Chapter 234 How Thoughtful Husband Earned His Nickname, Or, 80?s Night The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm, WARNING:This post contains a discussion of 1980s New Wave Music. Full disclosure: I still love it. Don't worry; I also now like many other types of music, but the 1980s music is the soundtrack of my teenage years, and it holds a special place in my heart. I don't know if I've ever told you that I have known Thoughtful Husband for a very long time. We met at a high school dance held at the beginning of our junior year of high school. It was only two days after I turned sixteen, and we were. Your Three-Day Weekend concert, July 25-27 EVENTS Comic-Con*, through Sunday, San Diego Convention Center. Cute is What We Aim For, Friday, Glass House. Jon Brion*, Friday (two shows), Largo at the Coronet. Diana Ross* (pictured), Friday-Saturday, Hollywood Bowl. La Grange, Friday, Romano's in Riverside. Kenny G, Friday, Spotlight 29. Festival del Duranguense featuring Montez de Durango and Diana Reyes, Friday, Pacific Amphitheatre. Who's Bad, Friday, HOB Anaheim. EPMD, Friday, Crash Mansion. Los Lonely. Rocking the Colonies. The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm tickets, Tonight we went to see The Alarm.The Fixx, and The English Beat on their Rockin the Colonies tour. (What a great name for a tour!) We were never English Beat fans, so we actually skipped out before they played, but we are HUGE Alarm fans, and have always liked The Fixx as well. Both bands were great, but I have to say, I just love seeing The Alarm play live, even if they don't have their original lineup. They play .".our.".song (since 1985). We danced to it at our wedding, and also the DJ played . Calling all mods, rude boys and rockers'Win Tix to English Beat! live, Ayup, Messrs. Wakeling, Roger, Cox .&.Steele bring The Beat back to the Pacific Shore for a night of rock action (not the Mogwai style, but rock action nonetheless). Hooray! They play with The Fixx.larm for a true Brit invasion. It's this Thursday, the 24th, at the Fonda in Hollywood. Fancy a spot of tea with the boys? Win a sweet pair of tickets by telling me any number of things: Your fave French New Wave flick! Your preferred method of transpo: Vespa or cafe racer? The Yardbirds. Tonight & This Week in Rock: Annie Stella, LA Phil Photo of Annie Stella (more photos here), who plays at El Rey tonight, by Koga/LAist Tonight might be for slim pickings, but the week has a lot going on for it (below the jump is the rest of the week). As always, check Ali Miller's This Month in Rock and Sam KIm's Classical Pick of the Week (which is more jazz this week, anyway). Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Ray Davies @ Grove of Anaheim Jay Brannan, Annie Stela @ El Rey LA Phil plays Mozart @ Hollywood Bowl Babyland, The Prids, Shiloe. The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm concert tickets. Tonight & This Week in Rock: Largo Fans are Hardcore Photo by marfis75 via Flickr When it comes to Largo, now Largo at the Coronet, there's quite a number of hardcore fans. First, there was Fairfax-Avenue, a blog for Jon Brion who plays weekly at the space, which has now been turned into Largoverse, a blog that.".about the umbrella of artists that perform in a los angeles club called largo.".The latest news they're telling is of some secret, supposedly unannounced guests, that will appear with Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen in a performance . music. Losanjealous Concert Picks: July 21 - 27 PICK OF THE WEEK STEELY DAN Wednesday July 23 Nokia Theater Info .&.Tickets TICKET GIVEAWAYS DWIGHT YOAKAM w/ Chris Cagle .&.Emerson Drive Sunday July 27 Greek Theater Info .&.Tickets Contest closed?Winners TBN HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Wednesday July 23 The Echo Info .&.Tickets Contest closed?Winners TBN Get this delivered early to your inbox and get the jump on ticket onsales .&.giveaways. email: HEADS UP Friendly Fires @ Spacelan. Tickets. Rockin' the Colonies Review Preview Those heading out to the Crossroads at Grinders tomorrow night for the English Beat/Fixx/Alarm show may be interested to read this review of the tour stop last night in St. Louis.".Dreamboat.".Annie Zaleski at our sister paper, the Waterfront Companion. The intrepid Zaleski also shot a couple of videos, including the one below of the English Beat. Kinda makes me wish I were going. Oh, and check out Dreamboat Annie's interview with Mike Peters of the Alarm. The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm tour tickets. Interview: Mike Peters of the Alarm . The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm ticket broker. The English Beat: A Video Compendium . Tickets for The Fixx with The English Beat and The Alarm. |
