Los Angeles Thread #6: Bury My Heart At Forest Lawn

Thread #5 is a year old.

Let's celebrate by stealing its cake.

And speaking of caek, the FAP/dinner/etc. in his honor down here the other night = A+

hi caek, sorry i missed you.

btw if anyone's in town on jan. 31st (and doesn't need to be at or watch the grammys), a housewarming party is in the works for that afternoon/evening.

i made the grammy remark because lol music industry friends.

hi guys! thanks for taking me on a hot date in O.C.! it was great to get out of a motel room and not stress about astronomy for a night. good people.

it was a lot of fun! wonderful to meet everybody and head down there.

It was cool meeting everyone.

I'm ambivalent about meeting everyone.

TiGeorges Chicken (brilliantly great Haitian restaurant in Los Angeles) is having an earthquake relief fund raiser tonight.

Rainy enough for ya?

Short swim home tonight after Golden Globes viewing. It seems like the rain hasn't *really* cut loose yet.

Getting drenched down here now. Heaviest I've seen it in a long time.

haha, escaped in the nick of time. apparently palomar is like the apocalypse.

Hmmm. Tornado warnings now.

The clouds are moving REALLY fast in the Valley right now. Pretty neat.

Also, the sun is breaking through and I would like a rainbow please, god.

Yeah OC's getting the thick of today's storm right now -- looking pretty dark and miserable out there, but it's supposed to drop off in a couple of hours.

Commenters on latimes.com article about the tornado "warning" are dissecting the papers apparently poor word choice.

I guess 'watch' is when conditions are ripe for a tornado but there isnt one. A warning implies there is one on the ground already.

yes

as someone who grew up in rural IL i can tell you that this tornado warning in l.a. is like "stormwatch 2010" for a lengthy drizzle. a watch means the storm conditions are leaving open the possibility of a tornado, and a warning is gonna be accompanied by a siren and heading for the basement (which i did a few times.) watch out for wall clouds and the sky turning a weird greenish gray color, basically.

And its in OC anyway so fuck it (sorry Ned)

http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/images/blog/jan0408-tv-stormwatch.jpg

And rainbow received. Well-done, god.

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs162.snc3/18976_259959078445_501188445_3256664_3988889_n.jpg

http://quartzcity.net/ilx/lastorm_20100119.png

nice sunshowers today around 3-4pm.

the rain has been pretty manageable considering it's the STORM OF TEH CENTURY and all.

Some light hail in Santa Monica just now.

Reality Show Casting Silverlake Trendsetters (Silverlake area)
Date: 2010-01-18, 7:49PM PST
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Leno's getting edgy, I see.

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100119/NEWS01/1190306/Goat+smashes+through+doors+of+strip+club

Once Barack Obama fixes the economy and I can find a job in L.A., I am so leaving the IE.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/menifee/stories/PE_News_Local_W_sdictionary22.414bdf0.html

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_dictionary23.466f8d4.html

smh

For anyone up for the trek -- Mark Hosler of Negativland is presenting at UC Irvine next Thursday:

http://www.humanities.uci.edu/fvc/schedW10_02_illegal_art.html

double rainbows!!
http://www.vuthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1-rainbow.jpg

Leaving work today

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4345123448_d580a13da0.jpg

Immediately went home and listened to FSA, Roy Montgomery, Scenic, etc.

Yes the sky's been all kinds of mixed-messages Biblical lately.

Randy Newman is not very good at playing live music.

And I LOVED every minute of his show at UCLA Royce Hall on Friday. It reminded me of get bent so I thought I'd say hello.

It is just so impossibly beautiful out today; sunny and windy but warm and so clear. I took a long walk at lunch and just marveled at it.

seems like we've had more than our share of clear skies since autumn, i've been taking a 'series' of sunset/pre-sunset snapshots from my office building and i guess there's enough smog for those infamously beautiful l.a. sunsets but not enough to make the basin as dingy as usual

or maybe the sunset is always beautiful go figure. never watched them over such a long period of time tbh

It is just so impossibly beautiful out today; sunny and windy but warm and so clear. I took a long walk at lunch and just marveled at it.

Same here -- just gorgeous. Should have taken some photos!

Also, this is the best ever LA thread title.

thanks, i like it too!

Paul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl March 30 tickets going on sale through Ticketbastard tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for Amex/fanclub. Code PMFAN.

http://tinyurl.com/yknb5xy

This week from Wednesday to Friday, Los Angeles burger trucks Grill 'Em All and Baby's Badass Burgers (warning: automatically plays music) will be competing on the Travel Channel's Food Wars. Wednesday will feature Grill 'Em All, Thursday will feature Baby's Badass Burgers, and Friday will feature both. If you're a fan of these trucks, here's the schedule for where and when they're taping to show your support (contact fanfoodcast✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ for the latest news):

Wednesday, March 3: Grill 'Em All
Century Media Records, 2323 W El Segundo Blvd, Hawthorne CA 90250 (map)
Tentative time: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 4: Baby's Badass Burgers
5700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90036 (map)
Tentative time: 11 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday, March 5: Both Trucks
Location TBD: Email fanfoodcast✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ to stay updated
Tentative time: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

i've tried (and liked) grill 'em all, so that's who i'm rooting for.

going to this on wednesday...

3/10 @ 8:00pm & 10:15pm
Blast Phemy! 2:
Text Of Light (feat. Lee Ranaldo) & Parallel
Join Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, collaborating live with saxophonist Ulrich Krieger and guitarist Alan Licht, as he goes to the blasphemous extreme with live scores to the films of Stan Brakhage and other mid-century American cinema avant-gardists. According to Licht, Text of Light "does not perform soundtracks to the films of Stan Brakhage. Rather, it uses the films as a further element for improvisation, almost as (another) performer. While Brakhage intended for these films to be screened silently as films...(here) they are juxtaposed with the music, in a kind of real-time performance, mixed-media collage." But the evening doesn't stop there! The night also includes a screening of Parallel, an animation tour-de-force by mediamaker Huckleberry Lain, featuring music by Argentinean-born, L.A.-based electronic duo Languis.

http://cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html#blast2

Ned Sublette, author of Cuba and Its Music, has this upcoming event (cut and pasted from his e-mail):

March 11-13, Los Angeles: UCLA "Ports of Call -- Cultures of Exchange"
conference. My talk is this Saturday (the 13th) at noon. I'll get to talk
about my longtime favorite subject, the dancing girls of Cádiz, in the
context of postmamboist Braudelianism. Conference schedule at
http://s1.webstarts.com/portsofcall/uploads/Ports_of_Call--Program2_copy.pdf
Looking forward to hanging in L.A. a bit -- it's been a long time.

hey angelenos.

is there an easy way to get from santa monica to hollywood and back on public transport? i can't figure this shit out for the life of me.

It's been a while but there's a MTA wilshire express bus, the 720 I think. Transfer to a bus going north? Use google maps, should give you the exact schedule, route etc.

Actually, the 704 goes pretty direct:
http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=chrome&q=santa%20monica%20to%20hollywood&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

This link is better:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=santa+monica&daddr=hollywood&hl=en&geocode=FX4YBwIdyffv-CkZAJHCzqTCgDGr9SP_tQoXtA;FaZMCAIdKXry-CnDJp8uML_CgDHQqR9wNsa6PQ&mra=ls&dirflg=r&ttype=dep&date=03/19/10&time=3:51pm&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=&sll=34.056825,-118.370045&sspn=0.238358,0.445976&ie=UTF8&z=13&start=0

ugh, nevermind, don't know how to work computer anymore

the traffic going east of santa monica on surface streets can get very hairy. it could be worth it to take the santa monica blue bus that goes to downtown l.a. (it goes on the freeway) and then hop on the red line into hollywood.

also, the marathon is this weekend and there will be massive reroutings and delays -- look into this before you go anywhere.

ugh. i need to get from santa monica to downtown on sunday morning--wonder what the best way will be so i don't get stalled by the marathon.

I can tell you from daily experience that the traffic going east on the 10 (the blue bus' route) can get VERY hairy!!

Depends on your timing. Wilshire is usually good even during rush hour, so that 720 Metro Rapid might be better. Take it to Vermont and then red line north.

re santa monica to hollywood -- you can also take one of the santa monica blue buses to ucla and then take the (metro) 2 bus up sunset into hollywood. the traffic on sunset isn't usually that bad.

Sunday Blue bus change:
Line 10 from Santa Monica to Downtown LA: Bus will start service from Broadway at 4th St. where it will turn right to Santa Monica Blvd. Bus will travel regular route to Figueroa at 6th St., where it will turn right, then left again on Olive. Next, it will turn left on Third and left on Flower Street, where it will end service.

Basically the easiest way is to hop on a bus on Santa Monica Blvd and ride for a very long time until you get to whatever cross street you're looking for in Hollywood (Highland or Vine?) and either walk up the last 1/2 mile or whatever to Sunset or Hollywood (i.e. towards the hills). It's a long trip on the bus though - even a rapid bus (at least an hour?), so bring a book or headphones.

Sunday Blue bus change:
Line 10 from Santa Monica to Downtown LA: Bus will start service from Broadway at 4th St. where it will turn right to Santa Monica Blvd. Bus will travel regular route to Figueroa at 6th St., where it will turn right, then left again on Olive. Next, it will turn left on Third and left on Flower Street, where it will end service.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, March 19, 2010 6:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this shouldn't affect santa monica-->downtown much right? i need to get from s.m. to 4th & figueroa, but it sounds like the changes happen after that.

the big question is, how is the marathon on sunday morning going to tie up the commute along the 10 route from s.m. to downtown.

