notes from vivace

General IO Echo @ the The Roxy . The previous band encouraged the audience to come up to the front of the stage at least three different ti...

Yes, it is raining, we can go to the movies Rachel Getting Married. Brilliant. I know some people had problems with the long drawn out sce...

It was the Third Annual Dre Day Celebration at the Blue Star Cafe . The Blue Star café resides right next to a scrap metal business. I’ ve ...

Since I've written various blogs on movies, I may as well write some thoughts on the Oscars. 1. The Oscars in the past had clips for ea...

I’ve struggled with writing this review. It is getting late on a Saturday evening. I’ve mulled over this review for the last few days. In fa...

Where’s Moo . On their equipment is an IO Echo sticker. Hey, can’t go wrong there. This band has a lead singer who is more than willing to ...

Local Natives . So I went back on Monday to catch Local Natives at Silverlake Lounge for a second time. Part of it was driven by the fact t...

Revolutionary Road . Sean Nelson wrote a piece on MSN about the worst Oscar winners. He wrote that Sam Mendes was the least deserving Best...

El Cid . We’ve all heard of El Cid, right? That’s where I was Wednesday night. It was a Rob Z night, Valentines from Venus: A Tribute to Wom...

A friend suggested checking out Local Natives over at Silverlake Lounge . They are the residency band for February ‘09. My friend unfortuna...

The Key Club and Monday nights: based on the myspace bulletins I received from The Automatic Music Explosion it appears that the Key Club ...

Gran Torino . This is an excellent movie. A friend who also saw the movie gave it rave reviews, but discounted the acting skills of the Asia...

The Wrestler . Yahoo.com has this description of the movie, “ . . . In an effort to build a new life, Robinson takes a job at a deli, moves...