08.16.18

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OTHER MOTHERS’
BROTHERS
‘ECLECTIC PROGRESSIVE INSTRU-
MENTAL’ OTHER MOTHER BROTHER
BAND JAMS AT BRAND LIBRARY & ART
CENTER FRIDAY NIGHT
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BY CARL KOZLOWSKI
Graham Russell was an Australian singer trying to break into the
music biz in 1975 when he was hired as part of the 34-member
chorus of a Sydney-based production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
Knowing no one else in the chorus, he was afraid he’d get lost
in the cracks until he noticed the amazing tenor voice of Russell
Hitchcock, the man placed beside him in each show.
The two struck up a conversation in which they discovered they
were born just three days apart, had no brothers, and that each
saw the Beatles at the same concert when they were 14 years old.
They quickly decided to establish themselves as a performing duo
called Air Supply, setting up shows all over the city after performances
and drawing near-immediate attention for their stunning
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‘CRAZY’ SUCCESS
KEN JEONG IS RIDING A WAVE OF
GOOD FORTUNE AS HE COSTARS IN
‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ AND PREPARES
FOR HIS NETFLIX SPECIAL AT THE ICE
HOUSE
‘A MAGIC CONNECTION’
AFTER 44 YEARS, AIR SUPPLY’S GRAHAM RUSSELL AND RUSSELL HITCHCOCK
ARE STILL SINGING ‘SILLY LOVE SONGS’
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Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell
love songs.
They’ve been performing together ever since, including a show
this Friday night at The Rose nightclub in Pasadena. Speaking
from a tour stop in Westbury, New York, Russell claims that the
two friends have never fought once in their four decades together
and says that they still feel a magic connection with the band and
the audience at every show.
“Russell and I years ago said we’d stop when people stop coming
to see us, which hasn’t happened,” says Russell, who notes they
perform 120 shows annually. “We have such a good time on stage,
and the audience can feel it. We don’t just stand there like statues.
We’re interactive, go into the audience and are very personable. It’s
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A TASTE OF
RECOGNITION
‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ CREATES
A CINEMATIC SENSATION WHILE
CHALLENGING FILM AND TV CASTING
PRACTICES
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BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER
HISTORY MYSTERY
Andrew Lawler
discusses and
signs “The Secret
Token: Myth,
Obsession and
the Search for
the Lost Colony
of Roanoke,” the
story of the 1587
British colony of
Roanoke Island,
North Carolina, which mysteriously disappeared
with barely a trace. It starts at 7 p.m. tonight,
Thursday, Aug. 16 at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E.
Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-5320 or
visit vromansbookstore.com
SOUL MAN
or visit onecolorado.com.
SCARY FLICK
One Colorado’s
free summer
music series
features blues,
soul and roots
music by Reverend
Tall Tree at 7
p.m. Saturday at
41 Hugus Alley,
Pasadena. Call
(626) 564-1066
The South Lake
Avenue Business
District free
Rooftop Cinema
Series features
“Jurassic Park”
(1993), starting
with a deejay
spinning tunes at
6 p.m. Saturday
and family activities
followed by the film on the roof of the parking
structure at 55 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Call
(626) 792-1259 or visit southlakeavenue.org.
ROM COM
A free, staged
reading of the
romantic comedy
“Kalamazoo” by
Michelle Kholos
Brooks and Kelly
Younger, about
two quirky but
endearing baby
boomers venturing
into the world of
modern dating,
starts at 7 p.m. Monday at Sierra Madre Playhouse,
87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. No reservations
are required. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit
sierramadreplayhouse.org.
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