Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

OOOOoooo down for that.

already have tix for sir richard bishop that night

i biked by this last night and got to see the robot!

http://laist.com/2012/03/14/man_arrested_in_hollywood_for_bogus.php

Hey guys

Are you excited that we have our own super big and important Biennial now?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/hammer-prize-new-biennial.html

Does anybody know any good restaurants in Tarzana that aren't too expensive or spicy?

i like coral tree cafe in encino (next neighborhood over). not too pricey.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/coral-tree-cafe-encino

special shoutout to bea's bakery in tarzana, which makes the best black & white cookies in town:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/beas-bakery-tarzana

aw, i know a couple folks in that biennial! exciting!

i know nothing about tarzana except that one of my coworkers is from there

tarzana is: (a) jews (b) people who aren't rich enough to live in encino

NYTimes discovers Long Beach.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/travel/36-hours-long-beach-calif.html

And of course, as a reference point:

As part of Long Beach’s push to become the most bike-centric city south of Portland, Ore...

LACMA's screening marclay's 'clock' this weekend, with free donuts across the street

(gonna try to hit it up at some point)

yuengling is here!

http://laist.com/2012/03/28/now_pouring_yuengling_lager_the_brickyard_pub.php

is that bar new? i never noticed it when i lived there. <3 yuengling but their website isn't doing a good job of making it look appetizing.

i think it is a new bar.

rip yellow aster mercantile company. when i lived in east hollywood, this was around the corner from me (jumbo's clown room was around the other corner).

http://la.racked.com/archives/2012/03/29/yellow_aster_mercantile_only_has_a_few_more_months_left.php

Finally had some Yuengling when I was out in NYC. Pretty good, yeah.

L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass

And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

Yeah, poor Sergio, he just wanted to be a contract player at Paramount

that's my fav part of that song

It's a mix of the "songs that conjure Los Angeles" thread with Steve Erickson's top 100 LA songs plus highly subjective adamrl insertions:

http://open.spotify.com/user/tulselupero/playlist/3N6OmFlmQmrjPwRuwOMiR3

Feel free to contribute!

I don't have spotify

Also it reminded me how bomb this is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc7Lx3Jyetg

ohhhh poor ppp

pppp

All of these comps are so great too
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fj8pkcXBLB4/R6muZaerPJI/AAAAAAAAAMs/l0po2V7KGVk/s400/East+Side+Story+volume+%2312.jpg
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e080/e08051pbej0.jpg
http://www.oldschoolcity.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_1_18.jpg

It's a mix of the "songs that conjure Los Angeles" thread with Steve Erickson's top 100 LA songs plus highly subjective adamrl insertions:

http://open.spotify.com/user/tulselupero/playlist/3N6OmFlmQmrjPwRuwOMiR3

i may have just played "malibu" twice.

and i knewwww
love would tear you aparrrrt
and i knewwww
the darkest secret of your hearrrt

exploding art!

EXPLOSIONS: Head to The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for the opening of Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder, the first West Coast solo exhibition of Guo-Qiang's work. It will feature his new works that include what Cai is best known for—outdoor explosions and gunpowder drawings. The exhibition will open with an outdoor explosion event "Mystery Circle: Explosion Event for The Museum of Contemporary Art" on the exterior wall of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (facing Temple Street) at 7:30 pm. The exhibit will run until July 30. Check out this entry on the MOCA blog to read more on the artist and the exhibit.

Anyone else going to Swervedriver tonight?

Anyone doing CycLAvia?

cicLAvia happens the day i fly back to LA :/

cicLAvia

I'm doin it, gotta my hands on a cyc tho

Rainy enough for ya?

smh

Coachella will be such a delight I'm sure!

LSD and rain are great as a team.

My Twitter feed just exploded with people going bananas about secret M83 show tonight in West Hollywood or somewhere up in the hills.

BTW, Charalambides, Michael from Bardo Pond, Barbara Manning, and a squad of Kiwi wizards are playing a Dead C-themed show all this weekend.

And everyone should go. I should go but alas I'll have to miss out!

i would like to go!

crazy helicopter activity around my area just now :/

anyone going to Jeff Mangum on Monday?

my roommate is

I don't really start threads, but there should maybe be a Defend the Indefensible for people who back into parking spaces.

I backed into my own driveway just now

You can of course do what you like in your own driveway. I'm talking about in crowded parking lots with people waiting.

I don't think we use "Defend The Indefensible" anymore, Spencer. Showing your age ;)