I was confused at first, but Broadway and 4th is where the bus starts in Santa Monica. "Bus will travel regular route" is the 10 East. It ends up at around 3rd and Flower. It's probably your best bet for Sunday, although the metro won't be affected obviously, so you could take a Wilshire or Santa Monica Rapid bus to the Red Line mid-city.

Sunday at 8 pm at machine project in echo park. Free.

Carla Bozulich and Sarah Lipstate are playing just one show in California as a duo, after having recently finished collaborating in NYC. They will probably be using mostly guitar, voice and pedals.

On this night the duo will be performing uncharted sounds aiming to generate “some kind of emotional collision with the cloying jungle anti-rhythms of everyday noise and streetlife ala mode”. Time Out NY described the last month as performing “…painful truths amid a claustrophobic roil of squalling guitar”.

http://machineproject.com/events/2010/03/21/carlasarah/

the big question is, how is the marathon on sunday morning going to tie up the commute along the 10 route from s.m. to downtown.

― by another name (amateurist), Friday, March 19, 2010 5:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Welcome to LA. Or welcome to Santa Monica, the LA of the West.

MTA is telling everyone to take Metro whenever possible Sunday into Downtown on Sunday instead of the bus because of the Marathon.

http://www.metro.net/around/service-advisories/los-angeles-marathon/

Here is how you should go IMO:

1. Take the 704 Rapid from Broadway & 2nd Street in Santa Monica (60 to 90 minutes) to Santa Monica Boulevard & Vermont. (The 704 bus won't run past Santa Monica Boulevard on Sunday).

2. Switch to Metro Red Line at Santa Monica Boulevard & Vermont and take it to 7th Street/Metro Center Station.

3. Ask a pedestrian which way Figueroa is and walk three blocks northeast to 4th.

Better yet, bring a GPS enabled phone or a compass to Downtown because everything is rotated 45 degrees and nobody down there knows where any of the streets are.

How long will you be in LA? Perhaps we should FAP after your meeting? We could do Los Feliz, whihc is on the Red Line also.

The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo looks amazing.

http://labluegrasssituation.com/LABluegrass/Home.html

I'm going for the John C. Reilly/Gillian Welch/Tom Brousseau night on Saturday.

BTW amateurist, you can use socaltransport.org to figure out how to get around by public transportation.

Anybody going to see Boyracer on Sunday?

Hope you enjoyed SCMS, Amateurist!

Any1 been here?? Stories?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/165345973_7adecf83bc.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/165346387_332ca84e70.jpg

hi guys i'm in LA!

where shall i go to eat?

i'm going to that pinks hot dog place (although LOL obv could have gone to the one in vegas)

I recommend Koreatown for BBQ and Huarache Azteca in Highland Park

aww, i was going to recommend sa rit gol for korean bbq in koreatown but yelp tells me they're closed.

here are a couple more:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/soot-bull-jeep-los-angeles
http://www.yelp.com/biz/parks-bbq-los-angeles

(not to mention all the tofu places)

hi guys i'm in LA!

Man tell us these things in advance next time! How long you around for?

ooh that sounds good.

i'm here until the 6th ned! and then going to SF for two days.

korean BBQ sounds good actually i've been longing for it for a while afterall and it looks fairly close to drive to (i'm at an econolodge on vine st and melrose?)

ha ha i will go back to that pinks place early morning i think....

is parking really as bad as those reviews suggest? i'm hella peckish now maybe i should just go now???

Probably couldn't hurt.

people in los angeles always bitch about parking... it usually means they're too delicate to walk one extra block.

yeah finding a spot close-ish to Pink's shouldnt' be a problem... course you'll have to go past Mozza to get there...

oh no not parking for pinks - i did that (except i totally busted a hub cap as i misjudged the size of the car lololol britishes) but the queue put me off so i'm gonna wait til tomorrow am (i stay just one mile from it!!) the korean place i think i got there v early so i parked at their carpark no problem and ate the shit out of a plate of pork that got BBQed - good tip get bent!! also wow koreatown is huge.

p.s. if any of you guys fancy FAP tonight or tomorrow i'll all up for it. i have no US number though so tomorrow might work better as i'm going to head out in half an hour once i've digested everything!!

(driving around is way easier than i thought it'd be also i thought all the roads will be gridlocked and parking will be difficult but it seems to be the opposite so far! (or is saturday just quieter?)

i have no idea what will be open tomorrow but i might be down for food/drink somewhere.

my only request is that we make plans on the thread instead of through e-mail -- there's sometimes a long lag time in receiving gmail messages.

i had a pre-dinner gimlet at musso & frank tonight. stays open until 2am on weekends now

cool if you guys suggest somewhere to meet in the evening and a time here i'll be there - i reckon during the day i'm going to be in mega tourist mode until probably like 4/5pm and then i'm all for drinks and dinner too.

somewhere easy to get to/back from where i stay (vine/melrose) will be particularly awesome as then i won't drive and can walk/get taxi back and get lathered wooooooot

okay gonna head out for a random drive around now! laters!

how about musso & frank for martinis in the evening? they'll probably be open, they're a tourist trap. :-)

you can park in the hollywood & highland garage and walk a couple of blocks.

or if you're planning to get smashed it's a five minute cab ride away from your hotel. i have the number for yellow cab.

cool, that sounds good! let me know when you'd like to meet and i'll be there! taxi sounds good.

anyone else about and FAP tomorrow for a bit?

Sure, sounds good. When you figuring on?

how about 7pm? does that sound reasonable? i dunno what all y'alls plans are - gonna head out in a bit i'll bring my laptop and check in when i get to a starbucks or something.

7 sounds okay by me.

Won't be able to make it but hope a good time's had!

hey, guys, i just walked past musso and frank, it looks shut and says closed sunday and monday (although their website says sundays 'open').

alternative suggestions? or just meet there regardless and plan on your feet?

let me know. i'm at the starbucks like 2 minutes walk from the place right now, in fact.

fuck you ned.

Complaints complaints.

ok i'll be heading home 6ish and check this thread and head out again 7ish anyway. if there's an alternate plan post here - otherwise i'll head to the musso and frank and see if you're there (and head back to this starbucks if it isn't)

Hope you enjoyed the earthquake there...

Yeah, how bad was that?

Everyone OK?

loteria is open until 11 tonight. mexican food and margaritas?

http://www.loteriagrill.com/locations/hollywood.html

All ILXors accounted for?

NOW i'm envious. I miss Loteria...

ay carumba! sounds good. see y'all there.

what there was an earthquake????

will be loitering around loteria around 7pm.

i have just driven through the NO CRUISING ZONE twice am i gonna get arrested?

anyone else up for a marg? i need to make it a short night b/c i'm feeling very tired (spring allergies have me beat).

oh dear hopefully a margarita will sort you out - and hopefully lukas is still up for it! i have no idea how any of you look like by the way but i look like the guy on the left here
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs397.snc3/24125_395532766400_549466400_4307566_7430213_n.jpg

except i'm no longer in possession of that skirt.

oh shit. so ... my timezone was still set to nairobi. so when you guys said "tomorrow" it said that post appeared on sunday, so ... i thought this was monday.

but i'll try to catch you at loteria around 7:30, we'll see.

good fap, all. thank you for coming and for the excellent company. the bar was pretty good too despite sadly the party juke box got cut short by the evil barman.

fuck you ned.

(now i know how calum feels when you dissed and dismissed him at the viper room)

Gunman robs Pink's hot dog stand, takes tip jar
April 5, 2010 | 3:58 pm

A gunman robbed the landmark Pink's Hot Dogs early Monday, stealing a tip jar when employees were unable to open a safe, Los Angeles police said.

The thief, who was captured on surveillance video, walked up to the restaurant at the intersection La Brea Ave. near Melrose Ave. around 3:35 a.m. and demanded cash from a safe.

When employees said they could not access the money, the man stole a tip jar from the counter.

Pink's, known for its chili dogs and long lines, was founded in 1939 opened it's La Brea Avenue restaurant in 1946.

Wilshire Division Robbery detectives are handling the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the station's detective desk at (213) 922-8205

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/gunman-robs-pinks-hot-dog-stand-takes-tip-jar.html

KEN C WAHT IS YR ALIBI?

Alibi ha. He was just bitter, oh I know.

the bar was pretty good too despite sadly the party juke box got cut short by the evil barman.

you tipped him for providing that service iirc

i'm in a fog today (the infamous "case of the mondays"). i should have at least had more margaritas last night to justify it.

Oh joy.

As a gov't employee who has been furloughed since last August, I can say that it's a total lose-lose situation for the workers, the agency, and the public.

whoa i totally missed felicity's post. sorry, i would have loved to grab a drink with you! i was only in town briefly and had scarcely any free time.

next time, etc.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ecc19dee970b-pi

??

was that the protest/counterprotest at city hall?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/white-supremacist-rally-at-los-angeles-city-hall-draw-hundreds-of-counter-protestors.html

what's with all the wind?

A little last winter storm. Sorta.

A CBS 2 News exclusive undercover investigation caught DWP workers drinking and driving on the job and going to strip clubs. This is the same agency that just raised electric rates and gave their workers a raise.

Linemen earn near six-figure salaries from the DWP -- taxpayer money to work on the power lines. It is hard work when the weather cooperates, but when it rains, they can't work on the poles. They are supposed to work in the yard.

