2023 - The Year In Review

 

 

I could barely get out of bed the first few months of 2023, just look at my activity from Aug to Dec 2022 - how do you go back to living life when that comes to an end? I did want to go see Ace Frehley and Ice Cube but just couldn't get it together. The person most impressed by me finally capturing Ice Cube just passed away anyway. And before the roommate drama and near housing crisis struck I was supposed to go see Chloe Bailey at Novo May 3. I rarely keep track of the ones I don't go to but I still feel that one for some reason.  But I guess that was worth sacrificing because I have my own place now. Still no income and tripled living expenses but I ain't tripping yet. My most interesting accomplishment that period was able to successfully engineer a manic phase and come down softly without crashing instead of just mentally melting into a gooey puddle which is how I usually react to such situations. Or getting killed because I went from quiet and introverted from being unable to shut up with no filter. But if only I could feel like that every day, I would probably be a millionaire by now. Or dead.

Was being pressured hard to go see The Coverups (Green Day doing cover songs) by the dearly neglected as her sister was going. Face was $200 plus fees, sold out with some releases yesterday. Even with the secondary market crash I just couldn't do it but did just get her a ticket for $91. Besides 2023 was a terrible year, 2024 will be even worse so I am not sure what everyone is celebrating for except for having Monday off.

Best shows: Crowded House night 2, Mika Miko @ Teragram, Throw Rag (both), Elisapie (both) and Doja Cat / Doecchi

 

1/12/23 Brett doing High Time (Grateful Dead) at David's funeral 

1/28/23 Mosrite 70th Anniversary with CJ Ramone + Venturesmania + The Mosriters + Jiro @ Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

2/11/23 Larkin Poe + Goodnight, Texas @ Fonda Theatre

2/27/23 It's All Bad (podcast) @ Stories

3/11/23 Dakhabrakha @ Theatre At Ace Hotel

3/21/23 Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs + Rugburn @ Zebulon

3/25/23 Roy J Morgan Birthday Party / Memorial @ Offbeat Bar with Backbiter / Donovan's Fairies + Motorcycle Boy + Crazy Squeeze + Neverland Ranch Davidians + Star Party + Electric Children + The Darlings with Jeff Drake + James Ames Flames  (this was to be his birthday show / return to gig promoting but sadly the universe had different plans)

3/26/23 Chip Kinman (Electrical Parade) @ Zebulon

3/28/23 Melody's Echo Chamber + Will Paquin @ Lodge Room

4/1/23 Reba McEntire + Terri Clark @ Hollywood Bowl

4/1/23 Nine Pound Hammer + Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders (last song) @ Redwood

4/6/23 Blondshell @ Amoeba Music

4/7/23 The Dickies + Public Nuisance + Dee Skusting & The Rodents + Infirmities + With Liberty @ Federal Bar

4/15/23 Dark Angel + Evildead @ Teragram Ballroom

4/16/23 Rainbow 51st Anniversary with Geoff Tate + Lizzy Borden + Faster Pussycat + The Zeros + Santa Cruz + The Hard Way

4/20/23 Iggy Pop & The Losers @ The Regent

4/24/23 Iggy & The Losers + The Steens + some comedian @ Orpheum Theatre

4/25/23 Zebulon 6th Anniversary with Flat Worms + Innov Gnawa

4/27/23 Iggy Pop & The Losers + Squrl + Punkie Johnson @ Hollywood Palladium

4/28/23 Supersuckers + Throw Rag (with Jacko on washboard!) + The Hangmen (with Tex Mosley guitar) + The Legendary Swagger @ Alex's Bar

4/29/23 South Pasadena Eclectic with The Nextdoors + South Pasadena Transit Authority + Radiant + Pi Jacobs + Elliot Caine Quintet + Diana March + Corrina Carter + Peg Leg Love

