Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

Sorta weird!!

Oh well

Like, why do you need so many people to cover e2-e4?

an excerpt? if you're gonna do it, do it

haha yeah

free comedy festival on saturday:

https://www.facebook.com/events/311119512300949/

suuuuuuper pissed that one of my favorite gay bars is closing:

http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/05/the-music-stops-for-a-gay-silver-lake-piano-bar/

so i quote the "californians" SNL sketches pretty much once a day at this point

take the 10 to the 405 and let it dump you out up on mulholland where you BELONG

MUHRINA DAL RUH

They're just jealous I tell you.

lol @ the joke about getting your parking for the cancer doctor validated at the coffee bean

thanks for helping me put these sundrahd tomatoes in this cleh bawl

Semi-IT: watching Bill Hader break is one of the great joys of current-day SNL. (And, frankly, one of the most common ones!)

(that was supposed to be "Semi - OT," as in "Semi off-topic," not "Semi Integrated Technologies")

as mr. zulu nation mentioned, taking a left on griffith park blvd from hillhurst would not put you on the 5.

whaddyew DOIN ERE?!!?

the updated info on the krautrock nite is making it look p cool

hey, was in LA over the weekend. drank for three straight days. here's where we went

Jumbos Clown Room
Red Lion Biergarten
Phillipes French Dip
Some "Tiki" Bar that had no kitsch appeal but the best rum drinks, i cannot remember the name. completely non-descript building
Walked around Chinatown, i think (anyway it was around Phillipes). there was an open air market there, ended up having good Margaritas
Bought Jamesons at a CVS which cannot be done in Ohio

had a great time.

Fine choices all.

it was Tiki Ti with the good rum drinks

hah, i live right by jumbo's. and ned otm!

You did a hell of a job, brownie!

http://nofactzone.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/images/Nov_1_2010_Act-_C_5b-500x285.png

welp, show-wise i just bought tickets for xiu xiu (tomorrow @ CFAER) and the men (6/26 @ the smell)

just saw the olympic torch outside my office window!

or wait. it was A torch.

Adam, if you're still looking for a house, a pretty nice one popped up on LA.Curbed.com (look for baby blue bungalow). Just north of York near Ave 49.

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1428-Mount-Pleasant-St-90042/home/7081601

i think i saw lisa rinna at the coffee bean on ventura and coldwater.

great news for fans of golden state and texas barbecue and the old tar pit location on la brea:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/06/golden-state-teams-with-bludsos-takes-over-tar-pit-space-1.html

i mentioned this on facebook, but i'll mention it here too: i'm doing a small house party on saturday the 16th, just a "yay summertime" thing with drinks and tacos and music and a good mix of people. come by if you can!

stonesthrow have kind of been killin it with these shows @ mr t's

Holy crap, this: http://fyffest.com/

shoegaze festival!

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/06/20/part-time-punks-shoegaze-festival-los-angeles/

Can anyone here show me an out of town day/overnight trip that is outside of all of the obvious Joshua Tree/San Diego/Santa Barbara - type places? Would prefer somewhere chill as I have been working flat out these last few months. We used to go up to Idyllwild and loved it up there, looking for something new. Camping is not really our thing but out of the way places are fine.

Tried Julian?

http://www.julianca.com/

Oak Glen - http://www.oakglen.net/ (apple season doesn't get started until Sept)
Lake Isabella - http://www.lakeisabella.net/

Hell, have you been to Sequoia National Park yet?

No, I haven't been to any of those, thanks!

william basinski in highland park!

http://www.facebook.com/events/362980613769385/

Any go-to places for tickets for big shows that do not charge Ticketmaster-size fees?

Man, in LA, that's like asking "hey, has anyone seen the Holy Grail?

This is going on Saturday: http://twentywonder.org/ - bonkers aggregation of people.

Going on next Saturday (21st): Music, art, etc. downtown, including Mike Watt and Saccharine Trust.

http://www.bloomfestla.com/

downtown Artwalk devolving into a cops vs Occupy L.A. near-riot right now at 5th and Spring, with Occupy deciding to step in after past Artwalks where people were busted for writing on the sidewalks in chalk. Which is stupid but this feels like an RIP artwalk event.

pics and footage are p insane

artwalk is p stupid imo

i'm stuck in my office building, everything is happening right out the front door.

occupy l.a. needs to reassess its priorities w/r/t what it wastes time protesting.

they're doing pushups in front of the cops

they're just working out