notes from vivace

Here's my ranking of the Summer 2011 movies I saw: Awesome 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 2. Bridesmaids So Goo...

The Help . Up front: I LOVED IT.  resisted seeing this movie for a few weeks, but when the long Labor Day weekend approached I decided t...

My Monday circuit sent me to the Satellite recently where I caught War Widow , Kristeen Young and residency band, Big Black Delta . War Wid...

The awesome vocals of Laura Vall were on display at The M Bar.  I first saw Laura Vall at her CD release party.  The party gift was her CD....

I have to say I am surprised there weren't more people at Silverlake Lounge on a recent Monday night. Red Circle Underground gave us a...

Does it make sense to have a concert inside a cave? It definitely does when it is Lucy Schwartz . What a beautiful 45 minute set inside the...

On a recent Saturday afternoon I headed off to The Echo to catch some really good bands.  Black Apples , Summer Darling and Future Ghost g...

Our Idiot Brother. I don’t know if Ned (Paul Rudd) is so much an idiot versus having lost the gene for common sense. After getting tossed...

The Debt  is an espionage thriller where three Mossad agents track down a Nazi war criminal in East Germany. The movie flashes back and for...

It was off to The Bootleg to catch Death Kit , Young Hunting and The Electra . Death Kit gave a dance-centric set.  Young Hunting slowed i...

It was off to The Echo to see Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground , Hot As Sun and Active Child . I was initially going to It's a Sc...

Fright Night . Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) has a hot girl, Amy (Imogen Poots), and is therefore (obviously) part of the in-crowd in hi...

My weekend without Sunset Junction continued on Sunday with a brief visit to Origami Vinyl to catch Manhattan Murder Mystery. Manhattan Mu...