Los Angeles Thread #7: Busch Gardens

Happy 2011.

(thread title: http://laist.com/2009/07/18/laistory_busch_gardens_in_van_nuys.php)

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(ty jody)

And...gorgeous weather for the Tournament of Roses Parade, go figure.

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rejected JBR street names, san fernando valley edition!

zelzah zfitzgerald
barry goldwater canyon
van nuys without a face
metro panty line

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jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjbr, have you seen this yet?

hell yes.

zelzah zfitzgerald

a little zelzah down your pants

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rejected JBR street names, san fernando valley edition!

quadroparthenia
the chatsworth marmont
welcome to tujunga

so many amazing place names that i'm wracked with option anxiety.

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tarzana nicole smith

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reseda bag of dicks

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jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjbr, have you seen this yet?

hell yes.

minus this part, although it's about that 1973 hollywood teen groupie mag, so it does belong itt.

That it does:

http://star1973.com

the mission hills (uk)

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arleta horse to water, but you can't make him live in arleta

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pacoima troubles in my old kit bag

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i was trying to think of a pacoima one

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who knows what evil lurks on large lots zoned for horse ownership? the shadow hills.

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a little out of the sfv:

the nina, the pinta, the santa clarita

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(a lomita interject)

very nice

<3

Hahah, this guy:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0113-lopez-20110113,0,1294355.column

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-01/58761343.jpg

"Do you surf?" I asked, and I think this is where the relationship went south.

passed up the chance to eat at art's last night to have so-so thai a few doors down instead. doh!

art's is fun, but a little expensive -- you're paying for the studio city real estate.

hey, another school shooting, and this one involves a police officer! gun violence is awesome and not at all scary.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/los-angeles-unified-school-district-police-officer-shot-in-chest-el-camino-real-high-school.html

andre and i both work in this area.

this thread needs more late '70s l.a. grindhouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MOXwdkJp8

I have that on an 8-pack set I found at Best Buy. Haven't watched that one yet, but the first Babysitter one is pretty good.

Drive-In Cult Classics Vol 3

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/01/los-angeles-police-eliminate-rape-kit-backlog/

a job __ done!

villaraigosa With US attorney Andre Birotte to announce the arrests of approx 57 gang members this morning in a multi-agency operation

a job __ done!

Friend of mine says the Arcade Fire is doing a secret show this weekend, and he asked me to find out where it is, but I dunno, lol

ideas? concert detective halp.

yeah they announced that they found a venue for the show but haven't said what it is yet

basically, it's like, you can go if you check the internet at the right time

I like my friend's take in the original e-mail

"Might be at the Glass House in Pomona, which is where a lot of secret gigs have taken place, but that's nowhere near Silver Lake!"

He's also come up with the clever device of referring to the greater L.A. area as "Silver Lake."

ugh

christ i hope it's not @ spaceland, my street will be a madhouse

"Wake Up" will be a bullying command, and not just a song, to anybody trying living and trying to sleep nearby.

You need Twitter to stay on top of this... Looks like @scottrodger is the guy to follow.

Speaking of which, @TheScenestar will always be a hero for posting the exactly set times for almost all local shows.

Thanks for that info. You are, indeed, a current detective :-D

for the record, if anyone has a mid-week karaoke itch they need to scratch and happen to find themselves in the valley and are ok with gays, the silver rail on burbank blvd has a really terrific tuesday karaoke night. first time i've EVER seen "babooshka" on a song list!

in point of fact, that bar is pretty great overall. eager to try some of the other gay valley dives! (oxwood room, anyone?)

is oxwood the lesbian bar on oxnard? i lived near there for a while.

yep (and woodman, hence the name i guess)

looks like Silver Rail is about 2 miles from my Valley friend's house, so maybe in July!

Colonel Poo, his wife and I and others are planning a lunch FAP at the Waffle this Saturday at 11:30 if anyone would like to join us.

Meantime, how to make your own riff on Zankou Chicken garlic sauce, aka toum:

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2011/02/zankous_garlic_sauce_clone.php

Go back to making bad Spider-man songs:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0210-u2-malibu-20110210,0,4731017.story

For anyone interested in Arcade Fire tickets (I'm not, but I do like the puzzle - check the Scenestar link below) they're going on sale noon tomorrow at Origami Vinyl, Fingerprints in Long Beach, and at the El Rey theatre.

http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2011/02/arcade-fire-details-revealed-at-900am.html (commenters are telling people to shut up about it, but here you go)

Today's daily deal from LA weekly is $10 for $20 at Amoeba: http://deals.voiceplaces.com/los-angeles/x/5454q25464/

I bought two of those, and one other one for a f(r)iend.

i might not be using my ticket to the swans show (march 2, the el rey). i work nights and i'm debating whether i'd rather sit in a boring office and make a few bucks or call in sick and get delightfully earfucked by michael gira.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5480108032_d754d1a214_o.jpg

Announcing the Grand Opening of the Truckit Fest at Union Station. This landmark location will be the new home to a monthly event featuring over 35 of LA's best Food Trucks, 200 local designers and artisans, Live Bands, DJ's and much more. Where: Union Station downtown Los Angeles. When: Sunday March 6th 11am -5pm.

http://www.truckitfest.com/

my stomach and i are curious, we are

Nice!

did they remember to GET THE PERMITS? (looking at you, santa monica parking lot.)

in other good news (for me), the LA bike plan passed city council unanimously!

about time!

there was a lot of resistance from the "horse people" at the meeting, it seems. why would they even give a shit?

Los Angeles crazy music fans: I suddenly have one extra ticket for the Wednesday (March 2) Swans show at the El Rey. Holler if you're interested. Looking for face value ($30) obo - no scalping here!

this wind is on some wizard of oz kansas twister ish! i thought i felt the house sway.

My boring-ass Monday night = listening to dried up palm fronds fall onto the roof. >THUNK<

My sister and I will be visiting your fair city in April. Is the Farmer's Daughter still a good place to stay? How about the Figueroa?

I'd selfishly suggest the Figueroa so we can all hang out by the pool again.

or the bonaventure so we can ride the glass elevators

if money is no object and you want to be on the west side:

http://www.centuryplaza.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

^^swank-ass midcentury modern

Westside is awesome!

Money is very much an object. What is the best place to stay where you can walk out the door and not have to get in a car?

there are buses pretty much everywhere. if you stay downtown, you'll be near the red, purple, blue, and gold line trains.

I think we're gonna stay at the Secret Garden. Kind of wanted to try something different, but it's a lot cheaper than any of the others.

Any of you Angelenos free to meet up? Will be there April 6 to 10. Also, any museum/gallery/etc. stuff we should know about?

Dang, I'll have to bow out -- normally that would be a free weekend but two good friends down here in OC are getting married and I'm already booked up. Have a great time in any event!

btw, what's the best/not-expensive way to get from LA to SF without flying or driving?

Bus or train being your choices...there seems to be a Greyhound web fare option at $42, where an initial Chinatown Bus search comes out at $55. Amtrak might actually work as well, though -- the Coast Starlight takes you from LA to Oakland with a bus connection into SF at $54, while a potentially quicker connection would the Pacific Surfliner to Santa Barbara with bus service from there to SF.

thx Ned

All things being equal and with an eye on various service alerts and trackwork being done, I'd suggest Amtrak -- if you did the last option (LA to SB) you'd pass through the actual surfside part of the route there; everything else after that is more inland, though going down the Salinas Valley is also a joy, and in all it's a part of California that fewer people see because they're usually using the 5 freeway in the Central Valley.

Should also say I've done all these routes before so I know I'm what talking about from experience! If the Megabus option still existed that would be the way to go but alas that barely lasted a year. Chinatown Bus options supposedly start at $29 but a quick check at pricing over the next two months kept turning up $55 as a baseline.

btw, what's the best/not-expensive way to get from LA to SF without flying or driving?

this might be not morbs-friendly but my experience w/ norcal to socal via craigslist rideshare has been pretty good. don't take greyhound, it takes forever.

As long as it's $70ish or under, a train is fine with me

What day or days for travel are you looking at?

haven't gotten that far...

...but if I have to stay at a WeHo or Hollywood hotel for 3-4 nights, any recs? Less than $120/night would be good, $95 would be better.

morbs the best western on franklin ave by the 101 freeway is a short walk to Hollywood and i think the prices are fairly reasonable. there's an above-average diner on the first floor as well. if you're as much of a fan of 'swingers' as i suspect you may be, there were several scenes filmed in that diner.

yeah, less than a 10 min walk to hollywood and vine metro stop

also: i've seen bam margera at this diner TWICE

lol, I've never seen Swingers. Bam, mmmmm.

