notes from vivace

Guy Blakeslee has a fan base. A good crowd showed up early at Pehrspace to cheer on their musician. The night was associated with The New...

I'm rather sure that the last time I saw Dante vs. Zombies was way back at a Silver Lake Jubilee.  That was just way too long ago.  Wit...

Persona rocked the stage at The Smell.  Charisma.  On stage antics.  A rocking sound and an adoring audience.  That's Persona.

I got a chance to head over to the Neutra VDL house. Since I'm no architect, I'll let the website explain the house: Looking a...

Stripper Pussy is the type of band I'm used to seeing at The Smell.  Playing off the stage.  Slamming into the crowd.  Playing with the...

Pure Shit is a guy with a bass who does some political poetry followed by some rifts. 

If you only occasionally go to The Smell (me), you never know what you'll find. The night started with Suzi Star .  The Smell's li...

I didn't got to the movies as often as I usually do these past few months.  I got hit with a bit of unfortunate news on the employment f...

Spring Breakers. Hmm. Hot young starlets. Some wannabe gangsters going at it. Hey, doesn't that sound like an interesting movie.  W...

Stoker. If you like a movie about demented people with not a shred of a moral compass, this movie is for you.  For the rest of us, I think...

Side Effects.  This is an intriguing movie about possible side effects of drugs that we take.  I will admit that the ending was easy to see ...

It was way too long since I last saw The Mots Nouveaux.   The wonder of the 1920s.

Sometimes you run into the most amazing bands by accident and so it was with Totsy . I was going to Hotel Cafe to catch The Mots Nouveaux. ...