Dionysus Records - Dionysus Records, Bacchus Archives, Garage, Surf, Exotica, Punk, Rockabilly vinyl and CD mail-order and art / event blog
  • Home
  • Store
  • Events
  • Artists
  • About
    • About
  • DJ Lee
    • DJ Lee Joseph
    • Desert Soul Club
    • Over Under Sideways Down
  • Videos
  • License Our Music
  • Contact
Home
Store
Events
Artists
About
    About
DJ Lee
    DJ Lee Joseph
    Desert Soul Club
    Over Under Sideways Down
Videos
License Our Music
Contact
  • Home
  • Store
  • Events
  • Artists
  • About
    • About
  • DJ Lee
    • DJ Lee Joseph
    • Desert Soul Club
    • Over Under Sideways Down
  • Videos
  • License Our Music
  • Contact
Dionysus Records - Dionysus Records, Bacchus Archives, Garage, Surf, Exotica, Punk, Rockabilly vinyl and CD mail-order and art / event blog
downtown Los Angeles, Events, Lounge Music, Lounge music events, Stuff We Like, Tiki, Tiki Oasis, Tours

Get Ready for a Hot Lava Holiday with Don Tiki!

Those who live in Southern California, Seattle and Honolulu are in for a treat – Don Tiki will be coming to help us celebrate the holidays, Hot Lava style with shows on December 15 in Honolulu (sorry that one is sold out), December 17th in Seattle at Benaroy Hall (info and tickets) and December 20th in Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall ( info and tickets ) – and, SOCA peeps –  here’s a link for discount tickets at the Disney show!

HotLavaCover

Fans can expect the band’s signature tunes such as “The Natives Are Restless” and “An Occasional Man.” “Even though we’re tiki-worshipping Pagans, we’ll drop six new  holiday songs to get into the spirit of things,” says producer Lloyd “Fluid Floyd” Kandell, who was one of Anthony Bourdain’s drinking guides when the food impresario visited O’ahu for his series No Reservations. Bourdain came away raving, “Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki…it really doesn’t get much better than this!”

Though the band has lost their beloved lead singer Delmar deWilde, to whom the shows are dedicated, they will carry on with their multi-talented cast and a few added guests. The Don Tiki troupe consists of band leader and composer, Kit “Perry Coma” Ebersbach on keyboards, bassist and purring song stylist Hai-Jung, Charles Degala and Tei Tatafu, Jr. on virile vocals, vocalist, dancer and comedienne Sherry Shaoling, percussionist Lopaka Colón, who continues his illustrious father Augie Colon’s jungle and bird call tradition, tenor ace Tim Mayer on reeds, multi-talented Abe Lagrimas, Jr. on vibes and percussion, tribal drummer Jason Segler, space-age Ryoko Oka on keyboards and t’rung (a Vietnamese bamboo xylophone), exotic dancer Violetta Beretta plus special guest artist Frank Orrall of Thievery Corporation and Poi Dog Pondering. Don Tiki is also honored to bring to the stage special guest artists, legendary SOCAL tiki-shaman Crazy Al, rising Brazillian star Tita Lima and Brazil’s golden tambourine, Carlinhos de Oliveira.

The group has just released their Hot Lava Holiday Songs disc which is available on iTunes and will be for sale on CD at their shows.

Those of us who saw them at Tiki Oasis 10 were knocked out. We are certainly looking forward to seeing the group on their first Los Angeles appearance!

DonTikiRehearsalPhoto1DonTikiRehearsalPhoto3DonTikiRehearsalPhoto2

 

December 13, 2012by Dionysus Records
Booze and mixology, Dance Club, Dionysus Records, DJ Lee, downtown Los Angeles, Events, Free Event, Garage Music, Mod, Soul

4/6: Blackeyed Soul Club – Jason, Howie Pyro and guest Lee Joseph

This Friday: LA’s 60s / mod dance party – The Blackeyed Soul Club in Downtown Los Angeles DJs Howie Pyro and Jason Pandora are joined by Lee Joseph from Dionysus Records who brings some amazing records to the turntable. FUN FUN FUN!

