BB and SIRIA RECOMMENDED FOR FRI 2/11 – BULLET & SNOWFOX @THE BOOTLEG THEATRE & SAT. 2/12 – HELLRIDE AND SILVER NEEDLE AT THE CENTRAL & DRE DAY @ THE BLUE STAR
TONIGHT! FRIDAY FEB. 11TH
BULLET AND SNOWFOX W/KILLOLA @ THE BOOTLEG
Our friends of Ingenue (our January InTraffikRadio.com Resident Band) introduced us to local L.A. band Bullet & Snowfox, and we quickly became fans.
Tonight they are playing with Killola!
Location:
Bootleg Theatre
2220 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
http://foldsilverlake.com
Time: 9pm
Ages: 21 +
Cover – $10
Here is some “behind the scenes” footage of their visit into our Intraffikradio.com studios when they were gracious enough to come in for a visit during the Ingenue residency.
Here is their video for their song that we can’t get out of our heads “Neurotic Nancy”
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SATURDAY FEB. 12TH
HELLRIDE w/SILVER NEEDLE, RIVER OF SUNS, JAYAR
Do you remember that dream you had where you were hanging out with Wayne Kramer (MC5), Mike Watt (the Minutemen), and Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction) and you ended the night by jamming and singing some Stooges songs together? It was beautiful. Man, you didn’t want to wake up– not only because you knew the hangover was going to be brutal, but also for fear of the reality check of awakening and finding your new buddies be gone.
Well, Saturday night you don’t have to fear the rug being pulled from under you, as it just so happens that your dream is becoming a reality as the Central (previously known as 14 Below) in Santa Monica boasts the privilege of a one-night only Stooges music-filled night as your “buddies” step out of your dream and onto that stage to perform some of the Stooges’ hits via Hellride a Stooges “Supergroup” Tribute band (which normally includes Peter DiStefano for whom Wayne Kramer is filling in for this show only). Opening bands are: River of Suns, JayaR, and Silver Needle
Location:
Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
1348 14th St.
Santa Monica.
Date/Time: Saturday Feb. 12th 8 p.m.
Cost: $12.
click here for more information: http://www.centralsapc.com/
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5th Annual “DRE DAY”
This February, American music-lovers and gangstas alike will once again band together to celebrate the birthday of one of our generation’s most gifted American composers. For the fifth year in a row on February 12, 2011 (Early celebration as Dr. Dre’s real birthday is on Feb 18th), revelers button up our work shirts, crack open an ice-cold bottle of malt liquor, and spark a fat blunt in acknowledgment of one Andre “Dr. Dre” Young’s 46th birthday via “Dre Day,” an annual event and brainchild of local L.A. band Pu$$y-Cow . This year’s festivities include iPod playlists featuring some of the Doctor’s most well-loved hits, live performances by Los Angeles’ musical acts covering Dr. Dre cuts, the classic film THE WASH will be played on TV’s located in the bar, The ever-popular Chronic photo booth, Free Dre Stickers, a game of Eddie 40-hands, and much more.
Location:
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2200 E. 15th Street
Los Angeles, CA
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Doors: 9pm
Cover: $5
Line up:
the Maxies
Toys That Kill
Pu$$y-Cow
The Jew Cocks
OUT TO SEE: A YEAR IN PHOTOS (LOCAL MUSIC EDITION PART IV of IV: OCTOBER – DECEMBER)
OCTOBER
Row 1: LA Vampires
Row 2: Wet and Reckless, Jail Weddings, Jail Weddings
Row 3: Shadow, Shadow, Shade , Rocket, Rocket
Row 4: (from L to R) Cold Cave, Downtown/Union, Nightmare and the Cat
Row 5: (from L to R) Nightmare and the Cat, The Hounds Below, Rocket
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NOVEMBER
Row 1: Chasing Kings
Row 2: Gentlemen Prefer Blood, High Life Cavaliers, The Shakers
Row 3: Silver Needle, Silver Needle, The Fake Boys
Row 4: The Monthlies, The Mulhollands, Tijuana Panthers
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DECEMBER
Row 1: Black Elephant
Row 2: (from L to R): 3Hombre, Coyol, D2ncia
Row 3: (from L to R): Honey Honey, Queen Kwong, Raining Jane
Row 4: (from L to R): Run-On Sunshine, The Mulhollands, the Mulhollands
Name That Tune: The Importance of Putting Song Lyrics on the Internet
More and more these days, the music of independent unsigned music artists is integrated into our daily lives. Creative music licensing. It’s pretty much everywhere – on TV, obviously on the radio (online and traditional formats), at the gas pump, in department stores, grocery stores, the list goes on and on.
Thanks to insomnia, just in one day while flipping through channels I heard a few of our friend’s bands on TV (which will remain the most popular vehicle for song placements for quite some time to come) as I attempted to clear out my DVR’s recordings.
