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Spaceland

Will — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:52:04 +0000

By sheer chance, my arrival in LA happened to coincide with a free show at Spaceland’s April reident, former fellow Amoebite, Jim Evens and his fine outfit, Helen Stellar. Following them were Burgess Tomlinson and Rona Rapadas, also Amoebites, but better known as Healmonster & Tarsier, whose work I’ve always loved. And I love them even more now that Sara Rivas is playing bass for them

I gotta respect Sara. A few years ago she decided to pick up the bass as a way, I think, of keeping herself busy and sane. She took some lessons and was soon playing for the Black Tales. Now she’s got regular gigs with the Bitchfits (yeah, a distaff Misfits) and, light years away from that, Healamonster & Tarsier. Good for her.

Anyway, I’d have some excellent pics of the show, but they wouldn’t let me bring in my camera without permission from the booking agent, so here’s a craptastic iPhone snap of Sara onstage:

It was good to see both bands do their thing, and especially cool to see Amoebites old and current, Rachel, Andrew, Katy, Mo, Lance Rock, Jen, & AJ. It was like I never left.

Ingrid Michaelson at El Rey

Will — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:12:22 +0000

Hey, just wanted to say I’m listening to Ingrid Michaelson for the first time right now. Some of it’s very Grey’s Anatomy, and some of it’s pretty terrific. Some of it is actually both. See for yourself. She’s coming to El Rey on June 24th.

Rush in L.A.

Will — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:13:40 +0000

Hey, I actually did go see Rush downtown last week. I would have written about it here, but new job, a DJ gig and the nascent apartment hunt made me fall behind over at metblogs. So here’s the link. From Portishead (coachella) to Young MC (wedding) to Rush, it’s been a helluva nine days.

Earlimart at Echoplex

Will — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:41:18 +0000

One of my fave live bands will be at the Echoplex on May 17th. Says Aaron Espinoza, “we’ll be previewing a bunch of new material from our upcoming release HYMN and HER we’re pretty damn excited!!! you know…..tryin’ some new stuff out. OH…and get yer tickets early!!!! think they’ve already sold a bunch.”

For the record, the cost per ticket of this show is fifty cents less than I paid to see Rush in 1985. There’s a factoid for ya.

Coachella Kicks Off

Will — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:23:15 +0000

The desert is cooler than last year, and the crowds thinner, which actually makes for a more relaxing festival. I’m too tired to get into detail. I just finished a post for metblogs, however, so go check that out. Link here.

Coachella Wrap Up

will — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:52:06 +0000

I return from the desert very early Monday morning. The next day I work. And then the day after that, I work. At last, Wednesday, I get to crash. And crash, I do. I completely shut down for the day, dehydrated, lethargic, cranky. It’s not until today that I’m able to sort through the last of the videos and the best of the photos. Here’s the final round up:

Photos:
Flickr set.

Videos:
Day One.
Day Two.
Day Three.

Coachella Day 2

will — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:53:13 +0000

The temps get higher, the music gets louder. Today there’s more for me to check out, but most of what I really want to see is in the heat of the day. So I stock up on water and just deal with it.

There are some more pics on the Flickr set.

And I put up three more videos.

Coachella!

will — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:12:03 +0000

No, I’m not blogging yet. But I guess I am, though only to show you a few of the sights and sounds of Coachella 2007.

Here’s a link to the Flickr set.

Here’s a link to my movie page, with some nifty little clips of Faithless, Benny Benassi and the “Do Lab.”

More to come.

Carbon Tonite

will — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:25:13 +0000

Just one more plug for my DJ debut tonight at Carbon (see previous post.) In case that doesn’t inspire you to drop by, check out this spellbinding flyer:

DJ Cinema @ Carbon

will — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:31:34 +0000

Speaking of excellent DJ’s, I happen to know that there’s a cluster of good ones spinning on Wednesday, November 29th. That’s tomorrow, folks. At Carbon in Culver City. And one of those DJ’s happens to be me, finally participating in DJ Ned Learner’s What The DJ Wants night. I’ll be kicking things off at about 10-ish. We’ll be rotating all night. It promises to be an evening of eclectic music, but all of it should be dance-worthy. Come down and give me moral support.

@ Carbon: 9300 Venice Boulevard, Culver City (map)