Friday, September 14, 2007
Doubt if we can get through everything but here goes...
KXLU begins their week-long Fundrazor today. Now that K-Mozart switched to country and KCRW is usually behind the times by like a year, KXLU is pretty much the only terrestrial radio station we listen to. Not because it's "indie" or run by actual college students (unlike KCollegeRadioWorkshop) but because for a long time it was the only station our old crappy car radio would get and we got hooked on all the classical programming, Demolisten, and the two best radio programs we've ever heard Blues Hotel and The Morris Beef Show. Chris Checkman was the worst and best fundraiser host in public radio history. We miss him. In any case, Midnight Movies are guests on Live at 5 tonight and later Rademacher performs on Demolisten. Listen and effing donate. Midnight Movies, by the way, finally celebrate the release of their new album at Part Time Punks on Sunday opening for Spectrum. And Rademacher, by the way, are in from Fresno for another weekend, playing Saturday at the Que Sera with The Monolators and Chase Frank and then on Monday with The Happy Hollows and One Trick Pony. Chris Checkman, by the way, is a genius. Someone give this guy a radio show or a TV pilot for the love of gosh.
Our long-time secret crush Liz McGrath of Miss Derringer and some band called Tongue graces the cover of this week's LA Weekly and Abe Vigoda beautifies LA Record's new printing... Har Mar is shooting some pilot at Little Radio tonight at 7pm. RSVP with your name and number to get in.
Good to see a certain member of Gliss at Ferraby Lionheart's CD release show last night at the Troubadour. Just for that, they get a plug (we would have done it anyway): Gliss performs their last show at Vertigos on Saturday before heading out on their North American tour with The Raveonettes. The night also serves at the semi-official re-release of Love the Virgins which is now available on iTunes with worldwide distro coming in October. That certain member of Gliss will also be performing solo at Tangier on 9/20.
Antidoto 2007 rocks en espanol over at the Greek on Saturday with Julieta Venegas, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jumbo, and others... Pink Martini headlines three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Anyone remember their residency at the Mint like a decade ago when we kind of salsa'd with Patricia Arquette during "Amado Mio"? Yeah, us neither.
Health celebrates the release of their highly/hotly/healthily anticipated album at The Smell on Sunday. It's great but they're even better live. They're also performing on KSPC on Saturday at midnight. Most of us can't get that station so listen online, record it, and sell it on eBay when they're famous.
It's also time-warp weekend: Naughty By Nature at the Roxy (9/14); Smashing Pumpkins (and other bands led by old-timers) at the Home Depot Center (9/15); Scorpions at the Gibson Amphitheatre (9/15); Big Daddy Kane and MC Lyte opening for The Roots at the House of Blues (9/15); Sir Mix-A-Lot at Viper (9/15); The Pharcyde at The Highlands (9/15); Mudhoney and The Melvins at the Music Box (9/15); Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, War, The Four Tops, The Stylistics at Verizon Amp (9/15).
Needless to say, we will be at 386 shows this weekend so the chances of crossing paths with you are very high and we cannot wait for this to happen because we love you.
Midnight Movies - "Souvenirs" (MP3)
Rademacher - "If You Got Some Magic" (MP3)
Pink Martini - "Taya Tan" (MP3)
Martin Klingman - "September Girl"
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Hey LA Underground,
Thanks for the kind words about me and for helping get the word out about KXLU's Fundraiser. No I don't work there anymore; but anyone who has ever worked there for even a little while and cared about the place as we (mostly) all have will tell you that, despite whatever shit might have gone on peripherally, KXLU is like a great shambling tumor: Once it's in you, it never leaves. Thanks again...
chris checkman,
L.A.
(ps: Yeah, someone give me a damn pilot or other cushy gig already!)
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Thanks for the kind words about me and for helping get the word out about KXLU's Fundraiser. No I don't work there anymore; but anyone who has ever worked there for even a little while and cared about the place as we (mostly) all have will tell you that, despite whatever shit might have gone on peripherally, KXLU is like a great shambling tumor: Once it's in you, it never leaves. Thanks again...
chris checkman,
L.A.
(ps: Yeah, someone give me a damn pilot or other cushy gig already!)
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