STILL NOT ENOUGH NOTEWORTHY Shows to go back to the endless delectable listings of the week’s must
REMEMBER THE OLD NOTEWORTHY? I hope so. The pre-COVID one, where every week I would scour the listin
50 YEARS OLD, AND…LIVE! I’ve been praying for it, foreshadowing it, hinting at it, calling it fo
DON’T MISS! I’m not going to wax poetic about concerts by our own Santa Monica jazz legend, drum
ON STAGE, PUBLIC SCRUTINY I have always encouraged everyone to pursue their art. But as soon as you
VAX, LAX, ERSKINE A magician’s wand might look like drumsticks, if in the hands of Santa Monica’
WITH MUSIC IN THE AIR SAM FIRST — “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” (“Jabberwocky,” Carr
WHO KNOWS? For sure when we will be enjoying music in person again as we used to. In the Good Old Da
I WAS RIGHT LAST WEEK! About live music coming back. That light at the end of the tunnel is a spotli
SO CLOSE I CAN ALMOST HEAR IT Live music. My lifeblood. The passion I have been writing, talking, ra
OSCARS MADE ME A GROUCH They were noteworthy for some of the groundbreaking nominees and winners, b
BUT CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM We ain’t out of the COVID-19 woods yet. Keep wearing masks, for everyone’s health. Get vaccinated! But for the highly anticipated return of live performance, this is a good sign. A respected player roars back to life! The Pacific Opera Project (POP) is staging their first sh
