notes from vivace

I headed off to Dia De Los Muertos for the second straight year. My sense was that the event was less attended this year than last year. ...

Rob Z had his monthly El Cid show. The theme was: Cartoons and Cocktails, an animated evening. Adam Marsland and his Chaos Band were up...

"Jennifer's Body" . I wasn’t as disappointed with this movie as many appear to be. It is a horror movie with a lot of humor...

If you follow my blog, you may have noticed a longer than normal absence from providing a music blog . . . or maybe not. Anyways, I was fee...

"Zombieland" . This movie was hysterical. It is hard to say which is the better zombie comedy movie: "Zombieland" or ...

"9" . A cartoon about the future chaos of the world. I have to say I enjoyed the movie, but I also felt cheated. The movie star...

I was supposed to pick up my parents at the airport, but the unfortunately got stuck in New York -- having missed their flight to LAX. Sinc...

Thursday night it was off to see Aaron Beaumont at Hotel Cafe. This was his final show of his US tour. It was a fun night. He tossed in ...

So after seeing No Age briefly at the Eagle Rock Music Festival, I found myself with the urge to go to The Smell. I'd checked out The S...