Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

lee ranaldo at the satellite on april 10th, tix $15. so excited that he's finally doing a "song" album!

look who's playing at vitello's later this month!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYhbhTzV3A&feature=fvst

I thought it was John Travolta judging by the still.

Had my FAP ticket punched and everything

i tried which wich, the new sandwich chain with a location in studio city. the sandwich was good (i got turkey on wheat with hummus and oil & vinegar) but the layout of the store is maddening. not enough seating, hardly anywhere to stand while you're waiting to pick up your order. maybe other locations will be different.

need to spend more time on ventura someday

did anyone experience the car-horn symphony last week?

http://laist.com/2012/02/17/httpwwwlaimyourscom10202car-horn-sy.php

also maybe it's just me but i feel like i heard a lot more honking in nyc than i do here, even when i walk by high-traffic areas

need to spend more time on ventura someday

the ventura/laurel cyn intersection has become my second home. i'm there several times a week (come stalk me, we'll have lunch).

also maybe it's just me but i feel like i heard a lot more honking in nyc than i do here, even when i walk by high-traffic areas
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Friday, February 17, 2012 4:55 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

For sure people here honk way more for any stupid reason. It was pretty nerve racking to me when I first drove in NY

Like there will be a totall traffic jam where you are just not going to move and peope are honking like crazy just because. In LA people just sit there and stare at the car in front of them.

Yeah, that's because we've given up.

this is happening:

http://welcometolace.org/exhibitions/view/staalplaat-soundsystem/

LACE will host Dutch sound artist collective Staalplaat Soundsystem for a 10 day residency 20 Feb. – 1 March 2012. Within the current mood of worshipping the latest technology in media art, Staalplaat Soundsystem provides a breath of fresh air, reminding us of the 100-year tradition of noise-making machines, in which “mad” inventors and various kinds of artists operating in the margins of the art world meet. During their residency Staalplaat members Geert-Jan Hobijn and Carlo Crovato will construct a site specific, interactive sound installation that will also serve as the focal point for a participatory sound performance. They will also lead a two-day youth workshop, culminating in a concert.

Using “everyday electronic junk” scavenged from thrift stores and donations, Hobijn and Crovato will fashion new “sound machines” that will be controllable by the audience via smartphones. As the residency proceeds the artists will create and add more machines to an ever-growing installation in LACE’s main gallery space. In the final phase of the residency they will re-locate the installation to the storefront space and set it up so that LACE visitors and the general public can conduct the “orchestra” via their mobile phone both inside and outside from the Walk of Fame.

ABOUT STAALPLAAT SOUNDSYSTEM

Since its inception in 2000, Staalplaat Soundsystem has started creating a multitude of “machine installations” using all manner of consumer electronics, such as a dozen floor polishers (Sweet Sissy and the Ballroom Hiss), and Avantilator, a composition for one hundred electric office fans. At the heart of this work is a low-tech philosophy: to make installations appear simple, revealing rather than concealing how they are made.

Artists participating in the LACE residency include Staalplaat Soundsystem founder Geert-Jan Hobijn and Carlo Crovato. Staalplaat Soundsystem has been showing works at several international festivals, museums, galleries and events like Avanto (Helsinki), Sonar (Barcelona), 798 South Gate space (Beijing), DEAF (Rotterdam), Transmediale (Berlin), DOM (Moscow), Ars Electronica (Linz), Todaysart (Den Haag), MOCA Taipei, Museeum Weserburg (Bremen), Townhouse Gallery (Cairo), Steirischer Herbst ( Graz), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Khoj International Artists (New Dehli), and Auditorium (Rome).

For more information on Staalplaat Soundsystem, visit staalplaat.org.

proper concert on feb 27 (a monday night).

I'm going to that wrestling show tomorrow. CULTURE.

date and i are going to see justin bond tonight (s/he's performing saturday and sunday as well)

On a gentler note to the LACE show, Machine Project is having an infantcore show Saturday.

What?

After our friend Sally brought her baby Otto to play Nate Page’s Storefront Plaza we realized that we had a perfect baby vivarium on our hands, and if we were going to invite a bunch of babies to crawl around for an afternoon, why not put them to work as variables in a algorithmic sound composition?

