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Producer, Bad Ass Rocker and Owner of Famed Rancho De La Luna By Lisa Morgan What do bands Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters all have in common?  This guy, Dave Catching.  Catching up with him is no small feat as he is either on tour with one of several well-known international...
Tuesday kicked off week #1 of the CV Open Mic Competition Fall edition which included lots of fantastic new prizes! Musicians lined up early to sign in for the event. Great music and fun audience giveaways, including T-shirts and Subway gift cards, kept everyone smiling. Plus, DJ Alex Updike kept our crowd entertained between performances! Our celebrity guest judge...

Eve Holmes

By Patte Purcell It never ceases to amaze me at some of the musicians who call the desert their home. Eve Holmes is one of those surprises. I saw her post on Facebook about "7 SISTAS & EVE" a new show she will be performing at Studio One 11, with the show dedicated to 7 famous Jazz singers On Friday, Sept...
By Eleni P. Austin Most everybody is familiar with the Lo-Desert sound. From Generator progenitors like Mario Lalli, Zach Huskey, Herb Lineau and Sean Wheeler to mainstream success stories like Kyuss and Queens Of The Stone Age.  But not enough attention is paid to the High Desert sound. Obviously, the Joshua Tree environs have been a safe haven and spiritual mecca...
By Angela Valente Romeo Film is an important art form. There are many film festivals that celebrate film as art. There are not many film festivals that celebrate art for art’s sake. That will change. The Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF), which debuted in Santa Barbara 2010, opens this year at the Beyond Baroque Theater in Venice, California, on Saturday, September...
By Janet McAfee The “dog days” of August continue our extreme desert heat, causing distress to both humans and our best furfriends.  Last week’s column told the sad story of Summer, a Silky Terrier who died from the summer heat wave in a Desert Hot Springs car lot.  Summer sought refuge under an automobile, but the soaring temperature and the...
By Rick Riozza So what does an international master chef do for his patrons during the slow hot summertime here in the desert?  Well certainly he doesn’t forget his south of France gastronomic up-bringing as he delights with a trio of wine-pairing dinners that have been accentuating the flirty side of creative cuisine.  The third and final wine pairing dinner...
Set For Tuesday, September 1st. Palm Springs’ Newest Restaurant Harkens Back to the City’s Elegant Past After much excitement in the community and a highly-anticipated opening, EIGHT4NINE Restaurant & Lounge, the elegant Palm Springs restaurant on North Palm Canyon Drive, will begin welcoming the public on Tuesday, September 1 with stylish flair and stellar cuisine. In keeping with the chic spirit of the...

Gay Lives Matter

By Heidi Simmons ----- “Mislaid” by Nell Zink Fiction ----- The best-laid plans can easily be derailed and send us on an unexpected journey.  We may think we are in control, but more often than not, we are at the mercy of life’s little twists and turns.  In Nell Zink’s Mislaid (Ecco, 256 pages), race, class and sexuality collide, changing the course of one Southern...

BRANDO ON BRANDO

By Robin E. Simmons PICK OF THE WEEK: LISTEN TO ME MARLON Steven Riley’s clever documentary about Marlon Brando is a riveting experience. Culled from hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of hours of recordings, most of them private. Riley’s film is a deep plunge into the mind and perhaps soul of a world famous icon that we thought we knew. It reveals...
By Haddon Libby The California State Senate passed a bill this month requiring that 50% of all electricity used in our state be generated from renewable sources like wind and solar by 2030.  Additionally, greenhouse gas emissions from cars will have to fall by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.  Titled SB 350, this bill will also change how buildings...
By Dale Gribow The Labor Day Weekend is upon us and we will attend more TV game watching parties and BBQ’s. While having a good time, you, or a friend, may have consumed more beers than you realized. There are many checkpoints a week before and after Labor Day. Thus some of our CV Weekly readers are going to be stopped...

Under Pressure?

When the temperature is in the 90s, even in the shade, it’s likely you reach for some water, the sunscreen and head for a cooler place. We still have a few months of warm weather, so if you’re driving to a fun spot, work or errands, you should check your tires before hitting the road. Under-inflated tires can be a...

Cowboys or Packers?

By Flint Wheeler Finally, the NFL is here. In typical American fashion, let’s now make our picks for the Super Bowl. I can easily make arguments (that make sense) for two great teams to reach the big dance. Who is more likely to make the Super Bowl this season, the Dallas Cowboys or the Green Bay Packers? It’s a tough discussion...

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Week of August 27 © Copyright 2015  Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You like to run ahead of the pack. You prefer to show people the way, to set the pace. It's cleaner that way, right? There's less risk you will be caught up in the messy details of everyday compromise. But I suspect that the time is right for...
By Bronwyn Ison Can you believe it is August?  A new school year is around the corner.  Soon we will be kissing our summer goodbye.  It is bitter sweet.  Children will be back to a regular schedule, as will the parents. Children will bemoan their early bedtimes.  Parents will be scrambling for dinner and school lunch ideas.  If you pack...
By Sunny Simon As I think about the youth of America returning to school, I recall a letter my mother sent me during my first week in college. Putting pen to paper was a very wise move on her part because like most college freshman, I listened to my parents’ verbal counsel with only half an ear. I cannot recall...
By Noe Gutierrez If any band is the ultimate contradiction of its name, it’s House of Broken Promises. The rock power trio out of Indio, CA has navigated its way on the back of one original album, Using the Useless (Small Stone Records 2009) and has claimed title to their own brand of desert rock that guarantees gratification at each...

