It has been a thrill to finally work with my dear pal L. Eugene Methe on a collaborative record as a duo. He and I have played together on songs by Refrigerator as well as a couple of solo records of mine. For our album, The Last Chance Lottery, Methe created the music and allowed …
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Chuffed to announce that the next event that we are presenting as Dirty Opera is a screening of the 1986 film River’s Edge. Author Jonathan Lethem will be hosting a Q&A after the screening with director Tim Hunter and cast members Daniel Roebuck and Josh Richman. The screening at The Claremont Laemmle 5 is on …
In What We Leave Behind, Peter Wortsman’s fourth book of cut-ups, he lets the words run wild, in some cases, as in French poet Guillaume Apollinaire’s Calligrames (1918), letting words break ranks and dance on the page; in other cases, coupling word and image; and finally, succumbing to the lure of the visual in collages …
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The production company that my pals Eddie Gonzalez, Dimitri Coats and I operate, Dirty Opera, are thrilled to announce our latest Event. We will be presenting Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at The Claremont Laemmle 5 on November 11th at 7PM. There will be a Q&A with the film’s director Nicholas Meyer after …
Listen to a rare live radio performance by Amps for Christ with Two Ambiguous Figures on the Bill Chen Vs. Dennis Callaci radio show this Wednesday on KSPC 88.7 FM from nine to noon PST or online at www.kspc.org
What began as countless daily texts from Brutus to make Stevo laugh at work soon evolved into their final collaborative venture. The pair’s original scheme, Stevo working at a fortune cookie factory swapping standard fortunes for Brutus’ quotes, failed when he was fired for refusing to wear a hair net. They quickly moved on to …
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 …
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 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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