*reserves furiously*

i've never seen swingers but i HAVE been to the dresden

hey LA-ers: every time we go to our LA, on our way back (near the grapevine) i see this ... 'thing' off the side of the road, it looks like a field of giant thread spools, and miniature castles. does anyone know what i'm talking about and if so can they explain it to me?

Financially strapped KCET-TV is in talks to sell its landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of Scientology, according to people who know about the pending deal.

The Los Angeles television station, which is struggling to rebuild viewership after its recent split from PBS, plans to move its operations to a smaller location, real estate brokers said. Station officials have been touring potential sites, brokers said.

Terms of the potential deal were unavailable, but the 4.5-acre property at 4401 W. Sunset Blvd. has an assessed value of $14.1 million, according to county records. Individuals inside the station and real estate consultants who were not authorized to speak publicly about the transaction confirmed the pending sale.

Haha oh dear.

Huell Ron Hubbard

hey LA-ers: every time we go to our LA, on our way back (near the grapevine) i see this ... 'thing' off the side of the road, it looks like a field of giant thread spools, and miniature castles. does anyone know what i'm talking about and if so can they explain it to me?

How far up the Grapevine are we talking about here?

apparently it's not up the grapevine, it's just after castaic?

i was very excited to learn that nudie's rodeo tailors' longtime address was 5015 lankershim -- walking distance from me! looking at google maps, they sell discount futons at that site now. but nudie's shop held out until 1994.

http://www.nudiesrodeotailor.com/

on a similar note, been really enjoying the valley relics FB page. do they have an actual store? their website doesn't work

so I priced that Best Western near 101; in July the rack rate is about $200 a night, and Travelocity doesn't have it cheaper. May have to opt for a Quality Inn nearby, but probably won't reserve anything for another week, until I talk to my friend in the Valley.

Try Hotwire. You can get a pretty good idea of which hotels they are here: http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showforum=427&

never used hotwire but with that forum feedback tool i might be inclined

Morbs, why don't you stay at the Secret Garden in WeHo? Looks like its $135/night in July. If you can find a conventioner to share with you, even better. I've stayed there before and I'm staying there next week--the only thing is you might have to make conversation with the owner, but he'll tell you about Frank Sinatra and Chasen's.

http://www.secretgardenbnb.com/

i know people who have stayed here, seemed ok. close to LACMA, fairfax district, not too far from weho or hollywood

http://www.wilshirecresthotel.com/

VaPlain, the LA stay is AFTER the baseball convention, which is in Long Beach. (And I'm paying $119 a night there, solo, bcz I skip roommates on vacation too.)

donna rouge and i are participating in the adult spelling bee down in long beach! root for us! if i win, i'm giving half the prize money to doctors without borders.

and if i win, i'm giving half of mine to NARAL pro-choice california!

this is going down in sylmar right now.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/officer-domestic-dispute-sylmar-119173789.html?tw

Favorite Thai spot in the Hollywood area ?

everyone will prob say jitlada and they'll prob be pretty correct

Dr. M., perhaps you will meet a revivalist baseballer who you can invite to share your room for a romantic Hollywood weekend.

My sister's planning on renting a car; is this really necessary? The only out of town we might do is go to Pasadena.

Any classic old Hollywood recommendations for us?

Having a car certainly makes it easier to get around Los Angeles. I know there's a big public transportation contingent on here, but the public transportation isn't that great. Renting a car will certainly save you a lot of time sitting on buses.

It depends a lot on where your home base is and where you want to be going from there.
As a native to the area I would have never considered not having a car back in the day but on more resent visits I have been using a car less and less.

LA -> pasadena = definitely rent a car for that

gold line goes to pasadena, people complain about how slow it is tho

180/181 bus goes from Hollywood to Pasadena, so if you're in Hollywood it may be as fast as red line to Union station then gold line to Pasadena. Having a car is nice, though.

Are there any good restaurants or bars near Selma and Sunset?

i've heard good things about pinches tacos (right across from chateau marmont)

Are there any good restaurants or bars near Selma and Sunset?

selma and sunset run parallel? which intersection?

they converge on the westside (which i didn't know until about an hour ago - i was all set to recommend bodega wine bar)

i didn't know it either. i'm still kinda westside-illiterate.

in that case, i highly recommend bar marmont!

a.o.c. is awesome for wine/small plates/atmosphere and is on 3rd and crescent heights. you'd have to drive or take a cab, but it's not super far.

that's where the sunset strip more or less begins, avoid on weekends at the very least

We went to chateau marmont for dinner and we loved it. Is that cheesy? We're saving bar marmont for another night. Thanks for the suggestions!

apparently it's not up the grapevine, it's just after castaic?

If it's what I think it is, it's the Honor Ranch Gas Storage Site "a repurposed oil field where wells are now injected with natural gas, coming via pipelines from the north, for storage before being distributed through the urban grid" (from the latest CLUI Lay Of The Land newsletter)

I witnessed the quickest pickup I've EVER seen on a Gold Line train the other day. I almost wanted to shake the dude's hand it was so impressive! He got on the train, sat down opposite this woman and was typing her number into his phone in, like, two minutes, I swear. So...go Gold Line.

Morbs you might want to check the Beverly Laurel hotel, might be a little bit too far south for you but the price is pretty good and it was pretty clean last time i stayed there

Is it possible to get to Griffith observatory via public transportation? I think we should have rented a car after all...

will consider, Aerosol, but even w/ limits of transit I think I'd like to be closer to a train line.

Now I'm even thinking of starting earlier to spend 4th of July weekend in either LA or SF.

there is a bus that goes up hillhurst to the observatory - i think you can catch it at the sunset/vermont metro stop

looks like the shuttles only run on weekends right now:

http://golosangeles.about.com/od/thingstodoinlosangeles/ss/GriffithObserv_5.htm

It's a nice shuttle, I've used it before.

not recommended: hiking up the mountain without using the designated walking path, especially while hungover

(not that i'd know...)

Rolling down the hill, though...

What happened to the sun? I think we'll wait till the weekend for Griffith park, and that way maybe it won't be overcast and we can hop the shuttle.

Gonna go to lacma and to look at historical downtown buildings...any good places to eat around there?

Downtown, or near LACMA? Because those are two very different locations. Unless you're talking about MOCA?

Well, yeah, we were going to go to lacma and then downtown, but we've decided to just do downtown and moca.

if you're going to moca, you can take the california plaza escalator down bunker hill afterward and get pupusas/tacos/etc at grand central market

Or even ride the Angel's Flight train if in operation. (Did it shut down again?)

i was gonna say angel's flight but (a) dunno if it's open (b) i don't want to be responsible for anyone's early demise via ancient and rickety tourist attraction

Best to look at it from afar, I suppose. She could walk down the steps next to it, though.

watch yourself walking around town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhGr3-KxZQ

We rode the angel's flight train and we ate papusas, so thanks for the suggestions. Saw a lot of awesome buildings, but missed the Ed ruscha mural--is that still there? Went to el Carmen finally. For tomorrow; is Hollywood forever cemetery a good place to go? Anything else interesting to do around there!

Re the mural: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/04/downtown_ed_rus.php

For tomorrow; is Hollywood forever cemetery a good place to go? Anything else interesting to do around there!

eh, it's okay. it's in a scuzzy neighborhood.

when my friend and i drove through the cemetery we saw a peacock cage!

it's also fun to play "spot the famous dead person" if you're into that sort of thing

will ponder trip to Forsrest Lawn to visit Buster Keaton & Stan Laurel

The cemetery trip is on hold because my sister doesn't like dead people. Instead we are going to Schindler house, farmer's market, la brea tar pits, and lacma. Any interesting stuff we shouldn't miss around those places?

Also, is the polo club at the Beverly hills hotel a good place to go? Or is there a more laid back place to eat at that hotel?

the new silver lake meadow is a nice little green space

anyone else hitting up cicLAvia today?

Goodbye Los Angeles, everything I did was amazing, except for the Farmer's Market; why did no one tell me not to go there? Mad jealous of all of you.

aw i dig the farmer's market. :-( i always go into monsieur marcel hoping for a good sale.

anyone else hitting up cicLAvia today?

I was there. Sooo many people!

it was awesome! already anticipating the next one

Yeah. Me and three friends rode from La Puente into Downtown. Met up with my old roommate who now lives on Spring, and spent the day on my bike pretty much. Everybody was so happy and polite, and for a crowd of 100k+, there was ZERO hostility.

i didn't go, but i took a walk locally out of solidarity.

