With Spoon [Open article]locking in a (East) Bay Area date for 4/13, it’s all but a given that they’re down for Coachella.
It seems like since the mid 90’s popular re-discovery of the music of Nick Drake–Volkswagen commercial soundtracks, echos of inspiration heard in the music of Elliott Smith and Belle & Sebastian, to name a few–the flavor-of-the-month types have moved on. [Open article]
PICK OF THE WEEK
The Meeting Places
w/ Wrong Way Driver, The Robotanists & Ovideo
Wed Jan 13
Spaceland
Info
THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAY
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Thurs Jan 14
Club Nokia
4-week engagement starts January 12
Performance schedule & Info
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HEADS UP
Carnivale 2010 – Brazilian Nites @ Club Nokia Sat 2/20
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia Fri 2/19
Christian Death @ El Rey Fri 2/12
29th Annual Ragga Muffins Festival @ Long Beach Arena Sun 2/21
29th Annual Ragga Muffins Festival @ Long Beach Arena Sat 2/20
Liars @ El Rey Sat 4/10
Vampire Weekend @ Fox Theater Pomona Wed 4/14
Aziz Ansari @ Largo Tue 1/19
Lalah Hathaway @ El Rey Fri 1/22
Watkins Family Hour w/Ben Lee & Guests @ Largo Thu 1/21
Jon Brion @ Largo Fri 1/22
They Might Be Giants @ Largo (two shows) Sun 2/7
They Might Be Giants @ Largo (two shows) Sat 2/6
Eddie Santiago @ Conga Room Thu 2/11
Poncho Sanchez @ Conga Room Sun 2/14
Infected Mushroom, ATB & Awakening @ The Palladium Sat 2/20
Bamboozle Featuring Something Corporate & The Maine & more @ Festival Grounds at Angel Stadium Sun 3/28
Bamboozle Featuring AFI & Angels and Airwaves & more @ Festival Grounds at Angel Stadium Sat 3/27
Gomez @ El Rey Sun 3/21
Gomez @ El Rey Sat 3/20
Owl City @ Club Nokia Fri 4/9
Owl City @ Fox Theater Pomona Wed 4/7
Patton Oswalt @ Largo Sat 2/27
Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo Thu 2/25
Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo Thu 2/18
Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo Fri 2/12
Richard Thompson @ Largo Thu 2/11
Louden Wainwright III @ Largo Tue 2/9
MONDAY
Vieux Carre Mondays featuring The Kevin O’Day Band & DJ Quickie Mart @ The Mint (Free)
The French Semester @ The Echo (Free January Mondays)
Year Long Disaster @ Spaceland [Open article] (Free January Mondays)
SETTING
Fabulous Char-Broiled Burgers
3301 W Rosecrans Ave
Hawthorne, CA 90250
SOUNDTRACK
Weldon Irvine
The Sisters
1979 (1998 Saucerman release)
LOCAL TIME
1pm PST
8 Jan 2010
Ryan migrates east: fries get fatter, prices fluctuate accordingly
Here at Gardena’s edge do I then temper Thursday’s Tustin Timor et Tremor [Open article] tussle with a plate of heart-stopping fries and mighty bacon cheeseburger.
GM puts Saab put into liquidation despite new bids [Sydney Morning Herald]
Saabs United is a good spot to find out more info on the international campaigns to save Saab [Open article] from being killed by GM.
