November 28th, 2007 03:31pm
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Marc Cohn is lucky to be alive. You can hear it in his voice
when he says, “I’m so happy for those two hours on stage, it almost makes those
other 22 hours of travel worth it.”
You can hear it in almost every song on his new album. It’s
in the voodoo skeleton rattle that opens “Dance Back from the Grave” and the
reminder to “live every moment like it just might be the …
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November 25th, 2007 04:37am
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You gotta hand it to Queen Latifah. Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center, she invited all three of her backup singers center-stage for a turn in the spotlight.
And all three blew her off the stage.
As jazz singer and torch-song revivalist, Her Highness is merely average.
But what she has that they don’t is a bubbly, sassy infectious cult of personality. It’s what propelled her far beyond the hip-hop arena …
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November 23rd, 2007 06:39pm
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The bird has landed. Which means you’re trying to shake the
turkey hangover. Which means leftovers don’t help. Not even day-old gravy.
And while family is family, and you can never get too much face-time
with the relatives, at some point you gotta get off the couch, get outta the
house and make a night of it.
The Weekend Top 5:
Pat Jordan Band @ The Last Day SaloonQuintessential party boy and hometown hero, Pat Jordan
offers …
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November 21st, 2007 06:38pm
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Forget about Carnegie Hall or the Wiltern, when George Carlin’s new HBO special kicks off next year, you’ll hear “Live from the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California…” broadcast all over the world.
(Streaker alert: beefed-up security will be in full force).
It’s official: TV land has discovered the former church turned arts mecca (does this mean they’ll finally replace the 1950s TVs in the lobby?).
It all started …
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November 15th, 2007 04:21pm
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Estimated viewing time: 1:41
“We used to be The Feud,” says Paul Riley, tipping back a
cowboy hat. “Now we’re merely a squabble.”
He and the rest of the infamous cowpunk band are taking a
rehearsal break in a homemade studio somewhere in the dark of night off South Santa Rosa Avenue.
You can smell the chickens. Dogs are barking. Hamm’s is the beer of choice even though
Lagunitas is available.
Friday night, they plug in for …
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November 11th, 2007 07:47am
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R&B Hall of Famer Johnny Otis may live in Los Angeles these days, but his fans in Sebastopol, his longtime home, haven’t forgotten their hero.
Saturday night, the inaugural Sebastopol Documentary Festival offered a sneak peek of filmmaker Bruce Schmiechen’s “Every Beat of My Heart: The Johnny Otis Story.”
When tickets sold out overnight, organizers added a second screening at The French Garden Restaurant (hats off to co-owner Joan Marler, who has …
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November 8th, 2007 05:56pm
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Forget about television, if this writers’ strike thing is
contagious, just think of the global impact. Scribes and hacks walking off the
job all over the planet.
With apologies to Letterman, here goes a Top 5 of the
ones you’re really gonna miss:
1. The dude who writes the ad copy for the
Vitamin Water bottles. Have you read this poetry? Thanks to Dragonfruit flavor,
tweens the world over have learned that “Kissing someone in …
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November 6th, 2007 10:35pm
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Once again, just another random Wednesday night in Forestville:
Burly mountain-man rocker and Melvins castaway, Joe Preston, unloads a new batch of tremors from his longtime
solo project Thrones.
Sir Plus and Miss Minor of The Moggs show off their steamy analog
chemistry.
David Scott Stone (aka Sir DSS) busts out the synth.
But the furry, plushy shakedown you don’t wanna miss Wednesday
night: Bobb Bruno prancing around the woodsy pool-table-in-the-back roadhouse that is the
Forestville Club.
He’ll …
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November 5th, 2007 03:43pm
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All ye Trekkies and Trekkers, here’s a quickie to kick off your week:
Saturday night (Stardate 11.10.07), after another Fox Comedy Night at the Last Day Saloon, something funny may actually transpire: The Sac-Town band Warp 11 will take the stage and rock the house with original songs inspired by Star Trek.
The new album: “It’s Dead, Jim”
The block-rocking intergalactic new single: “Jerk My Kirk.”
Somewhere Gene Roddenberry is smiling.
Look for …
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November 1st, 2007 04:33pm
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Update: Billy Ray Cyrus hopped on stage to sing “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” with his daughter Miley last night at the Oakland Arena.
Will she return the favor tonight at the Wells Fargo Center?
WFC programming director Rick Bartalini asked their manager if he needs to beef up security tonight. The answer: “Don’t know yet.”
Hmmmmmmmmmm…..
11/01/07:
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about special guests.
Last week it was The Boss. Will Springsteen show …
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Your Daily Dose. Whenever. Whatever. Wherever. Trolling Sonoma County and beyond, John Beck looks for cracks in the pop facade.
