SLOAN Projects is pleased to present The Dust of Sunlight: Exene Cervenka, Journals and Collage 1974-2015, curated by Kristine McKenna. On view June 6 through July 04, 2015. A reception for the artist and book signing will be held Saturday, June 6 from 5-8pm.SLOAN Projects: Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue Gallery B5 Santa Monica, CA 90404
All images by Exene Cervenka
Free ACOUSTIC performance on Saturday August 8 at KCRW in Los Angeles. KCRW and the Annenberg Foundation are presenting a series of free summer concerts, 'Sound In Focus'. More details: kcrw.com/soundinfocus
What I did on my summer vacation- 5/22/15 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
5/23/15 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
5/24/15 – Hermosa Beach, CA @ Saint Rocke
7/9/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Orange County
7/10/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Orange County
7/11/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Orange County
7/12/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Orange County
7/17/15 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
7/18/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
7/19/15 – Falls Church, VA @ The State Theatre
7/22/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Music Box Supper
7/24/15 – Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
7/26/15 – Chicago, IL @ City Winery
7/27/15 – Chicago, IL @ City
7/28/15 – Chicago, IL @ City Winery
7/30/15 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
8/1/15 – New York, NY @ City Winery
8/2/15 – New York, NY @ City Winery
8/3/15 – New York, NY @ City Winery
8/8/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
9/12/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
9/19/15 – Del Mar, CA @ KABOO Music Festival
THE DARKROOM HONORS LOS ANGELES PUNK ROCK THROUGH THE BAND “X”, WITH A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AND CELEBRATION BEGINNING APRIL 16TH
WHAT: In continuation of The Darkroom’s photographic retrospectives honoring influential bands and musicians, the Melrose bar will recognize the groundbreaking Los Angeles punk rock band X. The exhibit, debuting Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 7-10 p.m., features exclusive snapshots by prominent rock photographer Michael Hyatt, and highlights the band’s definitive significance in the city and music history.
The print collection, documenting X, invites guests to revel in the Los Angeles-formed group’s legacy, which was among the first wave of ground-breaking punk artists who paved the way for rebellious American punk in the 1970’s. To
coincide with the two-month exhibit, specialty themed cocktails and bites named after X songs and albums will be available paying homage to their music, including:
White Girl with lemon-basil infused rum, crème de pêche, pineapple gomme, and coconut-infused sparkling water
Big Black Sun with tequila, mint, passion fruit, orange, and a blueberry/mint syrup float
Hungry Wolf Burger with white cheddar, bacon, and honey butter
The Darkroom’s celebration of the Los Angeles punk scene continues throughout the weekend, culminating on Saturday, April 18th at 4:30 p.m. with a New Orleans-style memorial procession paying tribute to local punk icons of times past—Darby Cash of the Germs, Lux Interior of the Cramps, and Jeffrey Lee Pierce from Gun Club.
Punk enthusiasts can join in honoring deceased rock stars on Saturday’s march through the Melrose neighborhood, beginning and ending at The Darkroom. Those who wear a black armband will receive one complimentary cocktail at the conclusion of the parade at The Darkroom, where they can peruse the art exhibit, sip libations, and mingle with other likeminded fans.
WHEN: X Photography Exhibit Event
Thursday April 16th, 2015
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Procession
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
4:30 p.m. – 2 a.m.
WHERE: The Darkroom
7302 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.931.3800
INFO: Facebook.com/TheDarkroomLA
About The Darkroom
West Hollywood's neighborhood watering hole, The Darkroom, imbues a cultural stamp reflective of music, photography, and general revelry. The Darkroom boasts a signature cocktail menu, wine, and a variety of ice-cold brews, along with a comprehensive food menu inviting guests to indulge in dinner and weekend brunch. Rounding out the experience is its old-school jukebox permeating tunes of today and yesterday, and the retro photo booth capturing festive
memories that accentuate the bar’s namesake. For more information, visithttp://www.facebook.com/TheDarkroomHollywood
About Michael Hyatt
Since 1968, Michael Hyatt's work has ranged from street photography in Boston, Los Angeles, Mexico and Ireland to documenting the performances and backstage activities of prominent punk rock and roots rock bands in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1986. After moving to Arizona in late 1986, his camerawork focused on a variety of subjects including the U.S./Mexico borderlands. For twenty years from 1987 to 2007, Michael also hosted the country roots radio show Route 66 on KXCI, Tucson. In 1997 he began producing the critically acclaimed Classic Railroad Songs series for Rounder Records.
