posted by at 12:37 PM on March 31, 2006 There are some really great, solid quality shows opening this Saturday. Don't let the April Fools Day fool you..
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. posted by at 12:08 PM on March 31, 2006 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was visually a very impressive film, but ultimately disappointed many fans of the Final Fantasy series of videogames who were probably expecting something more like the benchmark that is Final Fantasy VII. Well, Advent.
.. posted by at 10:15 AM on March 31, 2006 You know why I wish I was a better guitar player?
So I could be a camp counselor at rock music camp! DayJams is a rock music day camp for beginners and experienced players ages 9-15, and they're looking for..
. posted by at 7:35 AM on March 31, 2006 The Southern California Consortium of Art Schools is having a lunch event at the MOCA bookstore and auditorium (Grand Avenue) this Saturday..
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. posted by at 5:01 PM on March 30, 2006 Spotted this on the door of a laundromat in Silverlake and judging by the newness of it compaired to all the other withered tape, stained paper, sun bleached out signs next to it I'm going to assume it's a..
. posted by at 2:41 PM on March 30, 2006 The Onion AV Club (where I am lucky enough to be a contributor) is looking for a Los Angeles-based writer to cover the local entertainment beat. From Craig's List:The Onion is looking for a qualified, culture-savvy writer to work as.
.. posted by at 12:03 PM on March 30, 2006 The past week or so has found many of us here making several posts about Dickey Barrett and his abrupt replacement on the Mighty Morning Show.
Needless to say I'm not psyched about it. Yesterday the LA Weekly chimed..
. posted by at 11:22 AM on March 30, 2006 Holy Crap - Outside of the Bletchley Park Post Office I'd never expect to be able to see AN ENIGMA MACHINE in the flesh (so to speak). But due to yet another Internet Miracle, here's one on eBay!
The other...
posted by at 10:28 AM on March 30, 2006 This week, our mayor is hosting other city leaders in Los Angeles, in order to brainstorm on reducing and easing poverty. I think that one of the most un-American things happening in America today is what I call the New..
. posted by at 9:30 AM on March 30, 2006 So the dog and I are walking past the Silver Lake 99-Cent store on Sunset this morning and standing at the adjacent newspaper racks is one of several of the community's residence-challenged members who I regularly encounter. The sistah's head.
.. posted by at 7:18 AM on March 30, 2006 Just wanna give a congrats out to LAist's Carolyn Kellogg whose engaging recollections of this month's SXSW Interactive can be found featured in today's LA Times.
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posted by at 6:32 AM on March 30, 2006 In her first review for art.blogging.la, writer Kerry Kugelman reviews Witness Protection - a three-artist exhibition premised around an unusual organizing concept yields a thoughtful harvest of ideas in this show at CSU San Bernardino that ended on March.
.. posted by at 12:50 AM on March 30, 2006 So Steve Hymon, a reporter at the LA Times, is in the midst of a very unscientific (but interesting) experiment to see if two goldfish can live in water from the L.
A. River. Well guess what?
It turns out they...
posted by at 5:36 PM on March 29, 2006 Just in case you ever wanted to checkout what was happening on every single metroblogging city - all at once - now you can. This feed: http://feeds.metroblogging.
com/allcities.xml includes all of the posts from all of our cities. Updated in.
.. posted by at 3:35 PM on March 29, 2006 Defamer reports that a motorist who gave the finger to a fake presidential motorcade in Burbank was pulled over, handcuffed, and his vehicle searched.
They are shooting a West Wing motorcade scene out on Alameda in front of my window today...
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posted by at 3:15 PM on March 29, 2006 I have eaten breakfast at Quality (3rd east of Crescent Heights) many times, but today was my first lunch experience. I had the goat cheese salad, which is mixed baby greens with grilled "medallions" of goat cheese, dried cranberries, slivered..
. posted by at 2:39 PM on March 29, 2006 The saga of the rejuvenation of Silver Lake's Bellevue Park (map) is a loooong one, stretching back to 1996 when voters approved Proposition K, which designated $2 million worth of improvements to it. It was six years later that.
.. posted by at 1:36 PM on March 29, 2006 CalArts is having open MFA studios too but they have something the other schools don't.
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.. posted by at 1:18 PM on March 29, 2006 A good friend of mine had a short essay he wrote on the mainstream reaction to la Gran Marcha published on Latino LA.
I'm all for debate, but a lot of what I've seen written about la Gran Marcha...
posted by at 12:20 PM on March 29, 2006 When I first came to Los Angeles, two years ago, I only knew a few people here - and those were relatives or roomates. So when I was lonely, I would ride my bike along the Venice Beach path, just..
. posted by at 9:36 AM on March 29, 2006 When I first moved to LA I heard nothing but amazing things about Trader Joes. First time I went I was blown away.
And the next and the next. Caroline (who may or may not be on crack) was throwing..
. posted by at 8:07 AM on March 29, 2006 Since we're big on design this week, a blog I'm currently digging called Apartment Therapy, pointed me to a book called "LA Lofts" by senior editor for Home Design at the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Barbara Thornburg. Me,.
.. posted by at 7:29 AM on March 29, 2006 UCLA is presenting a four part series featuring MFA candidates from the UCLA Department of Art in a gallery setting (even though you could go see some of these artists in current gallery shows) beginning this Friday.
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.. posted by at 6:19 PM on March 28, 2006 I can't believe I'm the first to post about this crazy shit going on right now.
Water is actually falling out of the sky. A lot of it. ON OUR HEADS!
!!!
Expect reports of freeway floodings and daring rescues...
posted by at 9:04 AM on March 28, 2006 LACMA's celebration of its 40th anniversary should also be a time of reflection of how to make the insitution stronger...
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posted by at 6:00 AM on March 28, 2006 Time to mark down an opening of another Culver City gallery - Denizen Design Gallery - who opened last week with a show by Karim Rashid...
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posted by at 8:21 PM on March 27, 2006 Woooh! Heather's post below is right on. My ass hurts so much today, I can hardly walk.
For years I've admired how strippers so easily swing around on poles...
and even fantasized about how much fun it would be. Now..
. posted by at 6:37 PM on March 27, 2006 The folks over at Silver Lake's Materials Applications have been busy again. Last year they brought us the dazzling installation titled Maximilian's Schell whose shimmering golden funnel paid homage to Disney's kitchy sci-fi film The Black Hole (in which.
.. posted by at 6:35 PM on March 27, 2006 If you've ever wondered why strippers have great abs it's because it takes muscle to pole dance.
Writhing around on the floor, on the pole, on the back mirror in platform heels is not a walk in the park. Why..
. posted by at 5:36 PM on March 27, 2006 I officially dub this Thursday "DWR Day" as the famous Design with Reach hosts three events in conjuntion with LA Design Week. The most interesting being a presentation by Dwell Senior Editor, Andrew Wagner from 1-2pm and then a.
