Monday, November 17, 2008
Many laughs, hugs, and other beautiful moments were shared this past weekend. On Friday, we watched/listened to Tenlons Fort's appearance on "Demolisten" while driving down to Long Beach for The Parson Red Heads, Castledoor, and Slings at Alex's Bar. We specifically remember crying at least three times during the show and then by some strange coincidence we turn up at Alex's to find T-Fort and Elaine Layabout by the bar. So we all hung out and watched a great night of music in the LBC... Saturday, we stopped by LACMA to see members of Listing Ship, Divisadero, and many musicians we've seen at various CalArts performances take part in a 10-hour marathon of interpretative sound/art/science pieces all over the museum grounds. We were beyond impressed by the organization and the scope of the event, coordinated masterfully by Machine Project. We stayed for eight of the ten hours, didn't rest at all, and we still missed so much. Some of the many highlights were: The always-entertaining Douglas Lee's Glass Harmonica was made all the more interesting while he did so within the glass gallery with pieces of 15th century stained glass work (about the time glass harmonica was perhaps invented) above him; Emily Lacy's beautiful sacred oratorio with electronic loops in the Ahmanson lobby at the foot of Tony Smith's wondrous sculpture "Smoke" (she was also joined Ozma's Daniel Brummel for some folk songs in another part of the gallery); and "Machine Musical Elevator" (a rotating ensemble of musicians performing inside the Ahmanson building elevators) and "Gothic Arch Speed Metal" (every hour on the hour on top of the Art of the Americas building, a guitarist appeared under a replica of the the Doorway with Arms of the Counts of Chazay to perform one minute of speed metal) was something you just had to see to appreciate. And for those who didn't go, you can still go to LACMA's Hammer gift shop and pick up Fol Chen's limited edition CD interpreting Wiener Werkstätte's textile... From Machine to Animal, we left for Goldbear Academy for a night of getting in touch with our inner animal. We normally don't go to stuff like this. Getting dressed up in animal apparel is one thing, but we should really never be at a party with cool people like Jeremy Scott, Cobrasnake, Franki Chan, or members of Warpaint, BlackBlack, Lion of Panjshir, and so on. We did chat with Fred from "Demolisten" for a bit about about how great Friday's show with Tenlons Fort was but we were all just killing time waiting for the bands to start. Sadly, we only caught a full set from The Pharmacy and barely a song from Rainbow^Arabia before the party was shut down by L.A.'s finest. We're guessing PETA had something to do with it... On Sunday, we headed to Hermosa for our semi-regular hangout with Otik Records. Thanks to Elaine Layabout and Rob from Death to Anders for making the trek. The next Otik Records evening will be sometime in February or so.
Pictures from all the weekend fun are up.
This week: Residencies. Do it. Also, Whispertown 2000 opens for The Breeders and The Muslims at The Wiltern. The Shys and Army Navy at the Troubadour. And Free Moral Agens, Blank Blue and others at the Regent... Tuesday, Wait Think Fast celebrates the release of their new album Vuelve Al Mar at The Echo. Spindrift at Amoeba. Everest, The Henry Clay People, Nico Stai, and Dazzler at the Echoplex. The Broken Remotes, Pizza!, and Automatic Drawing for "Let's Independent" at Boardner's. Abe Vigoda and others at The Smell. Meiko opens for Rachael Yamagata at the Music Box. Voxhaul Broadcast, Union Line, Local Natives, and The Monthlies at the Silverlake Lounge. Emm Gryner returns to town at the Hotel Cafe. And Palms, Jeremy Drake and others at Hyperion Tavern... Wednesday, we're presenting a show at Mr. T's Bowl with five very talented singer-songwriters and maybe a surprise guest or two. Kárin Tatoyan, Seasons, Kissing Cousins, and The Californian at The Scene. Miranda Lee Richards and others at Tangier. Foot Village opens for AIDS Wolf at The Smell. Night Horse and others at The Echo. K-The-I??? celebrates the release of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow at The Airliner. He's My Brother She's My Sister, Samantha Shelton, and Crooked Cowboy at Three Clubs. And The Gray Kid at the Redwood... Thursday, Monte Negro, Pilar Díaz, and others at the Roxy. The Henry Clay People, Little Teeth, and Paper Planes at The Prospector. Ima Robot at Detroit. Terra Naomi, Molly Marlette and others at the Hotel Cafe. Meho Plaza, PROTECTME and others at The Smell. Billygoat and others at the Silverlake Lounge. And West Indian Girl continues their residency at Spaceland.
Also, happy belated birthdays to Sarah Ellquist (The Robotanists) and Samantha Shelton.
