The Seventh Sense art gallery opens Saturday night in north Redondo Beach with a wide ranging exhibit featuring eight artist and music by folk masters Hang Dog.
“The Seventh Sense is a reference to humanity’s current mass awakening of higher consciousness,” explained owner and artist Sammy Doerr. “Science, as well as a large portion of people everywhere, now believes we create reality with our thoughts. This means our thoughts as well as our creative forces are the pinnacle to future outcomes. Art is a wonderful vehicle for manifesting change in ideal ways. It can also work to reach a shared mass consciousness more quickly.”
Hermosa Beach resident Ken Seaton has been a man deeply seated behind South Bay’s music scene for decades. Over the years, he’s worked with bands across the board, enduring the fluctuating volatility of the music industry while proactively conjuring ever progressive strategies and methods to assist bands through the treacherous tides.
There’re four forms of live music in the south bay; or rather four primary ways in which music comes to us (excluding house parties). There’s the occasional and annual city-held, outdoor concerts. The music venues. Bars that book entertainment. And then there’re those random spots, unaffiliated with alcohol consumption, that come forth with unexpected events for the arts. Of late, we’ve seen unique shows come from Lopa Lopa Vintage Clothing, Java Man, The Comic Bug, Gum Tree, South Bay Customs, among others. The unique quality of these shows is captured within their nature: they’re not based on money. These establishments don’t hire entertainment to make a fat buck off the booze train like the bars do. Sure, there’s some publicity in it for them and someone might buy a shirt, coffee, or comic book; but it’s faint, nominal, and not a make or break dollar night – in some cases they might even lose a bit of money. With these phantom venues it’s usually about art and community. The next one on the radar takes place on Saturday at The Mint Salon in Hermosa Beach, featuring an acoustic session with Tomorrows Bad Seeds’ Moi and Sean.
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Yes, hangdog is an actual expression; and Hang Dog Expression is one of the South Bay’s only folk outfits, blending country and all things Americana. They’re one of the scarce few who take the stage with acoustic instruments, heel tappin’ boots, hand slappin’ hoots, plaid collared shirts, and cowboy hats. And to that, I say, “Folk yeah!”
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“I always wanted to be a rock star, but pretty much put all those dreams aside… It wasn’t until I turned 50 [that] music would become my passion and transform my life.” So says Robert Deller, Redondo Beach resident, singer/songwriter, [...]