I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market, and less chain restaurants. We ate at the counter at Phil's Deli--that was kind of cool. I immensely preferred the Grand Central Market though.

Why didn't anyone tell me that there was an Ed Ruscha exhibit at the Gagosian Beverly Hills? You expect me to do my own research?

We didn't see the cicLAvia . . . but we spent Sunday walking around our hotel neighborhood and peeking in open houses. We've got our eye on a 3 million number in the Hollywood Hills.

I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market

that's not really what this farmer's market is known for. it's known for the restaurant stands (and i'm sure the starbucks helps them pay the rent).

Yeah, I kind of got that impression. Oh, we ate at Pinches Tacos on our last day--that was really good. Thanks again for all of the help--I would have been lost without this thread. Carry on with your fascinating Angeleno lives. . . .

the citrus stands at the farmer's market are A+ - although the satsuma mandarins i bought from there went bad after three days >:(

the 3rd street farmer's market isn't a "farmer's market" as such. it's a bunch permanent vendors and little restaurants, some of them selling produce yes but it's the same stuff you would get at the local ralph's tbh. it had and still does have i guess some throwback charm but that's hard to see because of the grove and other adjacent franchises.

yeah a lot of the charm that exists is muffled by caruso's monstrosity. if he becomes mayor i wonder how long it would take for sinatra to be piped out of speakers on every street corner in town?

The Gumbo Pot and the Singaporian food at the Banana Leaf in the Farmer's Market are both A+ stops (along with the already mentioned Monsieur Marcel)

Oh, yeah, I wanted to go to the Banana Leaf but my sis wasn't feeling it. We also walked into the monsieur Marcel but were a bit intimidated.

i hit up pampas grill (brazilian bbq) like once a week - early bird 25% off before 11:30 am is crucial

Still reeling from CycLAvia. IIRC the next one is in July. Great place for a meetup, if anybody's down.

Sorry, CicLAvia.

I might be there in July.

(but I don't bike)

anyone going to

(a) prince's 4/23 show (next saturday night)?
(b) hauschka at the hollywood forever masonic lodge?

i am definitely going to (a) and very possibly going to (b).

a) probably not
b) possibly!

re a) and b): i am going to both! or at least i have tickets for both now.

Bijan is off to that great cologne billboard in the sky

donna rouge and i are participating in the adult spelling bee down in long beach! root for us! if i win, i'm giving half the prize money to doctors without borders.

― electric milquetoast (get bent), Friday, April 1, 2011 10:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

y'all did not root for us hard enough :(

BUT we got lucille's smokehouse bbq and went to fingerprints afterward, so it's all good!

also wtf kind of word is "ecesis" anyway

my losing word was aureole. i spelled it a-u-r-i instead of a-u-r-e, even though i was TOTALLY THINKING it was an "e" as i was saying "i." grrrr.

my fingerprints haul:

the mute comp from record store day
the big star box set, used (they didn't have the test pressing; no one did)
the spring 2011 signal to noise
cabaret voltaire live at the hacienda '83/'86 (dvd on cherry red)

my lucille's meal:

carolina-style pulled pork sandwich with braised collard greens on the side
part of a tri-tip quesadilla
root beer

they put the photos up already!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.1947204116481.109874.1133895586&l=4f6bbbd504

phil's diner reopens today! hoping it's better than sitton's noho diner.

http://nohoartsdistrict.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=291:phils-diner-opens-april-20th&Itemid=221

i only ate at sitton's once. it was meh.

church of scientology buys KCET studio.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035857

The Gumbo Pot and the Singaporian food at the Banana Leaf in the Farmer's Market are both A+ stops (along with the already mentioned Monsieur Marcel)

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, April 11, 2011 5:34 PM

OTM
Rojak salad & Mee Goreng from banana are the jams

ate at AOC, Animal and Church and State last week.

best over all meal was at AOC

there's a shockingly upgraded menu at House of Pies, takes their diner food from a C to a B+ imo.

really now

ate at that soul dog place that just opened on lankershim the other day. 'saight.

two good noho joints that your post reminded me of:

http://www.misspeachesrest.com/
http://viciousdogsnoho.com/

been wanting to try that miss peaches place for awhile. get bent and i have talked about eating at this (excellently named) establishment in van nuys:

http://hoglywogly.com/

the sfv is good for bbq, kcbbq on magnolia is a good spot. boneyard bistro is tremendous if pricey. pasadena has huge bbq joints all over the place, too. hollywood and the east side are pretty sparse for that. i'm pretty hungry tbh.

uncle andre's in studio city the chicken especially

i was not too crazy about uncle andre's pulled pork (sauce way too sweet) but i'd like to try some of their other stuff

has there ever been a valley FAP? there oughta be

went to sherman oaks castle last year or so

http://nethercuttcollection.org/ ?
i spent several summers in sylmar last year. my wife's cousin needs to move, srsly

OK, booked room (a block from Hollywood/Western subway stop) for July 11-17

That weekend stretch is free for me at present -- DodgerFAP, then?

I'm already going to Dodger Stadium on the 8th with the seamhead convention (departing from Long Beach, where I'll be the preceding 5 days)

you will be four stops on the metro away from get bent and i!

xpost - noted -- and there's Donna's point there too! So let's just aim for June 16th as some kinda FAP.

Argh, correct that, JULY 16th, Saturday. Anyway.

Thread of missing Lakers

hollywood/western area is a little grungy, but you'll be in walking distance of several thai restaurants!

i went to thailand plaza on friday, one of those places where people sing while you eat. the first guy who performed closed his set out with "hava nagila" and all these thai families were dancing to it!

went to sherman oaks castle last year or so

http://nethercuttcollection.org/ ?

The Nethercutt is cool for the full tour including the pipe organ demo (on the very top floor). It's a must stop if you're a car fanatic (took a couple photo there last time)

fuck yes, urge overkill tickets :-)

the new dentyne ice commercial features the exterior of the de soto pharmacy in canoga park!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4810392543_5b22aeeafe_z.jpg

so I'm thinking if I take one studio tour, it'll be Paramount, cuz it's only $35 and I wanna walk through the gate and eat in the commissary. I'm not paying $70 to go in Universal's theme park solely to take a tram that goes past the Psycho house.

also, there's some old silent-era studio north of H'wood Blvd that has tours by appointment?

Universal does have the best studio tour, mostly because they have the exterior sets. Paramount isn't a terribly exciting lot, to be honest. Mostly just soundstages and (admittedly pretty) office buildings.

the lines for the universal tour can get very very long in peak season (which starts memorial day weekend; i.e., in reality it's already started). the theme park's not so great but the views from the top level are stunning.

universal city walk is a shithole and it costs a fortune to park there, too

Fuck parking there, there's a Red Line stop.

...which is what the good dr. will have to use, anyhow. (i would, however, suggest using the free shuttle)

oh, I'm studying the transit maps like a trainspotter

still not apt to blow $70 on a bloody theme park unless someone wants to drop acid and break into the Bates Motel w/ me

Hi dere

Paramount is a much nicer lot than Fox, Sony, or Universal IMO. It still has a faint golden age of hollywood aura to it while the others feel really corporate and '80s. I've never been to WB though, and I don't know what any of the tours are like.

I like the Warner lot the best. But I've been there in a business capacity, not on the tour.

infamous "house of davids" aka "Youngwood Court" up for sale. awesome pix of the inside decor

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2011/05/house_of_davids_is_for_sale_for_24_million_lets_look_inside.php

oh yeah, that house!

omg! i have made so many pilgrimages to that house

LA ILX should go seven ways on that shit imo

yes! crash space/FAP house/den of iniquity/etc. let's do this.

papaya king open!
nice to see a slice of nyc here, but gray's papaya >>>> papaya king

I know it's on the dreaded Westside, but Rhino pop-up store from May 27 through June 12: http://www.facebook.com/RhinoRecordsPopUp#!/RhinoRecordsPopUp?sk=info

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/la/2349341878_d74a1c8650_b.jpg
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/la/2348505741_acd26bc73a_b.jpg
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/la/2348506197_4f66cef005_b.jpg

is the Matmos gig on that awful West side? god i hope not

which one? i don't see anything listed

who's getting busted in those photos?

DM - I don't know

DR - http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/851

culver city art walk is saturday too

Ur show?

dunno how many ppl here regularly use the metro but: have they been really stepping up security/ticket enforcement lately or is it just me?

