THE SHOW

This is the fourth in a series of fundraising concerts organized to pay for music education at Castelar Elementary School. Established in 1882 and sitting right in the middle of Chinatown, the inner-city campus 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 crowd has had very much to do with the residents in Chinatown but we're trying to create a bridge for both to help out the local kids.

The bill channels Chinatown's past and present, punk and art, raw and refined:

• Bob Forrest from Thelonious Monster and Josh Klinghoffer from Dot Hacker are reuniting to play their first public show as The Bicycle Thief in 13 years.
  
• Evil Hearted You is a brand-new, L.A. punk-filtered roots band featuring Louie Perez III, Ben Solis, and Lars Stalfors or Eric Fuller. They were hand-chosen to play X's Make the Music Go Bang! festival and this will be their second show ever.
  
• My Revenge features Hector Penalosa from the legendary punk band from Chula Vista, The Zeros, a.k.a. "The Mexican Ramones." This is Hector's second Save Music in Chinatown show after playing with The Baja Bugs in the second installment.
  
• DJ services will be provided by Cyrano and Special Agent Lotus from KXLU's Molotov Cocktail Hour.

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

SET TIMES

Tentatively...
3:00 Doors, DJ set by Cyrano and Secret Agent Lotus from KXLU's Molotov Cocktail Hour
3:30 My Revenge
4:15 Evil Hearted You
5:00 The Bicycle Thief

Music between bands provided by Cyrano and Secret Agent Lotus.

THE RAFFLE

In addition to donating for admission, guests will be able to donate money toward raffle tickets for a chance to score prizes. $1 = 1 ticket. So far, contributions from supporters include:

• Unwound print from Ben Clark/Wide Angle Sounds
• Shoes from Keep Company
  
• Bob & The Monster soundtracks courtesy of Acetate Records
• Goodies from Berndt Offerings
  
• Goods from Jawsey Bruce Records
• CDs from Sean & Zander
• Gear from Make The Music Go Bang! Festival
  
• Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton DVD signed by Peanut Butter Wolf
• Grammy Awards Poster (Signed by MANY artists)
• Signed goodies from Susie Ghahremani
  
• Print signed by Sean Chao
• Stickers and Zines from Allister Lee
  
• Chinese American Museum/L.A. Heat program signed by Michael Hsiung
• Adventure Time/Poketo wallet signed by Martin Cendreda
• Gift certificate from Scoops
• Gift certificate from Pho 87
  

Check this site regularly for additions as the show draws nearer.

TICKETING

$12 in advance or $15 dollars at the door. Advance ticket purchasers can buy a $16 package with 8 raffle tickets (saving $4).

Advance ticket sales end at midnight on Saturday, October 18. If we do not sell out, there will be tickets at the door.

PARKING

There is free parking on the streets (try going north on Broadway) and $4 parking at Mandarin Plaza (across Broadway, slightly south).

MISC.

All ticket proceeds minus 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.