But we found some of them go from hanging on the power poles to hanging out near the stripper poles.
http://cbs2.com/local/DWP.Workers.Drinking.2.1665634.html

*fills out DWP job application*

*hangs on the power poles*

Watchatit Lineman

"I am a pervert for the county..."

Oh that story about DWP is the bomb. Supposedly DWP is one of the most powerful, wealthy constituents in the city. They are in litigation with either my councilman, Eric Garcetti, or the mayor about the rate hikes.

One day the DWP sent me a $900 water bill.

wow, i'm glad my landlord pays my water bill.

They said the meter was broken, so they never charged me, but they could tell it would have been 900 if it hadn't been broken.

It's kind of like a protection racket.

This iPhone app is very cool: Garcetti 311

http://www.govtech.com/gt/755099

It's actually a branded version of Citysourced, which is a mobile iPhone app active in Los Angeles, San Jose and a few other places, that lets you send in trouble tickets like graffiti, broken meters, garbage, etc.

Blackberry and Android coming soon.

krekorian has one too:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Technology/potholes-graffiti-now-iphone-smartphone-app/story?id=10067151&page=1

LA!

Low-level scuzzball on cellphone: "We're gonna take the girls to Spago for a drink and impress them. Then we'll eat at El Torito."

rhino's opening a store for like a week next week

they did a pop-up store on 3rd (near fairfax) a few years back.

Low-level scuzzball on cellphone: "We're gonna take the girls to Spago for a drink and impress them. Then we'll eat at El Torito."

if this works i wd consider promoting them a couple levels

lol i went to the el torito site the closest one to spago is in santa monica that car ride is gonna be hella tense

isn't there an el torito in beverly hills? it may be *on* beverly...

*googles*

9595 wilshire, which is near beverly drive. (and near spago.)

oops but still

Rhino store looks good, too bad (for me) it's in Westwood.

Monday, May 17: Screening of “No Autographs, No Encores,” a 35-minute performance film of Nirvana’s live performance at Rhino Records in 1989, the band’s first gig outside Seattle

Wednesday, May 19: Mixology with DJ Clockwork

Thursday, May 20: The Blasters reunited in-store performance

Friday, May 21: Richard Thompson

Saturday, May 22: mike watt + missingmen in-store performance

Sunday, May 23: Spain in-store performance

Monday, May 24: Los Angeles Songwriters night – stay tuned for details

Tuesday, May 25: Roger Steffens screens and curates his Intimate Moments with Reggae’s Greats

Thursday, May 27: Peter Case and guests perform selections from Wig! to be released June 29 on Yep Rock

Friday, May 28: Life After Rhino: former Rhino employees plus in-store signing of Record Store Days by authors Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo: Screening Final Vinyl film chronicling historic Rhino Records in-store performances by Nick Lowe, Del Rubio Triplets, They Might Be Giants, Lucinda Williams, Steve Wynn and more.

Saturday May 29: First U.S. screening of One Man Beatles, Italian documentary film about the life of the enigmatic Emitt Rhodes. Members of his band The Merry-Go-Round will be in attendance.

Sunday, May 30: Return of Wharf Rat Tales with Wednesday Week, The Urinals a/k/a The 100 Flowers and The Last with Joe Nolte

Monday, May 31: Original Rhino Daze. A cast of characters closely associated with Rhino in its hey day will be on hand to whatever it is they do. Among those expected: Dr. Demento, Wildman Fisher, Ruben & The Jets, Barnes & Barnes (the “Fishheads” duo), Big Daddy, Temple City Kazoo Orchestra.

I'll be in Paramount for work on Monday from 3-5ish, might run by the store afterward. If anybody's down, we can catch the Nirvana screening, then maybe drinks at Spago?

(Dinner at El Torito.)

9595 wilshire, which is near beverly drive. (and near spago.)

1740 Westwood Blvd., says the Times.

karaoke. when?

haha naus, that address i gave was for the el torito.

nb i have never been to an el torito but i've walked past the one at the sherman oaks galleria and their margaritas do seem to be popular.

el torito = tgiviernes'

anyone know where to get some fireworks?

right now? I know I passed some fireworks stands when I was driving through inglewood for jury duty awhile back but that might have been around independence day..

yeah sooner rather than later. it sounds like alhambra might be the closest spot to me. don't really want to go all the way down to the o.c.

I like Mo-Chica in the Mercado La Paloma. Anyone else know it? I guess you might if you spent much time at USC...

Mo Chica is great! I love the ceviche and the desserts (carob mousse, creme brulee) are omg so fucking good.

I went expecting a real restaurant. Once we got past the harsh lighting/food court-ness we really liked it. The ceviche was awesome as was the Lomo.

Yeah, I just like the food and it's open (somewhat) late. The other places in there are good too, some place in the back serves the hottest thing I have EVER eaten.

Who knows good Indian food in the Los Angeles area?

all india cafe in pasadena is pretty good iirc

a bit of a drive but rajdhani in artesia is fuckin crazy

india sweet house near little ethiopia is really cheap and everything there is good. The aloo parathas are the best tho.

is that the old New India Sweets and Spices on the corner of Pico and Fairfax?

love that place. when i was young and poor their 5 Bucks Deluxe kept me alive.

No but that place is pretty good too. This is about a block down pico from it.

also if you ask the new india sweets and spices people where india sweet house is they'll tell you there's no such thing

All India is good. Highly recommended.

Udupi Palace in Artesia is dope imo. At least, if you like that dosa/uttapam tamil nadu steez. Which I do.

and whatever, Bombay Cafe is westsidey but ain't nothing wrong with it

I like how you Eastside people say "Westside" in the same disgusted tone that other people would use the words "homophobic" or "serial rapist."

i don't hate, living on the westside myself atm. it's very pleasant here and also boring. sort of what i imagine heaven to be like.

At least serial rapists can drive.

At least the streets out here are navigable instead of the rat maze you guys have going on out there.

LOL the city I'm from looks like THIS
http://www.elcherestaurant.co.uk/images/map.gif
Where is this "rat maze" of which you speak

"you Eastside people"

http://www.creepygif.com/images/full/10.gif

j3ff fwiw i lived exactly one block into 310, so i'm technically westside. all i really meant was Bombay Cafe shouldn't be overlooked just b/c it's slickified. it's also super tasty!

tried yet another studio city sushi joint tonight -- ahi sushi on ventura/coldwater. points off for lack of cold sake by the glass, but everything i ordered was fresh and nicely presented.

I don't think I'm discerning at all about Indian food. I can't even recall a really bad restaurant!

oh, paru's on sunset at normandie! they have to buzz you in but then there's a garden. and tasty indian food.

i used to live near there. scary-looking place but the food's supposed to be fantastic.

paru's is fortressed like it's still hiding out from the riots.

This is down right now, but still:

http://www.findlafoodtrucks.com/

New Claire Denis White Material at LAFF today and over the weekend

It was pretty good, not a classic tho'. I did finally eat at Jitlada and it was pretty great. Full of douchebags, though

hahahaha

next time, go to ruen pair (up on hwood blvd in thai town). that hasn't been overtaken by "foodies" yet.

also, sri siam in a strip mall in north hollywood.

It was empty when we got there but filled up in like 10 mins.

Does Ruen Pair or Sri Siam have Southern Thai stuff? I quite liked Thai Patio too, some weird shit on the menu (which is good)

linkage:

http://eatingla.blogspot.com/2007/04/taste-test-ruen-pair-redux.html
http://midtownlunch.com/los-angeles/2010/02/17/sri-siam-depresses-me-with-its-awesomeness/

another favorite in the thai town area is yai:

http://noodlewhore.blogspot.com/2006/07/yai-yai-yai-thai-cuisine-thaitown.html

i can vouch for the roast pork with chinese broccoli at Yai!

still <3 Jitlada anyway tho

i mean

Full of douchebags, though

NEW HERE MUCH?

Huh?

Also sorry to keep plugging stuff but anyone in town who cares about this shit should really try to make the Lisandro Alonso screenings at UCLA early next month. These films hardly ever get screened and they are truly phenomenal!

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/calendardetails.aspx?details_type=2&id=400

I just mean that in my LA experience, being surrounded by douchebags while eating good food is not unusual.

blackboard eats is doing a 30% off deal for dinner at the foundry, but you need a visa signature card to take part. waaaah.

burger at the Foundry is only $12, and is wonderful (if you're not over gourmet burgers yet.) they tell you it doesn't come with any sides, but it comes with three large-ish onion rings.

haha, i'm never over gourmet burgers (although i'm trying to cut back on red meat).

Variety etc.

Also, will be up in LA this Saturday for a couple of holiday weekend parties later in the day; anyone up for lunch in Hollywood or towards Silverlake? (Preferably on or near Sunset.)

i would, but will be at some campout party thing up north

i may be able to do an earlyish brunch.

Brunch could work; the earliest I'll be in town will be around 11ish.

this place just reopened after a big fire. been wanting to try it.

http://www.offvine.com/client/offvine/pdf/Brunch-at-Off-Vine.pdf

I like Off Vine a lot, we've had a couple of past meetups there! Let's aim for a reservation/head count of some sort, off board as needed.

Count me in.

Cool. If zero of the signified is in that makes four...

with you guys in spirit

The Foundry discount is good without the Visa Signature card. You only need the card for the free glass of wine.

What's the best way to get from N. Hollywood to Santa Monica and back if I don't take a car? I'm thinking of taking the subway into Hollywood and then riding my bike (and vice-versa after work), but are there better alternatives?

And I wish I could have gone to the FAP Saturday. I heard it was good times.

