Hey LA folk - what are some clubs that won't make me want to die?

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Club Bang in Hollywood is a really mellow neighborhood bar.

If you feel like you really want to "get away from LA", try the Ivy Room.

that's almost as good as Jamie Kenedy coming from The Bu.

Barring that, Spaceland has lots of bands as does Silverlake Lounge. The Smell seems to have a lot of shows (although I've never been there). You should probably listen to KXLU as they announce a lot of shows.

Third from bottom center.
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Also JBR, that's a little harsh. People just like to go out and have a good time, see and be seen y'know?

shakey, i have cds for your ass

spencer, say hi to him for me if you see him, his name is Yosi

x-post

(and fwiw yes I do love SF, but I'm quite aware that it's not for everbody. and that's how I prefer it anyway)

i haven't been to every city on earth. but i do think my city's great. sometimes i hate it (fuck a west side stadium, fuck another mta fare hike, fuck people getting mugged for their ipods and killed for no reason at all). mostly it's great and worth the hassle.

and i like LA. it's not better or worse, just different. there'll always be demographics i dig and don't dig in every city, but that has no bearing on my opinion of the city as a whole.

ALSO! Shortstop is apparently reinstalling its dancefloor!

I stress the word "general" in all of the above!

i don't feel like i failed in LA.

i love both cities. but they are DAMN expensive cities to live in. i'm not sure if the bubble-burst is going to affect rent prices.

x-post - duh chaki i totally know you chose to leave L.A.

seattle is next for me. buckle up!

what I mean by "failing" is trying to burst into a new city with your bad self and then ending up in a deserted hole.. not living somewhere for a while and deciding you're sick of it, both of which is common, but you obviously have more control in the latter situation.

i have srlsy never had a problem of any sort with a hipster

you don't go to the smell

but Spencer, you have an External Hipster Immunity Defense that LEAVES your body and kills hipsters dead!

you don't go to the smell

THE SMELL IS STILL AROUND. HOLY SHIT.

I think there is a terminological difficulty with "hipster". Do hipsters go to places like the smell, or to la cita? Seems like completely different scenes.

dude SFJ just wrote about it.

The Smell is for hipster children. La Cita is for aging hipsters.

I've always thought there was something really nerdy about the smell (maybe because they don't serve alcohol).

the only difference between LA Hipsters and hipsters outside is that LA hipsters *usually* use or abuse a lot more head hair or skin products.

Not sure I get that - maybe if we're basing all of this on that one thread of pics from club bang a few years ago.

i think it was a joke, Spenny.

My One And Only Negative L.A. Hipster Moment:

* San Diego, 1998. I'm down here for the weekend to catch Unwound at the Casbah. G**z** P**k are opening. I've been wanting to try to court G**z** P**k into playing an all ages show in O.C. which a bunch of similar bands.

Earlier in the area, I'm at a Rite Aid or something and I need to replace my San Diego Thomas Bros. guide map. I run into G**z** P**k inside the store. I come up to them to say hello. They're all friendly, but the lead guy in the band looks at what I'm holding and goes "Woah, Thomas Bro'z map". I go, "Yeah, I travel a lot.". Guy: "So... are you like all moneybags?" The rest of the band rolls their eyes at dude, shake their heads and leave. I leave without responding. Guy is left standing in a San Diego Rite Aid looking like a lonely douchebag. Never talked to the band again.

Not only is the Smell still around, Gang Wizard play there tomorrow night.

YOU SAW GORKY PARK?! AWESOME!

for the lol of it

Hahaha but I thought all y'all WUZ teh "smug hipsters" of LA! Ooh ILX and its terminal identity issues...or should i say "hipsters" and their self-denial?

i don't think there is an answer to this question since it depends what you're looking for in a "club," and how you define "good music," bitch pleez. Anyway Mackro Mackro otm: with peoples who "fail" in "LA" with LA solely = ent. industry (lol!), are much more likely to be bitter and blame "Hollywood" which they conflate with "Los Angeles," than others in similar cities. In New York you can blame the competition, your distant father/abused childhood, crack addiction whatevs. You're not going to move out and opine "EW NYC SUCKS! It MADE ME fail!"

