Lavender Diamond demurely demand world peace forever.
First thing I hear out of Lavender Diamond singer Rebecca Stark's well-designed mouth—and uttered with not a trace of snarkiness—is something to the effect of “Let's hear it for peace on Earth.” The editor in me always wants to retort, “Like, where else—Saturn?” (This is why people tend to shun me at parties.)
Anyhow, Stark's little preamble at July's edition of Orange Crush wasn't unexpected by anybody who read Tom Child's fi
Hard Day's Night, 9 p.m.
After last night, I think we all deserve a drink.
Proof Bar
215 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA
714-953-2660
She and Him with Lavender Diamond, 8 p.m.
Read a live review and view photos from the concert tomorrow on ocweekly.com. $22-$25
House of Blues
1530 S. Disneyland Dr.
Anaheim, CA
714-778-2583
Happy Days, 8 p.m.
Complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops and jukebox sock-hoppin', Happy Days: A New Musical brings back the nostalgia of the '50s in a perfect family enterta
(photo by Christopher Victorio)
Last Night: She & Him, Lavender Diamond at the House of Blues, Anaheim, Nov. 5, 2008.
Better Than: "The Happening," this summer's M. Night Shyamalan flick that co-starred Zooey Deschanel. But really, what isn't?
Download: The eminently likable "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" from She & Him's Volume One.
Though perhaps not yet a household name, Zooey Deschanel is most certainly A Movie Star, having appeared in films as diverse as "Elf" and "The Hitchhiker's Gui
Brushfire Records artist Zee Avi is featured on page 50 of Spin this month. Prince is on the cover, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain--the magazine is also offering a free tribute of the album, with Lavender Diamond, Chairlift and Riverboat Gamblers, among others.Her delightful cover of Morrissey's "First of the Gang to Die" is, in Spin's mind, the #1 song "you must hear now!" for the month of July. It was such fun irony to hear inescapably British former LA resident Moz warble abo
