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Join director Dave Markey for the first screening of 1991: The Year Punk Broke in Southern California in 15 years
Dirty Opera is screening Dave Markey’s now-classic film 1991: The Year Punk Broke on Thursday, September 18th, at 7:30 pm at The Laemmle Claremont 5. Maverick director Dave Markey and guest will be on hand to discuss the film at this screening. The film has not been seen on the big screen in Southern California …
The Coin Cold Heart of Darkness
Some artists don’t or can’t tour. They don’t meet and greet. They are not on Ex or Insta or some sort of Abra app dopamine delivery. They work a few jobs maybe, or raise kids, and tend to that art thing in the late eves, between things. So the artist is not here, near or …
Son of Buzzi & Joseph Allred fall tour dates announced
Son of Buzzi has just announced some European tour dates with Joseph Allred this fall to support the Shrimper release Ein Hase, Ein Phönix, Ein Schwan which was released a few months back. To be in the presence of Sebastian Bischoff’s guitar playing is otherworldly. His is an intuitive nature. He makes use of decay, …
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Patrick John Brayer’s “Cold Coin Heart” book on Bamboo Dart Press is out now worldwide
Patrick John Brayer was raised on an egg ranch in the steelmill town of Fontana, California. Think Hell’s Angels, think Sammy Hagar, think Shelton Brooks. Developing a unique style of writing early on as an answer to his inability to speak, he went on to receive an education in music from an array of dirt parking …
Bill Chen Vs. Dennis Callaci picked up for another year at KSPC
Thrilled that KSPC is allowing Bill and I to continue berating and amusing one another in between blocks of our favorite music of all walks for our fourth season of Bill Chen Vs. Dennis Callaci. Our weekly radio show is heard ad free, with no subscription fee, no nothing, on the public airwaves from 9am …
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Patrick John Brayer’s “The Coin Cold Heart” trailer premiere
Patrick Brayer has released thousands of songs and nearly a hundred self released records, as well as one on Shrimper a few years back. When you visit his Blog, Field Notes From Wrongtario, you will see and hear the artifacts of his life. Photos of him with Bill Monroe, music and photographs he has created …
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Dirty Opera presents a screening of “1991 The Year Punk Broke” with Director Dave Markey
Thrilled to announce that we will be screening Dave Markey’s 1991 The Year Punk Broke on September 18th at The Claremont Laemmle 5. You might know director Markey from his HC punk band SIN 34 that haunted Southern California from 1981 to 1984 prior to half the band morphing into Painted Willie, who had a …
The Germs, Black Flag, Dana Gould & OFF! in Claremont
Fantastic eve a few days back when Dirty Opera screened the Dimitri Coat’s film Free LSD in Claremont, California. The sold out screening at The Laemmle 5 had a panel featuring the band, actors & crew members from the film. Here is a pic by Bamboo Dart Press author Stevo Lution (his forthcoming collaborative book …
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Karen Greenbaum-Maya’s “Eve the Inventor” book is out now.
Eve the Inventor by Karen Greenbaum-Maya is a hybrid collection of poems, prose, and short fiction inspired by the Jewish story that God will not destroy the world as long as there are 36 good people, good souls in it. The characters in this collection aren’t secular saints, they are decent people, deeply decent, struggling against …
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