Los Angeles Thread #4: Victory Boulevard (We Love It!)

this saturday. something. somewhere. my last day in l.a.

Yes indeed.

Wehoohahh... It's going to be a busy Saturday.

FYI, Saturday night is the closing of the Bruce Licher/IPR retrospective at Dangerous Curve. Reportedly, the Urinals are going to be playing w/Bruce guesting on guitar.

I'm in for FAP, most likely.

I will be in Hawaii, celebrating the end of my bar exam experience, so no FAP for me.

BTW - MotherFUCK a Cali Bar Exam.

"13. Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift"

A GREAT song from a GREAT movie, but more night driving...

more for...

(produced by The Neptunes actually)

more night driving...

Too right, Spencer. The night commute is Miracle Mile, through the neon jungle.

Neptunes, really? They really did a good job with that. There is one mix of "Speed" by Atari Teenage Riot from F&F:TD that I like, too.

I never saw this thread. Fare thee well, Remy. We didn't hang out enough but I wish you the very best at your next stop.

Goodbye Los Angeles,

It has been awfully nice living in you. Nearly four years, in Koreatown, Los Feliz, Palms/Mar vista, and a number of shady streets and neighborhoods during a one-month between-apartment squat in the fall of '06.

I will miss my little house near Venice Blvd, ten minutes from the beach and three from Café Brazil, I will miss my roommate J., and his wonderful golden retriever Riley, who has been my constant companion for the past fourteen months. I will miss my work at the W.S., in spite of how things turned out ... I will miss all of my students, especially M, the greatest ten-year-old on the planet, and I hope he will remember me a friend for life. I will miss his family, too, who have been my primary employers, greatest support, and provisional 'home' since June.

I will miss running in Griffith Park, running on Franklin Blvd at nightfall, I will miss hikes at Topanga Canyon. I look forward to the next time I can eat at any of a million favorite Jonathan Gold recommended-restaurants. I will miss the over-full farmers markets (plural), Amoeba runs, sneak-parking at the Getty, caffeinated writing at Stir Crazy, Psychobabble, Alcove, Insomnia, etc., I will miss getting high on the roof of the USC parking center, trolling the pool at the Standard, impromptu parties thrown by house-sitters in the hills of Hollywood and Malibu. I will miss my writing group, the surly bastards at rocket video, I will ...

I'm not gonna bother to list any more.

I will miss my friends B*n, J*a, S*a, W*e, and R*é especially. And my LA ILX friends Ned, Arthur, Keith, Jody, Matt, Adam, Lisa, Vic, Jeff, Nick, Chris, Max, Spencer, and Laura. (And whoever I thoughtlessly neglected to include on this list.) I hope to see you all somewhere in the future, sometime soon.

And now:

Radio Silence. A few days in Big Sur. Decompression, Decontamination. Much love, big city.

Get away and do nothing, sir. Seeya in a few weeks up north!

best of luck remy, and im sorry i couldnt come out yesterday

see ya in the bay, dude. listen to the beach boys big sur from landlocked.

NorCal take good care of our guy.

Bye Remy! Good luck!

Hey how do I go the pool at the Standard? That sounds fun.

take the elevator

Adam, there are parties coming up at the pool this summer.

Take me with u?

maybe you all saw this. I thought it was funny:

http://laist.com/attachments/la_christine/laangst.jpg

Take me with u?

You don't care where he goes, do u.

i saw spencer DJ at the standard once, i had an amazing time, but i was really drunk

how did u get home

my roommate drove me

Different Standard actually. Hope to be doing some downtown this summer too.

I'll be playing at PYT on Friday, details to follow.

Remy, sorry I've been lax on FAP-ing. Good luck with your regrouping!

Another classic bookstore closing it's doors...

This time it's Dutton’s (in Brentwood)
http://www.duttonsbrentwood.com/

Goodbye and good luck up North, Remy. I'm sure you'll be back eventually.

Car crash pile up of shows tonight... The Raveonettes, Mountain Goats, and Working For A Nuclear Free City. If only all three were on the same bill

I might hit the Troubadour tonight.

New Silversun Pickups video shot by Joaquin Phoeniz in downtown LA

I'm going to Six Flags tonight!

But it's to shoot a film.

New Silversun Pickups video shot by Joaquin Phoeniz in downtown LA

It's weird how he makes them all look like Joaquin Phoenix.

PS Remy I <3 you but I've been knocked out by this goofy flu but will see in you SF...

Yeah! Except these ones don't cry, like Joaquin does in every movie he's in.

plz photoshop NEVARFORGET.JPG with crying joaquin phoenix

HEY REMY I HAVE YOUR MUG WITH THE INSCRIPTION FROM "OLIVIA" -- PLS TO GIVE ME YR NU-ADDRESS AND I WILL PUT IT IN THE POST ANON

plz photoshop mug, Sony water tower, and crying remy

nevar forget

There was a remy(r.i.p.)-shaped hole over by Ford's Filling Station the other night.

hi guys.

yo

tim is going slow. i want it to be daylights savings now. it's 2:50, no?

i think tony valdez must be editing the saturday edition of fox evening news. There was a feature on the tuskegee airmen getting honored, extensive coverage of the women's antiwar march downtown, a random piece about a mom who lost her son last year due to treachery from one of his so-called friends(they don't know who) and tony himself pleading for someone to step forward, it was very moving. He's kind of a blowhard but Tony Valdez' heart is in the right place, more than i can say from pretty much any other broadcaster on locals. I miss Jess Marlow too.

I miss Jerry Dunphy too although much of the time it seemed he had but a vague handle on what he was reading. Was he really the model for Ted Baxter? I think I heard that.

Paul Moyers is feckless.

That's putting it kindly.

he's a soulless boob; am i getting warmer?

Now we're talking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hW2dPg9WDE

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHlBz9ps3A

John Schubeck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmSzTZqqwI

John Schubeck is smooth. I vaguely recognize him but that was before my time.

I just watched Into The Night on FMC a couple nights ago and forgot just how much LA sightseeing there is. I still miss Ships and the toasters on every table.

I love the Ting Tings and am going to try to catch them at Jensen Rec Center Studios in Echo Park tonight. Has anyone been to that venue?

Went to a show there a couple of years ago. It was kinda like a big apartment.

I still miss Ships and the toasters on every table.

My name is rogermexico, and I endorse this message.

btw, who-all of y'all am I going to see at the Boredoms this Sunday?

Thanks, rec center looks tiny. I have a plus one for tonight if anyone wants to come out to Echo Park.

/douche

rec center is actually pretty big inside if i remember right

jensen rec center is a cool space.

i am going to boredoms.

anything else?

I keep forgetting they're playing. This saddens me. Sunday, you say.

I am going to Boredoms.

And not as in the usual Adam "yeah I might turn up to that but I probably won't". I paid money for a ticket and everything.

Everyone should go to the London Filmmaker's Co-op screening at Silent Movie Theater beforehand! Warm up for Boredoms with some classic materialist/structural British film!

Oh, I guess it's at the Egyptian. Even more convenient!

Most likely I will see you all at Boredoms also

The Rec Center had great sound for a warehouse.

anyone have recommendations for restaurants downtown/near downtown that stay open late (late = 10 or 11 pm)? new non-pete's non-pantry answers pls.

arnie mortons lol

actually that one might have closed

it's too bad mode closed after only a month; i never got to go. but supposedly the owner was a slimy prick who didn't pay his employees and was stealing electricity from his neighbor businesses.

i've heard good things about blue velvet:

http://www.bluevelvetrestaurant.com/

I have too.

with a name like that there's a lot to live up to.

I went to Mode for dinner once and NOBODY was there. They also didn't have their liquor license (which I think was the main problem). The "downtown social club" was there and they actually gave us some of their wine which kind of saved dinner (the food was pretty good). However, my date immediately asked whether they were a cult and got into it with them which was pretty funny.

Also, went to Osteria Mozza for my birthday last week. Overhyped and overpriced yet still excellent. Ate more cheese than I usually do in a month. The pastas were really extraordinary and this steak thing made me cry a little bit. I'd recommend just going and getting a seat at the bar. Looking forward to trying the Pizzeria for a slightly more casual experience (also, you could not order the pizza and some of the dishes I'd heard about in the main restaurant).

xpost, I realize that "NOBODY" seems at odds with the downtown social club, but the club was like 10 people.

anyone have recommendations for restaurants downtown/near downtown that stay open late (late = 10 or 11 pm)? new non-pete's non-pantry answers pls.

-- get bent, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:38 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Redwood Bar & Grill?

pacific dining car?

we may do korean -- sa rit gol (olympic near western) is on the way back to my place.

In'n'Out -- just too popular

every two months, this story crops up in the news. always a different location.

(sa rit gol was fanfuckingtastic -- delicious bbq and panchan, wonderfully cranky servers. add a big cold bottle of hite beer and = WINNER)

Nice. Must check it out.

Does anyone else dig Larry Mantle on KPCC?

http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/

I used to work on the same floor where he does his show from PCC, met him a few times, nice guy, never listened back then though. A rare talent to truly split an issue down the middle and hold the line as he corrals guests. Soothing, steady diligenct.

Sixth Street! (We love it, we love it)

Fancy a ballgame in April or May, LA?

Sure, I'm down. Always down for a Dodger dog and an $8 beer.

I must go to Amoeba Records on March 22 to get 45s by my favorite bands on Yay Records. Will anyone be around? Does anyone want to hike in Runyon Canyon or look at houses in Silverlake? Any other exciting things going on?

