Meiko playing Chinatown

Meiko. I've been aware of Meiko for awhile, but I finally was able to catch her at Chinatown Summer Nights. What an experience.

Her fans were out in mass.  After the set, a long line formed of folks wanting to meet her.

French Style Furs at The Satellite

French Style Furs. This band plays one last set at The Satellite on Monday (tomorrow, 6/23/2014). You've got to see them. They'll inspire.

Afternoons at The Satellite

Afternoons. Awesome operatic rock.

Nacosta at Silverlake Lounge

Nacosta.  You'll find your feet moving.

Tone in Georgia at Silverlake Lounge

Tone in Georgia. Hyper-active desert folk music.

P.S.  They're from the Antelope Valley, a location I am very familiar with even though I haven't been there in years.

The Kids in Detention (solo act) playing Silverlake Lounge

The Kids in Detention. This was a solo act by one of the members of The Kids in Detention.  A quiet, retrospective set.

Until the Ribbon Breaks at The Bootleg

Until the Ribbon Breaks.  They hit the drums, the synths.  Occasionally a trumpet pops up.  A thirty minute journey of staring up at the stars.

Side note:  I think the lead singers of Until the Ribbon Breaks and NO should get together.  I swear their hand movements transfer so much meaning.

Misun at Bootleg Theater

Misun. Okay, so why was my first through while watching their set:  Fitz and the Tantrums?  Lead singer Misun Wojcik is a ball of energy.

Jhameel at The Satellite

Jhameel. One couple came all the way from Arizona to catch the set.  Also, a number of fans had his trademark black slash across the cheek.  I think that speaks to the devotion of his fans.

DWNTWN at The Satellite

DWNTWN. Their tunes are so amazingly catchy. What can one do but be enthralled.

The Cold and Lovely at The Satellite

The Cold and Lovely.  Sweeping rock.

A Movie Review: World Without End

World Without End (1956).  I caught this movie on TCM.  I'm not even sure why I finished watching it.  It is a rather boring movie.  Four astronauts are heading home from Mars.  Something goes wrong with their spaceship and they time travel to the future.  Humanity is largely wiped out due to a nuclear war, but there are two main groups:  those who were largely unaffected by the nuclear war since they had hidden underground and the mutants.  The mutants attack the four astronauts.  They survive and are taken in by the humans who live underground.

Why is it a boring movie?  The battles between the astronauts and mutants are a bore.  The interaction between the underground humans and astronauts feels stilted.    

A Movie Review: Godzilla

Godzilla. I enjoyed this movie even though I didn't understand parts of it.  Spoilers.

Examples:

If Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), who I assume was an American citizen living in Japan, was arrested for illegally entering a highly secure zone: why wasn't he immediately deported back to America versus having his son Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) come pick him up and take him to his apartment in Japan?

What was the connection between the M.U.T.O. nest (eggs) and the massive skeleton at the beginning of the movie?

You'd think you'd have a much stronger barrier around the M.U.T.O egg years later knowing how the parent brought down a nuclear plant.  Japan's security was a joke.  At least the Americans had their egg in a massive bunker.

Did this movie do anything with the acting skills of Elizabeth Olsen?  No.  I do hope she got paid well.

So a massive nuclear missile is used to destroy the M.U.T.O.  It backfires.  The time is ticking.  They decide to put it on a boat with 5 minutes left and send it out into the Pacific Ocean to explode.  I really doubt a boat could travel far enough out into the Pacific Ocean in 5 minutes without still causing the total destruction of San Francisco.  Maybe Oakland gets saved, but I suspect San Francisco would get burnt to the ground.  I could be totally wrong, but I'm thinking I'm not.

With all the issues I had with this movie, I still enjoyed myself.