This was a few months ago, and I’d initially planned to publish this post at that time (if you can believe it, that was back in January) after having had a similar encounter with an all too familiar soundtrack comprised of more friend’s bands which included: Spider Problem’s “Cha, Cha” on some “Gossip Girl” teaser, Bang Sugar Bang’s “Where’s the Fun in That?” on a re-run of “The Hills” (I think it was a re-run I hadn’t seen that show in eons?), and of course with Samsung having gone the way of Sprint with featuring a local LA band late last year, (The Happy Hollows) on their Google Phone Commercial (Sprint featured iO Echo on their Palm Pre commercial). Just because the programming isn’t quality (but then again, I’m also not necessarily the target market of the shows mentioned), that doesn’t mean the music getting played isn’t and people won’t take notice of it.
I’m sure there was a lot more that I didn’t catch. In fact a couple of years ago I couldn’t watch many of the shows on TV without hearing a band I knew on shows. This will only become more and more true for years to come. Some of those that I recall included, but aren’t limited to: The New Fidelity, Silver Needle, Bang Sugar Bang, The Mulhollands, The Waking Hours, and The Automatic Music Explosion all on the WB and MTV, Get Set Go on Grey’s Anatomy (they even made the soundtrack)– those are just some I can think of off the top of my head, the list goes on and on. I won’t even get started on films.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but songs have a tendency to stick in my head. Name of song and artist not always so much. At least not at first listen, unless I happen to know them personally or it’s all over the place (an example from earlier in the year, Phoenix’s “Listomania”). At times all I can remember is a few of the lyrics, and those lyrics won’t get out of my head. I want to hear them again.
So what do I do?
Hope that episode plays again and they announce the artist name and song title? (more…)
NOTES FROM VIVACE: (15) Days of Summer
The Upfront. Yes, I’m playing off of (500) Days of Summer,but we here at TRAffIK really liked that movie.
What’s going on here. Now TRAffIK did technically kill off summer with the following blog, but hey, I had a nice summer and wish to do my own summer exit. This blog is going to take a trip from Highland Park to the Sunset Strip and various other locations between these two music spots.
Aaron Beaumont. So my (15) Days of Summer launched with seeing my friend playing at Life on Wilshire. There was a nice group of supporters there, many being mutual friends of ours. This was my first time at Life on Wilshire. Life on Wilshire has a nice set-up that for some reason reminded me of the set-up at Cinespace, but a bit classier. His set included various friends joining him on stage such as Shane Alexander. This was the kick-off for his tour, which ends Oct 8th at Hotel Café.
Notes From Vivace’s May Playlist
Lemon Sun: “Same Old Ground”
Dirty Kings: “Who’s Along for the Ride”
Ex-Gentlemen: “Oh Mona”
New London: “LA’s Orange Lights”
Mere Mortals: “Clear Sky Overdrive”
Silver Needle: “Tourniquet”
Underwater City People: “Jennifer”
The Rainman Suite: “Rich Boys”
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band: “Blind Lead the Blind”
Yellow Red Sparks: “A Play to End All Plays”
Random comments. If you read my blog on Great Northern, you know where I caught Lemon Sun’s set.
I saw Dirty Kings’ last ever set. I didn’t even know in advance that it was their last ever set. Rest in peace, Dirty Kings.
One of the band members from Ex-Gentlemen used to play for my all time favorite local band: Bang Sugar Bang. May they rest in peace, as well.
I caught Mere Mortals at Cinespace. The lead singer was super cool with me when I asked if they had a flier or card with their myspace info. They didn’t have anything so he just gave me a CD single for free.
Whenever I hear Underwater City People’s Jennifer, I always find myself reminiscing.
I caught the back end of Dusty Rhodes and the River Band’s set during the Local Natives residency at Silverlake Lounge. When they had their residency recently at Silverlake Lounge, I had to check them out. I’m happy I did.
The Dollyrots and The Action Design
Introduction. Let’s start this off by talking about books. I am currently reading a book titled “House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street” by William D. Cohan. This book describes the events surrounding the collapse of Bear Stearns – a Wall Street firm. It is 450 pages long and I am currently on page 131. I’m slowly reading through the book and hopefully as soon as the Lakers-Magic Championship Series ends, I’ll speed through the rest of the book rather quickly because it has grabbed my attention. I recently read a book titled “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism” by Kevin Phillips. This book also looks at our financial system. Kevin Phillips looks at the beginnings of our current economic crisis from a high level perspective while William D. Cohan focuses squarely on a specific Wall Street bank. Now why would I find reading books about our economic collapse so interesting? If you read my bio, you’ll notice I have a degree in economics so I rather enjoy reading about financial collapses and such. I can’t possibly spend all my reading time; however, reading about how depressing our current economic state is so I recently squeezed in Michael Crichton’s “Airframe,” a quick to read techno-thriller that he was so well known for – he also wrote books such as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline.” (I use “was,” as Michael Crichton recently passed away.)
The Knitting Factory. The Knitting Factory holds a special place in my heart. I first got introduced to a number of cool local Los Angeles bands at this location: Bang Sugar Bang, Underwater City People, The Randies, Midway and Silver Needle to name just a few. (more…)