Los Angeles Thread #7: Busch Gardens

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

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link

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)

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link

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

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Monday, 9 May 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link

Thread of missing Lakers

am0n, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Nardil the Human MAOI (get bent), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link

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!

spätzle logic (donna rouge), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link

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)

Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 9 May 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link

fuck yes, urge overkill tickets :-)

Nardil the Human MAOI (get bent), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link

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

wacky onassis (get bent), Monday, 16 May 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link

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?

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 May 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Monday, 16 May 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

wacky onassis (get bent), Monday, 16 May 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link

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

strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 16 May 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 May 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link

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

naches supreme (donna rouge), Monday, 16 May 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

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

resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 May 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Hi dere

Aerosol, Monday, 16 May 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

geir was right (wk), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link

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

DJ Shartian (buzza), Saturday, 21 May 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link

oh yeah, that house!

wacky onassis (get bent), Saturday, 21 May 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link

omg! i have made so many pilgrimages to that house

LA ILX should go seven ways on that shit imo

naches supreme (donna rouge), Saturday, 21 May 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link

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

wacky onassis (get bent), Saturday, 21 May 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link

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

buzza, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 05:15 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 26 May 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Pompoussin (admrl), Monday, 30 May 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link

which one? i don't see anything listed

from shmear to eternity (donna rouge), Monday, 30 May 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link

who's getting busted in those photos?

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 May 2011 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link

DM - I don't know

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

Pompoussin (admrl), Monday, 30 May 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link

culver city art walk is saturday too

jeff, Monday, 30 May 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Ur show?

Pompoussin (admrl), Monday, 30 May 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link

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?

creme de cassie (donna rouge), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link

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

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link

its like a fuckin $200 ticket too

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link

so maybe dont rip off the system, eh

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

jeff, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link

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*.

are you are missing whiney (get bent), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link

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

so ian liked the Getty Center, i should go?

the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link

respectively: as far as i know, and yes

creme de cassie (donna rouge), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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/

are you are missing whiney (get bent), Sunday, 12 June 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link

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

badtz-maruizm (donna rouge), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link

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

are you are missing whiney (get bent), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link

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?

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link

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

are you are missing whiney (get bent), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link


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