.. posted by at 4:30 PM on March 27, 2006 People of LA, I am not a celebrity.
I see you checking me out, across the restaurant, when I go to the farmer's market, when I'm buying plants at home depot or just walking down the street. Look, I am..
. posted by at 3:14 PM on March 27, 2006 Here are some of the photos I took at the walkout today:My photos from Saturday were just shown on CNN here is the transcript:JACKI SCHECHNER, CNN INTERNET REPORTER: Wolf, we're seeing some incredible photographs, as some people first document what..
. posted by at 2:47 PM on March 27, 2006 Spotted at the used car lot on Sunset and Vendome in Silver Lake. I thought briefly about pointing out the typo but refrained for fear of convulsions if someone corrected the spelling by moving the cars.
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posted by at 1:56 PM on March 27, 2006 I just got back from City Hall where I was taking pictures of the thousands of students who walked out of class today. From talking to the students they organized via word of mouth, myspace, sms, cell phones and from..
. posted by at 1:52 PM on March 27, 2006 On the first day of my spring break, I decided not to sleep in. Instead, I made my way downtown to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to former Assemblyman Marco Antonio Firebaugh's funeral Mass.
I arrived...
posted by at 1:27 PM on March 27, 2006 On Friday, I went to the Not a Cornfield to hear the speakers on the topic of "Building A Sustainable Future in Los Angeles." It's one of the last events to be held at the Cornfield; the absolute last being..
. posted by at 1:20 PM on March 27, 2006 Things last week were, ahem, a bit quiet around abLA - I have been cranked up to 11 preparing for other both gallery and blogging related art projects I'm doing through June..
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. posted by at 12:25 PM on March 27, 2006 A friend of mine likes say that she's an analogue person in a digital world. I think that probably applies to a lot of fine artists as well, and maybe that's why so many of them seem to have trouble.
.. posted by at 11:50 AM on March 27, 2006 I could fib and say I was exercising my long-dormant journalistic tendencies to investigate whatever the moveable ruckus was on Sunset Boulevard this Cesar Chavez Day morning, but the nekkid truth and coincidence is that I just happened to.
.. posted by at 11:39 AM on March 27, 2006 Found in the Los Angeles Flickr Group, taken by obeck I'm not quite sure how they ended up separating these cars without creating more damage.
(Location: Laurel Canyon at Riverside - October '05.)..
. posted by at 11:30 AM on March 27, 2006 You can always browse the latest views of Los Angeles via Metroblogging's own Los Angeles Flickr group, but there are lots of other coolio L.A.
Flickr groups, like Los Angeles Street Art, Los Angeles History or the plain old...
posted by at 11:12 AM on March 27, 2006 Hundreds of Southern Californian students across Los Angeles county (and across the country) continue the weekend of protests against the Sensenbrenner immigration bill and in support of migrant rights by walking out of their classrooms. I was just woken up..
. posted by at 10:53 AM on March 27, 2006 I know what you're thinking, "What can I do tonight that's both civic-minded and potentially funny as all get out?" Boy-oh-boy do I have the thing for you!
In yet another blatant attempt to actually communicate with his constituency, CD13...
posted by at 8:06 AM on March 27, 2006 I'm listening to Indie 103.1 (or at least I was a minute ago) and hearing the horrid excuse for a replacement they have on the air for the recently departed Mighty Morning Show (which we've discussed before.) The only question.
.. posted by at 3:27 AM on March 26, 2006 (Pictured: Pornstar Julia Bond surrounded by a gaggle of fans.
) I've been to a few of the past Adultcons (NSFW), and while the highlights have always been meeting the pin-up girls and pornstars, overall the convention experience has always...
posted by at 9:14 PM on March 25, 2006 According to the LAPD, the protest today was the largest ever in LA's history, with over half a million people in attendance. I had earlier guessed there were a full million, so I guess I was about half right. I.
.. posted by at 2:32 PM on March 25, 2006 There was literally nothing but a few tubs of fabric scraps at Santino's garage sale.
I didn't even watch Project Runway, but still I live just a few minutes' drive from the sale, so I went, if only to scope...
posted by at 11:38 AM on March 25, 2006 I just got back from the Immigrants Rights protest in Downtown LA. OMG, there had to be a million people there. I took a crapton of photos and I will upload them as soon as I can.
I have to...
posted by at 10:52 AM on March 25, 2006 Few things in life offer the consistent pleasure of the Weather Widget (by Arlo Rose, v1.6.7).
How I love to see him there on my desktop, ever at the ready to provide me with more accurate weather information than the...
posted by at 10:14 AM on March 25, 2006 Last month I posted about how The Mighty Morning Show on Indie 103.1 was the best morning radio show in LA. Last week it disappeared off the air with no explanation of what happened.
The station said that Dicky quit...
posted by at 7:58 PM on March 24, 2006 The second Goddess night is hitting the streets of Los Angeles tomorrow at 8pm. What is Goddess Night? Music, fetish fashion and lots of imagination.
It's where you'll meet and see Dominas (the plural of Dominatrix), slaves and sissyboys. But..
. posted by at 3:10 PM on March 24, 2006 Nick Jago, the drummer of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, will be guest DJing with me tomorrow night at The Vine Bar between 10pm and 2am. I'm there every Saturday night, usually with a guest, playing the rock n'roll.
It's free...
posted by at 3:00 PM on March 24, 2006 Anyone who's been to the Standard Hotel's Sunset location knows about their person-in-a-box. You would be hard-pressed not to notice a half-dressed person lounging around an oversized aquarium, especially when it's directly behind the check-in counter. Somebody over at HotelChatter.
.. posted by at 1:57 PM on March 24, 2006 In Golden State blog, Michael Hiltzik finally explains the Great Power Markup of 2000-2001: The DWP has so far refused to concede that it should return the estimated $250-million windfall it drained from the pocketbooks of California ratepayers during the.
.. posted by at 10:47 AM on March 24, 2006 For those of you in the cult of GTD, I am proud to announce that our Guru aka David Allen is in town today running his "The Roadmap" Seminar in Santa Monica.
I'm not attending, but it's nice to know...
posted by at 10:07 AM on March 24, 2006 L.A. Investigating Alleged Patient Dumping Authorities are examining a surveillance tape that shows an elderly woman wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers as they investigate the practice of hospitals and police agencies dumping homeless people downtown.
Carol...
posted by at 9:52 AM on March 24, 2006 Well, this is fantastic. Via Associated Press, I just learnedExplosives experts defused a homemade bomb found in the backseat of a car early Friday after the driver was stopped for speeding in this eastern Los Angeles suburb, authorities said. The.
.. posted by at 5:14 PM on March 23, 2006 Caryn and I drove a few hours east on the 10 today and found the dinosaurs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Here's a buncha photos I snapped while we were there. We were excited when we found you could..