In LA, maybe because of its grand master narrative of built-in corruption or whichever irrelevant, endlessly-culturally-regurgitated mythos you'd like to believe, people who aren't getting where they want to go in movieland want to whine "Ugh, LA is horrible, the evil-plastic/"FAKE PEOPLEZ"/two-faced demons that are everywhere screwed me over! It wasn't like this 'Back Home' THERE WERE REAL PEOPLES THERE. You didn't have to be SKINNY all the time WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" This knee-jerk blaming of the city, with the whole nothing-to-contribute-I-just-wanna-go-there-strike-gold-move-back-to-Okie mentality, is what makes entertainment-transplants to LA unbearable imo: they never take responsibility, it's always "the system's," fault, the Jewish-Gay Mafia's gonna getchta-GOTCHA etc...when in truth they're just whining because they're still gaffing or wrapping cables when they want to DP, ya know?

I miss Chaki. That's only reason why LA sucks at the moment = coz he and his "straight-acting" valley friend r gone - but at least we still have AIM ::sob:: Ah btw my thesis got into santa barbara film fest, so i will be comin up there next weekend and perhaps also wkend afterwards in Feb... and was seriously thinking of driving the 4.5 extra hours up to SF to bemuse someone who wants to pay for my gas - so i will let you know and maybe i can say hey. i would be annoying other friends too, so won't get in your grill fulltime i promise

Spenc-er REALLY funny: i just found out tonight that you "dated" (ie maybe that means went out with once) an ex-coworker of mine (Virginian transplant who talked about "the Hollywood sign" every day!) at So-and-So Company before i disappeared in grad skool....who i feared was ins4n3. So can I say I'm glad it didn't last? I will IM you.

On final thought I'm glad I don't have to worry about the answer to this thread question ever really when for the past half-decade I could just go to hAcKBAR and get my drink on and chat up pretty peoples (oh, does Chakster know) when i feel like it...especially ruled when ilxor Arthur was deejaying. It's kinda hyping even more than usual now (last wkend there was a *line* out front due to "capacity reached" wtf?) but how can you mind when it only increases your chances of, right, "networking" ? (/sarcasm) I'm just glad it's still there esp coz MJ's turned out to be AN UTTER ABSOLUTE FAILURE, (even with its "middle eastern men" night.) ((Like all these wannabe-production designers who've moved here from Dayton: Ugh! GO BACK HOME!)) (yeah i didn't really mean that either. but beware!: i'm an Angeleno...so FAKE i may be REEL)

i guess that might fulfill my posting quota... for this year? if i lamely-temporarily refuse to leave ilx, just blame the strike, right? blows. for now i should leave all y'all with:

http://laist.com/2008/01/16/downtown_gets_t.php - DOWNTOWN GETS THIRD FAMIMA!! That's headline-worthy. Maybe they will overtake the Pinkberry knock-offs (I have witness an Iceberry, Snowberry and even a Yogur-berry) and fill the japanese convenience-store vaccuum forevah. Remember it rhymes with VAGIMA

omg the whole thing is paste-worthy. the MAYOR IS COMING TO CELEBRATE THIS THIRD OPENING OF FAMIMA!! NOW WID TRU SUSHI BAR. EVER THINK WHY OTHER CITIES THINK OF US AS WEIRDOS?

Downtown Gets Third Famima!! Now with Sushi Bar
Tomorrow is the ribbon cutting of the third and newest downtown Famima!! at the California Plaza on Grand Avenue near MOCA. It's about time this part of downtown receive some new food options, even if this is quasi Japanese 7-11 style. However, a made-to-order sushi bar will be the centerpiece of this location.

In addition to the few food options at the California Plaza, Performance Row (as we once dubbed it) has a Koo Koo Roo, California Pizza Kitchen, Patina, REDCAT Lounge, Cafe at WDCH, Kendall's Brasserie and the outdoor cafe and restaurant on the Music Center Plaza.

Mayor Villaraigosa will be there tomorrow to deliver remarks and participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony. During the mayor's 2006 Asia trade mission, he made a promise to bring new international investment to Los Angeles. And here it is... some of it at least.

Currently, there are 13 stores in the greater LA area and by the end of 2008, Los Angeles should have a total of 20 Famima!! storefronts.

