Friday, January 26, 2007
Can't get rid of this cough and clubbers hate coughers so we stayed home most of this week to catch up on episodes of "Maui Fever" on our free cable glitch. But don't be surprised if you hear suppressed coughing at these fine shows...
Jon Brion's legendary Fridays have turned into monthlies and tonight is the first of the new year and you know he's itching to flex that poor left hand of his. E, Benmont, and Zooey joined him in December so what will January bring?... The Starlite Desperation and Lion Fever attempt to pull off something that not very many bands have done successfully and that is getting away with playing The Smell (1/27) and The Viper Room (1/29)... Aloe Blacc and Will-I-Am mix it up at Soundlessons at the Echo on 1/27... January Mondays end with the biggest and best lineups of the entire month. We hit all of them this past week and each were impressively packed... And there should be pin-drop silence when the delicate piano work of Dustin O'Halloran finishes off his two-weeker at The Derby on 1/30.
Apparently, big news this week was Coachella. Yeah, we're going, but probably just to see Bjork and J&MC. But our insider peeps have been screaming to get us to cover this George Michael/Freddy Mercury incarnate Mika for a long while. The gay chorus on "Grace Kelly" almost had us packing for three days. Almost... Circle/star February 25 in your planners.
The Starlite Desperation - "The Thing" (MP3)
Dustin O'Halloran - "Opus 23" (MP3)
Mika - "Grace Kelly" (MP3)
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