. posted by at 3:09 PM on March 23, 2006 You know there's something wrong when you walk into your local car body shop's office and it looks like an Attorney's office. My car was hit (and run - by UPS no less) a few weeks ago.
So I'm dealing...
posted by at 1:06 PM on March 23, 2006 The most compelling reason to head down to Austin for SXSW, IMHO, was to catch the epic battle between the TXRD and LA's own Derby Dolls. Unfortunately, the compelling nature of the event wasn't enough to overcome my economic barriers,..
. posted by at 12:00 PM on March 23, 2006 Grab some Aqua Net, attach your handcuffs to your belt loops in the appropriate fashion, and get ready to rock. Pirate Radio, the glam rock station that shacked up on 100.
3 in 1989 is back on the airwaves, via the...
posted by at 11:29 AM on March 23, 2006 Yo - all you local Silverlake peeps, it's time to shout out to your hood. Go check out the Silverlake Film Festival. Lots of parties and lots of good cinema.
I'm mostly intrigued by the Fusian Asian Cinema, which...
posted by at 10:39 AM on March 23, 2006 Mack Reed at LA Voice is on the case: Woke up this morning to the whiplash news that Dicky Barrett's Mighty Morning Show on Indie 103.1 is no longer on the air or the web. It's vanished, as if it.
.. posted by at 10:38 AM on March 23, 2006 I have a love/hate relationship with food.
I love to eat good food, but hate to pay high prices for it. Another wrinkle is that I'm an awesome cook (and yeah, modest too). I know how easy it is to.
.. posted by at 8:30 AM on March 23, 2006 (Via LA Observed) After having over five years notice to find a new location, the last Westwood Village Farmer's Market will be held today due to impending construction on the site at Glendon and Weyburn Ave.
The UCLA Daily Bruin...
posted by at 7:10 AM on March 23, 2006 In the annals of Los Angeles cycling lore there is a slice of street that merits special distinction: Echo Park's Fargo Street, considered to be the steepest in the city. Launching ridiculously at a purported 33% grade, Fargo gains more..
. posted by at 6:41 PM on March 22, 2006 I am currently putting together 3 photography portfolios: Macro Blossoms, Club Portraiture and Industrial Landscapes (those links aren't to my actual portfolios, but to the pool of my shots I will be compiling them from). I am hoping to eventually.
.. posted by at 6:22 PM on March 22, 2006 (Photo courtesy of The Book L.
A.) The Mercedes-Benz Fall 2006 L.A.
Fashion Week started on Sunday and runs through tomorrow at Smashbox Studios (Wireimage has plenty of coverage), but for me, this photo pretty much sums it all up...
. posted by at 4:30 PM on March 22, 2006 A whole slew of my friends have formed a sort of loose travel club over the past few years. I went with them to New Orleans in January last year, my second visit there and my last trip to the.
.. posted by at 4:17 PM on March 22, 2006 Yesterday afternoon, while working frantically on a research paper, the gmail notification popped up.
The subject line was enough to make me stop. The message was simple: Former assemblyman Marco Firebaugh dies in Los Angeles. I read the AP.
.. posted by at 4:13 PM on March 22, 2006 I mentioned this last summer, that I like to look at earthquakes on real maps.
Well, the USGS has revamped their Recent Quakes pages and now there's an option to view quake locations on a Maps.Google hybrid map. It's a.
.. posted by at 11:11 AM on March 22, 2006 When we had the big brushfire down in the OC a few weeks ago, Heather posted an image from the Mount Wilson webcam, which gave a very hawesome view of the entire San Gabriel Valley, and earned a quick bookmark.
.. posted by at 2:32 AM on March 22, 2006 Penelope and I ate at La Parilla twice in the last few weeks.
Penelope had been bugging me for months to try La Parilla, as it won the LA Downtown News best mexican restaurant award in 2005. If it..
. posted by at 7:32 PM on March 21, 2006 I just noticed that the city built of CD covers in this new iPod commercial is Downtown LA. I guess the Library Tower and the Gas Company Tower kind of give it away.
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posted by at 1:57 PM on March 21, 2006 One of my co-organizers (and by that I mean one of the people who actually did all the work) Kareem Mayan has posted a fantastic BarCamp Post-Mortem. Lots of details about what we did, what worked, and things to keep..
. posted by at 1:31 PM on March 21, 2006 Since Lieutenant Ruben De La Torre let the cat out of the bag in the comments on this post I thought I'd give you all the update to my open letter request back in February. Since then I've been speaking.
.. posted by at 12:41 PM on March 21, 2006 I'm anxiously awaiting the re-opening of the Griffith Park Observatory, I've personally never been inside in the 12 years I've been living in LA.
An astronomy show from OC public televising had a chance to go and check it out...
posted by at 10:16 AM on March 21, 2006 In a statement issued on March 7, Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa shows support for the LA art community in France...
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posted by at 12:17 AM on March 21, 2006 I had a rare day off in Hollywood today after a particularly unmemorable audition for some voice over work at my agent's office on Wilshire. Lately, I find myself becoming less cynical about so much in my life, including..
. posted by at 5:29 PM on March 20, 2006 The timing, a little over a week ago, of The LA Times article about Bettie Page was rather notable because there are some related events this week: Tonight, Dita Von Teese, who besides Ms. Page is probably one of.
.. posted by at 2:10 PM on March 20, 2006 Via LA Observed, I discovered that many of the talking heads at KTLA keep, uh, blogs.
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posted by at 1:52 PM on March 20, 2006 Could I have a show of hands from bloggers who are currently experiencing issues with their hosts because of nasty spammers? I know Joz and I are on the outs with our current webhosts because of spam attacks. My ever.
.. posted by at 1:33 PM on March 20, 2006 Okay, for the record, this time I am being funny, I do intend sarcasm, and I am holding up a religious article to ridicule.
I got this at the Gelson's at Hyperion Rowena today. As a Jew I'm no..
. posted by at 12:44 PM on March 20, 2006 Not sure if all the TJ's have these, but for sure you can get them at the one on Hyperion in Silver Lake. They're just inside the front door - cases and cases of them - in their unopened.
.. posted by at 11:39 AM on March 20, 2006 Walk across 6th Street through the marathon while drinking a Fat Burger milkshake.
Bonus points if your companion is carrying a bag from same. My only excuse is that I am pregnant and therefore missing a large portion of my..
. posted by at 9:59 AM on March 20, 2006 There's a good chance this happens all the time and I just know nothing about it, but I was pretty shocked to read the LAFD News Information blog this morning and find that two people died during yesterday's race..
.. posted by at 9:46 AM on March 20, 2006 Fans of video and film art should be thrilled to hear about tonight's Monday Film Night at Art Share.
Supernature.cc and Atelier Zero co-present tonight's free screening and discussion program, themed "Film as ART" and featuring works from Bill Viola,..