I'm going to the Long Beach Grand Prix on Sunday for the ALMS race (plus Champ car qualifying and drift demonstration). Should be a BLAST (also LOUD!).

ack, "on Sunday"? No, sorry I'm going on Saturday April 19th!

Is that an invitation or a PSA?

youn I will be in Phoenix.

Because if it was an invitation I might be interested in Grand Prix.

Especially drift.

The excitement next weekend is chaki's gig on Friday at the Derby.

Youn, I might well be available then but more likely I'll be doing an Amoeba run on the 21st pre-Chaki show.

woah people are really coming? thats weird! its in the back room and i think its like $6 to get in which is totally shitty so i understand if no one comes XOXOXO

also probably a ton of shitty bands are playing but we go on at 10:15 to rock everyone else up.

Quentin said your show in SF was good so I'm comin out.

rad!

We must see this Dalton rock, yes.

Meantime, cool food story of the day. Anyone ever been to this spot? Here's the map, easy enough to get to.

Armexican? Not yet. I want to try some of the places in Little Armenia.

The electrician here is an Armenian named Toto. He said the fusebox was "older than Jesus Christ." The toilets are also named Toto.

Armexican? Not yet.

Well from the sound of it the recipes are straight up Armenian family recipes, which is part of the point etc. etc. but I could go on. That said you are correct that trying spots like that is urgent, key, etc.

About these toilets.

Hold the line, Steve Porcaro!

(im steve dog)
http://a556.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/83/l_33cb86e39bccfa63122bd7b68611bffb.jpg

will do

louis ck is on comedy central right now! i've never seen a whole set from him.

dude how was Semi-Pro

If you are really going to Amoeba for Yay record's stuff you should call them. On their web page they list the SF Amoeba as carrying their stuff and they actually don't. If they ever did, they don't restock it.

semi pro was pretty weak. a few good lines adrift in leftovers of leftovers. i chock it up to the director and writer as opposed to, say, will ferrell needing to do something different. more of a missed opportunity than anything.

felicity, the drifting is interesting (though it's just demonstration). The main attraction on the April 19th is the Le Mans cars, especially the Audi R10 which won the 24 heures at Le Mans last year (on diesel!).

PSAwn3d

Hold the line, Steve Porcaro!

That site really would be a zillion times better if they replaced the stock musics with "Africa"...

xpost, for reference:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/audi_r10_lemans_2007.jpg

Meantime, cool food story of the day. Anyone ever been to this spot? Here's the map, easy enough to get to.

Well familiar with it. Worth the stop in...

House of Pies, Tam O' Shanter or Roscoe's run before chaki's show anyone?

roscoes

house of pies has crappy food, and the pie crust has gotten worse

i wrote a script there, tho

I lived the script

house of pies sukks

House Of Pies has been miserable ever since they put in the bright lighting and took the Greek letter Pi (in a house outline) monogram off the door.

I like the House of Pies sign

they had a "C" rating fairly recently

Roscoe's might be crowded. JBR and I wanted Tam O' Shanter anyway.

Or else please post your better suggestion here ↓

i still vote tam o' shanter.

hey guys we're playing a huge house party in silver lake on sat the 22nd if you like us that much you wana see us again!

So how were them Boredoms?

Profound. Seriously. See Kandinsky, Wassily, "Concerning The Spiritual In Art"

Also rocked balls.

what he said

:-D

Sad to miss 'em but I've seen them before, at least.

It's times like these I'm glad I'm not a music writer, b/c not only would I struggle to put the experience into words, I'd be doing violence to its ethos if I did.

the recent boredoms writeup in the l.a. weekly was sooo embarrassing.

link?

http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/the-boredoms-pound-their-way-onto-the-astral-plane/18510/

where does an l.a. ilxor get a haircut? i need someone who understands curly (jewish) hair. considering this place, which is $25 cheaper than the last haircut i got -- in 2004!

yes, it's called goo.

Molly Scargall, Salon Goo

"The style is the cut," is hairdresser Molly Scargall's philosophy. The owner of Salon Goo did her training at Vidal Sassoon, which focuses on innovative cutting techniques, and is a whiz at working with curly hair. Contrary to popular belief, Scargall said, layering is not always the best technique for curls. "Sometimes it requires weight to help hold it down. If you make it all light and layered, then it's all 'boing.' " Haircuts are $75. 459 1/2 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 653-1299.

my girlfriend goes to Pomp^2 in eagle rock and really likes it (and they do a good job on her hair). i think cuts are usually like $95, but i cant speak to their comprehension of curly hair--she has fairly wavy hair but straightens it

I don't recommend this one:

Sweeney Todds Barber Shop
4639 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Local (323) 667-9690

0% like it
Based on 0 votes!!!!!!!

I go to some frenchy at Frederic Fekkai. The junior stylists are probably not that much more than $95 (if that) and they probably have student nights too.

Fekkai is soooooo much better than any slightly cheaper place, I always regret trying to scrimp in this area and wind up going back.

p.s. I like your new Docs. :)

i so want the marion cotillard oscar 'do

http://www.fredericfekkai.com/new/imgs/fekkaioscar_marionc.jpg

http://www.fredericfekkai.com/new/new_oscar.cfm?CFID=3347136&CFTOKEN=19727972

Wow, she looks so different there.

If you really want that you should bring a picture. I think the guy I go to is Gérôme. He is a good sport for a Frenchy. I asked him to watch Superbad for how I want my bangs. In return, I think he told me my French was terrible. I kid.

i can already do the side part, but on me it looks like bad sunset strip hair metal.

Fekkai will totally work with your texture and figure out the best do.

My friend Rob goes to Amie at Purple Circle in Los Feliz. I can't vouch but you can friend Purple Circle salon on Myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/pcsalon

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=111724139

^^ myspace of the place i was talking about. but felicity is probably a much better recommender at this point since i get my hair cut in my bathroom.

Anyone else going to Danger Diabolik / Planet Of The Vampires tonight at the Egyptian?

Whose idea was all this douchefoolery at 3rd and Fairfax? It is majorly messing up my driving.

Can I get a dining rec in Montrose STAT

David J's best of LA. (This actually seems like it might be Spencer's best of LA too)

Can I get a dining rec in Montrose STAT

Didn't see this until now, but your primary objective should be La Cabanita. Full stop.
http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/roundabout/holy-moles/11423/
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/review/250640

After La Cabanita, swing by Frank's Famous for some Dr. Bob's ice cream:
http://www.franksfamous.com/

India's Flavor is a great, if not superb Indian place, but only go there after you've gone to La Cabanita
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/480946

Gourmet A-Go-Go is my fave lunch place:
http://www.gourmetagogoonline.com/

So is Schreiner's Fine Sausages
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/250537/glendale_ca/schreiner_s_fine_sausages.html

And Al's Deli
http://www.yelp.com/biz/als-italian-american-deli-montrose

One last Montrose thing is this place: http://www.ingredientsshop.com/
I haven't been there, but It's been getting some decent buzz and their small bite tasting dinners look pretty smashing.

Thanks! The patient was coding so we just ended up at the Black Cow. Next time, La Cabanita for sure.

This all reminds me -- suggestions for this Thursday night?

i was up in the montrose/la crescenta area this weekend. it's so pretty up there. we saw a "warning: mountain lions have been spotted here" sign!

Yes it is. I am slightly worried that the mountain lions and coyotes will eat my high-strung, pedigreed dog. Eagles too.

Can we maybe do something that's a little more centrally located? I don't actually have any ideas as to what, but I'd rather do something in the Hollywood area them the Eastside. I don't really have any suggestions, since my activities usually consist of record shopping and going to movies. Are there any good museum exhibits?

B.L.A.M. I went ahead and got some really douchey tickets for the April 1 game but if you and Mrs. B.L.A.M. want to get some too, we can definitely meet-and-complain about our clients over some Dodger Dogs and overpriced beers at the Ravine.

Any other LAXoRs want to join us in rooting against the hated Gnats?

save rent control!~

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/03/june_primary_ca.html

Sample sale reminder

Unfortunately, it looks as if I will have to miss this game. Too much on both of our plates.

In the VERY near future, however, we should make a larger plan.

As for this evening, I will be doing exactly NOTHING.

is the Grand Prix like a Formula 1 thing? how cosmo is the crowd? are there many people around in the morning hours? on Friday?

did i mention that i saw huell howser speak yesterday?

i want him to be my dad.

no offense dad if you're reading this

So, there's a rally of janitorial workers going on outside my building right now.

A lot of bullhorn yelling in unintelligble Spanish, followed by horn blowing, drum beating, and cheering.

12000 block of Wilshire, just before the Santa Monica line.

Via Ceasar Chavez!!!

Viva

Fuck. I am so white.

via cesar chavez reminds me of this...

http://www.whitememorial.com/content/images/about/WMMCMap.gif

Did some major damage downtown. You guys missed out.

"21" is playing at the Vista in Los Feliz. I'm going to the 7 p.m., anyone who wants beer/flick come out.

Needed a bit more of a heads up on that. Otherwise I would have joined you guys

that movie looks like it could be annoying as fuck. kevin spacey winks and nods are not really on my shortlist of shit I want to see in tha 08

anyone? prelinger is awesomesauce.

Sex(ed) Diaries
Visions and Voices

Friday, April 4, 2008 : 7:30pm to 9:30pm

University Park Campus
Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre

Admission is free. A reception will follow.