They said they were going to start doing that here so I'm not surprised...

it's def not you, it seems like those dudes are at every station now

its like a fuckin $200 ticket too

so maybe dont rip off the system, eh

Ur show?

just now checking. my show ended friday but i am in their group show for the artwalk, which is up until friday or saturday of this week. art walk was fun, very packed.

dunno how many ppl here regularly use the metro but: have they been really stepping up security/ticket enforcement lately or is it just me?

i always expect to see them around the major stations. i have very very rarely stiffed metro; it's so much more worthwhile to scrounge up the $1.50 than to have to pay a $250 fine. if you're gonna get hassled by the fuzz, at least let it be for something *cool*.

so donna, the Spotlight Bar on Cahuenga is still open, right?

so ian liked the Getty Center, i should go?

respectively: as far as i know, and yes

just got tipped off to an $11 sunday brunch vegan buffet on pico near la cienega. anyone want to give it a go?

http://www.savyoncafe.com/

bought a flex pass to the radar fest this weekend, excited for the gertrude stein play on sunday:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/home

where do u guys take Raggett for Arcade Fire karaoke?

am thinking of flying to Long Beach from SF, as it's only $84 and everything else is too slow.

going to the pruitt-igoe documentary at the l.a. film fest on saturday. it's downtown at l.a. live.

where do u guys take Raggett for Arcade Fire karaoke?

This is a vision. To avoid.

Where did we go last time. Nice room, a little loud though. We all still on for that mid-July Saturday meetup?

the place in koreatown? i liked it, but the english-language song selections were limited.

yeah, i would vote for max karaoke instead (there's 2 locations, one downtown and one on the westside - haven't been to the DT one but presumably it is close by a subway)

I'm not ready to commit to a specific night yet, I have ppl to talk to.

also not really a karaoke nut.

= K

however: Sarah Silverman "& Friends" at Largo on July 14? (thurs)

We all still on for that mid-July Saturday meetup?

Tailgating the 405 shutdown, please

yellow magic orchestra and cibo matto this sunday at the hollywood bowl, you guys. special guest yoko ono!

http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4529

Is Morbius coming for Outfest

Not FOR it, but I may go see something (any ideas?). Weekend, donna?

yeah! i would see that. there's a couple of things i'm interested in seeing

ok, when I'm able, why don't I buy 2 tix for that one on the 13th?

Pizzeria Mozza: sans res, can I go in and eat at the bar?

Do you guys want to drink in Hollywood, Silver Lake?

In my case (assuming we're still talking Saturday the 16th for a FAP) it'll have to be afternoon drinking, both Hollywood and Silver Lake are feasible. Will need to be back at Union Station by around 4:30 for the regular dinner with friends I do each month down here.

the 13th sounds good! and i can probably drink the whole livelong day on the 16th so that's ok by me

very decadent option. I'm OK w/ doing a diff night (Friday?) if matinee drinking not good for others, but really I need to finalize my other plans soon so I know.

Friday night would be out for me due to other plans, then again I am but one voice. I was talking with Cunga the other day about this and he's v. much down for Sat. afternoon as well.

It should be noted that that is the weekend of Carmageddon, but considering as I seem to be the only person on here that a) lives on the west side and b) has a car, I guess that really only affects me.

Ha, doom. (Actually wouldn't you just be able to get on the 10 and sneak over?)

i think I will hit the beach towns (S.M. and Venice, really) by myself on a weekday, unless any of you are gung ho about that.

I live on Sepulveda, Ned. A.k.a. the only real alternative to the 405. I'm not convinced I'll even be able to get out of my apartment complex.

OK dr, I got the Weekend tix. (DGA theatre)

I also have a library book, Secret Stairs, with maps / directions for LA staircase walks. 42 of them.

xpost -- mobilize your attack hamster metal squadron. The rest will follow.

so psyched about can't stop the music at the hammer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIeTgKZvadk&feature=player_embedded#at=13

bad romance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dFTZrZkKl4&NR=1

"Not FOR it, but I may go see something (any ideas?)."

Yah, you should go see my friends' movies on Friday in the Platinum Showcase and on Saturday night.

Aslo you can bring print of "Aurora" that is showing in NYC this week, thanks

just checking in to say I'm still free for next weekend, so whatever you cats want to do.

cool. j0e & i are going to Brit gay film on Wed, then I'm seeing Sarah Silverman on Thurs. But if I do Sat matinee drinking, what do i do drunk at night?

continue drinking iirc

also morbs if you don't mind a 15-min walk we can hit up gold coast after the film if you like!

Just pace it out easily. I'll be away for a few days but will be checking in here and there as I can, so just keep the thread updated. I should be up there and free to do whatever comes up any time after 11 am or so.

http://www.attheecho.com/2011/07/07/friday-07-22-11-legendary-vocalist-jimmy-scott-echoplex/

that sounds good joe!

looks like Thurs will be combo of Nixon Lib & Sarah Silverman, insert joke here.

Outdoor movies are not my thing, but Evil Dead 2 is showing @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery next Sat night! Will have to consider.

they just played the entire trilogy at the egyptian but i missed it ;_;

if you get a good seat those cemetery screenings are fun as hell btw - bring lots of booze and a blanket and some snacks and that is a good way to spend a saturday evening

seat = vantage point

I should buy a beach towel or something, then.

And the Hammer Museum has this on TUES night:

http://www.laweekly.com/events/united-in-anger-a-history-of-act-up-1312748/

so I am here (I think that's the Capitol Records tower out the window)

And Car Wash is playing at the Hammer Museum tnite! That wd be a very disco move of me. The New Beverly has an ET/Close Encounters twinbill, but I am not spending 4+ hrs in atheater my first night.

hey, did anyone tell you to check out larry edmunds (film bookstore on hollywood, near musso and frank's)? cuz you should

oh, yes

Good lord, I feel like you've been in California forever . . . are you ever coming back?

possibly to see the Mets next Monday night

i'm in LA, starting wednesday! what's happening? (besides the 'carmageddon'?)

'ballad of genesis and lady jaye' at cinefamily on thurs (part of outfest iirc)

yeah, i will be at Sarah Silverman.

well, I am on the waitlist for an Upright Citz Brigade show at 11 (will head for Silver Lake if I don't get in). Motel A/C does not work. Had a couple drinks at Spotlight. Went in Amoeba long enough to price Kovacs box.

I have yet to catch a bus in this town.

forgot whether i mentioned it on this thread, but i'm moving this weekend. we get the keys on friday but the moving truck doesn't come until monday -- we'll be carrying things over there in the interim. so, i'm happy to block out a little time to drink somewhere over the hill, but if any of y'all feel like coming up to the studio city area, even better. i know some great sushi places.

fyi morbs norm macdonald's gonna be at the silverman thing

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Surprisingly decent standup show @ UCB, esp this grizzled stoner named Colin Kinane (?) and this faux yo-yo king who did a few great slapstick bits. Was distracted by the sight of Dennis Franz in the 3rd row.

'ballad of genesis and lady jaye' at cinefamily on thurs (part of outfest iirc)

Went to the premiere of this on Saturday night. Worth it if you want to see home movies of Gen and Jaye, but not the documentary it could have been

This week in unintentionally funny FB updates:

why does everyone in california think they can charge so high for rent? we need help - anyone know of affordable living near malibu?

* kyle kinane

my big weekend celeb sighting: the ex-governator, driving a convertible through beverly hills. he didn't look happy.

I was looking at movie tickets for this weekend at "Rave" (in Westchester I guess?) and was wondering why all the seats were empty. I probably shouldn't even try it from downtown, right?

$4 carmageddon flights between burbank and long beach on saturday!

http://jetblue.com/

btw I think I will be available for FAP on Saturday -- around 2? -- if ppl want to do that. Open to Hollywood, downtown, Silver Lake, I dunno.

Sounds good -- just got back into town here and am catching up. Hollywood or downtown would be best for me, basically anywhere near a Red Line stop; 2 pm would be more than fine. Who's in?

Hollywood, downtown, or even the Valley, work best for me as well, but I'll do whatever to meet wherever.

i'm down for 2!

may i suggest the federal for daytime drinking? it's one block from the red line in north hollywood, and i presume the bar is also open during brunch hours. upstairs patio and many many many beers, as well.

sounds OK, THO 2:30 wd probably be more like it.

also, the Academy is showing Forbidden Planet on Sat night, but there are only standby tix!

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110711.html

Federal Bar -- sounds good! get bent might even be able to swing by!

http://www.thefederalbar.com/

A couple of other friends of mine have indicated they're in as well so I'll reconfirm with them. I should be able to get there right around two or a little beforehand; the upstairs patio/beer plan sounds perfect.

i can probably do that! they have good gastropubby type food as well; bring an appetite.

Great!

