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Are you sick of being predictable and want to avoid the obvious Sunset Junction this weekend, but you don't know whats crackin'?
This Saturday at the Standard Hollywood the local riff-raff will be floating in a pool sipping a free Colt 45, getting the worse sunburns of the summer. Classy? Of course, nothing less for us here at LAist.
The event is put on by Vice Magazine and Blow Up LA, and should be cool, because even if you miss the Noon-1pm or 4pm-5pm free Colt 45 sessions, there are 40's for cheap being served all day long to keep you toasty. It could be much worse considering this admission cost is having a pulse (and an RSVP).
The whole deal is from Noon to 6pm and you gotta RSVP here, cuz that's just how they roll. But it could offer an alternative to the traffic disaster we all know as Sunset Junction. So get into the pool, throw the bottle back, and keep on keeping it real.
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As much as I enjoy Vice magazine, there are better places to spend a Saturday than choosing to surround oneself with coked-out hipsters aching to have their glassy-eyed mugs photographed by the Cobrasnake or that pervy-looking Terry Richardson. But being forced to fork over $15 to enter Sunset Junction (where there'll be more hipsters in their Marc Jacobs) isn't appealing either.
May I suggest the free El Vez show in downtown on Saturday night? You can bring your own alcohol (as long as you drink it out of a cup), which if you have a decent palate will be better than Colt 45. And don't forget TofuFest in Little Tokyo where there'll be plenty of Japanese beer! Yum!
So they'll be serving Colt 45, how very clever.
Maybe someone will do a drive-by.
Is Vice the crips and Blow Up LA the bloods? Or are they all 18th Street?
Jane
Jane, still the ignorant slut.
go figure.
Yeah and you're still the ball-less wonder Ben Bang.
Jane
EL-VEZ!? Yeah, that sounds like a blast. Definately better than Ben Harper and the Buzzcocks. Iteot.
Jane, get some new material. the watts post was over a week ago.
I would like to see the Buzzcocks, but I would like to see them circa 1978--not 2007. I'm still sticking to El Vez and I'm not afraid to say it. His shows are funny.
MMA fans could check out this event in Orange County, http://www.nolimitsmma.com/MMA-Mixed-Martial-Arts-Ultimate-Fighting-Orange-/el-9.aspx
Should be some good fights, kind of expensive but the quality of fighters should be pretty high, and these MMA events usually have scalpers selling tickets cheaper.
I'd go but I wanna see Blonde Redhead, and I don't feel like going out to fn Pomona on Sunday... in addition to driving to fn Orange County on Saturday...
Anti,
I think you're misdirecting sweetie.
You should be talking to your pet Ben Bang aka guest. He keeps bringing this up on all kinds of blogs, not sure if that helps or hurts. Most things go away if you just stop talking about it, but Ben doesn't seem to understand that concept. I told him to get better drugs, but I don't think he took my advice.
Are you sure your pet isn't trying to eat you?
I had a friend who was obsessed with me, I had to get a restraining order against them (look as his blog man, it's like SWF, but in blog form, "Anti is so awesome, Tony is so awesome, I love them, I want to be just like them, everyone at LAist is so awesome...")
Kind of creepy...
I wasn't even thinking about Watts, but come to think of it, this is kind of the same theme.
My comments weren't commentary on you the writer or even how you wrote it, but on the concept itself. It's just critiquing what I read and not just accepting everything at face value. That kind of thing is fun for me. I like thinking and stuff.
I didn't know the comments where only for shout outs of how awesome the ads, opps, I mean stories are.
Aren't we touchy, touchy? Did I hurt your feelings. I'm sorry :) I think you did a great job with this bit of PR for Vice. Right on for you. I give you a gold star.
Initially I hadn't realized you wrote this, so again good for you.
Hey I think a comment is good. That means I took the time to read it.
Did I make it all better?
You need to lighten up a bit Anti, just let it roll off.
Anyways possibly you boys can help me with my account, I still can't sign into this damn thing.
Jane
I made my account work. You irritated me so much that you helped me break through my technical barriers. Thanks Anti.
I promise to not bring up that other "thing" anymore, but also you have to not be paranoid and thinking I'm talking about that "thing" when I'm clearly mocking a new topic.
Jane aka Browne
You get to guess which one is my real name.
i am not ben and i am the one who called you the ignorant slut.
mostly, i just thought it was funny. i really like c. 1970 SNL.
anyhow, er.....HI!
Oh, if you're not Ben, I'm sorry for being a paranoid freak.
This is the internet. You're allowed to be an ass at times, because it's so bloody easy.
Rick-Jane aka Superfreak
Arn't we all a little too "native angelino" for Standard rooftop parties anyway?
mat-
Hey Jane, you'll know when I post because my name will be attached.
Bitch.
Shit Jane, I should've read that long, rambling screed of yours before. Where's my head? Must be all those evil "drugs".
So, you've figured out that every anonymous "guest" who calls you a name isn't me. Wonderful. I never called you a thing here until the comment above, thank you very much.
Nice try on the whole stalkerattzi angle. Though by your standards I suppose Katie Couric must wanna suck Barry Bonds' dick because she said such nice things about him on her show when he hit that home run... and I suppose Hillary Clinton wants to toss my salad because she says my vote is important to her.
But you said it yourself, you're a paranoid freak.
Glad we got that cleared up. Now stop projecting your daddy issues onto other people, sweetheart.
Dear Katie,
I got two comments in a row from you.
So you like Barry Bonds too? You're setting the bar kind of high. You got to focus on people who are attainable.
I see I made you unhappy. I didn't mean to, I was just playing. Sorry ok? No hard feelings?
Jane
Ben Bang,
"Hillary Clinton wants to toss my salad because she says my vote is important to her." Ben Bang
Now that's kind of funny. Look I like being annoying online, but I really don't want to actually piss people off in a real way, at least not a person such as yourself. I'd rather piss off and annoy Eli Broad, George Bush, and the other usual suspects.
I'm going to let our little thing go, if you do the same, hey that would be great. Though I guess you can give me one more dig, since I called you Katie.
If you go to the Viceland thing, say hi to me ok? I'll have a name tag that says "Hi I'm Jane."
Love,
Jane
BTW, the link in the origional post to Blow Up LA is completely incorrect.
That is some website some kid has to put up pix of his friends. I dunno.
Try www.Myspace.com/BlowUpLA
Hearts.
the Blow Up LA link has been corrected, thanks!
the REAL Blow Up LA