I was more than a little nervous when I descended the stairs of the Vogue Theatre to meet with monster metal vocalist Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus. Gwar is a band that looks like they eat babies for breakfast and spray unspeakable fluids at their adoring fans just for kicks. Luckily for me, Dave was […]
Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is a paean to cinema itself, an elegiac yet energetic drive across genres to a terminal destination that hints that the oft-heralded ‘death of film’ at the hands of the digital revolution will bring not the end of this centuries-old art form, but an unfathomable transformation. And while the film’s performing […]
One-man band Robert DeLong opened the night, bringing his quirky brand of hard to classify electronic party rock (not nearly as ridiculous as LMFAO) to a sparsely packed Commodore. Originally from Seattle, he relocated to L.A. after high school and drummed for several indie-rock and folk bands. According to his bio, he learned the do-it-yourself […]
I was more than a little nervous when I descended the stairs of the Vogue Theatre to meet with monster metal vocalist Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus. Gwar is a band that looks like they eat babies for breakfast and spray unspeakable fluids at their adoring fans just for kicks. Luckily for me, Dave was […] 