Tuesday Doin's... Sep 25, 2012

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Ah, yes, a place to escape all the blah-blah-blah over those scab NFL wannabe Refs.
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It's really rather simple.
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Hey, billionaire team owners with millionaire players: you're losing your credibility with your fans because you're trying to bust a union and do things on the cheap.
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Just ask iron workers and miners and longshoremen and teachers and firefighters how THAT usually works-out...
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As for us, we're boycotting the NFL until they get it right, which means they need to make it right for the PEOPLE they depend on! Our boycott? Well, with so much good music out there, we just might not get back to you at all, NFL.
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On to the Music Scene:
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The International Bluegrass Music Awards and related events continue all week in Nashville; something may turn-up on broadcast or web radio, if you want to point your radar in that direction.
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Here in Southern Cal tonight, you've got some fun options:
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At 7:30 pm in San Diego, BONNIE RAITT plus THE RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND play Humphrey's By the Bay, on Shelter Island Dr; 619-224-5377 or 619-523-1010.
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7-9:30 pm in Arcadia, the weekly "JC HYKE'S SONGWRITERS SERENADE" brings an especially strong line-up, with LILY WILSON, WOMEN ON THE MOVE (20111 Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest winners), DEEDEE O'MALLEY, and H2. That's at Matt Denny's Ale House, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia. All ages, full bar, no cover.
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5:30-8:30 pm in Downey, there's the "COMMUNITY FOLK MUSIC JAM" at the Barbara J. Riley Senior and Community Center. All acoustic instruments welcome. Info, www.celticana.net. Free.
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6-9:30 pm in Ventura, there's the twice-monthly "ACOUSTIC JAM" at Zoey's, 185 E Santa Clara St.
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Also in Ventura 6-10 pm, the weekly "TALENT NIGHT" acoustic open mic is at Golden China Restaurant, 760 S Seaward Av (at the 101 Fwy); www.goldenchinaventura.com.
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At 7 pm in Signal Hill, there's the weekly "BLUEGRASS SOUP JAM" at Convert-A-Tape, 2420 Gundry Av.
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At 8 pm in Toluca Lake, check out the weekly "TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION" at Timmy Nolan's Tavern and Grill, 10111 Riverside Dr.
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There's one interesting TV offering tonight:
9:30-11:30 pm, "SOUL OF CUBA" brings pianist ENRIQUE CHIA performing classics from the Cuban folk songbook, and discussing Cuban composers, the bolero, and the Cuba of his youth. Broadcast on KLCS.
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More tomorrow. Meantime, the most recent full edition of the Acoustic Americana Music Guide's "Spotlight Events" section, published September 14, is still available just below or in the sidebar at left, depending on where you are reading this.
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