From This Point Forward
The Justice ’08 Tour kicks off at West Hollywood’s Troubadour on Tuesday as The Nightwatchman Tom Morello performs with a few familiar friends in tow, namely Slash from Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, Pete Yorn, and others. This show is the first night of an eight-city run that concludes in Chicago on May 1st and each concert addresses a social issue specific to the location, the theme here being homelessness. This will be my first time seeing the Rage Against the Machine guitarist’s acoustic alter ego, though I did watch a webcast of his set from Bonnaroo last June and was amazed by how disparate it was from the well-known aggressive rock material. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals performed a surprise set at Hotel Café with The Nightwatchman last week and Ben joined Eddie Vedder at The Wiltern on Sunday so it would be a treat if he or his band mates materialized at this evening’s gig as well. Tickets might be a little hard to come by as it is already sold out but if this roster of musicians has you salivating on the keyboard, it doesn’t hurt to get head over around 8 pm and see if they release some more.
The Los Angeles Lakers host the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center tonight in a game that concludes the regular season and determines Purple and Gold’s position when the playoffs begin on April 19th. A final win means the number one seed in the Western Conference and guaranteed home court advantage until the Finals in June so expect the Kings to play hard to prevent them from claiming the title. Tip off is, as usual, shortly after 7:30 pm and the game can be seen on Fox Sports Net. Even the Dodgers are getting into the postseason spirit as they invited forward Ronny Turiaf to throw out the first pitch last night before they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He dressed up for the occasion, wearing their trademark white and blue jersey and almost threw a strike to second baseman Jeff Kent. The Lakers.com BasketBlog has a video up of it here; Ronny’s humble bow to Kent afterwards is priceless.
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