notes from vivace

It was a good night to head off to Satellite with LA Font backing residency band Francisco the Man . LA Font is described as a garage band...

It was off to El Cid to catch The Child. Along the way, I ran into my friend Jodie, from The Shakers.  Hey, this was going to be a good ni...

It was off to The Roxy to catch Shana Halligan , Monsters Calling Home and honeyhoney . I got a last minute text from a friend about my i...

Ted.   John Bennett (Mark Wahlbert) grows up with no friends.  Even the Jewish kid who is getting beat up tells John Bennett to go away.  H...

It was off to the Bootleg to catch Army Navy , Tribes and Meg Myers . I only caught a portion of Army Navy.  Loved the songs I heard.  I r...

It was a night away from my normal Silver Lake/Echo Park music grounds to catch Dudes Night , Pu$$y Cow , Young Turks and Red City Radio ....

It was off to Silverlake Lounge to catch The Deepsea Goes and East of the River .  I say this was a night of length of time.  The Deepsea G...

From Time Magazine ( (Melissa Locker, 6 August 2012, 11 Great Bands You Don’t Know (But Should)), we have three Los Angeles bands highlight...

I got the privileged to do some photography for the Rock n' Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles. If you want to take a look, head on over t...

It was off to that under-rated music venue, Silverlake Lounge, to catch Garland and The Short Eyes . We started out with some melody drive...

It was off to Pershing Square to catch Kind Hearts and Coronets . A band that includes a variety of instruments: the standard bass, guitar...

It was off to Harvard and Stone to catch The Mo odds .  The band has added a new guitarist and saxophonist. Amusing moment:  the lead sing...

Beasts of the Southern Wild. This movie focuses in on Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) and her father, Wink (Dwight Henry). They live on an ...