4/29/23 City Morgue @ The Wiltern

4/30/23 Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band @ Zebulon

5/1/23 SpotlightFloodlight @ Stories

5/2/23 The Warning, Plush, Holy Wars @ The Regent

5/6/23 AlexisRose + Guitar Ninjas Jam Club AllStars @ Elevate Burbank

5/6/23 Electrify Your Symphony @ Wolfson Auditorium

5/8/23 Crowded House + Liam Finn (solo set) @ The Wiltern

5/9/23 Crowded House + Liam Finn (solo set) @ The Wiltern

5/11/23 Mr. Bungle + Melvins + Spotlights (partial) @ Hollywood Palladium

5/12/23 Psycho Live Score @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

5/14/23 Margaritas Podridas + Biblioteka + Rocket @ Moroccan Lounge (moved from Teragram)

5/15/23 Sisters Of Mercy + Strange Cities @ Hollywood Palladium

5/16/23 Hayley Kiyoko + Allison Ponthier + Ill Peach @ The Wiltern

5/17/23 Fanny 50th Anniversary @ Whisky A Go Go

5/17/23 KMFDM @ The Belasco

5/18/23 Bow Wow Wow (Annabella's) + Sascha Carlson + Rebel Robbie (partial) @ The Mint

5/19/23 Billy Strings @ Greek Theatre

5/20/23 Cruel World @ Brookside Park with Iggy Pop (aborted set) + Love And Rockets + Echo & The Bunnymen + Gary Nunam + Molchat Doma + Modern English + The Vapors + Berlin + Animotion + Riki

5/21/23 Cruel World rescheduled @ Brookside Park with Siouxsie Sioux + Iggy Pop + Gary Numan

5/22/23 Matchbox Twenty + Matt Nathanson @ Hollywood Bowl

5/23/23 Hoodoo Gurus @ The Roxy

5/24/23 Leith Ross @ Amoeba Music

5/24/23 The Cure + The Twilight Sad @ Hollywood Bowl

5/25/23 Kara Jackson @ Stories

5/25/23 Sampa The Great @ The Regent

5/26/23 The Exploited + Conflict + Total Chaos + Section H8 @ The Regent

5/27/23 Mana @ Kia Forum

5/28/23 Tomorrow x Together @ BMO Stadium  (first few songs recorded from outside, my friend dropped off her daughter, I hung out a bit but these shows are a totally different dynamic from most other shows when it comes to ticket shopping)

5/28/23 Wild Up! Iannis Xenakis At 101 @ 2220 Arts & Archives

5/31/23 GBH + Niis + The Chisel @ Fonda Theatre

6/2/23 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult @ ADULT. + KANGA @ Teragram Ballroom

6/3/23 Flames Of Durga + Cheap Machines @ Redwood

6/6/23 Youth Lagoon @ Amoeba Music

6/6/23 Robert Hurley's The Conspiracist Manifesto @ 2220 Arts & Archives

6/7/23 Irene Diaz + Pardon Me Sir + Camille Rose & The Thorns @ Silverlake Lounge

6/9/23 Pride In The Park with Megan Thee Stallion + Fletcher + The Scarlet Opera + Dorian Electra + Foudequash + G-Flip + Saturn Risin9 + Dorian Electra

6/10/23 Pride In The Park with Mariah Carey + King Princess + Jenevieve,
 Mad Tsai + Minke + Vincint

6/11/23 Leslie Stevens + Silvermoon + Gilbert Louie Ray + Matt Michienze Band (patio, partial) @ Grand Ole Echo (Echoplex)

6/12/23 Wolf Woodcock + Clown Zoo + Rabbit Rabbit @ Moroccan Lounge

6/14/23 Irene Diaz + Chrisol + Silvertones @ Silverlake Lounge

6/15/23 Jimetta Rose & The Voices Of Creation @ Amoeba Music

6/16/23 Blink-182 + Turnstile + Destroy Boys @ BMO Stadium

6/17/23 Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra + Brian Hargrove @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

