Los Angeles Thread #9: THERE ARE BROKEN DREAMS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK

i dedicate this new thread to vice magazine. ptooey.

Haha!

Cole's was great, would eat/drink again. Other spot, well...

the other spot had its charms! although i didn't venture behind the plexiglass to get the full king eddy experience.

sad i missed half of you! didn't get to cole's until 10 :/ (had one of those apple collins anyways)

bandspam:

waiting for final confirmation on this, but it looks like my choral group will be joining the band the dead ships on dec. 17th as part of their monday night residency. it's a benefit concert, and dengue fever are also playing that night.

like i said in the other thread, we're also doing a couple of free concerts on dec. 14th and 16th, the first at st. kevin church down on beverly blvd and the second at the mission in mission hills. biebl, tavener, rachmaninoff, howells, obscure christmas carols.

http://www.facebook.com/events/471334779572539/
http://www.facebook.com/events/416000161807085/

(the one on the 17th would be at the echo.)

er, the echoplex, that is. we got the gig!

pfeh, jetblue is eliminating all daytime flights from bob hope airport starting jan. 6.

in other news of eliminations

http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2012/12/fresh_easy_about_to.php

hey so that ornette coleman movie is starting a week-long run at the new beverly tomorrow night. if i'm feeling well enough i might catch it -- trying to get over a cold before sunday dress rehearsal.

rebekah del rio's 'final concert' is in DTLA on sunday

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/12/rebekah_del_rio_announces.php

From the Survival Research Lab thread.

Extreme Futurist Festival

i didn't catch this, but the simpsons had a tribute to amoeba:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/20573d516fd187c3c87666d66b0775e0/tumblr_meubhcqTKe1rs6asoo1_1280.jpg

It was the "hipsters invade Springfield" episode, lots of cultural references. Fairly good one for the latter day series.

My sister's finally moving to L.A. in the New Year . . . any ideas for a cool type of gift membership or certificate I could buy her? I was looking at MOCA but I hear they have a lot of problems now, so maybe LACMA, or something more alternative/interesting?

If you want to drop 300 bucks to get her the black card for this, it's totally worth it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cinefamily/cinefamily-digital-projection-and-theater-restorat

cinefamily membership is otm, and it doesn't even have to be one of the expensive black cards.

Yeah, they have the three month membership as well. The black card is just awesome.

Unless your sister doesn't like movies, in which case ?!?!

She does like movies, but not quite as much as I do. And it's a bit out of my price range, but I'll look at one of the cheaper cards. Does anyone know of anything foodie or wine-y or spa-y? I looked at the Esouteric Tours but I'm not sure how into it she would be.

maybe a gift card to monsieur marcel at the farmer's market? spices/mustards/olive oils/wine/cheese/etc.

All ladies seem to like the Korean baths/Olympic Spa. You have to be a LADY and be NAKED though. Hopefully she's cool with being both

Dunno if they do cards or memberships because I never been

free m0un+@!n g0@+s in-store at origami vinyl tomorrow, but it starts at 6pm.

http://thescenestar.typepad.com/ss/2012/12/free-mountain-goats-show-at-origami-vinyl.html

Instead of Esotouric, maybe this tour? http://www.dearlydepartedtours.com

And weren't we all just here:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-king-eddy-20121214,0,665791.story

mo better meatty meat burgers is back:

http://losangeles.grubstreet.com/2012/12/mo-meatty-meat-burgers-reopens-la-brea.html?mid=twitter_grubstreetla

anything cool happening on new year's eve that doesn't cost a fortune? a. and i have dinner plans in los feliz but don't know where we're gonna end up when it gets close to midnight.

to answer my question -- the virgil has a $10 ticket presale on its NYE festivities:

http://www.facebook.com/TheVirgilLA

henry's tacos is, for real this time, about to cease operations at their original location. they'll serve their last taco saturday night at 9 or whenever they run out of food. i'm sad they couldn't make it work; i'm gonna miss their combo burrito with extra hot sauce.

We're playing at show this Friday at Viva Cantina in Burbank - it's an old-school, cheap-margarita Mexican restaurant near the LA Equestrian Center that's passed through the years without any incursions from irony or hipsters. The clientele skews older, but it's become a big locus of rockabilly and weird outsider activity. I like the place - Pappy & Harriet's as filtered through David Lynch instead of Gram Parsons. The food is sufficiently good, drinks are strong, and there's a good chance that the night can take a turn for the strange.

