The Losanjealous Benevolent Society gathers a weekly list of strange happenings and fun events in LA–the more ridiculous, the better. Visit our events calendar for the full list. And if you’re organizing or know of an event you think belongs on the list, send us info at tips@losanjealous.com.

FRIDAY

Art Crawl 9
Crawl the art galleries of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Echo Park. Through Sun 9/17.

Banksy Presents Barely Legal @ Hunter St., Downtown
A warehouse full of mindless vandalism and pretty pictures. Hunter Street, Downtown Los Angeles. Fri-Sun, 12-8 pm. Through Sun 9/17.

Ghost Expeditions
Ghost Expeditions combines scientific equipment and methodologies with enhanced psi abilities and psychic development exercises…all within a validated, actively haunted property. Every Friday and Saturday night, beginning September 15, 2006 through the end of October. Through Sat 10/28.

Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival
The World’s largest lobster festival features discount Maine lobster meals. After feasting on our world famous lobster meals enjoy dancing, street performers, a pirate camp, tall ships and music. Through Sun 9/17.

Skateboard Silent Auction @ Moca Store Santa Monica
Bid on your favorite artist-designed ’80s skateboard decks. Featured artists include Gary Baseman, Skullphone, Mike Giant, Sage Vaughn, Prvtdncr, KofieOne, and more.

Space Invaders
A party dedicated to the showcasing of worldwide record collectors, producers and DJs specializing in all that is musically fanatical and fantastical while embracing the equally diverse enthusiast, curiosity seeker and fan that is present to listen, engage yet let loose, but most importantly to dance! Featuring Prefuse 73. RSVP neccesary for location info :: spaceRSVP@gmail.com

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: September 15 – 21

The series, which includes several essential De Palma titles, including Scarface, Carrie, The Untouchables and Femme Fatale among others, runs through 9/30. Full details and information at lacma.org.

One of our readers shares a couple of stellar Golden Smog photos with you this morning:

“thought you alt country rock hippies might want some photos from last night’s show. if not, screw you.”

»continue reading Golden Smog @ Avalon, 9/14

“This is the emergency services coordinator. The report of smoke has been investigated by the Fire Department. It was apparently due to a toaster incident on the first floor. It is now safe to return into the building.”

First off, “toaster incident?” It sounds like the name of a neo-funk folk fusion band, perhaps playing on an off night at Spaceland.

Second, why would there be a PA announcement INSIDE the building that it was safe to return INTO said building? A hearty thanks from all of us up here on the top floors.

Third, City Hall has a PA system? Neat. I wonder if anyone has ever taken it over like Andy Dufresne in “Shawshank?”

Ah shit yeah. It’s time for Video Games Live at the Hollywood Bowl!

Video Games Live!

The Setup: How many Metroid themes can one enjoy on this page?

UPDATE: We have our winner. Thanks for playing Metroid today. Good luck next time.

The Reward: I will take my eighth correct e-mail for a pair of tickets. Go find the answer and then send your answer to EightMetroidThemes@losanjealous.com. The concert is on September 21, so do ascertain that your schedule is cleared if you enter, you avid gamer and lover of game music, you.

LOS ANGELES – September 7, 2006 – Off the heels of sold-out shows around the world, renowned video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall are bringing their immersive concert celebrating video games back to the world-famous Hollywood Bowl for the second time on September 21, 2006. The new Video Games Live™ concert features music from the most popular video games performed by top orchestras and choirs, combining exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, and groundbreaking interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.

Special Musical Guests to Include BT, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Video Game Pianist Martin Leung, Game Composers, and More

You don’t want to miss Steve Vai. He shreds®. But wait. There’s more.

New segments include a live performance of excerpts from the new Halo® 3 score as released this year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and the world premiere of Civilization IV, plus a rare special acoustic performance by the original Lucas Arts composers performing Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and more.

If you don’t win, you can still purchase tickets. For now. I should warn you that it has been selling out. Click here to test your luck.

Apparently people like to dress up for this event. Somebody dressed as Doctor Mario last year in Vancouver. My favorite game! More info @ Videogameslive.com. . .

EXCLUSIVE: Employing our patented Losanjealous Decrypt-o-tron 2000â„¢ technology, we analyzed captured video images of infamous YouTube starlet Lonelygirl15 and can now exclusively reveal here, that beneath the convincing latex mask, Lonelygirl15 has been played by none other than imposing, barrel chested, silver-haired actor Brian Dennehy, star of many films, including Cocoon and Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story.

