Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

yet another intriguing show at the echo: lydia lunch with algis kizys, bob bert, and weasel walter:

http://www.theecho.com/event/166877?utm_source=MEL&utm_medium=15813

Ha, just got the email for that show too. Probably going to go...

like i said on twitter, it starts at 6:30 so us olds can get out of there and take our metamucil.

that free faust show at calarts sounds so horrible

it sounds like that band from the last season of lost

a MIXTURE of ROCK and CLASSICAL

apparently they're doing an orchestral SunnO))) cover.

I got laid off this week, gonna have time to go to everything now. 1 hour after getting the can I was watching The Master in the Arclight Dome with a palmful of Milk Duds.

get on that unemployment

Yeah for sure

Okay space shuttle geeks are you here...

not sure i have a good vantage point, but following along on twitter.

Just hit the Santa Monica pier!

Not directly of course.

Apparently four minutes out from Disneyland. Crossing my fingers I can see something from UCI here...

saw it!

in studio city, about 8-10 minutes ago

Pasadena has contact!

Oh damn that was great.

I just missed it :/

saw it flying over universal!

thrice over los feliz

it was waiting for the line at ricky's to thin out a little #LAhumor

Ha, nice touch with Nichelle Nichols starting the ceremony.

Saw it overhead as it made the JPL/Pasadena loop.

Lots of people saying the flyover was one of the most spectacular things they've seen. WTF folks, where were you when the space program was actually running!

CARMAGEDDON HAS BEGUN (zzzzz)

I SHALL...avoid the freeways I avoid anyway never mind

The two photos showing Ned's disposition before and during Carmageddon are the exact same.

"There's a sparkle in his right eye in the second one. He may indeed be gloating but it's hard to tell with this resolution."

This is happening this weekend, including "Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500"

Filter mag's Culture Collide Block Party

Wareham performing Galaxie songs, and Marit Larsen later? Hmm

Mecca Normal at Human Resources in Chinatown on October 13: http://humanresourcesla.com/news/2012/10/4/saturday-october-13th-mecca-normal-reads-and-performs-wemily.html

heh, i won ariel pink tickets from amoeba for tomorrow night at the fonda. anyone going?

wish I filled gas before today

Yah, I'm going out to Joshua Tree this weekend and stupidly forgot to tank up.

wait is LA out of gas now or something, what's up

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/california-gasoline-price-increases-8-cents-overnight-approach-highest-point-this-year/2012/10/04/f1d501d8-0e5d-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html

yeesh

hi l.a. folks, can i bother you for a couple recs for my v. quick trip to your city comprising tomorrow and saturday?

interested in excellent mexican places, and any places that are fun and low-key for wine or cocktails. staying in studio city. also any interesting events or things happening during daytime. thanking u!

the best mexican in studio city is loteria. for cocktails you might wanna check out bow and truss in north hollywood -- they're a spanish restaurant with an interesting beverage program.

i had a couple of nice cocktails at this good asian fusion spot called (lol) take a bao, on ventura blvd. great draft beers too. not too pricey iirc. haven't been but i've heard good to great things about black market liquor bar, also on ventura blvd. both are just east of laurel canyon.

mexican: there's a location of loteria grill in studio city. very good. i haven't been in ten years but i thought mexicali was ok. for old school, check out casa vega in sherman oaks. been there since the '50s, good times can be had there (if not "great" food.)

get bent otm re: bow and truss too!

bow and truss must've opened recently (e.g. after i left noho), huh?

cad will you have a car? or be near metro/bus?

bow & truss is pretty recent, yeah. past year or so.

bow and truss has the chillest patio in town imo. i ended up there after a short stop at that pool hall/beer bar a couple doors down (the brickyard, i think? sucks.)

if you're in studio city, find a good sushi spot. some of the best sushi in town can be found around there.

for sushi, i like katsu-ya (the original location on ventura), kiwami, and ahi (a little further down towards coldwater canyon).

check out ramen jinya also.

wow b&t looks real nice, def gonna have to go there sometime

seconding katsu-ya