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LA in LA:
http://www.calendarlive.com/calendarlive/theater/lat_anderson991022.htm

Stick It:

California Guitar Trio, with special guest Tony Levin, at 9 p.m.
Oct. 28 at the Mercury Lounge, 5871 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Tickets:
$12 in advance, $15 at the door; 967-0907.

 Thrills on a Budget: For something completely different, check out
 the bill at the small but powerful and charismatic Mercury Lounge in
 downtown Goleta on Thursday. The California Guitar Trio, a tight,
 fancy-fingered acoustic guitar group, will be joined by Tony Levin,
 famed bassist and player of the Chapman Stick. 
 Levin has worked with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon,
 Pink Floyd and countless others. 

 The link is King Crimson founder Robert Fripp, in whose
 legendary and now-defunct "Guitar Craft" program of guitar
 instruction and philosophical guidance the members of the trio met. 
 Reportedly Levin, finding a bit of time on his hands, offered to do a
 few dates on the trio's current tour, including such notable venues as
 the Bottom Line in New York City. 

 It so happened that one of the other locales was the Mercury
 Lounge, this humble haven for good, offbeat music in Goleta. 
 Who woulda thunk it? On one hand, it's not surprising, in that the
 Mercury Lounge has hosted a heady list of out-of-towners, including a
 recent show by the jazz-funk-improv group Ponga, featuring Wayne
 Horvitz, Bobby Previte, Skerik and Dave Palmer. 
 It's a fancifully fitted little watering hole well worth watching.