Los Angeles Thread #11: Let's Save Vincente Minnelli's House

I was convinced this dude lived in the IE, but nope.. pacific palisades all the way.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3172296/It-s-worse-Twilight-Zone-movie-Decomposing-body-car-hidden-5M-gun-arsenal-missing-mother-two-believed-dead-man-alien-secret-agent-sent-save-human-race.html

also great url, thanks daily mail

Someone in the IE couldn't have afforded that many guns.

Just saw this posted. a 2-day free music fest at the Hammer. Artist list at the link below.

ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AGREE: an exhibition or a concert is a two-day program of back-to-back live performances by over 25 local, national, and international sound artists, music collectives, art bands, and visual artists whose practices extend into the production of sound. Conceived as an exhibition in the form of a concert, the continuous program of performances will alternate between two outdoor stages in the Hammer courtyard from noon to 10 p.m. each day.

http://hammer.ucla.edu/instruments/

^^^ Sept 26 and 27

DJ'ing at Blipsy Barcars in Koreatown tonight - starting at 10pm!

I can guarantee that $5 in quarters, cheap drinks, and a strangely bizarre jukebox is a far better return-on-investment than six months of therapy!
369 N Western Ave, Los Angeles CA 90004
http://www.yelp.com/biz/blipsy-bar-los-angeles

hammer event looks dope but what a weird line to pull out of context for the title

http://laist.com/2015/09/15/some_rich_jerks_claim_diplomatic_im.php

I drive through these neighborhoods every day and loathe everyone who lives there.. mostly because of jealousy..

in reality the only victims are other rich entitled fucks?

don't hate me, man (though not technically in a bh zip code)

i don't like these people either. i've seen race cars almost kill people, go on incoming traffic lanes, been cut off by them a handful of times, seen a totalled lamborghini on a light post, and hear their engines revving up a lot, and this is all in the course of 8 months

when I was in the airport in a mexico at some terrible bubba gump a kid working there asked me since I live in LA, do I see lamborghini's every day.. unfortunately the answer is basically yes.

haha.

funny thing is these cars are usually driving on streets with a lot of traffic so they never go more than 35 miles per hour, yet you hear this huge engine sound

i may rob some banks so i can go to Mets-Dodgers playoff games

NYT discovers Boyle Heights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/arts/design/new-art-galleries-enjoy-a-los-angeles-advantage-space.html?smid=fb-share

so what's going on halloween night, la?

My gf is DJ'ing at Blipsy on Halloween
http://www.yelp.com/biz/blipsy-bar-los-angeles

Looking to move by the end of the year and I just revised my "things to look out for in a new neighborhood" to read:

- Local flooding
- Can record drums in it.
- Violent crime statistics
- Mudslides
- Close to metro train line station
- Sharks
- Nearby (not close) In-N-Out burger

need to add: poisonous sea snakes

how many of those are positives?

elvis, e.g., el segundo, hermosa beach, manhattan beach, redondo beach, and long beach. culver city seems a bit of a ways?

are you willing to wait til the "early 2016" opening of the santa monica station?

I'm actually looking at places along the new segment of the Gold Line.

nice. i'm eyeing the (south) pasadena area myself.

I work a couple days a week in S. Pasadena and commute in via Metrolink/Gold Line. I'd absolutely move there if my income could support it.

Try El Sereno or Hermon, now that Highland Park proper is also getting pricey.

I've seen a couple of new stainless steel garage door things in El Sereno. Word is out.

Forces out of my control intervened - looks like I'm bunkering through El Nino here in the OC.

In the city of South Pasadena itself, add $100K-200K to the price of any house due to the school district.

should have said "value" as opposed to "price"

Big Bowie remembrance gig at HM157 on Saturday night. Should be fun!
https://www.facebook.com/events/177258945965503/

Saw that, and am thinking of going.

Me and my family will be in town Feb. 3-10. We've got a lot of places to visit and touristy things to do on our list, but any recommendations for specific events or happenings, family-friendly or otherwise, during that time period would be appreciated.

if your kids like trains, check out the train rides at Griffith Park. I don't know how old your kids are obv but:

http://www.griffithparktrainrides.com

Also, the California Science Center down by USC is cheap and they have the Space Shuttle Endeavour there. I recommend Super Bowl Sunday (assuming you're not watching the game); we just went this past Sunday and it wasn't a big crowd, I suspect bc of the playoff games.

http://californiasciencecenter.org

I can recommend a few family friend joints to eat at too, finding places that are good with kids can be hit or miss. This ain't Chicago or Portland.