Anyway, Azalia Snail (and her new band LoveyDove) are putting together the night - first time doing so. Except for Azalia's band (they're great, check 'em out if you like her stuff), I'm unfamiliar with the other folks on the bill, except there's apparently poet performing in between bands and there's a sitar player at some point. We're going all-in on the drone rock, Young Marble Giants/Jesus And Mary Chain noise action. By the way, we're only playing Lady Gaga songs and (to take a page from Ciccone Youth) we're calling ourselves the Germanottas. Run for your lives...

http://quartzcity.net/images/germanottas-vivacantinaflyer_tiny.jpg

speaking of burbank, caught this rainy sunset shot from the bus on the way home from choir rehearsal:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8424730655_56e7b5c303.jpg

Both of the previous two posts are why I rather love LA.

i took this one of toluca lake from the same bus (the westbound 155) last week.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8082/8424861615_2ca3480dde.jpg

loe toluca lake, so 50s

love not loathe

short video about the Pins & Needles pinball arcade next to Bedrock Studios...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPn20c9zkQQ

umami burbank is taking over papoo's hot dog show. someone tell them that toluca lake isn't actually in burbank.

http://soc.li/wkqiXgJ

I've been to Pins & Needles, it's a pretty neat place. That said, the BS indie aesthetic and "quirky" music on that featurette filled me with rage.

Hey LA-ilxors - we're staying in little tokyo this weekend, any recs for places to eat/see?

are you gonna be at the art book fair?

Yes!

i'll be there tomorrow!!

foodwise: i enjoy wakasaya sushi in the japanese village plaza across the way from MOCA, and mikawaya is good for mochi

sushi gen and oomasa are also good for sushi.

The Blue Whale jazz club there sometimes gets good acts, if that's your thing. Never been myself. The Lazy Ox restaurant is good as is Baco Mercat (neither are Japanese).

Thanks! We're staying at the miyako hotel, so at least a couple of those places are really close.

Donna, I'll keep an eye out for you!

Couple of recommendations for Little Tokyo...
Daikokuya on 1st St. is one of my fave ramen places in town - http://www.dkramen.com
Sushi Komasa - http://www.yelp.com/biz/restaurant-komasa-los-angeles
The Edison - http://www.edisondowntown.com (it's a little more of a walk, but the drinks there are terrific)

Going to the art book fair tomorrow... I'll be on the lookout for you guys!

i did not see any ILXors there :/

otoh wow that fair was amazing (and also really overwhelming) - had to restrain myself from just wiping out my bank account

it was def the most well-appointed book fair i've been to - super classy! might look into getting a table for our press next year, if they hold it again.

it was so clear yesterday - drove up angeles crest highway, up to red box, and got incredible views.

Okay folks, see you there! You have over two months to plan:

http://empla2013.posterous.com/pages/schedule-full

awesome!

come see jeff t. talk about hair metal and me do critical karaoke!

Going to be listening to a LOT of Dokken in the next few months, I suspect.

bandspam: my choral group is doing a few songs tomorrow at the west l.a. library (11360 santa monica blvd) around 3. we have more shows coming up in march -- tbh, we'll be better-rehearsed for those.

went to republic of pie tonight - wow those are some huge slices. also graham cracker AND pie crust?? back patio area is real nice tho

also we biked up to the great wall of los angeles which is wonderful, if you've never been

anyone else going to beak> @ the echoplex tonight perchance?

I really wanted to but every time I listen to beak I get really bored

rangda next wk tho

i am going to rangda. wish i could afford to see more shows this month but i just paid for my tuition and books and health insurance, and my rent is due on thursday. :-(

but it's worth noting that cd trader in tarzana is having a post-valentine's sale this weekend.

whats up thread

It's been so long I forgot calling myself "William Burritoughs"

...not my best, really

hi!

hello you

My friend Matt Tow (Drop City, Lovetones main guy) is playing in Santa Monica this Friday night. Psych-pop out, yo! It'll be the perfect follow-up to the opening/presentation at the CLUI about experimental plane crash sites in the desert (also on Friday).

http://www.clui.org/section/down-earth-experimental-aircraft-crash-sites-mojave
http://rabbitsblack.com/2013/02/rabbits-black-presents-matthew-j-tow-opus-orange-strangers-family-band-dead-meadow-dj-set-obriens-222/

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/557882_537531966290952_1755230317_n.jpg

got tickets to see moz at hollywood high school. have no idea what to expect.

Quiffs. Lots of quiffs.

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP is playing at the Aero this Sunday with a follow-up discussion/Q&A with Monte Hellman

my choral group has a show coming up next sunday (3/10) at 7pm at christ the king church in hollywood. free, donations accepted, yadda etc.

https://www.facebook.com/events/217154711742540/

i know it's been mentioned before but wow, mount analog is such a great record store!

all my friends are moving right next to mount analog one after another its weird

they're all white tho

Analog whites

i feel like that stretch of figueroa in highland park is the next place to live. lots of shitty gang crime around there of course but it's got the yellow line and the absolutely terrifying death ride 110 right there. lots of nice old buildings and old houses.

mount analog! best record store in town at the moment. i was in there a couple of days ago and there were a lot of shoppers, not a single analog white other than myself though.

i like mount analog but their stuff is a bit too pricey for me to make it a regular haunt. not that i live anywhere near highland park anyway.

I was there for the Wreckless Eric/Amy Rigby in-store and while browsing I never felt so out of touch with the music scene (lol old). It is a cool store.

I'm white and old and live in Highland Park.

lol @ "the next place to live" - I know what you mean but still, that's funny. I thought we decided Lincoln Heights was the next place to live, although I think it's Boyle Heights by the time I've posted this.

