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May 31, 2008
Photo by Bonnie BonBon via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Saturday, May 31, 2008 The Cure @ Hollywood Bowl Uh Huh Her @ Roxy Theatre The Fiery Furnaces, Grand Ole Party @ Spaceland My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult @ Boardner's Beirut, The Brunettes, Devon Williams @ Wiltern Iron Maiden, Anthrax @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, The Muslims, AM @ pehrspace Swervedriver, Film School, Xu Xu Fang @ Music Box/Henry...
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Photo by Avvocatessa Lo via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. FESTIVAL If you love going to really random festivals, then you should definitely check out the Los Angeles Accordion Festival this weekend. With three days of music featuring the [timeless?] accordion, who can resist? 6 p.m. // Fraternity of Eagles Aerie 2188 // 1596 W. Yosemite Dr, Eagle Rock // (323) 257-8869 // $10 PARTY Aimee Mann and her CD cover artist...
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Try hard and you might get this hang loose feeling from checking out the Hawaiian Fest in Northridge Photo by bhollar via Flickr Annual Northridge Ho Olau lea (Hawaiian Fest) Say Aloha to the the 50th state with a taste of the food and fun of Hawaii. Lots of Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts, vendors with all sorts of goods, fresh floral leis, loads of food (shaved ice!!!!), and beer. Luckily it won't be...
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Saturday night, La Luz De Jesus Gallery is hosting a CD release party & signing for the new Aimee Mann record @#%&! Smilers, featuring the work of critically hailed artist Gary Taxali. Mann, who is no stranger to teaming with artists for cover artwork, won a Grammy in 2006 for her collaboration with painter Owen Smith. This one night event will feature 17 original Taxali illustrations done for the album. Extremely limited silkscreen prints will...
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On Wednesday, local band (and Cobrasnake favorites) The Like (MySpace) reemerged from nearly a year-long hiatus and performed at Club 86 in Hollywood, with a half hour set consisting entirely of newer songs (with the exception of "Release Me"). In attendance were the bandmembers' families (Tony Berg, Mitchell Froom, and Pete Thomas) and friends, which combined with the choice of venue, made this show feel like an intimate "living room" performance. Afterwards, Thomas and...
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May 30, 2008
With the Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers (ahhhhhhh, that's nice) on hold for a week and the Blue Crew in the Big Apple taking on the Metropolitans, there's free stuff in Anaheim this weekend at Angel Stadium. The Angels (32-23) take on the Toronto Blue Jays (30-26) tonight through Sunday afternoon. Every Friday night home game ends with Big Bang fireworks which feel pretty damn close, especially if you're up in the nose bleeds....
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Publishers of all stripes are selling books of all types. Jules Asner signed Whacked (she is gorgeous in person), Alan Cheuse signed The Fires, and Garth Stein signed The Art of Racing in the Rain. From fiction and business books to green books and cookbooks (and wine guides -- a bonus for this Wine Novice), writers, publishers and booksellers are hob-knobbing and handing out invites to tonight's biggest book parties. On various panels throughout the...
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Last Friday, singer/actress Mandy Moore (MySpace) headlined a sold-out show at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood that included American Pie actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (MySpace) as well as singer-songwriters Curtis Peoples (MySpace), Brett Young (MySpace), and Canadian Serena Ryder (MySpace). During her set, Moore mentioned the Hotel Cafe being her favorite venue for shows in Los Angeles, adopting a new dog named Joni (after one of her idols, Joni Mitchell), and flying the following...
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How dope was it that Jack was listening to the Pixies on the "Lost" season finale last night? Word has leaked out that NBC Universal and investment partners have put a $3.5 billion bid on the table for The Weather Channel. Way to jump on the climate change bandwagon. Did the writers at Letterman have an idea this was coming? Here's their Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The Weather Channel from May 7th. $3.5...
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Derek, have you got your cup on? Because I will hit you there. | Photo courtesy of Paramount Vantage These days in Hollywood, ''low budget" films usually end up costing more than the runway rentals to land Steven Spielberg's ego. That's why it's so exciting to see truly low-budget films actually get made without all of the self-examination and scrutiny that comes with the ability to shoot more than one take. And it's even...