No great way, but yeah, what I would do is take the red line from the North Hollywood station to Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd. and then catch a rapid bus to Santa Monica (well, I guess it depends on where in Santa Monica you're tring to get to, some other buses may be better), but seems like an awful long way to go on bike & all the traffic...

xpost -- It was! Off Vine still a good spot for a meal and chat, and if anything the food's gotten better.

Of course later Cunga and I ended up at a party where CocoRosie were at.

Were they there? They must've shown up after I left, right?

Quite likely! They definitely did show, though.

noho to samo: take the red line downtown and get on that one big blue bus that takes the 10 freeway out to santa monica. hardly any surface streets involved.

No great way, but yeah, what I would do is take the red line from the North Hollywood station to Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd. and then catch a rapid bus to Santa Monica

there's also the 156 bus from north hollywood down the cahuenga pass to highland and santa monica blvd, and the 704 the rest of the way.

Sweet.

If I take the subway and just ride my bike after getting into Hollywood (or just out of the valley), any recommended routes or street (via bike) to get to Bergamot?

Hey

When's it gonna get HOT? this is boring

shut up, i love it

But we bought a POOL. It's too COLD

you bought a pool? well EXCUSE ME MR MONEYBAGS

it's just a small pool! It's like an inflatable pool but for adults.

After all that East Coast humidity I am *loving* this cooler weather.

I have mostly been doing the fishing-for-leaves thing with a net in it.

xp

(xxp) i was gonna say! don't you have to be, like, a grownup to buy a pool? we're not that, yet, right?

not yet, no

OK Foodies, anyone tried it? Jody?

http://laist.com/2010/06/30/xoia_brings_fresh_vietnamese_food_t.php

It's on my shortlist of to-visits.

Post this shortlist!

hmmm,

Mooi
Delphine
Xoia
Animal (way overdue!)
Fisherman's Outlet
La Villa Basque (free pizza happy hour???)
Eva
Tacos Baja Ensenada

Haven't been to any of these!

Fisherman's Outlet = clothing store that sells cut-price waders?

i have not tried xoia but i hasten to call myself a "foodie." i did try mandoline grill (one of the banh mi trucks) last week and it was great.

Animal (way overdue!)

love this place. go when it's not busy, cuz it's a small place and the kitchen can get backed up.

or, er, whatever the opposite of "hasten" is. it's been a very long, hot day.

Hesitate?

that'll work.

That semi that flipped over yesterday morning in Sylmar, on the 5, meant there was a two-to-three hour wait to get from Santa Clarita to the Valley. I ended up taking the 126 through Fillmore, and through the 23, Moorepark and Simi just to get to the 405.

U live in SCV?

Not at the moment, but my family lives out there.

i had a *moment* today: sitting at a seedy bus stop on the sunset strip, reading the "tropicana motel" section of slake's first issue. it would have felt authentic if i weren't reading an expensive literary magazine.

I'm loving LA right now...though I should add that I have hardly left the house these last few weeks!

I finish school this next year and Mrs. Sensational Howard just after me, so I find myself turning to the dreaded question of will I stay here or not? I do not know the answer. Love this city but seriously cannot bear the traffic.

Give in, give in. But the traffic is its own mystery.

The traffic is its own misery. Fed up of leaving an hour to get places and either showing up an hour late or waaaaay too early. This is not a city that is big on time management.

Trains and the Metro are, oddly enough, more reliable, really.

Oh I'm sure. But my wife's commute (in the morning at least) is 20 mins, mostly on the 134. She tried Metro once - Gold Line downtown and then Red Line to N. Hollywood and it took well over an hour. Maybe there's a bus? But every time I'm back in London, I find myself walking instead of using transit just because it is such a joy. I miss being able to walk across an entire city, one that actually wants you to walk across and around it.

Hahah too true. LA walking is great for neighborhoods, but the whole city? Uh.

I propose, by the by, that we all have a midsummer afternoon drinks-and-chat catchup.

I second that emotion.

Howard - where are you coming from? Pasadena or some closely located areas?

Could do. I'm away for big chunks of the next couple months, but if I'm around...

xp - I live in Highland Park. I'm fine with going downtown, Los Feliz/Silverlake/Echo Park, Boyle Heights, etc. but once I have to go further once than Hollywood I can't deal. Too unpredictable.

further WEST

Very LA, I think:

http://hucksblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/sledgehammer-and-whore.html

RIP homey:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Man-Famous-For-Walking-Found-Dead-98988249.html

A true dude.

The Pink's spot has opened at LAX -- now, for the rest of the terminals:

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/iconic-pinks-hot-dog-7278/

LATimes had a story on the Reader Walker last month:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/photography/la-me-walking-man-ss,0,5347988.htmlstory

Is Sunset Junction ever worth going to? I've pretty much avoided it every year I've been here. Be cool to see Bad Brains and Dam Funk though

I really kind of hate Silver Lake =/

Hell yeah, good idea:

http://blogging.la/2010/07/22/memorial-walk-to-honor-silver-lakes-walking-man/

the proper tribute would be to do this every single day

Verdell accidentally became Internet famous for three minutes after tweeting about her unfortunately timed gynecological exam during a 2008 earthquake.

Haha Real Madrid are playing the Galaxy next month. Players expected to be "in attendance": C. Ronaldo, I. Casillas, G. Higuain, Kaka, Xabi Alonso

Elysian Park looks like it's on fire?

"Five years before Kent MacKenzie made The Exiles, about Native Americans in Downtown Los Angeles, he made a 17-minute student film at USC showing everyday life in the Bunker Hill neighborhood in 1956."

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/07/weekend_viewing_bunker_hi.php

Put on Vimeo by Brad Laner, of all people.

Okay so -- this Saturday afternoon, drinks/chat somewhere? Who's in?

mexican food in eagle rock?

http://www.cacaodeli.com/view_menu.jpg

If I'm free and able I'll definitely join.

Sounding good!

I believe I'm going to be busy doing something incredibly nerdy that I do not feel like divulging on the Internet.

Society for Creative Metal Anachronism.

I should be able to make it

Coolness. Tentative time 2 pm, say?

Has anyone seen the "Jews on Vinyl (Bagels and bongos)" exhibit at the Skirball (Prof and writer Josh Kun helped put it together) or the Dennis Hopper art and photo exhibit at the MOCA or the newish documentary photo exhibit at the Getty? Might try to squeeze one of these in with my brief visit with my son to relatives this coming weekend.

My favorite dive bar in LA is apparently closing.

http://laist.com/2010/07/27/will_74-year-old_bar_ye_coach_horse.php

i've only been there once, but it was a cool place.

i went there for the first time in ages a week before the closing announcement. i was thinking at the time "i really should come here more often" : (

I cannot make Saturday probably as I'm driving wifey to airport.

Bummerz.

tony's darts away in burbank is a fun hang. very good beer selection, a smattering of vegan-friendly food, board games (scrabble!), nicely divey atmosphere. might actually be a better meetup location for us if drinking is in the gameplan.

http://www.tonysda.com/

Looks like it's an easy walk away from the Metrolink Burbank station too. I'll be doing my usual Amoeba run first, FWIW, then can head over after that.

Actually, even easier -- Red Line North Hollywood stop, walk over to the 183, perfect. Let's do that!

the 183 leaves from the transit station right behind the subway stop.

Hurrah for convenience.

fwiw, Magnolia is infinitely easier for me to do at the moment than Eagle Rock. :-D

I'm gonna be busy with my son and relatives, otherwise it would have been fun to meet you folks on my visit out there.

Next time, hopefully!

Tony's Darts is indeed a great place. Have fun (won't be back in LA until Sunday night)

next time for me, manning a yard sale booth, crying.

Aw man! Was hoping you could make it -- another time as noted.

yeah havent seen you in a while! there's an outside chance we'll be done in time but if not i'll def. make the next todo

bike stolen. they had to cut a metal ring out of a concrete wall to do it. sooo ... anybody got a favorite bike shop in LA?

bike stolen.

check craigslist.

http://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/

not currently listed, but good looking out. it was cheap, and I didn't love it, so I'm not that mad.

i guess i'll replace from either CL or ... Echo Park Cycles sounds like a nice place?

Bump again -- quick reminder that it'll be Tony's Darts in Burbank at 2 pm for anyone who can make it!

Sorry I can't make it, but I promise next time!

Hey I wanna bike too. I've never owned one before, gotta be cheap. What is it like riding a bike in LA, lukas?

It depends on where you live and your tolerance for biking in traffic. (You're eastside, right? Maybe a bit hilly?) I will say that if you need to arrive places quickly and not sweaty, it's not ideal. I don't care about either of those, and I love biking in LA. Huge bike culture here that I was unaware of for years, too.

There are those Critical Mass-holes who love blocking traffic in Hollywood with their swarm of bikes at inopportune times and causing even more traffic backups and pollution.

agree about Critical Mass

Also, admrl, if you're just looking for some nice recreational riding, check for bike paths around you. I live right next to a loooong dedicated bike path, great ride out to the beach.

Okay get bent and I are about to head over, we'll see others as we do!

Sorry guys, time to admit to myself I'm not making it.

victory.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/stckhlmcnd/primalscream.jpg

That it was.

LAXors are requested to keep the last Sunday of this month open. Also a Friday night in October to be determined. More to follow.

my recommendations from the beer flight i had: the requiem espresso stout and the mate black lager. wasn't that crazy about the rye ipa or the english bitter.

would def buy again:

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/alcoholicdrinkreviews/fr/MateVezaYerbaMateBlackLager.htm

Went to Griffith Park Observ., the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Hollyhock house, and ate a burrito and a taco at Yuca's on Saturday, with relatives. The living room and the views from Hollyhock were most impressive, and the Yucatan pulled pork burrito was pretty swell too.

