Okay, I just checked out a movie called 500 Days of Summer...
Sure it's a crazy love story-drama, but it's also a fantastic movie that shows how awesome Downtown LA has become. I've grown to love Downtown for all of its craziness and occasional sketchiness, especially because something amazing is always just around the corner.
The movie captures some of the best parts of Downtown...Bunker Hill, the Ahmanson Theatre/fountain area (props for not cliche-ing it up and showing the Concert Hall, since the Ahmanson was there first...plus it was in Iron Man already), views of the Historic Core, the Old Bank District... and fuck yeah for avoiding effing Nokia/Staples.
I saw the Redwood, Broadway Bar, and that DVD shop in the Bank District...but for those who don't hang out in Downtown, there are a crapload of other great places to check out that weren't shown in the film. Restaurants like Nickel Diner (bacon donuts), Bottega Louie, Wurstkuche, anywhere in Little Tokyo, that taco stand across from the Broadway Bar, Phillipe's and Cole's are all amazing...and that's just to name a few. Bars like Seven Grand (whisky/whiskey!), Golden Gopher ($3 Hoegaarten on Tuesday), La Cita, and the Association are super cool places to lounge. And you really can't forget places like the Orpheum, which hosts live music and a great sound setup.
It was a good movie, full of cool little things (she likes Magritte! and he sings the Pixies!) but an even better opportunity to see what's just up the 110. Especially you, South Bay folks, Downtown is way closer than Hollywood or even Echo Park/Silverlake (which I also strongly suggest checking out - gelato, anyone!?).
The art walk is this Thursday...and is the perfect chance to take a look around.
I promise it will be worth it.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Micachu & The Shapes
I've been listening to Micachu's new album, Jewellery, lately...
Non-stop, actually... It's really good!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
if man is five...
then the devil is SIX...
PIXIES ANNOUNCE U.S. "DOOLITTLE" TOUR DATES
LOS ANGELES, CA - July 28, 2009
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of their classic 1989 album Doolittle, the band - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering - will kick off the very special US "Doolittle Tour" at the Palladium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 4.
On this tour, the Pixies will perform all of the songs from Doolittle and its related B-sides, "Weird at My School," "Dancing the Manta Ray," and "Bailey's Walk" among them. Doolittle, the band's third album and the first to chart on Billboard's album charts, includes classics such as "Debaser," "Wave of Mutilation," "Here Comes Your Man," "Hey," and "Gouge Away. "
"We wanted to do something special for Doolittle's 20th anniversary," said Black Francis, "and we thought his was a good opportunity to play all of the songs from that album, something we don't normally do at a regular gig. "With the first date in the UK still three months away, the band is brainstorming on Doolittle-related surprises that will also comprise the nights' entertainment. The US dates will follow the seven-city/12-date "Doolittle" trek of the UK and Europe. Kicking off on September 30 in Dublin, most dates have already sold out, including a four-night stand at London's Brixton Academy, where some 20,000 tickets vanished in about an hour. In addition, on August 29, the band will perform a straight-ahead Pixies set of their classic songs spanning their entire career at the Virgin Festival at Burl's Creek Park outside of Toronto.
The Boston-formed Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement. Their five studio releases and six years together effectively blazed the path for groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to superstardom. They disbanded in 1993 and launched their reunion tour in April, 2004 when virtually every, single date sold out within minutes and fans traveled hundred of miles to attend a show. In post-Pixies years, Black Francis has enjoyed a successful solo career as Frank Black, Kim Deal went on to form the Platinum-selling band the Breeders, Joey Santiago started the band The Martinis and has carved a career as a music composer for film and TV, and David Lovering performs as a magician and continues to drum. The US "Doolittle Tour" will be the band's first American trek since 2005. The "Doolittle Tour" will coincide with the release of the ultimate Pixies Collector's Set, Minotaur, which ships to purchasers in early October and will hit stores around the same time.
Hooray!
LOS ANGELES, CA - July 28, 2009
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of their classic 1989 album Doolittle, the band - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering - will kick off the very special US "Doolittle Tour" at the Palladium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 4.
