The Pitfalls of the City are Extremely Real

Posted by Lance Davis - February 20, 2011 - Backsliders, Bicycle Thief, Bob Forrest, Chris Hillman, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Flaco Jimenez, Gram Parsons, Iris Dement, Merle Haggard, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

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Like California, Los Angeles has been rebuked and scorned in book, film, song, musical, vaudeville, pretty much every medium dating back to protozoan wall art. It’s easy to hate LA. I don’t have much of a problem with the city, beyond traffic, but the entertainment-industrial complex is a whoremaker chewing up everything in its […]

It’s a Sammy Hagar Weekend

Posted by Lance Davis - October 2, 2010 - Bob Forrest, Sammy Hagar, Thelonious Monster

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I originally wrote this piece in April 2009 for Star Maker Machine. However, I think it deserves a revisit, in no small part because this really is a Sammy Hagar Weekend. There’s the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, the Matador at 21: Lost Weekend in Vegas, and dozens of glorious college football […]

“All Up In The Interweb”: New Bob Forrest Radio Show!

Posted by Lance Davis - July 28, 2010 - Bob Forrest, Thelonious Monster

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Thanks to DJ Roky Manson, I’ve learned that Bob Forrest from Thelonious Monster is hosting an online radio show every Wednesday night from 8-10pm west coast time on Indie1031.com. Yes, that means tonight. And sure, it’s not really radio since it’s the internet, but it’s Bob playing tunes and expounding on an endless variety of […]

Lena Horne Still Sings Stormy Weather

Posted by Lance Davis - May 11, 2010 - Bob Forrest, Lena Horne, Stormy Weather, Thelonious Monster

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This post originally appeared on Star Maker Machine, two weeks before the 2008 presidential election. Given the historical forces at play and SMM’s theme that week (Civics Lessons), a dip into the Thelonious Monster catalog seemed appropriate. With yesterday’s news that Lena Horne passed away at the age of 92, it seemed like a […]

Thelonious Monster: Some Kind of Diamond

Posted by Lance Davis - February 1, 2010 - Bob Forrest, Thelonious Monster

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Thelonious Monster is playing this Thursday, February 4, at the Echo in Los Angeles. This stunning fact gives me the opportunity to wax philosophical about my love for the Monster, especially singer/songwriter, Bob Forrest. First off, as mentioned in the sidebar, “The Adios Lounge” is a song from Thelonious’ 1992 album, Beautiful Mess, and features […]