“You can’t promise a girl like Julie you’ll be true to her and show up with a case of syphilis.”—Where the Girls Are (1969)

Remember how you learned about sex? The sex-ed films from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and ’00s were often hilarious, sometimes instructive and almost always embarrassing. However, they also reflect changing moral, cultural and political attitudes in the United States. Join us for a screening of these forgotten classics. Learn the dangers of heavy petting. Observe the proper way to impart healthy sexual attitudes to your child without ever mentioning penetration. And note the warning signs of the most dangerous venereal diseases. Then listen to interviews with the USC community about their memories of sex-ed films and the films’ effect (or lack thereof) on the developing teenage psyche.

Following the screening, a panel of experts will explore the social implications of these films. Panelists will include Robert Eberwein, author of Sex Ed: Film, Video and the Framework of Desire; Rick Prelinger, who maintains the largest archive of sex-ed films in the United States; USC cinematic-arts professor Brenda Goodman; and Valerie Schwan from the USC Moving Image Archive.

Organized by Brenda Goodman (Cinematic Arts).

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoi✧✧✧@u✧✧.e✧✧

For Prelinger alone that would be a treat. Tentatively yes but I have to check my schedule; I think I might already be booked for something down here.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/rfs/625284765.html

^^someone here should buy the apt from The Long Goodbye!

me and matt saw Tony Allen!!!! and Roy Ayers!!!! on Saturday, unbelievable. sry there was no notice, we barely made it in time

http://www.danceright.net/crystalcastles/images/crystalcastles.jpg

I'd like to go to this, nice mix of flashy hipster-electro and more straightahead dance.

I might check that out.

So, felicity caught an awesome game last night. Way to go, Blue! 2-0 under Joe Torre.

Bowa's getting thrown out was the difference maker that reminded the normally apathetic L.A. to cheer the team to victory.

IF none of you are doing anything this week every night from Monday to Thursday is the AFI showcase @ the Arclight --> MY FILM IS PLAYING TOMORROW night - 7:30 PM

i am technically only supposed to pass this along to "industr foax" due to a finite # of seats but since no one cares ...RSVP HERE -> http://www.afi.com/showcase/

FREE BOOZE AFTER ALL THE SCREENINGS AT AFTER-PARTY

the fresh and easy in eagle rock gets a big thumbs down from me, so far--really weirdly empty and sterile-feeling, and most of the stuff i got just wasnt that great--their fresh tortillas in particular were awful

-- max, Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:55 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

that was in the first couple days of its opening. i havent been back since so it may have improved.

-- max, Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:55 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

tescos disappointing? surely not.

-- remy bean, Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:12 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

I love Fresh and Easy!

-- admrl, Friday, January 25, 2008 10:24 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

just went to the hollywood fresh & easy. there were things i liked about it and things i didn't. it didn't feel very welcoming; it kind of reminded me of an updated version of one of those old flourescent-lit pathmark supermarkets. everything was too neat; i wanted to ruffle its feathers a bit. i did like the amount/selection of prepared meals, ready-to-cook produce, etc -- the downside is all the packaging that generates. also: they have restrooms!

-- get bent, Friday, January 25, 2008 5:18 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

The packaging is a downside, but (at least in Eagle Rock) there is plenty of parking and no hassle and I see many other British people there and we wink and nod at each other.

-- admrl, Friday, January 25, 2008 7:30 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

Also many of the things I have had from there are really tasty, and I like that.

-- admrl, Friday, January 25, 2008 7:31 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

The bread is good, for instance.

-- admrl, Friday, January 25, 2008 7:31 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

I really like Fresh & Easy but all of these things are true. It has a certain gareth/Mike Leigh/Thatcher-Major/Job Centre-esqe. socialist charm. The lighting, displays and labeling are comedy ghastly and there is hardly anything to buy! Everyone seems very bummed to be working there.

But what there is to buy is very unique. The meat is like half that of Whole Foods and they have some interesting yet cheaply priced Tesco's seeming house brand foods. In particular, they have the kind of Greek Yogurt like Fage but in different flavors like vanilla, pomegranate and blueberry, which I have never seen anywhere else.

I went to WF for the first time in a while. It's not as good as a restaurant and it's not as cheap as a supermarket. The only thing they had that I wanted was Garoxxta cheese. Not even cherries or Yukon Gold potatoes, which you can even get in C-Town C-Town in the ghetto. It just seems like a place to go when you want to "play grocery-shopping."

It typically goes Vons for everyday stuff, Pavillions for a slightly better selection of everyday stuff, Trader Joes for cheap food staples, Bristol Farms for high-end meats and impulse beer purchases (they are between my exit off the 110 and home), and Bev Mo for premeditated beverage purchases.

Whole Foods doesn't factor in b/c a) South Pasadena/Southern Pasadena have an embarassment of riches when it comes to food/bev places, and it is overpriced on EVERYTHING.

And they don't have brand name cereals. This is a problem.

Vons is good and I get United miles for shopping there.

I am going to try the Super King Markets near me. They have filet mignon for $5.49 this week.

When are we going to see B.L.A.M.'s poll of something to do everyday for a month?

two words: 99 Ranch

Hell yeah.

http://www.farmernet.com/events/one-cfm?venue_id=587

omar otm

unless it has improved in the last 2-3 years, Vons is generally shit
Ralphs has definitely gotten worse since i have lived here

i shop at WF maybe once every 3-4 weeks, certain store brand items are not expensive and are quite good.

Fresh & Easy not doing well in the SoCal market, TJs too entrenched i suppose

When are we going to see B.L.A.M.'s poll of something to do everyday for a month?

I didn't really get that many good results. I'll go take a look at the thread where I solicited suggestions and see if there were enough good ones, and maybe bump it to the top and encourage a few more ideas.

I can tell you one thing: I will be sleeping tonight.

Feeling the love for Seafood City Supermarket in Eagle Rock. Three kinds of Buco Salad ice cream. Yum.

haha i am NOT a fan of that whole complex

It is exotic. Weird, expensive butter and untranslated Asian foods. And strange Hawaiian fried chicken in the food court.

I was looking for cheap patio furniture, like a cheap chaise longue of the kind they have at Motel pools. The ones at Target were way too heavy and classy. Any suggestions?

cost plus? if you want a wicker overdose

good thinking

Is there a Big Lots near you? The one by my office had awesome patio furniture last year.

Oh wow, thanks. I live for places like that. I will hit that up very soon. Much appreciated.

i've been shopping pretty regularly lately at rite aid and smart & final, for the liquor

Yeah smart & final is great, I don't remember if they have lawn chairs or not.

rite aid >> ralph's for all your hard liquor needs

x-post i think they do!!

cool, I will go. But I will go to Big Lots! anyway -- Look: Look: $2 Brand Name Sunglasses Brand Name Sunglasses

plastic chair, jameson's, towel, sunblock, going down this weekend

oh Big Lots probably has a much better selection of beach paraphenalia. but do they have liquor?

It doesn't look like they sell booze. But they do have an aisle for scrapbooking, much better for ya than drinking.

I got my current wallet at Big Lots, 3.99

a year a go i tried to steal a candy bar from a rite aid in westwood, i was eight years old at the time

But they do have an aisle for scrapbooking, much better for ya than drinking.

These are mutually exclusive activities? I remember once going through a friend's scrapbook, only to come to a page and to have her swear that she remembered neither putting the pictures into the scrapbook or writing the caption. "I musta been drunk. Ah well, at least I didn't call my mother-in-law a bitch or something."

Pretty funny shit.

a year a go i tried to steal a candy bar from a rite aid in westwood, i was eight years old at the time

-- strgn, Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

When do you turn 10? Can we come to your party? Aren't you a little young to be drinking Jameson's on a Thursday night?

depending on how much progress i make on writing this paper, i might go see alex in nyc's favorite singer scout niblett @ spaceland tonight.

I am currently in lovely Solvang. My wife is out with some friends of hers at various wineries in the area...and I'm drafting a First Amended Cross Complaint in the hotel room.

I fucking hate my office. HIRE SOMEONE ELSE, GODAMMNIT!!! WE CAN'T DO THIS ALL OURSELVES!!!

Had breakfast at The Waffle this morning - it's the just opened hipster breakfast/diner place on Sunset just down the street from Amoeba. Holy crap it's good - had the bacon waffle, a side of hash browns and some coffee and all of it was spectacular. Also glad to know that it's open until 2:30am

i LOVE the waffle. next time you're there get something involving their buttermilk biscuit. and ferchrissake, get a coffee milkshake.

controversial opinion: i think their pancakes are slightly better than their waffles.

and i was actually at the coffee bean next door earlier this afternoon.

I love The Waffle too.

NAUS I WANT TO HAVE 10,000 OF YOR BABBIES

Big Lots! was the best call ever for El Cheapo chaise longues, only $35, padding included and not vom-inducing ugly. And so many bags of things like $3 cans of macademia nuts and basics. I shall never pay MSRP again.

Thank you thank you thank you. If you delurk again I will host a backyard FAP/babby tremendoid shower in your mutual honors.

no beach this weekend, lots of jameson's though. congrats keith. we've really got to do a fap to celebrate, once you're free. the baby is C U T E

Adding to the Waffle love, it's a nice place.

Despite my angry posting above, I will say this: busy weekends always make for easy Mondays.

I'd like to propose a FAP. I need to meet some more people in LA. Anyone down for one, say...two weeks from now, location TBD?

Sure, I would show up.

I'm guessing that the LA ilxors follow this protocol:

1) Someone proposes a FAP, as specifically as possible as to location and date/time.
2) Some haggling ensues.
3) Ned says he'll be there.
4) Said FAP happens.

I'm interested in newish places, or places new to me - this would entail most of LA, but not Pasadena or Glendale. Any ideas from others?

I'm actually thinking Pasadena would work. Metro, easily accesible from all major freeways.

