posted by at 10:58 PM on November 30, 2005 After calling in for four evenings to find out the status of my jury service, I've been asked to report tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. My service was switched from my original reporting location at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice.
.. posted by at 9:51 PM on November 30, 2005 Coasting back into town late Monday night after a wild weekend up north, I was happy to be back in the warm embrace of LA.
There's no place like home. It was a long drive up the 5, so when..
. posted by at 7:02 PM on November 30, 2005 Although I don't have any details as to the theme of the ride, as far as I know, the ride is still on and will be meeting at 9pm this Friday at the SCI-Arc parking lot. I'll see you there.
.. posted by at 6:21 PM on November 30, 2005 If you're looking to get a new identity, head on down to MacArthur Park.
I think most people that have lived here for awhile know that, but the Times breaks it down for the n00b5. When first moved here, a..
. posted by at 6:17 PM on November 30, 2005 Come to the Music Center to re-learn and play those notes in the company of other lapsed musicians like you! Make music again – mistakes happily included – for the sheer love and fun of it.
Workshops / Play-Alongs...
posted by at 12:03 PM on November 30, 2005 Last night, Nellie McKay performed at The Troubadour (she performs at Largo tonight), and it was reportedly quite a memorable experience: I just got back from Nellie's Troubadour show and was pretty blown away. She was very passionate and very..
. posted by at 7:12 AM on November 30, 2005 The L.A.
Times's Bob Pool reports today that Gregory Peck's 43-year-old star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Gower Street was removed sometime last Sunday. Peck's star is located near that of the late comedian Lucille Ball. Ironically, in.
.. posted by at 10:49 PM on November 29, 2005 Last year I snubbed Griffith Park's Light Festival.
I'm not much for the Christmas spirit except for the post-xmas tree beach burn. Tonight however, Gloria, Moki and I decided to check it out as it was only 15 minutes from..
. posted by at 8:39 PM on November 29, 2005 Uh oh! Looks like we've got another obsessed psycho fan.
While the "I'm so jealous of ______ I have to compensate by making fun of them" thing is always fresh and exciting, really we aren't worth all the attention. I..
. posted by at 1:31 PM on November 29, 2005 Well, almost..
. President of the Los Angeles City Council, actually. Time was not so long ago that I could lampoon my favorite L.
A. City Councilperson for some ridiulous fine the city's ethics commission levied against him for walking around with..
. posted by at 11:24 AM on November 29, 2005 I know this is a terrible photo, but that's the marquee of a store I passed on Broadway, downtown. In case you can't read it, the name of the store is Disco Fiesta.
How awesome is that? Disco Fiesta..
.. posted by at 10:05 AM on November 29, 2005 During the morning carpool to work, headed southbound on the 101 Freeway near the 134/101 split, I spotted a silver Lexus GS300 with the license plate: HTML TAG I shit you not.
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posted by at 1:14 AM on November 29, 2005 So this is really weird - for the last 10 minutes or so, my cable reception has been completely frozen. I was watching some cheesy made-for-TV movie (what? when I'm ovulating, I watch sappy chick flicks.
deal with it) and...
posted by at 12:21 PM on November 28, 2005 Vido, the neighborhood dog from up the street has decided he wants to move in. For the past week he has been stalking the house. He's able to open his gate, walk down the street and open the gate to.
.. posted by at 3:08 AM on November 28, 2005 I received a summons for jury duty back in August for a September service date, but postponed it because I had a full month of booked business trips in September.
This week is the latest week I could move it...
posted by at 5:19 PM on November 27, 2005 My friend, Milan-born local author Gloria Mattioni's got nine lives and she wants to tell you all about them. No, not hers, others; specifically those found in her new book Reckless: The Outrageous Lives of Nine Kick-Ass Women, whose launch..
. posted by at 10:54 AM on November 27, 2005 I have to get all my stuff to NYC in the next few weeks. Can anyone recommend a moving company?
I've used Ben-Hur Moving and Storage in the past, and they were okay (they only lost/broke a few things), but...
posted by at 7:37 AM on November 27, 2005 I'm not in LA this week. I'm in Miami. And you know what else is in Miami?
A brand new Metroblogging site! Caryn and I are guestblogging there and so is Johannes from Vienna who is in town hanging out..
. posted by at 7:20 AM on November 27, 2005 Having just added Islamabad and Vancouver to its stable of now 35 cities, you'd think our mightymighty Metblogs leaders would kick back and enjoy the long holiday weekend. Nah, instead they've gone and added two more metropolii to their growing.
.. posted by at 8:04 AM on November 26, 2005 Rather than do the traditional turkey thing, my honey and I spontaneously jumped in the car and drove up the coast.
We landed in Big Sur at a little place called "The Ripplewood". It's a funky motel kinda spot, 15..
. posted by at 3:51 PM on November 25, 2005 The tenants of the Lincoln Place apartment complex in Venice got fed up with the shrug-off they kept getting from city attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office when they approached him about the illegal harassment and evictions they've been undergoing at the..
