Los Angeles Thread #10: Climb Mount Analog

Nick Zinner and Malia James photo opening out in Pomona tonight (Pomona art walk is also going on)

http://thespacegallery.wordpress.com/exhibitions/everywhere-and-nowhere-in-between/

concert of alvin lucier works, performed by the southland ensemble, in k-town on the 21st:

http://tuesdaysatmonkspace.org

the "Hardcore American minimalism from the early 1970′s, including Reich’s seminal Four Organs, performed by Danny Holt, Mike Robbins and 18-Squared" one in april sounds cool too.

we're gonna be exhibiting at the LA zinefest in feb, stop by and say hello to ytth (and buy one of z_s' or abbott's comics while you're there)! we'll have our pup so i won't be at the fest itself. we're staying in santa monica, any recs for eats/activities/shopping round there? and anyone wanting to hang out with me and my adorable husky on the sunday, msg me!

Obligatory real estate porn of the month:
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/01/be_the_second_owner_ever_of_this_snazzy_midcentury_time_capsule_by_harold_b_zook.php

1986:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16IPv1_h-4

that shallow 2.6 earthquake by Universal jolted my wife awake (but not me.) And it's the 20th anniversary of the northridge quake!

Screening of aggro-blipvert mayhem experimental assaultist Stom Sogo's Sweet First, Seizure Second at Human Resources on Saturday
http://humanresourcesla.com/news/2014/2/18/22214-9pm-stom-sogo-sweet-first-seizure-second-1.html

Jandek at The Church On York on May 24th!

forthcoming shows of note:

voices from the lake/donato dozzy tomorrow night at the complex!

nils frahm at the bootleg theater!

I missed:

Marissa nadler bc I was sick
cian nugent and angel olsen bc I was sick

had my first scoop from van leeuwen's new LA ice cream truck this week. mint chip. mmmmmm. that is all.

saw new bums (ben chasny/donovan quinn) in the basement of church on york last night. the place is a total mess, although they put on good shows.

The pew I was sitting on at mark mcguire/julianna barwick was hard and subsequently cracking.

i probably won't be able to make it to the jandek show, but i'm glad he's playing an l.a. venue!

(xpost: yeah, those pews are uncomfortable. and the bathrooms are a joke.)

still I think it's a great venue. So many acts I like go through venues I hate. Like the echo! I hate that place. cf the half great (thx to the performer)/half worst show ever (thx to the echo) roedelius show.

the echo has terrible sound and it's not big enough for the crowds they let in. and yet i keep going...

I found that the best sound at The Echo is on the stage-left corner - between the stage and the benches where the merch usually is.

yeah, that's my favorite place to stand.

the last time I saw a show there, the best sound was outside

Linda Perhacs is doing an in-store at Amoeba on Sunday at 5.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/6deeea43189fd67baedb649782c5c981/tumblr_n1vpxt8MM81s4df8ko1_1280.jpg

i'm in the "struggling actors" zone right above c-list celebrities.

Pretentious Dicks 1995-2005

tbf dickifation didn't really start til 2004ish

oh dammit that should be 1995-2008

map appears to be a real labor of love imo

I'm Wisteria Lane (WTF?)

Super Creepy 1950s Looking Area!

any of you cool cats going to kronos/laurie tonight?

Not I for I am deeply uncool.

However -- who's doing what next week for Kraftwerk? I'll be at the Trans Europe Express show on Wednesday -- already set for plans beforehand but I'll look around for anyone there at the show and/or waiting for Man-Machine later that night. Won't be able to stay long but even just a quick hello!

a. and i are in for radio-activity on tuesday.

going to radio-activity on tuesday and trans europe on wednesday. first time seeing kraftwerk and first time being inside disney hall.

Uhhh

I'm in LA for 3 months as of Thursday. Being a Londoner, I never learned to drive, which I've been told makes the city a little difficult to navigate. I'll be staying in Mount Washington, pretty close the Gold Line, am I right in thinking if I want to explore then the best bet is Gold Line down to Union Station/Downtown and set off in whichever direction from there?

Unfortunately I'll probably spend most of my time working, but I'm sure I'll get the odd day off here and there. If anybody knows of anything I should see or anywhere I simply *have* to go while I'm over- please let me know!

