Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Good show last night at Spaceland. Very nice to see a room full of real fans, oblivious to the fact that it's against the Spaceland hipster code of law to dance and sing along to bands you like. Also very cool of Mr. Jollett to always be so vocally supportive of this little music scene of ours and to remain as humble about everything as the first day we met him, even while on the brink of hugedom. The Airborne Toxic Event's self-titled album is scheduled for an 8/5 release on Majordomo Records with the release show set for 8/7 at the El Rey with Radars to the Sky.
Speaking of 8/5 releases, look for Darker My Love's appropriately titled second album 2 hitting stores that day. The band is doing a month-long west coast residency of sorts in July, playing multiple dates in San Francisco and Los Angeles (7/18 The Echo, 7/25 The Echo). The release show is set for 8/5 at the Troubadour after which they'll join The Dandy Warhols for several dates across the country.
Speaking of The Dandy Warhols, tickets for their 10/3 show at the Wiltern with A Place to Bury Strangers and Upside Down go on sale Saturday.
Speaking of Warhol, if you haven't seen "The Cool School", the brilliant PBS documentary on L.A.'s famed Ferus Gallery which played a part in the careers of Warhol, Ed Kienholz, Wallace Berman, and many other beat generation artists but more importantly legitimized Los Angeles as a real destination in the art world, you should get your TiVo's programmed for its next scheduled airing on KCET (6/19, 9pm). It's truly wonderful.
Speaking of wonderful, the Los Angeles Film Festival kicks off tomorrow (6/19). Some highlights include the "X Files" sequel screening with a Duchovny/Carter Q&A; panel/discussions with Guillermo del Toro, Common, Antonio Banderas, and others on their respective films; world premiere of "Largo"; and quite a few free screenings around the city as well. Should be amazing.
Speaking of amazing, we love when old friends make up and it's about time.
Speaking of time, we're out of it. Update over.
