September 2013 – Page 2

Danish Angels of ‘Harlem’ – NEW POLITICS OPENS KJEE’S SUMMER ROUNDUP

September 13, 2013October 2, 2015 tedmills Leave a comment

New Politics will be the opening band for this year's KJEE Summer Roundup. Crush Management photos — New Politics will be the opening band for this year’s KJEE Summer Roundup.
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When is a Danish band not a Danish band? When the majority of its success and career has been spent stateside. For New Politics, the opening band on this year’s KJEE Summer Roundup, that means New York City, Bushwick side in particular. But even then, this trio — two Danes and one American — haven’t had too much time to stay in one place.

“We’ve had a total of three weeks off since the album dropped,” lead singer David Boyd says. “I just looked at the schedule yesterday, and we’re booked until December 21 without a break.”

Exposed – MONIKA MOLNAR-METZENTHIN’S NUDES ARE NAKED IN A DIFFERENT WAY

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'Michelle' Courtesy photos — ‘Michelle’
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There’s a humorous tease in the title of Monika Molnar-Metzenthin’s “Nouvelle Nudes” exhibit at Restaurant Roy this September. These women that Ms. Molnar-Metzenthin has painted were indeed nude at the time, posing for life drawing classes at the Schott Center, but like a fetishist focusing on the parts that nobody else pays attention to, the artist has decided to render these faces in paint, and nothing else.

Art modeling can be dull and ache inducing for the model, and a bit weird for the artist if they’re not used to gazing for long stretches at the nude figure. Some models fall asleep or nod off, others daydream. Who knows what they’re thinking about?

DRINK OF THE WEEK: Roy’s The Jolly Tiger

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A small number of people, according to owner Roy Gandy, believe his restaurant and bar on Carrillo is called The Jolly Tiger, and not Roy. That could have something to do with the large, neon sign that says exactly that, hanging over the bar.

A Buffalo Bills football nestles in the lower loop of the “g,” a mark of the man who rescued this piece of Santa Barbara history from the back of an antique store. The actual Jolly Tiger was on the corner of Canon Perdido and Chapala, now Cajun Kitchen, a local chain of three eateries that closed in the ’80s.

Comedy Veteran – THREE HILARIOUS ARMED FORCES VETS TELL JOKES AT SOHO TO BENEFIT THE TROOPS

September 6, 2013October 8, 2015 tedmills Leave a comment

Former Staff Sergeant Thorn Tran is the executive producer and lead comic of The GIs ofComedy. Brett Saariphot — Former Staff Sergeant Thorn Tran is the executive producer and lead comic of The GIs ofComedy.
Brett Saariphot

Comedians often travel to America’s numerous war zones to entertain the troops. But with this event at SOhO Thursday night the script has been flipped, as three vets with stand-up chops provide an evening of laughs to the civilians, and all for a good cause.

“Our mission and goal is to take care as many of our troops as possible by making them laugh,” says former Staff Sergeant Thom Tran, the executive producer and lead comic of The GIs of Comedy. He along with Jose Sarduy and Tom Irwin intend to make audiences laugh while benefiting the Soldier’s Project. This charity provides free mental health counseling to veterans.

DRINK OF THE WEEK: Pepe’s Watermelon Margarita

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Hey, Pepe’s! Long time no see! We were checking out one of our favorite bookstores in Goleta (Left Coast Books, fyi) and wanted a drink and maybe some Mexican grub and decided to stop by Pepe’s, located just around the corner. We had forgotten two major things about the place: Its bar is warm and friendly, and the bar food is super affordable. (We felt miles away from downtown. How many miles? About $10 worth.)

And there’s a summer cocktail menu to try, with bartender Jamie Brofeldt pouring us some selections, being very chatty, and just very enthusiastic. There’s a new mojito to order featuring Bacardi light, lime and simple syrup. It’s delicious and it made it through the rough audition process at Pepe’s, where even things like an Orange Cosmo were called “too fancy.”