Couple things for Saturday look fun.

Spoke(n) Art Ride, monthly bike ride to art museums around NE LA, BYO
6-11pm
http://bikeoven.com/spokenart/

Otto von Schirach and Venetian Snares, not sure I'm still up for shows like this but really curious...
9pm-4am
http://baseck.net

curm, i was at yuca's last week (the hollywood blvd location, not the scrappier hillhurst location)! their cochinita pibil is indeed very good. i also like the milanesa torta a lot.

LAXors are requested to keep the last Sunday of this month open.

I am going to be away in London end of Aug, but I will make it out one of these days. I'm going to put in a plug for this again though:

blackboard eats is offering 30% off for dinner at bar marmont.

http://www.blackboardeats.com/los-angeles

Hey guys is there anywhere else that buys used CDs in town besides Amoeba? I shifted half of a few boxes there this morning but I'd like to try getting rid of the last few hundred before dropping them at Goodwill. Not expecting to make a fortune and would even accept trade in some places. I called Canterbury in Pasadena and they will take a few, but not too many at once. These are all the CDs I didn't manage to Ebay, so am not trying that route.

Record Surplus on Pico

freakbeat in sherman oaks? atomic in burbank?

(cosign on record surplus btw)

<3 Atomic. never been to Freakbeat. I always forget Atomic sells CDs cos I only go there for vinyl! (It does sell CDs, right?)

cd trader in tarzana is pretty huge

How big is Record Surplus? I was right near there the other day (drove past that HILARIOUS looking Fantasy Island strip club or whatever it is - what the hell?), but it is like an hour+ drive for me. Would hate to go and get 15 bucks for a handful of CDs

xp - thanks!

I'm hoping to hit a couple sort of close together in a day, maybe I'll do Atomic and CD Trader? Never been to the latter

btw guys this was one of the most fun things I've ever done in LA

http://bikeoven.com/spokenart/

I remember Record Surplus being pretty large (it's been years, sorry.)

Yeah! That is my hood! =) I go on the art walk but I am not a bike guy. I see those people around though, I know a pretty famous video artist that likes to go on the NELA bike art trail!

i would try CD trader first b/c i tend to think they're more likely to take a larger amount of CDs and it's a fun place to dig. TONS of records.

OK cool, Tarzana it is! I never been there!

I'm pretty broke atm so I have to say I was embarassingly chuffed at getting $250 for a bunch of CDs I never listen to. It was that or like almost $400 in trade which is nice but the money is nicer

I did eye that Emeralds double LP thing though. Maybe I will buy it if I can shift some more of these wack CDs

http://hijinksensue.com/assets/store/images/shirts/godspeed-you-fancy-bastard-hijinks-ensue-shirt.jpg

cool admrl, maybe i'll see you next time!

was also thinking about that emeralds vinyl even though my turntables are in boxes.

I'm a regular at Record Surplus, so I feel that I have to rep for them. It's not a huge store, but it's not tiny either, and they've been there forever. If you have good stuff in good condition, you should get a good price there. If it's really common, they don't seem to give much. You can haggle there, though.

Also, if you sell your stuff there, I'd probably end up buying a fair amount of it. :-)

Hey, admrl -

I don't know if you play music as well as sell used copies of it, but if'n you do, check THIS place out - Norm's Rare Guitars

Place is AMAZING.

Sorry - its also in Tarzana. 18969 Ventura Blvd.

No, I wish I played music. I really would love that.

Does Rockaway in Silver Lake still buy? Haven't been there in a while.

cd trader in tarzana is pretty huge

yeah it is, pretty big used cd section.

right now i'm very proud to live in the 818. record stores and sushi!

I spend a lot of time in this "818" because my lab and wife are always there!

I have a friend who is moving from Sherman Oaks to Laguna Beach so I may be visiting him down there quite a bit. I don't think I've been there? Interested to check it out. I heard good things about the Orange County Museum of Art. Anything else I should see/eat?

Ah, now you're talking. I was just at OCMA the other day, it's small but has good showings. And you haven't been to Laguna Beach perhaps but you HAVE been to Costa Mesa and thereabouts, I must remind you...

No I remember. Alternamall. Televangelist Temple. Taco stand.

Wisdom!

I have a friend who is moving from Sherman Oaks to Laguna Beach so I may be visiting him down there quite a bit. I don't think I've been there? Interested to check it out. I heard good things about the Orange County Museum of Art. Anything else I should see/eat?

I was born/raised/lived a majority my life in Laguna Beach so fire away with the questions. OCMA is worth the stop along with the main Laguna Museum of Art.

You'll be severely missing out if you don't stop by La Sirena Grill on Mermaid St. and get the Sirena Plate

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18114679_a192d4a6a7.jpg
Sirena Plate @ La Sirena Grill by Chris Barrus, on Flickr

(annoyed at Flickr's new HTML linking code)

OK that looks good!

I guess I should ask for my friend about jobs in that area. he is hoping to do freelance photography, maybe some teaching. Is there likely to be anything close?

I guess he will be looking to teach art, photo or music.

I'm house/dog-sitting in Ojai for a week and a half. Another friend heard that I was doing this, called to ask if I would do the same at her place in Silverlake for two weeks, so I may do that. I do work that I can do from anywhere, so I think it'll work out. If it does, hey, hello.

mmm ojai

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stockholm_cindy/2882707305/in/set-72157607455131904/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2882707305_bef57a0a53.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2882736359_59c91ab1c4.jpg
view from Lake Casitas Recreation Area. by stockholm cindy, on Flickr

Walked along this trail called Shelf Road Trail, uphill from town. Lots of orange trees along it, so I picked and ate an orange along the way.

http://www.hikingojaivalley.com/shelf%20road%20008.JPG

I guess I should ask for my friend about jobs in that area. he is hoping to do freelance photography, maybe some teaching. Is there likely to be anything close?

Difficult to say without more background information (independently wealthy? etc.). A relative of mine down there was a music teacher, but was working the grind like a lot of people down there - splitting time between Saddleback College, private instruction, and steady wedding/restaurant gigs.

this is going on tonight and sounds pretty insane. gonna check it out in a bit and see how hard it is to get a table. :-)

Pizza For All! Monday – August 15

It’s August. You don’t want to cook but you don’t want to go out and you’re sick of food in a box. So keep your beat up yard work clothes on and roll on in for a meal of no decisions and contentment. And did I say at a silly price? $10. no reservations, no discounts

Pasta Monday will appear occasionally. When you sit, the waiter will serve you your antipasto then salad. Waiters will roam the room with bowls of fresh pasta or Pizza a la Evan’s mood and serve you to your hearts content.

Prosciutto and Melon
Watermelon, Mint, Lime Salad

Flights of Evan’s Pizza Fancy
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio w/Heirloom Tomato Sauce
accompanied with Great Salad

When: Monday, August 9, 5-9 pm
Where: Angeli Caffe, 7274 Melrose
What: Good Food at a silly price ($10)

NOT independently wealthy, no. Sounds like pretty much everywhere then

Are you sure that's tonight Jody? It says the 9th at the bottom. (and the 15th at the top, but that was Sunday)

We went to this place friday nite and it was pretty fun (and tasty). My wife made a wrong turn downtown that shot us along the 10 and out in Alhambra so we jettisoned our original dinner plans and ate here:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/606908

However, Do NOT take the wrong turn out of Union Station unless you want to suddenly end up in the SGV!

nickn, it was tonight. *rubs belly*

*plop*

haha

(sorry)

adam, your friend might also look into the laguna college of art and design. pretty much a very conservative, representational painting school, but i've had a few friends teach who've taught somewhat interesting classes there (modernity, aesthetics, etc), so they might have other stuff too.

Was there a wait, Jody?

Hey Mark! Okay I will let him know.

Was there a wait, Jody?

not at all! i think the obamatraffic kept a lot of people away. also maybe the confusion about the date. we were seated immediately and got extra helpings cuz there was a lot of food on hand.

i didn't notice that much traffic though, only going up laurel canyon on the way back (protip: beverly glen is where all the cool kids go when there's traffic on laurel canyon).

Yesterday I heard this rumble and looked out my office window to see 2 giant Stallion helicopters and at least 3 Blackhawks flying low over the westside and was freaked out until I remembered about the Obama visit.

weird story in the times

The bodies of two babies wrapped in Los Angeles Times newspapers from the 1930s were found in an apartment building basement near downtown L.A.

Workers found the bodies Tuesday evening when cleaning out the basement. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the remains were found with personal letters and tickets to the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

The LAPD and the Los Angeles coroner's office are investigating. A coroner's official told The Times that the newspaper-wrapped bodies of the children had a mummified appearance.

[Updated at 6:50 a.m.: The grim discovery was made in one of L.A.'s oldest districts, a densely populated area of apartments west of downtown Los Angeles near MacArthur Park. Officials said they have launched an investigation, but it's unclear whether anyone who lived in the apartment during the 1930s is still in the area.

Law enforcement sources told The Times that the case is being classified for now as a "death investigation" and not a homicide. Officials will attempt to determine how the babies died -- likely with the help of forensic anthropologists. They will also look for any reports of missing babies during this period and attempt to find anyone who lived in the apartment at the time.]

LAPD Lt. Cory Palka told KTLA News the remains were found inside a steamer trunk in an apartment in the 800 block of Lake Street in the Westlake District.

