Mar 12, 2010 0
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sold out, but more on their way!!
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Feb 24, 2010 0
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“If I was the mayor of San Diego, I’d give Lou the key to the city” – Michael Taft, head of the archives of the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
This past weekend the San Diego Union Tribune ran a great feature story about Lou Curtiss, patriarch of the San Diego folk scene known worldwide for his vast knowledge and appreciation of folk, blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, show tunes and a vast inventory of 78 rpm records. Folk Arts is the home of the Lou Curtiss Sound Library, which comprises over 90,000 hours and 90 years of vintage sound recordings.
Lou hosts Jazz Roots every Sunday night on KSDS 88.3 FM in San Diego. You can listen online at jazz88online.org. On the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, Lou hosts a “Singers Circle” at Club Kadan, a pub on the corner of Adams Avenue and 30th Street. Come down and bring your instruments, the pickin’ starts around 6 pm.
Over the course of the past 30 years, Lou has organized or booked over 50 music festivals in San Diego, including the Adams Avenue Street Fair and the Adams Avenue Roots Festival.
Lou also writes a column for the San Diego Troubadour, worth reading to find out about some of the preservation work that is going on to maintain Lou’s library.
Some of my best experiences buying records and learning about music have happened in Lou’s shop. The history of Folk Arts in San Diego has been carried forward by people like Lou and the community of singers, writers, players and musicians that surround the store. Plan a journey, I’ve always found something at Lou’s shop unexpected or that I never thought I’d see again.
Jan 29, 2010 0
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“I get asked a specific question a lot of times, if the settings, the scenes that I saw in David’s film match my original imagination, the things I projected in my imagination. I must tell you that some of them do, precisely. Some of them don’t, and some of them are better. Which is what you would expect of artists such as David and Tony Masters. I’m delighted with that! Why not take it and improve on it visually? As far as I’m concerned the film is a visual feast.” – Frank Herbert
All 6 parts are here…
Dec 9, 2009 0
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Howdy Pardner! This Saturday mosey on down to the Fairfax district in good old LA and check out The Cinefamily Country Christmas Party!
The night will be far from silent! After a screening of James Szalapski’s outlaw country classic Heartworn Highways we will be graced by live sets from renegade picker Steve Young and I See Hawks in L.A.!
Steve Young has never fit comfortably into categories, weaving together Southern roots with a wide experience of life, and creating new traditions in American music. He has worked with musicians like Van Dyke Parks and Stephen Stills, at one point holding a day job as a mailman. A major-label record deal led to a short-lived stint with a psychedelic country-folk band, Stone Country. Settling into a solo career, Steve Young became an integral part of the movement which defined the California country-rock sound.
Dec 5, 2009 115
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Arthur readers and alike, I spoke with Jay this morning and the sad news is circulating that guitarist Jack Rose (b. February 16, 1971) has passed on to the next realm. It’s with a heavy heart that I say this, but thoughts and prayers are with family and loved ones. He had fans around the world and everyone should know about Jack and his music. His style is like no other.
JACK ROSE
“Now That I’m a Man Full Grown”
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JACK ROSE AND THE BLACK TWIGS
“Little Sadie”
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photo at top of post by Dan Cohoon
Dec 3, 2009 1
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“I entered into literature on my own, I live in it on my own and I shall depart from it on my own when the time comes”
Academician and author Milorad Pavić, professor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade University, passed away yesterday of complications following a heart attack at the age of 80. Pavić was one of the most translated Serbian authors, primarily thanks to his “Dictionary of the Khazars”, which gained popularity throughout the world.
The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced that the funeral will be held on Thursday, December 3rd, at 12 noon at the Novo Groblje cemetery in Belgrade.
Oct 22, 2009 0
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This Hallow’s Eve, The Cinefamily joins forces with Dublab to throw the best Halloween party ever, Bollywood-style!
One thing they really understand in India: every movie’s better with song-and-dance numbers — even horror movies!
In that spirit, the Cinefamily premieres Bollyweird: The Movie — our very own feature-length video mashup celebrating the most horrifying, fantastic, costume-crazed and outlandish moments of vintage Indian musical madness ever. This isn’t just Bollywood, it’s Bollyweeeeeird. Then, once the movie’s over, we’re gonna clear the couches, light the incense, make a dance floor, start doing the electric vindaloo, and have a real monster mashala! Drinks and dosas! Ghoulish giveaways! Costume prizes! DJ sets from the Dublab “Bloodsucking” Sound System!
Live performances y freaks like Bobb Bruno, Private Beach, and Golden Hits!
The Phantom Photo Booth! Franken Stand’s vegan hot dogs! Terrifying tarot readings!
The best Halloween ever! It’s better than Halloween…its BOLLYWEEN! Muhahahahaha!
Oct 7, 2009 0
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Courtesy of The Cinefamily, a montage in celebration of a month-long Coffin Joe retrospective every Friday in October! Most films aren’t available on VHS or DVD including the world’s only subtitled prints of his major classics flown up from Brazil.
10/9
At Midnight I Take Your Soul
This Night I will Possess Your Corpse–the world’s only english-subtitled 35mm prints flown up from Brazil!
10/16
Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins (A Sundance-awared winning documentary on Coffin Joe)
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
10/23
Awakening of the Beast (This psychedlic masterpieces was banned for 20 years!)
Finis Hominis
10/30
Embodiment of Evil (his new one!)
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind
