notes from vivace

Local Natives played their last residency night at Spaceland on August 31st so yes this is a bit of a dated post. I will do a brief write-...

Michael Jackson got buried at Forest Lawn on Thursday. Since I live near Forest Lawn, I decided to take a walk over to see what was going o...

"Funny People." I was looking forward to this movie. From what I could tell, reviews were relatively positive though I did read...

This is a bit dated. I head off to Hotel Cafe to see Maxim Ludwig with a friend. It was a fun night. The first band up was Right the Sta...

I'm up and down on Michael Mann. I loved "Collateral." I hated "Miami Vice." Now comes "Public Enemies....

"Moon". This movie has some interesting concepts behind it, but it just doesn't deliver at the end. The story is about a gu...

"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" . This movie is a box office disappointment. On the otherhand, it is a good movie. I'm not goi...

"Away We Go" . I thought this was an okay movie. I think there are better road trip movies out there like “Little Miss Sunshine....

"Hangover" has made an enormous amount of money and has had some really long legs, indicating that it is a really loved movie. A...

I invited a friend to come out to Spaceland . This was her first time at Spaceland. Before she arrived I saw a band called Rademacher . A fr...

I got to catch an acoustic set by Jessie Deluxe at the Fox and Hounds on Saturday night. I previously saw her in her two piece band at th...

This has been a fun week of music. Sunday started off with No Doubt and Paramore. And on Wednesday, Switchfoot and Blue October . It sta...

After seeing a number of cartoons and not enjoying them at all (Monsters vs. Aliens, as an example), I was wondering if I’d gotten too old t...