The kids are 5 and 1. The little one won't know what's going on for the most part.

We're doing Disney Land one day while we're there, I wonder if there will be fewer people there on Super Bowl Sunday or if a weekday would still be better.

what area are you staying in?

Echo Park

Well goddamn. The Smell in downtown is being demolished...
http://laist.com/2016/05/28/legendary_downtown_all-ages_club_th.php

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/10/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-los-angeles.html

gotta say la is pretty happening or maybe it's just growing on me

there are so many other places that weren't mentioned but worth it

i'm dying

It's only gonna be 120 today relax

it's that breezy 120
just recirculating boiled air around my apt that's killing me

Last night in the San Gabriels.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13501847_602746799892453_37465385372245212_n.jpg?oh=049bf43e46506c2c11742ca718904a62&oe=57FB77C2

Noise fest next weekend at The Box Gallery in the Arts District. No word of it on The Box's site though.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lafms/

Hi Los Angeles people. I'll be there on vacation all next week. Would love to meet people if feasible. Would also love any recommendations on food or shopping or other fun, easy activities. I've been out there various times, but feel like I've only ever scratched the surface. I suspect there's a lot that I'm missing I'm staying in Long Beach, so things convenient to that area would be great, but I'll have a car and am willing to drive around too.

imo the most beautiful place in la and surrounding areas is the point vicente lighthouse in palos verdes. if you go this saturday, you can get a tour but i'm not sure how good it is: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvlight/

i just love walking around there to relax and get away from all the madness. the times i've been there it's been quite peaceful

there's a couple caves if you do a bit of walking past terranea resort

for another pretty mellow walk check out the lake shrine gardens in pacific palisades -- more of a eastern religion/buddhist place but lots of different people walk in the gardens

what type of food do you like?

i can recommend some easy hiking trails if you want, but i wouldn't recommend it unless you don't mind scorching hot weather (next week is going to be really hot)

i'm assuming you've done all the popular stuff like the getty in brentwood and the newest museum the broad downtown, which you need really advanced tickets for

Nope, I think I'm going to the broad this time. But a lot of the typical stuff I haven't done and don't necessarily have on my radar.

As far as food, I'd be interested in trying out good Asian options in particular, but would really be open to anything good and fairly affordable. Not planning on doing fine dining.

korean food:

seongbukdong (my personal fave -- been here plenty of times but not recently)
beverly soon tofu restaurant (fave place to get soondubu)
ahgassi gopchang (best intestines in ktown/la i've heard, i quite like it)
kang ho dong (super popular kbbq place owned by this famous korean dude)

annnd if you like bingsoo, i highly recommend sul and beans

in terms of japanese...nothing of note (spoiled by eating in japan)

best ramen:

daikokuya in downtown la (not sawtelle)
followed closely by tsujita ANNEX (on sawtelle)

honestly i don't eat sushi in la, but if you really want to, try sushi gen but see if you're willing to put up with the prices

a lot of the better japanese places in la are fine dining. you can find a couple decent ramen places in torrance. been to a few but i don't recall their names right now.

if you're in torrance i would hit up kula, which is conveyor belt sushi. they're a small chain, but i'm told this location is the better one

and if you're into craft beer, sunset beer co in echo park!

the echo has free shows every monday night. i don't recall if it's after a specific time, but i would get there around 10pm

tonnes of mexican restaurants as i'm sure you know already

You might try la.eater.com for ideas, though it doesn't seem to be searchable for food type. There are "neighborhood" links but when I looked at Long Beach it took a bit of scrolling find any "best of" articles.

Awesome recs, thanks!

try Beachwood BBQ and Brewing in Long Beach.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25959/

if you do get up to Echo Park i would recommend Guisados and Mexicali for tacos. the former is located close to Vin Scully Way near Dodger Stadium, the latter on Figueroa just north of Sunset Blvd, near the 110 freeway.

Long-timers here like to bring up "every chimmney in your neighborhood collapsed after the 1991 quake" *sigh*

Long, but worthwhile read on Long Beach's attempts to redevelop and gentrify the gravesite of Acres Of Books

https://forthe.org/perspectives/gentrification-broadway-block/

w.r.t. the killings off of the 395 - I recently listened to the Dreamtown podcast. It's a long one about Adelanto and its attempts at being one of the first legal weed grow cities. In short, it's a clusterfuck... I don't feel particularly great about saying that Inland Empire corruption is an obvious background for modern noir stories because real people are involved here, but hfs

https://crooked.com/podcast-series/dreamtown-the-story-of-adelanto/

i think what a lot of people who aren't from California don't quite get is the sense of overwhelming bleakness that can be found in some parts of the state, and the sense of lawlessness.

the above murders were enough to make Borderland Beat as a news story -- they almost exclusively cover what's been occurring in Mexico w/r/t drug violence but this could have ties to a larger cartel though nothing was concrete or pinpointed.