. posted by at 2:05 PM on November 25, 2005 Here's where my shameless self promotion of the month pops up. If you're bored on a Saturday night in Hollywood and wanna have some cheap drinks while you listening to good rock n' roll come the Vine Bar.
I play...
posted by at 6:30 PM on November 24, 2005 Today art.blogging.la reached a milestone as I made the 1000th post.
Not bad for a little art blog that's under two years old! So just a quick thanks to Spencer, Heather, and Valerie for contributing invaluable pieces and to..
. posted by at 6:28 PM on November 24, 2005 Since Thanksgiving weekend is here and I'm flying across the country for Aqua Art Miami, I won't be posting much until I get into Miami on Monday afternoon. But I wanted to post some events happening in Los Angeles next.
.. posted by at 12:57 PM on November 24, 2005 As Pharaoh wonders what all the kitchen hubbub is about, here's wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it, and a Happy Day if you don't.
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posted by at 11:18 AM on November 24, 2005 I bought the wrong kind of sugar last night for the cheesecake my wife is making from scratch today. Got powdered, not granulated. And I got cans of whole cranberries rather than the jellied kind, which is the only kind.
.. posted by at 6:45 PM on November 23, 2005 Did my eyes deceive me tonight driving back from the madness that was Vons the day before Thanksgiving (where apparently there is no such thing as a four-pound ham at this late date), or did I see a Giant Robot.
.. posted by at 6:30 PM on November 23, 2005 It's not bad enough all the stupid drivers on the road narrowly missing you every day -- there's also folks *trying* to hit you.
Twenty-three people have been arrested for allegedly participating in an insurance fraud ring that staged more...
posted by at 6:24 PM on November 23, 2005 Jean Prouvé's Tropical House has been extended through the holidays until January 2006 at the Hammer Museum...
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posted by at 11:26 AM on November 23, 2005 I had no idea the shortage of nurses was so high in California until I read today's LA Times ">article on the tactics hospitals and other nursing agencies are using to recruit nurses. Scrambling to comply with California's first-of-its-kind law..
. posted by at 8:45 AM on November 23, 2005 I know you've barely had time to read through everything up in Vancouver but just in case, we're launching another city for you to check out. As of this morning Islamabad is the 35th Metroblogging city.
W00t!..
. posted by at 2:26 AM on November 23, 2005 Queens of the Stone Age are one of my favorite current rock bands. I'm sorry but there isn't a single actor or actress in this band.
They do however, put on a killer live show, complete with some of the...
posted by at 12:43 AM on November 23, 2005 As I left the gallery late tonight I was reminded that a lot of other LA galleries are also preparing for whatever fair their doing in Miami next week. So, for those of you looking for a little LA in..
. posted by at 12:42 AM on November 23, 2005 I missed the release party for the newest art book on Los Angeles ("LA Artland" published by Black Dog Publishing) this past Sunday at the dark Mountain Bar in Chinatown - I think I was watching Susperia or something..
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. posted by at 8:54 PM on November 22, 2005 I'm fascinated with evolution. I know that because of the everyday use computers, we now think differently.
We have evolved our consciousness...
.and are now even more connected to each other than ever before, just from using computers. The same goes.
.. posted by at 6:17 PM on November 22, 2005 The metblogs family just got a little bigger with the launch of Metroblogging Vancouver.
Much like with their Canadian blog brethren in Montreal and Toronto I look forward to reading about snow and ice and jackets while I kick back...
posted by at 3:41 PM on November 22, 2005 Obviously not strictly L.A. related and If I'm stating the obvious, I apologize.
I've been a bit removed from the news of late. But I just glanced at the calender and it dawned on me that John F. Kennedy was.
.. posted by at 12:26 PM on November 22, 2005 Well, it seems as if the all the fan complaints, not to mention the legal wrangling with the city of Anaheim, have finally talked some sense into Arte Moreno about the whole Los Angeles Angels name thing.
He'll be changing...
posted by at 10:59 AM on November 22, 2005 Last week, I posted a list of what many of the brick-and-mortar retail chains were doing in regards to selling the Xbox 360 when it went on sale this morning (in some cases, at midnight). As a gamer, I usually..
. posted by at 9:47 PM on November 21, 2005 When you're watching the weather on KCAL (waiting for an update on GATORWATCH!!
11 of course,) do you ever get the feeling that Jackie Johnson is just going to stop mid-sentence and say, "Hey! My eyes are up here!" .
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. posted by at 7:07 PM on November 21, 2005 This is a question I'd been meaning to ask, especially after Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter's recent profile in The L.A.
Times, but after seeing Tsar as well as Juliette and The Licks last night, now is as good a time...
posted by at 1:35 PM on November 21, 2005 We've had a lot of ranting here, here, here, and here about our recent bad driver experiences, which gives me all the more reason to continue on my series promising your enlightenment merely by driving in Los Angeles. Take the..
