GROOVES

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Center Stage: Rudy Ray Moore

Highlights

Rock, Pop

Morgan Heritage, Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series. 8/8. 7 p,m, Patriarch Denroy Morgan and a portion of his 29 offspring bring us real, heart-felt reggae stright from Jamaica. Five family members weave interacting vocal harmonies that contribute to their unique and thrilling sound. Upstream will open with their energetic style of rock influenced reggae, techno, funk, hip-hop and soca.
Big Jay McNeely at Crazy Jacks, 8/10. Whether he’s belting it out, or singing it with a longing lilt, he’ll win you over with “There is something on your Mind.”
Siouxie & The Banshees at The Palladium, 8/11. Just to remind you that it’s full-blown summer and the creatures are about, the glamorous Miss Siouxie makes a welcome appearance in Hollywood.
Isaac Hayes, Maceo Parker, Arrested Development, Speech at The Hollywood Bowl, 8/14. What a bill – the boom in James Brown joins the moonlighting-at-South-Park Hayes, showing he’s still got it, with boogie to spare.
Agent Orange at The Troubadour, 8/10.
The Humpers, The Hangmen at Spaceland, 8/10.
Weezer at Verizon Amphitheatre, 8/9.
Willard, North Magnetic, King Black Acid at The Silverlake Lounge, 8/8.
Mia Doi Todd, M. Ward at Spaceland, 8/8.
Natural History at Three of Clubs, 8/8.
Glen Phillips at Largo, 8/8.
Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Lucky Dube, others at The Hollywood Bowl, 8/11. 7:30pm
The Ray Makers at Amoeba, 8/10.
Nickel Creek at Amoeba, 8/13.
Siouxie & The Banshees at The Grove, 8/13.
Hope Sandoval, The Warm Inventions, The Soledad Bros. at The El Rey, 8/14.
Mum, David Grubbs at The Knitting Factory, 8/8.
George Sarah & String Trio, more at Temple Bar, 8/13.
DJ Javier Natureboy Guest DJ: Detroit Mike at the Echo, 8/8.
Aaron Michealson, Scott Findley, at the Echo, 8/13. Free.
BOOMBOX Lee Coombs–Finger Lickin’ Records [U.K] Very Special Guest!–Moonshine [L.A.] Michael Scot–Mixer Magazine, EPOCH, Green Sector [LA] at the Echo, 8/14.
Sancho at CIA (CA Institute of Abnormal Arts), 8/9. 818.506.6353.
Sancho at The Garage, 8/14.

Jazz, Classical

Dave Burrell at The Jazz Bakery, 8/8 – 8/10.
Jazz Jury (Mando, Royal Crown Revue) at The King King, 8/8.

Readings,
Performances

Jack Allen – Bette Davis: Her Life & How She Lived It, plus Marilyn by Moonlight: A Remembrance in Rare Photos 8/8, 7:30 p.m.. Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills will discuss and sign his new book, Why I Am a Catholic at Corpus Christi Church, 15100 Sunset Boulevard. 8/12. Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore, Pacific Palisades.. More info: (310) 454-4063.

The Week Ahead

Thursday, August 8

The Wrecking Yard, Hayride to Hell, The Slanderin, Graveyard Farmers, The Manfields at The Garage
Mum, David Grubbs, Nautilus at The Knitting Factory
Judy Toy, Erica Rose, Reeves Gabrels in the Alterknit Lounge (Knitting Factory)
Six 40 Rooms, Funktion, Casanova Jones at 14 Below
War Heroes, Josh Jay,
Respect at Martini Lounge
Left Hand Smoke, Jonathan Wilson Combo, Bryan Master at The Mint
Kidney Thieves at The Roxy
M. Ward, Mia Doi Todd at Spaceland
Cro Mags, Powerhouse, What Feeds The Fire, Impact at The Whisky a Go Go
The Explosion, Blood Brothers, The Fuse, Damn Personals at The Troubadour
Stockdrive, Dalton Grant, Quarterstep, Matt Triber, The Expensive Sluts, more at The Viper Room
Sean Healy presents: Joe Doe & No Izz, Deno Dlayno Fall Collection Rollout, Arlene & Karen, DJ Coerce at The Coconut Teaszer
5th Annual Salsa Dance Championships at The Conga Room
Jamaican Live at The Dragonfly
Relapse, Rox, Austin Hanks, Rodney, The Greedy Kings at The Gig Hollywood
The Locust at The Glass House
Creeping Death, Mr. Crowley at The House of Blues
Medusa, B Side Players, Jones, Elijah Emanuel, The Revelations at The Key Club

Friday, August 9

Judas Priest, Reactor at The House of Blues
Rudy Ray Moore (Dolomite) at Spaceland
Munkafest, Bride Primer, The Color of Panic at 14 Below
The Sugar Daddy Show at The Garage
Foghat at The Canyon (Agoura Hills)
Lifeline, Hostile Groove, Triggerpoint, Black Horse Rising at The Coconut Teaszer
Christian’s Girls from Ipanema at The Conga Room
Last December, Al Lay, Fist Fight (Evenrude), Pow Wow, Blue Print at The Gig Hollywood
Cro Mags, Not Waving but Drowning, Open Hand, The Day Forward at The Glass House
Kottonmouth Kings, SX 10, Mix Mob, 20 Percent at The Key Club
KXLU’s Ooops Tour: The Locust, Arab on Radar, Cattle Decapitation, Lightning Bolt at The Knitting Factory
Noella Hutton, Monica Revel, Nectar, Slackstring at The Mint
The Vines, OK Go at The Roxy
Nxl, Nine, Madlife, The Stonecutters, Calbox, II Cadre at The Whisky a Go Go
Release the Bats: West Coast Gothic Rock Frankenstein, Frank the Baptist, Happy Deathmen with John Koviak, Crush Violets, Fallen 019 at The Troubadour
Weedeater, Dimetribe, Allergic, New Union, Indenial, F**k Face at The Coconut Teaszer

