Join Jesika von Rabbit a/k/a DJVR and Lee Joseph as they tag-team DJ Chill Bar in Palm Springs Saturday, 3/12, 10pm – 2 am, playing a deep catalog of floor fillers spanning the ’60s-now! Chill Bar Palm Springs is “a warm and fabulous twenty first century modern gay bar, lounge & video bar located on Arenas”
Chill Bar
217 E Arenas Rd,
Palm Springs, CA 92262
chillbarpalmsprings.com
In September, Jesika von Rabbit, bassist Lee Joseph and von Rabbit’s dancers The Grundles opened 12 sold out shows for Eagles of Death Metal’s “Zipper Down” tour in the mid-west, south and East Coast. The packed rooms all responded enthusiastically to von Rabbit’s set which included songs from her recently released “Journey Mitchell” album (self released CD and Digital, vinyl LP on Dionysus Records), a twisted, searing industrial electro version of Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” and a couple of von Rabbit’s country songs which were recorded by Gram Rabbit.
Photo by Marina Chavez – www.marinachavez.com
Click here for Washington City Paper DC show review and photos
Click here for “Journey Mitchell” review by Ron Garmon in LA Record
Click here von Rabbit’s latest video “Glamorous Misery” directed by Jessica Janos (NSFW)
von Rabbit and crew will be playing their first post-tour Los Angeles show, DJ Howie Pyro’s Madhouse Bop – Pre Halloween Dance Party starring Chief labotologist DJ Howie Pyro, plus live performances by Geneva Jacuzzi, Haunted George, L.A.Drones, Nora Keyes and special guest DJ Roger Mar
HM157 feels very fortunate to still be standing after the horrific May 1St Fire. Rumor has it that it was the Devil who spared the house* Halloween being their all time favorite holiday. The venue is putting on a monstrous pre-Halloween costume dance party where you will lose your mind! The winner of the costume contest will recieve FREE ENTRANCE to all HM157 events for a full year!
HM157
3110 N Broadway,
Los Angeles, California 90031
www.hm157.com
Click for Facebook event invite
Saturday, Oct 24 at 8:00pm to 3:00am
$13 Entrance @ Door
$11 in Advance @ http://localbuy.me/tickets/events/45
In October, von Rabbit’s group Gram Rabbit will come out of hiatus to perform four shows with Eagles of Death Metal
10/20/2015 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
10/21/2015 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
10/23/2015 The Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
10/26/2015 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
and on Halloween Weekend, Gram Rabbit will perform their 11th annual Grim Rabbit Halloween Ball at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown. On October 30, Spindrift will be opening and on the 31st Misfits cover band Astro Zombies will be opening. More information and tickets can be found at this link.
Joshua Tree Chamber of Commerce presents a JTiki Party taking place on July 31, 2015 at the Joshua Tree Chamber headquarters from 5pm-8:30pm, featuring food, drinks, a “best Hawaiian shirt” contest and Dionysus Records / LuxuriaMusic’s DJ Lee Joseph. $10 suggested donation.
Tiki Oasis is the Class M hypergiant of the Tiki scene – the biggest Tiki Weekender in the solar system
Blast Off with live performances by:
Host: King Kukulele
Man or Astroman?
The Chocolate Watchband
Tikiyaki Orchestra
The Phenomenauts
The Phantom Surfers
Clouseaux
Fono66
The Devil-Ettes
Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
The Neptunas
Project: Pimento
Jason Lee and the r.i.p. Tides
The Outta Sites
The Little Richards
The Rosalyns
The Ding Dong Devils
Diddley Daddies
The Angel and Robot Show
Els A Phonics
Point Doom
Slim Jenkins
Millionaire Beach Bums
You’ll be in orbit with these Burlesque Stars:
Kitten de Ville
Ruby Joule
Tana the Tattooed Lady
Amber Ray
Bunny Pistol
Charlotte La Belle Araigne’e
Dolores Daiquiri
Eva D’Luscious
Lila Starlet
Lydia DeCarllo
Mimi Le Meaux
Ruby Champagne
Dottie Deville
Eva Mae Garnet
Goldie Candela
Jessabelle Thunder
Jolie Goodnight
Meghan Mayhem
Szandora LaVey
Coco Lectric
Violetta Beretta
Di’Lovely
Vinyl Flying Saucer Pilots (our DJs that is…)
Lee Joseph
Howie Pyro
Anja and Mike Stax
Tanoa Samoa Boy
Agent Kari
El Nova
Duke Weiss
Lukino Ungawa
Johnny Bartlett
Tiki Tena & Jeff BigTikiDude
Axle
Eric Musick
Switched on Audrey
Astro 138
Jon Burchard
Nuria Alsina
Patrick Robinson
Sid Presley
Strike
Suzy Moran
Xerox
Burnie Gipson
Stay tuned for more information about symposiums, Miss Tiki Oasis 15 Pageant, book signings, special events, vintage car show, pin-up packages, art show, cigar and rum pairing, and MUCH MORE!