6/23/23 Tina - The Tina Turner Musical @ Pantages Theatre

6/24/23 40 Years Of Radiotron Celebrating 50 Years Of Hip Hop @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park (King Tee, Kid Frost, Toddy Tee, Tha Union Station MC’s, Bgirl Deya Deyas, Beatboxing by Boxy Dee, DJ Rude One, Tha Air Force Crew, Homeland Crew, DJ Juan G, DJ Krye, DJ Gargamel, Big Silenca & Daniel French, Mix Master Dee + more

6/30/23 Bebe Rexha + Zolita @ The Wiltern

7/3/23 Beach Boys & Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl

7/6/23 Flipper with Wyatt & Fletcher + Grace McKagan + The Wash @ Moroccan Lounge

7/8/23 Throw Rag (30th Anniversary, first album lineup) + Supersuckers + Riverboat Gamblers + Julian James & The Lovebombs @ The Observatory

7/13/23 Gus Dapperton @ Amoeba Music

7/13/23 Neil Young (solo) + Chris Price @ Greek Theatre

7/14/23 Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade + Moon Duo @ The Wiltern

7/15/23 Kool & The Gang + Village People @ Hollywood Bowl

7/16/23 Sparks + They Might Be Giants @ Hollywood Bowl

7/17/23 Rosie Flores + Sam Morrow @ Zebulon

7/18/23 Claud @ Amoeba Music

7/21/23 Miranda Lambert @ Bakkt Theatre

7/22/23 Miranda Lambert @ Bakkt Theatre

7/23/23 Garth Brooks @ Caesars Colloseum

7/27/23 Shaggy 2 Dope + DJ Clay + Odd Family Squad + Nathan James + Tierre Diaz + Donnie Menace + Shaggy The Airhead + Charles KinG + Ezekiel + ? + ? @ Backstage Billiards & Bar

7/28/23 Lizzy & The Triggermen @ Brand Library

7/29/23 Brit Taylor + Leslie Stevens @ Genghis Cohen

8/3/23 Bethany Cosentino @ Amoeba Music

8/3/23 2001: A Space Oddysey @ Hollywood Bowl

8/4/23 Megan Shung Ensemble @ Brand Library

8/6/23 The Sugarhill Gang + Rose Royce + Mary Jane Girls + One Way @ Pershing Square

8/7/23 Beck + Phoenix + Jenny Lewis + Sir Chloe @ Kia Forum

8/9/23 Tesla @ Ventura County Fair

8/10/23 Greta Van Fleet + Teddy Swims @ Kia Forum

8/12/23 Carly Rae Jepsen @ The Bellweather

8/13/23 Mika Miko + Solara + Sexette @ Teragram Ballroom

8/19/23 Guerrilla Teens + Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders + Neverland Ranch Davidians @ Redwood 

8/25/23 Culture Club (special guest Lulu) + Berlin @ Hollywood Bowl

8/26/23 50th Anniversary Of Alladin Sane @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park

8/27/23 Liz Mitchell of Boney M + Samantha Fox + BBB (partial) @ Starlight Bowl

8/30/23 Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra @ Plaza De California

9/3/23 The F.O.R.C.E. Tour @ Kia Forum (The Roots & DJ Jazzy Jeff with LL Cool J, Ice-T, Rakim, Chuck D, Salt N Pepa)

9/6/23 Buddy Guy + Christone Kingfish Ingram @ Hollywood Bowl

9/9/23 Mika Miko + Blazing Eye @ Zebulon

9/10/23 Jungle Fire @ 

9/12/23 Ghost @ Kia Forum

9/13/23 Rick Springfield +  The Hooters + Tommy Tutone @ YouTube Theater

9/14/23 K Flay @ Amoeba Music

9/14/23 Samantha Fish + Eric Johanson @ Teragram Ballroom

9/20/23 Kula Shaker + Veronica Bianqui @ The Regent

9/21/23 Steve Miller Band + little luna @ YouTube Theater

9/22/23 Violent Vickie + Dildox + Erleen Nada @ Silverlake Lounge

9/23/23 Rob Zombie + Alice Cooper + Ministry + Filter @ Honda Center

9/24/23 Crossroads Guitar Festival @ Crypto.com Arena

9/26/23 Devendra Banhart @ Amoeba Music

9/27/23 Jethro Tull @ Greek Theatre

9/29/23 Jessie Murph + Henry Verus (partial) @ The Novo

9/30/23 The Dickies + John Masarri @ LA Convention Center (HorrorCon - Killer Klowns From Outerspace 35th Anniversary)