I have only met Tremendoid twice years ago, and would like to congratulate him on his new issue. I have never met BLAM, strgn, max, etc. And I'd like to see if felicity's hottness lives up to its reputation. So plz to keep me in the loop - I'd like to be there.

Is the Arboretum fun or boring? It's near Pasadena / Altadena

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Mandalion/2udyu5e.jpg

creepy

I'm interested in an FAP not in Pasadena or Glendale! Centrally located get-togethers are your friend.

Had breakfast at The Waffle this morning - it's the just opened hipster breakfast/diner place on Sunset just down the street from Amoeba. Holy crap it's good - had the bacon waffle, a side of hash browns and some coffee and all of it was spectacular. Also glad to know that it's open until 2:30am

Scooter Kamfer brings the stealth awesomeness to coffee shop goodies. Fuck a Griddle two times.

If we FAP by the 22nd and I'm in. After that I'm in SF...

anyone for karaoke? Amagi's maybe?

PS hay guise little help for my farewell mixtape?

100 great songs about... LOS ANGELES

PPS BCAM is grebt - suddenly LACMA seems credible

I could spend hours just on Koons' bunny...

You're moving ?? Care to link the thread where you first explain where/why, if you don't want to regurgitate it again?

Amagi's is supposed to be a lot of fun

L.A. Taco Truck Clampdown

amagi's is GREAT, go around 8-ish if you really want to get some songs in though

or 9-ish

Hullo all, back from Seattle, FAP idea sounds great, this weekend best, next weekend fully booked, any time after that more or less free, am tired, hi dere, must sleep.

You're moving ?? Care to link the thread where you first explain where/why, if you don't want to regurgitate it again?

LOL the if it didn't get a thread it didn't happen principle in effect!

I mentioned it a bit here: San Francisco and what to do in it

But I haven't really given it a formal thread yet. Short version: new job, old friends, still really like LA but a little burned out on the scene after 13 years and ready for a walking neighborhood with real bookstores and such. And girls who read because they like to rather than to either deliver coverage or have something to talk about on Salon Personals dates...

had enough of the david sedaris/dave eggers conversations too, eh

Frightening thought.

had enough of the david sedaris/dave eggers conversations too, eh

OTM - dudes are the potato chips of lit

But this is not the "what's kinda annoying about LA sometimes" thread! I'm still a fan, just need a break for a while. This is a good move for both career and personal reasons that happens to have some lifestyle upside as well - I've been commuting from West Hollywood to more or less the Carson IKEA and back for the past four years, so the notion of living three miles from my office is pretty appealing.

I love LA!

Where are you doing yr yogas these days? Can you recommend a place in SF?

i would love to FAP but my life will be a whirlwind up until about mid-may.

Forecast: Big quake likely in Calif.
By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer
Mon Apr 14, 6:20 PM ET
California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast.

New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike in the next 30 years. The odds of such an event are higher in Southern California than Northern California, 97 percent versus 93 percent.

"It basically guarantees it's going to happen," said Ned Field, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena and lead author of the report.

The 1994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area.

The damage created by an earthquake depends greatly on where it hits. A 7.1 quake — much stronger than Northridge — hit the Mojave Desert in 1999 but caused only a few injuries and no deaths.

California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt.

The analysis is the first comprehensive effort by the USGS, Southern California Earthquake Center and California Geological Survey to calculate earthquake probabilities for the entire state using newly available data. Previous quake probabilities focused on specific regions and used various methodologies that made it difficult to compare.

For example, a 2003 report found the San Francisco Bay Area faced a 62 percent chance of being struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake by 2032. The new study increased the likelihood slightly to 63 percent by 2037. For the Los Angeles Basin, the probability is higher at 67 percent. There is no past comparison for the Los Angeles area.

Scientists still cannot predict exactly where in the state such a quake will occur or when. But they say the analysis should be a wake-up call for residents to prepare for a natural disaster in earthquake country.

Knowing the likelihood of a strong earthquake is the first step in allowing scientists to draw up hazard maps that show the potential severity of ground shaking in an area. The information can also help with updating building codes and emergency plans and setting earthquake insurance rates.

"A big earthquake can happen tomorrow or it can happen 10 years from now," said Tom Jordan, director of the earthquake center, which is headquartered at the University of Southern California.

Researchers also calculated the statewide probabilities for larger temblors over the same time period. Among their findings: There is a 94 percent chance of a magnitude 7 shock or larger; a 46 percent chance of a magnitude 7.5 and a 4.5 percent chance of a magnitude 8.

The odds are higher that a magnitude 7.5 quake will hit Southern California than Northern California — 37 percent versus 15 percent.

Of all the faults in the state, the southern San Andreas, which runs from Parkfield in central California southeast to the Salton Sea, appears most primed to break, scientists found. There is a 59 percent chance in the next three decades that a Northridge-size quake will occur on the fault compared to 21 percent for the northern section.

The northern San Andreas produced the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but the southernmost segment has not popped in more than three centuries.

Scientists are also concerned about the Hayward and San Jacinto faults, which have a 31 percent chance of producing a Northridge-size temblor in the next 30 years. The Hayward fault runs through densely populated cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Jacinto fault bisects the fast-growing city of San Bernardino east of Los Angeles.

___

On the Net:

U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov

Southern California Earthquake Center: http://www.scec.org

California Geological Survey: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/

Bring it on I say!

Seriously. Fuck plate tectonics.

california
tumbles into the sea
that'll be the day i go
back to annandale

And if California slides into the ocean
like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this hotel will be standing
until I pay my bill

(how many other songs specifically reference California's plate tectonics?)

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.

Mom is going to fix it all soon,
Mom is coming round to put it back
the way it oughtta be...

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
suck it down.
flush it down.

Has anyone been to Pehrspace in Glendale?

yes

ive played there

twice i've gone

I've been there too. Also, it's not in Glendale but on Glendale Blvd. south of the 101.

Make sure to go to TiGeorge's a couple doors down. Best Haitian restaurant in town.

Hey, thanks for the rec.

I hate Pehrspace. It's like a community rec center. But it's close to downtown.

I like Jensen Rec Center.

Yes, the real rec center is much better.

Oh no the Logan Street taco trucks have vanished!

DAMN YOUuuuuu........

Best Haitian restaurant in town.

there are so many to choose from!

DAY AFTER DAY
(Tommy Reynolds / Stuart Margolin / Jerry Riopelle)

artist: Shango

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don't know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o' much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Where can we go when there's no San Diego?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don't know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o' much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.
Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho
(repeat to fade)

Co-written by Stuart Margolin! Wasn't he the actor in the Love, American Style inserts?

there are so many to choose from!

I know of two others (but one is pan-Caribbean technically)

Co-written by Stuart Margolin! Wasn't he the actor in the Love, American Style inserts?

He was, but most importantly - he was Angel in The Rockford Files!

Who can do 7 Grand on Wednesdsay or Thursday? Can I take the red line?

*possibly* on thurs. what time?

Any time. 8?

1 O LORD, God of my salvation,

	when at night, I cry out in your

		presence

2 let my prayer come before you;

	incline your ear to my cry.

8AMED VINYL PRESS MATH OR SILENS A

that's weak too

i'm not a writer what's happeneng

History of Morality and Death

nazin :(

thurs @ 8 sounds good to me

Who can do 7 Grand on Wednesdsay or Thursday? Can I take the red line?

i can do thurs! you can take the red line to 7th/metro.

Awww, I'll be in Fresno on Thursday sadly. Or...excitingly!

"Where are you doing yr yogas these days? Can you recommend a place in SF?"

I am not doing yoga anywhere these days because I don't have any free time! Sometimes at home, maybe.

I'm in on Thursday. Let me know deets, and I'll be there.

http://www.sevengrand.la/

i'm gonna have a laphroaig.

I'm gonna take the subway. Partay time!

it's so nice to have another new york expat out here -- someone who actually WANTS to take the train!

I so would take the train for this. IF IT CAME BACK DOWN HERE AT A REASONABLY LATE HOUR. *grumps*

So it looks like I'll be singing farewell to LA at Amagi's on Saturday night starting around 9:00... all welcome!

maybe... i have a presentation to do on monday and a paper due on tuesday. logically i should start work on these right now, but logic was never one of my strong points.

it's so nice to have another new york expat out here -- someone who actually WANTS to take the train!

-- get bent, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:10 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39027000/jpg/_39027407_abfab-bbc-203index.jpg

otm

i think patsy w/ stoli may be my fav ilx meme of all time

I'm in 33rd place :( what do you recommend for behavioral modification? I know not to be full of shit. I'm Redshirted #26 right now. I should train hard and stop smoking or I might get benched for the season!! I went to the K Bar last night?? don't drink so much YAH YAH TRI... YEAH YEAH THATS COUP ARE like!!

can't do thurs.

:(

I'll tell the gang.

I may have to bail tonight, as well. Work, fucking schmerck.

Checked out the newly-redone/reopened Gus's BBQ in South Pasadena last night and it's fantastically great. I kinda miss the old red booth decor but the food has improved 100x.

Playing Hang the DJ's at the Echo on Saturday night with another ilxor (who is now like a borderline famous international DJ!). Should be fun. The crowd is younger and it's $10.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j53/spencermfi/0419webrev02.jpg

Oh wow that is right in my backyard but I will be partying down in Chicago this Sat. I know the Filter dudes, tho. Cool guys. Have fun.

p.s. Who is Supastar InternationalXOR DJ -- or can we not handle the edginess?

Modesty forbids. Oh wait.

last call for scotch @ 7 grand!

Ok tonight. Are you coming from Da Feliz, or from school?