How does that work?

Scott Cazan has written some software for the occasion that uses a camera and a computer to track the movement of the babies and convert that information into different sounds.

http://machineproject.com/archive/events/2012/02/18/infantcore/

Babies Making Music to Make Babies To

Okay so, looks like my sweets and I will be doing a quick last minute trip up to Amoeba and the LA Zine Fest at the Last Bookstore this afternoon so maybe see folks there?

http://www.galleristny.com/files/2012/02/24hrmike.jpg

ooooh i would like to see that

The corridor in that image looks suspiciously like CalArts, but I guess it could be any hospital/government facility.

it does look somewhat calartian!

the clean and times new viking at the echo, you guys.

http://www.criticalmob.com/news/more/the_clean_announces_us_dates_with_times_new_viking

Will be out of town then, sadly.

tickets go on sale friday.

!

in other show news, thee oh sees are playing downtown in march

admrl u going to vanessa renwick @ MJT tomorrow perchance?

No, I saw her show last night at CalArts and I think she is showing the same movies. I liked some of her work (Britton, SD is great) but there was quite a lot that didn't click for me.

hey folks, I will be in your fair environs next week. Flying in on monday, out on thursday. anyone for a fap or wanna head with me to some ucb/nerdmelt comedy events?

I'm in for something... What part of town are you staying in?

Do y'all know any really great moving walkways in LA that are NOT at LAX?

Also here is something else we could potentially talk about:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/02/top_10_sandwiches_in_la.php

I've had the Langer's and Philippe's sandwiches, both of which I enjoyed. I don't have much to add other than I probably should eat less sandwiches

i had a good south american-style banh mi from a food truck for lunch

that sounds nice. What truck? Sorry if that's too personal a question

i just...i just CAN'T

j/k it was this one http://roaminghunger.com/chasing-paradise

haven't really done the food truck thing in awhile but it was so so nice out today and i didn't bring lunch

That does look nice. Isn't it beautiful today? So beautiful. I made lunch at home, sat on porch and looked at mountains. Los Angeles!

i had so much fun in LA this past weekend that i'm thinking of coming back down in april. seattle-LA $200, hell yes.

I'll be in Lakeview, then Fullerton

I've had the Langer's and Philippe's sandwiches, both of which I enjoyed. I don't have much to add other than I probably should eat less sandwiches

i've had both of these plus the godmother (bay cities deli).

bay cities is great but always crowded and too far away
also joan's on third sandwiches are always A+ imo (good celebrity stalking place too)

this is my local. it's not quite an east coast style italian sub shop, but they do a good sandwich. very limited hours, sadly.

http://studiosub.com/menu.html

larchmont village wine shop has my fav sandwiches. basic straightforward stuff but done really well. also the gals who make the sandwiches are sweet.

my favorite higher-end sandwiches are at the artisan cheese gallery:

http://www.artisancheesegallery.com/our-menu

the pickles they serve with the panini are to die for.

studio sub was never open whenever i walked by

hat's the sandwich shop behind Intelligentsia in Silver Lake? Their sandwiches are pretty good I recall.

Can anyone ITT show me a great tamale?

Also - somewhere I can get good cornmeal pancakes.

Also - a bar that can reasonably be expected to be relatively quiet (no DJ, jukebox is fine so long as I can hear and get a seat/booth) on a weeknight around Downtown/Eastside. Tall order, I know!

A friend of mine recently took me to this place as she assumed it would be quiet and it was totally rammed:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/1642-beer-and-wine-los-angeles

It used to be a real dive when I lived in the neighborhood - my studio was just around the corner. Anyway, it would be great if there was any room. I reminded me of an SF-style bar, why don't we have more of those?

We went to Baco Mercat on Valentine's Day (completely unplanned, we were just walking by), and it is worth all the hype... Didn't get the sandwich, but the baco meatballs and the octopus salad were life-affirming.

My main local is http://www.mariosdeli.com/ but I like this place a lot too: http://www.mooresdeli.com/

Say Cheese in Silver Lake is sort of a mini Dean & Deluca and have great sandwiches: http://saycheeselosangeles.com/
Sweetsalt's BLT is tremendous too http://sweetsaltfood.com/