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[Summer Guide] Guerrilla Gardeners Strike an Earthy Tone as They Beautify Medians and Empty Lots
June 4, 2009On Blast record available at iTunes
Long Beach's On Blast recorded a full-length album a few months ago. I was one of the lucky ones to get a copy and right away I knew it was good. I also knew if the songs got to the people, the band would have a pretty good chance at making some waves. Well, people, here's your chance.The 12 songs are available at iTunes for $9.99. Thank me later.
June 2, 2009On Blast record available at iTunes
Long Beach's On Blast recorded a full-length album a few months ago. I was one of the lucky ones to get a copy and right away I knew it was good. I also knew if the songs got to the people, the band would have a pretty good chance at making some waves. Well, people, here's your chance.The 12 songs are available at iTunes for $9.99. Thank me later.
June 2, 2009[Trendzilla] A Gaggle of Summertime Haggles
June 4, 2009To Do Tonight - 5/27
Film Screening:The Business of Being Born, 6 p.m.If the thought of an eight pound hunk of meat forcing itself out of your private area doesn't scare you enough, this movie will open your eyes to even more to worry about. The Business of Being Born interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system in America. This film screening is open to the public. And bonus! Ricki Lake, the executiv
May 27, 2009TOMORROW: Free In-Store performance by Aggrolites
If nothing else, these next few sentences should inspire you to go give an indie record store clerk a big hug. Although, maybe you should make that exclusive to Fingerprints in Long Beach. Feel free to reference this post when you do. Yet again, the Long Beach record store is hosting one of their beloved in-store performances with ever more surprising guests. Tomorrow afternoon, The Aggrolites are coming through for their second appearance at the store, treating fans to a rockin' acoustic set. I
June 5, 2009Karaoke tonight at Alex's
It's Tuesday and there's nothing to do tonight, so why not get super wasted and sing "Love Shack" as off key as possible? That's the logic every Tuesday at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. The shindig starts at 10 p.m., which means you'll be a happy drunk because the Lakers are up 3-0 or crying in your beer because all of a sudden the series is looking closer than it did this weekend.
June 9, 2009TONIGHT: Jason Lytle at Art Theatre of Long Beach
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
June 11, 2009TOMORROW: Tour de Artistes in Downtown Long Beach
Nine bands, two DJs, 31 artists and YOU. For over 10 years Long Beach has celebrated their Tour de Artistes event hoping to drag some well-deserved spotlight on the arts and music scene thriving in the various parts of the city. Harvested together in several locations downtown on Long Beach Blvd. and Broadway, the tour continues to evolve every year as new bands, more artists and a bigger budget come into play. Taking place from 4-10 p.m., this FREE event is a full evening of walk-by exhibitions
June 12, 2009Tomorrow: Summer Bliss at the Rhythm Lounge
Good show going on Friday at downtown Long Beach's Rhythm Lounge. It's called Summer Bliss A Solstice Celebration and there are some cool bands playing.Headlining is EOTO, an improv electronic duo featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann from String Cheese Incident. Also on the bill is Long Beach's Delta Nove, who plays a mix of funk, samba and jazz. I've seen DN millions of times and they never disappoint. The show also includes performances by Swiv Tackle Circus, Alfred Howard and J. Wail Oslab
June 18, 2009Sunday: Soul Motion Scooter Fest in Long Beach
It seems almost, I don't know, rude/dumb/stupid/pointless to write anything that isn't about Michael Jackson, but I'll give it a shot.There's a cool show going on Sunday in downtown Long Beach (Pine Avenue and Broadway to be exact). It's called the Soul Motion Scooter Fest and features performances by ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Money Mark, the Boogaloo Assassins, the New Fidelity and DJ Dennis Owens. There's some sort of scooter connection as well because the flyer says there is a scoote
June 26, 2009Last Saturday: Tour de Artistes in Downtown Long Beach
Last Saturday: Tour de Artistes in Downtown Long BeachBetter Than: The Tour de France (just guessing).For most downtown areas in Southern California, the term "Art Walk" is just another word for Saturday. Weekends are filled with lively urban corridors packed with artists looking to sell their pieces to those who, for the most part, can't afford to pay them what they're worth. But as beautiful and inspiring as paintings and sculptures can be, sometimes you need a little something extra to stimul
June 15, 2009TONIGHT: The Commotions and Beat Ventriloquists at Continental Room
What an unlikely combination. Poppy northern soul and trip hop electronica? Just eclectic enough to work I suppose. You can judge for yourself tonight as Long Beach band The Commotions (pictured) release an attack of clap-along rhythms, new wave sensibility and a healthy handful of doo wop over at The Continental Room in Downtown Fullerton.This local five-piece continues to be a fixture in the Long Beach music scene, playing haunts like The Pike, DiPiazza's and Que Sera and on nights like tonig
July 2, 2009Anacrime, Stabba Ana, Guadalahabra and Other Wonderful OC City Slurs
I've been doing book signings across the region recently (shout-outs to the Buena Park Public Library, the Long Beach Car Show, Long Beach Rotary Club, and the Patrick Henry Democratic Club OC chapter!), and nothing is better than fielding questions from the audience. In Buena Park, we started talking about how quaint and wonderful the city is in comparison to others--for chrissakes, no one could think of a derogatory nickname for it! Someone mentioned an all-time classic--Guadalahabra, for La H
July 6, 2009Gettin' Made: Introductions are in Order!
Hi, folks! I'm Steph Calvert of Hearts and Laserbeams and the Long Beach Craft Mafia and I'm super excited to be a brand new blog contributer for OC Weekly. In upcoming posts, I'll be sharing the inside scoop on both local and not-so-local indie artists, crafters, events, indie business tip, craft tutorials, giveaways--you name it, I'll share it!
July 7, 2009Snoop Dogg
July 9, 2009Where Will Surfin' Congressman Stand on Long Beach Breakwater?
The surfin' congressman. As Louis Sahagun blogged on the LA Times' L.A. Now, Long Beach has released the long-awaited results of a study aimed at reconfiguring the breakwater to create bigger waves, cleaner water and beaches, and more surf tourism. According to the study, the city could gain $52 million a year in local spending--and $7 million annually in taxes and fees. The engineering firm Moffat & Nichol is scheduled to present details of the $100,000 report to the Long
July 24, 2009Tomorrow: Fauxchella
It's not often that Pearl Jam, the Rolling Stones, No Doubt, U2, the Cure, the Dave Matthews Band and Bruce Springsteen perform a free concert in Long Beach. In fact, it's never happened. Unfortunately, you can add tomorrow as just another one of those days when that dream bill won't come to fruition.But what do you do when you can't see the real deal? Tribute bands. Yes, that's right, a bunch of groups with names that have something to do with the artists they cover are playing a free show in L
July 24, 2009TODAY: Noisettes In-store performance at Fingerprints
If London garage-soul band Noisettes ever decided to consider a name change, might I suggest the "Freakish DNA"? It seems to fit them to a "T". Let's start with their front woman, Shingai Shoniwa. C'mon, a beautiful woman who can sing AND play bass? Can you say rare? Then of course there is the stunning intermingling of the band's sonic make up, thanks in part to guitarist Dan Smith and drummer Jamie Morrison. Together the band are a prime example when it comes to adding their own spin on
July 24, 2009TONIGHT: The Victorians and Ribbons at The Prospector
The Prospector in Long Beach is about to get a little bit classier tonight. Victorians and ribbons, oh my! Okay so maybe Long Beach band The Victorians don't exactly sound anything like their prim and proper name would suggest, but the sound is pretty polished. This local four piece founded by Brad Lindsay and Erik Trickett (pictured) have been knocking around the dive bar scene for a while and their heartfelt, Neil Young inspired rock-n-roll is always a favorite on Junipero and 7th St. Sport
July 27, 2009More Federal Brownfields Cleanup Funds Coming Long Beach's Way
EPA.govMiller's Childrens Hospital in Long Beach previously received federal brownfields cleanup funds.A proposed Long Beach job training resource has been awarded a chunk of nearly $2 billion in federal grant money aimed at cleaning up contaminated sites in California known as "brownfields," the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollu
August 6, 2009Cold War Kids to Headline Summer and Music Busker Fest
For some unknown reason, the abbreviation for "Summer and Music" is officially "SAM," not "S&M." How odd!Anyway, the latest installment of the Long Beach summer music series is the Busker Fest in the East Village Arts District on Friday, August 21. It's pretty much as it sounds: bands take to the sidewalk and play busker-style, with 25-minute sets aimed to collect "wooden nickels." The list of street performers is pretty impressive for, well, street performances: Free Moral Agents, Deep
August 10, 2009The Zeros Coming to Alex's Bar
The original line-up of one of Southern California's first punk bands, the Zeros, is playing Alex's Bar in Long Beach Aug. 21. Before punk became synonymous with mohawks and chains, the genre was like a sped-up version of '60s bubblegum rock (basically, what the Ramones did). The Chula Vista -based quartet was often called the Mexican Ramones and are credited as the first band from the San Diego area to play LA clubs. The members have reunited in the past, but the last time that happened was
