Los Angeles, California

(I am able to work now since the show got out at 9:30 PM)

I love Numbers. MMMHMHMMM I want to hug and kissssss them.

I will.

Coachwhips (SF)
400 Blows
Other Voices (member of The Minibosses from Phoenix, AZ)
The Mae Shi
Dynasty Handbag (SF)

I'm guessing that I won't see you here then, eh, gygax?

I just saw Low at Spaceland.

Lame o...

i would rather siphon an oil tanker worth of rotten eggs and stale vomit into my stomach.

I didn't think you meant it until I read that the vomit would be stale.

Stars were great last night, btw.

Also, sign me up for Mills@suckdae tomorrow.

(i've never been there. do they require you to wear 'easy rider' gear?)

guess i need to be more 'fonda' the facts!

(is bridget still married to ted turner?)

i know the capacity is like 2000 people but i will be wearing jeans and a t-shirt with this on the front.

Also, Prince @ The Staples Center next Monday

The show last night was the Sharp Ease and DDM opening for the Von Bondies, at the Troubadour. DDM are two dudes dressed all in white - one of them, tall and dignified-looking, wails away on a drumkit, while his partner, a somewhat goofy guy with a stone-faced, "I'm dead serious!" schtick, plays a few jagged bars on a guitar, sets them to repeat, then puts down the guitar... plays a few shrill keyboard riffs, and sets those to repeat... then, to go along with the synth 'n' guitar soundscape he has created, he busts out a few robot dance moves, sings-screams-chants dramatically, drops to his knees (while wearing just white boxer shorts down beneath, no pants - ouch), wades out into the crowd and puts a guy in a headlock, etc. All the while, his buddy is really pounding on that kit!

The frontman's a bit silly... like other frontpeople these days I could name, he seems to want to be "wild" and "confrontational," but seems just half-assed about it. But the drummer was really good, and their set was definitely entertaining. Their one song I really liked had lyrics that went something like, "I've got shit in my pants!, and piss in my bed!..."

My girlfriend has the CD, and says it's not great... you have to see them, get hit will the drums and live synth to get the experience, she says... (I just checked out a few MP3s on their site, and it's true, they're pretty bland.)

(The whole time they were performing, I kept blankly thinking "Andrew WK vs. Wolf Eyes" - because of the white outfits and the noisy synth and the go-for-broke attitude. I don't have any idea what Wolf Eyes actually sound like, of course.)

So the Von Bondies stank? I have been meaning to pick up their CD, because "C'mon C'mon" is like my favorite single of the year -- I can't believe that's not huge on KROQ. Is it a fluke that that song rules? Does the rest of the album blow?

(Franz Ferdinand, on the other hand, tore down the Troubadour last week! We've got tickets to see them at the Avalon in June, but I'm really glad that we saw them when and where we did... what a show!)

(I also wouldn’t personally recommend Fabiolus. If you want Italian restaurant recs specifically, I have a few)

Next door to the museum of Jurassic technology is the very excellent center for land use interpretation which displays documentation of human incursions on the landscape from land art to engineering projects. Literally next door

In the Culver city area there is the Wende museum devoted to cold war history in an artful rather than didactic way.

On the palisade above the beach in Santa Monica there is a fun camera obscura inside a senior center. May be closed due to covid.

The Griffith park observatory has some very Jurassic like aspects from its excellent architecture to the long walkway lined with space themed costume jewelry.

The Lifes exhibit as the Hammer museum has some Jurassic qualities in it's effort to appeal to all sensory modalities and weird assortment of stuff.
The dioramas and the bird room at the museum of natural history.

If I think of more I'll pop in again

yeah the panorama is worth checking out, have been to some cool screenings/readings there. also the garden of oz in the hollywood hills (if it’s open?)

The Fern Dell to Griffith Observatory hike is a real pleasure on a nice day (if you can handle the uphill grade).

okay, just purchased tickets to:

the broad incl the kusama infinity room
pipilotti rist show at moca geffen
academy museum
velaslavasay panorama
museum of jurassic technology

watts towers seem v closed rn and idk if it's worth the trek just to look at them from outside the fence :(

also gonna do the following:

silver lake/los feliz: tiki-ti, soap plant/wacko, skylight books
dtla: grand central market, maybe guisados?, the last bookstore, westin bonaventure hotel

is it worth doing or trying to do the big fashion district in dtla?
are there any other weird must-see things i must see?

