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
― debenture banhart (get bent), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
downtown to culver city in 30 minutes!? give me a break.
― the wheelie king (wk), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, for $1.50, with no traffic.
― debenture banhart (get bent), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― the wheelie king (wk), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:37 (thirteen years ago) link
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, 13 September 2011 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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/
― debenture banhart (get bent), Saturday, 17 September 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
the roast chicken test being that the baseline for the success of any french-inclined restaurant is how well they do at roast chicken.
― debenture banhart (get bent), Saturday, 17 September 2011 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
if i go to the chick strand screening at REDCAT tonight, will i see admrl there??
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh and we would still have one (paid off) car between us, but my wife would use that mostly to get to work.
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I am in Highland Park between York and the Gold Line so I am pretty well served. Decent bike lanes too.
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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?)
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah, I spend more than that on gas, plus I think my work might have a commuter plan.
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― sons of menarche (donna rouge), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VrDEtpQGMs&feature=player_embedded
― lol goat on table (admrl), Monday, 26 September 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
How was the show, Donna?
― uhhhhhh (admrl), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
think i'm gonna go to the LACE opening tonight
What is that?
― uhhhhhh (admrl), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=260483970649966
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― uhhhhhh (admrl), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks fun!
Hi dere -- actually, Admrl, depending on what you'd want to sell for, my girlfriend might be interested in your car.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― uhhhhhh (admrl), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks, keep me informed!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
CicLAvia is October 9th. Who in this bitch is going?
http://www.ciclavia.org/
― naus, Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Meeeee
― queen latifah approximately (donna rouge), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Long Beach Soundwalk takes place this Saturday. See you all there! http://soundwalk.org/soundwalk-2011.html
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 29 September 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Eagle Rock Music Festival is also Saturday.
http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/index.php/calendar/event/id/638
― nickn, Thursday, 29 September 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I was a performer at Soundwalk last year, it was super fun
― bro down with the Transmaniacon dudes (admrl), Friday, 30 September 2011 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
We went to Roscoe's realllly late afterwards to celebrate, all sweaty and full of adrenaline. I want more nights like that
― bro down with the Transmaniacon dudes (admrl), Friday, 30 September 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― gorillex (get bent), Saturday, 1 October 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 1 October 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna try to check out the performance art exhibit at LACE today, but it's already 3:06 and they close at 6pm.
― gorillex (get bent), Saturday, 1 October 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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_/
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 2 October 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
FUUUUUCCCK i want to see that so fucking bad
― (╯° □≗)╯︵ ┻━ןɐıɔǝds━ʇɥbıן━pǝɹ━┻ (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 2 October 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG awesome screening alert u guyz
http://concordspace.com/2011/10/17/heavenly-directives/
― simile for me now (admrl), Thursday, 20 October 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Nice! At the same time as J3ff T.'s Halloween party though...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 October 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Who?? What?
― simile for me now (admrl), Thursday, 20 October 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
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 :(
― vitameatawalloginavegamin (donna rouge), Thursday, 20 October 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― simile for me now (admrl), Thursday, 20 October 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― simile for me now (admrl), Thursday, 20 October 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
I live in Highland Park and I am seeing Shellac
― simile for me now (admrl), Thursday, 20 October 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link