Events from The Guide for Thursday, June 7, 2012

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This is a short edition with updates of what’s happening TODAY & TONIGHT ONLY. The most current FULL edition, with events past tonight and waaaay into the future, was published June 1. That’s available below, on the mobile-device-friendly edition, or in the bar at left if you’re reading the full web edition. Next FULL EDITION, with plenty of updates, will be here Friday.
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Thursday, June 7
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Today in history…
In 1942, the epic and quite miraculous Battle of Midway ended. This is the 70th anniversary of THE decisive WWII battle in the Pacific, and one of the most decisive of all time. (For more on Midway, see the write-up at the beginning of the listings on Monday, June 4, in the Guide’s June 1 Full Edition.)
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On TV Tonight…
“PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG” airs twice, at 6 and 9 pm, Pacific time, on the Paladia network (check your cable or satellite listings, you probably have it with your “basic+” package). The film is a musical biopic of the singer-songwriter-activist and folk-Americana, using contemporary interviews, archival footage of his long career, rare old TV clips, home movies, pics from the Seeger family photo album, music performances than and now, and more. The documentary was made in 2007, and runs 2 hours.
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There’s MORE on Paladia tonight: If you’re home in time, airing from 4:30-6 pm is the “MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR” award and performance, honoring NEIL YOUNG, with performances by JACKSON BROWNE, JOHN MELLENCAMP, JOHN FOGERTY, ELVIS COSTELLO, Neil himself, and others.
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At 8 pm, RAY LAMONTAGNE performs and discusses his music on an episode of “Storytellers.” Songs include “Jolene,” “Beg Steal or Borrow,” and “For the Summer.” It was filmed in 2011.
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Paladia is most often about heavy metal and other forms of rock, but not tonight!
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One FESTIVAL starts tonight…
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The Annual “OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL” starts tonight, with an interesting performance / exhibition in the park in downtown Ojai. Ostensibly a classical music event, tonight explores the concept of wind in wind instruments, and various concepts that become music in different families of instruments. Use your browser for info…
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Thursday’s CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, SHOWCASES, OPEN MICS, WORKSHOPS, & more…
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Thu, Jun 7:
5-9 pm “FIRST THURSDAY SAN PEDRO ART WALK” brings a monthly evening of open galleries, studios, street vendors, and live music and other entertainment in downtown San Pedro, between 4th & 8th Streets; www.1stthursday.com. Downtown San Pedro becomes a village of creativity surrounded by historical architecture, including the magnificent Warner Grand Theatre, quaint restaurants and cafes, ongoing and impromptu music venues, and plenty of places to shop for unusual items and gifts. It’s a family-friendly evening in this seaside village, sponsored by the San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Free.
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Thu, Jun 7:
5-9 pm “SUNSET & DINE” celebrating Sunset & Vine, is at the Academy Hollywood, 6322 Delongpre Av, Hollywood 90028. It’s a first-ever event to celebrate “the amazing food, art and businesses located in the Sunset & Vine Business Improvement District,” and the venue, the Academy Hollywood, is the new outdoor movie amphitheater at AMPAS's Pickford Center in Hollywood (just east of Vine on Delongpre). There’s an art exhibition of pole banner designs created by students at Helen Bernstein High School (HBHS). The top four winning designs will be turned into actual street pole banners to be installed throughout Hollywood. All proceeds from the event will benefit the HBHS art department. $20 admission gets you access to beer and wine, food from local restaurants, and the art exhibition.
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Thu, Jun 7:
6 pm weekly “THURSDAY NIGHT SOFA JAM” at Westwood Music, 1627 Westwood Bl, Los Angeles 90024; 310-478-4251.
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Thu, Jun 7, in OC:
6:15 pm “FOUNTAIN VALLEY BLUEGRASS JAM” at Orange County Archery, 18792 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley 92708.
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Thu, Jun 7, in San Diego:
7 pm “OLD TIME FIDDLERS JAM” at New Expression Music, 4434 30th St, 92116; 619-280-9035.
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Thu, Jun 7, a “SHOW-of-the-WEEK” pick:
8 pm THE BOTTLECAP BOYS and THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL play a two-headliner bill at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675. Reservations, 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm, daily).
