SALSA MONDAYS, 8:30 p.m.
Don't forget the chips.
Sachi Bar
6400 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.
Long Beach CA
562-252-8434
PAJAMARAMA, 7 p.m.
Bring your little ones in their jammies for some story time.
Barnes & Noble
7881 Edinger Ave.
Huntington Beach CA 92647
714-897-8781
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, until August 1
Photographs of California by Mike Kelly.
Pure Color
570 S. Coast Hwy.
Laguna Beach CA 92651
949-497-1128
BLOC PARTY; DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?, 7 p.m.
Price: $26. Is that a bargain, yeah?
The Gl
Fresh off October's Break Up the Concrete, their first new studio album in six years, veteran rockers The Pretenders are not back on the chain gang but rather back on the road, with a headlining tour coming to the Grove of Anaheim on March 8. Surely a show to delight old-school fans and those that discovered their music through video games alike (singing "Brass in Pocket" in Rock Band = fun).On sale information and ticket prices still to come. If you're looking for a taste of Pretenders to come
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Last Night: Bloc Party at the Grove of Anaheim, Dec. 15th, 2008.Better Than: Sulking at home while it rains.Download: The "Mercury" video from Bloc Party's Web site.Rain didn't scare away the throngs of kids who soaked up a mesmerizing performance Monday night by noted Britain indie rockers Bloc Party. Touring behind their third album Intimacy, just released in late October, Russell
Lissack's electronically mangled guitar on songs like "Trojan Horse" underpinned Kele Okereke's impassioned vocals
Andrew YoussefLast Night: KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater; Saturday May 16, 2009. (More pictures here.)Better Than: Wango Tango.Download: Videos from the day at KROQ.com.The KROQ Weenie Roast is typically full of surprises. With
Blink 182 reuniting the night prior at a private party, the fact that
TRV$DJ-AM were closing the evening led to rampant speculation that
Blink-182 would be the final act. But the
Blink-182 reunion didn't happen.A last minute shuffling had KROQ move