The coroner's office is examining the remains to see if it can determine a cause of death. Authorities believe the babies have been deceased for seven decades but will perform tests.

This story gets weirder, with the Olympics and the Peter Pan connection. So crazy!

James Ellroy is already drafting the novel.

when i read that her name was barrie, i wondered if there was a j.m. barrie connection.

Authorities believe the babies have been deceased for seven decades but will perform tests.

Oh good...

I posted this on The Shield thread but these LAPD detectives appear to be having a good old-fashioned LOL at the case of the dead babbies! Guess it beats trying to solve those early morning freeway shootings
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-08/55626383.jpg

Look at their ties! I bet you they shop at Men's Wearhouse

James Ellroy is already drafting the novel.

i'm thinking more a goth rewrite of jimmy webb's macarthur park

"someone left the babies in the trunk..."

It made me think of Norman Klein. Hey here's Spencer's favorite word:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1688202

Ha! Palimpsests are totally copacetic, son! (I cringed so hard typing that).

Those detectives look great! Timeless and SOOOO LA.

Assorted GOOTC stuff. I really like the essay in particular. I'd be curious to know what some native Angelenos think about some of the arguments therein:

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-08-19/film-tv/get-out-of-the-car-dystopia-by-the-dashboard-light/

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:E3z6lYjlEC8J:www.pardo.ch/jahia/webdav/site/pardo08/shared/pdf2010/GetOutoftheCar.pdf

Proper brilliant honest to go mass transit can't come soon enough there. And it won't happen until decades after we're dead, I suspect.

i actually just got back from a driving lesson (up in shadow hills looking at the horsies). lesson learned: drivers in l.a. are maniacs.

I live near where those babies were found
it was a total zoo yesterday
kind of weird because I used to be roomates with some
chick who ended up having a baby and killing it immediately
and its funny to see how differently these stories can be framed
and how flimsy the concept of mystery can be

I can't even imagine what hearing about that was like. Was this after you were roommates?

On a wholly separate note -- thoughts on their choices? (Both on what the chefs picked and the choice of chefs themselves.)

http://la.eater.com/archives/2010/08/18/las_top_chefs_name_favorite_holeinthewall_eats.php

How is Jitlada a "hole in the wall" when you have people literally serving food off of tables parked in their driveways in some parts of LA? I don't know most of those places, been curious about El Cochinito

that was like half a year after yeah, didn't know what to think about it for a while
abt the food, I go to dinos all the time, too much really

adam do you ever go to that guy who cooks in his yard at the corner of milwaukee and york? he was a good cook

Hi Max! No, I don't know where Milwaukee is. There's a stretch of Ave 50 between York and Figueroa that seems to have a few yard food choices on Friday and Saturday nights. Need to remember to try those out. Also got mad love for the fruit guy on the Ave 52 exit of the 110.

you totally know where milwaukee is! its 1 block away from galcos which you are always bragging about. i used to live on it. http://tinyurl.com/26wc5a3

Oh yeah. I know where that is, I just don't call it Milwaukee. I only bragged about Galco's once!!!

Honestly, ILX. You do one thing one time and suddenly you're the guy that always does that thing

You noticed!

Meantime, more on the baby mystery.

"When we first started, it was $200,000 houses with broken windows and empty businesses. And now I think because of us, there are $1 million houses, upscale businesses and an upscale yuppy-type crowd." - Michael McKinley, Sunset Junction organizer, 2009

lol

I don't know most of those places, been curious about El Cochinito

Go! It's damn good, inexpensive, and better than most of the Cuban places in town. I eat there at least once a month or so.

"When we first started, it was $200,000 houses with broken windows and empty businesses. And now I think because of us, there are $1 million houses, upscale businesses and an upscale yuppy-type crowd." - Michael McKinley, Sunset Junction organizer, 2009

we brought the white ppl!

and charged them $20 to get to work one weekend each year

mixed feelings about the protest/riot in westlake (over a policeman's shooting of a day laborer). on one hand, the fellow probably didn't have to die; on the other hand, he was intoxicated and wielding a knife, and refused to drop it when the officer ordered him to. and the officer was also latino, so the attack probably wasn't racially/ethnically motivated.

I am helping a friend install her work at this thing:

http://www.soundwalk.org/

It looks pretty good. Has anyone been? I still don't really know Long Beach. Also a good friend of mine lives in Laguna now, so I feel the pull of the South.

cool story about govt nuke filmmakers and their secret hollywood hills hq

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/science/14atom.html?_r=1
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/8935-Wonderland-Ave-90046/home/7123564

It looks pretty good. Has anyone been? I still don't really know Long Beach.

I've been to Soundwalk several times... It's a cool event, worth checking out.

cool story about govt nuke filmmakers and their secret hollywood hills hq

Check out "Hollywood's Top Secret Film Studio" documentary about it. It's on DVD and I believe Netflix has it.

on friday night, dos (watt and kira) are playing at red balls pizzeria in canoga park!

Fucking NYT:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/travel/12choice.html

the nyt is obsessed with l.a. lately.

Can't say I blame them.

i think they're envious that our city can still afford to have actual "culture"

That or they're recognizing where a lot of their readers are located.

this place still feels like a frontier in a lot of ways, a place with big creative potential. new york hasn't had that for a long time.

!!!!!!

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nah, i'm not a hater. maybe i'll move back one day when the rents go down and the bedbugs die.

Max we leave it to you to kill all the bedbugs for us.

but the bedbugs give new york its "character"!!!!!!!!

I love New York, but why are there SO many ex-New Yorkers living in LA??? I am getting kind of fed up of being at parties where everyone finds out they went to the same fucking Brookyln high school or whatever. OK I know I'm conflating New York and Brookyln, I never been to Brooklyn.

My wife just was in NYC on business and met up with a few friends who live there and they were all like "So how do you REALLY feel about living in LA? You can tell us". Suckers!

I'm posting this from my large second bedroom! That leads onto a large sunny deck! Enjoy Greenpoint

No offense to New Yorkers past and present on this thread, I just had like four cups of coffee

but why are there SO many ex-New Yorkers living in LA???

some of us can only deal with major cities. the energy level of both appeals to me!

I'm from a major city too!

yay major cities!

It's true, we r awesome

Just to play devil's advocate, Jody, while I think the frontier thing is (at least, for now) somewhat true, my point of comparison is London, and while it's too fucking exhausting and expensive to be a frontier, there is something about the density and energy that makes you feel like being productive. New York had that same effect on me too. LA is more like lock yourself in your studio for three days-type productive, way more hermetic and anti-social (which can be good as well as bad). I like how a lot of events are go to here have a kind of humility and homeyness you wouldn't expect from a city this size.

my wife and i are ready to bail but then again she's been here from ages 4-26 & 30-37 and the traffic is getting worse and the place is kinda bumming us out lately.

I go to

xp - where you gonna go? back to Chicago?

The weather here does weird me out. It's been totally beautiful the last few days but being in London made me remember how you really feel like you're on an island in the UK. The air and clouds are always moving and the light keeps changing. It's like being on a giant ship.

likely destinations: pac NW, chicago, nyc (in that order)

but probably not for a couple of years

her job has epic health care for one thing

LA is more like lock yourself in your studio for three days-type productive, way more hermetic and anti-social (which can be good as well as bad).

that's the feeling i've gotten when i've visited the calarts campus. it's so isolated that you *have* to throw yourself into your work and woodshed for a good long while. but i went to usc, which was a very very very different atmosphere -- you do your woodshedding out in the field, so to speak.

Man, the healthcare thing really does dictate people's lives here in a way that still freaks me out. I totally get it - I had a huge expensive surgery on US healthcare a few years ago. It just seems unfair. Also not that I'm about to become a father or anything, but some of my friends in London are having kids and the difference in attitudes to maternity leave is just CRAZY.

xp - Yeah the calarts campus is totally depressing tbh. I work at home, but I know some people who (literally) live in their studios there.

my wife calls her job "the golden handcuffs" and it's kind of true even though she generally likes it and the situation she currently has. it's possible it would allow her to move anywhere and telecommute from wherever we choose to go, but it also may be totally limited to a choice between l.a. and nyc.

if u come to nyc ill buy u a beer

it would own to live in nyc if we can afford to do it

http://boincstats.com/graphics/emoticons/beer.gif

well subtract one beer from your budget

http://sangrea.net/free-cartoons/saying_hot-enough-for-ya.jpg

for all my dead homies without air conditioning, I salute you

hi los angeles! i live in you now!

Welcome welcome. How goes the settling in?

it's hard to keep up with you, donna rouge

sometimes i miss The Eagle tbh

i'm a regular firecracker!

just flew in today and am sorta-settled, ned. i'm in NoHo. or, i guess, VaVi. will probably get metro pass tomorrow (hoofin' it without a car here - oof)

Ah but you're in the right place to find help with that, as get bent and I can assure you. But yes get that pass.

hi, noho neighbor! i also don't have a car; we can brave metro together.

Hey guys, is it thundering near where u are? I am working with headphones and keep thinking I hear thunder. It feels a little apocalyptic all of a sudden...even the girl who cut my hair was talking about...well I don't want to jinx us...

It is! I'm just down the hill from you, I think.

Anyone going to John Cale at UCLA tomorrow? One concert-companion friend is going to Alice Cooper/Rob Zombie and another one is going to Pavement/Sonic Youth/No Age, but Cale sounds way more interesting. Paris 1919! Still haven't gotten a ticket and I have to go to the dentist after work so I might not even make it.

