Monday, September 15, 2008
Nice weekend. Thanks to those who somehow found out about our photo/"art" exhibit on Saturday (sneaky kids). How embarrassing to actually publicly show some of our crappy pieces in that room of real artists. In any case, we appreciate that no one said we sucked to our faces although we'll be back for the closing reception so hold that thought until then... On Sunday, we got back in town and learned of a friend that was in Friday's train collision. After giving a pint of our sleep-deprived yet hopefully disease-free platelets, we groggily headed for Terrabyte 3.0 at the Arboretum, which once again was a perfectly beautiful night of art, music, and hortiphilia. Low blood sugar combined with the melodious hypnosis that Tycho and Test Shot Starfish sent through our prefrontal cortex made for a good time to catch up on z's. A few hours later we were found spooning some Alstroemeria.
Back again for the Monday residencies, which we suppose might bring out the biggest crowds of the month. Elsewhere, Miss Derringer opens for IAMX at the El Rey... Tuesday, "Let's Independent" features our boy toy Tenlons Fort with Manhattan Murder Mystery and The Poor Excuses. The return of Baby Lemonade, Velouria, and The Black Watch at the Temple Bar. Dead Rock West and Mike Stinson open for Sarah Borges at Spaceland. The Airborne Toxic Event open for The Fratellis at the Avalon. Correatown, Franklin For Short, and others at Tangier. Electrocute at Viper. Creekbird, ExitMusic, VOICEsVOICEs, and others at Ding a Ling. Hell Ya! night over at The Echo with Denmark's Turboweekend and others. And Billy Idol begins a few sold out nights at the House of Blues... Busiest day of the week is perhaps Wednesday with Tweak Bird celebrating the release of their new EP "Reservations" at the Silverlake Lounge. Aaron Embry & Friends at Tangier. Carney, Haim, and others at the Troubadour. Blank Blue celebrates the release of their new EP "Dive" at LET with FLYamSAM (Flying Lotus and SAMIAM). Also, a bunch of touring bands coming through (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds/Spiritualized/Cat Power, Delerium, MGMT, Tokyo Police Club/The Whigs, Janet Jackson/LL Cool J, Vampire Weekend, et al)... Lenka continues her residency at the Hotel Cafe. As do Lion of Panjshir at Tangier. The Happy Hollows, The Henry Clay People, and Paperplanes down at Alex's. HEALTH opens for Foals at the El Rey. And You, Me & Iowa, Pedestrian, and pop princess Mandy Perkins at the Troubadour.
We're helping with two shows this week. Firstly, the Divisadero and Marvelous Toy release show at pehrspace on Friday, which we're co-presenting with Radio Free Silver Lake. Later on that night, Castledoor plays a late show at the Lyric Hyperion to celebrate their new video for "Dumpster Diving", which we got a sneak preview last week and we must say is quite good. Stay tuned for posts on these shows but, regardless, you should be planning this Friday accordingly.
In other news: Word of a new X record nearly brought us to tears... Our dear old friend Nikka Costa is featured here... Good interview with our ex-girlfriend Jesca Hoop by LAist.