Saturday, August 10

Agent Orange, The Generators, Bad Samaritans, The God Awfuls, Kepdown at The Troubadour
Ghost of The Robot, Number 4, Four Star Mary at 14 Below
The Super Bees, Pointy Kitty, Buxotics at The Garage
Kicking Harold, Love Star Deluxe, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Raven Wylder, Second Cycle at The Gig
Longfellow at The Glass House
Mountain with Leslie West, Brian Anger’s Oblivion Express at The House of Blues
Formula, Plan R at The Key Club
Superlive, Hi Fi Lover, Feel at The Mint
The Vines, OK Go at The Roxy
The Humpers, The Hangmen at Spaceland
Atomic Punks, Exo Squad, Pushover at The Whisky

Sunday, August 11

Beth Lapides’ Un Cabaret, Randy & Jason Sklar, Judd Apatow, Dana Gould at The Knitting Factory
Archer Prewitt (Sea & Cake) at Spaceland
Open Hand, Not Waving But Drowning, The Day Forward, Time in Malta, Amy Allen at The Troubadour

Monday, August 12

Fidel of Todos Tus Muertos, Quinto Sol at The House of Blues
Dragapella with Kinsey Sticks at The Roxy
Kings of Convenience, Bart Davenport at The Troubadour

Tuesday, August 13

Foreigner, Stargunn, Lil Red at The House of Blues
Enon, Bloodthirsty Lovers at Spaceland
Kittie, Poison the Well, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage at The Whisky a Go Go
Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) at The Troubadour

Wednesday, August 14

John Hiatt, The Goners, Jimmie Vaughan at The House of Blues
The Lord of The New Church at The Key Club
Woven at The Knitting Factory
Steve Reynolds at The Mint
For the Record, Element 8, Aria Decline, The Skeet Ball at The Roxy
Amen at The Viper Room
Dillinger Four, Lawrence Arms, Toys that Kill at The Glass House

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. 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.” WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY - 8 PM The West Coast’s longest running, free workshop, this month, led by JOHN HARRIS. poets’), with ELIZABTH KNAPP and JESSICA GOODHEART. MONDAY POETRY READING CIRCLE - 8 pm Led by BETZI RICHARDSON, 1st & 3rd Mondays, 2nd & 4th Mondays, critiques and exercises, bring your own work. FREE. (310)822-3006. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice.
Duttons Books Brentwood – Critically acclaimed readings and events. This week’s events: Thu, 8/8, 7pm: Barry Siegel reads from his third novel of “legal suspense,” Lines of Defense, set in “a vividly realized small California town.” 8/8, 7pm: Prizewinning short story writer Cammie McGovern’s first novel The Art of Seeing describes how one sister, “Idolizing her teen movie actress sister…[and} accompanies her older sibling to the sets and social scenes of her glamorous life…” 8/11, 2pm: Austin Strauss, host of KPFK’s “The Poetry Connexion,” will read from his first collection of poems, Drunk With Light. 8/12, 7pm: Colette Brooks reads and signs In The City Wed, 8/14, 7pm: Paula L. Woods reads and signs Stormy Weather, which details how “Detective Charlotte Justice of the LAPD Robbery-Homicide division puts her career, her personal relationships, and her life on the line as she investigates the murder of pioneering African-American film director Maynard Duncan.” 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, 8/8, 7pm: Local authors listed gather to discuss and read: Flip-Flopped, by Jill Smolinsk; My Blue Heaven: Life and Politics in the Working Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965, by Becky Nicolaides; Bare Root: A Poet’s Journey With Breast Cancer, by Anne Silver; Forgotten Memories: A Journey Out of the Darkness of Sexual Abuse, by Barbara Schave; The Essence of the Hindu Religion, by Sudhir Anand; In Defense of Individuality, by Richard Poirier. Fri, 8/9, 8pm: Open Poetry (7:30 sign ups). Sat, 8/10, 12 noon: Poetry Workshop led by Elizabeth Pavone. Please bring five copies. Sun, 8/11, 2pm: Brian Gage will read & discuss Snark. “As the parallels between the brainwashing of children’s tales and that of consumerism are fully revealed, readers will be charmed…” Amazon UK. Sun, 8/11, 5pm: The NASA/UCLA Astrobiology Institute presents Astrobiology SuperStar Lectures. This month: Dr, Michael Vendrasco–Lecturer, UCLA Earth & Space Sciences Luck or Fate In the History of Life. Mon, 8/12, 7:30pm: Katheryn Ellison will read & discuss THE NEW ECONOMY OF NATURE: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ellison and co-author Gretchen Daily introduce “… new approaches to conservatism.” According to the San Francisco Chronicle this is a “vibrant. . .hopeful. . .a welcome counterpoint…” Tue, 8/13, 7:30pm: “Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration” presented by James C. Warf and Sheldon C. Plotkin. 1318 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401, v310.393-2923 f:310.394.6123 | books@msbooks.com | www.msbooks.com.