Certainly, a bizarre development on the Lonelygirl15 phenomenon that has gripped the nation’s attention. We’ll keep you posted as this intriguing story unfolds.

1. Its intro page animation runs for two minutes and ten seconds.
2. In 2001 five people died from falling out of a tree.
3. On the privacy page explaining in detail that they don’t use cookies, two cookies are set.
4. To help off-set monetary losses, the Coroner’s Office opened a shop called Skeletons In The Closet in September 1993.
5. Its most popular items are the Coroner Tee Shirts and the Woven Beach Towels.
6. You can request a catalog online.
7. The site is laced with punny taglines such as “Our Commitment Burns Bright”, “We Have Our Work Cut Out For Us”, and “Stay Cool.”
8. A complete private autopsy will run you about five grand.
9. The Unidentified Persons List includes photos of facially recognizable subjects.
10. You will have nightmares after viewing the Unidentified Persons List.

Visit the L.A. County Coroner Web Site.

Your tickets will look like that one, over on the right.

(What are the odds some dude would photograph and post a pic of a ticket for this very show? Who says flickr is useless?)

Live shot from slothsarefunny’s flickr.

Although a more fitting location would be outside a bar, this mysterious concrete monument to The Man stands on a patch of sidewalk near the DGA at Sunset and Fairfax. It is uncertain whether Harry did this himself (in which case it would have been with his bare finger in dry concrete) or a minion etched the inscription, but you can rest assured that generations to come will marvel at the landmark. Who needs a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when you’ve got this?

A shadowy PR agent from the bowels of cyberspace solicited Losanjealous to provide ‘coverage’ of Angeleno Magazine’s 7th anniversary celebration. With the promise of corporate-flavored martinis, I took the lead.

Friday night. We arrive to the fashionable Helms Bakery district of tony Culver City, if by fashionable you mean cavernous. It’s a furniture store. HD Buttercup. We’re not on the guest list in spite of numerous e-mailed reassurances. “It’s fine” says the party girl with the clipboard who gives us each a plastic drink bracelet. I am no longer favorably disposed toward this happening.

We walk, the initiated, down a hallway with posterboard Angeleno magazine covers flanking us on easels. They do a similar thing at the Church of Scientology, but no way are you getting free martinis there. We walk surprisingly far. What is this the Tom Bradley terminal? A drink kiosk! Now we’re talking. Good-looking waitstaff dressed in slim corporate T-shirts mix drinks while referring to a printed recipe. What’s it going to be, a martini, a pomartini, a white cosmotini, a frankenstini? The tip jar overflows with pre-stuffed 5s. I get a lemondropini and insert a buck.
»continue reading Angeleno 7th Anniversary Event

Slide Bar
Fullerton

On the menu:
Appetizer portion of Macaroni and Cheese
Tuna Melt with Garlic Fries
Nachos with Carne Asada, no onions or salsa or cilantro
White Chocolate Crème Brule

So there is a band called Lit, they had a hit called “My Own Worst Enemy” or something like that. They opened a bar in Downtown Fullerton where the buildings look like a recreation of a small town Main Street. This bar has rock and roll and OC influence all over and even has an arcade with 80’s favorites alongside some driving games like Crazy Taxi.

Now on to the good stuff, the food. When the three of us first saw the menu I could not decide what to eat because it was hot and when it is hot I do not feel hungry. My two friends knew I wanted Macaroni and Cheese (because when do I not want Mac and Cheese?) but I would have been fine with a lemonade. At first I was hesitant because I had heard of this bar for it being a bar not for the food and I wondered if I was asking for trouble if I do order my favorite dish at a bar. I went against my initial prejudices and ordered a smaller portion of the mac and cheese.
»continue reading Mac & Cheese Casefile #34889-B2: Slide Bar

Visit our concert calendar for a full show list, links to buy tickets and our top picks.

PICK OF THE WEEK: The Tyde @ Spaceland

Last week Britain’s biggest club night hit the States with the launch of Club NME. For three quid every Wednesday night you can expect the best in new international live acts. This week check out The Tyde traveling all the way from… uh… L.A.