 

The Blackeyed Soul Club happens every Friday at The Monty Bar: 1222 West 7th Street  Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 228-6000, www.montybar.com

Before the club, come to La Luz de Jesus Gallery  for the opening of Scott Hove’s “My Private Apocalypse” and Joe Sorren’s “When The Rains Come” exhibitions, opening at 8PM.

April 3, 2012by Dionysus Records
Dance Club, DJ Lee, downtown Los Angeles, Events, Soul

11/17: EVFA & ArtDontSleep Present: “Homage” feat Roy Ayers

EVFA & ARTDONTSLEEP PRESENT: “HOMAGE”

Performance by ROY AYERS (Full Band) featuring PETE ROCK. Opening Performance by THUNDERCAT (Full Band) and DJ J.ROCC.

Thursday November 17th, 2011, 8 PM to 2 AM
Exchange Los Angeles
618 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90032
http://homage.eventbrite.com

“Homage” is a music series that pays respect to the musical giants that have forever altered the way we listen, sample and love music. We pay our esteem to Roy Ayers for his amazing impact and contribution to hip-hop, R&B and neo-soul. One of the most heavily sampled artists, Roy has  We pay homage to Roy Ayers in pairing him with the legendary Pete Rock, performing live with Ayers and his band. J.Rocc is the house DJ and Thundercat, and band, will open the night with a set. Spinning records in the lounge is Anthony Valadez, Clifton Weaver, Destroyer, Lee Joseph and Marlon Fuentes with KCRW’s Garth Trinidad hosting the festivities.

This event is being held at the historic “Exchange Los Angeles” 618 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90032. Tickets priced as follows: Early Bird Specials $20, Presale $25 and General Admission $30. Admittance is 21 and over. To purchase tickets, visit: www.homage.eventbrite.com

Roy Ayers was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a musical family. At the age of five, Lionel Hampton gave him his first pair of mallets, which led to the vibraphone being his trademark sound for decades. The area of Los Angeles that Ayers grew up in, now known as “South Central” but then known as “South Park” was the epicenter of the Southern California Black Music Scene. Ayers is responsible for the highly regarded soundtrack to Jack Hill’s 1973 Blaxploitation film, Coffy, starring the illustrious Pam Grier. In 1977, Ayers produced an album by the group RAMP, Come Into Knowledge, commonly and mistakenly thought to stand for “Roy Ayers Music Project.”  That Fall, he released the soulful and funky hit “Running Away.” In 1980, Ayers released “Music Of Many Colors” with the Nigerian Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti. Roy made a huge impact in the world of Hip-Hop and RnB. Artists have sampled and covered him, ranging from Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Mos-Def, Digable Planets, DJ Shadow, Nas, Madlib, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Common, The Pharcyde, Pete Rock, Jill Scott and many more.

Soul Brother No. 1., also known as, Pete Rock, rose to prominence in the early 1990’s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo separated ways, Rock continued with a solo career garnering worldwide respect. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Nas and Notorious B.I.G., Talib Kweli and the late J Dilla, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip-hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier and RZA as one of the strongholds of 1990’s East Coast hip-hop production.

Stephen Bruner is Thundercat, the dominant bassist rising within the ranks of R&B, rock, hip-hop, jazz, electronic and beyond. The mystique behind the man named for his favorite cartoon seemingly hides an introspective, ambitious, and fearless young artist whose solo debut album is finally emerging in front of the vast catalog of experience he has amassed in collaboration with the likes of Erykah Badu, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Shafiq Husayn, Suicidal Tendencies, Stanley Clarke, and Flying Lotus, his closest partner and head of the Brainfeeder movement. Stephen is joined by a serious cast of jazz cats!

One of the original turntablists, J.Rocc founded the Beat Junkies in 1992 with Melo-D and Rhettmatic, but has done just as much on his own as in a group setting. He began DJing in the mid-’80s with a California group named PSK. Soon after forming, the Beat Junkies became a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop, including core member Babu plus future stars Shortkut and D-Styles. In addition to numerous mixtapes and his own production for Stones Throw releases, J. Rocc has been the DJ for Madlib’s live shows since the early 2000’s, was the 3rd member of Jaylib (Madlib & J Dilla) during the group’s live events, and collaborated with Madlib on Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to J Dilla.

