notes from vivace

Their Wedding A sweet night at Silverlake Lounge. It started with the classical, orchestral leaning  Brother, Sister . The band uses a n...

Kim and The Created What an awesome night of free music at The Echoplex. It is a week later and I'm still feeling a buzz. Since I...

Armors Wow.  Armors . Here's a band where the drummer does triple duty. He plays the drums. He's the lead singer. And he provide...

The Magnettes A recent Monday night meant spending time at The Satellite.  The Magnettes  hit the stage from Pajala, Sweden. The city ha...

Kid Cadvaer This was my first time (and I guess only time) this summer of 2015 where I headed down to catch some music in Chinatown.  Ki...

Everest . This is based on a true story. Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) ran Adventure Consultants. He and his team assisted climbers who wished t...

Black Mass . This movie follows the rise and fall of Whitney Bulger (Johnny Depp) and how he corrupted those around him. A key example of ...

I wasn't planning on going to The Satellite on a recent Monday night. Instead, I went to another music venue. Unfortunately, that venu...

Hobart W Fink It was time to head to The Smell. I don't often head down that way, but I do enjoy doing so. The traffic going from Gl...

Charlie Overbey and the Broken Arrows It was a Reprising of Echo Park Rising -- some of the bands that played Echo Park Rising were play...

Messenger It was off to Pehrspace to catch some Razorcake bands.  King Walrus & the Magicians  was playing as I walked into the stag...

The French Connection. Jimmy Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are undercover police officers. After taking down their m...

I saw a number of movies this summer. I did skip out on a lot, as well. In past years, I'd probably head out to see movies like Minions,...