Oh well, just thought I'd pop in and say hi...it's been awhile.

Hi Arthur!

I think I may have moved from where you think I am. I'm on the other side of the hill now. I would love to see John Cale but I'm at school until late tomorrow.

and probably can't afford it =/

Arthur! Sir, I'd thought you'd left town, are you back? This means October FAP more than ever.

i'm going to pavement/sonic youth/no age but if i weren't, i'd probably hit up that cale show. i saw him at the new york knitting factory a million years ago and he was fabulous.

If there's an October FAP with Arthur, Adam, Ned + the usual suspects, I will be there!

Sorry, I meant Burl Ives, Adam & Ned.

COuld do that. It's going to be a busy month for me though! But yeah, I could do a drink or snack sometime.

I'm going to Atari Teenage Riot at the Key Club tonight!

There's a flashback.

In re: October FAP -- next Friday? Or later in the month?

In re: October FAP -- next Friday? Or later in the month?

Come to Spaceland for my birthday on Oct. 30th

Los Angeles has both an astonishing choice of fresh, local food and a troubling childhood obesity rate. World-class farmers markets and neighborhoods with little access to fresh produce.

A new report seeks to change those disparities by recommending the creation of a regional food system that would increase low-income residents' access to healthy food and outlets for farmers' products while keeping more food dollars in the local economy.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-food-policy-20101004,0,7736624.story?track=rss

1-2-3 recommendations!

Hi my birthday is on oct 30 too xp! I'll probably do something at that schindler house art exhibit, though...

i would gladly join in on the FAPpery if y'all don't mind having an LA AMATEUR on hand

Of course not, everyone is new once.

Anyway -- I'm still up for an extended end of month/Halloween/birthday thing on Saturday the 30th but are people free this Saturday afternoon? I'm thinking about a run up to Amoeba to dump some promos and would be up for another lunch get-together.

I am working in Valencia Saturday and in Austria on the 30th. Whatchagonnado?

WELL JEEZ

Clearly you must tell your boss to give you money in lieu of work and ask that Austria just visit here instead. We can put them up in Lenny Dykstra's old house.

my "boss" is a live video performance and "Austria" is a film festival, so...unlikely

Tsk.

I would not be opposed to it, per se, but I have yoga until 12:30.

I'd be down with a slightly later lunch anyway since I figure I'll head to Amoeba first and all. Maybe something after 1 or so-- will need to be back at Union Station by 4ish for my return due to an art opening I'm attending down here later in the evening.

J3ff T. likes to meet in Eagle Rock. You all should go there.

I actually ended up at Oinkster again for another get-together a few weeks back. Doesn't mean I particularly want to do that again, though.

Did I make a big deal about how far away Eagle Rock is last time? Apparently my memory is worse than I thought...

I think it's fair to say you like it less than a live metal show

I'm down for a FAP later this month, too. It helps if it takes place on a Sat. or Sunday though.

Although on Saturday the 21st I'm working fwiw

Based on what Elvis is saying, Saturday the 30th would be fun if we wanted to catch the Ex-Detectives that night. The 29th could just as easily work for me, though, as I'll likely be taking that day off from work.

what happened to our karaoke night?

Oh duh, my brain wasn't working again. (Long week already!) At one point I was thinking about that being this Saturday but the time won't allow for it...but how does the 29th sound for that, actually? Be a fun way to kick off the Halloween weekend!

my 29th is wide open!

Then let us plot around that. Meantime, lunch this Saturday.

put me WAY down for 29th karaoke

Excellent, as they say.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/10/sorry-charlie-rose-los-angeles-pbs-affiliate-kcet-exits-network-fold-to-go-independent-.html

which i believe leaves the city of l.a. without a pbs station?

wow

is huell safe?

is huell safe?

Huell just posted this on Twitter:

Unfortunately at this time we don't have answers to questions about our continued presence on KCET. Send Q's to Al Jerome ajer✧✧✧@k✧✧✧.o✧✧

oops, that was ajerome at kcet dot org

koce: come to papa

i had heard about this for awhile but it came with the 'only as a last resort' smokescreens, guess pbs wasn't budging

But KCET plans to fill some of that void with more fare from American Public Television, which syndicates programs such as "Rick Steves' Europe," "Globe Trekker" and music specials like "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" to pubcasters.

"We will become a much bigger customer of theirs," said KCET prexy/CEO Al Jerome. Conveniently, APT is holding its next programming marketplace next month in La Quinta, Calif.

KCET will also continue its relationship with Huell Howser, whose folksy California-based travelogues already make up a chunk of the station's sked.

careful on those freeways! even drivers in 1965 were dumb:

http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4254-Freeway_Phobia_No_1.html
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_video/4044-Goofys_Freeway_Trouble.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/band-members-arrested-after-blocking-101-freeway-for-performance.html

the band in question

The Imperial Stars are what they appear to be; ROCK STARS! Living on the Edge they’re known for getting crazy and hanging out with their friends. Living the dream on stage under the heat of the lime light, Orange County California based amplified sound virtuosos cement themselves as one of the preeminent entertainment groups in popular music. Dynamic synthesizers, authoritative drum patterns and mainstay power vocals that remind even the average ear of greatness, The Imperial Stars pierced themselves into the heart of music history.

Yep, sounds about right.

Waiting for Sugar Ray and No Doubt to publicly condemn this.

Gotta love the followup:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/twitter-fury-unleashed-after-stunt-blocks-traffic-on-101-freeway.html

One apparent aspiring actor, @wagsandbeaux, said he was en route to Van Nuys and missed the call time for his porn cameo.

I live on the westside so this is pretty funny

So it turns out:

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/before-it-gets-old/imperial-stars-stunt-begets-mo/

"Making this story even more hilarious...the guitarist, Keith Yackey was once an associate pastor at Calvary Chapel Saving Grace in Yorba Linda, then moved to Belgrade Montana to open another Calvary Chapel church. This was followed by his next calling, Las Vegas real estate mogul, which of course logically led to his creating rock/rap band backed by Hannah Montana-esque graphic design."

And MAJOR roffles:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/city-news/imperial-stars-carmen-trutanic/

"He was not happy," said City Attorney's office spokesman Frank Mateljan. "So this is near and dear to his heart."

barring significant financial distress, I will be making my first visit to SoCal early next July. Prepare.

...ok...

hide your democrats

srsly that's cool! please and welcome

So, DodgerFAP or...?

I'll take "...?"

What kind of American are you oh wait

I expect to be based in Long Beach 3-4 days. I have a friend who lives close to Burbank who may drive me around some, so it could be a whirlwind week.

judgo ito and monica lewinsky jokes are next

http://laist.com/2010/10/16/hollywood_elementary_school_restore.php

long beach is pretty far from burbank, morbs.

I know! That's why I mean i'll be dashing about from north to south. (And I don't drive.)

LA archives bazaar this weekend! anyone plan on going?

http://www.laassubject.org/

just testing out my new screenname (which reminds me of adamrl)

Lol he doesn't drive and doesn't know that Long Beach is like rilly far from Burbank

*fishoutofwater.jpg*

I DO KNOW IT, goddammit

I am calling in chits to be chauffeured, along w/ taking advantage of your renowned transit system.

i would chauffeur a morbs

Los Angeles has one of the highest public transit riderships in the world

I know, but not much of a reputation.

nice thing about the metro here: you can usually grab a seat at most hours of the day

Los Angeles has one of the highest public transit riderships in the world

oh you

Uh.

http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2010/10/five-things-la-could-learn-from-london.html

shit that looks like an onion article but isn't

Hahaha.

i can't even picture a prawn and rocket sandwich in LA

who needs pret when we have famima?

Used to have Famima (in Pasadena anyway).

But who needs Famima when we have Vons deli?

i had such a hard time finding good sandwiches in LA

Is anyone cool enough to get me into the Four Lions screening w/Chris Morris at arclight on tues? KCRW says it's full...

Took long enough:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/westside-subway.html

Also, karaoke on for tomorrow so let me know if you need details...

http://thesource.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/NewAlt2.jpg

I can already hear the rich nimby fuckwits of beverly hills and cheviot hills begin to summon their forces of evil to block this

so if you live at wilshire and fairfax, for example, you have to go east all the way to downtown and straight south and back west to get to the beach.

Stop bringing logic into this.

Mayor J, it was precisely because of said rich nimby fuckwits this wasn't done already, so I gather this means they've already thrown up their hands at it all.

they do appear to have successfully argued a subway should not run through the more moneyed areas of santa monica.

not in my chanel boutique

it's nice to have those stops on olympic for people who work in those office buildings but those spots are going to be dead on the weekends, right?

that green stuff wasn't approved, right?

Another note:

Also under consideration Thursday was a $1.37-billion regional connector through downtown Los Angeles that would allow light-rail users to travel across the county without time-consuming transfers.

(Updated at 1:08 p.m.: Board members also subsequently approved that plan by a 10-0 vote.)

according to someone i know who was at the meeting, the bev hills nimbys were out in full force. looks like metro hasn't finalized the route in that area yet -- too much disagreement from westsiders.

"subways! how PEDESTRIAN"

the beverly hillnimbys

The Beverly Hills folks say it is unsafe and will undermine their emergency shelter and harm their kids

Westside extension comments have been a parade of Beverly Hills folks demanding that the tunnel not go under their high school

(via twitter)

(y'all know this isn't really about the high school, right? they're just using their kids as a human shield.)

here's the deal for dinner/karaoke tonight if you still want in:

dinner @ beverly soon tofu starting about 6:30.

karaoke @ rosen music studio starting at 8.

both are in koreatown. the karaoke is in a private room that we've booked for a minimum of 2 hours. bring cash so you can chip in! you can buy booze and snacks at the bar, but you can't bring stuff in from outside.

blast. just saw the dinner part, probably not making it. i'm warming up my vocal chords tho!

on my way, see u there

Wait, buzza, who are you?