ArtDontSleep is a Los Angeles-based production company founded by Andrew Lojero. For the last 7 years, ArtDontSleep has promoted and produced some of Los Angeles’ most memorable events. Over the years, ArtDontSleep has brought the community a variety of special events. Andrew Lojero also runs Creative for Plug Research Records rooted in Los Angeles, CA. From the Walt Disney Concert Hall to UCLA’s JazzReggae Festival to afterhours in downtown loft buildings, ArtDontSleep shares the torch of great music and extra-ordinary happenings.

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA) and its managing director Edgar Varela has long been associated with the conceptualizing, programming and execution of cultural events. Driven by art and music, EVFA discerningly curates art and music festivals, concerts, art exhibitions and sponsor-driven specialty events that are relevant and provide economic development for blighted areas and the enrichment of culturally vibrant areas. Edgar Varela also operates two project spaces and produces over myriad events a year, with an education in Business & Marketing and an events-production background, he has earned a reputation in the Los Angeles cultural events world.

November 2, 2011by Dionysus Records
'77 Punk Legends, Dionysus bands, Dionysus mail-order cart, Dionysus Records, downtown Los Angeles, exotica, Lounge Music, Orchestra Superstring, Stuff We Like, Tiki Oasis

Orchestra Superstring captured live

Here is a collection of Orchestra Superstring live videos. – Be sure to check out their new Dionysus release, “Easy” on CD from the Dionysus cart or on digital via iTunes , eMusic or Amazon.com

September 11, 2011by Dionysus Records
Dionysus bands, Dionysus Records, downtown Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mod, Redondo Beat, Tours

Redondo Beat tour the USA in September and October

REDONDO BEAT 2011 USA DATES

(more to be added please come back to the post for updates!)

Sept. 9th – Oakland, CA
Stork Club
With: The Touch-Me-Nots
Talky Tina
City, USA

Sept. 10th – Las Vegas, NV
Double Down Saloon
With: Wreckin’ Katz
The Spoofs
Schoenberg Knife Fight Ensemble
The Scoundrels
The Mutineers

Sept. 11th – Los Angeles, CA
Redwood Bar & Grill

Sep.13th – Austin, TX
Beerland
With: John Wesley Coleman III
Suede Uppers
Shivery Shakes

Sept. 14th – Denton, TX
TBA

Sept. 15th – New Orleans
Siberia
With: King Louie’s Missing Monuments

Sept. 19th – Jackson, MS
Hal and Mal’s
With: the Wild Emotions

Sept. 21st – Oxford, MS
Blind Pig
With: The Apostles

Sept. 24th – Memphis, TN
Gonerfest after party!!!
Buccaneer
With: The Royal Pendletons

Sept. 27th – Memphis, TN
Hi-Tone
With: The Burning Sands

Sept. 28th – Nashville, TN
Foobar
With: Mystery Twins

Sept. 29th – TBA

Sept. 30th – West Ashville, NC
The Get Down

Oct. 1st – Athens, OH
The Union

Oct. 4th – Toledo, OH
Woodchucks

Oct. 5th – Columbus, OH
Café Bourbon St.

Oct. 6th – Milwaukee, WI
Quarters
With: The Fairweather Friends
Phylums

Oct. 7th – Detroit, MI
MOCAD – Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
With: Jojjon
Outrageous Cherry
AFTER PARTY AT DONOVAN’S PUB!!!

Oct. 8th – Lafayette, IN
Black Sparrow Pub
With: Eric & the Happy Thoughts
The Gestalts

September 6, 2011by Dionysus Records
Art, downtown Los Angeles, Street Art

An interview with Lydia Emily and peek at a Street-Art Paste Up

An interview with Lydia Emily

Note: Lydia Emily has just been booked to appear on Radio Alchymy, KPFK, Pacifica Radio, next Wednesday night/ Thursday am May 19th.KPFK will be raffling off five of Lydia Emily’s Winston Churchill pieces.

www.kpfk.org/programs/136-radioalchymy.html

 

 

Q: You were at one time a folk artist who painted scenes of a personal nature about yourself, family and friends – what was it that inspired you to veer into politicts using photorealism and mixed media?

