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Silverlake Band Update! (part 1) – September 15, 2009

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a little while are no doubt aware that I have “a thing” for The Airborne Toxic Event. Through them, I’ve discovered a whole bunch of wonderful bands, who – if not actually based there – are often found playing in clubs in this cool and interesting area of East Los Angeles that includes Silverlake, Los Feliz, and Echo Park. A wide variety of influences, styles and personalities, they share a joy of performing, an absolute lack of pretension, a kind of camaraderie — and oh yeah, they’re all really fucking good as well.

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John Forté and M.U.R.S. at The Paradise, Boston, MA September 9, 2009

John Forte @ The Paradise, Boston

John Forte @ The Paradise, Boston

Wednesday night, I had an epiphany. I had gone to the Paradise to see a performance by singer, songwriter and producer John Forté. After checking out his music, researching for a profile I was doing, I saw he was playing here and decided I had to see him. Standing there before his set and listening to piped in hip-hop, I realized this was the first time I had ever gone to see music of that genre. Like many people, I think, I had a certain preconceived notion of what rap and hip-hop was. Happy to say, that notion would be tossed out the door that night.

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Band Round-Up, part V – 9 September 2009

Here’s Part V of my Band Roundups, featuring Num9, Stephen Soul, Liz Lohnes, NoArt Productions, Rescue Aurora, and others.

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Band Round-Up, part IV – 7 September 2009

Continuing with my band roundup of artists I’ve recently been sent information on. Some of these people have been around for a while but I’m not terribly familiar with their work, so apologies to hardcore fans if the background information provided elicits a kind of “well, duh” reaction.

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Band Round-Up, part III – 3 September 2009

Finally, part III of my ‘band roundup’, which includes The Willowz, The Bloody Beetroots, Har Mar Superstar, Yacht, and John Forte. If you’re in one of the bands I’m profiling and there’s new information, please let me know, and I’ll add it in.

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CD Review: Laura Lee Imhoff – “A little something for Kerrville”

(from her MySpace page)

(from her MySpace page)

So I said in my review of Laura Lee’s Toad show that I would make up for not attending her Lizard Lounge performance by doing a write-up for her CD “tomorrow”, which is now seven days ago. That’s how it is sometimes.

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Expanding Awareness: Medical Marijuana

Victor’s encore presentation today was on Medical Marijuana, with two guests who use marijuana for medical purposes and are activists trying to get it more widely accepted for medical use. You can listen to this program by visiting the WZBC archives.


Victor Robert Venckus presents his Lucid Sounds/Expanding Awareness program on WZBC 90.3 FM (Boston College Radio) every Saturday from 7am – 11am. He begins with New Age, ambient, Native American and world music, with a weekly astrology report from Dietrich Pessin at 9:30 am. Expanding Awareness is at 10am, featuring interviews on paranormal, holistic health, environmental, animal rights and occasionally human rights topics, with listener call-in participation. Victor has been on the air, in some guise or another, since 1975. Shows are now archived for two weeks.

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Laura Lee Imhoff w/Hugh McGowan at Toad, Cambridge, August 19, 2009

(from her MySpace page)

(from her MySpace page)

Wow. Seriously… wow. Yes, it’s been four days since the show and much of this time has been spent fretting about my camera meltdown (more about that later), but I have to say something about this wonderful performer, before more time goes by, and just ahead of another show she’s doing tomorrow night at The Lizard Lounge.

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Expanding Awareness: Tarot card readings ~or~ Alan Watts ~or~ more music

Well, yes, no guest today, so Victor is taking a poll – do you want on-air tarot card readings? Or do you want to hear an Alan Watts tape? Or do you want to hear more music? If you happen to see this immediately, call him at 617.552-4686, or listen in to see what’s decided. Come on, who doesn’t want a free tarot card reading??

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Band Roundup, part II – 20 August 2009

Continuing where I left off last time, here’s part II of my ‘band roundup’. If you’re in one of the bands I’m profiling and there’s new information, please let me know, and I’ll add it in.

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