The first 4 'X' albums will be featured, one each night for 4 nights.
July 9: Los Angeles
July 10: Wild Gift
July 11: Under The Big Black Sun
July 12: More Fun In The New World
http://www.observatoryoc.com/event/X-4-day-pass
We are excited to be performing at @KAABOOdelmar in San Diego this September! Join us for a three-day sound voyage that combines 7 stages of music and comedy in a modern
wonderland on the warm shores of the Pacific. Passes on sale now:
Chris Shary is doing a limited to 500 run of these Exene shirts. Click >here< for yours! or go to http://www.bifocalmedia.com/Bifocal_Media/Exene_Cervenka_T_shirt.html
From Chris Shary:
Few singers/poets express the feel of what it is to be an inhabitant of the United Sates as well as Exene Cervenka and John Doe. Their seminal band X, formed in 1977 at the birth of the punk movement in Los Angeles, has beautifully described pride, repulsion, and confusion about the land they live in like no other. I cannot drive out of Los Angeles without singing "She has to leave…". Exene is a true original, and certainly one of the most important woman in rock music. This image was captured from X's performance in Penelope Spheeris' landmark film "Decline of Western Civilization", a film where so many go their first exposer to the punk scene in Southern California. This is as OG and legit as you can get in the punk world.
LIMITED TO 500. THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. SHIRTS SHOULD SHIP OUT BY THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
1/31/15 San Jose, CA @ Rockbar Theater, benefit for Sweet Relief4/3/15 – 4/4/15 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre 4/5/15 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up, Aspen 4/7/15 – Santa Fe, NM @ Lensic Performing Arts Center 4/9/15 – Dallas, TX @ Trees Dallas 4/10/15 – Houston, TX@ Warehouse Live 4/11/15 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk Austin
This event benefits the Sweet Relief Musician's Fund.
Event information and tickets here: https://www.sweetrelief.org/event/sweet-relief-rockbar-theater-present-punk-rock-pioneers-x/
It's become a tradition for us to perform during the X-Mas season. (Well they named it after us didn't they?) And after all the fun we had with The Blasters last year how could we not invite them back again? We hope you agree! Here's to a great finish to a long year. Merry X-Mas Everyone! Fri 12/05 The Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ Sun 12/07 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ Thu 12/11 The Casbah San Diego, CA Fri 12/12 The Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA Sat 12/13 The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA Thu 12/18 The Star Theatre Portland, OR Fri 12/19 El Corazon Seattle, WA Sat 12/20 El Corazon Seattle, WA Sun 12/21 The Star Theatre Portland, OR Fri 12/26 The Fillmore San Francisco CA Sat 12/27 The Fillmore San Francisco CA
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Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? X will be performing a couple new tricks this year. With our 4 album plays in LA, NYC, Chicago and Cleveland the band will be performing their first four records in their entirety with guest musicians helping the band to recreate live the recorded versions of their songs. Some of the songs have never been performed live by the original line up.
The band will be turning it down a notch (so to speak) and concentrating on the songs, with the West Coast Acoustic Tour - performing acoustic versions of your favorite X songs, beginning at Pappy & Harriet's and finishing up with a headlining spot at Pick-A-Thon in Happy Valley OR.
And we've still got a bunch of rock shows all over these United States. We hope to see you soon in a city near you! Here's to a GREAT SUMMER!
