Los Angeles Thread #10: Climb Mount Analog

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!

westsiderentals is the main one (and not just for westside).

aha thanks!

Recommended on a friend's fb, haven't used any of them myself.

http://lifehacker.com/five-best-apartment-search-tools-1571103043

I live about a mile away from that oil pipeline rupture along San Fernando Road this morning and then later on my way to work the northbound side of the 5 was on fire.

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BntPKTOCQAA9FQY.jpg

Lol church on York's closed

i hope the jandek show gets moved somewhere else.

that's a shame, seemed like it could've been a nice space for certain things.

glad the posh isolation shows were moved tho, can't imagine those shows would have been as good in the church, had a great time at that last night. sexdrome + puce mary both killed it.

church on york i guess only had a few permits for shows while the owners were waiting for the process to complete, but they were holding shows all the time nonetheless and were selling alcohol w/o a permit.

Ha, well, at least I can say I saw one show there.

the venue had its problems beyond the management (punishingly uncomfortable pews) but it was a good space.

Yeah I liked it, and there weren't any pews for Loop, just open floor. Only thing I would have done if possible is more a/c but that's pretty much ANY venue except the Echoplex.

anyone going to liars at the fonda tonight?

very preliminarily pondering an LA-SD(-SF?) trip around July 3-13 if health permits, anything shakin' then? maybe Ned can drive me to an Angels game, j/k.

matmos at cinefamily july 2nd (with video screening by john wiese)!

yeah, there's always great stuff the night before I can leave NYC. :/

i know little of la and this thread, but i needed a place to put this:

http://vimeo.com/97726387

look for me (or hide) July 7 thru 12

also I'm willing to stay in a no-frills Hollywood dump again, but do you think i'd be bored downtown? (obv need to be near bus/train)

found a decent room abt 3 blocks from H'wood & Vine, so that's that.

X is playing at the Roxy? Will Exene get me in free if I bring a gun?

also I guess I should get my friend in the Valley to drive me to the Getty Villa one morning? Only got to Santa Monica and Venice at dusk last time, Malibu not at all.

can't say for sure, but this midnight horror at Cinefamily on the 11th might be appealing:

http://www.cinefamily.org/films/friday-night-frights/#friday-night-frights-the-changeling

What is the capacity of that place?

Also, I should go to both Getty branches, right?

cinefamily holds a couple hundred or so i think?

i haven't been to the getty villa, but the getty on the 405 is lovely.

The Villa is also nice, but visit before Europe reclaims all its plundered antiquities.

both nice, but if you have time for only one, see the 405.

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

both iirc

and Cinefamily definitely holds a few hundred - if you get there early enough, though, you can get a sofa in the front, not just a regular seat

(a couple of times last year I was non-early enough to end up on a folding stool in the aisle)

Echo Park, 4th of July

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10352147_10203850937254424_8342524981984837240_n.jpg

I hope all the "Los Angeles Apocalypse" stock photo collections get updated with that one.

sic, I dither on trusting an Austrlian re edible meats.

Taking the Coaster up this morning... what's with this 89 degrees shit?

I'm only going on information received (though plan to conduct my own research in Oct), but am bemused at this prejudice against a slow-roasted lamb leg or tender kangaroo loin!

^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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