Los Angeles Thread #7: Busch Gardens

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

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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?