By Jim Smith
Perhaps you’ve seen Suzy Williams peddling down your street on a flower-festooned bicycle named Gladus. Just another Venetian with pink hair going about her business in our community.
But if you’ve seen Suzy at night when she comes alive in a cabaret, bar or at a party, you know you’re seeing the Venice Queen [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Music’
June 1, 2009
Suzy Williams, Venice Songbird
June 1, 2009
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll
By Mark Lipman
As a new generation starts coming into their own in Venice, more and more talent is beginning to emerge. Making their debut onto the hip-hop, jazz-rock funk scene, The Capitalist Hippie Complex slammed The Mint (6010 Pico Blvd.) on Friday, May 8, with a musical collage that kept the house dancing for hours.
Lead [...]
April 1, 2009
New Music Venue in Venice – The Stronghold
By Carol Gronner
Did you know there’s a new live music venue on Abbot Kinney Boulevard? You may not. I didn’t. But I think that’s about to change. You can’t have as great a space as the upstairs of Stronghold and not have the word get out. Yes, the Stronghold (1625 A.K.B.) that sells spendy custom [...]
June 1, 2008
June 2008 – Folksinger U. Utah Phillips has Died
By Karl Abrams
Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips, storyteller and tireless political folk musician for more than 40 years died in his sleep on May 23 at his home in Nevada City.
Called the “Golden Voice of the Southwest,” Phillips was a political activist and socialist who dedicated his life to protecting the rights of working people everywhere [...]
April 1, 2008
April 2008 – The Venice Beach Marching Society
By Kathy Leonardo
You may remember seeing The Venice Beach Marching Society creating quite a spectacle, singing on the Venice Beach Boardwalk. They created a Venice ritual every Saturday afternoon, following the horrific devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The much loved Venice Beach Marching Society was created by Venice Resident Bruce Langhorne (who played with Bob Dylan and [...]
