District Weekly “Best of Long Beach” Bash at Smooth’s

Above Smooth’s on Pine Ave., 400 people, Pabst beer, El Don Tequila—and John Morris, Smooth’s smooth, avuncular chieftan. At 10:10 p.m., Long Beach locals On Blast; lead singer Josh has serious pipes; Andy who plays . . . we didn’t notice: brother looks like a porn star (compliment). One woman in the audience calls them “the best-kept secret in Long Beach”; not anymore. Another called them “the shit”; that’s a compliment? MTV heroes Cavil at Rest played/partied until near midnight. And DJ Eric G? Clash, Elvis Costello, Ramones, New Order, Go-Gos. For one night, we lived. And then we cleaned up the hurl and the spilled PBR, helped pack up the bands and walked out into the Pine-ing throngs. Find your pictures here, unless you were someplace else, in which case, well, we’re sorry: you missed the single-best party of the week, and your lives will seem somehow, however slightly, smaller.Check out James C. Anderson’s photo gallery!

Tags: Cavil at Rest, DJ Eric G, John Morris, Long Beach, On Blast, Smooth's