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 …
Author Archives: Dennis Callaci
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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Meg Pokrass “Old Girls and Palm Trees” book is out worldwide today on Bamboo Dart Press
Meg Pokrass’ third book for Bamboo Dart Press is out today and available at better independent bookstores, lesser big boxes and direct from us. Her unique voice and groundbreaking work in helping to define Flash Fiction has been seen and published in New England Review, Five Points, McSweeney’s, Passages North among others and have been …
Dirty Opera Screening OFF! Free LSD film on one year anniversary w/ Band member and cast Q&A hosted by Dana Gould.
We have a number of incredible screenings in Southern California coming up including Dimitri Coats’ directed Free LSD film. The film and record were the swan song for the band OFF! and members of the band Keith Morris, Dimitri Coats and Autry Fulbright will be in attendance for a panel discussion hosted by Dana Gould …
Meg Pokrass’ “Old Girls and Palm Trees” is out now on Bamboo Dart Press
Meg Pokrass’ third book for Bamboo Dart Press is out today and available at better independent bookstores, lesser big boxes and direct from us. Her unique voice and groundbreaking work in helping to define Flash Fiction has been seen and published in New England Review, Five Points, McSweeney’s, Passages North among others and have been …
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View the Shepard Fairey & Jonathan Lethem discussion about the politics and legacy of John Carpenter’s They Live
Check out the conversation that followed the Dirty Opera screening of John Carpenter’s They Live at The Claremont 5 Laemmle in California. Should you have read Lethem’s treatise on the film or heard Fairey discuss the film in relation to his art, this roundtable offers yet other ins and angles to both of them and …