Tag: mike watt and the missing men
It’s Flipper, Faster than Lightning at the Regent
Rob Shepyer
April 18, 2019
Of all the great punk bands to dance your drunk ass off to, of all the great punk bands for Dads to come out the woodwork and leave their kids with Mom for the night so that they may take off their shirts, boast their hairy chests and muffin tops to, Flipper is the be all, end all. related content: Riot Fest 2018: The Riot Still Rages Celebrating 40 years since the band’s inception as one of San Francisco’s grooviest, grimiest bands, the two remaining original members employed the likes of David Yow (of the Jesus Lizard) to take the microphone and embark on a tour that would reprint the band in every punk’s toxified mind. I arrived at the Regent theater to see veteran San Pedro punk guru Mike Watt and the Missing Men take the stage and wreck it to pieces with some free-form, groovy poetry punk that is still avant-garde a few decades since those cats began playing. They sounded different since the last time I saw them play for Gates to West, the Joe Strummer tribute show, with keyboards instead of guitars, but this off-beat instrumentation served them well to make this set looser and able
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Spring Fling Fest at 1720 Presented by Dirty Laundry TV
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 8, 2019
Dirty Laundry TV is celebrating its ten year anniversary with a punk rock rager at 1720 featuring everyone from Jurassic Shark, Healing Gems, Mike Watt and the Missing Men, Junkie, and a surprise secret special spring fling fest guest. This is the ultimate spring time getaway close to home and celebration of youth, so Janky Smooth is happy to take part of the festivities and spread the love by giving away a pair of tickets to the fest. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO SPRING FLING FEST PRESENTED BY DIRTY LAUNDRY TV MARCH 3RD AT 1720 Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Tag a Friend in the comment section of our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Spring Fling Fest Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 25TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Songs of Freedom: Jesse Malin’s Gates of the West at the Roxy
Rob Shepyer
February 2, 2019
The damage done by the last string of California wildfires is still being felt and so relief is still needed to rebuild all the lives that were changed forever. Music, which always seems to be the source of spiritual refuge for those in need, came to the rescue in the form of Gates of the West, an all-star celebration of the life of Joe Strummer hosted by D-Generation’s Jesse Malin. related content: Jesse Malin And All Star Rockers Raise Money For A Friend At The Roxy The night began with a musical collaborator of Joe Strummer’s, Zander Schloss who took the stage solo with an acoustic guitar to play three songs including “Redemption Song” and “Go Straight to Hell”. Following him, Jesse Malin and his house band took the stage to play a set of originals that harkened back to rock and roll’s heyday of coolness, swagger and nonchalance. Jesse was on the guitar, in the crowd, jumping and jiving, and singing his guts out with more New York attitude than Los Angeles is used to. One special moment was when the band covered a Pogues song because Shane McGowan called the Cat and Fiddle bar in Los Angeles to
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