Lydia Emily: I started doing political street art as I began to understand that people like me do not really have a voice. I am not rich, a celebrity, or a politician. And Galleries generally don’t show political art. So I needed to find a way to put myself out there as a public witness to what goes on and often goes unnoticed. On the street I am an equal, so that’s where you’ll find me.

Q: Who are you speaking to, why the urge to share your works with the public and what would you like your viewers to take with them after viewing one of your pieces?

LE: I want people to really witness what goes on in the world. Witness means to acknowledge what happens, not just to see it go by on your twitter or facebook. As a witness you are participating in the culture, not just standing on the curb. I am a witness. And I hope that my being a witness will make other people think seriously about what is going on around them, and what they can do to influence it.

Q: What mediums do you use on the original pieces – what size are they? Do you work on one at a time or do you have numerous pieces going simultaneously?

LE: I use the Sunday New York Times only for background. I cut it up and glue it to the canvas, then oil paint on canvas. I only use acrylic for highlighting the street copies. The sized range anywhere from 15 inches to 40 inches square. I work on one piece at a time.

Q: Who currently inspires you the most?

LE: Winston Churchill and the Dalai Llama. I have their birth dates tattooed on my back.

www.lydiaemily.com

May 16, 2011by Dionysus Records
downtown Los Angeles, Events, Fundraiser, Los Angeles area events, Stuff We Like

3/26: Rock ‘n’ Roll at The Redwood – All Proceeds to Tsunami Relief

On Saturday, March 26, our friend, Redwood booker and multi-band drummer Roy Morgan celebrates his birthday with a night of straight up loud punk, garage and rock ‘n’ roll! The lineup features Donovan’s Fairies in what appears to be their last show. The group which includes former Bomp! Records publicist Paul Grant on vocals, Dionysus Records’ Lee Joseph on bass, Backbiter’s Jonathan Hall and Heath Siefert on guitars and birthday boy Roy Morgan on drums, have been announcing last shows since 1985 and have once again confirmed that this IS it. No, really!!! Also, tearing up the Redwood stage will be Pat Todd and The Rank Outsiders, The Super Bees and The Neurotics . All proceeds from the door will be donated to (a yet unannounced) charity to help with Japan’s tsunami relief.

The madness takes place on SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011, 9 pm – 2am at  The Redwood Bar and Grill: 316 West 2nd St # 202, Downtown Los Angeles. $5 cover, 21 and over.

Donovan's Fairies (will be appearing sans makeup...)

Pat Todd and The Rank Outsiders

The Neurotics

March 22, 2011by Dionysus Records
Dick and Jane, downtown Los Angeles, Events, exotica, Los Angeles area events, Lounge Music, Lounge music events, Rockabilly

3/13: DD Divas! Dick and Jane with Patria Jacobs and Candye Kane

DD Divas at The Redwood Bar and Grill

Sunday, March 13, 2011, 8:30 pm
Redwood Bar & Grill

316 W. 2nd Street (at Hill)
Downtown Los Angeles, CA

9:00 pm The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra — featuring Jane Cantillon
10 pm Patria Jacobs
10:30 pm Exotiki
11:30 pm Candye Kane.

(Okay, Exotiki are all guys, so they’re not “divas”, much less “DD divas,” but we need something for the ladies.)

Of course, “DD” stands for “Divinely Delightful.” What do you think it stands for??

March 13, 2011by Dionysus Records
DJ Lee, downtown Los Angeles, Events, Garage Music, Los Angeles area events, Surf Music

2/26: Haunted House Au Go-Go: Uglybeats – Finksville 5 – DJ Lee!

Haunted House Au Go-Go
Saturday, February 26 at 9:00pm
The Bordello

901 E. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA
www.bordellobar.com
Facebook event page

LA’s only 100% garage and spooky surf club!!! Tony the Tyger and Norman “Baron Shivers” of The Ghastly Ones present a mix of garage and surf bands, weird visuals, wyld Go-Go burlesque performances and guest DJ’s spinning best cryptic 60’s vinyl.

Featuring an exclusive L.A. Performance from Austin’s The Ugly Beats and frantic surf from The Finksville 5 (featuring members of The Ghastly Ones and Dynotones.)

