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Of course, live they remain as <A target="_blank" href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/concerts/8227/califone/">erratic as ever</A>, mixing rootsy ruminations with all-out electro insanity. Popping up all over the place — most notably as a new member of indie lifechangers the Shins — the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/thefruitbats">Fruit Bats</A>' Eric Johnson goes it alone tonight, opening the evening with a more conventional folk sound that favors sunny '60s melodies, wistful acoustic strumming, and the occasional burst of tambourine. </p> <P> <EM>- AP/TW</EM> </p> <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="event_info"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="top" class="attribute"><B>links:</B></TD><TD valign="top" class="info"><A href="http://www.malibuperformingartscenter.com/" target="_new"> <LINKTEXT _moz-userdefined="" version="1" id="238008">Malibu Performing Arts Center</LINKTEXT> </A> |<A href="http://www.myspace.com/califonemusic" target="_new"> <LINKTEXT _moz-userdefined="" version="1" id="238010">Califone</LINKTEXT> </A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class="footer"> <DIV class="funcnav"> <A href="http://la.flavorpill.net/issue/218">« Back to Issue #218</A> </DIV> <DIV class="subinfo"> <DIV class="moreon"></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://la.flavorpill.net/105494?d=2007-05-03T00:00:00"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="maincolumn first"><P> <A href="http://la.flavorpill.net/"><IMG alt="Flavorpill: Beta" src="http://la.flavorpill.net/_img/logo.png" /></A> </p> </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4BF70023-A4F3-43F5-9B2D-9A024F8E19E7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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