There is a ton of stuff happening around our towns tonight, not the least of which is former Grandaddy lead singer Jason Lytle at the Art Theatre in Long Beach.Sounds like a promising show, just for the venue alone. I was at Greater California's album release concert there a couple of months ago, and, somewhat unsurprisingly, it turns out that a cool movie theater is really a novel place to see a gig. Doug Wallen interviewed Jason Lytle for last week's OC Weekly (check that out here), and our go
Deadly handsome man.Jason Bentley, pictured, hosted Metropolis on noted Santa Moniac-based public radio station KCRW for 16 years, before taking over on December 1 of last year as both music director and host of the long-running and beloved Morning Becomes Eclectic.He'll be DJing at, of all places, South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa this Wednesday, June 24 as part of the "Stars of Santa Barbara" event, a wine-tasting benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. Tickets are $65.So
As they say, Thursday is "little Friday." (Who says that? I dunno. Dorks.) And we're proving it here, as were at not one, but two hoppin' shows around town last night. Show the first: Jason Lytle, former lead singer of Grandaddy, at Art Theatre in Long Beach. Andrew Youssef took some pictures of that, they are here. (And don't forget to read Doug Wallen's interview with Lytle from last week's Weekly, that's here.) Don't think we've forgotten about the DJ-y side of the music world, either (never!
