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

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