Better Than: Pretty much any other concert you could have gone to last night.In the canon of legendary punk bands, it is pretty much impossible to fuck with the furious, dred-wielding four piece that is Bad Brains. And for hoards of die-hard O.C. punks young and old, a chance to see them in action for the first time in god knows how long was an early Christmas gift. At the very least, it was a gift big enough to make fans forget that we were at Disneyland for 2 solid hours.Monday night's Bad Br
Photo by Andrew YoussefLast Night: Jimmy Eat World, No Knife at Club Nokia, Los Angeles, March 5, 2009.Better than: Hearing John Mayer do his song "Clarity."Preemptive justification: Sure, we don't really cover LA shows here, but I haven't reviewed one since Jenny Lewis at the Orpheum back in October, so I think it's OK."I still like Jimmy Eat World, even though it's not cool to like them anymore." That's what photographer Andrew Youssef said when we first talked about going to see Jimmy Eat Wor
Jon Mayer Trio, 8 p.m.Sorry, it isn't that John Mayer. But this one sure rocks the house!Steamers Jazz Club, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA; 714-871-8800Best Happy Hour in the World, 11 a.m.See if the drink specials and half-off price on selected appetizers can help this event live up to its name.Sandbox Bar & Grill, 631 W. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA; 714-535-1133Grease, 7:30 p.m.As Vickie Chang writes in Issue 34, "Gather up the kids (assuming you don't mind exposing them to the te
Michael Jackson: still dead. If he wasn't, there wouldn't be that
public memorial tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center, and we
wouldn't be here talking about it.
In fact, we're going to be able to do more than just talk about it. Our
guy Gabriel San Roman (check his story on new Nekromantix drummer Lux,
from last week's Weekly, here)
actually snagged one of the ever-elusive tickets to the service, and is
going to provide some coverage for us right here on this very blog. Should be quite t
Were you working, sleeping, distracted, saving a cat from a tree, organizing your cheese label collection or otherwise unavailable to follow our live Twitter posts from Michael Jackson's memorial? Well, you're in luck, because here they all are (and pics!), both from Matthew Fletcher of the band Satisfaction live inside the Staples Center (he took that pic up above these words) and myself watching on the TV.
