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Garth Trinidad Returns to Weeknights on KCRW from 8 to 10pm (Nov 22 2008 01:29 GMT)
The circle nears completion. The one item remaining, as I see it, would be the Joe Frank weekly. From KCRW’s DJ Wire… Garth Trinidad Returns to Weeknights on KCRW from 8 to 10pm Starting December 1, KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad returns to weeknights, hosting a music show from 8 to 10pm PST, the slot previously occupied by [...
Part Time Punks Festival, November 16, 2008, Echo & Echoplex (Bands A-M) (Nov 21 2008 18:29 GMT)
A Certain Ratio, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti, Daytime Television, Grimble Grumble, Love Is All (pictured above), Magic Bullets & Medium Medium.
For Sale on Melrose: Wolverine?s Daughter, 2 Books, Taco Bell, Thundercats, Movies, Money?My Heart (Nov 21 2008 17:43 GMT)
You just have to admire the DIY ethic. At first I thought this guy took the whole “give the computer the finger” motif so far that he hand-lettered each of these ridiculous signs (commonly posted paired with a second sign, each with a separate message and separate phone number). Closer scrutiny, however, reveals disappointing evidence [...
Part Time Punks Festival, November 16, 2008, Echo & Echoplex (Bands N-W) (Nov 21 2008 16:28 GMT)
Nervous Gender, Nodzzz, The Nightingales, Pylon, Savage Republic, The Urinals, The Wildstares, Vivian Girls (pictured above) & Warpaint.
ADULT. at the Silent Movie Theater - live DECAMPMENT (Nov 20 2008 20:17 GMT)
Tuesday night’s first filmic performance by the band ADULT. (for there were two back-to-back performances) was full of familiar faces as well as just plain full. Local electronic intelligentsia, from theremin players (Kevin Li of Seksu Roba) to three-year-old impressers (DJ Lance Rock from Yo! Gabba!
Gang Gang Dance, El Rey Theater, November 15, 2008 (Nov 18 2008 19:51 GMT)
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Marnie Stern, El Rey Theater, November 15, 2008 (Nov 18 2008 19:40 GMT)
Marnie Stern | MySpace This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That &
KCRW Announces New Music Director Jason Bentley (Nov 17 2008 18:35 GMT)
KCRW Announces New Music Director Jason Bentley The longtime KCRW DJ will leave his current evening time slot to host Morning Becomes Eclectic starting in December. KCRW announces the appointment of Jason Bentley as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, effective December 1. Bentley will leave his current evening time slot to take over KCRW?s [...]
Losanjealous Concert Picks: Nov. 17 - 23 (Nov 17 2008 17:21 GMT)
PICK OF THE WEEK OF MONTREAL w/ Health Saturday 11/22 The Palladium Info | [ENTER TO WIN] Contest closed. THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS
Happy Holidays: Stevie Wonder Playing Nokia Theatre in December (Nov 17 2008 16:38 GMT)
HEADS UP Stevie Wonder’s House Full of Toys @ Nokia Theatre Sat 12/13 General ticket onsale is TODAY at 10am. Buy them here. Good luck. »
Five Second Bar Review: Stinkers (Silver Lake) (Nov 14 2008 22:10 GMT)
I could be wrong, but I don’t think we’ve done a straight-ahead bar review on these pages since June 2006, back when wayward contributor Annie mouthed off about the Spotlight and Bar 107. Drumroll, new bar just opened, here goes nothing. WHAT I AM WRITING ABOUT Stinkers Truck Stop WHY IT IS NOTEWORTHY Stinkaz (can I get informal here?
How To Create A 110? Tall Tree Out Of Multiple Trees And Make It Look Perfectly Fake: The Grove Christmas Tree Primer (Nov 13 2008 20:22 GMT)
For Christ’s Sake! It’s That Time of Year Again… How To Create A 110′
Head: Monkees Movie Comes Home Again (Nov 12 2008 14:50 GMT)
Forty years ago, Jack Nicholson and a bunch of dudes who would go on to do Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces co-wrote their first avant-garde, marijuana-laced cinematic masterpiece. It’s purpose: to bring a pre-fab boy band called the Monkees out of the teenie bopper magazines and into the hearts of hippies. It [...