On this tour, the Pixies will perform all of the songs from Doolittle and its related B-sides, "Weird at My School," "Dancing the Manta Ray," and "Bailey's Walk" among them. Doolittle, the band's third album and the first to chart on Billboard's album charts, includes classics such as "Debaser," "Wave of Mutilation," "Here Comes Your Man," "Hey," and "Gouge Away. "
"We wanted to do something special for Doolittle's 20th anniversary," said Black Francis, "and we thought his was a good opportunity to play all of the songs from that album, something we don't normally do at a regular gig. "With the first date in the UK still three months away, the band is brainstorming on Doolittle-related surprises that will also comprise the nights' entertainment. The US dates will follow the seven-city/12-date "Doolittle" trek of the UK and Europe. Kicking off on September 30 in Dublin, most dates have already sold out, including a four-night stand at London's Brixton Academy, where some 20,000 tickets vanished in about an hour. In addition, on August 29, the band will perform a straight-ahead Pixies set of their classic songs spanning their entire career at the Virgin Festival at Burl's Creek Park outside of Toronto.
The Boston-formed Pixies have been acclaimed as the most influential pioneering band of the late 80s alt/rock movement. Their five studio releases and six years together effectively blazed the path for groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to superstardom. They disbanded in 1993 and launched their reunion tour in April, 2004 when virtually every, single date sold out within minutes and fans traveled hundred of miles to attend a show. In post-Pixies years, Black Francis has enjoyed a successful solo career as Frank Black, Kim Deal went on to form the Platinum-selling band the Breeders, Joey Santiago started the band The Martinis and has carved a career as a music composer for film and TV, and David Lovering performs as a magician and continues to drum. The US "Doolittle Tour" will be the band's first American trek since 2005. The "Doolittle Tour" will coincide with the release of the ultimate Pixies Collector's Set, Minotaur, which ships to purchasers in early October and will hit stores around the same time.
Hooray!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Like Life
...it's like a teeter-totter, you know?
except there's more than two sides of the fulcrum..
and everyone's moving around..
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Reason Well
Reason well it ain't that easy, does it?
A picture perfect timing is everything going to be ok?
Well, yes and nobody's gonna do it for you
have to be patient...
You have to keep yourself open and closed case
if you know what I mean,
you know,
open up
and down the line is thin between art and life...
One moment it's there and the next minute
It's all good
and gone
with the wind
patterns and pressure systems.
Wane with the want and the like
and you'll be one with the light
and you'll finally be able to let it in.
Let it go
and watch yourself in the world
run with it inside:
out of luck
out of chance
out of love.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Attention!!
Not that I'm expecting anyone (besides the few who already know) to read this, but it's always better to just get these things off of your chest and out into the world, whether it be in the wide web or the actual(?) one...
Anyway, something bigger is beginning to happen. It's the type of thing that makes you wanna believe in magic again.. on par with a spread seed of the dead dandelion or watching the arriving flights line up on your way home on the 405..
So... ATTENTION!!! Stinky Pinky, Big Moke, Gnarle, Jubien, DJ Heartbreaker, Eyeball Burp! Magazine, Ten at Raize Collective, Free Moral Agents, Blank Blue, Up Above Records, Second Thought (if you MFers still think you can rap), Harsh, Jupiter Ignition, Gray, Sal, Omar, Paradigm One, The Big Spank, Markisa, Gardena, Mingo, Tomorrows Bad Seeds (if you're all not too busy..) and anyone else doing work in the South Bay: WELLS NEED YOUR HELP!!
I figure, if everything continues to go better than what I admit to dreaming of, then there is a very big splash to be made.. there will be lots of eyes too! ..and hearts to be taken! So stay tuned! And tuned! Because although none of us can presently afford to dream, I assure you our time is close!
If we keep moving like this, like something's after us, I think we'll be ok..
..or like we're after something...
Something IS after us.
Some things were before us.
And something will come after us once we're good and gone..
Luckily, what we're after is right before us
Or at least it feels that way..
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