It was a hell of a great night!

Also donna rouge absolutely ruled on Laura Branigan's "Self Control." But I got a perfect score on "My Heart Will Go On."

Come to Spaceland tonight (Saturday that is) and celebrate my birthday!

that was great! i am so hoarse now

stuff ned missed: "against all odds", "creep" (tlc, obv), "don't speak", "malibu", "nothing compares 2 u", "last nite", "help!", "blind" (korn)...

Hahah damn that sounds great. I assume Jeff did Korn...or DID he?

zero of the signified was the korn-doer.

*WE'LL NEVER TELL* "against all odds" was really one of the high water marks, and Camille killed on "nothing compares 2 u". i didnt heed your beatles edict and i paid the price lol

ALL THE FLOWERS THAT U PLANTED MOMMA

IN THE BACKYARD

D'OH A DEER

I think Ned also missed the lyrical typo of the century:

"You know I'm trapped/Sense of elation"

was written as

"You know I'm trapped/Since ovulation"

!!!!!!!!!1!!11!!1!!

william eggleston's stranded in canton at cinefamily on tuesday.

http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html#stranded

"STRANDED is a ramblin’, howlin’, bender of tape from back in the days when everyone liked Quaaludes"

And that's it for Spaceland...

After over a decade and a half, Spaceland Productions is leaving 1717 Silverlake Blvd, and The Satellite is moving in.

“It just reached a point where it was time for us to move on,” says Mitchell Frank who started Spaceland as a weekly club night in 1993. “We’ve had some incredible musical moments here, people met, fell in love, started life-long friendships, but it’s just time for a change.”

The Satellite has agreed to honor all Spaceland’s booking commitments through March 2011. They say they won’t be changing much, but will be bringing in ex-Spaceland booker Jennifer Tefft to do in-house booking. Frank, along with business partner Jeff Ellermeyer, plan on opening a new space oriented towards dance nights and djs on the east side early next year.

Good run, at least. Trying to think of my favorite show I've seen there...

Brunch plans happening for early afternoon Saturday BTW if folks are around!

Trying to think of my favorite show I've seen there...

Way, way way too many to count... Just happy that ExDetectives got a chance to play there.

"...this song is called "Johnny Marr is Dead.""

Frank, along with business partner Jeff Ellermeyer, plan on opening a new space oriented towards dance nights and djs on the east side early next year.

they should open one in the east valley so donna rouge and i can go dancing!

yes! (even better: let me DJ!)

i went to a kinda tragic gay bar on burbank blvd on saturday - at 11pm we were two of about six people in the entire place

So this thing:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/mystery-missile-launch-los-angeles-no-threat-national-security.html

I mean, I assume it's Pynchon-related, but I would.

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2009/04/weekend_diversion_do_tinfoil_h/tinfoil-hat.jpg

gotta be either chem trails or a secret cia missle

oh hey, we're mean and stupid!

http://laist.com/2010/11/09/how_smart_are_la_residents_tourists.php

btw it sounds like spaceland while not retaining the name will continue on in very much the same manner, which is good.

yeah, plus the new owners will be honoring all the shows spaceland had already booked.

i do want to see more clubs outside of the hollywood/silver lake/echo park hipster ghetto.

cheviot hills is the nu-silver lake

gah, i hope not!

Stanley Roper (Norman Fell) - A working-class, frugal, and often embarrassing retiree. Has moved into Cheviot Hills after he is duped into making a promise to his wife Helen that he would buy the condo she wants if it wasn't already sold. His realtor's son suddenly reveals that the condo is in fact not sold.

wait, who did the duping and why?

btw next summer I need someone to take me to the Laurel & Hardy steps

coming to theaters 2011: Driving Dr Morbius

"Ned, you're my best friend"

Putting me in charge of the car might not be a good idea.

maybe if i have my license then! and a car to go with it!

plz shop ned & morbs in this
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/collateral01.jpg

Can we talk traffic?

I live in Highland Park, vaguely looking at a job in Culver City. Is the commute going to make me want to kill myself? I think I know the answer so I'm actually just fishing for positives. There's the possibility of (somewhat) flexible hours, if that makes a difference. Plus - it's a job.

if you do that commute, don't do the tempting 110 to the 10 route. take the 2 to fletcher, head to silver lake blvd and take it all the way west til it turns into beverly, take beverly to wilton, wilton to venice, venice west to culver city.

sweet bro, how long does that take? A leisurely 45?

at max, maybe? i dunno, depends on the time you're leaving too i guess. i take that general route to the west side, jumping on the 10 @ la cienega and getting off at bundy. this morning silver lake to bundy took me 40 min. i left home @ 9.

MayB we shld g00gl3pr00f this thread. I don't want fools jumping on that route if I get the gig

Good traffic avoidance tips are the greatest gift one angeleno can give to another, imo

That route is in keeping with what I found to be best from East to West at rush hour times. Venice is pretty great for the crosstown commute.

Man, I don't miss that commute or that job. Woo.

I've probably had it easy all these years, taking the 210 against traffic. The real world suxxx

the real bitch with that commute is gonna be the trip home. traffic keeps getting worse heading back east in the evening. but just avoid the freeways as much as possible. culver city isn't too bad a spot to be heading too, though. a lot of the traffic nightmares i have come from trying to get past the 405 heading east on both surface streets and the freeway.

Goddamn it this city would be so awesome if they could just sort this shit out

I don't even really WANT a car!

we have TWO cars and we don't even want a single one! well maybe one, but just for road trips.

Yeah we have two cars too. Like I said, suxxx

I dream of the weeks I used to have in DC where I didn't get into our car. So much better.

Although I really do like my car a whole lot.

If you get later hours, be aware that the 10 W. freezes up for some weird reason around Culver City between 1030 and 11 AM. But yes, Venice is great for getting across town -- I use it sometimes to get from Culver City to La Brea during rush hour, and other than one or two slow sections, it's pretty smooth.

i love my car but eastside to westside commute sux. avoid beverly hills at all costs, so that southern route probably the best u can do.

Yeah, Beverly Hills is like a gaping vortex into hell.

MayB we shld g00gl3pr00f this thread. I don't want fools jumping on that route if I get the gig

I've done the Silver Lake-Beverly-Wilton commute quite a bit and it does seem like the word is out about this route - especially going east in the evening.

protip: make a left on one of the side streets between western and wilton and go south to 2nd. you can avoid the backup that often occurs on wilton around there just before it becomes two lanes.

another protip: if you're heading back east on the 10 and need to take the 110 north through downtown, forget it because it's gonna suck. exit at grand (taking the split which leads to the 110 south) and make a left onto olive and peel through downtown all the way to 1st, make a left, and head to glendale ave and cruise through echo park.

if you lived in culver city, you'd be home by now

culver city is the nu-eagle rock

another protip: if you're heading back east on the 10 and need to take the 110 north through downtown, forget it because it's gonna suck. exit at grand (taking the split which leads to the 110 south) and make a left onto olive and peel through downtown all the way to 1st, make a left, and head to glendale ave and cruise through echo park.

Related protip: if downtown/Figueroa is horked up, take 7th St. west to Lucas (this is west of the 110 and near Good Samaritan Hospital). Turn right (north) on Lucas and keep going. Lucas eventually takes you to the big 1st./2nd/Beverly/Glendale Blvd. intersection. Continue to cruise as directed.

OK...now what about Highland Park-Westwood?

Jesus, I don't envy you that one -- I'd say find your way to Olympic and then take that to Westwood Blvd., veteran, or Sepulveda.

Thankfully these are all hypothetical for now

I'm NOT moving, btw. I live in an awesome house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBlMrGgpwXE

Hey, you around tomorrow admrl?

OK...now what about Highland Park-Westwood?

Depending on how close you are to the 134, I'd consider crossing Eagle Rock to the 134 west and then take Beverly Glen over the hill to Sunset (go west) and then south on Hilgard.

I'm not around today! Well, not really anyway. Idle hands, etc

Good art shows on right now, btw. Xenakis @ MOCA and Steve Roden at Armory/Pomona

but...srsly, big time lols @
http://www.moca.org/home/images/home/tam_logo.png

I mean gimme a break

OK so I guess you're all at brunch. Ho hum

And here I am staring at a FCP timeline eating a pastrami sandwich

and posting to the internet about it

tell me more about this pastrami sandwich

What get bent said.

Toasted wheat bread, couple slices of pastrami, mayo, fresh organic tomato and lettuce.

Accompanied by a delicately sliced pear.

you lost me at mayo.

Why? Haven't you taken a mayo class yet?

mayo and class don't belong in the same sentence! (i kid, i kid.)

The Ronni Chasen shooting is seriously WTF.

jeez

if I had to go out like that I would rather not go right after seeing burlesque

Had no idea Ronni Chasen was the sister of cult TV/film maven Larry Cohen

Mother of mummified infants found in suitcase after 70 years is finally identified.

xpost -- Yeah, that was a hell of a weird detail to find out. Maybe a Randy Quaid/Michael Moriarty conspiracy is the answer...

Attention all:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144087528975525

See you there.

Weird, I was just talking to Larry Cohen last month