The Federal is ideal for me, so another vote for that.

I saw Samantha Bee about a block from the Federal this week, too, so that's a stealth vote for that location as well

i've seen one of the UCB guys at the coffee bean across the street twice

Chandler Blvd: Where Comedy Goes to Laugh!

i saw adam scott walking past that coffee bean about a month ago.

does Carmageddon have its own thread? I am supposed to be taking guests to Disneyland tomorrow but I don't know...

gotta go to a wedding in pedro tomorrow

I'm downtown so I can just take the 110 but I don't really know what the spillover's gonna be like

Disneyland is nowhere near the shutdown area! Where are you starting from, anyway?

Highland Park.

Yes I know it's nowhere near, but I have no point of reference for how far back things are going to be jammed.

Let me put it this way -- you could take the Gold Line to Union Station then via Metrolink/Anaheim to Anaheim Station and a quick cab ride over and not have to worry about the freeways at all.

yes

getting off work early because of carmageddon!

It's Carmageddion Time!

carman-geddon

http://www.musicpubco.net/images/cdart/Carman_addictedtojesus.jpg

Does he shoot up or snort?

cross-posting with rejected jbr thread:

where in the world is carmageddon sandiegofreeway

Carma Carma Carma Carma Carma-mageddion. You cannot go. You cannot go-oh-oh-oh.

Driving would be easy if your signals were like my dreams. Forever green. Forever greeeeeen

Lord. Anyway, Federal Bar at 2, see folks there; also should be able to stay longer due to changed plans down south. See everyone tomorrow!

staying downtown no carmageddon - 30 (downtown)
Date: 2011-07-15, 7:16PM PDT

I am looking to go out tonight or this weekend and bar hop around downtown grab a few drinks, eat, hangout....
Not going anywhere because of the 405 sit.....

I'm 30 mixed asian business professional, good shape, clean, fairly good looking, good sense of humor and laid back just looking to chill, conversate and hangout with
someone new and cool and hopefully interesting.....I am for real only hit me up if you are with your pic and we can go from there....

Sat nite date...10:00 - 45 (sfv (carmageddon))
Date: 2011-07-15, 5:35PM PDT

So, here it is, Sat Nite, I am available after ten PM. I am jewish, single, chubby but attractive.....I like smart warm women..older or larger is just fine. If you are up for a late date....will be fun.

Handsome visitor seeks date for drinks/dinner - 32 (Downtown)
Date: 2011-07-15, 5:55PM PDT

I'm a single guy in town on business. My trip out of town got delayed a day. So no plans except for what I hear is Carmageddon. Sounds bad, eh? Live in the PNW, from the east coast and don't really know this town at all. Would love to go out with someone here to see the town and have some fun. I'm cute, 5'10", HWP, white, job-holding, car-having, clean-living and grandmas love me. Kind of a catch, and single too!

You should be smart, funny, cute and also have a job or something that gets you up in the morning. How about we meet for a drink and see how we like each other. Maybe we'll be interested in getting another...

are you following @I_405 on twitter yet?

Made it (on 2nd attempt) to the Dick Library today, and I was never so happy to see a grave. (There was a racist docent there too, what a surprise.)

I'm doing the downtown architecture tour til 12:30, then hopping over to Hollywood Heritage Museum for a quick visit, so figure 2:30ish.

I'll be there too!

@I_405 SA-ALL: Very close to demolition of girders using high rise hoe rams working from below.

so hot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4zyGwMGEGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD25aAsDqZ8

(Pro Cyclist who was crashed out of the Tour de France) Dave Zabriskie tweeted that he landed at LAX this morning and made it home to Thousand Oaks in record time this morning.

related: some of the dudes from wolfpack hustle bike crew are trying to outrace the BUR->LGB jetblue flights by bike, just departed about ten minutes ago

!

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w00t! a good beer was had by all.

indeed! especially those of us who had the big bear. mmmm

http://www.frothyhead.com/var/plain_site/storage/images/beer/united-states/bear-republic-brewing-co/big-bear-black-stout/3923-1-eng-US/Big-Bear-Black-Stout_beer_full.jpg

sry for lolhueg img

Monstrous! And yes, a fine get-together and v good to finally meet the Morbz. Stevie D next up!

btw I got to Jitlada on Friday! btwn Nixon & Venice.

Tonight, Laurel & Hardy steps at twilight. Transcendental.

... Then went to take pix of Union Station on Sunday morning before I left. Mow back in smelly, humid Gotham. Thx for coming out, fappers!

A grand time! Pleasure to meet ya and thanks again for the Lagunitas prompt, as it were.

Now then, Stevie D.

curious about this new mohawk bend joint in echo park

miley cyrus (y'all) just dropped $4 mil on this house in studio city, and that's... prutty kewl.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/08/new_to_market_swanky_midcentury_in_studio_city.php

curious about this new mohawk bend joint in echo park

Looks weird! Horrible name! What is it? Did I spy some kind of velvet rope? A friend told me that building used to be an awesome movie theater.

Actually maybe forget my skepticism. Serving beer AND food until 2am!! Finally!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2010/12/mohawk-bend-echo-park-sunset-beer-co.html

the owner's other place in burbank is good; don't see why this new one wouldn't be.

could be fun!

i'm moving to thai town tonight! which means approximately 150% more late-night pad see ew in my life!

The space itself had been vacant for 26 years and was totally destroyed. Keith, who has designed many Hollywood hot spots -- including BoHo, Te'kila and Essex Public House -- is giving it "a very industrial vibe, like something you'd find in the warehouse district in New York."

uh... which one?

What place in Burbank? These are the people that own Colorado Wine Company too?

Anyway, that is a good spot. I suppose all my hopes that it would be revived as the independent movie theater of my dreams are now dashed.

Can I use this thread to announce that I rode Angel's Flight for the very first time just last week? It was awesome, I feel like a real Angeleno now. I also met a woman in Famima who gave me a voucher for a pedicure and offered to make me a custom cheesecake.

What place in Burbank?

http://tonysda.com/

you're taking her up on that, right?

no but I have her card if you'd like.

jeal of the pedicure voucher. i need to get my nails did.

http://laist.com/attachments/la_jessicap/stop_hammertime.jpg

Hey, I'm house/dog-sitting through the 24th at a place in Ojai that's kind of like Miley's. If anything's fappening in the city, I'm game.

Sounds like the FAP should be in Ojai.

Come on up--orange trees and backyard couches.

and dinner at suzanne's?

http://www.suzannescuisine.com/

Up for that, or at my favorite place so far (indoor/outdoor, great food and beer):

http://papalennons.com/

dammmm, jealous of potential ojai fap

Yeah, that sounds good.

Meantime, Disneyland FAP/meetup/thing was discussed last month at MorbzFAP, so maybe in September sometime? I should also be up again a week from Saturday for lunch.

oh man i am feeling that suzanne's menu

when i was there i had the southwest salad. i recommend!

Southwest Salad Of Three Rices (Wild, Brown And Jasmine), Vegies & Smoked Turkey With Green Chilies, Corn And Feta Cheese

Can I use this thread to announce that I rode Angel's Flight for the very first time just last week?

I was looking fwd to this til I found out they moved it about 20 yards from the old location, and completely lost interest.

Good for you. How dare the powers that be show such disrespect for authenticity, in Los Angeles of all places.

well, that's how I managed to hit most of the authentic places in 6 days.

You must be glad to be home

yes, since we've had "Satan's asshole" weather ever since my return.

I'm sorry I missed you tho!

I know, I'm sorry. I had friends from UK here + work stuff. I may be in NYC later this year though.

Suzanne's--let's do this, whenever folks are free in the next couple weeks.

next weekend, cinefamily is showing otto preminger's 'skidoo' (saturday) and then an evening with linda perhacs, performing new material (sunday)!

Yes, I might possibly be going to the Perhacs thingy

Hey guys, I'm in LA for the week or something! Let's hang out, okay?

Free on Saturday?

I should be!

Already planning a lunch then at the Waffle on Sunset/Vine with friends so join in! Around 12:30.

Curses, Ned, why did you have to pick the day of the Power of the Riff Festival? Although I guess I could go there from lunch, but 12:30 is when my yoga class gets out.

Alas, sir. Not intentional, but it's the best time/place for myself and my girlfriend to attend.

as stevie's guardian/foster parent for the week i am legally required to attend this luncheon and have at least one (1) mimosa

Wisdom.

Well, is it going to be a problem if I show up closer to one?

Oh hell no, we'll be there a while.

Like going to see an old bluesman at a juke joint when in Alabama, I went and saw Adam Carolla do standup at an Urban Cowboy bar in Thousand Oaks.

