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Actor Peter Graves Found Dead

March 15, 2010

Actor Peter Graves was found dead Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, according to law enforcement sources. Graves, who stared in “Mission: Impossible," “Airplane!" and Billy Wilder's “Stalag 17"--apparently died of natural causes, the sources said. Graves was 83, according to a biography on the website IMDB.com, was the younger brother of Gunsmoke's star James ...

Gig Advice from Dave Carpenter

March 14, 2010

I was fortunate enough to study with the great bassist Dave Carpenter (Allan Holdsworth, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Boz Skaggs, Peter Erskine) for about a year-and-a-half while I was attending CalArts and I learned a lot from him about music and professionalism. I remember that he had some great, simple advice about the requirements for taking ...

SAG Leaders Agree to AFTRA Talks

March 13, 2010

Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild have agreed to resume their negotiating partnership with the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists for upcoming bargaining with companies on the feature-primetime contract. SAG's national board gave approval Saturday morning with 78% in favor during a videoconference meeting. The move came two weeks after AFTRA's national board approved ...

Bill Frisell Debuts New Trio at Largo

March 12, 2010

Rounder Celebrates 40th Anniversary

March 11, 2010

Rounder just released Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert, an album of the concert that celebrated the label's 40 years in the music industry. Recorded in October 2009 at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, the concert will also be presented as a PBS television special that will begin airing on the network in this month and released on ...

Annie Leibovitz Salvages Her Portfolio

March 11, 2010

If you have any ideas for how famous pictures of famous people might be exploited to earn a bundle, give a holler to Santa Monica real estate investment giant Colony Capital LLC, which now has some $24-million worth of reasons to convert Annie Leibovitz's body of photographic work into cash. The story behind this development, which, ...

Get Exclusive San Francisco Presale Password and VIP Packages to see George Winston at Grace Cathedral (SF)

March 10, 2010

Get exclusive first access for tickets to see George Winston LIVE at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on May 7th! Those who are subscribed to the official mailing list will get first chance this Friday, March 12th to purchase tickets to this hometown show.Sign up for the official mailing list here: georgewinston.com Also ...

Night of Radical Guitar: Janet Feder and Miroslav Tadic with Vinny Golia

March 9, 2010

Night of Radical Guitar: Janet Feder and Miroslav Tadic with Vinny Golia.Amazing guitarists Janet Feder and Miroslav Tadic join up with multi-woodwind instrumentalist Vinny Golia to explore the outer limits of eclectic improvisation. This is a rare, one-time concert and should not be missed! Tuesday, March 9th 8PM.South Pasadena Music Center and ...

Text of Light (Feat. Lee Ranaldo, Alan Licht, and Ulrich Krieger) @ Cinefamily

March 9, 2010

This Wednesday night Text of Light in Los Angeles! This is a truly rare and incredible west coast performance:Join Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, collaborating live with saxophonist Ulrich Krieger and guitarist Alan Licht, as he goes to the blasphemous extreme with live scores to the films of Stan Brakhage and other mid-century American ...

Double Naught Spy Car Every Thursday in March @ Taix

March 7, 2010

More fun Thursday nights at Taix with the avant-garde, surf styling's of Double Naught Spy Car.About: L.A. Weekly Music Awards Best Instrumental Band of 2002, burst from Tinsletown's contorted psyche to provide underscore for America's descent into an opiated social contract and overt corporate tyranny. In sweat drenched shows harkening back to 1950s jazz ...