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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Just Thursday. Just Hangin.

Just Dave.



Dave Bernal.

A harmonica.
A Heineken.
A cigarette.
A snort of whisky.
A D-tuned Taylor.
A Vibra-slap™ dangling from a mic stand.
Johnny Stachela on lead guitar.
A haiku (or two).
Hangin'.
That's the scene tonight down here on 4th St.

Also hangin' - Guy, Josef, Candise, Pete Antunes, Melinda, Dave and Cevin.


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Ryan Cross : Cat In The Hat

Ryan Cross knows soul. And he knows funk. He knows jazz. And he knows a lot of people - many of which play their musical instruments with such finesse and grace that they have made their way in the world as troubadors.

Tonight the stage is blessed with several of them. Kenny Crouch on keys. The dude simply dazzles his way across, up and down the black and whites, coaxing notes out of that thing that it may not have known it was capable of playing.

Ryan Cross

Kenny Crouch

R.C. and violinist Lea.

Also in the house: Jacob Lutrell, Zane Musa, Urie Norris, Colin Gordon and drummer Cedric Anderson.

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Down to it. Monday. It ain't so bad.

Yeah yeah yeah.
I don't like Mondays. No one does. But here we are. Another one.
I have one close friend that I simply never contact on a Monday. She just isn't down. It's a civil enough request.

So unless a major celebrity dies or someone we both know is on TV, we're mute for the day. Tonight, she unexpectedly invited me to the movies.
It was fun.
But I'm here now.
And damn happy.
The bar is crowded.
I hear female laughter.
There is dancing.

Kirk Fletcher's band is onstage.

Travis Carlton on bass. Paulie Cera on sax and singing the blues. Josh Smith on guitar and legendary skinsman James Gadson keeping watch over the funk. Sir Harry Bowen is here and singing sweet soul (the way he does).

It's not complicated.
No need to overthink it. It's only Monday.


J-dizzle in the hizzle.




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HOV : Lock Sh•t Down

This Is Chali 2na:

It's Thursday.
Actually Friday.
Aka "The funkiest day of the week".

Above - HOV Mastermind Brew

But for now it's a Thursday night
And the second of a two night stint featuring the House Of Vibe with the great Chali 2na (and brother/hype man Laid Law).

Above -that's Laid Law

DJ X-man is spinning old skool and club cuts and the packed joint is waiting for Chali to hit the stage.


T-Smidi is here, plus the regular collection of HOV celebrity fans, singer CJ Emmons, superstar bassist/producer Colin Wolfe, bassist Walter Allmon of Audible Mainframe, singer Raphael aka Tweet, saw Sirus from The Real World & drummer Fish from Fishbone.

Funky Friday.

Pete Antoooons (Antunes) on drums!!!


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Tomorrow night blues legend Terry Evans will be ushering in the weekend proper.



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