I put this on facebook but in case you don't know me there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHSk2aCmp2M

i feel like the "next place to live" is always highland park, tbh. it's a nice area! not even "potentially", really.

i'm reassured?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/ScreenShot2013-03-15at11417PM_zps4c675513.png

anyone wanna go in with me on buying and rehabbing this incredible colonial-revival mansion?

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/uninhabitable_centuryold_colonial_revival_in_adamsnormandie.php

more photos here:

http://www.planitserver.com/11victorian/index.php

skipped an entire season

http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt262/royallaser/HotterThanJuly.jpg

didn't know that image was so big, but we all got the point

oh dude ned, pitfire pizza is in costa mesa now, and they deliver. you need that merguez sausage pizza in your life.

http://www.pitfirepizza.com/

http://laist.com/2013/03/19/food_trucks_fall_victim_to_extortio.php

The food trucks that fell victims to the activity weren't the gourmet road stoves our city has become known for, but rather more humble roach coaches that serve the blue collar working community and construction workers.

acid mothers temple and lumerians aside i don't know a single one of these bands, but hey the LA psych fest is coming up:

http://www.lapsychfest.com/

oh dude ned, pitfire pizza is in costa mesa now, and they deliver.

Excellent. Will investigate.

hey the LA psych fest is coming up:

Fuxor. I'll be out of town that day. And I've been getting into an AMT phase again!

However, clear your calendars for Saturday Apr. 13 for a special FAP with a visiting MYSTERY GUEST.

And the mystery is revealed! Yes, Ned is encouraging everyone to come out and show me some West Coast hospitality on my first trip to California. I hear very nice things about your fair city, and if anyone wants to point me towards some of them it would be greatly appreciated.

First order of business: drink.

More seriously -- EZ will be staying in downtown, so let's figure out something around there (for once, I do not need to do an Amoeba run; I'll be doing that the week before during my SF visit). Lunch, dinner, extended whatever? But whatever EZ's schedule is should be priority! We can finalize things closer to the time.

I'm dying to go to a good record store. I will be making an Amoeba run. Maybe multiple times.

http://i.imgur.com/MeU8x7r.jpg

double feature of zardoz and fantastic planet at lacma on friday:

https://www.lacma.org/series/beyond-infinite-science-fiction-after-kubrick

welp, looks like i'm moving to highland park

Hipster!

Drove by the Dream Works building, which I had no clue was in Burbank. Those couple of blocks are so hidden -- the "Disney University" building and all the buildings Disney has purchased on Flower in recent years. All of the sudden, when I saw how extensively Disney-owned that area is, downtown Burbank's economy and infrastructure made much more sense.

The Dream Works building's location floored me. A lot of people assume it's still a part of Universal or it'd be in the Pico/Robertson area -- you never hear about it in Burbank.

I think spielberg's offices are on the uni lot, but dreamworks animation campus has always been in glendale. disney is in burbank though.

Disney is in Burbank *and* right next to the Dreamworks office. They have Disney's University, which is called something more ambiguous on the signs (when there are any signs), and theres even a shuttle taking employees from Disney's Buena Vista location, the more well-known location, to its offices on Flower St. Disney bought more if this property in Glendale I believe. Walt originally wanted to build Disney Land in Glendale I was told by my tour guide/father.

And I think you're right about Spielberg's offices remaining on Universal. Amblin entertainment it was still technically called though the company itself was subsumed into Dreamworks.

yeah, I just meant the disney studio lot. they have lots of offices all over the place. looks like glendale has imagineering, consumer products and tv animation.

Ha! Cunga, you drove right past my house.

That is funny! Flower contains multitudes, I've learned,

book soup, y'all:

05/08/2013 - 7:00 pm
Event Details:
Sally Kellerman presents and signs Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life

Sally Kellerman's portrayal of Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H remains a landmark performance. Throughout her long career Kellerman has been a real dame--honest, down-to-earth, sultry, funny, and unfiltered. In Read My Lips, Kellerman shares colorful tales of her years as an up-and-coming actress in the early 60s, when Hollywood was a small neighborhood full of chance encounters. To pay for acting classes (ten dollars each, alongside the likes of Jack Nicholson) she waited tables at a coffee house on the Sunset Strip that was a hangout for Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, and Warren Beatty. While she watered her lawn one morning in her bathrobe, Ringo Starr stopped in his convertible to say he'd just moved into the neighborhood and she should drop by; during the Vietnam War, she dated Henry Kissinger. Over the years, there were drugs, affairs, diets, and therapy, a music album, a marriage, and motherhood. As the innocence of the 1950s collided with the free spirit of the 1960s, everything felt new and exciting, and Sally Kellerman was right in the middle of it. In Read My Lips Sally transports us back to that unique era and shares the challenges and rewards of her marriage, children, and her iconic career. (Weinstein Books)

a hero of our time:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto,0,6902048.htmlstory

Gibson Amphitheatre closing in September, Harry Potter moving in.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-gibson-amphitheatre-close-universal-city-expansion-20130424,0,292793.story

Rolling Stones suprise show at the Echo tonight. Would've been fun just to watch the people waiting in line for that earlier.