Guisados is a must

The Bradbury Bldg. downtown is fun, if you're a Blade Runner fan (think someone mentioned it above)

Stevie your itinerary is very close to my own in 2019. Have fun! Where are you staying?

Stevie, you should go to Hollywood Forever cemetery -- i think there's a rad dude that does funny tours of it?

A rad girl that does funny tours: https://www.cemeterytour.com

Oh I thought abt going to that cemetery!!

I am staying in Koreatown right off the purple line and I am definitely going to a spa at some point

I’d also recommend the Santa Monica pier at sunset. Touristy but really pretty. Maybe some LA people know some better spots on the coast

i love LA so much, honestly probably my favorite city in the US

had such a good time there last week. i wanna move there so bad, $$$$$$ tho. if i had the cash i wouldn't think twice

marcos tell me what to do!!!!

black american portraits at LACMA is SO impressive. definitely check it out. LACMA is under construction but the exhibit is open
we ate korean food in some mall restaurant in koreatown, so fucking good
went on a bike ride up the beach from venice to will rogers beach -- "ginger rogers" is the gay beach! maps gave me the heads up on the gay thread. i felt so free on that bike it was amazing
walked up to little ethiopia, so many restaurants
ucla botanical gardens were dope as fuck, meant to go to huntington garden too but LACMA took its spot that afternoon
went to Trulee Hall's exhibit from LA Nomadic Division, https://nomadicdivision.org/exhibition/trulee-hall/, hilarious and fun tbh, i think it may be done now though
biking around in general, the main streets are a little terrifying but cutting through all these residential streets LA is fucking beautiful tbh

i wanted to go out dancing but didn't, the trip was part work for me and w/ jet lag i was so beat.

it was only a few days, i wanna go back more and more and more

oh that's pretty much my dream lineup, lacma, koreatown and ginger rogers. that black american portraits exhibit was at the top of our list for the trip we didn't take last december. la is the best city in the us it's true. keep dreaming of going back for a vacay but skint lately, maybe it'll happen soon though.

i do The Punk Rock Graveyard Tour at Hollywood Forever! It's less Renee Adoré and more Rozz Willams (you won't see any music people that made music after 1944 on the other tour)

https://www.instagram.com/punkrockgraveyardtour

I took a spectacular hike a couple weeks ago in Los Leones Canyon.

biking around in general, the main streets are a little terrifying but cutting through all these residential streets LA is fucking beautiful tbh

oh yeah, this time of year is probably perfect weather. i skated residential streets from echo park to amoeba and parts of it are like not even being in the middle of LA.
I had a super Bibimbap in K-town once, too. Forget the name, but was a VERY large restaurant

damn I didn't even schedule LACMA but maybe I'll go after the Academy Museum depending on how tired I am/if there's tix available

academy museum is such bullshit but the terrace is nice

maybe but I wanna see the Miyazaki exhibit

The Miyazaki exhibit is interesting / worth the price of admission if you're into his stuff. I agree the museum itself is... not good. The whole thing needs to be reconceptualized or something.

it’s hit or miss and tbh i was underwhelmed by the Miyazaki exhibit. the sci-fi montage rotunda room was my favorite part

So I have a ticket into the former Bob Hope airport and am sposed to be there for a week one month from now…but I am of course wondering if I should cancel in light of BA2… I guess if someone would care to talk about their recent experiences traveling to LA and whether the mask compliance is good there, whether you felt OK about outside vs. inside socializing …it seems like a lot of ILxors went there recently, according to this thread…

Cases are indeed rising a bit, but not as high as (say) SF at the moment (or especially parts of the East Coast, as I understand). Of course who knows what things will look like in a month.

Mask "compliance," as in wearing? (they're not required most places indoors in LA County anymore), is moderate to low I guess, depending on the area/neighborhood. If cases increased significantly, I have no doubt the county would quickly re-impose the ordinance, as that's how they roll.