Save Music in Chinatown 14: Mike Watt & The Missingmen, PHAG, Selector Dub Narcotic, Lois Maffeo

THE SHOW

This is the fourteenth in a series of fundraising concerts organized to pay for the underfunded music education program at Castelar Elementary School. Established in 1882 and sitting right in the middle of Chinatown, the inner-city public school serves mostly immigrant kids who don't get much exposure to performing arts or creative outlets. Chinatown has an unbeatable musical past (mostly punk) and rad art scene in the present (post punk). Neither subculture crosses paths often with the residents in Chinatown but we're trying to create a bridge for them to help out the local kids.

This lineup will mix up friends from Olympia's International Pop Underground with pals and originators of Los Angeles punk.

• Lois Maffeo - Rare Los Angeles appearance by the beloved Olympia, WA-based K Records artist who has played solo but also been part of The Union Themes, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and Courtney Love (the band).
• Selector Dub Narcotic - The latest project from Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening, Go Team, Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Hive Dwellers, and K Records fame is a bona-fide portable party machine.
• Special set by PHAG, featuring first-wave Los Angeles punk lifers, artists, activists, and ambassadors Phranc and Alice Bag doing their updated and politically charged version of the Smothers Brothers' witty banter and catchy folk combo for the Trump Era.
• Mike Watt & The Missingmen - The universally beloved bass champ from Minutemen, fIREHOSE, DOS, and other L.A. punk bands cranks and tweaks old and new faves with his top-shelf combo of Tom Watson (Red Krayola, Slovenly) and Raul Morales (KIller Dreamer, FYP).
• In-between jams courtesy of DJ Baby Tender Love a.k.a. Michelle from Jabberjaw playing hits from 3711 Pico Blvd., the spiritual bridge between Oly's Capitol Theater and Chinatown's old Hong Kong Cafe.

That's a lot of great music for 12 lousy bucks (and maybe some raffle tickets).

SCHEDULE

Subject to change but just to give you an idea of how the day will go:

PARKING

There is free metered parking on the streets (try going north on Broadway) and pretty cheap parking on College.

MISC.

All ticket proceeds minus Eventbrite surcharges will be donated directly to FACES (Friends and Alumni of Castelar Elementary School, a registered nonprofit organization) to be applied specifically to the music education program.