Wed, Dec 9
Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins
A performer who has spent five decades refusing every available form of irony is either the most or least fashionable thing in music depending on the year, and at the moment it is very much the former. Songs about ice cream, insects, painters and being in love, sung in several languages, with one drummer and frequently no microphone. He will stop mid-song to explain what he meant. Phones are discouraged and the room complies, which produces ninety minutes that feel genuinely disconnected from the rest of the week. Ventura's converted bowling alley is small enough that the no-amplification approach works. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard, a Wednesday in December. He plays Los Angeles the same week and people go to more than one, because no two are the same show.
A performer who has spent five decades refusing every available form of irony is either the most or least fashionable thing in music depending on the year, and at the moment it is very much the former. Songs about ice cream, insects, painters and being in love, sung in several languages, with one drummer and frequently no microphone. He will stop mid-song to explain what he meant. Phones are discouraged and the room complies, which produces ninety minutes that feel genuinely disconnected from the rest of the week. Ventura's converted bowling alley is small enough that the no-amplification approach works. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard, a Wednesday in December. He plays Los Angeles the same week and people go to more than one, because no two are the same show.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2026
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A performer who has spent five decades refusing every available form of irony is either the most or least fashionable thing in music depending on the year, and at the moment it is very much the former. Songs about ice cream, insects, painters and being in love, sung in several languages, with one drummer and frequently no microphone. He will stop mid-song to explain what he meant. Phones are discouraged and the room complies, which produces ninety minutes that feel genuinely disconnected from the rest of the week. Ventura's converted bowling alley is small enough that the no-amplification approach works. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard, a Wednesday in December. He plays Los Angeles the same week and people go to more than one, because no two are the same show.
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