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/tv-tuesdays/#tv-tuesdays-a-tribute-to-morton-downey-jr-feat-evocateur-the-morton-downey-jr-movie

It's summer! Now it will just be like this until, like, early November. EVERY day.

Don't remind me.

It's disgusting. Time to wear flip flops to work.

By the way, I would've tried to go to that Rolling Stone show but there was a hockey game on that night (:

We have a hockey team?

There's still the June Gloom respite to look forward to.

admrl, I know! Hockey is basically nonexistent here.

I was referring to the Vancouver game, actually.

lol @ june gloom.

what is going on in glendale?!

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-glendale-brush-fire-closes-2134-freeway-interchange-20130503,0,2281462.story

A brush fire in Glendale has forced to closure of the 2-134 freeway interchange.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said the blaze was burning near the 134 Freeway at Harvey Drive. There were some evacuations occurring in nearby Chevy Chase Canyon in Glendale.

The LAFD said four helicopters and dozens of firefighters were battling the blaze.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The hills behind my friend's house in Eagle Rock:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/946185_10151599608530419_847017196_n.jpg

Oops, I live in Glendale

charity drive for buzza

i'm in studio city and can see smokiness in the distance

I live in Glendale too - can see the smoke from here, but the fire is pretty well knocked down. @MyGlendale on Twitter is steadily updating the news.

feel like this fire season could be a doozy

Then again...wet enough for ya?

Namechecking the "You Can't Eat The Sunshine" podcast from the Esotouric folks: http://esotouric.com/canteatsunshine

Most likely relevant to people's interests

My friend Alina is in Episode 13 of that podcast. She is great

http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2013/05/fyf-fest-2013-lineup-revealed-yeah-yeah-yeahs-my-bloody-valentine-and-more/

hmm. actually kind of interested in this lineup

nice lineup for sure but i'm just not a "stand outside in the heat" kinda person.

That...is the downside.

i lost a few followers for this, but it was worth it...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/8735639021_b4f44917f5_z.jpg

wait, explain the atwater thing?

i dunno, i don't see that much comedy potential in it? it just seems like a place that there's not much to say about.

also, burbank and toluca lake are definitely funny, but i'm on the fence about glendale -- i want to say yes because ethnic enclaves usually are funny, but otherwise glendale is pretty staid and middle class.

i laughed at the reference to it in beck's "debra."

oh sorry, i meant the tarantino/beasties stuff. (agreed on its comedic potential or lack thereof)

glendale itself = not so much
glendale galleria = yes

How does San Pedro fit in your scheme? Comedy gold imo.

some beasties/tarantino atwater reading:

http://www.laimyours.com/3024/from-beastie-boys-to-han-cholo-a-creative-space-in-atwater/

http://bbs.beastieboys.com/showthread.php?t=96596

http://atwater-village.blogspot.com/2006/06/where-bruce-willis-runs-into-ving.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lopitos/2896935700/

pedro town is TOTAL comedy gold. it's like a popeye cartoon come to life.

also, ICYMI:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/23/business/la-fi-0920-awesometown-20100920

woodland hills has tons of comedy potential. u mad.

agreed about Woodland Hills not having much room for comedy.

The country-ish, deserty areas surrounding Santa Clarita: Agua Dulce, Green Valley (home of the show "JUSTIFIED") are all hilarious. As are Valencia's "biggest fish in a small pond, BABY" pretensions. We will pass over Palmdale and Lancaster and Barstow with silence (trying to hold back the giggles -- and I lived out there, in some of these places, for a bit as a boy, so I can joke-fun all. I. want.)

Malibu - beaten to death, little room left for comedy unless you get really inside baseball about the place.

Calabasas = very funny, because it combines elements of Malibu/West Side with the Valley -- it's not quite in Thousand Oaks yet.

i don't know if malibu is funny, but you can probably agree that pepperdine is.

I think Silver Lake and East Los Angeles are pretty funny. But nowhere makes me laugh more than LA Live.

I mean srsly
http://www.lawrencechanphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nokia-center.jpg

even better
http://www.aehospitality.com/sites/default/files/lalive.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HvHOWkBF42w/UOIS6o-y2OI/AAAAAAAAITI/8cBvrZG-154/s1600/strange_days_ralph_fiennes_kathryn_bigelow_007_jpg_fcqa.jpg

all the palmdale jokes i've heard boil down to 'lol meth use'

hey admrl are we neighbors now? or am i mistaken?

we are neighbors!