Date City/State Venue Ticket Link 4 Album Shows 10-Jul Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/590883 11-Jul Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/590885 12-Jul Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/590887/tfly 13-Jul Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/590889/tfly 4 Night Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre - 4 Night Passes http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/586151
Acoustic West Coast Tour 19-Jul Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet's https://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5054575 20-Jul Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern http://www.bellyup.com/event/x-acoustic/ 23-Jul San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brewing Company http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/603473 24-Jul Grass Valley, CA The Center for the Arts http://thecenterforthearts.org/x-acoustic/ 26-Jul Napa, CA City Winery - Napa http://www.citywinery.com/napa/tickets/x-7-26.html 30-Jul Seattle, WA The Triple Door http://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances.asp?evt=759 31-Jul Seattle, WA The Triple Door http://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances.asp?evt=759 02-Aug Happy Valley, OR Pick-A-Thon http://www.pickathon.com/tickets/ 03-Aug Happy Valley, OR Pick-A-Thon http://www.pickathon.com/tickets/
Rock Shows 18-Aug Atlanta, GA Center Stage http://www.ticketmaster.com/x-atlanta-georgia-08-18-2014/event/0E004CC49AE38507?brand=centerstage 20-Aug Washington, DC Black Cat http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/597799?utm_medium=bks
4 Album Shows 21-Aug New York, NY City Winery - New York http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/x082114.html 22-Aug New York, NY City Winery - New York http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/x082214.html 23-Aug New York, NY City Winery - New York http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/x082314.html 24-Aug New York, NY City Winery - New York http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/x082414.html
Rock Shows 26-Aug Cambridge, MA The Sinclair http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004CC3BFD57A23 28-Aug Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/597219?utm_medium=bks 29-Aug Hartford, CT Webster Theater TNT Fest http://www.webstertheater.com/event/611821-tnt-fest-2014-friday-hartford/ 31-Aug Pittsburgh, PA Alter Bar http://www.druskyentertainment.com/event/603667-x-full-band-pittsburgh/ 2-Sep Chicago, IL City Winery - Chicago http://www.citywinery.com/chicago/tickets/x-9-2.html 3-Sep Chicago, IL City Winery - Chicago http://www.citywinery.com/chicago/tickets/x-9-3.html 4-Sep Chicago, IL City Winery - Chicago http://www.citywinery.com/chicago/tickets/x-9-4.html 5-Sep Chicago, IL City Winery - Chicago http://www.citywinery.com/chicago/tickets/x-9-5.html 6-Sep Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4905225 8-Sep Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?ispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5041385&pl=pyramid 9-Sep Cleveland, OH Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall http://www.musicboxcle.com/event/x/ 10-Sep Cleveland, OH Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall http://www.musicboxcle.com/event/x/ 11-Sep Cleveland, OH Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall http://www.musicboxcle.com/event/x/ 12-Sep Cleveland, OH Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall http://www.musicboxcle.com/event/x/
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If you are close to Dallas, we'd love to see you at Gas Monkey Bar & Grill.
Dan's poster (below) is the final poster of the 2013 X-mas Poster Series. To see the entire series, click here.
Our friends at KEXP in Seattle invited us over for an in-studio session when we come to town for the El Corazon shows.[Hey Seattle - We're coming over Friday 12/20 & Saturday 12/21! ]
John Doe and Exene will be performing LIVE on: Saturday - Dec. 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm Pacific Time
IN SEATTLE? Tune it to 90.3 FM
SOMEWHERE ELSE? Stream John and Exene LIVE at KEXP.ORG
TO JOIN THE X LIVE on KEXP Facebook Event Click -> HERE!
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X-MAS 2013 TOUR UPDATE: 12/15 Mystic Theater in Petaluma, CA (sold out - but here's Scott Walker's great poster for your enjoyment. more?). 12/19 Roseland Theater in Portland, OR (tickets available!). 12/20 & 12/21 El Corozon in Seattle, WA (tickets available!).
That’s right- X has once again assembled an unbeatable art force-du-jour! Here are some of the results. HERE – RIGHT NOW – before you even get to the show! And as more posters come in - we'll add them too!
Merry X-Mas everyone! See you at the show!
Thank you to our friends and artists for making us look so good AGAIN!
~X~ (Note: click the poster for the slide show. Artists websites listed below image if you want one for your very own! Or get it at the Show!)