. posted by at 7:36 PM on March 18, 2006 There are two huge tents set up in the Scientology center on Sunset near Vermont and about an hour ago I saw a lot of people crossing the street to enter into the compound to have some kind of celebration..
. posted by at 6:02 PM on March 18, 2006 No controversy here, just great Mexican food, served up by the nicest family you'll ever meet, and at amazingly low prices. The place is tiny but it's well worth trying to find it.
Order the Jalopy Special (chilequiles with...
posted by at 4:15 PM on March 18, 2006 Okay so the news was only half wrong about the location of the Buddhist relics on display today and Sunday. They said Summit and Washington, and it's really at Summit and Mountain. If you exit the 134 at Fair.
.. posted by at 2:42 PM on March 18, 2006 A national art publication completely misquoted art.
blogging.la in their March/April issue. To read all the gory details (yes, it's blog versus paper again) go to abLA.
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posted by at 12:46 PM on March 18, 2006 And in other big art opening news both LAXART and Walter Maciel Gallery are finally going to open today, Saturday, March 18...
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posted by at 12:43 PM on March 18, 2006 So many people are doing art receptions listings and mailings these days. abLA has always mentioned what we thought would be the most interesting so, just to be clearer, we're now doing "abLA Picks for Receptions" either every Friday..
. posted by at 10:56 AM on March 18, 2006 No joke here - just a recommendation. I saw a (lame) news broadcast about this last night but still I'm interested.
Many sacred Buddhist relics are on display Saturday and Sunday in Pasadena. Unfortunately, the newscast didn't think giving the..
. posted by at 5:47 PM on March 17, 2006 Just a warning to Calabasas residents or anyone else wanting to light up on a visit to the fine city of 20,000: smoking in almost all public spaces is now outlawed. The "Comprehensive Secondhand Smoke Control Ordinance" includes indoor and.
.. posted by at 3:32 PM on March 17, 2006 All day yesterday I thought about burritos.
Pregnancy has not made me any more prone to food cravings than I ever was, but one an idea gets into my head I have to have whatever food I'm obsessing over. It's..
. posted by at 1:57 PM on March 17, 2006 Over on the LAFD News Information Brian Humphrey has a post about some of the great things going on in LA with blogs and public works. He writes.
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.. a number of City of Los Angeles employees are now.
.. posted by at 1:32 PM on March 17, 2006 Going into a post office and shooting the place up is so 90's, it's all about Denny's these days.
Or at least the last three days in a row. Three different Denny's in three different So Cal cities. Can I.
.. posted by at 1:11 PM on March 17, 2006 I'm admittedly a diehard fan of Fox's show 24, which besides making news for the number of deaths this season, has its headquarters in the San Fernando Valley (the soundstages from what I understand are located in Woodland Hills).
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posted by at 12:20 PM on March 17, 2006 A couple hours ago I was standing in the L.A. Convention Center's west hall amidst the hustle and bustle of the Quality of Life Expo.
I'd just picked up my bib for Sunday's Acura L.A. Bike Tour and I was.
.. posted by at 12:15 PM on March 17, 2006 I had already made plans to see Kate Earl (MySpace) perform at the Hotel Cafe on Wednesday, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that Corinne Bailey Rae (MySpace) was opening for her.
At the risk of sounding like a...
posted by at 11:14 AM on March 17, 2006 Last night I was sitting in gridlock on the Interstate 5 southbound, which was highly unusual, normally I fly down that freeway at the time that I go home from work. So it was an anomaly, to say the least..
.. posted by at 8:08 AM on March 17, 2006 In the aftermath of the fatal shooting at the Pismo Beach Denny's, comes news that yesterday a man was shot and killed outside a Denny's in Ontario.
Unbelievably a third Denny's in Anaheim was the sight of yet another murder...
posted by at 5:38 AM on March 17, 2006 This weekend marks the third anniversary of the War in Iraq. There will be a major protest for it, at Hollywood and Ivar, starting at noon on Saturday. CODEPINK will be there, as will A.
N.S.W.
E.R. Three years is three years.
.. posted by at 6:07 PM on March 16, 2006 The Times is reporting that, unsurprisingly, people are upset over a slim possibility of the Capitol Records building being turned into condos.
I can understand people's potential disappointment, but something about going to lengths to keep a company in a...
posted by at 3:40 PM on March 16, 2006 Well folks, it's official - the Derby will be protected. Four of these people voted against the fifth making the Derby a Historic-Cultural Monument and thus preventing it from being torn down. More details here.
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posted by at 8:57 AM on March 16, 2006 Call this a vanity piece if you must, but one of the coolest parts of being able to write for blogging.la is knowing that I'm part of worldwide network of bloggers known as Metroblogging. Every few days I try to.
.. posted by at 9:38 PM on March 15, 2006 Many of the first bloggers (although it wasn't called blogging then) were doing it for personal reasons, but as soon as the word "blog" was created people started thinking about ways to apply it to businesses.
Now there's a 1...
posted by at 1:56 PM on March 15, 2006 I guess it's technically the VW/Audi but whatever. After a year of construction the car dealers and service peeps are out of their mobile trailers and into a brand new uber complex. They finished just in time for my 25K.
.. posted by at 12:01 PM on March 15, 2006 If you scour the Rose Bowl Swap Meet long enough, you'll eventually stumble old letterpress equipment.
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posted by at 11:59 AM on March 15, 2006 The Frostig Collection is an ongoing series of sculptures and works on paper created by well-known artists to benefit the Frostig Center, helping children with learning disabilities...
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. posted by at 9:03 AM on March 15, 2006 For those of you wondering, yes, the 405 has come to a COMPLETE STANDSTILL today. There are powerlines down by the 405 at Santa Monica, and the northbound lanes have stopped.
Thefreeway may be moving by now, but the overflow...
posted by at 8:41 AM on March 15, 2006 For Los Angeles veterans, most of this is old news. For anyone newer to the city this post by the Los Angeles City Nerd could save you hundreds of dollars in parking tickets and impounds: "5 Parking Tips for LA"..
.. posted by at 10:03 PM on March 14, 2006 (I say continuing, but really have never - that I recall - mentioned them before.
Just so we're straight.) On December 12th I was mugged. My purse and car were taken.
The car has since been replaced, which is nice...
posted by at 4:59 PM on March 14, 2006 So you might remember that for Valentines day I delivered flowers all over Hollywood and Los Feliz. Moki dog and I delivered red roses and chocolate goodness to lucky recipients. I myself didn't get any flowers because the boyf was.
.. posted by at 3:22 PM on March 14, 2006 "And that's why I think Scientology is right not just for this city, but the entire country.