Ned, what is your "DJ name"? If you can say. DJs are notoriously reluctant to self promote.

ned's the unknown third member of booka shade, dj harry lime iirc

omar if you live in LA U should drink with us.

I've lying this whole time. I'm really DJ Tiesto.

u never know but i make no promises ^_^

Unfortunately (Fortunately?), it's not Ned!

I'd vote fortunately. My beatmatching = garbage.

God forbid we the lowly posters of ILX should know who among us is the humble international DJ supastar.

Spencer FFR this is the kind of stuff that gets you called out for douchebaggery. IMO

OH! So that's why!

^^I can say that bc I am part douche myself. Plus it's for a good cause.

xp yeah!

I'm not sure if he'd want me to say... I'll check.

"Yeah, go ahead and tell them it's Garu G."

Gang, everyone read yourself to handle the edginess.

ready
ready
ready

GARU G SPINNING POOS AND WEES AND FLANS TIL DAWN

Dontworryaboutit. I'll just call Alan S and Alan Miller and ask them. I need to call them anyway.

*drinking mint juleps at 7 Grand*

the crowds in downtown bars are always kinda lame, y/n?
i was reminded of this last saturday @ the redwood

i really like everything about seven grand except the crowd.

what is this south pasadena bbq?

I <3 the subway. Good times ~

Gus' BBQ - sub-par Q, to be honest, but apparently its under new management and the food is much better...this is the third or fourth place I've heard this.

I also live ~ 2 blocks from Gus'.

Will totally go to HTDJs on Sat., as I'm mostly a regular there, but missed Mid-City West the last time, and have yet to catch Acid Girls live (I think). Besides, Scarlett's a total sweetheart and her nights are consistently fun in spite of (or because of) the "younger" crowd.

I'll introduce myself to you, Spencer (and you too, f****w****m**!)

HI DERE naus in our house.

omar little how come you live in LA and love the Cubs so feriggan much?

xpost
Hi Naus! Yes, please say hi. You are correct in your assumptions as well. Also, the youngish (it's not like it's all 18 year olds) crowd at HTDJ's is great. They started a spontaneous conga line once when I played my edit of "Club Tropicana"!

i think omar is from illinois
i kinda miss the ol' NL EAST mets/cubs rivalry (usually fight for last, but still)

xxpost

Hi felicity! Babies not necessary (I work w/ kids and am not ready for my own), but glad to know that Big Lots! came through. I might have to go back there soon, as I'm in need of el cheapo cosmetics and bakeware!

xpost

I was raised a Cubs fan, and find there's something romantic about it. They usually have a solid team, a few great players, and might even make it pretty far into the postseason. But even though they'll never win a pennant, the fans are such die-hards that you can't help but root for them. Lovable losers? Perhaps.

the echo gets a lot of shit from my too cool friends but i have fun there when i go. $10 is always a bit much to pay at the door tho for my budget :(

i think omar is from illinois
i kinda miss the ol' NL EAST mets/cubs rivalry (usually fight for last, but still)

-- gershy, Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:27 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^U Olde

Cubs fans are just very gullible and blindingly loyal, like a big slobbering hound dog on whose head people put Milk Bones and roffle at.

We should do a Fancy a Ballpark: LA when the Cubs come here May 26-28. And not in a phony plastic LA flaky way but in a real, Chicago, Al Capone way.

U Olde

first season i followed as a kid

1974 NL East

Pittsbgh PIT 88 74 .543 --
St.Louis STL 86 75 .534 1.5
Phildlpa PHI 80 82 .494 8.0
Montreal MON 79 82 .491 8.5
NewYorkM NYM 71 91 .438 17.0
ChicagoC CHC 66 96 .407 22.0

^^^^^see what i mean

Yeah why Mets brake heart all time. ;_;

this is a good blog, this story was the #1 on CNN briefly this AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/18/homicide.blogger/index.html

Gus' BBQ - sub-par Q, to be honest, but apparently its under new management and the food is much better.

MUCH better

Attention LA Shoppers:

Super King Market is da BOMB. I got 5 RBI, only $3.99 a pound.

Is anyone considering going to Ellen Allien or Felix?

I can't wait to be done with school.

me too, i'm in the home stretch now

I...guess I am too.

We should do a big end of semester thing. You know, with drinking and abdication of responsibility.

Like you need an excuse.

are there any l.a. bars doing kentucky derby things? my trip to seven grand last week reminded me how much i really enjoy a well-made mint julep.

I've never had a mint julep!

Oh that mint julep at Seven Grand was amazing. It's the chilled metal hunt cup.

The bar at Cliff's Edge can't mix drinks for crap, I sent back a mint julep and a mojito before giving up.

Cliff's Edge in Silverlake is such a Williamsburg-style scam restaurant. Nice room, nice patio, nice fire, really overpriced mediocre food, valet parking, all done on the super cheap. Where else can you charge $35 for a craptastic entree and not even bother to make your plywood ladies' room bathroom stalls closeable? It basically had the production value of Royal Oak bar in Williamsburg.

Just put it in the 'hood, hide the entrance and you can attract a great Hollywood poseur crowd (David Lynch was there with an entourage).

I love that kind of thing. More like this, please.

I like the idea of a Kentucky Derby FAP! Let's plan it.

List of LAXors who have ILXwebmailed me to do stuff and then flaked out:

1. Spencer Chow
2. B.L.A.M.
3. strgn

Of course I am nothing but flattered. But have a sense of humor when I call a bro out on threads. :D

I like the idea of a Kentucky Derby FAP! Let's plan it.

yeah... someone look into what's going on. i would invite you all back to mine, but mine is very small and currently covered in paperwork.

"mine is very small" -> ilx out of context thread, stat

>List of LAXors who have ILXwebmailed me to do stuff and then flaked out:

i would have done this dude but i need your address first. if spencer is doing it, it must be cool

haha

i am going to mustache monday's - maybe not tonight, but maybe next week.

www.myspace.com/mustachemondays

they have a "vogue-off." who wants to come? as downtown is the new weho there are precious little reasons left to complain

Also Charlie O's is still putting on productions of "POINT BREAK LIVE!" on Sundays I think - incomplete-y restagings on the classique 1991 film with the Keanu role randomly chosen from the audience since ....dude, like, who couldn't Keanu ?

Would any of you be interested in doing voice acting for my film? I know it's maybe a bizarre request but I thought I'd throw it out there. I need voice-neutral representatives from either the two universally acknowledged genders. It wouldn't take more than an hour or so of your time...but you might have to come to Valencia. But I can refund gas costs!

=D

Hey I want to do that.

JBR says my regular voice sounds like I just came home from Swiss boarding school. I can also do a variety of regional accents.

dan perry once called my speaking voice "npr on caffeine" (and i'd be glad to help if i can)

lol you do sound like NPR. I can give you a ride to Valencia and then we can all lez up.

I am so into this voice acting idea.

List of LAXors who have ILXwebmailed me to do stuff and then flaked out:

1. Spencer Chow
2. B.L.A.M.
3. strgn

Of course I am nothing but flattered. But have a sense of humor when I call a bro out on threads. :D

Dear Felicity,

Of all the LAILXors, I would have thought that you would have understood the negative effect that work can have on socializing.

Oh I totally understand.

"have a sense of humor" = hallofshame4u

Adam, I have also done voice stuff if it doesn't work out with Ned.

Felicity, soon!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Nixie.gif

Anyone not Coachellaing might want to join me over at the Echo Curio tonight.

excepter at the echo tomorrow!

also blackdisco next saturday at mountain bar. p.s. sorry for flaking felicity that's kind of my m.o. but i'm doing better

It's all good.

I'm drunkening.

So, I cannot figure out if Eva Green is really as hot as I intially thought she is, or hotter. Because that bitch is pretty fucking hot.

i might go to blackdisco

Qui est-ce que c'est blaquedisco?

http://www.blackdisco.net

they keep doing shit when i'm out of town or during finals, can't wait to finally check it out.

last thing they did at the mountain bar was way fun i thought, i dont remember a lot of it tho

i went once, it was a little weird, nowhere to sit. upstairs wasn't open tho

hey ned huell is in costa mesa. using the word 'unremarkable' like it's going out of style ;). he was in zzyzzx before, dirtpatch of mystery.

that concert hall is really something

keith how's the kid

she's great, gaining weight now, smiling with dimples wau! we're freaking out about something every other day but i guess that's normal. i haven't tackled the parenting threads yet, for better or worse. you guys will get pics shortly promise. i'm emerging to go see vetiver @ the troubadour in may for sure if anyone wants to come with and maybe this thing http://www.lunar-k-promos.com/ tomorrow that a friend is organizing but no promises

gonna be at MEAT RACK at THE EAGLE tomorrow eves, but that looks awesome. if you end up there i might come over, lemme know if you're out! <3 <3 <3 babies babies sarah (h right??). hope all is well and good lucks

hey ned huell is in costa mesa. using the word 'unremarkable' like it's going out of style ;).

Not inaccurate.

Yay babies! (Yay babies I can admire but not have to worry about directly! Hey, I'm honest.)

what about all those wild seeds you've been sewing ned, be honest

i know you're paying child care fess up

:-)

Amazing.

Akron/Family secret show last night at the Echo Curio = oh heck yes.

!!! sounds like awesome. mixxed excepter tonight unfortunately.

IT'S SO HOT THAT I SOAKED A T-SHIRT IN COLD WATER AND NOW I'M WEARING IT, IT FEELS GREAT.

http://www.vanessa-mae.nu/images/Wet_T_Shirt95/VP95.jpg

excepter show was good but weird. no one knew about it apparently and the booking people just tacked on some dumb bands that i fortunately missed.