DJ Day

Still Spinning For Weeks, Months and Years To Come By Esther Sanchez I have been dwelling in the desert long enough to remember a time where groups of young people who shared a passion for a blossoming local music and dance culture would organize events on a weekly basis at locations ranging from empty warehouses in North Palm Springs to somebody’s...
SET TO PERFORM AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO Chart-topping San Francisco-natives Train will bring their vast catalog of hit songs to fans at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Friday, November 6 on the Special Events Center stage. The Grammy and Billboard Award winning band will play tracks from their newest album, Bulletproof Picasso, including the top 10 radio single “Angel...
Performing Friday August 21st at 8PM By Alex Updike For over thirty years, New Edition has rocked stages as the blueprint for the modern day boy band. This Friday night, they will bring their signature style and famous stage show to the Coachella Valley as they perform at Fantasy Springs Casino. New Edition started in Boston, MA in the early 80s when...
It was a thrilling conclusion to the CV Open Mic Competition Grand Finals! The Summer edition 2015 ha brought on a very talented group of finalists. Schmidy's Tavern in Palm Desert was packed with enthusiastic fans and DJ Alex Updike kept them grooving in between performances. Each of the 7 semi finalists performed 2 songs for our celebrity judges:...
By Patte Purcell Despite the loss of our beloved smooth jazz station KJZZ here in the desert, smooth jazz lovers of the desert are taking it upon themselves to bring you more of our favorite music by holding smooth jazz events and parties at some fabulous venues. Due to the success of Summer Jazzfest, recently held at Hacienda Cantina, the Riviera...

Courtney Chambers

Tales of the Aftermath By Jack St. Clair Tales of the Aftermath is the 4th studio album from Courtney Chambers. True to its title, the album, for the most part, focuses thematically on coming out of a negative relationship, regrouping and then learning to open one’s self up again to find love. This is Chamber’s fourth studio album, the last of which...
By Eleni P. Austin Back in 2007, it seemed as though The Bird And The Bee literally burst on the music scene with their self-titled debut. But the duo, made up of vocalist Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin had been mainstays of the Los Angeles music community for several years. Inara George grew up in Topanga Canyon, fully aware of...
By Angela Valente Romeo Rose King is an artist – she sings, dances, cooks and writes. She is an inspirational speaker drawing on her own life experience. Rose lost her eyesight to Retinitis Pigmentosa more than 20 years ago.  But that has not stopped her from living life out loud. “I wrote Wosie the Blind Little Bunny because being different does...
By Janet McAfee The small Silky Terrier ran down the hot dusty road desperately trying to find water.  She didn’t know why her humans left her.  Her throat was parched from thirst, and her body ached with pain.  The dog came to a used car lot at the corner of Dillon and Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs where she...

Wine Fun in the Sun

By Rick Riozza During these long summer months, I know most of us try to get out of Dodge when we can—some for spurts, some take the summer off.  For those here today and almost exasperated due to the mean heat, we’ve got some pleasant wine news to speak of. But first:  While settling down to read the Health Section in...
By Heidi Simmons ----- “Gutshot” by Amelia Gray Stories ----- For many, a satisfying narrative must consist of set-up, confrontation, climax and resolution.   Readers who seek to relate to characters and understand the nature of the dilemmas they face, may find Amelia Gray’s Gutshot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 224 pages) not so straightforward or traditional. These strange, twisted and demented short stories may make some readers...

THUGS TO RICHES

By Robin E. Simmons PICK OF THE WEEK: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Director F. Gary Gray’s NWA biopic is old-fashioned story telling disguised as a dangerous, contemporary urban drama with music.  No, it’s not a musical, but it does advocates a street-smart brio with classic underdog empathy. A sophisticated visceral energy permeates the film. In some places it’s a celebration of the power...
By Amy Blaisdell Palm Springs is leading the way in the Coachella Valley when it comes to water conservation. In response to one of the most severe droughts in California history and a call to action to reduce water usage from Gov. Jerry Brown, the City of Palm Springs is pleased to announce municipal water consumption throughout the city in local...

Edumacation

By Haddon Libby With the high temperature recorded last weekend in the Coachella Valley, you might be interested to know that we have a ways to go to reach the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.  That happened on September 13, 2012 in Libya when it reached 136 degrees. As we reach our highest temperatures of the year, school is back...
By Dale Gribow We recently survived Y2K and the Mayan Calendar predicting death and destruction. We got lucky as the world did not end as predicted. It appears these predictions of doom were premature. We all need to follow the motto People Don't Plan to Fail, They Fail to Plan. SO PUT ASIDE SOME TIME DURING THE SLOW SUMMER MONTHS TO...