" Jon Stewart (mockingly) at the 2006 Academy Awards There's three types of people in Los Angeles: Those who are Scientologists, those who don't...
posted by at 11:36 AM on March 14, 2006 All I can say is Big Ups to Flav for picking Hoopz over that psycho skank New York. (if you have a non-Mac) You can also watch watch the uncensored and totally awesome cat fight between Pumkin and New..
. posted by at 10:39 AM on March 14, 2006 Gabe Pruitt of USC is normally a 79% free-throw shooter, but during a game at Cal last week, he went 0-2 and shot a dismal 3-13 from the field, as the Golden Bears went on to beat the Trojans 71-60..
.. posted by at 10:13 AM on March 14, 2006 OK, so yesterday streetwars kicked off.
If you want to follow the play by play, you can check out the blog here. Players have already gotten wet. Action and stalking in full mode.
Woo-hoo!..
. posted by at 10:03 AM on March 14, 2006 Not necessarily LA related, but today is Pi Day. Not Pie Day - which was a few months ago.
But you know, pi - 3.14159..
. etc. Lots of linked pi goodness on this page.
I'm sure there are probably some...
posted by at 6:26 PM on March 13, 2006 The aerial image that we created on the (cold and damp!) Santa Monica beach yesterday (as part of CODEPINK's Internation Women's Day and Women Say No To War initiative) made today's L.A.
Times! It came out absolutely amazing: click here..
. posted by at 4:19 PM on March 13, 2006 [Click image to biggify] It wasn't the clearest day in L.A.
, but that didn't detract from the tranquility and enjoyment of getting the dog and me a decent bit up above sea level...
. posted by at 1:22 PM on March 13, 2006 Hey, I am looking to register a DBA/fictitious business name here in Los Angeles County. Last time I did this, I had to drive to Norwalk to set things up.
So it's not a huge deal, but if I can...
posted by at 12:27 PM on March 13, 2006 In light of the breaking news of his recently acquired intern/assistant, I thought the time was ripe to make a quick post about a Silverlake mainstay - the Five Dollar Guy(or Silverlake's Own World Famous Five Dollar Guy according to...
posted by at 11:48 AM on March 13, 2006 For some reason I always thought that all police cruisers had video cameras installed in them to protect both officers and citizens from unsavory activity. It turns out that, although everyone from watchdog groups to chief Bratton wants them installed,..
. posted by at 11:37 AM on March 13, 2006 I have no idea why google news picks up the RSS feed from this publication, but when I saw this bit of text: "I live in California, and am no longer willing to go into Los Angeles. It has become.
.. posted by at 8:23 AM on March 13, 2006 One of my pet peeves is how difficult it is to fly these days.
Long lines are the norm, expensive parking at LAX is accepted, general uptight drama around security, I've actually come to accept all this. However, this past..
. posted by at 8:00 AM on March 13, 2006 Last Monday I kind of randomly decided to go out and see what was shaking with the various Monday night residencies in town. I did two things that were very uncharacteristic for me, the first was going out alone.
.. posted by at 3:11 PM on March 12, 2006 Last month, I wrote about the plight of Steve Heller, a temp at the large L.
A. law firm representing Diebold Election systems, who brought to light certain facts that did not reflect well on his employer's client. Some friends of.
.. posted by at 1:47 PM on March 12, 2006 In the last few months there has been a lot of whining about how LA shouldn't have elephants in the zoo.
Bob barker recently spoke out about how it is cruel and a wast of tax payers money to house...
posted by at 1:44 PM on March 12, 2006 If you've ever driven in LA, you know that making a left turn at an intersection with no green arrows can be dangerous and time consuming during busy traffic hours. Recently on the radio I heard Chief Bratton say that..
. posted by at 1:36 PM on March 12, 2006 I heard some mention of this on the radio a few days ago and now I see this article on the AP wire. It looks like around 600 California bridges have not been updated to meet earthquake safety standards and.
.. posted by at 9:35 AM on March 12, 2006 Since the Treasure Hunt has been postponed, I hereby invite all cyclists and non-cyclists alike to get themselves down to Arlington West in Santa Monica (at the pier in SM) to participate in the aerial image that we're creating today.
.. posted by at 7:11 PM on March 11, 2006 Winter quarter has been way too busy for me to pay attention to UCLA basketball, which is a shame because both men's and women's teams have had great seasons.
UCLA men won their first Pac-10 tournament title since 1987...
posted by at 4:45 PM on March 11, 2006 Word's just in from the event's organizer that the much-anticipated L.A. Treasure Hunt -- something akin to an Amazing Race on bikes -- has been postponed from tomorrow to April 2 "due to weather conditions.
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posted by at 8:10 AM on March 11, 2006 Last night was the Midnight Ridazz two-year anniversary and I had the distinct pleasure of rolling through the rain and lightning and thunder and 48-degree temps with a few hundred other loveable two-wheeling lunatics, including Mack Reed of LA Voice...
posted by at 8:02 PM on March 10, 2006 This just in! The Derby Dolls have a team of skaters trained, packed and ready to head out to Texas to play our first ever inter-league bout against the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls (of A E "Rollergirls" fame). We are set to.
.. posted by at 4:53 PM on March 10, 2006 I never paid much attention to Scott Stapp (or "Rick" as his "friends" refer to him when he's shit-faced), but lately he has hands down become my new favorite famous person train wreck.
I love that he's out there in...
posted by at 10:34 AM on March 10, 2006 I'm not sure what to make of this post card that came in the mail. As a homeowner we get A LOT of mail from realtors about the market, homes available and of course solitications to sell our home. (Not.
.. posted by at 10:31 AM on March 10, 2006 One of the things I love the best about LA is the experience of being in another country.
Yesterday a friend and I went to Natura, a day spa in Korea town. It was early in the day and I..
. posted by at 10:16 AM on March 10, 2006 Now there's a show title to melt my heart..
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posted by at 8:38 AM on March 10, 2006 No matter how often you go, there's always something at Larchmont Beauty Supply to blow your mind. Today it was Breath Palette Japanese toothpaste - all 32 flavors of it. 32 flavors?
What the hell could that be? Beyond the..
. posted by at 11:53 PM on March 09, 2006 I'm not sure if this is new, of if I just never noticed this before, but the LAPD is now offering very detailed and cool crime maps on their website. Maybe I didn't really want to know about the.
.. posted by at 4:35 PM on March 09, 2006 Despite the fact that everybody's supposedly in NYC, there still seems to be plenty of goings on this weekend.
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posted by at 4:21 PM on March 09, 2006 The Art of Bleeding is interested in your emergency room story. Call their hotline at 1-888-467-8535 to tell your tale of emergency room woe. There's the off chance that your story may be incorporated into one of the AoB's live.
.. posted by at 3:37 PM on March 09, 2006 Well, not usually, however the National Weather Service has put out a warning for unseasonably cold weather this weekend with snow falling as low as 2500 feet.