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/5-arrests-made-for-6-shot-dead-in.html

some authorities are blaming marijuana legalization(!) which seems like a bad area to lay blame.

The sheriff blames illicit marijuana, which seems more reasonable. Although you could blame U.S. drug policy in general.

i suppose i err on the side of law enforcement making a dumb argument, he could however be arguing that the prop was a half-measure when a full legalization would be better.

not really related, i'm a bit astonished by crime around here and how it's covered sometimes, when i witnessed a drive-by shooting near downtown L.A. i never even found out if the guy survived, nor was it ever reported by a single news source. LAPD didn't tell me a single thing when i called them up. it never even appeared on the official crime map.

a murder that occurred one block away from me a couple years before that was reported by The Eastsider LA and seemingly just buried elsewhere (all i could determine is the guy was a drug dealer.) it makes me wonder what we never ever hear about.

A week ago there was a big raid on a storefront on E Colorado that used to be an illegal weed dispensary but something was going on that warranted a dozen police cars most of whom were unmarked. Zero news anywhere other than one person on Citizen

In other news, fuck this guy
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fred-rosen-battle-bel-air-subway-1235807662/

In mundane news, I have been visiting relatives who live in Hermosa Beach, they've been here almost 30 years. Wanted to see music tonight, but got out-voted and we went to a comedy club here. Some funny ones. May do some tourist stuff and museums in the rain tomorrow.

Everyone stay safe & dry out there

Made it up to Griffith Observatory before rain got too heavy. Had lunch at Gualaguezta , a Oaxacan Mexican restaurant touted long ago by Jonathan Gold, then saw Joni Mitchell’s old Laurel Canyon house, and the Laurel Canyon Country Store. Rain was coming down hard on our way back to Hermosa Beach. Decided to stay in tonight

I'm putting on a c00l show if u like old punks for FREE at Canters on Thursday

https://i.imgur.com/tXsY6H5.png

That looks fun but we will be down in San Diego Thursday. Some old DC punks are doing west coast shows this week- Hammered Hulls with singer Alec Mackaye.

guelaguetza is so good. sorry you’re having such a torrential visit curmudgeon!

Glad you got back to Hermosa Beach safely. I almost didn't make it up Benedict Canyon last night. In fact, I didn't make it "up"; I had to turn around, get up to Mulholland off the 405, and come down. Lots of mud, rocks, other debris. What a mess.

BREAKING: A rain gauge at UCLA has picked up 12.46 inches of rain in 24 hours.

Per NOAA statistics, that’s 1.1 inches MORE than a thousand-year rainfall event.

The odds of an place in the Los Angeles area seeing a 11.5 inch/24 hour rain event any given year is 0.1%. pic.twitter.com/s2byz4u6Cd

— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) February 6, 2024

Hope Diddy Riese didn't get washed out...

LA Times says El Nino and Climate change together of course have made this so bad. So we have been safely able to get around some, and went to LACMA yesterday and saw the El Chavez Ravine exhibit by Vincent Valdes and Ry Cooder about how Latino immigrants were kicked out to build Dodgers stadium and promised a new housing project that was never delivered. It uses a painted old Good Humor truck to convey what happened. We also saw multiple other exhibits there, and wandered past outdoor La Brea Tarpits enclosures by that museum. Ate at Oste for lunch and had Korean food at Jang su Jang in Torrance for dinner.

Sounds like you're having a good visit, despite the rain!

I saw sunlight for approximately 2 minutes earlier this afternoon and now we are getting hammered again

Yeah I’m usually one of those “bring on the rain” folks, but this is starting to suuuuck

Yeah, it's starting to feel a little Blade Runner out there.

Yep. My wife and had a good visit in LA & Hermosa Beach despite the rain , and despite not seeing any music. Then we went over to Joshua Tree for a bit, and now down in San Diego.

Happy to see Measure HLA pass

the windstorm on Thursday was strong enough to knock down our backyard fence and knock out power for the block, but the power surge from multiple blackouts/brownouts was strong enough to kill the electrical outlets in our kitchen, take out our microwave, and fry a half-dozen surge protectors. can't really plug anything in and still on vague power until tomorrow when a electrician diagnoses (suspect one or more circuit breakers were killed too)