San Pedro ~ CA

Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, Eid Mubarak, &c from everyone at laTACO.

S. Western Ave & W. El Segundo Blvd. ~ Athens

Hollywood ~ CA

Inglewood ~ CA

San Pedro ~ CA

Hollywood ~ CA

John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash, and later The Mescaleros.

The Stone ~ 5221 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027

In the words of Punk Bunny: “Yes, we’re brother & sister (We were spit out from the same hole).” Back Alley Sally and Luigi Sandoval, the dynamic duo of siblings, burst and boomed on stage to their grand and grubby tracks, commanding a group of aging, overweight, and/or handicapped back-up dancers and band mates. In celebration of their fifth album, Punk Bunny dropped a smashing jizzful of a jamboree for the CD’s release at The Stone, on a Saturday night called “Teabag.” The curtain advertising the merrymaking displayed a glittered, testicle shaped teabag dipping in a golden cup with the following subtext: “a balls out dance party”. It is no surprise that packs of goths, freaks, queens, and queers swarmed in to dance the night away in purple party pumps while wigging out–patrons wearing wigs received a discounted cover charge.

In addition to the canonized descendants of the electronic Big Bang, from Kraftwerk and Abba to Air and ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Radiohead, we are able to thank the bumhole/cunt/cock gods for electroclash in the vein of Punk Bunny. Just when you’d thought you’d heard it all, these two told a little more. Cyber-legend has it that a man was fired from his job for watching the video for “Water Sports” at work, one in which each female Punk Bunny is sprayed with suggested urine. Said fan is honored on the band’s official website. Other songs demonstrate the same brash, outrageous lyricism along a thumping and throbbing set of beats. My personal favorite is ‘976 Slut.’ It proposes that phone sex is the affordable alternative to hiring a hooker.

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Inglewood ~ CA

Thursday December 21st

Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art & Sound Holiday Fundraiser @ The Echo ~ 1822 W. Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026 ~ 8PM ~ $10-pre/$12 at door ~ Featuring: Smegma* (Ju Suk Reet Meate, Oblivia, Dr. Id, Dennis Duck, Ace Farren Ford), Nels Cline, Polar Goldie Cats, & Dinosaurs with Horns; with DJs: Take (Dublab, Poo-Bah Records, Astro Lab Recordings, Buttermilk Records) KUTMAH (Dublab, Poo-Bah Records, Sketchbook Radio) Ras G (Crate Creator Music, Poo-Bah Records), & Frosty (Dublab) Info @ (323)960-5723 18+

The Hanukkah Tour 2006 @ The Tiki Room 301 W. 2nd St. Pomona, CA 91766 ~ 8PM ~ Voluntary donations only ~ 8 Jewish punk bands–featuring Jewdriver & Yidcore– on an 8-day tour of 8 cities, along with 2 films on the punk movement in Israel and Jewish tats. In Los Angeles on Friday night at Workmen’s Circle on Roberston.

Friday December 22nd

Very Be Careful ~ A benefit for the USC/Norris Cancer Center ~ Live at The Echo ~ 1822 W. Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026 ~ 9:00 PM ~ $7 ~ “From LA Weekly Pick of the Night: Returning from a victorious European tour, Very Be Careful ably grace the hometown masses with their command of Colombian vallenato music, its cumbia beat apparently made of solid gasoline bursting into flames with every other hit.” 18+

El Vez ~ My Mexican Merry Mex-Mas w/ special guest Human Hands @ Knitting Factory ~ 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 ~ 7PM ~ $15 ~ All Ages

Ozomatli @ House of Blues ~ 8430 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 ~ 8PM ~ $20

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