August 11, 2009[Locals Only] Playing the Lyrics Game
August 13, 2009TONIGHT: Lost Art and Abtract Rude at Blue Cafe in Long Beach
The life of a local hip hop artist is a saga that usually leaks its way into the inspiration of their rhymes, more so than any other genre. And in that regard, tracks by Rancho Santa Margarita emcee The Lost Art is rife with true life tales. I spoke of him a while ago when he released his second album Escape From Lala Land last summer. Since then, this sure fire lyricist has laid low, with not many shows to speak of. But tonight he plans to make the most of his time at the Blue Cafe,the
August 14, 2009Locals Only Extra! MP3: The Lyrics Game, 'Pyramid'
In what will hopefully become a weekly tradition, this week's Locals Only subject--Cypress and Long Beach's fab The Lyrics Game--have generously gifted us with one of the songs from their five-song EP, Home Edition. (And yeah, the picture in the Locals Only link isn't correct. Hopefully will be fixed by the time you read this!) The song is "Pyramid," my favorite off the record, which is currently available in full on iTunes. Click on the play button to stream, and click on the little arrow th
August 14, 2009Jackie Ojeda on Fidotrust Fest 2009
BY MICHAEL COYLELong Beach's Fidorust Records is throwing the 2009 Fidotrust Fest. It's in four Long Beach bars with mostly Long Beach bands, but Fidotrust label owner and fest promoter Jackie Ojeda hopes to draw people from all over.
August 19, 2009Buskerfest Lineup Changes: Two Bands Out, Two Bands In
Vickie ChangDeep Sea Diver: no longer busking Friday.We got word from Buskerfest organizer Justin Hectus today that two previously scheduled bands, Free Moral Agents and Deep Sea Diver, both had to cancel--FMA due to a family illness, and Deep Sea Diver because of another commitment. Hectus describes both bands, key parts of the Long Beach music scene, as "genuinely bummed to have to miss the event."But, as we all know by now, whenever gig God closes a door, he opens a window: in their place
August 19, 2009Busker Fest, featuring Cold War Kids
August 20, 2009Miss Coco Peru
August 20, 2009Tomorrow: Long Beach Funk Fest
I'd tell you all about the Long Beach Funk Fest, happening tomorrow from noon to midnight on the corner of Pine Avenue and Broadway, but the flier does such a good job that I don't have to.
August 28, 2009Labor Day Pool Party
September 3, 2009Latin-American Festival and Parade
September 10, 2009Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo
September 10, 2009Headed to Long Beach Comic Con!
Comic books, here we come. We'll be at the Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center all day tomorrow, tweeting and blogging and all that good stuff. Guests include comic book super-legend Stan Lee, Seth Green and the rest of the Robot Chicken fellas, and one-time James Bond George Lazenby. Oh yes. Get excited. (And ready for the typical wondering of what that stuff has to do with comics, exactly.)
October 2, 2009More Views of the Inaugural Long Beach Comic Con
Convention floor. Rorschach started to turn around like I was trying to take a picture of him. I was not. Poor guy.We hit the first-ever Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center this past weekend, and it was a busier-than-expected, promising start, full of roller derby gals, dudes in costumes, pro wrestling and even some comic books. Keith May took some fab pics that are here, but if you'd like to see some iPhone pictures from a completely untrained photographer (me), well, re
October 5, 2009The Fling
October 15, 2009Showgazing: Shotgun Showdown, BLOK at Detroit Bar
jTurns out, remembering the lyrics to a song you're covering isn't all that important. Not when you're having as much fun as Long Beach's Shotgun Showdown were last night at Detroit Bar, or when the words you're forgetting are "father, do you want to bang heads with me?"