If I'm free I'll def be checking out LA psyche fest, and prob Factory Floor Apr 15th at The Echo...

Oh I see you just had an earthquake, hope everybody is okay!

In brief: yeah, Gold Line to Union is a good start, but you'll need to use the bus lines from there to get out all the way to the coast (if that's part of your goal). There are a couple of Metro Rapid lines which will be very handy for you there.

As for what exactly to see...well, what are you interested in? LA's got a lot of stuff, give us some focus!

- Anything that's a bit under the radar / local / interesting music + art wise, I guess. Is there much of a improv/electronics scene there? Any venues to check out to see local DIY type stuff?

- The parks /areas around LA- are there any that are easy to get to and from same day that you'd recommend?

- Beach with nice seafood and not too busy would be cool.

there's a p big improv/electronics scene yeah

yes to all your questions actually

crackle, i live near the mt washington gold line stop. right in that area there's sycamore grove park and hermon park and the audubon center and the arroyo seco bike trail. also the seafood truck that parks alongside SGP on figueroa is awesome

the blue one? ha- i think i saw that on my google maps adventure. cheers for the pointers donna rouge

in terms of under-the-radar music venues: there's the wulf and handbag factory downtown, church on york in highland park, pehrspace in echo park, human resources in chinatown, the tuesdays at monk space series in koreatown, pieter in lincoln heights...

Mata as well

Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (http://cfaer.org/) does oddball music shows occasionally.

thanks! loads of noise stuff going on, excellent

There's also a newsletter called Restless Nites that has a lot of stuff. Should be able to sign up here.

http://www.restlessnites.com/

hey I've street teamed this shit elsewhere but if you guys would like to see my friends' movie (that my kid is in too) it's playing for a week at cinefamily (til next thursday) and the reviews are insane. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cheap_thrills_2013/

USC's student radio station is doing a daylong festival with DJ Rashad, Sun Araw, and a bunch of others. It's free, you just have to rsvp on eventbrite (linked on the facebook page).
https://www.facebook.com/events/549448718506382/

speaking of sun araw, i'm going to this on friday:

http://cfaer.org/ai1ec_event/vibration-balance-sk-kakraba-band-sun-araw-awesome-tapes-from-africa-frosty/?instance_id=

If I was in town, I'd probably go see Jerry Lewis and Maureen O'Hara:

http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-tcm-classic-film-festival-2014

Sorcerer is well worth seeing in a theater, and Friedkin is an entertaining yakker.

Now that I have discovered Airbnb, I am pondering which nabes to aim for on my next SoCal jaunt. (Maybe early summer, maybe Decemberish)

There's a small, but very cool looking bloom going on now at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve (FB link). It's not far from town and the weather is nice. We went over the weekend and it was worth the drive up.

aside from craigslist, anybody got any good websites for flat hunting/house sharing etc

looks like i'm moving here now!

no worries -- feel better!

^^^^*

Extended Organ performance tonight at the MOCA Geffen (free). They're doing free nights (6-10) every Saturday in July.

http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/07/02/extended-organ/

We're doomed!

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-jones-20140716-column.html#page=1

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25559

mika vaino tonight!

*vainio ffs

magik markers + patty schemel's new band death valley girls at the echo:

http://www.theecho.com/event/531157-magik-markers-death-valley-los-angeles/

Echo Park Rising festival this weekend.

http://epr.la/

anyone going to jon hassell tonight?

Excuse my street team pr for a friend's movie:

August 14
7:30 p.m.
The Silent Movie Theater
611 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Hosted by: Don’t Knock the Rock

Master documentarian Jeff Krulik will make his magnificent return to Los Angeles with his latest blockbuster, Led Zeppelin Played Here, which digs deep into the mystery of the classic rock group playing a micro-venue in Maryland. Did the band really play? Or is the tale just a hallucinogenic myth conjured up by pranksters?

Krulik will be in attendance and will participate in a post-screening Q&A session hosted by musican and actor Michael Des Barres.

tonight (Thursday)!

cool, i hope that went well!

would love to go to berserktown but i have too much work this weekend (and it's $45):

http://www.clublosglobos.com/event/612303-berserktown-festival-3-day-los-angeles/

Decent article on Frogtown and requisite issues that result from being the new hot neighborhood

http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/08/20/las-hottest-new-neighborhood-frogtown-doesnt-want-the-title?showFullText=true

I've been going to their annual art walk for a few years now, nice neighborhood.

