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 [...]
April 8th, 2007, 7–11 p.m. @ {open} (2226 E. Fourth St.) By Greggory Moore Perhaps simply powerless to resist the chance to ride “Resurrection” terminology, {open} held their soft opening April 8th, and apparently a lot of people in Long Beach felt that being there would be a good way to spend the end of [...]