Dengue Fever at Rhino, 8/13/11

More than 150 people were inside Claremont's Rhino Records on Saturday for an instore performance by the Long Beach-based band Dengue Fever, whose Cambodian singer sings mostly in Khmer. The band played for 45 minutes, which was awfully generous for a free performance, and then signed posters, CDs and vinyl.

A journalist for more than two decades, David Allen has been writing a column for the 

David, is that Kareem Abdul Jabbar playing bass for them?
[Nah. The bass player is taller. -- DA]
Off topic but did I just see you at Panera Bread? It is 6:45pm Tuesday.
[Panera La Verne? You did. -- DA]
If you were at Panera bread in La Verne last night, I sure did.