. posted by at 11:43 AM on November 21, 2005 A power outage last night sent me to the Evidence Room early, but the sheer brilliant joy of the show I saw there last night might lure me back there tonight. Ken Roht—he of the famed, original musical "99¢ Shows".
.. posted by at 9:57 AM on November 21, 2005 Sometimes, there's something to be said against truth in advertising.
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posted by at 3:52 AM on November 21, 2005 Lest people think that the artists I see live in concert fall under just one genre, earlier tonight I saw Tsar as well as Juliette and The Licks at The Troubadour. They also have the unique distinction of being two..
. posted by at 6:34 PM on November 20, 2005 I'm blogging from plugged-in civilization here at the Evidence Room but about 1/2 hour ago, my building and those in a 4-5 block radius (K-town adjacent) were plunged into blackout, once again. It happened way more this year than it.
.. posted by at 6:16 PM on November 19, 2005 I've yet to roll with one of the monthly Midnight Ridazz group bike rides -- not for lack of wanting so much as for having too many excuses not to.
But having just today finished my own little single-speed conversion...
posted by at 1:21 AM on November 19, 2005 I haven't posted in a long time so I figured the best way to get things rolling again is to get something off my chest. One thing that's been bumming my world out lately is every time I open up..
. posted by at 2:08 PM on November 18, 2005 Jared Leto and his band 30 Seconds to Mars is doing an acoustic in-store gig at the Virgin Megastore at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20th at 2:00 PM (store website's down but it's still listed..
. posted by at 1:54 PM on November 18, 2005 This is going to be some sucky news for anyone who actually enjoys record shopping but LA staple Aron's Records is officially going out of business. This info is from LA Observed via Golden State Blog and while kind of.
.. posted by at 12:22 PM on November 18, 2005 Cabbie hands back 350,000 dollars in diamonds found in taxi LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Los Angeles taxi driver distinguished himself by his honesty after finding a pouch filled with diamonds worth 350,000 dollars in the back of his cab,.
.. posted by at 9:03 AM on November 18, 2005 A fellow co-conspirator, Gloria Mattioni, has been in Milan for over a week.
Although I've never visited Milan, her descriptions of the city and the weather sound dramatically different from the LA we know and love, especially in November. From..
. posted by at 11:26 PM on November 17, 2005 After talking to a friend the other day about crazy landlords here in LA I decided that this needs to be a new series. I'm writing up my story shortly, this one is from a friend, if you've got one.
.. posted by at 11:06 PM on November 17, 2005 .
..that a few theatres in Germany sneak previewed and began showing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a day or two early.
(Without permission, of course.) Remember how people went apeshit when copies of Harry Potter and the Half..
. posted by at 9:44 PM on November 17, 2005 Here are some random and fairly unrelated things I have been meaning to post about:If you are in to 3D graphics, Alias is hosting a party for the official 3D day, the 3rd of December. Bert Green's next featured artist.
.. posted by at 8:49 PM on November 17, 2005 I got rear-ended tonight for the third time in less than two years.
Same circumstances each time--distracted person in SUV on cell phone in left-hand turn-only lane behind me not paying attention, banged into the back of my little Corolla...
posted by at 3:26 PM on November 17, 2005 If questions of conservation are more your thing, check out this lecture at the Getty tonight (and yes, this is a Getty post not related to the drama)...
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posted by at 3:25 PM on November 17, 2005 Outpost presents an hour long film and video program tonight, November 17 - doors open at 7pm, the one-one program beghings at 8pm, music starts at 9pm...
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posted by at 2:53 PM on November 17, 2005 More fee hikes at the University of California, and students (of course) are pissed. An increase of 8% for undergraduate students and 10% for graduate students doesn't sound like a lot, but this is afte 5 consecutive years of..
. posted by at 2:14 PM on November 17, 2005 If you live in Boyle Heights and you hear a really loud noise downstairs in your apartment, please don't worry your friend and tell her it sounds like a "loud pop." Don't make her think that there are gangbangers running.
.. posted by at 12:25 PM on November 17, 2005 This was actually reported on the newswires some days ago, but apparently Los Angeles has regained its supremacy in one particular area: Smog Capital of the US, even though our air was actually cleaner this year than last.
Much like...
posted by at 11:50 PM on November 16, 2005 I don't have time to write anything about this at the moment but LA's own Pajamas Media which is apparently aka Open Source Media launched today amid fanfare and close examination. A brief scan of the feeds shows that people..
. posted by at 11:25 PM on November 16, 2005 Here's another gem from my inbox: From: sbj@geofflacroix.net Subject: reference http://blogging.
la/archives/2005/04/freeways_still.phtml Date: November 16, 2005 10:34:12 PM PST I find it interesting that you consider the death of two people to be so amusing. I would have written sooner, but.
.. posted by at 4:27 PM on November 16, 2005 The Laugh Factory is hosting a benefit tonight to raise funds for Cory and Cruz Soto, the widow and three-year old daughter of recently-deceased stand-up comedian Freddy Soto.