OK, someone explain to me the Los Angeles City Council thing. it's channel 35 on my tv. You know, where people rap their complaints to the city council and everyone else looks kind of bored.

And there you go. If you're a major developer you care.

that's my favorite channel

the city council has a lot of power! so does the county board of supervisors.

Hollywood and Vine burns. Or rather Basque, which always looked a bit ridiculous. And Piolin got himself scorched:

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-04/38340760.jpg

save the taco trucks:

http://www.saveourtacotrucks.org

also, there's an interesting story in la weekly about some horrible skyscraper monstrosity near sunset and gower that's trying to be pushed through:

http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/doomscraper-here-comes-hollywoods-first-ever-megascraper/18790/

save our taco trucks started by oxy alums adding to our growing list of prestigious grads including terry gilliam and ben affleck

anyone who's against skyscrapers in the heart of hollywood really needs to move to a new planet. i can't read the article because the l.a. weekly's chicken little conservatism makes me shit blood.

you should see a doctor!

skyscrapers in that part of hollywood would kind of suck imo

i suppose nothing can stop skyscrapers from stretching ocean-to-downtown eventually--so much for the view of the hills for anyone a couple miles south of these buildings one day--so all i can do is say "well that's too bad".

Hey, we have only 11 years to get the Blade Runner model of city living perfected, they need to rush.

l.a. weekly sucks tho

well yeah

i still don't understand why skyscrapers are bad, but i'm from new york so take that with several grains of kosher salt

I have no problem with skyscrapers; still, I admit that increasing numbers of tall buildings in an earthquake zone make me wonder a bit.

los angeles has the most structurally sound tall buildings in the country.

I definitely hope so!

given that 80% of the "what sucks" thread comes down to sprawl issues, hatin' on higher-density use of space seems like exactly the wrong way to go

Downward building is the way of the future. Yay Morlocks! Oh wait...

Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch in Marina Del Rey was so, so good. I am done hating on the West Side.

i like MDR; it is a remarkably chill place.

Agreed. New respect.

And by coincidence, my friend from NY is staying in the new Custom Hotel in MdelR. He says it's supercool and only like $118 a night.

Dudes, I am officially starting the countdown until BLAM finds out about the bar exam.

I had a REALLY freaky zombie dream last night where they were trying to break in - wonder what the fuck that was about?

this relates to LA b/c (a) I live here and (b) it was the California Bar Exam

good luck BLAM

Thankee.

good luck!

hey, I had my last day of classes today, until September. Now I might be able to hang out. Is Spencer doing a thing? I'd like to go to a thing.

is frankie driscoll in town? should I get my haircut? who's going to win the football? can anyone find me a job?

How about those dodgers or angels or somesuch?

i mean really, how about them?

And what Byrds record is good?

Also where is an affordable massage that isn't that place in silverlake where they beat you up for $40? Fuck you if you think this question is weird.

I'm not going to sleep tonight.

http://947thewave.com/Brian-McKnight-Morning-Show-with-Pat-Prescott/1081282

hey adam

i like notorious byrd bros. sweetheart of the rodeo is good too. if you like the parsons stuff, all of parsons solo records are great. recently i have been preferring dillard and clark too.

angels are doing well, dodgers less so, but they back up over .500

if you are looking for a thing:

http://www.harveysarcasticdisco.com/events/images/HSD8-front-small.jpg
http://www.harveysarcasticdisco.com/events/images/HSD8-back-small.jpg

and yeah get your hair cut

Adam, I will let you know about next thing.

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/16/smolinski.jpg

Not specifically LA but I never thought I'd see the day that Deukmejian, Wilson and Davis all agreed on water resources. (Where's Jerry Brown in all that?)

A bleah story all around.

My Bloody Valentine tickets for October 1 and 2 at the Santa Monica civic center on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.

Oh yes, we've been following it on ILM. I was all ready to start clicking up a storm this morning, but they changed it to tomorrow at some point.

Yeah, and I've been annoyed by that ever since given that tomorrow I'll be en route up to LA for the day right when that goes on sale. Harrumph.

(As noted, will be in LA tomorrow but am kinda committed to parties and things throughout. This said folks are welcome to call me because there might/might not be room at said parties, and I'm still nailing down my rides!)

I might be working on a movie about Lakewood. Who knows this Lakewood?

I might be working on a movie about Lakewood. Who knows this Lakewood?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur_Posse

you shd read joan didion's where i was from

admrl, didn't you need voiceovers done for something?

I did but things got crazy and I had to do it myself. i really appreciate how many people on here were interested though! I might still send out a call in the near future. My apologies for getting your hopes up.

Disney-funded dream deferred.

you shd read joan didion's where i was from

xoxo

If you have a ton of old New Yorkers lying around, you can find the original piece in the July 29, 1993 issue. "Trouble In Lakewood"

D J Waldie's first book (or the one that first brought him any notice) was about growing up in Lakewood.

http://www.californiaauthors.com/excerpt-waldie.shtml

Yes, actually I think we might be working with him.

Hollywood Bowl tickets for Beck/Spoon/MGMT on September 20 also go on sale tomorrow.

BORING. (At least the first two, but I am biased.) That's actually the same night that Stereolab play the Detroit Bar down here in Costa Mesa as is their tradition so I'm going to catch that instead!

mgmt keep showing up on bills that i'm totally uninterested in. :-(

I think the idea is that it's Bowl. Strawberries and white whine.

and Beck. Maybe Nic Harcourt will be there.

meanwhile: swervedriver

Which will be good fun but I'll be watching the Cure enjoy strawberries and whine that night.

anything good happening in town these next few weeks? i finally have a chance to breathe (sort of).

Yeah! Check your mail/phone messages I've left you!

ned, i was meaning to call you back re party but i got sidetracked. my plans for tomorrow are just to make myself feel human again, i.e. laundry, picking up all the crap on my floor, getting the place ready for when my dad comes to town next week...

Ah, totally understood. Just wanted to check. Recuperate!

Which will be good fun but I'll be watching the Cure enjoy strawberries and whine that night.

LOL we are old people going to nostalgia shows. MBV!

(and congrats JBR! sorry I didn't get to see you all before I skipped town)

i'm probably gonna see moonrats at the echo on the 21st.

http://www.myspace.com/moonrats

and ooh, the french kicks on the 22nd

and congrats JBR!

thanks! i'm not graduating for realz until august, but i'm walking at the ceremony next week, and i just turned in the written part of my capstone project (which was a doozy).

waittasec... that what sucks about LA thread was some kind of wisdom-of-crowds trick research, wasn't it?

op-ed about living carless in l.a.:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-see25apr25,0,4902851.story

i am SO that "chubby lady in graduate school" without a car at the beginning, with the difference that i hardly ever ask for rides anywhere.

Haha, totally missed that story. I met her briefly when I was at UCLA, very friendly soul.

Meantime, I saw one of these on Saturday. For Speed Racer. Oh dear.

is anyone going to see cluster next week?

Where/when again? Next Thursday?

http://www.donutsparty.com/index.html

thursday at farmlab... donno if im gonna go but im tempted. plus the blackdisco dudes will be throwing a dance party.

No but I am going to Radio 4 at Spaceland on Friday.

?!? They're still around? (Radio 4 that is.) (Then again I shouldn't be surprised, the Radar Bros. are still around and that's even more unlikely.)

u guys missed a good sarcastic disco thing on saturday btw

i met harvey and frankie knuckles!!

Yes, Radio 4 is going through the Retro (Not Retro) awkward transition stage between "still around" and revival.

why is the la weekly website so fucking slow

Try upcoming.com.

but i want to read jonathan gold

Upcoming.org anyway.

yeah, sarcastic disco ruled. i might go to see cluster too.

i wished i could go but alas. why the fuck mothers day eve honestly, i would have felt like a creep (not to cast aspersions on yall, i just had a lot going on). he never comes here either

metro area anyone? this thursday, so psyched..

Have to pass, sorry!

Meantime, Richard Riordan, food lover and restaurant owner:

What seems to attract Riordan to a restaurant more than anything else -- besides a chance to make money -- is a sense of connection to a community. The Original Pantry and Gladstone's have longtime devoted customers, and his most recent acquisitions were originally Mort's Deli, a Palisades institution for more than 30 years.

In fact, he's played with the idea of putting together a group of landmark Los Angeles restaurants for a special co-operative marketing push. Besides the Pantry, he'd include Philippe, Musso and Frank, the Apple Pan, Pacific Dining Car and maybe Nate'n Al, "but their food is terrible. I guess I'd probably pick Langer's before Nate'n Al's."

I guess I'd probably pick Langer's before Nate'n Al's.

I would too.

I love that he says he's not a gourmet. His attitude towards revering and preserving historic food landmarks is so LA. Awesome.

The Original Pantry: Established 1942 - Hasn't been shut down by the County Board of Health since 1997!

lol established 1924 that is

Hey, back in December I spent a late evening/early morning there surviving on coffee and waiting for the morning train. All hail!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cg2IA2UYQCA

Me everyday. Oh wait.

hey can anyone think of a good, not-too-expensive sit-down place somewhere around eagle rock where i could feasibly make a reservation for 7 ppl tonight or tomorrow? emphasis on good--it doesnt need to be fancy but my dads a snob.

i was gonna take them to casabianca (even tho i dont rate it particularly highly) but italian has been vetoed cause were having it again on sunday

has anyone been to cafe beaujolais?