Good for skiers, bad if you're gonna try to go over the...
posted by at 11:51 AM on March 09, 2006 Whatever your age, here's a chance to be a part of something really cool and important that is LA through and through. Growing Old in East LA is an audio portrait created and produced by David Greenberger (of Duplex..
. posted by at 11:41 AM on March 09, 2006 Also tomorrow night, Hammer continues it's tradition of closing shows in style with another Hammer Bash!.
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posted by at 11:31 AM on March 09, 2006 The city of Pasadena is serving up a cornucopia of art-related goodness tomorrow night with the biannual ArtNight Pasadena...
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. posted by at 8:15 AM on March 09, 2006 My newest blog crush, and possibly my new favorite blogger, is Los Angeles' own Amy Alkon, aka The Advice Goddess. After recovering her own stolen car, and catching a hit and run driver dumb enough to have vanity plates, Amy.
.. posted by at 11:57 PM on March 08, 2006 I recently ran up to Six Flags: Magic Mountain with some friends.
I can't say that I'm real big on theme parks, but it was a pretty fun. Six Flags is unlike Disneyland in that it's almost exclusively rollercoasters. While.
.. posted by at 10:29 PM on March 08, 2006 Jess Winfield at LA Food Crazy calls it "The World's Greatest Restaurant" and esteemed food review Jonathan Gold says that Los Angeles is "unimaginable without it.
" As for me, my stomach rarely agrees with this place, but its my...
posted by at 6:20 PM on March 08, 2006 I'm from out of town, Vancouver to be exact [ ], and so simply being in L.A. almost by law requires a trip to Disneyland.
There have been several really great posts about the Magic Kingdom from the perspectives of locals in the past. Robert Daeley has a Fear and Loathing style post about it [ ] and Jillian Tate has a more affectionate post about the house of M [ ]. posted by at 5:38 PM on March 08, 2006 My SimCity cities were usually nodes of residential/commercial or industrial zones, connected by mass transit.
With a major seaport. And parks. They did not look like Metro Los Angeles.
However, by way of a couple blogs today, I did find...
posted by at 4:33 PM on March 08, 2006 Mmmmmmmmm...
.look at all that hot, juicy SOY? To celebrate Meatout 2006, meat-slinging retro favorite Johnny Rockets is giving away a free Streamliner for every Streamliner (or sandwich, starter and soda) that you buy for the entire month of March.
All...
posted by at 3:12 PM on March 08, 2006 Since the photo I posted of Axl Rose has garnered its fair share of interest, here's one of Eddie Van Halen (link via Defamer) from earlier this week: According to David Lee Roth, alcohol has not been the only problem...
posted by at 2:43 PM on March 08, 2006 The S.O. celebrated his birthday on Saturday.
He insisted that he didn't want a cake, but he lied. Boxed marinated meat ready to throw on the grill from one of East LA's finest carnicerías (meat market), La Guadalupana, isn't..
. posted by at 2:31 PM on March 08, 2006 Thanks to LAist for the pointer to a Times article revealing that the Los Angeles Board of Education approved plans Tuesday for a $208-million downtown magnet high school for art..
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.. posted by at 2:07 PM on March 08, 2006 In an effort to help everyone with a little closure, here are some updates on some recent stories we've blogged about: A Million Little Pieces - the neverending, ever-twisting tale of the shattered Ferrari Enzo: LA Times: Another Turn in.
.. posted by at 11:43 AM on March 08, 2006 I know you all read my whalewatching posts and think to yourself, "A three hour tour?
What if I want more?" Fear not, the American Cetacean Society LA Chapter sponsors several local all day trips and one is coming up..
. posted by at 11:26 AM on March 08, 2006 A car chase has ended in a hostage situation police standoff on the Long Beach Freeway. A suspect is in a minivan pinned between two armored police vehicles by the Firestone exit.
KABC7 is reporting that the suspect is wanted...
posted by at 11:11 AM on March 08, 2006 I am trying to figure out if it's a new thing, or if it has been happening all the time and I just recently started noticing it. I feel like in the last year or so people's driving skills have..
. posted by at 9:57 AM on March 08, 2006 If downtown's not your bag, you might check out the next NELA Gallery Night. NELA is the Northeast Los Angeles Arts Organization.
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posted by at 9:55 AM on March 08, 2006 As with every second Thursday of the month, tomorrow is Downtown Art Walk, downtown LA's self-guided tour of Gallery Row...
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. posted by at 6:18 AM on March 08, 2006 Over at CD13.com, City Council President Eric Garcetti is pleased to announce that following in his blogsteps and those of LAFD News Information comes Ed Boks, recently installed general manager of L.
A. Animal Services who inaugurated an official department..
. posted by at 6:04 PM on March 07, 2006 I know that this is downright bald self interest, but does anyone have a good handyman/carpenter that they can recommend? I was referred to J J Trading Post, which is a full service hardware store on Glendale and Temple, but their.
.. posted by at 4:48 PM on March 07, 2006 There's a few things going on this week I just have to share with all you fine people out there.
Most important though is a correction to the post from last week about the upcoming HAMMERBASH. That is the 12th,..
. posted by at 4:40 PM on March 07, 2006 Brought to you from the Baller's Hardware lot in Silver Lake by Ford, where Quality is Job Onehundredandsomething..
.. posted by at 1:44 PM on March 07, 2006 I suspect that the perfect age for Pirates Dinner Adventure [ ] is about six, when pirates are still cool and the thought of eating a meal while a pirate play unfolds in front of you is almost as awesome as being able to watch television while at the dinner table.
posted by at 1:41 PM on March 07, 2006 According to KABC, there are two survivors...
I'll try and update as I hear more. UPDATE (2:02pm): CNN Pipeline is carrying a live video feed of the crash. Appears to be on the edge of the Compton Airport, either on.
.. posted by at 1:19 PM on March 07, 2006 First of all, someone extended some courtesy to me this morning, which shocked and delighted me.
I was coming down Highland and wished to get in the right lane to turn on Franklin. The right lane was unusually busy and..
. posted by at 12:10 PM on March 07, 2006 In just a few short days time travelling bloggers Kim Cooper and Nathan Marsak will leave 1947 after a year of service and recalibrate their TARDIS to another era of L.A.
's yesteryear. Ms. Cooper is keeping their destination a secret,.
.. posted by at 10:38 AM on March 07, 2006 Some days I feel like I went to sleep and woke up on Planet Dumbass.
Now, I would never say that rock and roll is supposed to be a bastion of perfect grammar usage, but to me there's an obvious...
posted by at 8:02 AM on March 07, 2006 Had my superior awareness and intuition not brought me to look up in time this attack squirrel was gonna rain twitchy-tailed havoc all over me. Note the masterful blending in with its background and click the image for biggification..
. posted by at 2:31 AM on March 07, 2006 Before I get to the actual news out here by the ocean, I'd like to remind you all that CODEPINK are hosting a major event this weekend for International Women's Day. We're doing an aerial image at Arlington West, and.