Soto died in his sleep of heart failure on July 10, 2005...
posted by at 1:46 PM on November 16, 2005 Via NBC4: LOS ANGELES -- Several vehicles were mangled in a multi-car crash in Hollywood early Wednesday, and police say the accident was caused by a suspected drunken driver. The accident happened at about 2 a.m.
at the corner of...
posted by at 1:06 PM on November 16, 2005 Via CNN: SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A Mega Millions ticket sold in Anaheim, California, has won the $315 million grand prize. The numbers drawn Tuesday night were: 2-4-5-40-48; Mega Ball 7. In addition to the grand prize winner, 19 players.
.. posted by at 12:59 PM on November 16, 2005 Via Boing Boing: Sync has a short piece about a 34-year-old guy named "Ray Digerati" who placed an ad of Craig's list [sic] that said "WILL FIX COMPUTERS FOR SEXUAL FAVORS," and he says it's been non-stop action ever since.
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posted by at 9:58 AM on November 16, 2005 I'm not sure which is more surprising here - that people are actually shocked that the LAPD seems to give preferential treatment to celebrities of note, or that Paris Hilton and Steve-O are actually considered celebrities of note. Either way..
. posted by at 9:54 PM on November 15, 2005 Next Tuesday, the 22nd, the first in the next generation of gaming consoles, the Xbox 360, will go on-sale. If you didn't preorder it (and chances are even if you did, your order won't get fulfilled in time unless you.
.. posted by at 7:53 PM on November 15, 2005 You know that icky feeling you get when you bite down on some aluminum foil?
This is kind of the same thing, although for all I know he's a really nice guy. Well, you know, he is..
.er, was..
. just a..
. posted by at 7:44 PM on November 15, 2005 In preparation for their May 2006 "Girls of the Top 10 Party Schools" issue, Playboy (NSFW) has selected at least two colleges in Southern California: UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State University: Playboy said it bases the rankings on..
. posted by at 3:17 PM on November 15, 2005 I wrote about all my favorite holiday hits last year around this time, but this year, I wanted y'all to get a jump on things early-like. Just got the heads-up from the Bob's Holiday Office Party people that this year's.
.. posted by at 1:58 PM on November 15, 2005 L.
A. Observed has reported this morning on L.A.
Times editor Dean "Tag It And" Baquet ordering up a hit on the paper's 2-year-old Outdoors section -- one of the few parts of the paper to which I regularly looked forward...
posted by at 12:01 PM on November 15, 2005 I've been watching the skuff regarding LACMA's plans to demolish a parking garage that has some rather famous works of art in it by the likes of Barry McGee Margaret Kilgallen among others. Tyler Green comments today on the..
. posted by at 11:19 AM on November 15, 2005 Valeries post on art.blogging.
la made me rush to read this Times story about some accusations of people making porn movies in the 'Not a Cornfield' cornfield. Lot's of back and forth as you'd expect but this bit is priceless: [Aaron..
. posted by at 10:19 AM on November 15, 2005 Can anybody recommend a good tailor or tailor/cleaner? I'm looking in downtown/Echo Park/Silverlake, but for the sake of everybody else that's reading feel free to recommend anywhere.
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posted by at 12:51 AM on November 15, 2005 A little while ago, I noticed that it had gotten so foggy outside my window that I could barely see the fence outside. Then my DSL went out. While I was watching the X-Files.
Spooky, no? I kind of dig..
. posted by at 12:00 AM on November 15, 2005 Los Angeles artist, and abLA fave, Ed Ruscha talks about the one that got away..
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. posted by at 9:03 PM on November 14, 2005 Glamourcon 37 is this coming weekend at the Radisson Hotel near LAX: 2005's Only Los Angeles Show November 19 20, 2005 Raddison LAX - at the Los Angeles airport 6225 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles Saturday - 11am to.
.. posted by at 7:45 PM on November 14, 2005 Just got an email from the BK folks about a ride coming up this weekend.
Here is the pertinent information:HARVEST RIDE Sunday, 11/20 3pm An afternoon ride to the Not-A-Cornfield project ( http://www.notacornfield.com/ ) to see the site in its.
.. posted by at 5:46 PM on November 14, 2005 I need help.
The love of my life and I have decided to set up housekeeping together, so I am cleaning out my closets to make room for him and it’s getting ugly. Seriously. I have a dress I have.
.. posted by at 3:01 PM on November 14, 2005 I had my first Midnight Ridazz experience on Friday and it was great fun.
I left my loft in Downtown at around 9:10 on my bike, heading down Los Angeles street and turning left on Sunset. After cresting one hill..
. posted by at 1:56 PM on November 14, 2005 The passing of WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero yesterday in Minnesota is such a tragic event. Guerrero was one of the top stars on the Smackdown!
brand. Due to his star wattage and Latino heritage, he and Rey Mysterio were top..
