notes from vivace

It was off to The Satellite for my standard Monday night rotation.  And what did I find,  LANY !!!  On the rare occasion, I find myself im...

The Asphalt Jungle.  The movie invites us to witness the shady world of illegal gambling and criminal activity.  Doc Erwin Riedenschneider...

Seriously?!? I looked at my blog posts. It's been 4 years since I last saw Barb Wire Dolls. Ouch!!! Time flies too quickly.  Also...

The Princess and the Pirate.  Last month, I re-watched Ivanhoe.  I remember being young and enjoying the movie.  When I re-watched it, I w...

Kick-Ass 2.  Admittedly, as the movie started, I realized I probably should have watched the original Kick-Ass movie again.  The movie sta...

Katelyn Tarver  (left photo).  She's the rare super cute girl in school who is totally unpretentious.  The anti-Mean Girl.  That's...

Dugas  (photo to the left) is doing an interesting residency at Bootleg HiFi.  They're doing a 2 Sunday/2 Monday March set.  This two ...

Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) was once a successful Broadway producer who is now down on his luck.  In order to continue to produce plays, ...

The Blue Dahlia is a film noir that stars a beautiful Veronica Lake and a stoic Alan Ladd.  Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) is coming back fro...

So I was thinking, "What band should I catch on a Monday night?"  I went to the Silverlake Lounge website and clicked on the Fac...

This was The Controversy's album release party.  I've seen Laura Vall a couple of times, but I believe this is the first time I sa...

Let's call it a night of magic.   The Mynabirds  (Laura Burhenn -- photo to left) hit the stage and her first song had the crowd's...

It was off to celebrate the Chinese New Year's at Chinatown Los Angeles.  This meant catching Hunny  and  Mount Saint .  Hunny had the...