By Greggory Moore
The Museum of Latin American Art’s first-ever theatrical event was business as usual for Alive Theatre, who in their short existence have formed a habit of making non-traditional venues fit to their purposes, purposes that have ranged from the high literary to burlesque and camp. On March 29 it was José Rivera’s […]
By Greggory Moore
If you happened to check out both the Gazette and OC Weekly reviews of Alive Theatre’s 28 Plays Later, you’re probably very confused. As the Gazette has it, this is maybe the single greatest theatre experience ever, while the OC Weekly wants to warn you off of wasting precious minutes of your […]
by Greggory Moore
Here’s yet another installment in the effort to keep you (whomever you are) informed about the kind of thing that goes down in the southern portion of our fair city (or at {open}, at least; I don’t seem to take in a lot of music elsewhere).
First up was Pwrfl Power, a young Japanese […]
By Greggory Moore
Two of my favorite Long Beach bands played within days and feet of each other last week: on Tuesday The Year Zero played at {open}, then on Saturday oto played at Portfolio.
As far as I know, The Year Zero have played as everything from a duo to a quintet; and Tuesday was […]
By Greggory Moore
If you’ve been to more than one performance at the Garage Theatre, you know that you never step into the same theatre twice. It’s a close space that is literally transformed specifically for each production that they stage. The seating varies, the stage varies, walls are added or taken away—whatever they […]
By Greggory Moore
I had caught The Year Zero at Tour des Artistes. They were playing when I hit Linden. I was talking to some people and not really paying attention, but now and again I sort of tuned in and said, “That’s not bad.” So I made sure to catch them at […]
By Greggory Moore
1. “These guys fucking rule,” gushed an attendee of the Leviathan Bros. as she left their record-release show at {open}. Then she stopped on her way out and retraced her path a couple of steps to emphasize her point to co-owner Sé Reed: “These guys fuck-ing rule!”
And it certainly would be […]
Live at {open} (2226 E. Fourth St.), June 23rd ‘07
By Greggory Moore
A confession: I am not the biggest fan of live music. That’s why I didn’t catch all of this show: three bands in one night is a bit much for me. And so I ambled in partway through opener Wayne […]
By Greggory Moore
I’ve already written two stories about oto for these pages (and one for the Gazettes), so scroll down for a fuller description (or just go to www.otosound.net or myspace.com/otosound to hear them for yourselves). On this night, it was Hiro (guitar), Boon (drums, guitar), and Tai (xylophone, melodica, percussion); with Rie currently […]
By Greggory Moore
The band oto (scroll down a couple of stories for background) is a quartet, but only three members—Hiro, Boon, and Tai—live in the U.S. However, fourth member Takeshi is visiting from Japan this month to record and get in a few shows; and this night at Portfolio (a favorite performance space for […]