notes from vivace

It was a Thursday night at The Satellite where I got to catch Birds of a Black Feather play their first set.  Two of the band members were ...

My Summary of the 2012 Summer movies that I caught. Highly Recommend 1.  ParaNorman Fun 2.  Dark Knight Rises 3.  Snow White and th...

ParaNorman. A story about a kid who sees ghosts and is called upon to save the town from a vengeful witch who is getting ready to rise fro...

The Lonely Wild is the residency band at the Satellite.  I love this band and one of the reasons is I never know what to expect.  What do I...

Chicano Batman is a sonic spin on a Latin sound.  I saw this band a couple year's back at Bloomfest.  It is nice to know that they'...

Has there ever been a bad band that came through Los Angeles from Portland? I haven't seen one yet. Battleme kept he streak alive.  T...

Rock Child was the last band I saw on Monday night at Silverlake Lounge.  I didn't know what to expect.  I noticed that their Facebook ...

Joe Jane Band  was the second band up at Silverlake Lounge this past Monday.  Though the first band up, Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, on ...

Jeff Crosby and the Refugees was the first band up on a Monday night at the Silverlake Lounge.  They hit the stage with some good Americana...

Premium Rush. Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a bike messenger in New York City. He is given a package to deliver that catches the eye of...

Hope Springs. I was drawn to this movie because of Meryl Streep. Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) and Kay (Meryl Streep) are married, but aren’t ...

Brave. Okay, first off, Stonehenge is in England not Scotland.  That is only one example of the issues I had with this movie.  A second iss...

The Campaign. This would seem like a funny film with Will Ferrell (Cam Brady) and Zach Galifianakis (Marty Huggins) going at it during an ...