Somehow I never mentioned the fact that in late November of 2006, I attended a black-tie dinner 1 at — of all things — a furniture convention 2 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and — after all the sales awards had been … er … awarded — Hootie and the Blowfish performed. It was quite surreal, and… Read more »
Posts Tagged: live music
Paul McCartney at The Hollywood Bowl (with Set List)
Last night I got to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine: I saw Paul McCartney live in concert. The show was at the Hollywood Bowl, which is just about the best venue for a show imaginable. For days the news forecast lots of rain, but the skies were crisp and clear all evening (although it… Read more »
Eloise at Hotel Cafe
I finally got a chance to see Eloise (MySpace / Twitter / previously) perform live and the show was terrific! They played at Hotel Cafe — which is neither hotel nor cafe — in Hollywood. I was excited to get to hear killyou, my favorite of their songs, and impressed with how they handled themselves… Read more »
Cucina Paradiso and The Palmer Room – Los Angeles
Last week my girlfriend and I had dinner at Cucina Paradiso. It’s a great little Italian restaurant that shares a building with The Palmer Room on Motor Ave. The Palmer Room is a bar / club with a tiny stage for live music; Their website is fairly bland, but the bar itself is quite cozy… Read more »
Shotgun Blast – Von Cotton
Last night was another crazy cool one in Los Angeles. The fun began with dinner on the Sunset strip: Ron Jeremy was at the table on our left and Scott Baio was at the table on our right. The service was uncharacteristically craptacular, but the food was excellent. (You can’t do much better than the… Read more »
Von Cotton – LA Music
Got plans for January 24th? Of course you don’t. Now you do. Mark it down. Von Cotton will be live at Molly Malone’s next Wednesday. These guys are excellent. You must be there. Come see them now before they sign a multi-record contract for millions of dollars. That way you’ll get to say, “I saw… Read more »
Von Cotton
Last night Tricia and I saw Von Cotton perform at Molly Malone’s. They are an awesome new country act playing in Los Angeles. We saw them the first time at some dive honky-tonk just south of Marina Del Rey a year or so ago. Back then they mostly were doing classic country covers. Now they’ve… Read more »
Castaneda
Last night we went to dinner at Aroma in Silver Lake and then caught a new band — Castaneda (website, myspace) — at El Cid. My girlfriend works for a music management company, so we often find ourselves out seeing new music in LA. Castaneda is a really polished act, and I was surprised to… Read more »
Thursday Night @ the Roxy
Another Thursday night, another becky show at the Roxy. This was — if I remember correctly — the tenth Thursday in a row (excluding St. Patrick’s) that I’ve been there. This time I experienced Los Angeles parking nirvana when I got there. Not only did I get a meter right across the street, but it… Read more »
Pixies Still Cool
My girlfriend, Rob, Rebecca and I went to see the Pixies at “the Greek“. It was a great concert; they played a ton of stuff that I love. It was totally cool to see them still rocking after all these years. I’m also completely hooked on the new Green Day CD, which is a surprise… Read more »