.. posted by at 9:20 PM on March 06, 2006 In the sea of music that inundates the city, sometimes it's hard to look past big touring band and find the little gems that've been here all along.
As a solo artist, Charlie Wadhams plays music that is a bit...
posted by at 8:22 PM on March 06, 2006 There's nothing like seeing some mid-level celebs while flying to L.A. from Hollywood North, which is what us Vancouverites like to call our fair city when discussing our film industry.
Upon stepping into the Alaska airlines flight from Vancouver [mbv] to L.A. I was surprised to see Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy's younger sister and the girl who slept with Keith on Six Feet Under), leaning over her seat talking loudly about her BlackBerry.
posted by at 1:47 PM on March 06, 2006 I wanted to give a few days advance notice about this month's KERNSPIRACY gathering, because in addition to the usual hobnobbing and deep philosophical conversation about graphic design and commercial art, we're breaking out the button maker and giving you...
posted by at 1:01 PM on March 06, 2006 The March issue of Wired features an article about the LAPD's new high-speed plate-reading network which is being used to corral stolen vehicles. According to Wired, four two-person teams are testing digital license plate recognition setups for the LAPD and..
. posted by at 12:19 PM on March 06, 2006 There are a lot of great GoogleMapMashups out there. Here's one that I've been missing all this time: Jacktracker Okay, maybe I haven't been "missing" it, since I've become rather disinterested in 24 since season 2, but if you have.
.. posted by at 10:38 AM on March 06, 2006 The Times was full of juicy stuff this weekend, including a long article in the Sunday edition that painted an extremely unflattering portrait of the Painter of Light himself, Thomas Kinkade.
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posted by at 10:09 AM on March 06, 2006 According the Sunday Saturday Times, the FX "documentary" Black. White. that eecue touched on earlier might not be presenting such an honest view race relations after all.
The show, featuring a black couple from Atlanta and a white couple from...
posted by at 7:04 AM on March 06, 2006 Here's all the photos I took at BarCampLA this weekend - there are a gazillion more on flickr using the tag "barcampla" and you can read what people had to say about it using the same tag on technorati. I'm..
. posted by at 12:33 AM on March 06, 2006 On Tuesday this LA art girl heads off to New York City for all the art fair hoopla..
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. posted by at 12:30 AM on March 06, 2006 When Charles Tran first told me about his website, LunchSpark, I thought it was made for loser kids who are never invited to sit with the cool kids in the cafeteria. In reality, it's for us adult losers who, for.
.. posted by at 12:48 PM on March 05, 2006 I'm down at the Little Radio warehouse right now, sitting at the back of the Big Presentation Room.
There's a sort of dull roar that comes from fifty-odd people, broken off in small clusters around the room to talk. I've..
. posted by at 12:15 PM on March 05, 2006 I haven't really been doing much of anything lately. I've been sick, and busy with a job deadline.
But I have been taking my camera with me on the rare occasions that I am able to leave my house, and...
posted by at 9:36 AM on March 05, 2006 Mack Reed is rocking it on the live blogging, so rather than keep up with him, I'm just going to point you to his fantastic play-by-play coverage...
. posted by at 8:13 AM on March 05, 2006 I spent yesterday evening at BarCampLosAngeles. And it was awesome.
I met a lot of people I knew by name, but not by face. And, better still, I met a lot of people and exchanged ideas with them..
.. posted by at 7:36 AM on March 05, 2006 Just woke up and getting ready to head back down to BatCampLA (I didn't camp out - downtown has enough urban camping enthusiasts) and thought I'd throw out some of the amusing quotes I heard yesterday.
I'm faily certainly all...
posted by at 4:11 AM on March 05, 2006 I stopped by BarCamp at the last minute tonight and put together a video in an effort to explain what its all about to your average Joe. The embedded video is after the jump, and features Buzznet founder Marc Brown,..
. posted by at 12:07 AM on March 05, 2006 I know I promised more updates but connectivity isn't what we hoped and I just got home and I'm disgustingly tired. I can tell you that having all these people who do all these cool things here in LA in.
.. posted by at 6:11 PM on March 04, 2006 [Click image to biggify] My wife Susan and I were lucky to grab the last two spots on today's fully-booked Angelino Heights Walking Tour, run by the good folks at L.
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.. posted by at 4:00 PM on March 04, 2006 It's a little bit of a late notice but here are some recommended art openings for tonight, Saturday March 4.
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.. posted by at 1:24 PM on March 04, 2006 More in-the-works shots on my flickr group.
URGENT: If anyone can help us get more bandwidth pls get in touch ASAP or better yet just come and make the nasty wifi problems go away. Thanks!.
.. posted by at 12:06 PM on March 04, 2006 Like Sean said, a bunch of us are going to BarCamp.
At BarCamp, everybody does a presentation, and right now I am not quite 100% sure what I am going to present. So here are the topics I am currently..
. posted by at 9:47 AM on March 04, 2006 Dodgers single game tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m.
My good friend got a number at Dodger Stadium and went home instead becase she figured her chances online would be better. There are three of use trying..
. posted by at 9:12 AM on March 04, 2006 Everyone knows by now that BarCampLA starts in a few hours - as one of the hosts and official sponsors I'll be there along with a handful of other blogging.la folks, and we'll be reporting back here with notes for.
.. posted by at 1:14 AM on March 04, 2006 .
..the puppy story was false.
.. It wasn't a problem with the journalism, but rather the teenaged girl (19) who supposedly saw the teenagers play football with the puppy was lying about what really happened to injure the dog.
It turns...
posted by at 8:41 PM on March 03, 2006 Did you know that Sea Level Records in Echo Park is not only one of the best record stores in town, but also has totally rad instore performances all the time? And they're free? This weekend you can see.
.. posted by at 3:22 PM on March 03, 2006 Not sure what the hip hop constituency is here at blogging.
la but I wanted to let everyone know about the 'P.O.S.
Is Ruining My Life' tour rolling through The Echo tonight. P.O.
S. grew up in Minneapolis surrounded by the..
. posted by at 2:01 PM on March 03, 2006 If you're interested in Fair Trade (products certified to come from cooperatives where growers or workers are paid a fair wage) you might want to check out the Fair Trade LA this Sunday: Sunday, March 5 at 2pm United University..
. posted by at 12:47 PM on March 03, 2006 I am absolutely fascinated by mid-century Americana. Yes, I know, it was a horrible racist warmongering era, and that the post-war era gave us freeways, white flight and urban sprawl, not to mention an unhealthy obsession with cars, malls, and.
.. posted by at 12:00 PM on March 03, 2006 Want to enroll in the Get Your Sh*t Together!