Next Frogtown art walk is coming up on the 13th: http://www.frogtownarts.com

Also just learned that rent at my former house in Glendale just went up by 51%.

our rent just went up $45 (they can't gouge us tho, it's a rent control building).

speaking of rents going up

http://la.eater.com/2014/10/20/7015419/hollywood-cat-fiddle-closing-december-15

My sister and I are trying to decide whether to take the VIP Paramount studio tour (4 hours) or the regular tour (2 hours). Does anyone have any experience with either?

The regular tour was OK and long enough for me; not much emphasis on vintage stuff, obviously. I don't know what the VIP adds, but if it's to do with contemporary production, I wouldn't care.

Too bad about the Cat & Fiddle. Kim Gardner of The Creation was running it for a long time until he died in the early 2000s.

also am i sposed to get only a martini at Musso & Franks, or a steak as well?

having been there now, holy heck yes a steak as well

My sister opted for the VIP tour. . . .

I'll be in L.A. this weekend . . . anything interested going on?

So far our plans are Paramount Studios, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the Dresden, maybe a Brewery Art Walk, maybe a Singaporean Crab Fest in Little Tokyo.

My birthday is this Thursday and in a shocking display of public celebration, we'll be at the HMS Bounty from 8 to 11. Come by the H.M.S. Bounty sometime between 8 and 11, have a drink, have a steak, but more importantly say hi and hang out.

http://www.quartzcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ckb49-dragnet.jpg

i like the font.

can anyone recommend a nice-ish (i.e. not too divey) bar in the montecito heights area? bonus points for a decent wine selection.

might want to check out the hermosillo on York in highland park if that's not too far.

thanks! that came up at the top of the page on yelp, actually.

I love how so many of your bars play TCM! Did Paramount tour, Hollywood Forever tour, the Dresden with Marty and Elaine (I thought they would be better but the Dresden was amazing). Visited Echo Park (last time it was under construction), Amoeba, Cat & Fiddle, Ye Rustic Inn, the Last Bookstore, and Skylight Books. There was too long a wait at Daikokuya so we ate at Suehiro Cafe in Little Tokyo, which I thought was really good. We also went to the Brewery Arts Complex, where it was interesting to snoop around peoples studios/homes. My sister drove me around the Arts District as well.

I love L.A.! But it was really hot. I hope to come back for a longer visit in February.

If you're willing to go into Highland Park, you might also try the Greyhound. I think it's just beer and wine, though.

http://the-greyhound.com/

next saturday! contact me through any of the usual channels for more details.

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^vaporwave graphics included with entry

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1526430_10152513724168008_5763649621192393912_n.jpg?oh=c186a73d0a8949f0875a4cde13faa3dd&oe=5516D8A5

Architectural criticism at its finest.

I took the red line to work this morning.. think that decision will pay off in spades

What's the deal with Nico Vega? Never heard of them until tonight but "I Believe (Get Over Yourself)" sounds like it become potentially big here in Europe

Capt. Steve Tufts oversaw a fire engine that responded to the blaze from an LAFD station on 51st Street in South LA.

"It reminded me of the '80s," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood. It burns. It burns good."

"It reminded me of the '80s; the kind of phrasing you remember being used by singers like Bruce Springsteen, the classic rock era," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood / It burns / It burns good."

"It reminded me of the '80s; the kind of phrasing you remember being used by comedians like John Candy, the classic TV comedy era," Tufts said. "When you got that bare wood / It burns / It burns good."

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_--YjWiyF8eE/SypTEW81kzI/AAAAAAAAF2c/EJa7ovXuTng/s400/SCTV%2Bfarm%2Breport.jpg

Saw Nico Vega as an opener a couple years back... LA is good at producing these kinds of schlocky-alternative bands that are histrionic enough to hold your attention for a bit. Didn't mind them, but I couldn't remember any of the songs.

i am 99.999 percent certain this was arson -- could be a rival developer, a pissed-off tenant, even an inside job.

xp

In 100% agreement with your 99.999

LA Plays Itself is showing at Union Station Friday at 7:00 (free). Only link I have is Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1527217734207990

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