If New York City's Brooklyn neighborhoods were bathed in sunshine, they might find their west coast counterpart in Los Angeles' Highland Park. Not too far from Downtown, this northeast LA neighborhood is on the fast track to mass appeal. Historic homes combine with corridors replete with modern amenities and cozy bookshops tucked-away in secret corners.

mass appeal!

http://www.bet.com/music/photos/2012/04/gang-starr-essentials/_jcr_content/leftcol/flipbook/flipbookimage_8.flipfeature.dimg/041812-music-gangstarr-mass-appeal-video.jpg

I can think of only one true bookshop in Highland Park proper

But I think "bookshops" here functions as a signifier of, you know, "funky boutiques"

i'd prefer a bit more of the former tbh

the used bookshop next to cafe de leche??

yes, The Pop-Hop. It not very good

you know what is good tho is that horchata espresso at cafe de leche

Read Books in Eagle Rock is way better. They sell books for people who actually read.

xp-There is one sitting in front of me! I just got back from there =/

Anyway if you are close to said cafe then we are very close neighbors - I can see the corner of York and 50 from my porch...

i don't know if malibu is funny, but you can probably agree that pepperdine is.

It's not only next level but that deeper layer. Beating the Malibu dead horse until you find honey inside the carcass.

ooh I like that image, did you just make it up?

pop-hop is basically average. i feel like they need an injection of better books rather than borderline goodwill retrievals. if i need used books i just go to iliad anyway.

Yeah I think I heard them say that they can only sell what people give them. I'm sure they are nice ppl but I never find anything I want to buy

Supposedly they have good zines though

i'm closer to fig

<3 iliad, went there once a week when i lived in noho

I like Fig too. I like Via Mar for fish tacos and I LOVE Frank's camera...truly the quintessential old-school HP business.

"Malibu Country" was a sign that there's not much left comedically, at least on a superficial level, to say about Malibu that isn't a cliche.

xpost

Also I like Folliero's Pizza okay but I think I recall that Donna is from East Coast so probably pretty unimpressed. But there are always cops eating there, which is a good sign.

So come on, I know someone (nickn or jody) has to have been to the LAPRAAC Cafe. I had no idea of its existence until recently and am wanting to go...http://www.lapraac.com/cafe.php

we ordered out from italiano's, fuckin weird pizza. two layers of bread??

i like folliero's tho. and maximiliano's (owned by the oinkster dude and very close to my place) is good fancy-style pizza

Surely Elvis has been!
xp

Oh OK you are that part of Fig. I think I am fussy but Maximiliano's is okay. Really weird crowd though (Pasadena people slumming it?).

Have you been to PENNY'S? I have not

Awesome site!: http://www.pennysburgers.com/

xxp omg yes i went there with elvis telecom once.

penny's is on the corner! very curious about it

see? i can do it too
http://revivalist.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/Miles_Davis-On_The_Corner-Frontal.jpeg

can anyone explain to me schodorf's luncheonette

no, sorry

correct me if I am wrong, but it is maybe owned by the Leche family, but I have not liked anything I got there. I want to like it though

I know their name isn't actually "Leche" btw

I seem to recall that they had some fairly interesting sodas

But that iced cream place just east of 51 seems to be getting really popular

scoops?

probably? next to Italiano's?

I haven't been but there are always entitled-seeming people rushing there in a hurry

that's definitely scoops

so is it good?

not because of the entitled thing but because of the location thing (also the entitled thing)

it is good but possibly slightly overrated

but still good

i've only been to the original location (on heliotrope)

(big x-p)
I did go to the Police Academy once, but on a weekend when the cafe is closed. There's a little outdoor patio/party area that's kind of wild (fake rock walls, jungle-ish plants, maybe a waterfall) I think I was told it's open to the public for free, so you can bring a lunch or even use the grill they have there. Probably no booze, though.

I eat at the Police Academy cafe pretty often. It's great if you low on funds and you just want a basic ham/eggs/pancakes and infinite coffee (No joke, if you order coffee they give you an entire thermal pitcher). Best time to go is in the late morning during the week - there's usually folks from other police forces training at the pistol range and the cafe is, well, filled with uniform officers. Absolutely do not miss looking over the historic LAPD photos on the wall and the Jack Webb shrine.

By the way, if anyone wants to go - drop me a line. I love the place!

We should all go!

i'm down

Fancy A Policeman

I like this idea.

Looking for an indoor(or shaded)/outdoor venue for a large daytime gathering. Any thoughts. Would be great if it was east of Silver Lake and kid-friendly too. Tempted by the soon to be open Echo Park but am worried it might be crazy there for a while. Also considered Golden Road Brewery in Glendale but a bit douchey.

How large of a group?

Hmmm...say 30-40 ppl?

Golden Road has a douche element, but it's tolerable. Just avoid it whenever the LA beer crawl bus is making the rounds. The food there is still A+.

Home on the corner of Fletcher and Riverside Dr. could be another possibility (especially with the indoor/outdoor requirements)

Next Saturday is the Make Music Pasadena festival - many bands on multiple stages.

http://www.makemusicpasadena.org/program.php

http://www.makemusicpasadena.org/slideshow/images/crowd.jpg

Looks like SOMEONE is not having a good time in Pasadena

At the Egyptian

June 6th
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
Discussion following with director Werner Herzog (schedule permitting)

my group is performing on june 9 at the christ the king church in hollywood. free!

OK, so I have like...3 and a half weeks left in LA. What should I do before I leave? Maybe I finally eat a Pink's hot dog?

A start.

grab a drink with me! or get a mariscos jalisco shrimp taco if you haven't

Let's do it! I will Facebook you when I get a moment. I haven't had said taco!

seriously, don't bother with pink's. i got food poisoning from there once.