. posted by at 12:50 PM on November 14, 2005 You might have noticed that little button up there for the Reader's Survey. We've had it there for a few days but are taking it down in the next day or so.
If you haven't taken a moment and filled...
posted by at 9:31 AM on November 14, 2005 Frequent Pink is the New Blog fodder Mariah Carey is doing an appearance at the Virgin Megastore at Hollywood and Highland tomorrow night. It should prove to be an absolute madhouse: 11/15/05 - 7 PM Meet Mariah Carey! Mariah Carey's.
.. posted by at 8:31 AM on November 14, 2005 So why roll back prices to the days when movies were free and check it out without spending a dime.
From my favorite penny pinchers at CHEAPSKATIN' LA:"Tuesday, November 15, 2005 07:30 PM WalMart - The High Cost of Low...
posted by at 4:16 PM on November 13, 2005 The LA Galaxy follow up their Western Conference championship today by beating the New England Revolution 1-0 in overtime. Nice job guys and congrats!.
.. posted by at 2:18 AM on November 12, 2005 Babeland, which bills itself as carrying "Sex toys for a passionate world," opened the doors to their Los Angeles-area store late last month, but they're throwing a Grand Opening this Saturday at 2:00-4:00 PM.
From what I understand, the opening...
posted by at 8:19 PM on November 11, 2005 You are parked like a total douche. Love, Sean..
. posted by at 3:51 PM on November 11, 2005 The first ArtRide went really well last night, although it was only Eric Richardson and myself on the ride, we got a whole bunch of great feedback from both gallery owners and folks visiting the galleries. Here is the route.
.. posted by at 1:12 PM on November 11, 2005 Artinfo has an exclusive on the near $24million LA uber-collector Eli Broad paid for David Smith's Cubi XXVIII.
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.. posted by at 12:21 PM on November 11, 2005 With all the spittle-splashing energy of, say, a pack of rabid ferrets, the sports wires are abuzz with the possibility of not one, but two football teams coming to Los Angeles.
Whether those teams are existing franchises or not is...
posted by at 12:18 PM on November 11, 2005 Apparently, there's an annual Filipino American Veteran's Day Parade here in Hi-Fi, because it just marched right by my house led by what appeared to be Native American drummers. "Equity and Justice for Filipino WWII Veterans" seems to be the..
. posted by at 12:14 PM on November 11, 2005 Since abLA does not have a comments section anymore, the discussion continues about posts on the site occurs via email. For some reason, Eric Doeringer is illiciting responses from readers both pro and con.
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.. posted by at 12:10 PM on November 11, 2005 Was that title way too obvious?
Perhaps. Anyway major chang-arounds underway at the LA Times editorial page. Some people got the axe (Sheer, Ramirez) and some people got added (Kaplan, Goldberg) and lots of people have something to say about.
.. posted by at 11:58 AM on November 11, 2005 I just heard on the radio that Moustapha Akkad was killed in the recent Jordanian bombings.
Akkad was Executive Producer for all of the Halloween films (and strangely little else). UPDATE: I just saw this on BoingBoing from earlier today,..
. posted by at 9:46 AM on November 11, 2005 Did anybody else realize that Eve Plumb was an oil painter?.
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.. posted by at 7:20 PM on November 10, 2005 The Silverlake Film Festival is holding a fundraiser this Sunday night film noir style.
Celebrating Raymond Chandler, one of America's classic detective novelists (The Big Sleep, The Blue Dahlia) and a Los Angeles resident; the evening will include readings of...
posted by at 6:35 PM on November 10, 2005 So the agro neighborhood Mercedes driver that I had a small altercation with earlier this week almost ran over me and my dog tonight on our evening sunset walk! We were meandering along the side of the road and he..
. posted by at 6:17 PM on November 10, 2005 So, have you ever been someplace, say Downtown in the evening and you park in a seemingly unattended lot with ambiguous signage? And then you get out of your car, you get hassled by some guy who supposedly "works" in.
.. posted by at 5:10 PM on November 10, 2005 Schwarzenegger finally stops taking all that special interest money he told us he wouldn't need, and takes responsibility (nominally, at least) for nice big "Fuck you" California voters delivered to him on Tuesday:Two days after suffering a stinging election defeat,.
.. posted by at 5:07 PM on November 10, 2005 Just in case you are keeping track of all the shinangins over the Great Brentwood Gang fight that never happened - Just about everyone on the planet has weighed in on how it never happened yet Kaus still won't recant.
.. posted by at 10:05 AM on November 10, 2005 When I first saw the iron framework go up to the south of Union Station back in 2004, I was perturbed at the potential cloaking effect that new structure might have on one of L.
A.'s finest architectural treasures. Though I.
.. posted by at 7:25 PM on November 09, 2005 It's that time of year again.
That's right - it's time for me, your friendly neighborhood Brewery Arts Colony resident, to tell you that it's time for the semiannual Brewery Artwalk. For those of you unfamiliar with my art-filled stomping..
