LAist: Why There's Rarely Any Good Shows on the Westside

TarPitRob

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:29:28 -0800

I live on the Westside, and would have gone to the show, but I was too tired from my day job of kicking puppies and evicting the elderly from their homes. Instead, I mellowed out to Phil Collins "No jacket Required" with a $100 cigar, waxed my beemer, and put in some work for the vast right wing conspiracy. You really have us figured out Tony.

fac21

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:36:49 -0800

the smca did many things right, but not *everything*. they clearly were not prepared for so many drinkers -- they only had two bars and the lines were RIDICULOUSLY long. the wait looked about 15 minutes. so the lady and i didn't bother. parking lot filled up quickly of course, but fortunately there was a parking structure a coupla blocks away that was free. would have been nice for the smca to post some signs directing peeps to the structure. the band, the sound and the lighting were all pretty good.

le_slash

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:26:22 -0800

Well, just got back from the show and have to say it was kinda amazing. Never knew how awesome the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was. Not usually a big fan of larger venues, but the SMCA seemed to do everything right - the lighting design was pulled off with a gusto usually reserved for amphitheatre-or-larger venues, and the sound was top-notch. And it was fucking loud - what an idea for a rock show! As for the crowd draw, the place seemed pretty packed - the crowd was thick all the way from the front of the stage to the rear entrances, and there weren't more than handful of open seats in the stands. Being LA, not a lot of dancing to be seen in that crowd, but still . . . More importantly, Rilo Kiley kicked ass! (There's more to them than just 'Moneymaker' guys.)

Chad M

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:49:55 -0800

Tony, Sorry buddy but your an idiot! First, Rilo is great and all, but I wouldn't back to see her live, unless she was with postal service. Second, that song moneymaker is god awful, maybe your the one without taste if you actually think thats a good tune. Only good moneymaker I have ever heard was done by The Black Crows, and that would be shake your moneymaker. Third, I love how you say how the video is "Hot" if I judge music by the bands being hot or videos being hot then I would prob be able to write an idiotic article like you did. Tony is one of those band wagon indy fans who just found out about these tunes, otherwise he would be bitchin about how Rilo is playing such a large venue that seats 3000 people.

nicksm

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:16:01 -0800

i agree - tony is an idiot. his moronic ranting that "garrett anderson hates black people" was enough for said conclusion several months ago, but why must we suffer through his eastside indulgence?

Smidty77

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:02:28 -0800

I used to support you Tony. Not anymore. I live in Santa Monica. I have lived all over LA (including many parts of Hollywood) and Santa Monica is far and away my favorite to date. I happen to not like RK. But the Westside has many great music venues (mentioned above) and no one yet has asked the obvious question... if you expect Westsiders to go East for a great show and if you love RK so much why don't YOU go west? I think you lost all of the support you might have once had on this site. Even from eastsiders.

guest

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:49:39 -0800

I'm with the guest #19 looking for an alternative site. I don't read LAist nearly as often as I used to thanks to Tony's rants and his rude comments to readers. I get entertainment info from LAWeekly.com and LA.com, but if anyone knows of other good sites, please post them!

bobzilla77

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:44:26 -0800

What do you have against Peet's Coffee??

guest

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:17:59 -0800

p.s. no one should be allowed to remain the LAist editor while not living in SoCal for over 6 months at a time.

guest

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:17:23 -0800

my god, tony you are such a fucking idiot. 1) this Rilo album sucks 2) this venue sucks 3) this venue is huge (3,000 capacity!) 4) it's on a Monday night 5) so now you don't like Whole Foods? Where is it okay for people to fuckin' grocery shop according to you? 6) you love public transit, why diss the blue buses?

guest

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:38:09 -0800

What a fuckin' douche

cutephase

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:49:12 -0800

agreed, no one is going to this show because "moneymaker" has GOT to be the cheesiest stupid-ass song to come out in a while...the lyrics are LAME and its a Cars "living is stereo" ripoff - embarassing

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:19:41 -0800

Patti Smith LOVED playing Santa Monica - for free

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:17:13 -0800

Suck smog Tony.

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:47:25 -0800

wow - tony pierce really is a dick. I subscribe to this site to get news about what's happening in LA, not listen to some adolescent, hipper-than-thou dipshit. Can anyone suggest an alternative site?

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:35:44 -0800

Hey Tony, ever heard of Temple Bar?

themixtapeclub

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:58:33 -0800

Maybe because the new RK album is s stinker.

