CALENDAR
Friday, Nov. 11th
Check with the venues for set times on the following shows:
Depeche Mode w/The Bravery @ Magness Arena, Denver, CO
The Rocket Summer @ SOMA,
Lisa Marie Presley w/Joe Firstman @ House of Blues, Sunset Strip
Stoney Curtis Band @ Steve's BBQ, Whittier
Rob Thomas w/Anna Nalick @ Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
Against Me! @ The Complex, Memphis
Spoon and Bright Eyes @ Orpheum Theatre, Omaha
MTV $2 Bill Concert featuring Damian Jr. Gong Marley @ House of Blues (Disneyland), Anaheim
11:00pm
Landmark: Since this
Saturday, Nov. 12th
12:30pm
USC @ Cal (ABC):
LSU @
4:00pm
4:45pm
Check with the venues for set times on the following shows:
The Sounds w/Shiny Toy Guns and special guest DJ's. James Iha and more @ Element (1642
Coheed and Cambria w/Dredg, Blood Bros. and mewithoutyou @ Northern Lights,
Socialburn @ Vinoy
Yellowcard w/Acceptance and The Pink Spiders @ The Crowbar, State College, PA
Matisyahu @ Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
Slipknot w/As I Lay Dying and Unearth @ Rockford Metro Centre, Rockford, IL
My Morning Jacket w/Saul Williams @ The Fillmore, San Francisco
Def Leppard and Bryan Adams @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine
10:00pm
Rocket Summer @ The Glass House.
Sunday, Nov. 13th
10:00am-7:00pm
Chocolate Show
Check with the venues for set times on the following shows:
The Red Chord w/Converge, Darkest Hour and Municipal Waste @ The Alley,
Miami
Social Distortion w/The Chelsea Smiles @ The Fillmore, San Francisco
Arch Enemy, A Perfect Murder, All That Remains and Mnemic @ House of Blues, Sunset Strip
Kings X @ High Dive, Champaign, IL
Saliva @ Clearwater Theater, West Dundee, IL
Monday, Nov. 14th
8:00pm
Seether and 30 Seconds to Mars @ Salt Air Pavilion, Salt Lake City
Butch Walker w/DaMone @ Metro/Smart Bar, Chicago
The Rolling Stones @ Angels Stadium: Of course, the trip down was a nightmare, taking about three hours from the Valley through Friday-night traffic. And that doesn’t count lining up to get in, getting the by-now-traditional pat-down and then standing for wrist bands to allow you to get on the field. That said, seeing the Stones is like going to
Laszlo Borsai, The Death of Wizdem (Nothingmoments Publishing): Veteran artist manager Les Borsai, who worked at Avalon, MCA Records and Bill Silva Presents, has reverted to his given name for this no-holds-barred account of an Orange County childhood gone awry, a kind of Catcher in the Rye set in the shadows of a theme park suspiciously like the Magic Kingdom, a Less Than Zero for the go-go ’80s that follows a group of hellbent kids on their journey through sex, drugs and petty theft, eventually escalating into tragedy. The son of strict immigrant parents, Borsai is unflinching in his portrayal of the dark side of the American dream, though he eventually pulls himself from the wreckage to succeed as a rave promoter and music industry exec who survives to tell the tale, which is by turns harrowing and nihilistic. Borsai doesn’t spare himself in his indictment of a generation bent on self-destruction in an impressive feat of fictionalized autobiography with a stylized prose that recalls A Clockwork Orange. The online buzz has already started on the book, with a piece in the L.A. Times “Pop Eye” and a dedicated website where you can read excerpts from the book at www.laszloborsai.com.
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (
Hurra Torpedo: Three guys in blue track suits from the fjords of
Extras (HBO): Ricky Gervais’ successor to The Office, a co-production of HBO and the BBC, started off rather slowly, with many of the same mumbled asides and throwaway lines of that show, which kept you with one thumb on the TiVo at all times. The showbiz setting and frequent British in-jokes eventually gave way to a surprisingly touching platonic friendship between Gervais and co-star Ashley Jensen as two middle-aged actors in various stages of frustration with their sputtering careers. The series started to come alive in the last episode, with Gervais pitching a sitcom that sounds suspiciously like The Office to the BBC after getting an in from the real-life Patrick Stewart, whom he meets while they’re both acting in a Shakespearian drama. Gervais captures the understated British way of dealing with public humiliation, which may be lower-key but no less excruciating than the social faux pas committed by his HBO colleague Larry David. Particularly hilarious is the negotiating session with the BBC and Gervais, in which his manager (played by writing partner Stephen Merchant) does everything he can to blow the deal in front of his mortified client, who sinks lower and lower into his chair as his head descends into his body like a turtle. —Roy Trakin
JE-C’S NEW-MOVIE RUNDOWN
Kicking things off this week in the movie section is my dad’s take on the hot movie of the weekend.
Sarah Silverman Is Magic: Ms. Silverman's movie, entitled Jesus Is Magic, hits theaters this weekend and, based on her one-woman show/play of the same name, it is an immediate must-see, charging to the top of my list. The show played in
Zathura
Starring: Tim Robbins, Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, and Dax Shepard
Synopsis: This follow-up to Jumanji follows Danny and Walter Budwing, two brothers who discover a strange box while playing at a park. Inside the box is a jungle-themed board game (in the original, the game's animals came to life) and a second board, which is marked with a path to a purple planet called Zathura.
Thoughts: Directed by John Favreau this movie has a chance to do some good business, but the Jumanji mystique is no longer there with this follow-up, and it also lacks the always entertaining Robin Williams. My guess is that this one is a real stinker.
Limited release:
Derailed: Starring Clive Owens and Jennifer Anniston
Bee Season: Starring Richard Gere
MALONE, WALLEN APPEAR NOT TO NEED "HELP" ACHIEVING MILESTONE
A genre-obliterating collab (5/13a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/13a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR KING KENDRICK
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/13a)
NEW RELEASES: "HELP" ARRIVES, SWIFT EXTENDS STREAK
Post, Morgan and the ever-popular POETS (5/13a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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