Monday, May 18, 2009

Music and Movies in Eagle Rock

For about four years now, I've been sporadically attending a monthly series of shows at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. They're put on by Will Salmon and feature a sort of rotating cast of LA area musicians. I don't know what to say genre-wise: jazz, folk, rock, experimental. Often improvised, but not always. It's nice to have a consistently good series like this, and so close to home. Recently, Will Salmon started a new series in the same venue. The music series runs the first Sunday of every month, and the new series (silent movies with original scores performed live) is on the third Sunday. I went last night and was happy to see a great turnout. The music-only shows normally get a crowd of under 20, but this must have been over 50. Nels Cline and Carla Bozulich (as Scarnella) played a really great score that transformed "Laugh Clown, Laugh" in an interesting way. But the opener may have stolen the show. A man in a bunny suit (Bob Bruno) played electronic music with a drum pad that really took advantage of the big echo-y space. These shows are only $5, so check it out some time.

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