Worst Derby Writeup Ever: LA Derby Dolls Championship @ the Doll Factory, 11/8/2008 (Nov 12 2008 14:10 GMT)
For reasons too horrible to explicate, DF found himself stranded in Washington, DC this past Saturday eve when the Sirens faced off against the Tough Cookies for 2008 LA Derby Dolls supremacy. Herein lies the sad tale of a roller derby obsessive stuck three thousand miles from the action on the biggest night of [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Free No Age & Titus Andronicus Free Los Angeles ShockHound Free Show, December 2, Troubadour?Free Tickets Available Now (Nov 12 2008 14:00 GMT)
PHOTO BY SUNG: Randy Randall of No Age. We hinted at it a couple of weeks ago and maybe you caught news of the NYC show a couple of days ago. Today, finally, we can reveal the full details on your free Los Angeles No Age & Titus Andronicus show celebrating the launch of ShockHound.
What Are You Going As? (Oct 30 2008 22:16 GMT)
I am going as DR TEETH from the Electric Mayhem. Not Sexy Dr Teeth; just regular Dr Teeth. Golden teeth and golden tones. Welcome to my presence!
No Age Tapped to Introduce ShockHound to the Masses (Oct 30 2008 16:03 GMT)
PHOTO: No Age by Sung. Maybe you’ve seen these ShockHound ads on the site–maybe there’
Well I Hope Neil Young Will Remember (Oct 30 2008 13:11 GMT)
A southern man don’t need him around, anyhow! Also, Watergate did not bother me. Remember Neil, not just any band becomes an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Alabama State Militia courtesy George Wallace. I guess since the show is cancelled let’
Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age: Free Show Wednesday (10/29): Vague, Blackberry-Themed Instructions Below (Oct 29 2008 03:54 GMT)
This Just In The Fighters and the QOTSA will shill a few Blackberries for the sake of free rock Wednesday eve, and that’s perfectly fine by us. Set times unknown. Venue unknown, though Oscar’s saying it’
Under $10: Bab Jip Corean Cuisine (Oct 28 2008 20:08 GMT)
PREFACE I had not posted a single photo on Flickr for 365 straight days. I logged in. I looked at the photos in my “contact list.”
Losanjealous Concert Picks: Oct. 27 - Nov. 2 (Oct 27 2008 17:17 GMT)
PICK OF THE WEEK NEIL YOUNG w/ Death Cab for Cutie & Everest Thursday October 30 The Forum Info UPDATE 10/29: SHOW CANCELED. From the press release: After the Bridge School Benefit Concert this past Sunday, Young was advised that the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union, Local 33, planned to picket his show at the Forum this Thursday.
Girl Talk, Henry Fonda Theater, October 24, 2008 (Oct 27 2008 17:06 GMT)
Historic November Date Draws Near (Oct 27 2008 13:44 GMT)
Doubtless you knew I was referring to November 9, which is the cutoff date for adding a wish to one of Yoko Ono’s wish trees currently choking the entrance patio of Gordon Biersch in Old Town Pasadena. In a nutshell: You have until November 9 to go to Pasadena, make a wish and tie it to [...]
DEVELOPING: As Election Nears, Sunset Boulevard Slowly Bringing Unity To Wide Array of Diverse, Inspirational, Tasteful, Appropriate, Tacky, Alfred E.Neuman-cum-Lincolnable, Inappropriate, Ludicrous Wheatpaste Obama Posters (Oct 25 2008 22:01 GMT)
Above: Three battleground Obama posters gradually coalesce, suggesting unity while continuing to individually vie for eyeballs. Note, six Sheps™ fit tidily in the space of five Non-Sheps™, thereby affording the Shep™
Robyn, Spaceland, October 22, 2008 (Oct 25 2008 16:51 GMT)
Full photo gallery & write-up below. Last week, Robyn played a special acoustic headline show at Spaceland’s Club NME night. Accompanied by just a keyboardist,the Swedish singer performed a selection of down tempo tunes from her current album. |