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. posted by at 11:58 AM on March 03, 2006 I used to live just behind the Farmer's Daughter Hotel on Fairfax and watched the makeover it got a few years back. It was interesting seeing how a little paint and new lighting completely turned the place around.
I...
posted by at 11:18 AM on March 03, 2006 According to their blog, the South Central Farm received their eviction notice on March 1st, giving them until March 6th to get off the Farm. If this eviction happens, and the Farm is closed, it will be an absolute travesty..
.. posted by at 10:56 AM on March 03, 2006 One of my secret desires is to have a lush, verdant garden.
I imagine a place beautiful to look at, be in and draw sustenance from. Over the years, I have had varying degrees of success with my vision..
.. posted by at 9:25 AM on March 03, 2006 Two men (18 21) were arrested in Compton last night for chucking molotov cocktails at houses.
One on West Spruce Street and the other on South Bradfield Street. It might just be too early in the morning, but..
. posted by at 7:30 AM on March 03, 2006 Want to revisit the 80s? The LA Weekly points to an exhibition by Anthony Hernandez.
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.. posted by at 6:10 AM on March 03, 2006 I woke up disoriented.
This is not unusual-I am a deep sleeper and have to get up to pee at least once a night because there is a baby pressing on my bladder. This time I couldn't breath. This, too,.
.. posted by at 2:00 AM on March 03, 2006 Happy birthday to us!
Art.blogging.la turned two years old last month.
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.. posted by at 1:01 AM on March 03, 2006 Last night on my way home for a couple errands, I had a near-carjacking-incident (and even that may be an exaggeration).
I'd pulled to a stop at Sunset and Formosa, next to the Seventh Veil gentleman's club. Out of the..
. posted by at 12:18 AM on March 03, 2006 So I'm here trying to have a nice dinner with some friends and what a delight, we have the local ghetto bird aka the LAPD Helicopters doing fly bys. I suppose that some criminal has run off into the canyon.
.. posted by at 12:15 AM on March 03, 2006 Los Angeles is, and has been, a place where people do things a bit differently; the art here is no exception.
This Saturday from 10am-5pm, Beyond Baroque and X-Tra present a symposium called "State of the Independents"...
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posted by at 11:59 PM on March 02, 2006 When you buy a bottled beverage in California you pay an extra tax called the CRV or California Redemption Value. This tax is actually refunded to you if you recycle the empty container, which is a good thing as it..
. posted by at 11:46 PM on March 02, 2006 Reality TV is out of control as evidenced by the new show on FX called Black. White.
. In said show, two families, one black and one white don makeup and swap races. They live together in the same house and.
.. posted by at 7:50 PM on March 02, 2006 Actually no Lieutenants were involved with these scandals, but Harvey Keitel is awesome.
If you've seen the movie Bad Lieutenant you will recall the scene where Keitel forces two teenage girls to watch as he jerks off in front of...
posted by at 4:55 PM on March 02, 2006 Much to my dismay, I've gone through several stages of tech phobia in my life. At one time I wouldn't even attempt to do anything other than turn on my computer. If there was trouble, I always had a handy.
.. posted by at 2:23 PM on March 02, 2006 If Sean Carlson's L.
A. Treasure Hunt has somehow managed to avoid your radar then allow me to sum up the March 12 event: It's like a day-long version of The Amazing Race on bikes in and around Los Angeles, it's..
. posted by at 1:37 PM on March 02, 2006 Cycle Santa Monica has posted a video of last month's Midnite Ridazz ride. Y'know, the one that some of us have refused to shut up about since BECAUSE IT WAS SO AWESOME?
Yeah. That ride. Incidentally, tomorrow is Santa Monica.
.. posted by at 11:21 AM on March 02, 2006 Last year's underwhelming i am 8-bit show, co-hosted by Gallery 1988 and troubled/possibly defunct video game boutique Acme Game Store, turns out to be the show that just won't die.
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posted by at 11:01 AM on March 02, 2006 It's hard for websites to provide the same kind of creepy experience of a movie. The Donnie Darko site does just this. It's a labyrinth of dark http:// tunnels, cross-referencing each other and back to the movie.
In addition the...
posted by at 10:40 AM on March 02, 2006 Speaking of Netflix, I know they're a great service and serve a lot of people well, but those of that you live near Rocket Video at La Brea and Melrose might reconsider that monthly fee. It's not a perfect replacement,..
. posted by at 12:34 AM on March 02, 2006 The thing about Netflix is that not only is it totally awesome (I use it instead of television), but those red envelopes are like a beacon to anyone around, they scream "HEY! Lookit me!
I've get DVDs in the mail,...
posted by at 7:37 PM on March 01, 2006 If you're been putting off registering for Streetwars, the round-robin water gun assassination game - you might have missed out - unless you have the right bribe. Culled from the registraion site: Assassins! We quickly got dangerously close to the.
.. posted by at 7:30 PM on March 01, 2006 Thanks to Jillian's post about the availability of tickets to the finally open Getty Villa, I snagged some and went on Sunday morning.
Even though I had to drive all the way from Mt Washington (beyond the standard east...
posted by at 5:42 PM on March 01, 2006 The two teenaged girls who both disappeared from the same apartment complex have made contact. One of the girls called home last night, saying that the two wanted to be picked up from a home in Carson. According to the.
.. posted by at 4:25 PM on March 01, 2006 (Photo courtesy of The Tyra Banks Show).
Leave it to Victoria's Secret supermodel Tyra Banks, whose TV talk show tapes locally at CBS Television City next to The Grove and Farmers Market, to do some hard-hitting undercover work for us...
posted by at 3:39 PM on March 01, 2006 I cite 3 stories...
one local, 2 non. (Ok, I know it's not "teenagers" as a whole, but these 3 stories involving teens caught my attention today.) Teens Allegedly Steal, Crash Land Plane BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.
- Two 14-year-old...
posted by at 1:42 PM on March 01, 2006 San Francisco's controversial Mayor Gavin Newsom has been staying at the Chateau Marmont while attending the Citizens Commission for Human Rights with CSI Miami star Sofia Milos, a Scientologist he's supposedly dating: On Newsom's agenda: a little visit with his...
posted by at 12:55 PM on March 01, 2006 Remember that photo of Axl Rose I mentioned earlier this week? It's since been removed, replaced simply with the word "Censored." Funny enough, it's the only photo that's been censored on that party page.
It makes you wonder if Rose...
posted by at 12:34 PM on March 01, 2006 Looks like type design rock stars House Industries will be back to speak, again, at the Apple store...
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. posted by at 12:15 PM on March 01, 2006 This one can be found at the Washington Mutual in Culver City. Um, yeah.
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.. posted by at 9:28 AM on March 01, 2006 Latest Coachella dance tent addition?
MADONNA, on Sunday. Now, either someone at Coachella HQ doesn't understand that you play the jokes on April 1, not March 1 - or Madonna realizes that this is a move every bit as smart..
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