So, meeting Stevie D today = A+

he's a sweetie. how can we keep him from going home?

Tempt him with more Long Fin Killie CDs

i can try chaining him to my heater

elsewhere, i liked this: http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/name-that-los-angeles-neighborhood

LA is great, isn't it

off the top of my head, other "blue signs" i've never heard anyone say in person:

fairfax village
country club west

also i was talking to an armenian guy recently and i told him i lived in thai town, to which he responded: "don't you mean little armenia?"

is there some inter-neighborhood tension there?

ohhh yeah

There’s a major street called Western that’s on the Eastside of Los Angeles, which you should never confuse with East Los Angeles, because East Los Angeles is also a separate city, to the east of Downtown Los Angeles.

east los angeles is not a city... it's unincorporated l.a. county, except for boyle heights, which is a neighborhood in los angeles.

someone sent me this link when i moved here: the communities within the *city* of los angeles. i.e., not including other cities in the county, like santa monica, beverly hills, etc.

http://www.laalmanac.com/LA/lamap3.htm

is there a map somewhere of all the blue signs?

"northeast los angeles" pshaw

that's just the "community planning areas," so all the neighborhoods and blue-sign places would be lumped in with that.

strokes playin pehrspace next week

oh this is cool

http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/

strokes playin pehrspace next week

seriously???

Not a Strokes fan but that seems weird. I used to rent studio space there.

lol never mind

http://www.seancarnage.com/2011/08/15/you-can-hate-me-now-i-cancelled-the-strokes/

so it wasn't "the strokes," it was "the strokes (not a cover band)." yeesh.

or something. he updated the website again. i'm confused.

after reading that thing I really have no idea what's going on, in real show news I'm sad that I forgot I had tix to linda perhacs yesterday

Hi guys

Hi there!

I am crazy missing LA this past month. I haven't had a good burrito or kimchee worth mentioning in a full calendar year.

That would be agony and a half, I sympathize.

looking for work in LA has been a bitch and trying to do this from here on the east coast surely hasn’t helped. i may never make it back !!

Were we still up for buying this place?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-house-of-davids-20110816,0,909467.story?track=icymi

That statue represents myself and things that I've had to defeat in my life. So it wasn't like I was just this wacky guy who wanted 20 penises on his lawn. That's not the way I roll.... Unfortunately, the neighbors and other people never took the time to wonder if there was a reason....

i think at the very least we should have a 'Getting Back to My Me' book club

Oh hey guys PS, I'm going to Venice on Thurs. Is there anything must-see in particular or should I just go bask in it all?

it's not QUITE venice but if you're that far west you should go to the museum of jurassic technology!

Yes

culver city has a cool little art scene... good for afternoon gallery-hopping.

http://www.ccgalleryguide.com/

as for venice, i don't know it that well. the beach is good for pretending you're in the three's company opening credits, but as beaches go, i prefer marina del rey.

Stick around a month and you can come to my screening series in Culver City, it will be fun

do tell!

watch this space!....still putting together the first program

anyone going to either of the l.a. screenings of gary hustwit's urbanized? it's playing in downtown l.a. on sept 25.

http://urbanizedfilm.com/los-angeles-special-screening/

anyone following the development of the grocery strike? so grossed out by this detail from the LAT yesterday:

The retailers are fighting back. This week, Albertsons and Vons began taking applications for people willing to cross a picket line and work during a strike.

On Wednesday, customers walking through the front door of the Albertsons store at West 39th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles were greeted with a sign offering $10- to $13-an-hour jobs “for temporary replacement associates due to a potential labor dispute at our store.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/08/grocery-labor-union-strike-vote-jobs.html

i saw a "help wanted during grocery strike" sign outside vons a few days ago. good luck, potential scabs.

I heard a radio ad by the unions that was touting some poll saying 60+% of californians wouldnt cross a picket line.. bullshit. They say that now when they dont exist.. Give them like a week once the strike goes down.

i hope (the fervently anti-union) target doesn't get an uptick in sales because of this.

i mean, i shop at target for their vast selection of cheap crap, but i haven't taken advantage of their grocery section. i really need to stop supporting these dipshits.

Trader Joe's employees ALWAYS seem really happy, despite the fact that many of them are comfortably middle-aged and scanning my Weetabix for a living, why is that??

Has anyone been in the underground tunnels:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/09/local/me-then9

xp bc they get paid, like, $50,000 a year!!!

Really, are they hiring?

@cinefamilyThe great Kel Mitchell ( @iamkelmitchell ) will be here in person for our screening of GOOD BURGER. Sept 4th. Best BBQ / screening ever.

Dammit and I would be out of town that weekend.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/la-denies-permit-to-sunset-junction-festival.html

Yeah that seems like a shame. I have guests coming this weekend and wanted to take them. The city's getting pretty draconian recently, for example they gave ME a speeding ticket yesterday! in Chinatown, of all places.

OK so who knows kid/baby-friendly things in LA? I was thinking Travel Town, LACMA, Grand Central Market (it's loud), Angel's Flight. Probably won't do the beach

Meantime for anyone up for OC:

http://www.ocfoodiefest.com/

At Angels Stadium as well, meaning you could take Amtrak/Metrolink down and it'll be right there off the Anaheim stop.

Children's Museum in Pasadena?

xp

Looks good, actually we are talking about a one year-old so maybe he just needs somewhere loud.

Just take him to a movie like every other parent in the city.

Toys R Us then.

Jay Babcock
Sunset Junction hasn't been good for "the community" or the arts for many years. Good riddance.

there's the l.a. zoo in griffith park

isn't that by Travel Town? I thought it was but it was my wife's idea.

yeah

Can anyone show me a good coffee place in the chinatown/Lincoln Heights area?

homegirl cafe?

http://www.homegirlcafe.org

I like it (and I can literally walk there) but their coffee has cinamon in it, which is an acquired taste

Can anyone show me a good coffee place in the chinatown/Lincoln Heights area?

http://www.cafedecamacho.com/ on Olvera St.
http://cafeintheheights.webs.com/ on Broadway in Lincoln Heights

Cool! Yeah I will check out the latter. I basically work equidistant from each, but Broadway parking wins every time.

There is also this place but the coffee is kinda sweet and the service is slow (but very nice). Baked goods smell great, though: http://www.labaking.com/

Travel town is great. there's also a carousel in Griffith Park near the zoo and travel town. Olvera Street is pretty fun environment for a 1 year old too. lots of tschotskes, music, etc.

Yeah I have that on my list too

LA WTF!:

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Roffle:

"I feel like I'm gonna cry," Dale said happily, pointing to 20 or so people strumming ukuleles on the sidewalk. "Do you see the ukulele orchestra? They're playing Justin Bieber! It's just so, so Silver Lake."

"Like, baby, baby, baby, oh!," orchestra members sang as children danced and tattooed couples snapped pictures. "Like baby, baby, baby, no."

i'm going to this, at EPFC tonight (tho i can't stay the whole time):

Tuesday, August 30 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE AND MIKE KUCHAR: AN EPFC VIDEO SLEEPOVER – 8PM Come celebrate George & Mike Kuchar’s birthday with an all-night pot luck pajama party at the Echo Park Film Center. Works by George and Mike will be screened until the wee hours of the morning, with a midnight toast to honor their birthday (August 31). Come dressed to act as your favorite faded starlet, and bring some B-movie props, as impromptu videotaping is liable to occur throughout the evening. A highlight of the event will be a selection of rarely screened works made with students from the San Francisco Art Institute, as well as the documentary The Smutty Professor, which chronicles the spring 2000 SFAI class AC/DC Psychotronic Teleplays as they make Planet of the Vamps. Former students are encouraged to bring their class’ project to screen!

also think i might take their S8 filmmaking class next month

Have fun!

This will be you:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/echoparkfilmcenter/5846997762/

hah! i am totally in one of those group shots, somewhere (from the paul sharits night back in june iirc)

Huh, I was there too!

ya'll goin to fyf

Nope, will be out of town

I will be dehydrated in your place

Also, barely any bands I care about

xp

^^ that, and other plans anyhow

admrl i bet we have been in the same place a bunch of times and NOT EVEN REALIZED IT

I'm sure we have! Did I see that you are going to school now or something? You have come a long way in such a short time! (sorry that reads as patronizing, but it isn't meant that way)

I do not see myself in Sharits picture, but I see quite a few people I know.

i went to school in nyc, came out here after getting job

i see a guy who looks like me in one of them but tbh a lot of guys there look like me because lolfilmnerd

KITTEN

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/cat-rescued-90-freeway-riverside.html

so *i* didn't feel that earthquake just now (although my coworker did? i was across the street getting coffee)

k so it was an earthquake, just thought I was imagining it

when? I was out around town, didn't feel a thing

half an hour ago

I was in library downtown

Are we gonna have a hurricane too now?