This year’s Tiki Caliente in Palm Springs returns to its original home at the Caliente Tropics hotel and kicks off on Thursday, May 14 with a special art show from Claudette Barjoud a/k/a Miss Fluff – accompanied by the “the Exotic Sounds of DJ Lee” – Thursday Night Tiki Caliente entertainment features The Martini Kings and The Jimmy Psycho Experience!
Check the event website for tickets and more information about the even which runs May 14 – May 17!
The entertainment schedule includes
Friday
Troy Fernandez
The Hula Girls
Saturday
Smokin´ Menehunes
Ding Dong Devils
Glasgow Tiki Shakers
Tiki Joes Ocean
Sunday
Jason Arimoto
Kimo
The soft, warm breeze carries the sound of rustling palms and sensuous exotica music to your ears. Before you, your glass, filled with a fine rum libation, clinks together with new friends. Heartfelt calls of “Aloha” awaken in you a long-buried memory of primitive excitement. This has been your dream. Are you on some far-off tropical island?
Yes… and it´s called Tiki Caliente.
Not since Europe, 1987 have Thee Fourgiven and The Unclaimed shared a bill – 80’s garage legends The Unclaimed and Thee Fourgiven (first reunion show celebrating the 30 year anniversary of their first album!) return with the Motorcycle Black Madonnas (record release party for new LP These Days!) at the Redwood Bar! 316 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, California 90012 (213) 680-2600
It’s a platter and chatter party featuring special guest Jesika von Rabbit on Over Under Sideways Down, with your host Lee Joseph, on LuxuriaMusic, Wednesday 2/25, 3-5 PM PST. Join in on the chatroom! It’s Listener Sponsorship Week at LuxuriaMusic.com – listen in, nab some cool premiums and help keep Lux on the air another year! For those of you who are website challenged, here’s the direct listen link and chatroom links.
Over Under Sideways Down
1/28/14 – 3-5 PM PST LuxuriaMusic.com
Un-themed show
Playlist: track – LP (or 7”) – label – year of release
Set 1
Imitation Situation (Toccata & Fuge) & Where Do You Go – Fever Tree – S/T – Uni 1968
The Great Edwardian Air Raid – Paul Roland – Confessions of an Opium Eater – DiDi 1988
Sadie – The Cake – A Slice of the Cake – Decca 1967
Red Reflection – Spindrift – Goin’ Down EP – Vacancy – 2008 (recorded 2002)
Electricity – Spiritulized – Dedicated 7” – 1997
Set 2
Kalyani & You Can’t Ever Come Down – Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies – American Metaphysical Circus – Columbia Masterworks 1967
Knights of Cydonia – Muse – AME 7” pic disc – 2006
Children of the Sun – The Misunderstood – Fontana 7” – 1969
14 Hour Technicolor Dream – The Syn – Deram 7” – 1967
As for Marionette – The Marionette – Bell 7” – 1968
If Looks Could Kill – Camera Obscura – Elfant Records 7” 2007
Love Comes Down – Baby Woodrose – Love Comes Down – Bad Afro Records – 2006
Hiroshima Mon Amour – Ultravox – Ha Ha Ha – Island – 1977
Set 3
Rocks Off – Primal Scream – Creation Records 12” 45 – 1994
Live With Me – Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed – London – 1968
You Don’t Understand – House of Love – Fontana 7” – 1992
I’m a Man – Spencer Davis Group – Fonatana 7” – 1967
Love in a Trash Can – The Ravonettes – Sony BMG 7” – 2005
Wrap it Up – Whitey – Pure Groove 7” – 2007
Mortuary Bound – Elise – S/T LP – Tetragrammaton Records – 1968
Set 4
It’s A Nice World To Visit (But Not to Live In) – Ann Margret & Lee Hazlewood – LHI 7″ – 1969
Rockin’ Bed – Valerie Carr – Rockin’ Bed – Atlas 7″ – 196?