I'm not really big on hot dogs, but I do feel like I need to load up on as much Mexican food as I can before I go!

I'd actually like to see Aguirre if there are any tickets left...

let's meet for a drink at Hermosillo???

Yeah! I like that place quite a bit. Nice for early summer evenings.

i passed by hermosillo on my bike last night, looks rad

think i might plunk down for the all-night ambient concert at zorthian ranch:

https://www.facebook.com/events/243277309147360/?fref=ts

anyone going to parquet courts at the echo tonight and/or wanna grab a cheap dinner in the echo park environs?

Damn, Richard Ramirez is dead:

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/06/richard_ramirez_night_stalker_dead.php

shit going down in santa monica

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/07/us/california-college-gunman/index.html

fire(s?) near campus too

I'm in Santa Monica right now. Nothing but sirens for the past two hours

I like how the comments go almost immediately into the SNL The Californians schtick.

this happened one block away from my office.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Metro-Bus-Crash-7-11-Store-Downtown-Los-Angeles-LA-211176501.html

a lot of the tow truck drivers are pretty insane around here, i'm shocked to see how many of these guys do drive that fast and do run red lights at all hours.

That overnight Tonalism show in Altadena scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled. Some problem with the property it was going to be held on (Zorthian Ranch, which is accessed via a fairly narrow dirt road, though I don't know that that was the problem). The organizers are looking for a new location, for a later date.

good to know (tho i didn't buy a ticket anyway)

about the metro bus/tow truck crash...

NBCLA reports that Adhami, who may have been driving twice the legal limit at the time of the crash, does not have a current driver's license. He appears to own the tow truck company Adhami's Hermosa Beach Towing, which does not have a permit to legally operate in the state. His license has been suspended four times since 2009.

Adhami has also had run-ins with police, including a high-speed chase in Ohio in 2008. He was reportedly driving 69 mph in a 35 mph zone, and when police cornered him in a cornfield, he falsely claimed to have a bomb strapped to his body. He later pleaded guilty to feeling from police and making terrorist threats.

http://laist.com/2013/06/13/tow_truck_driver_didnt_have_license.php

But other than that he's a good egg

linda perhacs at the levitt pavilion! free!

https://www.facebook.com/events/166333866882715/

yay, we got the $21 tickets for einstein on the beach! act now, they're really limited and going fast.

sorry, $22. and they're only for the "handrail obstructed" back row. but that's fine with me.

Hmm...re: Al's Bar but also the building as a whole.

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-property-report-20130620,0,1145325.story

angelyne sighting! santa monica blvd and crescent heights, 3:30pm, whizzing by in her pink corvette.

No way to I want to start littering the thread with real estate posts, but can someone hook me up with some quick cash?

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/51c4baf6f92ea1331300624c/13-682371_2_1.jpg

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/midcentury_modern_miniature_dreamhouse_in_laurel_canyon_by_bissner_and_zook.php

this is great: an app that highlights the access points for beaches in malibu, useful since many malibu homeowners purposefully (and illegally) block/restrict access to said beaches

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/escapeapps/opening-this-summer-the-malibu-beaches-0

a few years back a bunch of us went on the l.a. urban rangers' malibu beach tour.

http://laurbanrangers.org/site/malibu

Secret to LA friends: the best place to soak up some public a/c is in the atrium of the Bonaventure Hotel downtown. Get any kind of drink at the bar - they validate parking. No public wi-fi, so you'll actually get some work done.

I walked to the "good" Ralphs in Western Pasadena today at lunch, and didn't want to leave.

Also, for those that know the old Ambassador College campus, the two "honeycomb" buildings are being demolished as we speak. RIP 60s modernist architecture.

good how? and which one? colorado?

like a ralph's fresh fare? i live near one of those (the one by where donna rouge works).

Yes, it's a Ralphs Fresh Fare, On West Colorado across from the Rusnak car dealerships. The Ralphs nearer to me was remodeled a few years ago so that it looks similar, but no FF designation and the contents aren't as good. The good Ralphs has salmon in the salad bar that is surprisingly good.

oh yeah that ralph's by my work is nice, although some of the deli food was meh

Last time I got a salad there the croutons were stale, but otherwise it's decent. I was really just impressed with the salmon, because it's much better than Whole Foods' salad bar salmon, which had a kind of "turkey loaf" aspect to it. So you work near that Ralphs? (Wells Fargo building?)

I second the Bonaventure recommendation and suggest reading Frederic Jameson's essay about it while enjoying that drink: http://books.google.com/books?id=oRJ9fh9BK8wC&pg=PA39

insane crash at 5th and broadway two weeks after the one i posted above. this time a truck ended up in rite aid across the street. lots of people down.

ilxor beach party; who's in? afraid we can't dig for clams out here, but i'm sure with some garlic butter and bread crumbs the discarded cigarette butts and bottle caps will make a delicious alternative.

http://data.whicdn.com/images/14745671/nm_rockers_beach_debbie_100625_ssh_large.jpg

I'm already in the area if you're gonna be there in a few hours -- six-ish?

can't today. sometime-ilxor zero of the signified has a gig this evening!

