Los Angeles Thread #10: Climb Mount Analog

no worries -- feel better!

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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

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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."

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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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