Ventura Nationals

Ventura Nationals 2012

upcoming Classic Car Shows

Some upcoming events!

X The Band at the Canyon Club

I went to see my favorite punk band X, at the Canyon Club with my friend and co worker Dawn.  Exene has been ill, so we really wanted to get a chance to see her while she is still at it.  I saw them 12 years ago at the Ventura Theatre, and  it was an awesome show.  For any of you not familiar, X is not your typical punk rock, they are known to be the punk for the thinking musician, rather than the screaming hostile delinquent.  They are produced by Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist from The Doors.  I was prepared for them to not really deliver, trying to not get my hopes up, but super excited none the less.   We were all sort of hanging around a bit bored by the opening act, kinda people watching- uncomfortable.  You know that disjointed feeling at a group event when you are all hangin out gawking at each other nothing in common, nothing to say to one another.  Then Exene comes out and everyone is suddenly fully stoked, followed by the great John Doe, Billy Zoom.  Oh yeah, that's why we are all here!  The moment they started to play, this intense group euphoria set in.  We were all united somehow, each remembering how much their music had touched us.  Familiar, sounds rekindling old forgotten memories.  We were all young again that night.  Let me fully assure you, THEY ROCKED!