10/2/23 The Pretenders @ The Regent

10/3/23 Pachyman @ Amoeba Music

10/5/23 P!nk + Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo + Grouplove (partial) @ SoFi Stadium

10/6/23 Guns N Roses + Iron Maiden @ Power Trip

10/7/23 AC/DC + Judas Priest @ Power Trip

10/8/23 Metallica + Tool @ Power Trip

10/11/23 Nickel Creek + Hawktail @ Theatre At Ace Hotel

10/12/23 Igorrr + Melt Banana + Otto Von Shirach @ The Regent

10/13/23 Peter Gabriel @ Kia Forum

10/14/23 Blue Oyster Cult + Mark Farner's American Band + American Mile (wandering around) @ Santa Fe Swap Meet

10/15/23 Shinedown + Papa Roach + Spiritbox @ Fivepoints Amphitheatre

10/18/23 The Breeders @ Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge

10/19/23 Slow Pulp @ Amoeba Music

10/19/23 The Breeders + Belly @ The Wiltern

10/22/23 Brothers Osborne @ Greek Theatre

10/23/23 It's A School Night with Crawlers + Choses Sauvages + Zooey Celeste + Elisapie + The Army, The Navy @ Bardot

10/24/23 Jorja Smith + Lila Ike (partial) @ The Theatre At Ace Hotel

10/25/23 Elisapie @ Gold Diggers

10/26/23 Carolyn Wonderland + Calling Cadence + Crop Circle Dusters @ The Mint

10/27/23 Scream + Soulside + Laughing Matter + Coyotes On Peyote @ Zebulon

10/28/23 Goblin @ Alex Theatre (Demons live score + additional set)

10/29/23 The Mormons as Devo, Pu$$y Cow as Black Flag, Space Horse/Drunk Mel Gibson as Roky Erickson @ The Escondite

10/31/23 Ashnikko + Tommy Genesis + Galen Tipton @ Hollywood Palladium

11/1/23 Guns N' Roses + Black Keys @ Hollywood Bowl

11/2/23 Guns N' Roses + Black Keys @ Hollywood Bowl

11/5/23 Doja Cat + Doechii @ Viejas Arena 

11/8/23 Cat Power @ Palace Theatre

11/9/23 Daniel Miles & Cameron Akioka @ Brand Library Recital Hall

11/10/23 Jess Joy + Coco Columbia + Jean Luc Eldenwood @ The Goldfish

11/11/23 Mike Garson with Violet Grohl @ Sun Rose (Dave Grohl also makes an appearance)

11/12/23 Queen + Adam Lambert @ BMO Stadium

11/13/23 Railrood Roots with Rhiannen Giddens and members of Silkroad Ensemble @ Union Station

11/14/23 Eric Bellinger @ Amoeba Music

11/14/23 Mudhoney + Hooveriii @ Teragram Ballroom

11/25/23 Sexyy Red + Tay Money + Rubi Rose + Big Mali + Honey Bxby + Real Rich Izzo @ The Wiltern

11/25/23 Solar Haze @ Redwood (last song)

11/30/23 Skinny Puppy + Lead Into Gold @ House Of Blues Anaheim

12/1/23 Hayley & The Crushers @ Redwood (early show)

12/1/23 Eddie Spaghetti + Metal Marty + Frank Meyer Band @ Redwood

12/2/23 Dustbowl Revival @ The Shoppes On Lake Avenue

12/5/23 Skinny Puppy + Lead Into Gold @ The Belasco

12/8/23 Dresden Dolls @ The Belasco 

12/13/23 U2 @ The Sphere