2na : Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

It's another Westside Wednesday with Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and the House Of Vibe All Stars.


Chali and his brother Laid Law threw down in pure hip-hop old skool style, as Brew and his Venice based crew perform surgery by funk on those fakin it and those that just came to shake their ass.

Yessssssss.

In the house tonight : Deploi, Fish, Pete Antunes, Shin Kawasaki of Jean Paul Yamamoto, bassist Walter of Audible Mainframe, Biff Chitlins, John Piazza, Amy Lou, Aric and Omar.

A big Fat Albert "hey-hey-hey" to Brew, Chali, Laid Law, C Wolfe, David, Liz, Dana, Candise, Ernesto, Jamie, Phillip and of course, M.G. - for shakin' it like a white girl.


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Location:4th Ave,Santa Monica,United States

Soul Funk Hip Pix

Every Tuesday night, Ryan Cross brings together some of the baddest players in town for a night of soul, jazz and funk like no other. Tonight the vocal talents of Octavia and Lisa Foreman with a band that featured Kenny Crouch on keys, Cornelius on bass, Cedric Anderson on drums and Pop on guitar, turned the heat up on an otherwise frigid March night in Santa Monica.


Octavia brought it!!


Lisa Foreman rocked!!


Me with Miss Heather


Lisa heats things up


Kenny Crouch jams!


Lisa with Cornelius! Funky!



Pop! Getting surgical with that thang!!

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Funky Birthday Shots

First off - Happy Bday to the righteous funky brother number one: David Ormesher!


Miss Heather with David O


John "Pop" Clark on wicked guitar.


above - Octavia with Kenny Crouch (keys).

A pre-birthday bash of sorts -
no doubt this celebration will be continuing on for the next 24 hours (or so). Cheers to another trip round the sun.



The house is full of funkateers and soul babes. (above - Miss Heather w your humble blogger). Like Putney Swope says "the Boorman 6 girl has GOT TO have soul". Singers Lisa Foreman and Octavia have got the soul.



above David O w J (from CT)

Big-ups to Kenny Crouch (keys), drummer Cedric Anderson, Miss Heather & photographer Josh, Tom McNalley, singer Ella, J (all the way from CT), bassist Cornelius, the marvelous Lisa Foreman, guitarist John "Pop" Clark, Singer/DJ Reesso, Tanisha and of course Ryan Cross.


above - Lisa Foreman is funkin' for Jamaica.


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Location:1432 4th St,Santa Monica,United States

Everybody Walk Your Body Baby

Brandon Coleman


Colin Gordon on drums.


We ain't in MPLS, but with the retro groove being cut up on stage by Messers Ryan Cross, Brandon Coleman, Cedric Anderson and the vocals of Mimi, it certainly is as funky as a nightclub opening in the mid-west in July.

The break was better than the show; Ryan introduced a plumed Brazilian woman who shook it Carni-Val-style to the delight of the crowd.

The sub-parliamentary jamming that followed was definitely out of this orbit.

SoulFunk is not for amateurs or the weak of stomach.

It happens every Tuesday at Harvelle's.






In the house: Urie Norris, Guy Harrington, Eric Parker, Punky, Candise and Dana. And Bobblehead. Unfortunatly.

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Location:4th Ave,Santa Monica,United States

HOV : BREW & COLIN B-DAY BASH!

House Of Vibe All Stars Wednesday night gig will be a celebration of both Brew and Colin's birthdays. Come early! Guaranteed Sell-out!

Mindy. Dame Mindy.

It's hard not to think about The Toledo Show's "Dame" Mindy - the troupe's exotic brunette dancer - whenever the Toledo Show is brought up in conversation.

Here she is in all her glory.

Dame Mindy.

Bless her.

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Location:4th St,Santa Monica,United States

What Is The Toledo Show?

Sunday night always feels right if you can spend it at Harvelle's with The Toledo Show!

Underground for the better part of a decade, the band, led by Toledo Diamond is the soundtrack to the outpouring of his psyche. Where the Id and the Ego meet. A nightmare of desire. His vision is universal.

He brings this weekly to Harvelle's.

Everyone loves funky music and burlesque dancers. And when Toledo does it, he

serves it up on gold platters with candeabras flickering. Part Disney™ imagination, part PG-17 art film, this is definitely an adults only show at an adults only venue.

So that's Walter on the saxaphone, Malik and Toledo vocals, Sebastian on trumpet, Brian Allen on bass, I do not know the blonde singer's name, but will post it when I do. I also do not know the aerialist's name, but she was fantastic. The short haired blonde, not sure she wants her name revealed, but she is a Sunday regular and princess of the dance floor, and it's not like she doesn't have competition.

Thanks to David and Harvelle's, Ernesto, Brew, Tony, Toledo, Stan and blondie...

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Location:4th Ave,Santa Monica,United States