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e6e8590a16a3e723b18225051&id=059da0363b&e=711740ea0b

Ah, I misread and thought you were posting from the beach.

armed suspect on the loose in studio city! the cops lost the guy near the ralph's i namechecked a few posts ago.

suspect in custody. stand down, citizens.

yet to be confirmed but someone i know who has worked there just said tom bergin's is closing for good as of sunday??

All I've seen are a couple of "WHAT! Tom Bergin's is closing?" twitter/FB posts. I haven't been there since it reopened!

i thought it was good! i went there a lot during football season. idk what could be the reason behind it but i hope it gets a reprieve.

Seeing it on facebook now. Never went there.

Werner Herzog presents Brakhage movies at UCLA on the 20th

"schedule permitting" per the ticket-sale page.

got tix to the cinefamily everything is festival triple feature of the three "long island lolita" tv movies.

Oh man, I need to get tickets to all of these things.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) I'm celebrating one year of vague employment by going to see Pacific Rim at the Cinerama Dome at 2pm, some Amoeba shopping, and then this at 5

http://blog.lightintheattic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/honeyltd_invite-675x928.jpg

hi LA. I was in you a month ago but didn´t bother to try and connect bcz jetlag / early in week. but I´m going to be back! Back! BACK!! in the beginning of September.

if people fancy an afternoon FAP on say Saturday 7th or Sunday the 8th, that would be delightful.
´

(I´ll bump this post in a few weeks or something, when folk may have half an idea what they're doing when)

(anyway, forgot to mention to please meet up if you have the day free)

free screening of computer chess at cinefamily at 6 p.m. on the 28th. first come, first served.

Wrapped up in a dense ball of whimsy, vintage tech gear, off-the-cuff surrealism and an Altman-like diagonal wanderlust, Computer Chess marks a breathtaking new direction for indie stalwart Andrew Bujalski, here departing from the mumblecore naturalism of Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation to present a left-field melding of the fantastical and the mundane. Setting the action at a nondescript hotel in 1980, and capturing his images using the unique B&W look of Portapak cameras (the pioneering Seventies portable video format), Bujalski brings together a panoply of old-school computer programmer types ostensibly for a chess tournament pitting circuit board against circuit board. What emerges from this breezy, vignette-laden masterpiece of spirit and comedic tone are quietly brilliant meditations on the nature of A.I., Carter-era optimism and the lingua franca of nerd-dom. No film released in 2013 comes even close to Computer Chess's wholly unique balance between playful emotional resonance and keen aesthetics -- and no other indie film in recent memory evokes the warm feelings of a bygone era with such empathetic zeal. After the screening, stick around for a Q&A with media theorist/chess obsessive Scott McCloud ("Understanding Comics") and computer programmer Maciej Ceglowski (Pinboard, Bedbug Registry)!
Dir. Andrew Bujalski, 2013, digital presentation, 92 min.

oh oh oh oh

this is tuesday. i wanna go. who's going?

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/cinespia-salon/#cinespia-salon-a-sublime-frequencies-celebration-feat-live-set-by-alvarius-b-alan-bishop-from-sun-city-girls

sorry for thread-hogging, but i'm looking for a fairly central, low-key bar or gallery space that would let me have control of the decks for a night. thinking of doing a jodycast event where i play music from my podcast, maybe give away some "prizes," maybe get some innocent bystanders interested. really more for fun than for promo, though, and within the next few weeks.

do you know a good place for this?

Ran across this coffee place in Larchmont that caters to laptop nomads: http://www.bricksandscones.com

Sandwiches are good (but expensive), but it's comfortable enough to work for hours at a stretch. Handy to have a comfortable mid-day hangout in this part of town.

no promises, but I might try to come in early October and get Dodger playoff tix

fairly central, low-key bar or gallery space that would let me have control of the decks for a night

The Mandrake in Culver City? R-Bar in Koreatown?

i have something in the works with verdugo bar -- it would be a thursday night, but we don't have a date/time set yet.

lol @ "chantal anchorman" btw!

=D

Awww, Verdugo Bar. I like that place

still never been! would go for djbr tho

X is playing at Pershing Square tonight FYI. http://www.laparks.org/pershingsquare/aug-17.html

Heads up NZ noise fans...

Gate, The Renderizors, and Peter Kolovos are playing LA on Sept. 14
http://humanresourcesla.com/news/2013/8/31/september-14-sounds-from-emerald-cocoon.html

(I´ll bump this post in a few weeks or something, when folk may have half an idea what they're doing when)

― eau de feet (sic), Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:32 PM (1 month ago

hey LA! looks like my best free time is going to be Wednesday the 11th (auspicious!) if anyone feels like meeting an Australian ILX0r trekking around your continent.

otherwise you should all WDYLL in case I bump into you at a comedy show or podcast taping or gig or something.