. posted by at 6:21 PM on November 09, 2005 That's a sign I saw at one of the coolest video/dvd rental shops in town this morning. If you know about them and are interested, now is you chance.
Conversely, if being a super hero is more what you...
posted by at 4:26 PM on November 09, 2005 Hello folks, I hope everyone is as pleased as I am about the results from the special election last night, and if you aren't I'm sorry, but that's what you get when you live in a Blue State! Anyway, the..
. posted by at 3:09 PM on November 09, 2005 So the backstory is I'm heading to Death Valley for some camping this Veteran's Day weekend and I wanted to pick up a new cooler and a couple of camping chairs. Though I'd planned on a lunch-hour run to the.
.. posted by at 2:44 PM on November 09, 2005 We're trying to figure out just who is reading this site.
If you have a second, can you take this survey? Thanks!!
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posted by at 2:16 PM on November 09, 2005 With all this other stupid "news" going on right now, GATORWATCH!!1 has been a little slow, and keeps getting pushed off the local news.
I can honestly say that I'm going to need some help from the rest of the...
posted by at 12:15 PM on November 09, 2005 Tony Payne (who you may remember had the piece at the last LACE auction that I loved) has overseen the edition project at LACE for the past few years...
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posted by at 11:44 AM on November 09, 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT: Recently we upgraded our MT backend here at blogging.la and since then we've been getting railed with comment spam. We're working to figure out what is going on but things that are obviously spam are getting through the filters.
.. posted by at 10:32 AM on November 09, 2005 I'm a huge fan of the humble tamale.
So I'm thrilled to see that this weekend brings us the 1st Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival. If you've ever wondered how tamales vary from one region to another (and they..
. posted by at 9:19 AM on November 09, 2005 Cribbed straight from Boing Boing, Cory writes:"The governor of California turned out to vote and discovered that the electronic voting machines thought that he'd already voted, so he had to cast his provisional ballot. Remember last year when EFF was.
.. posted by at 7:44 AM on November 09, 2005 So you grew up in LA and went to all the early X, Black Flag, Agent Orange and Bad Religion shows.
You feel like the scene is a part of you and you still pull out the old 7"s...
posted by at 6:57 AM on November 09, 2005 In my long and frustrating history as a California voter, more often than not on the losing ends of whatever propositions and politicians are crammed onto the ballots, I have never before seen such a scorched-earth rejection of an individual...
posted by at 8:14 PM on November 08, 2005 Anne and I voted this afternoon around three, and we were the 299th and 300th voters in our precinct. If you're interested in election returns, you can join me in F5-ing this webpage. Right now, all of Arnold's bullshit powergrab.
.. posted by at 4:47 PM on November 08, 2005 It's nice to be in the city and feel so far away from it at the same time.
The UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens makes me feel that way, even on a gloomy day. I figured there should.
.. posted by at 4:32 PM on November 08, 2005 I headed over to my local polling place around 3:15 this afternoon.
It wasn't the usual polling place for my area, but we found it after a little hunting. It wasn't that easy to find, but we eventually located it..
. posted by at 4:20 PM on November 08, 2005 If you're looking to celebrate the (hopeful) defeat of Prop 73 you might want to head down to the Bonaventure tonight: Representatives From Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Campaign for Teen Safety 'No on 73' Will Be..
. posted by at 2:14 PM on November 08, 2005 Sadly, my experience this morning mirrored Sean Caryn's more than 5000!'s: when I went to vote at the Korean Resource Center, my usual polling place, it was empty.
E-M-P-T-Y. Except, oddly enough, for the extra polling staff they'd put..
. posted by at 1:55 PM on November 08, 2005 I forget to change my voter registration to my new Downtown address, so I voted in Fullerton today. The poll wasn't too crazy when I voted at around 1pm, and as usual the pollsters were very helpful, warning me not.
.. posted by at 12:48 PM on November 08, 2005 According to this story if you are the Mayor of LA you can get free private jet flights all over the country at the drop of a hat from companies you used to work for, and if someone starts asking.
.. posted by at 12:15 PM on November 08, 2005 I went to my new polling place this morning to register my disapproval with the powers that be, and it was total chaos.
But I mean that in a good way, really! More like organized chaos. My polling place this.
.. posted by at 11:53 AM on November 08, 2005 Today on BoingBoing, Cory Doctorow has a good short piece about the entertainment industry's failing business model.
I just had to share this great excerpt: Remember the "Magic Underpants Gnomes" episode of South Park? Tweak discovers that gnomes keep stealing..
. posted by at 11:25 AM on November 08, 2005 Caryn and I took a hike this morning and walked up to our local polling place around 10:15 AM. The place was vacant.
There were more poll workers than people voting, in fact there was a lady leaving as we...
posted by at 11:17 AM on November 08, 2005 It's been more than a year since I made this post but people are still posting comments with their own horror stories. Yikes!.
.. posted by at 11:10 AM on November 08, 2005 On the right there, you're looking at the broken, 8-year-old latch that secures one of the 8-year-old pop-out side windows of my 8-year-old truck.