Felt it in Glendale (on the 2nd floor of office building) - just enough to go "hey, it's an earthquake"

felt nothing out in simi valley (first floor of office building), but was pretty wrapped up in something around that time.

phase two begins on the subway to the sea!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/los-angeles-expo-line-phase-2-groundbreaking-construction.html

downtown to culver city in 30 minutes!? give me a break.

yes, for $1.50, with no traffic.

I would love to take that thing from SM to downtown on the weekend, but what's it going to take, an hour? for what is an easy 30 minute shot straight down the 10? I mean, I'm excited about it, just shocked by how slow it's going to be.

I would love to take that thing from SM to downtown on the weekend, but what's it going to take, an hour? for what is an easy 30 minute shot straight down the 10? I mean, I'm excited about it, just shocked by how slow it's going to be.

What private Stonecutters Secret Society superhighway tunnel are you taking where downtown to SM on the 10 takes 30 minutes? Summer traffic out that way feels like it's heavier than usual.

i had dinner tonight at california canteen, a place i've passed by a hundred times but never thought twice about until someone recommended it. the name is pretty banal, but the food's good -- frenchy mediterranean bistro stuff -- and the vibe is secluded and not "sceney." they passed my "roast chicken" test, so i'm satisfied.

http://californiacanteen.com/

the roast chicken test being that the baseline for the success of any french-inclined restaurant is how well they do at roast chicken.

if i go to the chick strand screening at REDCAT tonight, will i see admrl there??

What private Stonecutters Secret Society superhighway tunnel are you taking where downtown to SM on the 10 takes 30 minutes? Summer traffic out that way feels like it's heavier than usual.

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:41 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

also to continue talking about traffic they just fuckin made the 10 to 405 north interchange one lane

if i go to the chick strand screening at REDCAT tonight, will i see admrl there??

Kind of on the fence. Yeah, I'm SUPPOSED to be there and of course it looks great and such an opportunity will not come around again, I just don't know if I have the energy for REDCAT today. I think I'm gonna go home and watch Breaking Bad with my wife.

I'd like to ask a question about cars. I know there are a number of LA ILXors who don't drive - jody, Ned,...Donna? What are your experiences, good and bad? I am thinking of selling my car as we still have three years of large payments on it and I can save those plus insurance plus gas, oil change, etc. and pay down my delightful studeny loans instead. Plus I am getting a bike, and can also get to work via one bus which stops right at the end of my street and then one block from work.

Oh and we would still have one (paid off) car between us, but my wife would use that mostly to get to work.

i get along just fine without one. the only time it becomes something of an issue is if i'm out late enough that buses run less frequently and i end up waiting longer than i'd care to to get home. (and i mean, no one likes a crowded bus, but they're also inevitable.) fwiw i live and work very close to two red line metro stops (takes me half an hour door-to-door to get to work from my apt), and i do most of my hanging out in neighborhoods adjacent to the subway (i.e. silverlake, DT, los feliz) - if you're on the west side - i'm not totally sure where you are - the story is probably much different. my roommate, for one, really wanted to move out here because transit options are not so great in palms. i also have a bike - likewise with public transit, i am optimistic that the lot of cyclists will greatly improve over the next few years here.

I am in Highland Park between York and the Gold Line so I am pretty well served. Decent bike lanes too.

in terms of cost-benefit, a monthly metro pass is $75, which idk how it stacks up against current gas prices (my guess is: decently?)

yeah, it seems like east LA is benefiting the most from the new bike lane implementations, but i really, really wish they'd get to work on laying them down in hollywood

oh yeah, I spend more than that on gas, plus I think my work might have a commuter plan.

i feel that trying to see as much of the pacific standard time exhibitions as possible means i am going to be knowing the socal transit infrastructure verrrry intimately these next few months

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VrDEtpQGMs&feature=player_embedded

How was the show, Donna?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls6ahvMvBQ1r3jzn9o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1317198915&Signature=wOCtglN1MPRy7kvjEGMGIru3Tgs%3D

it was great! i'd only seen one thing of hers before.

think i'm gonna go to the LACE opening tonight

What is that?

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=260483970649966

And yeah, I wish I'd gone. I have seen most of Chick Strand's work (and was lucky to meet her very briefly). But man, I needed that rest.

xp oh ok

Looks fun!

Hi dere -- actually, Admrl, depending on what you'd want to sell for, my girlfriend might be interested in your car.

ok! Probably won't be selling until the end of the year but I will let you know. It is a 2008 2-door Toyota Yaris, well taken care of, 60000 miles at the moment, never needed repair or had an accident. Great mileage. blahblahblah

Thanks, keep me informed!

CicLAvia is October 9th. Who in this bitch is going?

http://www.ciclavia.org/

Meeeee

Long Beach Soundwalk takes place this Saturday. See you all there! http://soundwalk.org/soundwalk-2011.html

Eagle Rock Music Festival is also Saturday.

http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/index.php/calendar/event/id/638

I was a performer at Soundwalk last year, it was super fun

We went to Roscoe's realllly late afterwards to celebrate, all sweaty and full of adrenaline. I want more nights like that

Andre and I are having a pre-Halloween party on the last Saturday of October. If you're in L.A., stop by! We're in Studio City, a quick hop up the 101 from Hollywood.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=214841661911315

I went to the MOCA opening for 'Under the Big Black Sun' last night, and while I was really looking forward to it - it was really underwhelming.

gonna try to check out the performance art exhibit at LACE today, but it's already 3:06 and they close at 6pm.

East Village West opening at Royal/T last night was terrific. Go check it out if you're in Culver City:
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/east_vilage_west_ambitious_exhibit_of_nycs_fabled_70_80s_art_scene_/

FUUUUUCCCK i want to see that so fucking bad

OMG awesome screening alert u guyz

http://concordspace.com/2011/10/17/heavenly-directives/

Nice! At the same time as J3ff T.'s Halloween party though...

Who?? What?

well, suit yourself, as my mum would say

that is a cool-looking show admrl but it is also the same night as alternative projections :(

Yes I know, unfortunate. But then again, opportunities for valorizing the past are going to be coming thick and fast these coming months and I choose instead to celebrate the future, because I am going to have to live in it.

Plus I hate going to Hollywood on a weekend and this is like 5 mins from my door. Oh and I guess I pretty much have to be there.

Some of you people live in Eagle rock and like weird music, right? Shellac is playing at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts tonight and tomorrow with cellist Helen Money (who I interviewed a while back for one of my magazines). Check it out if it isn't sold out.

I live in Highland Park and I am seeing Shellac

http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/highland-park/

looks like both shellac shows (tonight and tomorrow) are sold out.

The Joshua Tree Highway 62 art tour is this weekend and next. I've never been because it looks like a lot of driving (even once you're there), but I've heard good things about it.

http://www.hwy62arttours.com/

Also next weekend.

We are going to be in LA this weekend - specifically, culver city on saturday night - come you the by corey halford gallery and say hi if you're nearby!

Neat! Already booked that evening but hope that goes well!

apparently theres a big fox shareholders meeting in century city today.. theres some protesters out in front of the studio but the cops and members of the media in rancho park across the street outnumber them by at least 2:1.

Wow some major typos in my post

At least you got the drift, Ned!

aw, j, i have a friend's party in the valley that night :/

Next time!

We come down a few times a year but I forget to post here

Hey, not bad:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/obama-roscoes-west-la.html

President Obama's motorcade exited into what looked to be a predominantlyLatino neighborhood of West Los Angeles for an unscheduled visit to Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles.

uh.....

there is a huuuuuge line of people outside of universal city right now, no idea why

Can't begin to guess!

and they're gone. fire drill?

donna, i was in that fire drill! there for an interview; we ended up doing the meeting outside. yeah, the whole building evacuated i walked down 17 flights.

it was the big nbc universal building out front.

so, this 'fire drill' was to get Bush III into the Leno show for his interview?

