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You’re gonna Miss MeThe incredible story of Roky Erickson, lead singer for the 13th Floor Elevators, who suffered a mental collapse that threatened to derail his musical career. Erickson pressed on, and today, he is working through his issues and performing live again. An incredible and inspiring story. OC Catholic Worker, 316 Cypress Ave., Santa …
New Citizenship Classes, 7 p.m. Assimilation at its finest Brea Community Center 695 E. Madison Way Brea CA 92821 714-990-7100 Open Jam Night, 9 p.m. I'll bring the toast Perq's 117 Main St. Huntington Beach, CA 714-960-9996 Loose Logic, 10 p.m. After a few drinks… Hurricanes Bar and Grill 200 Main St., Ste. 201 Huntington …
“Crazed in May: Creativity and Madness”, 8 p.m. Music by Michael Ubaldini, “The Rock N' Roll Poet” Alta Coffee House 506 31st St. Newport Beach, CA 949-675-0233 Book Publishing 1-2-3, 6:30 p.m. Get a behind-the-scenes peek at the three major steps of the publishing process and find out who has influence along the way. Price: …
Tasting: Chocolate 101, 6 p.m. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Let's taste it. Price: $68 Blackmarket Bakery 17941 Sky Park Circle, Suite E Irvine, CA 92614 949-852-4689 Train to End Stroke Information Session, 6:30 p.m. Every 40 seconds, an American suffers from stroke. Learn what you can do to help. Gladstone's 330 S. Pine Ave. Long Beach …
Better Than: Ick, it’s Monday. This is probably the best thing happening. Detroit Bar’s no-cover Monday started off with The Deadnotes from San Clemente. An upbeat five-piece, they played the sunshiney good stuff that comes straight from the vein of The Turtles “Imagine Me And You” complete with back up vocals consisting mainly of “oooo …
Rob Eller, 7:30 p.m. Laguna Beach local sings to his acoustic guitar Renaissance Dana Point 24701 Del Prado Ave. Dana Point CA 92629 949-661-6003 April Spain, 8 p.m. Jazz Vocalist April Spain sings Wind N Sea 34699 St. of the Golden Lantern Dana Point CA 92629 949-496-6500 Castledoor, 9 p.m. Indie group Castledoor begin their …
Friday night found Dave Segal attending the Good Foot at Que Sera to see DJ Nobody, Dennis Owens and Scott Weaver spinning world-class funk and soul. Then he had his mind blown by psych-rockers Magic Lantern and the Antarcticans at the Prospector Saturday. Meanwhile Rich Kane reviewed The Register and unfortunately, the review was unfavorable …
By Christopher Victorio B-52s @ House of Blues Anaheim, May 11, 2008 Better Than: Spending 6 hours with pre-teens screaming in my ear on Saturday at Wango Tango. Download: Tracks from the B-52s newly released album Funplex On Sunday at the House of Mouse, the B-52s rocked out to a completely sold-out crowd of thirtysomethings. …
By Andrew Youssef Better Than: Sitting at home trying to emulate Rush on the Rock Band video game. Download: The Big Money” from their Myspace page. It's not surprising to see the occasional air guitar solo from an audience member during a rock concert. At last night's Rush show, air drums and air bass appeared …
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500 Clown: Frankenstein, 5/9-5/10 @ 8 p.m. The Chicago-based ensemble, 500 Clown, combines circus arts, improvisation and action-based performance that catapults the performers into extreme physical and emotional risk and makes the audience active participants in the thrilling ride. In short: It sounds awesome. Orange County Performing Artscenter 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa CA …
Deep End Of The Pool; The Good Fiction, 9 p.m. Don't feel blue. Price: $7 THE BLUE CAFÉ 210 N. Promenade Long Beach CA 90802 562-983-7111 The Dollyrots; Mystery Hangup; Vale, 7 p.m. All ages rockin' out. OC Tavern 2369 S. El Camino Real San Clemente CA 92672 949-542-8877 Lorene Drive; Secret And Whisper; Jet …
Out Loud: Slam Poetry, 7 p.m. Joanne Gordon and her “punk-ass posse” of slam poets use words like jazz notes, creating a cacophony of sound and meaning, and, as Gordon puts it, “squirting adrenalin at the walls.” Price $12-$15 Cal State Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach CA 90840 562-985-5408 Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, …