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:29:35 -0800

Wow. I mean, WOW. This is so incredibly misguided, I don't know where to begin. I'm curious: Do you actually introduce yourself in public as an LAist writer, so you can be linked with inane thoughts like these? This stunningly inaccurate view of Westside is not befitting of someone with your pulpit. (Tivo "Dancing with Stars" as a "Westside" thing? Really? How?) Step down before you really harm any shot at a real career in the future. Seriously, the whole city is laughing at you. You will not be able to point to anything you did on LAist proudly besides a raw hit count that can be achieved by loading content with TMZ scraps. And uh, using your bizarre logic, the reason the Interpol show at the Forum hasn't sold out is somehow the City of Inglewood's fault. Explain that one, Einstein.

samkim

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:22:21 -0800

Well the show IS on a MONDAY. Which is a little difficult for a lot more people. Especially all those teenyboppers...they were out in full force last night at SOMA. Yes, I drove to San Diego to see the show b/c my friends and I couldn't watch it on a Monday night (and not because of football! and so i could eat at PHil's bbq). But it was a great show. GOP is fucking awesome (they were on tour with the elected last year). Rilo Kiley even do a nice cover :). Santa Monica also happens to do a much better job regarding sustainability/environmental issues than the rest of Los Angeles. And better weather.

coreyander

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:09:38 -0800

Ah, now that's some good old fashioned family parochialism. I forgot how much I missed middle school.

blazingshark

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:30:24 -0800

Last night I was going to show my roomie something from earlier in the day and we both read this post first. We live in Santa Monica. For the most part, we like our neighborhood. We have an inexpensive apartment north of Wilshire. He's a teacher. I work at a nonprofit. We choose to live here because we like to live close to our jobs. Thanks for making us feel like real a$$holes!

AbbotKinney

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:06:16 -0800

Let's start with the first rule in LAIST's comment policy: "Do not post threatening, harassing, defamatory, or libelous material." I suggest laist.com practice what it preaches. Or maybe I should just wait for you to lose your writing gig, pawn your Gibson guitar for drug money, skip paying your rent until you are evicted, get kicked off your friend's couch, move back home to Cleveland and hang yourself with your white leather studded douche-bag belt. Then this site can return to informing its readers instead of dividing them.

Jacy Young

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:49:25 -0800

I have always thought we were above neighborhood hating on LAist! I have lived all over this great city of ours and there are good and bad things about living anywhere. I would love it if there were more shows at the Civic, I saw Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth and a bunch of great bands there when I was a kid. SM also has the pier in the summertime and Culver City has jazz then too. Let's not hate, but spread the good word about every part of the city.

Elise Thompson

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:15:29 -0800

Sorry, man, but I have to say that some great, historic venues have been on the Westside - The Music Machine, Culver City Auditorium, and now Liquid Kitty and McCabe's Guitar Shop continue the tradition. And what about the killer summer concerts on the pier? The Santa Monica Civic is a huge venue that holds 3,000 people. The Roxy only holds 750, and Patti Smith plays there.

shant

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:08:42 -0800

The chick from The Wizard is so hot.

mieternofugaz

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:40:17 -0800

Blegh on the Westside.

guest

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:37:27 -0800

Uh, Rilo Kiley new album sucks, maybe that's why it hasn't sold out. It's bad enough that I actually believe the rumors that Lewis is trying to sink the band to focus on her solo career. Seriously, I don't know anyone that thinks it's good, and these are hardcore Kiley fans.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:38:36 -0800

Can we please make some serious editorial changes at LAist. This eastside condescension is so tired. Is Laist a site about all of LA or just the hipster eastside? Maybe we could split the site - let Tony have eastside Laist and get someone else for Westside LAist. The focus of this site is so narrow it is a joke. Is there coverage of the Westside or aimed to appeal to the Westside (other than possibly Venice which is simply like a little eastside outpost). The Westside is still part of the LA area is it not?

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:26:43 -0800

holy shit! that is some serious westside hating. i am a westsider that wouldn't be caught dead at a good charlotte show and i loathe dave matthews. but the reason i'm not going to see this show is because the venue blows. have you ever heard music in this place? it sucks. so on behalf of all the cool people on the westside [me specifically, i'm in venice where a lot of hipsters live] just because we're not going to this show doesn't mean we suck. and as we go to the eastside all the frickin time for shows, why aren't you eastsiders buying tickets to this amazing show?

pinoy

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:32:18 -0800

I got my tickets for Monday night long time ago. I'm hoping it's going to be long set considering it's the last show of the tour. I'm also sure it's going to be hell trying to stay awake the next day at work.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:54:22 -0800

Nobody is going to see Rilo Kiley because they stink.

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:08:03 -0800

Dear lord, PLEASE tell me I don't deserve to see Rilo Kiley. That's the best compliment anybody's paid me all day.

echo

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:16:33 -0800

Westside, ewwww ... you got that right TonyP !