In opening the window yesterday the part of the plastic latch that's attached to a bolt...
posted by at 9:01 AM on November 08, 2005 At first, I was irritated yesterday when I read the in the LA Times about the IRS dogging the All Saints Church in Pasadena about an antiwar sermon that was given during the 2004 election. If anything, they should be..
. posted by at 9:37 PM on November 07, 2005 It's no secret that I'm one of the few, the proud, the 'possum lovers. And tonight during Monday Night Football my wife and I found this young, healthy specimen rummaging around the front porch long enough for me to.
.. posted by at 9:23 PM on November 07, 2005 .
.. whose ass end was blocking my driveway from 4 p.
m. Sunday afternoon to sometime after I squeezed past to go to work this morning kindly note that the city left you a $42 ticket tucked under your windshield wiper..
.. posted by at 5:21 PM on November 07, 2005 I live in a neighborhood that has one main street up the hill.
Generally only one car can get through because parking is allowed on one side and the street is very narrow. So it's always interesting to see what..
. posted by at 4:57 PM on November 07, 2005 Eric Doeringer Speaks gives his first-hand account of what happened..
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. posted by at 10:08 AM on November 07, 2005 Eric Doeringer is an artist who, if you haven't seen him in New York or at any of the art fairs, creates fabulous "mocks" of other artists' paintings..
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. posted by at 10:05 AM on November 07, 2005 What LA-based celebrity (who went from quirky to buff over his career) is rumored to be a collector of art..
.unicorn art that is!.
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.. posted by at 7:40 AM on November 07, 2005 From Eating L.
A. via Franklin Avenue comes this sad but all-too-familiar tail -- tale -- of another iconic food stand on the verge of being lost. I'm old and native enough to remember when Eddie Blake's Tail O' The.
.. posted by at 7:41 PM on November 06, 2005 Today I went to gr/eats for lunch and had some fish tacos that were as colorful as they were delicious.
Mmm...
If I had a car, or lived within walking distance, I would be there all the time. Aside from..
. posted by at 3:32 PM on November 06, 2005 As I'm getting ready to go to my fiance's best friend's grandma's 90th birtday celebration I am watching 4 of LA's Finest arresting a woman in a wheelchair. The stretch of Main Street below my window has gone from a.
.. posted by at 10:48 AM on November 06, 2005 From Beverly around 10PM last night headed to a crazy karaoke place in Koreatown and there were so many accidents on the street I thought Halle Berry had just driven through.
The first block south of Normandie there was a...
posted by at 10:46 PM on November 05, 2005 Congratulations to the LA Galaxy who beat the Colorado Rapids today to take the Western Conference finals and advance to the Major League Soccer championship. Local boy Landon Donovan scored both goals in the 2-0 victory. They'll play the winner.
.. posted by at 8:22 PM on November 05, 2005 What does the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Soto in Boyle Heights sound like on a sunny Saturday morning (aside from the sound of shoppers and cars)?
If I hadn't actually heard the music while my friend and I headed...
posted by at 6:06 PM on November 05, 2005 Uh...
I just turned the TV to undefeated UCLA who are playing 2-6 Arizona and it's the top of the fourth quarter and the funniest thing happened with the scoreboard on the screen being reversed showing the Bruins with 7...
posted by at 1:36 AM on November 05, 2005 I just rode home from RideArc, night bike ride put on by some cool folks from SCI-Arc, which takes place every first Friday of the month. The theme for this ride was "Real Deals Wannabees." We started out at.
.. posted by at 8:36 PM on November 04, 2005 Yeah, God forbid he answer questions in public that he might not like to hear: KNBC-TV apologized to Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign Friday after the station found that the audience it organized for a voter forum this week apparently included...
posted by at 5:37 PM on November 04, 2005 There's nothing more exciting than covering events that may or may not have even taken place and LA Observed is on the razors edge of this white knuckled tale. Lets recap, Mikey Kaus reported the fight, LA Observed couldn't find..
. posted by at 4:01 PM on November 04, 2005 OH. MY.
GOD. What a turd. Can you believe this ultra flauntage of celebrity?
Completely denying the little guy a high five. That is bullshit if you ask me. Bullshit.
This from dude. man. phat.
:"Dude. Seriously.I just saw you at.
.. posted by at 2:05 PM on November 04, 2005 I got this a few days ago and have been trying to think up an extra witty way to post about it but since it's tomorrow I'm just giving the details and you can make the jokes on your own.
.. posted by at 12:10 PM on November 04, 2005 As has been noted on blogging.
la, the holidays are vastly approaching and an event happening tonight might just help you prepare - either for some stylings for yourself or presents for your loved ones. Here's an open invitation to..
. posted by at 12:08 PM on November 04, 2005 Ok, one more before I hide..
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. posted by at 12:07 PM on November 04, 2005 Seriously, I hate posts that are like the one I'm about to make but here goes..