September 30, 2009Thursday: Big Audio
Thursday marks the opening of a new weekly club night at Long Beach's Basement Lounge. Called Big Audio, the kick-off event includes former From First to Last frontman Sonny Moore (aka Srkillex) spinning electro re-mixes, DJ Japson and DJ Jahmontee. There are drink specials and the first 50 people to RSVP here get in for free. Before the owners were busted for allegedly running a sex club, the Basement Lounge was the closest thing to Hollywood-style nightclubs that Long Beach had. Velvet rope
September 29, 2009Video: The Lyrics Game, 'Untitled'
When Long Beach/Cypress band the Lyrics Game were profiled in OC Weekly's Locals Only section last month, one observation in the article was the lack of focus on their cellist, Chris McCarthy, on their five-song EP Home Edition. It was speculated there that things would probably be different in a live context, and this video seems to back up that theory, with the cello (quite literally) front and center for a performance of their newest (as yet untitled) song, at a gig this past Friday at Clancy
September 22, 2009Flier of the Week: The Studiofix at The Airliner 9/22
Maybe it's a little presumptuous on a Monday morning to claim that we've already found the best show flier we're going to see all week. But what the hell? If this titillatingly clever ode to good ol' American rock 'n roll doesn't get you going then maybe you just don't like the music as much as you thought. That would be a shame, especially considering loud guitars and unshakable attitude are the two main commodities offered by OC/LA band and Locals Only alumnae The Studiofix. In case you
September 21, 2009Last Friday: Delta Nove in Long Beach
Last Friday I wrote something about Long Beach's Delta Nove playing a free show that evening. Well, allergies nearly prevented me from not attending, but the thought of disappointing you, the loyal Heard Mentality reader, forced me out of the apartment for this here report.I got to the show around 8ish, just in time for Delta Nove's percussion set. I really dig these guys' blend of funk/jam/jazz/Brazilian tunes, but the all-percussion set is always the highlight. Each member grabs something to
July 13, 2009Truffle Making With C Salt Gourmet Goddess This Sunday
Donley: Her creations make See's taste like a shower matIf the reward for running full speed, shoulder-first into a wall was a lifetime supply of C Salt Gourmet's pistachio-and-cherry-spiked chocolate, I'd do it. But Courtney Dudman Donley, the O.C. native and Long Beach resident behind the company who uses the kitchens of the Gypsy Den to create her crack, also makes mean truffles, truffles so damn decadent I can honestly only eat about five or six of them in one sitting. She'll be at Long B
October 21, 2009A Weekend of Lines n' Numbers for Climate Action
Spencer Kornhaber / OC WeeklyThe International Day of Climate Action came and went, and global warming has been solved. What? Oh, sorry. It's still a problem. But at least some people tried to do something about it.This was true in Orange County. I stopped by the 350.org event in San Clemente on Saturday to see how they were possibly hoping to form a big human "350" on the pier. Turns out, they didn't. The guy who was going to loan San Clemente Green his remote-control helicopter camera for f
October 26, 2009Gettin' Made: Picture That
We all have those special pictures, the ones that just kind of stand out in our mind. Maybe it's a favorite moment in time, an expression on a friend's face, the larger than life quality of a certain celebrity picture--those images deserve to be preserved and presented in a manner just as precious as the photos themselves. Tilano photo transfer projects completed by members of the Long Beach Craft Mafia--check out that RuPaul coaster on the right! Canadian craft company Tilano i
October 26, 2009Have One Helluva Happy Halloween
Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume to the closet.
October 29, 2009Happy Drunken Halloween
October 29, 2009Last Night: Vampire Weekend at the Art Theatre in Long Beach
Andrew YoussefLast Night: Vampire Weekend at the Art Theatre in Long Beach (11/02/09)Better Than: the last time I saw them at the Glass House in September of 2008.After a secret show in Chinatown and a last minute show in Boyle Heights, Vampire Weekend "officially" kicked off their mini tour of California at the Art Theatre in Long Beach. Vampire Weekend is gearing up for the release of their new album Contra which is due on 1/12 on XL recordings.Selling out the roughly 400 capacity theater i
November 3, 2009[Locals Only] LMNO Creates a Sound That's Fresh, Fierce, Flake-Free
November 5, 2009WTF File: 5 Weirdest Bands at the Party Weirdo Festival This Weekend
This weekend, while you're engaging in the age-old debate over what you and your friends are going to do on Saturday, why not try something weird? Sure, the term "weird" has a smörgåsbord of different connotations, some of which we don't suggest you explore with friends who may judge you harshly. But at the Party Weirdo Festival, the latest installment of hipster-centric outings sponsored by The Academy boutique store in Long Beach, "weird" takes on a slightly more specific meaning. It
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