Be First Class

School has already or soon will be starting for many of our school districts. Our First Class should be “School Safety” says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. First Class: Did you know that It is illegal to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children.  Did you know school buses use yellow flashing lights to alert motorists...
By Julie Buehler Now that we have football back, you can rest your weary eyes on this column to catch the nuggets of info, stats and facts that make the NFL so fascinating every week. I call it: Jules From The Gridiron. I used to air it on my radio show every day, and I introduced the segment with a British...
By Chris Clemens Family YMCA of the Desert’s 2nd Annual Y Be Fit Palm Desert Challenge will be held on Sunday, October 4, giving runners, walkers, and tri-athletes the opportunity exercise while having fun and raising money for youth programs in the Valley. The event takes place again this year at the beautiful Palm Desert Civic Center Park. The triple...

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Week of August 20 © Copyright 2015  Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You'd probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you're ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle. Your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless star-gazing,...
By Sunny Simon Thinking about opening your own business but uneasy about taking the plunge? The plight of an entrepreneur is nothing less than a roller coaster. The highs are exhilarating but someone once described the lows like “dancing backward through quicksand.” Leaving the corporate pack and going it alone is indeed a challenge. Why is it that some individuals...

Johnette Napolitano

Q&A With a So-Cal Icon By Esther Sanchez Johnette Napolitano has had an impressive music career that has spanned decades. To the excitement of local music geeks such as myself, she will be performing her newest material at two, intimate acoustic shows at BART lounge in Cathedral City on August 21st and 22nd. The Joshua Tree resident and Hollywood native is...
By Lisa Morgan There are few voices, in radio or otherwise, as iconic or energetic as Rich Gilgallon's.  Dubbed "Da' Coach" by his first station manager in 1987, Gilgallon has tickled desert ears and hearts with his sports and political musings, along with his ecstatic love for music for the better part of the last 17 years.  This Friday, August...
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real @ Pappy & Harriet's Thursday, August 13th, Doors Open 7pm by Lisa Morgan That's about the only "selling out" you will ever find Lukas Nelson and his tribe of otherworldly Apollonian band mates doing.  They named the band the Promise of the Real for their commitment to authenticity in their music. Sure they may...
Semi Finals night #2 at the CV Open Mic Competition Summer edition 2015 brought on excitement! The talent was fierce! Fans cheered on their favorite finalists as they competed for their spot in the Grand Finals 8/11/2015. DJ Alex Updike kept everyone bobbing their heads and grooving along in between performances. Our semi finalists performed 2 songs each for...
By Patte Purcell It's always a thrill to see a musician that takes music to a new level. Hans Zermuehlen is one of these artists. This impressive 6 ft. 4 German keys player really rocks the house with his mastery and he never ceases to amaze me. I started his interview by asking him how he became a musician. He explained...
Fall Sinatra Series Programming and Tribute Weekend Pay Homage to Famed Rat Pack Member Riviera Palm Springs, touted “Palm Springs’ largest and most famous resort” in the 1960s today announces their fall Sinatra Event Series along with the birthday extravaganza weekend on December 11-13, organized by Weekend At Sinatra’s,  commemorating Sinatra’s 100th birthday . In celebration of the property’s most...
By Eleni P. Austin The Bitch Goddess who writes this column rarely addresses anything from a first person perspective. Her argument is you know she wrote it, therefore it’s probably her opinion you are reading. To paraphrase George Harrison, too much “I, Me, Mine-ing.” But this time, it can’t be helped, so she begs your indulgence. I got my first grown-up...
By Angela Valente Romeo More than one Austrian has spoken “I’ll be back”. And every August this Austrian returns to the Coachella Valley. Hans Biwi Lechner is an artist with a mission. In 1986 Hans embarked on an ambitious global art project, The Common Denominator.  The project has linked over 10,000 people through stones. “I found a thirty pound stone at...
By Janet McAfee Our two Coachella Valley public shelters are participating in the “Clear the Shelters” event, an adoption promotion sponsored by NBC4 Southern California and Telemundo 52.  On Saturday, August 15, The Palm Springs Animal Shelter and the Coachella Valley Animal Campus join 50 other animal shelters throughout Southern California on a national day of action to empty their...
By Rick Riozza Most of our valley’s foodie community by now has heard of, if not indeed enjoyed the fabulous wine & tapas cuisine of Tinto at the fashionable Saguaro Hotel (which recently hosted Splash House) on East Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.  A couple of years ago, I went absolutely ga-ga over the night’s culinary dining experience so...
By Robin E. Simmons THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Hard to believe the original NBC series aired 50 years ago! With Guy Ritchie at the helm, the much-anticipated reboot is in good hands. You can be forgiven if at first the movie reminds of the latest MISSION IMPOSSIBLE; i.e., a secret organization must be stopped if the world is to be saved....
By Heidi Simmons ----- “Go Set The Watchman” by Harper Lee Fiction ----- For many young readers, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is their first foray into the magic of literature.   It’s a tale that casts a spell and takes you away to another time and place. “Mockingbird” was first published in July 1960.  It’s the first-person story of Scout, a little girl, who tries...

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