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Leviathan Brothers' keyboardist (and occasional OC Weekly contributor) Sean O'Connell announced from the DiPiazzas stage: “This week marks the sixth year of the five-year anniversary of Tupac's death. To commemorate the occasion, we're going to play an original.” Now that's wit. He and his band mate, drummer Miles Senzaki, then commenced to forge a moving soul-jazz composition that cascaded with great beauty.
Rare is the group for whom between-song banter alone is worth
Vegas Fridays, April 11 at 9 p.m.
Not that Vegas, silly! $20
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Riff Raff, April 12 at 8:30 p.m.
Riffin' and raffin' galore!
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125 N. Broadway Santa Ana, CA 92701
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America’s Family Pet Expo, Fri., April 11, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Sat., April 12, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Sun., April 13, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
With the advent of the dog stroller, purple-plaid dog jogging suits and $25-per-hour doggie day care, t
Blank Blue's Elvin Estela, right, picks five watery/blue classics (and is Joni Mitchell pissed).
In this week's Sprawl of Sound column, I review Blank Blue's Western Water Music, Vol. II. I had hoped to include a list of the duo's favorite albums with the words “blue” or “water” in their titles, or those with strong allusions to those qualities. Unfortunately, BB's instrumentalist/producer Elvin Estela didn't get the list to me in time for the print edition, but thanks to the generou
As you may have noticed, I've been immersed in a summer-song mindset the past few weeks in preparation for our Summer Guide. Of course, I had to include a Beach Boys song in the best summer songs feature; after much cogitation, I settled on the rather obvious “Good Vibrations,” but I just as easily could've included “Feel Flows,” which we'll discuss for this week's Video Savant.
“Feel Flows” is an oft-overlooked gem in the Beach Boys' catalog. It can be found on Surf's Up, a relativ
From the second paragraph of "Beach Boys in Coto concert," a Saturday Orange County Register story by Mark Eades:
Before three of the original members – Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and John Stamos – took the stage, concert goers imbibed in a bit of food and drink at a pre-concert bash by the club's swimming pool.
The Beach Boys first formed in 1961. According to his bio, Stamos was not even born until 1963. Johnston also was not part of the original group, although he did join in the early
I was on the treadmill last night when Rocket from the Crypt's "Summer Survivor" came on the ol' iPod. It's an upbeat ditty that appears to be about people taking over San Diego beaches. Some of my favorite lines include "wet t-shirt/in piss/sun block/with shit I don't care," "bougeouis vikings/dead by noon" and "tastes filling/less great/fake tits/as bait."Anyway, the tune got me thinking that summer is officially here. Each year around this time, I go through a few rituals that usually announc
