This weekend, we held the first “Thank You, Come Again” on LA’s East side, at Tierra de la Culebra park in Highland Park. We had a tremendously nice time eating potluck, chilling in the shade on one of the hottest days of the summer, and generally enjoying the gorgeous atmosphere created by the people at Arts Corps LA. We’re really grateful to them for all that they do, and we hope that they’ll host us again!
At the top of this post is a picture of Mary and Eli Monolator, who performed a frantic medley of jams from their various bands while their son Ivan playfully pelted rocks at them. It’s a testament to the quality of their writing that their songs still resonate once stripped down to the most basic elements.
The image was drawn and colored by Champoy Hate, a member of Magick Orchids and one of the best illustrators on the scene. Follow the link to see Champ’s sketches of all the performers!
Gibbons and the Sluts opened the afternoon with some pensive, passionate folk music articulated with banjo, musical saw, accordion, and trumpet. They sounded lush and full, and their performance gave everyone a tremendous sense of well-being.
Eli and Mary played next. They were followed by Nima Kazerouni, who debuted a slate of songs that he’d written the day prior. One of the keyboard songs, a disco-inspired number, showed a new side of the So Many Wizards front man and might be his best song yet.
After Nima, Dnonkong injected a bit of country-western to the proceedings while gently strumming an acoustic guitar in the most alluring, dreamlike fashion. He was accompanied by his sister Chloe, whose high-class vocal style had several audience members aghast with admiration.
I played a few songs to end the show. Lately I’ve been performing without instruments, so this was the first time I’d played guitar in front of people in a while. I finished my set with a cover of favorite song right now, R.E.M.’s “Tongue:”
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