Open 7 days a week, the new store's meager hours will be 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat/Sun 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

right Mr V. in between boning your phave Telemundo c0cksucker TAKE 5 on that LAUSD-reshuffling-subway-housing-greening-crisis-gasprices...BUT GO 2 RIBBON CUTTING OF FAMIMA!! MAGIK CONVEENENCE STORE, BIG 4 ASIA, GR8 PHOR FOTO-OP

smell kids ARE nerds

cool people usually hang at the Saddle Ranch and Dublin's on Sunset Blvd.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!)

vintage lol

haha

mwahahaha

I miss Chaki. That's only reason why LA sucks at the moment = coz he and his "straight-acting" valley friend r gone

why i haven't moved back tbh

I miss Chaki. That's only reason why LA sucks at the moment = coz he and his "straight-acting" valley friend r gone - but at least we still have AIM ::sob:: Ah btw my thesis got into santa barbara film fest, so i will be comin up there next weekend and perhaps also wkend afterwards in Feb... and was seriously thinking of driving the 4.5 extra hours up to SF to bemuse someone who wants to pay for my gas - so i will let you know and maybe i can say hey. i would be annoying other friends too, so won't get in your grill fulltime i promise

Spenc-er REALLY funny: i just found out tonight that you "dated" (ie maybe that means went out with once) an ex-coworker of mine (Virginian transplant who talked about "the Hollywood sign" every day!) at So-and-So Company before i disappeared in grad skool....who i feared was ins4n3. So can I say I'm glad it didn't last? I will IM you.

On final thought I'm glad I don't have to worry about the answer to this thread question ever really when for the past half-decade I could just go to hAcKBAR and get my drink on and chat up pretty peoples (oh, does Chakster know) when i feel like it...especially ruled when ilxor Arthur was deejaying. It's kinda hyping even more than usual now (last wkend there was a *line* out front due to "capacity reached" wtf?) but how can you mind when it only increases your chances of, right, "networking" ? (/sarcasm) I'm just glad it's still there esp coz MJ's turned out to be AN UTTER ABSOLUTE FAILURE, (even with its "middle eastern men" night.) ((Like all these wannabe-production designers who've moved here from Dayton: Ugh! GO BACK HOME!)) (yeah i didn't really mean that either. but beware!: i'm an Angeleno...so FAKE i may be REEL)

― Vichitravirya_XI, Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:28 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

oh i love it

Rage (pronounced "l'raj") in the WHo is pretty down to earth and enjoyable.

: )

did jamescobo ever find some cool clubs?
*wonders*

LA has lots of great night spots, but as much as the venue, it is the timing that determines the hot spot of the moment. Every night is a different promoter, different music, a different crowd, and a completely different experience. Many of the best known club nights are private parties. If you’re not on the list, you’re not getting in. And if you’re eligible to be on the list, you already know where the party is.

AH, LA

I think I've decided this is a great city if you always have a trip out of town (or the country) on the horizon. But I felt that way about the Bay Area too

check out "the bungalow club" sometime. pretty mellow spot on melrose.

"capitol city" in hollywood. lots of twee indie and northern soul nights, great place to escape to if you want to avoid a spot showing big sporting events.

"q's" on wilshire in west l.a. has lots of kxlu DJs and always shows interesting films on their upstairs projection screen. last time i was there it was a herzog double feature. fridays and saturdays are the best nights.

"birds" on franklin near beachwood canyon: probably the best restaurant in town and in the heart of the friendliest most attitude-free neighborhood in town.

does anyone actually go to airliner/low end theory? is it fun?

i heard it's sweaty

would be interesred to go maybe but nobody i know would want to join me

I know the upstairs bartender at the airliner through going to dodger games. His name is Angel and if youre lucky he will pass out drunk during his shift and you can have the bar to yourself.

omar bringing valuable content itt

i would go if i ever make it to l.a. again

"birds" on franklin near beachwood canyon: probably the best restaurant in town and in the heart of the friendliest most attitude-free neighborhood in town.

and right across from the celebrity center, for all your sc1en0 needs!

I don't really go out anymore and I'm ok with that.

srsly?