. Thu, 7/25, 7:30pm: Eugene Gogol will host a Zapatista video and reading of his book THE CONCEPT OF OTHER IN LATIN AMERICAN LIBERATION. “This is Chiapas” features “Chiapanecos speaking for themselves; women and peasant voice their thought; scenes from the Lacondon Jungle.” Fri, 7/26, 8pm: OPEN POETRY, (7:30pm Sign-ups). Sat, 7/27: DOCUMENTAL the documentary & experimental film and video series. 7:00 PM SHOW: WILD WHEELS, MUERDE EL AMOR, ONE IN A MILLION. 9:00 pm show: Five by provocateur Rodney Ascher: TRIUMPH OF VICTORY, BUDDHA BAR, SAFETYMAN, SOMEBODY GOOFED (Co-directed by Syd Garon), THE COLLECTORS, ARMOR OF GOD, TUCKING BEAUTY. Sun, 7/28, 10:30am: The Linux Users of Los Angeles [LULA] hold their monthly “Install Fest”. Go to lula.org for more info. Mon, 7/29, 7pm: Junko Mizuno, “one of the most promising young artists” in Japan’s fast-moving manga (comics) scene will make a special appearance, and sign her new release, the full color English language graphic novel JUNKO MIZUNO’s CINDERELLA. Also attending will be Alvin Lu, editor of PULP magazine, and Patrick Macias, author of TOKYOSCOPE: The Japanese Cult Film Classic. 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.