[gb/0: if you happen to be going to That's Sexploitation! at Cinefamily, holla]

just don't go on our trusty funicular. it derailed today.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-angels-flight-derailed-20130905,0,4850886.story

RIP Cal Worthington. He's with all his Spots now...

END OF AN ERA

anyone? FAP? I'll book myself tickets to something if no.

wish i could -- i have work to do tonight and i've been procrastinating long enough.

I said Wednesday for FAP! But I'll say hello to a stranger in lieu of you at Cinefamily tonight. ( <- posted from the popcorn queue)

mazzy star at the wiltern, anyone? i just got my ticket.

"Burn Hollywood Burn: L.A. Playlist 2013"

Threw this together yesterday. 50 tracks, place-name L.A. songs. There's a lot I didn't include, on purpose, esp. stuff that the Aquarium Drunkard "L.A. Burnout" compilations already covered.

https://rapidshare.com/files/3571927406/Burn%20Hollywood%20Burn%20-%20L.A.%20Playlist%202013.zip

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/9733548862_7f88a56cc1.jpg

a track listing, if you like:

http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents2.aspx?strMixID=128983 (first 30 tracks)

http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents2.aspx?strMixID=128984 (last 20 tracks)

*logs onto artofthemix.org in 2013* *dies*

i know, right?

We're having a garage sale this Saturday from 9a to 4p. Lots of books, comics, zines, posters, and ephemeral stuff that have been accumulating in the Telecom World Headquarters for years.

Some photo samples of what's going on sale
http://twitter.com/quartzcity/status/378297035750776833
http://twitter.com/quartzcity/status/378296597076918273 (yes, that's the Albini "Some of your friends are already this fucked!" issue of MRR and the Chunklet Asshole issue)
http://twitter.com/quartzcity/status/378297568033120256

Main Craigslist ad here: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/gms/4062192589.html

Would come scavenge if I wasn't red-eyeing out of your sunny city tonight.

i'm playing tunes at verdugo bar on sept 26th, 10pm to closing. it's a thursday night, so you'd be mental to stay for the whole thing*, but at least come say hi!

https://www.facebook.com/events/424075354371477/

*i hope you're mental

I might drop by, not too far from Glendale

also, i can't go to it, but the pussy riot is showing for free at the hammer tonight.

the pussy riot documentary, i should say.

LA i miss you!

ok thanks bye

Real estate pr0n of the day: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/rustic_cottage_in_mt_washington_asking_499k_1.php

it's beautiful. what's wrong with it that the asking price is so low?

Hell if I know... *goes to buy lottery ticket*

big dublab anniversary party tonight, free before 10pm.

http://dublab.com/events/14494/dublab-14th-anniversary-celebration/

no sandwiches, just music. although i may be holding court at the oinkster beforehand.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/9941951865_20ee79a0b6_z.jpg

i have an extra ticket available for thursday's glasser show at the hollywood forever masonic lodge. $25 or best offer.

If only! Sounds great.

Some things I've learned about LA from the police scanner

is this a hoax/movie tie in?

http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/mysterious-case-elisa-lam/

It really happened, and is still unexplained.

Shortly after the discovery of Elisa Lam’s body, a deadly outbreak of tuberculosis occurred in Skid Row, near Cecil Hotel. You probably won’t believe the name of the test kit used in these kinds of situations: LAM-ELISA.

I keep checking Google News for any break in the ELISA LAM case.

DTF, L.A.?

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/11/din_tai_fung_glendale.php

Been waiting for them to open...

i walked past yesterday -- they seemed to have been "open" this weekend for a private party.

the longtime owner of oil can harry's was killed by a drunk driver last night.

http://www.examiner.com/article/oil-can-harry-s-owner-bob-tomasino-dies-when-hit-by-drunk-driver

So...

http://kraftwerk.laphil.com/

C+ in Glendale closed! I need a new midday hang out place in the east SFV. Basic requirements: 1. I can get a decent ice latte. 2. I can sit with a laptop for two hours and not get hassled. 3. There's enough other laptop jockeys working there that I can, er, "surf" their mental focus and actually get something done - making this whole effort worthwhile.

M Street is always crowded. Cahuenga General Store seems to suddenly break out in open-mic comedy.

There's always Atwater, but I feel like I'm making a statement if I go there.

the gelato bar on tujunga has good coffee and free wifi and is never crowded.

Thx for the recommendation... I've immediately fallen back into the Why Leave The House? trap and need out.

i forget whether republic of pie in noho has wifi but they're great too.

just checked: yes on wifi.

i want to play slot machines. anyone feel like taking a weekday and riding the shuttle out to san manuel with me?

http://www.sanmanuel.com/

come to our house on new year's day and have a chill time watching early avant-garde films. there will be food, but i'm keeping it light just in case people are hung over.

https://www.facebook.com/events/189974797861562

Happy Valentine's, LA

http://goldenvoice.com/shows/details/?id=247067

http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/spiritualized

other shows coming up:

kraftwerk, obv
laurie anderson/kronos at royce hall
oneohtrix point never
wooden shjips
pere ubu (at the echo on wednesday!)

new thread:

Los Angeles Thread #10: Climb Mount Analog