I have not. I would take them over to The Chalet afterwards for an early evening cocktail before all the Occidental bros descend thereupon.

hey can anyone think of a good, not-too-expensive sit-down place somewhere around eagle rock where i could feasibly make a reservation for 7 ppl tonight or tomorrow? emphasis on good--it doesnt need to be fancy but my dads a snob.

what's that really good vegan place? fatty's?

we ended up going to yard house in pasadena because everyone wanted to watch the basketball game. it was easy but the food made me feel sick all night.

maybe we'll go to fatty's tonihgt

argh yard house in pasadena is so fratty

yeah and last night was baaad b/c it was friday and there was a lakers game...

yeah yard house just looks tacky, this coming from a pf changs patron

wonder how metro area was. offnights ugggh

wha? metro area played?

So... hot...*melts*

My apartment could have a better cross-breeze but it's still serviceable. Haven't had to run the AC yet but I'll fire it up briefly in a couple of hours just to keep things temperate.

metro area set was great. guatelinda dance floor is awesome but the bar is really small and it got packed and HOT in there quick. fun crowd on the floor.

whoa it was at guatelinda? i live a few blocks from there if it's the same guatelinda i'm thinking of.

with the big neon sign, very hard to miss? i've never been there before. awesome space. i didn't really know where it was until i went :(

I need a recommendation for a bar. This is to be a bar with drama, class and sense of occasion for broke grad students who really can't afford such things but want to pretend for a few fleeting moments that they can afford such things after a long and grueling year. In other words, somewhere where you can grab a comfortable seat, drink a well made drink and perhaps even take in a view. Not too much LA attitude, but maybe enough to know that we're in the right place ;)

Any ideas?

Oh we all live Silverlake/Atwater/Highland Park/Koreatown but I don't suppose anyone would mind going further West if it was truly worth it.

I'd recommend all mine but they're, you know, down here.

Whatever is suggested = site of next FAP, obv.

There are a couple decent bars down Culver City way, not really enough of a barfly to give you a phenomenal recommendation though.

Actually, poolside at the Sunset NOT DOWNTOWN Standard would fit that description - just get there early. Or the Hotel Figueroa downtown.

Hotel Figueroa is a great spot indeed.

re culver city, i really like the lobby bar at the hotel culver.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/stckhlmcnd/longlobbyview-1.jpg

yeah that culver city bar is great. the hotel figueroa bar is perfect based on your description. it's downtown, poolside, and serves good (not too expensive) drinks. the one time i went, it was uncrowded, you could see the sunset, and dream all kinds of l.a. dreams.

with jody, ned and others, natch.

nice cinespia sched so far this year, starting off with ace in the hole.

http://www.cinespia.org/calendar.php

also, this exhibit of female east l.a. punk rockers is at the claremont museum until aug 31:

http://www.claremontmuseum.org/exhibit1.html

BBC writer takes public transport, marvels at it greatly:

This week I did something which - in nearly 10 years of living in Los Angeles - I have never, ever done before.

Cue the drum roll: I travelled to work on the subway.

I did it because the figures suggest it is the trend. And (hem hem) being the trend-setter that I am, that is the only excuse I need.

You see - like most people here - I would rather stick pins in my eyeballs than hop on a bus or a train.

That is not because I am a snob, but because America's second largest city is a sprawl. Fifty-two suburbs in search of a city, so the old saying goes.

And the prospect of sitting in grid-locked traffic on one of the labyrinths of freeways, only to pay the equivalent of a small dowry for the right to park, may sound miserable, but given the distances involved, it is still invariably quicker than public transport.

Yet certain things have happened here which have prompted some in this car-crazed city to question their betrothal to the internal combustion engine and weigh the possibility of a trial separation.

Alistair Cooke he ain't.

lol Hotel Figueroa just popped up in Esquire's "Like, Best Bars EVAR This Month... Or A List Of Bars In Cities, Anyway," so get in before the ruination!

Fifty-two suburbs in search of a city, so the old saying goes.

It's not 'an old saying', it's a quote from Dorothy Parker and she enumerated seventy-two, not fifty-two suburbs.

also the #1 challop about LA

I tried Eric Greenspan's restaurant, The Foundry, on Melrose.

Wow. It was superb. Normally I am always bitching about the lack of splurgy-type restaurants in LA, but this was unbelievably good.
The food was awesome but perhaps most uniquely in LA, the wait staff TREATS YOU RIGHT. They are attentive but don't smother you.

Our check was actually pretty reasonable compared to someplace like Allen & Delancey in New York (which has similar cuisine).

Anyway, good place to take someone you want to treat and/or impress.

What is UP with this weather.

Tornados in LA, earthquakes in Illinois. Crazy.

Tornados in LA,

Mike Davis' "Our Secret Kansas" to thread.

Duh, I just figured out yesterday that Foxboro Hot Tubs is Green Day.

Billy Joe Armstrong has by far the most thrilling punk rock voice I have ever heard. Such a good show at the Roxy.

cosmo vitelli (from paris, owner of the i'm a cliche record label) tomorrow night at rhonda if you like disco and gay house music in a cocaine looking club... that club being guatelinda on hollywood btwn edgemont and vermont by the way

actually i guess it's technically tonight now...

sounds cool, but i've got midnight tix for sex and the city!

guatelinda's right in my hood; i do want to check it out sometime.

ha i was just coming here to post abt it. jbr you could come by for a pre-sex g&t!

is anyone going to "miles from india" downtown sunday night outside for free?

http://www.grandperformances.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/season_schedule.performer_detail/p_id/228

i should be there.

Checked out the newly-redone/reopened Gus's BBQ in South Pasadena last night and it's fantastically great. I kinda miss the old red booth decor but the food has improved 100x.

just got over there last night. the fried chicken was delicious, although the accompanying greens were undercooked and not very flavorful. but holy shit, the red velvet cake... there's a leftover half-slice in my fridge waiting to be devoured, which i will do later with much aplomb.

'Teen Talk' host passes on -- never watched it but I knew some folks who did when growing up and thought it was pretty cool.

Free Central Library screening of Los Angeles Plays Itself this Saturday, with Thom Andersen present:

http://photofriends.org/los-angeles-plays-itself.html

mountain goats friday night -- who's in?

http://www.nhm.org/firstfridays/

Me and my friend Clint are so down for that. Do these things sell out? Do I need to get advanced tickets?

I went ahead and got 'em tonight -- they're cheap, why not? There's plans for drinks beforehand, will get a hold of you.

yeah, might as well, they're available on ticketweb.

i just figured out the etymology of the street name "dewap" while looking at google maps -- it borders the department of water and power!

OK, reserved. Keep me in the loop.

let's meet at library bar at 6-ish on friday?

http://www.librarybarla.com/index_main.html

Trying to place the location -- is that up from the 7th Street/Metro Center Red/Purple line stop? (The mta.net site is being useless on the point.)

yeah, it's on 6th and hope.

Perfect. See you there!

i just figured out the etymology of the street name "dewap" while looking at google maps -- it borders the department of water and power!

Have you see Water and Power: The Show?

Ripped from the headlines - tackling the tough issue of anti-Armenianism and utility profiling.

Oh and I would love to see Mountain Goatse at the History Museum Friday but gotta support my Ursus arctos Chicagous.

Tsk. And we're going for drinks even!

I know, Library Bar looks so good. This hurts.

John Carpenter film festival at the Aero next week with the man himself:
http://www.filmradar.com/calendar/item.php?id=5119

I'm definitely going to be there for Escape From NY/LA on Saturday. Not sure yet for The Thing on Friday.

Also, ExDetectives are playing the Good Hurt on Wed Jun 11.

the organic delivery service i used to belong to has merged with spud.com and i just signed up again. it's a little expensive, but it's fully customizable and shows you where everything comes from -- if you want all your produce locally grown, you can specify that. i prefer going to farmers markets and picking things out myself, but it's way easier having the farmers market come to me!

https://www.spud.com/

it's also a much cheaper alternative to the type of farm share thing that ned does.

Happy graduation . . . I think. Are you a Master now?

not officially -- i'm not done with classwork yet

it's also a much cheaper alternative to the type of farm share thing that ned does.

Hey I mean oh.

Hey I mean oh.

is that your new band, touring with clap your hands say does it offend you yeah?

Look out for our sandpaper-colored 10" vinyl release Forsooth the Losten That on a split with No Age.

chick hearn is barfing in his grave

Incoming band spam...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2575870395_1e6a397f57.jpg

Ray Bradbury visits his favorite bookstore for the last time

Renowned author makes his final visit to the closing L.B. landmark.
By Andy Franks, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 06/25/2008 10:42:47 PM PDT

"Fahrenheit 451" author Ray Bradbury, in wheelchair, visits Acres of Books on Wednesday. The Long Beach landmark has been sold to the city, and the Redevelopment Agency plans to build a mixed-use project on the site.

He called it "a labyrinth, a tomb, a catacomb, a maze," before giving it the distinction of "the best walk-through multimedia experience" in the western United States.

These were author Ray Bradbury's words to describe Acres of Books, a beloved bookstore in downtown Long Beach that will be closing its doors after nearly seven decades in business, and nearly five decades at its current Long Beach Boulevard.

Bradbury returned to the store Wednesday to make his final visit.

"This is my home," Bradbury said. "I love this place. I love the smell of it."

Bradbury, an award-winning author, penned "The Martian Chronicles" and the science-fiction classic "Fahrenheit 451." He said he made his first visit to Acres of Books in 1948 and has visited twice a year for many years.

Bradbury wrote about his love of the store in California magazine in 1989 when the first rumors of shutting down the store began to surface. An agreement was finalized in May of this year with owners Phil and Jacqueline Smith, who agreed to sell the 12,000-square-foot lot for about $2.8 million to the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency.