Guest DJ Lee Joseph and your hosts Tony the Tyger and Baron Shivers spin top notch garage and surf with burlesque from the seductive Lucy Fur and Go-Go dancers Lux and Ursalina!

February 21, 2011by Dionysus Records
Dick and Jane, downtown Los Angeles, Events, exotica, Garage Music, Lounge Music, Lounge music events, News, Surf Music, Tiki

2/10: Ding Dong Devils, Dick and Jane, Casino 66 at The Redwood

This Thursday – 2/10 – Dionysus Records brings you three bands at The Redwood featuring exotica with a twist from The Ding Dong Devils, The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra with Dionysus’ Lee Joseph on bass, and Casino 66, formerly The Huntington Cads and featuring ex members of The Finks, The Witchdoctors and The Tiki Tones. Only $5.00!

9:30 PM
$5.00 Cover
The Redwood Bar and Grill
316 W. 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA. 90012
213.680.2600

February 5, 2011by Dionysus Records
Page 1 of 3123»

Follow

Sign up for the Newsletter!

Like

Shop at our Online Store!

Check out our Ebay store
for one of a kind items!

Categories

  • '60s Television
  • '77 Punk Legends
  • Art
  • Atwater Village
  • Bacchus Archives
  • Bay Area
  • Benefit
  • Big Sandy
  • Bigfoot Lodge
  • Book reading
  • Booze and mixology
  • Burbank
  • Contest
  • Country Music
  • Creepxotica
  • Culver City
  • Dance Club
  • Desert Soul Club
  • Desert Soul Club
  • Dick and Jane
  • Dionysus bands
  • Dionysus mail-order cart
  • Dionysus Records
  • DJ Lee
  • downtown Los Angeles
  • Dukes of Hamburg
  • Eagle Rock
  • East Hollywood
  • East Los Angeles
  • eBay
  • Echo Park
  • European Tours
  • Events
  • exotica
  • Fashion
  • Film
  • Florida
  • Foodie
  • Free Event
  • Fundraiser
  • Garage Music
  • Geza X
  • Graphic Art
  • greasy R&B
  • Heather Watts
  • Hell Yeah label
  • History of Recorded Sound (HRS)
  • Holiday Event
  • Hollywood
  • Jason Lee
  • Jesika von Rabbit
  • Joshua Tree
  • Josie Cotton
  • La Luz de Jesus
  • Las Vegas
  • Latin Jazz
  • Lee's Blog Post
  • Lorenzo Surfer Joe
  • Los Angeles area events
  • Los Feliz
  • Lounge Music
  • Lounge music events
  • LuxuriaMusic.com
  • Mod
  • Musical archives
  • New Dionysus release
  • New Years Eve
  • News
  • Obituary
  • Orange County
  • Orchestra Superstring
  • Over Under Sideways Down
  • Palm Springs
  • Photoblog
  • Pirate
  • Psychedelic
  • punk rock
  • Radio and Podcasts
  • Record Meet
  • Redondo Beat
  • Reissues
  • Reunions
  • Robert Drasnin
  • Rockabilly
  • Ruby Dee
  • San Diego
  • San Fernando Valley
  • San Francisco
  • Santa Monica
  • sculpture
  • Shag
  • Sidebar Photoblog
  • Silver Lake
  • Skip Heller
  • Soul
  • Spindrift
  • Stereophonic Space Sound
  • Street Art
  • Stuff We Like
  • Surf Guitar 101
  • Surf Music
  • Surfer Joe Lorenzo
  • SXSW
  • Tattoo Art
  • Television
  • The Boss Martians
  • The Creatures of The Golden Dawn
  • The Creepy Creeps
  • The Dogs
  • The Dollyrots
  • The Martini Kings
  • The Satelliters
  • Thorazine
  • Tiger Bomb
  • Tiki
  • Tiki Oasis
  • Tours
  • Uncategorized
  • Vinyl Records
  • Vinyl reissues
  • Vinyl Vendors
  • Voodoo Organist
  • Websites and Blogs
  • West Los Angeles

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • November 2020
  • April 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • January 2019
  • October 2018
  • August 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008

© 2019 copyright Dionysus Records, Inc. All rights reserved.