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Screw this! When's the 'Arliss' movie coming out? | Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema There's really no point in me carping or teasing about Sex and the City since it's obviously not a movie for me. Early ticket sales are showing it to be a surprisingly big hit in its first weekend. Maybe it's success will convince HBO to get off its ass, throw out a big pile of money and put together...
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Film, theatre, music, games and even Point Break! are going on about town tonight. / Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via LAist's flickr pool. GUITAR HEROES The Guitar Center in Northridge is displaying its “Legends Collection” – famous guitars of rock gods. On display will be Eric Clapton’s “Blackie” and Gibson “335,” Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Lenny” and the Edge’s custom Les Paul. Replicas of Clapton’s and Vaughn’s guitars will be for sale – but...
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The Flight of the Conchords play two sold-out (boo!) concerts this weekend via their MySpace page There are two upcoming music fundraising events of interest. At King King on Sunday, Ben Lee, Crash Kings and DJ David Roberti will all play a benefit concert to raise funds for a school that will serve the children of the Tashirat Orphanage and the impoverished children in the surrounding community of Tepoztlan, Mexico. Enough funds need to...
Continue Reading "Tonight & This Weekend in Rock: Benefit Me"Los Angeles really can be an amazing place sometimes. Where else will an artist the stature and as experienced as Elvis Costello decide to play a secret, free midnight show? Very, very few places. Luckily, we are in Los Angeles and this exact thing did happen Wednesday night. Announcing the show at 7pm on Indie 103.1, Costello came straight from his performance in support of the Police, and proceeded to rock the El Rey for...
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After a great start to the festival with a outstanding first day filled with solid performances from REM and MIA, day two continued picked up right where it left off the night before, rain and all. Luckily the rain subsided just before the first acts of the started and gave way to some beautiful weather that lasted throughout the day....
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May 29, 2008
It is with great sadness that LAist notes the passing of comedy legend Harvey Korman who died today at the UCLA Medical Center. He was 81 years old. Korman died of complications from an abdominal aortic aneurysm that ruptured four months ago. As someone who grew up during the 1970s, weekends culminated in viewing the "Carol Burnett Show". The singing numbers were endured in order to enjoy the payoff of watching sketches and parodies featuring...
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The big story of the night is the season finale of "Lost". The problem for "Lost"-haters, and they do exist, is that there are very few other options this evening. Programming on ABC is dominated by 3 hours of "Lost" and the other majors are throwing just program repeats or reality contests at it. The NY Times reports that TiVo shamed market analysts by turning a nice profit last quarter instead of a forecast...
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Brooklyn indie rockers Pela were supposed to play Spaceland back on March 8, but a few days before, frontman Billy McCarthy was injured while playing a gig in Chicago, forcing them to cancel the rest of their tour. The injury occurred during the show's triumphant finale... as the band played the anthemic 'Cavalry' the frenzied crowd climbed up on stage to sing and dance along, and when the disorienting strobe lights started flashing, McCarthy...
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SATURDAY Spend your Saturday afternoon soaking up the sun & art in Culver City for their 3rd annual ARTWALK. Neighborhood galleries & eateries near the intersection of Washington & La Cienega Boulevards will be open, along with live jazz. A listing of participating galleries is available here. Also in the afternoon, The Folk Tree in Pasadena is showcasing Anything Goes: A Small Works Show. This “mini” exhibit will present tiny works from dozens of participating...
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SEX STORIES* The “In the Flesh” reading series begun by author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel in NYC in 2005 finally launches in LA today. Accomplished local authors are asked to share intimate and humorous details about s-e-x. The LA series will be hosted by writer Carrie Milne (Hooking Up, Naked Ambition) and will be held the last Thursday of every month. Tonight’s theme: Survival. 7:30 pm // Freddy and Eddy // 12613 Venice...
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Billy Morrison, Dave Navarro, Matt Sorum, Donovan Leitch, Jr., Chris Chaney with guests Mark Mcgrath, Jerry Cantrell, Lemmy Kilmister, Poe, and Nuno Bettencourt of Camp Freddy at The Roxy earlier this month. | Photo by Nate Christenson via The Roxy's blog The insane madness that is Camp Freddy comes to an end tonight for their May residency at The Roxy. If you know nothing about the project, it's a loose conglomerate of old school...