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. posted by at 7:54 AM on November 04, 2005 Like many of those who gaze upon its grandeur on a regular basis, the global-icon Hollywood sign will be getting a good facelift soon. Unfortunately from a historical perspective, it won't be changing back to say 'Hollywoodland', but it will.
.. posted by at 11:51 PM on November 03, 2005 I hate it when I'm too busy.
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.. posted by at 9:26 PM on November 03, 2005 Wednesday, 6:45 p.
m.: A clearing in the corn with candles and a dog (click image for larger view) at the Not A Cornfield Project..
.. posted by at 5:47 PM on November 03, 2005 I'm so psyched that Incedentlog is covering LA now.
In case you haven't heard about this yet, it's a googlemaps hack showing you where recent 911 calls have come from. Here's the map of the last 50 calls in LA..
. posted by at 5:39 PM on November 03, 2005 Lots of new blogs in town of which I've totally dropped the ball on announcing because I'm currently drowning in e-mails and shit-to-do. Have I mentioned I need an assistant?
Anyway, LA Voice has a good wrap up but a...
posted by at 4:04 PM on November 03, 2005 I had no idea that David Lynch had a foundation for conscious-based education and peace, but he does. And he's speaking tonight with John Hagelin and Fred Travis, two PhDs. It looks like it's going to be about Transcendental Meditation.
.. posted by at 12:08 AM on November 03, 2005 Spencer/5000 was bummed about the omission of Machine Project in the LA Weekly's art issue.
Fortunately I have good news...
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posted by at 12:00 AM on November 03, 2005 There's a new non-profit game in town - LAXART...
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posted by at 9:13 PM on November 02, 2005 What. The. Fuck.
Bail remained at $200,000 Wednesday for a La Mesa woman accused of twice letting her 2-year-old son play on the trolley tracks near downtown, causing two trolley trains to make emergency stops.What? I'm sorry.
Did you just say...
posted by at 5:42 PM on November 02, 2005 Protesters were out in full effect today for the World Can't Wait. 03202003 took the shot above and has more pics and video here. Tons of kids ditched school to protest as well, Tony Pierce took some photos, and.
.. posted by at 3:23 PM on November 02, 2005 The Orange Line (San Fernando) had its public grand opening on Saturday, October 30.
It had been previously reported that there were "ongoing concerns about safety." Today, an Orange Line bus collides with a car. Doh.
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posted by at 2:31 PM on November 02, 2005 How messed up is this...
you know the OC kid that put on a crazy suit and went on a shooting rampage last week? Well, here's a link to a Something Awful thread (with other links to earlier threads) where the..
. posted by at 10:10 AM on November 02, 2005 ..
.and someone offers you a prosthetic leg, check to make sure it doesn't belong to Melissa Huff. (She's been through enough as it is).
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posted by at 3:22 PM on November 01, 2005 If you're a designer, don't forget that Kernspiracy is tomorrow night: KERNSPIRACY A Place for Designers to Share Secrets Wednesday, November 2nd 7-9pm Barbara's @ The Brewery (in the Brewery Arts Complex) 620 Moulton Ave, LA, 90031 Map Directions...
posted by at 3:16 PM on November 01, 2005 ...
or going to the Free Clinic across the street for that matter, watch out for a crazy spikey-haired dude with a bullhorn leading hoardes of people in blue shirts and yellow hats with power tools. Thanks to musikchyck for the..
. posted by at 2:10 PM on November 01, 2005 On my list of things to write about this week was Art Review's Power 100 list..
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. posted by at 1:55 PM on November 01, 2005 Below is a transcript of a telephone call with the governator that took place only in my head, but now that he only wants voters who agree with his bullshit agenda to go out of the polling place next week..
. posted by at 1:21 PM on November 01, 2005 How was it? (I stayed home and was in bed by 10:30.
I waited for trick-or-treaters but NONE came by.)..
. posted by at 12:03 PM on November 01, 2005 In a follow up to this and this I'd happily like to report that I've gotten a full refund for the tickets for both movies..
.. posted by at 9:51 AM on November 01, 2005 From a decorations standpoint, Halloween is not at all like Christmas.
The latter's lights and such might not come down for at least a week after that big day, but when Halloween is over, it's done. Stick a pitchfork in..
. posted by at 9:15 AM on November 01, 2005 If you didn't get enough spookiness last night, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is hosting an evening salon of 3D Ghost Stories by Claudia Kunin tonight from 7-10 pm. I am a huge fan of MJT and have been visiting.
.. posted by at 8:18 AM on November 01, 2005 Here's some fun Tuesday morning info about those Red Light Cameras all over the city - They haven't been working since June.
Of course that info wasn't made public because the people who put these things up in the first...
posted by at 7:09 AM on November 01, 2005 Of the 12,642,345,218 12,642,345,281 intersections in Los Angeles, a whopping 16 have those red-light cameras, purportedly responsible for a reduction in traffic collisions and the issusance of some 63,000 citations in their first four years of service. Love 'em or..
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