The 86-year-old Bradbury sat in a wheelchair before employees, visitors and press in the Acres of Books music lounge where he described the influence books have had on his career. He called libraries "better than schools" and books as good as teachers.

"You can get a complete education in this bookstore," Bradbury said.

Bradbury recalled his own time spent at Acres of Books, making trips from his home in Los Angeles on rainy days to hear the sounds of water beating the tin roof on the store's back warehouse. Authors he remembered spotting on the shelves including John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe and Rudyard Kipling.
"It shouldn't be moved, it shouldn't be changed," Bradbury said of Acres. "It's the best bookstore in Long Beach and one of the best bookstores in California."

While Bradbury joked that the city should "build around" the site, the property is slated to be part of a proposed mixed-use urban development project bordered by Broadway, Long Beach Boulevard, Third Street and Elm Avenue. It will include commercial space, housing and an art center where local works can be displayed and art-related events can be hosted.

City officials have not yet given a groundbreaking date for the project. The Smiths have said they may remain on the property until the end of the year, however the store could shut down as soon as October.

The owners are still looking for a new site, but it likely won't be in Long Beach, store manager Raun Yankovich said.

Yankovich said both personal and economic circumstances have kept the Smiths from relocating. An "easy fit" is needed, he said, in terms of a new location. The Smiths are looking to buy, not lease, a new location and an 18-month search has not produced anything promising in Long Beach.

"It's been a struggle, and I just think [Jacqueline Smith] wants to retire," Yankovich said. "I think that she's very conflicted."

Yankovich says that while he can't imagine working anywhere else, he's considering a move back into the theater business. Other employees might fall back on college degrees or prior careers, he said.

Yankovich encourages people to visit the store, calling it a unique experience you can't get at a retail bookstore or online.

The dystopian society Bradbury portrayed in his 1953 novel "Fahrenheit 451" burned its books and punished those who kept them. He has said that the story communicated his love of books, bookstores and libraries and criticized society's disinterest in literature.

"I would come to this bookstore for revelations about myself," Bradbury said, recalling his visits. "That's what bookstores and libraries are all about."

Hey, I'm moving again!

Where do you live? Do you like it?

Well, you've visited Costa Mesa but we're a bit of a distance away...

yeah, I'm sure my commute from there would be fun

also I finally tried Casa Bianca. people wait in line for that shit?

so glad to be back on a coast with some real fuckin pizza

Sure, but it's also so humid over there. I was just there.

What admrl just said. DRY heat is the answer.

dry heat and SMOG

I'll miss The Chalet if I move. But maybe it sucks during school session anyway.

Hey now
Hey now now
Breathe this corrosion in me

Anyway, my 'favorite' story of yesterday in the Times -- LA people discover thing called mass transit exists, express wonderment that they are not beaten and attacked on it by people not like themselves. For fun!

Oh also it looks like I'll be up on Tuesday night for the Melvins in-store at Amoeba. Anyone free?

(NEXT Tuesday, I should clarify, not tonight.)

Haha...I might be up for that, actually. What time is it?

so glad to be back on a coast with some real fuckin pizza

-- max, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 2:12 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

until you want some tacos

I've actually contrived to somehow never see The Melvins live!

Haha...I might be up for that, actually. What time is it?

Starts at 6 pm and I might (MIGHT) be briefly interviewing the band after that for something. After that my evening's free, I just need to catch the last train out of Union Station by 10 pm at the latest.

The Melvins are great live! Even as an instore this will rule. It'll be my first time seeing them in a few years.

6 might be pushing it for me. I will have to talk to my boss.

Say it's for research.

Maybe.

There is also Matmos/Wobbly coming up.

melvins + matmos would be an interesting bill

Melmos

And yes, Matmos/Wobbly = ILXors on tour!

David Lynch eats out:

Bob's Big Boy Burbank

For great American food with the chance to see classic American cars. For breakfast, I like scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, and hash browns; for dinner, I like a tuna melt or a BLT.

Cliff's Edge is OK.

rtx at spaceland this saturday you guys

Nice -- will have to pass due to other plans.

hmmm...

do you guys listen to the pocho hour of power on kpfk? frequently hilarioius. the only evidence anyone at kpfk has a sense of humor.

Anyone going to Wild Combination screening on Tuesday?

Or anything else at outfest?

Talk more about Pehrspace. Did Felicity go?

I still haven't made it to Pehrspace.

hope to see some of you at the arthur russell doc tomorrow...

(sorry ned, this trumps the melvins)

Nah, no worries -- the interview fell through so I'm passing on that show. Enjoy the documentary!

Can anyone recommend a good sports bar in LA where we can watch the All-Star (baseball) game tomorrow night? We've been to Barney's but I would love to hear of others.

randy newman @ largo in a week or so, I forget. It's expensive as shit and it'll probably sell out soon so I doubt I'll go. Hi I'm new.

Hi there!

Wow, spectacular, great, hot tip. What a way to debut on the LA thread. I have tickets for Inara George with Van Dyke Parks at Tangier that night but Randy Newman sure is tempting. . .

more info from google

Randy Newman plays "Harps and Angels" live!

Nonesuch Records and ASCAP present a special Largo at the Coronet concert event: Randy Newman and his band, in a live one-night-only performance of "Harps and Angels" -- his first new album of original songs in nearly a decade, releasing August 5th.

Wednesday, July 23rd at 8pm - Tickets: $ 60

This concert will not be advertised, and a limited number of seats are available. The show will be filmed by Nonesuch and webcast by NPR

There will be no late seating.

For tickets, contact the Largo box office at 310-855-0350

Can anyone recommend a good sports bar in LA where we can watch the All-Star (baseball) game tomorrow night? We've been to Barney's but I would love to hear of others.

-- felicity, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:29 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Ye Olde Rustic Inn

yeah i like that place. it's kinda small. busby's on wilshire has so many freaking tvs, it's like the disneyland of sports bars and they gotta lot of yuppie charm.

busby's on wilshire has so many freaking tvs, it's like the disneyland of sports bars and they gotta lot of yuppie charm.

Busby's is OK but I'm biased because it's within walking distance of my apt. Additionally, the taco place on the first floor is good if you're there for the Tuesday specials.

Thanks! Ye Olde Rustic is within walking distance of me.

<3 the Red Line

cool elvis, i'm a block away from busby's. i go to little bar around the corner more often. i need drinks before i go to either though--not my favorite places to "hang." wish there was a better neighborhood dive around these parts...

for any los angeles people who are also from "chicago"

http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2008/07/14/chicago-to-la-rush-street-grand-opening-party

a “fun” stripper pole

Uh... I'm not really expecting anything to come out of this, but does anybody have/know where I might be able to get two four-day passes to Comic Con? It seems to have sold out.

cool elvis, i'm a block away from busby's. i go to little bar around the corner more often. i need drinks before i go to either though--not my favorite places to "hang." wish there was a better neighborhood dive around these parts...

The pizza place across from the Gumbo Pot in the Farmer's Market is pretty good and has a big beer selection.

e.b.'s! i love that place. i usually go on sunday afternoons and there's always five or six people belly-up at the counter who look like they've been drinking since the night before, lol.

Message from Acres Of Books in Long Beach...

To All our loyal friends and customers:

We would like to inform you of our store closing sale which will begin
at 10:00A.M. on July 17th .

We will be closed Monday July 14 through Wednesday July 16^th to
prepare for this event.

Everything will be priced to sell and there will be several outstanding
prizes given away during the sale.

Thank You for your loyalty through the years,

Acres of Books

thanks!

So tempting. Probably good for my budget/apartment space that I can't make it.

Huh. I still never made it to that place despite Elvis recommending it to me on several occasions.

I found a new apartment you guys. You can all stop worrying

whew

I KNOW

see you around!

which mall do you live in

Storage unit, surely.

this is me top middle:

http://curbednetwork.com/cache/gallery/2029/2449925942_4ce3cb83bb_o.jpg

coletrane memorial show @ smell tonight

http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/329498/

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this show is on sunday, tickets are normally 50 bucks but if you buy them now they are only $10 + ticketmaster charges

the lineup kind of is o_O but for about $20 it doesn't seem to bad. It's @ the gibson amphitheater so that's another strike against it

You know you're old when you only want to see the headliners.

You know your're British when you only want to see the headliners.

Anyone go to Mathew Jonson? Spencer?

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ONE OF RANDY NEWMAN'S NEW SONGS IS CALLED "KOREAN PARENTS"?

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/live-in-la/randy-newman-largo-72308/

AHAHAHAHAHALOL

Inara George with Van Dyke Parks was amazing but in retrospect I really should have seen him play this socially important new song at Largo.

korean parents got no reason to live

Not one of Randy Newman's largest group of fans is here tonight. The Largo is filled with the casually rich, wearing baseball hats and chinos, slightly overweight music execs who made their bones when such a title meant something, movie folks, actors, wives...

no husbands?

new largo has been killing it recently, too bad its all fucking $$$$$$

This song is hilarious.

“I don’t know if I’m going to be in a position to defend this one, so I’ll apologize now.”

There’s nothing actually offensive in it,” he said, “except maybe the music, which is stereotypically Asian. But I know some people will be upset."

It'll be interesting gauging the UCI reaction to that one.

Seriously, this week I am definitely going to the Channel 101 screening.

http://channel101.com/screenings/index.php

NEXT SCREENING:
Sunday, July 27th 2008
7:30 pm - 1st screening
9:30 pm - 2nd screening

6356 Hollywood Blvd. (second level)
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323-817-FILM for reservations