Help Yourself – Little Johnny Taylor – Galaxy 7″ – 1962
Set 4
Desert Fantasy – Tommy Stevens & His Orchestra – ABC Paramount 7” – 1957
Mojave Midnight Moonlight – Voodoo Organist – Organ Voodoo – soon to be released Dionysus 2015
Land of the Endless Sun – Cisco and Dewey – self released CD 2015
You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) – Jesika von Rabbit – self released CD single & soon to be released LP 2015
Yucca Valley Beat – Johnny Arch and Frank’s Hi-D Tree – DEK 7” – 196?
Here’s the playlist and podcast link for Over Under Sideways Down – LuxuriaMusic.com, 9/4/14 – this time a non-themed “random stacks” show of 45 RPM records spanning the late ’50s – late ’60s. Dig in!
song title – artist – label
Set One – Girls!
1) All Through The Night – The Paris Sisters – Gregmark
2) Our Corner of the Night – Barbara Streisand (her only good record one she has wiped from her history… excellent 60s Girl Group sound with sitar!) – Columbia
3) Where The Roses Are Growing – Cathy Carroll – Rotate Records
4) Gonna Get That Man – Sanshers – Kweek
5) Aman Rapido – Angelica Maria – Musart Mexico
6) Take It Easy – Manuel und Draffi – Decca Germany
7) Love Love Love – Sunny and Phylis with the Danes – UNI
Set Two – Japan and Instrumentals
1) song title unknown (it’s in Japanese I can’t read it) Yozo Kayama- Toshiba Records
2) Koi No GT – artist name unknown (it’s in Japanese I can’t read it) – Crown Records
3) Latinia – The Sentinals – Sundazed (reissue of Westco 7″)
4) Buzzzzz – Jimmy Gordon – Challange
5) Fuzzy and Wild – The Ventures – Dolton
6) One Color Blues – Jerry Cole and the Spacemen – Capitol
7) Mowhak Airlines Commercial – custom pressed 45
Set Three – The Exotic Jungle – and Hawaii
1) Arabia – The Delcos – Showcase
2) Jungle Safari – The Knockabouts – Cosmic
3) Blue Congo – Ray Johnson – RCA
4) Safari – Ward Darby – Dot
5) Jungle Fever – Dick Dale – Deltone
6) Mumbo Jumbo – Ken Kennedy – Kanda
7) Mambo Jambo – The Surfers – Orbit
8)Hawaiian Rock – Tommy Sands – Capitol
Set Four – Garage etc…
1) I Can Hear The Grass Grow – The Blues Magoos – Mercury
2) Everything – The Quiet Jungle – Yorksville
3) Nothin’ – The Ugly Ducklings – Yorksville
4) It’s My Pride – The Guess Who – King
5) She Done Moved – The Spats – ABC
6) Double Yellow Line – The Music Machine – Original Sound
7) Try to Understand – The Seeds – GNP
8) La Cubera – Sama y los Manchos – Del Ray
9) Sookie Sookie – Steppenwolf – Dunhill (mono 45 version)
Set Five – Funk ‘n’ Soul
1) Purple Haze – Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Cream
2) Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire – The Pack – Capitol
3) Ain’t That Bad – Pancho Villa and The Bandits – Symbal Records
4) Getting the Corners – The TSU Tornadoes – Atlantic
5) Lookin’ for my Pig – Joe Tex – Parrot
6) Gimme Some Pt 1 – General Crook – Down to Earth Records
7) Keep On Keeping On – Nolan Porter – Lizard
Fin – Floor Fillers
1) Sweetness – Boneshaker – London
2) I’m Alive – Don Fardon – Youngblood
Connie Benson and Alberto Telo
Tune in Over Under Sideways Down on LuxuriaMusic.com on Wed 4/30, 3- 5 PM PST a random stack of fabulous records from soul to psych, doo-wop to country, plus special guest, guitarist Connie Benson from New Zealand!
It’s been a while since I’ve done a non-themed show… in the past few months I’ve found a great pile of records on my trips to the desert as well as some great purchases from Evil Bay and friends on Facebook… which I will share with you on my sixth episode of “Random Stacks of Records from around my Living Room and Other Places in the House…”
My pals Warren and Connie from New Zealand will drop by, capping off their epic two-and-a-half month visit to the States. Have a listen to Connie’s manic guitar here!
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