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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, October 12, 2006

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Bop to the world beat of Ozomatli

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Having a tough time finding a good conga line? Ozomatli feels your pain. Maybe that's why the Los Angeles-based multiethnic collective returns to Honolulu each year. That, or perhaps because local fans still dig Ozo's crazy danceable fusion of Latin, salsa, hip-hop, rock, reggae, Middle Eastern and, now, dirty pop after all these years. The famous band-directed conga line will still conclude tonight's outdoor show at Aloha Tower Marketplace's Events at the Tower venue (formerly Kapono's). "That's the best part of the show," said drummer Jiro Yama-guchi. "People love it and it's a good time. What's not to like?" At 8 p.m., $23; tickets at (866) 468-3399 or www.ticketweb.com.

— Derek Paiva



FOR ANIMAL LOVERS



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— McClatchy-Tribune News Service



FINAL WORD

"That show gave me a father and a career and a life."

Shia LABeouf | actor, on his first acting job on Disney's "Even Stevens," instrumental in reuniting him with his absent father, in Interview magazine