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THE BOTTLECAP BOYS, says venue impresario Bob Stane, “are pure, insatiable energy. Comprised of mandolin, fiddle, guitar and upright bass, this harmony-driven, high-octane, folk quartet plays with an invigorating optimism that is guaranteed to lift your spirits - challenge your face to push the borders of its smile!" See their magnetic camaraderie, feel their love for life, and hear their boot-stompin', string-pickin', blue sky-hollerin', renegade folk.”
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Their infectious, music captures the freedom and vastness of middle America with a city pace. . Their freight train harmonies come barreling down the tracks, blowing by stories of ex-lovers and future lovers. They play with such a raw, exultant tenacity that you imagine they’re hollerin’ at the big blue sky with their feet planted firmly on greener pastures. Together, The Bottlecap Boys offer an atmosphere of care-free exuberance through their joyful charisma and camaraderie. In a relatively short time in the public eye, the Boys have demonstrated true showmanship and songwriting craft. www.thebottlecapboys.com.
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The band is Ross Becker, Lukas Borsten, and Michael Raley on the upright bass, and classically-trained Adam Willumsen, adding sultry fiddle lines.
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THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL is a Venice, California-based folk orchestra that merges old school gypsy rhythms with bluegrass, gospel, jug-band, jump blues and the hot swing of the 930’’s to form a spicy roots cocktail. Known for their fun, lose-your-troubles-and-start-moving live sets, the Dustbowl Revival plays what some call hillbilly jazz—the original front porch rock n' roll: Think The Hot Club of Cowtown meets Dylan and The Band meets Louis Armstrong in New Orleans. Growing steadily from a small string band playing local Southern California clubs (nearly a hundred shows in the last two years), DBR is now a collective of over ten musicians with instrumentation that often includes tuba, trombone, clarinet, cornet, trumpet, mandolin, banjo, lapsteel, drums, guitars, double bass, harmonica and plenty of washboard and kazoo for good luck. The band’s spontaneous, participatory set-lists assure that every show is a little bit different. More at www.dustbowlrevival.com & myspace.com/znlupetin.
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The Dustbowl Revival does an amazing job of channeling a creative force from the past while making it truly their own as they performed for us…there is a genuine and very organic approach to their sounds. The band makes happy music, right to the core, leaving you with a smile on your face.” — Loudvine.com.
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“It’s kind of ironic that in these days of economic recession that a band comes along that literally sounds as if it came wandering out of the dustbowl around the time of the Great Depression. Traditional music has never sounded so uplifting or fun to listen to.” – The Pop! Stereo.
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Tix, $15.
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Thu, Jun 7:
8 pm COW BOP plays 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818-515-4444; next to L.A. Equestrian Center. Cow Bop, is a formidable musical outfit, and claims to be, “The band that won ‘The Route 66 Challenge,’ made Gene Autry envious (and carsick), and delivers ‘the most fun you can have with your spurs on,’” and attributes all those quotes to Gabby Hayes… uh, okay. Just hear ‘’em, they don’t need any goofy hype. They promise “Loads of new tunes, a great guest, and tons of surprises.” Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (same owners).
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Thu, Jun 7:
8 pm “OLD TIME / TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN FIDDLE & BANJO MUSIC JAM” at 1642 Beer & Wine Bar, 1642 W Temple St, Los Angeles 90026; 213-483-5571.
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Thu, Jun 7:
8:30 pm LYNDA KAY plays the “Coffin Case presents Club Tarantino” at Three Clubs, 1123 Vine St, Hollywood 90038. Doors at 8:30, at 9 pm sharp is sweet acoustic rockabilly maven LYNDA KAY; at 10 is LE FLASHCUBE, described by Lynda as a “Super-group performing instrumental spy-lounge,” and at 11 pm is THE TULSA SKULL SWINGERS, featuring members of LUCHA VA VOOM; There are surprise guests expected all evening. Info, www.facebook.com/events/416117658428253.
Venue is 21+. Free admission & free parking; get there early for a seat,
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Thu, Jun 7, in San Diego:
9 pm “BALKAN BEAT BOX” happens at Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Av, Solana Beach 92075; 858-481-9022.
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MORE COMING in the Friday, June 8 edition, as we get to it and organize it for you…
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Meantime, the most current FULL edition is the one from June 1. It’s available below, on the mobile-device-friendly edition, or in the bar at left if you’re reading the full web edition.
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If you’re looking for anything published before June 1, it’s all accessible through the left-side scroll bar on the full web edition.
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