You ruined the joke.

well, no, because leno films in burbank.

ah, how quaint

AFI Festival tickets go "on sale" (they are FREE!) today

ah, how quaint

it is

and so am i. thanks again dr morbius!

buncha stuff's sold out already it seems

What would you like to see?

well, as per usu the spotlight films are prob all gonna get distro at some point anyway so i'm not bothering with those.

new stuff by sokurov, hong sang-soo, and akerman, otoh

oh, and i see my friend's sister's film is playing!

oh oh and PINA

I got a ticket to Pina and the Akerman film. What is your friend's sister's film?

one of the shorts (pgm 4 i think)

ok

I have tickets to that program, I look forward to seeing it. Is your friend's sister Stephanie Barber? Because she is why I am going to that program

COME

Presented in collaboration with Free the Streets
A FREE event for all ages*

Saturday, 11/5, 11am-2pm
Meetup: Mercado La Paloma (3655 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles 90007)
Gather: 10:45am
Ride: 11:00am

As with all Folk Art Bike Rides, we’ll mix an exploration of art, neighborhoods, and unique community gathering spots. This time we’ll focus on Historic South Central LA, which includes LA’s old jazz district. This is also a special ride as it will serve as a “feeder” ride to Free the Streets, a party and fundraiser to support CicLAvia’s extension into South LA (at Mercado La Paloma). We will ride part of the proposed route, learn about spots like the African American Firefighter Museum, and ride along Central Ave., home of the legendary Dunbar Hotel, an LA jazz hotspot in the 1930s and 1940s, where we'll also get a sneak peak into the collection of Brian Breye's Museum in Black.

who wants to join my band, we're going to be like...The Replacements of Highland Park

join us, bitches, the Spul Asylum of South Pasadena, we are going to fucking shred

The Back To The Planet of Glendale, the Marcy Playground of Montecito Heights, joooooiiiiiin us

spul asylum!

the seven mary three of sherman oaks

Sproul Asylum

Berkeley chapter

the Blind Melon of Whittier

the Dr. Feelgood of San Pedro

the Autechre of Laguna Hills

the Donald Fagen of Stevenson Ranch

the Ufomammut of Calabasas

the Reverend Horton Heat of Simi Valley

the guess who of porter ranch

the mama cass of mission hills

the electric prunes of sun valley

the zounds of azusa

?uestion Mark and the Mysterions OF MONTEBELLO

The Libertines of Tustin

the grass roots of baldwin park

The Ten City of City of Industry.

The Dungeon Family of San Marino

The Last Poets of Altadena

The France Gall of Palms

the wombats of westchester

oh wait, is mercado la paloma where that really good peruvian place is?

yeah donna

but you know

they have a new place now at Grand Central Mark you can try - CHIMU

right opposite angel's flight, check it out. Ask for the lomo saltado and a barley drink

The Eagles of Eagle Rock

The Pasadenas of Pasadena

The Arcadia of Arcadia

x-posts

The Dickies

right next to la cita? uh oh

yeah next to la cita. LOVE that place

i took lex there when he visited LA! <3 their micheladas

and the taqueria next door has real good potato tacos

LEX in LA CITA hahahaa

he liked it! mustache mondays, yo

anyway bike thing sounds cool but saturday is also opera. but that's at 9am and is six hours long, so hmmm

what opera, a re you cultured or something

siegfried

and i'm going to another one tonight

so, yes *peers at you through monocle*

what the fuck

The Montrose of Montrose...

unfortunately chimu shuttered a few days back, homie. my neighbor bro'd down w/the chef and did a photoshoot with him and kept trying to get me to go but i've been busy. too late now, i guess. but he's partnering with some dude at a new place in echo park soon.

he liked it! mustache mondays, yo

anyway bike thing sounds cool but saturday is also opera. but that's at 9am and is six hours long, so hmmm

OMG you took lex to MM? Did he totally love it?? Wd pay like a million dollars to go to MM with you plus a lex.

I'm still bummed I couldn't meet up with Lex there a few weeks back! Another time.

That is HORRIBLE about Chimu

One of the waitresses was really cute

http://la.eater.com/archives/2011/08/22/picca_team_to_open_mochica_on_7_downtown_this_fall.php

So I biked to work this morning for the first time. Ave 50 through school traffic, down to Southwest Museum, gold line to Chinatown. 5 minute ride down Spring. It was great!

Yipes, times ARE changing:

End of an era: Laemmle's Sunset 5, once the 2nd biggest arthouse in the U.S. is closing. Will be replaced by Sundance Cinemas.

at least an arthouse is replacing it, and it won't be another, i dunno, pinkberry...

wonder how the laemmle noho is coming along...

re the laemmle noho!

Greg: We are hoping to open before year end and have targeted December 21 as the first date for public screenings. We've got a lot to do between now and then to make this happen, but from top to bottom, our team is committed to hitting that date.

http://www.nohoartsdistrict.com/neighborhood-news/item/781-laemmle-theatre-opening-soon

oh, nice!

admrl i went to PINA on saturday, probably going to a few more screenings this week as well

i just noticed that there are two adjacent parallel avenues in encino named gloria avenue and gaynor avenue! i bet they've got really good block parties.

i once screengrabbed a google map of those streets and posted it here! it's close to the jackson compound.

Did Donna see this? Gonna be totally rad, I think....I'll def. try to make it.

Thursday, November 10 – 4 SUPER 8 FILMS BY LUTHER PRICE (ON FILM!) – 8 PM
A small collection of Luther Price’s legendary and controversial Super 8 films projected on their original format, including Sodom, Warm Broth, Clown, and Mr. Wonderful. In an article titled “Home Movies from Hell” in Bright Lights Film Journal, Gary Morris writes of Price: “He works in a disreputable format, appears in various guises in his own work from stylized, frozen-faced drag queen to naked performance artist to clown. Price’s film work has an oppressive intensity, envisioning an alienated world of often mindlessly repeated rituals and poses that entrap and suffocate his subjects ... Images of ruptured flesh and ghostly birthday parties are further ruptured and drained of life by Price’s torturous manipulations of the film, which can include chemical processing, filters, optical printing, re-photography, and even holes punched in the frame. What emerges is Price’s great subject — the breaches, breakdowns, and collapse of body, family, and society, and by extension all of life, in the face of unstoppable philosophical forces.”

Speaking of movie theaters being replaced, we went to see DRIVE at that One Colorado in Pasadena only to find that it is now one of these fucking places where you pay almost $30 for the privilege of being served a meal (which you pay for on top of the cover) and sitting in fancy seats while you watch the movie. And there we were at like noon thinking it was gonna be a cheap matinee. Fuck these places!

In other adam-related LA news, I finally went to the revolving bar atop the Bonaventure the other night. Is it bad that I thought it was kind of awesome? Downtown actually looks so beautiful from there.

I went to Perch recently and downtown looked p cool, I liked it, I was dressed like a hobo and no one cared

what is this Perch?

I got so drunk, it was a bad scene

perch is some rooftop bar on uh 5th and hill, fancy n expensive or w/e but I got like one drink just to check out the view, worth at least doing that imo, just checked right now and yeah yelp reviews are hilarious

i was planning on going to that screening! his stuff came highly recommended to me

pasadena is super-fancy! or the part i was in was anyway

it's not all fancy. I like Pasadena! But I have fancy tendencies

Yeah, Luther Price is great. And it is hard to see this stuff. Shame they are not showing "A" because that is dope

got a ticket to see the new bill morrison thing at AFI tonight also. i imagine i'll actually get in, unlike last night when i waited two hours to get into 'the artist' and then...didn't

...except i totally didn't because 'we need to talk about kevin' was p draining and i just wanted to go home, lol

admrl if you see a guy in a black-and-white baja at EPFC tonight, say hi!

bonaventure rooftop bar is fun (and lame, but mostly fun).

i haven't been to the "gold class cinemas" in pasadena yet; i was hoping it would be more like one of the pub theatres like they have in portland (2nd run movie, cheap beer, cheap pizza).

i envy you people who go out to stuff several nights a week. when did i get old and boring?

that said, my bday is nov 30 (a wednesday) and if anyone wants to grab a drink with me that night in the greater hollywood megalopolis, we can celebrate the bump in my health insurance price bracket. who's around?

i am down for JB(i)Rthday!

Have fun on the day! And we are planning Disneyland FAP for the following Sunday as well...

http://cdn.hmvdigital.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/008/998/0000899888_500.jpg

When the man police have identified as a "person of interest" in Los Angeles' spate of recent arson attacks was sitting in the back of a squad car early Monday morning, a small group of witnesses gave him "the finger"-- and he returned the gesture with a smile, one witness said.

"It was creepy," said Rick Savage, a music producer who saw the incident at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.

Savage said he was awake because he has been nervous about the string of arsons in recent days in his and other nearby neighborhoods. He said he had downloaded a police scanner application onto his iPad and went to the area at about 3:15 a.m. after hearing reports that authorities had tracked a person of interest in the case.

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