ENTER TO WIN THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS

Nitzer Ebb [listen] @ Avalon Hollywood Tuesday, September 12 Contest closed Check for tickets

Golden Smog [listen] @ Avalon Hollywood Wednesday, September 13 Contest closed Check for tickets

Black Keys [listen] @ Avalon Hollywood Thursday, September 14 Contest closed Check for tickets

HEADS UP

• Mon 9/25 DJ Shadow @ Avalon (2nd show added)
• Thu 10/26 CSS @ Echo
• Mon 11/20 Rapture @ Fonda

MONDAY
Sea Wolf @ Spaceland (free)

TUESDAY
Adam Green @ Troubadour
Black Keys @ Amoeba (free)
Ima Robot @ Safari Sam’s
Laura Viers @ Spaceland
Nitzer Ebb @ Avalon
Pigeon John @ Temple Bar
Silver Jews @ Fonda
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: September 11 – 17

»continue reading Cold War Kids @ The Troubadour, 9/8/2006

Reformed English industrial act Nitzer Ebb are playing Avalon Hollywood this Tuesday, September 12. That’s the show for which we have tickets to give to readers. For some reason, I found it amusingly absurd to see that they also have a stop in Anaheim on this So Cal swing. Not to disparage the fine folks of Anaheim, of course. What it must do to one’s head to go from playing in a sweaty club full of rabid Muscovites (above) to the House of Blues at Downtown Disney in the span of a couple of months, I can’t imagine.
»continue reading Nitzer Ebb: Moscow to Hollywood to… Anaheim

The Losanjealous Benevolent Society gathers a weekly list of strange happenings and fun events in LA–the more ridiculous, the better. Visit our events calendar for the full list. And if you’re organizing or know of an event you think belongs on the list, send us info at tips@losanjealous.com.

FRIDAY

Greek Fest
Annual extravaganza of Greek food, music and culture hosted by Tom Hanks. Wait, Tom Hanks is Greek? Through Sun 9/10.

Picks Of The Harvest: Batch Three @ thinkspace
A collection of the art stars of tomorrow. With “Batch Three”, our latest installment in this ongoing exhibition series, we have thrown caution to the wind in an effort to pack our walls salon-style with over 300 works from 115 artists. Through Fri 10/6.

Spotlight on Andre Techine @ LACMA
With approximately 25 feature films to his credit over the past 30 years, Téchiné has developed a reputation for directing insightful and, as he has aged, adult-oriented dramas that in their shifting point of view and their episodic structure reflect life as it is lived not as it is seen in a movie. Win Tickets Through Sat 9/9.

SATURDAY

The Apartment @ Hollywood Forever Cemetary
Both a clever romantic comedy and biting social critique, Wilder won best director and best screenplay Oscars for this masterpiece. Bring blankets, drinks and picnic dinner for this special screening below (and above) the stars. DJ John Tripp spins before and after the screening.

Carnival and Hoedown 3 @ Under the Bridge
Bands, Live KXLU Broadcast,Wiffle Ball Potty Toss, Dirty Darts, Inflatable Farm Animals, Insulting Caricatures, Drunk Duck Pond, Cactus Ring Toss, Sleazy Face Painting, Cowboy Hat Toss, Much More!

Coop: Brand Recognition @ sixspace
Continuing his exploration of re-appropriation, Coop expands on dissecting his own iconic imagery, popular culture, and art historical references with his new series of bold, sexy, and smart paintings. Through Sat 10/7.

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: September 8 – 14

With a limited number of high definition channels at my disposal (years after signing up, no less), DHD’s American Chopper and KCET’s California’s Gold are arguably the best shows I can hope to watch at any given time. As such it gives me great pleasure to share the Huell Howser Drinking Game originally introduced by Save the Sheep blog:

Every time Huell says “wwwwwooooowwwwww…” drink. Not just a “wow” but “wwwwwwwwooooowwww.” You’ll know it when you hear it.

Every time Huell says something obvious, drink. Example: “So the people of the town would bring their mail right here to this post office?”

Every time Huell addresses his cameraman, drink. Example: “Hey, look at this [Luis/Troy/Cameron].”

»continue reading Huell Howser: The Drinking Game

EXCLUSIVE: Losanjealous has acquired an unretouched photo from the much discussed Anne Leibovitz photoshoot. Following the initial specultation that the depicted Cruise-Holmes baby may be a hired model, the story has now taken a bizarre twist, as it has emerged that “Suri” is played by none other than imposing, barrel chested, silver-haired actor Brian Dennehy, star of many films, including Cocoon and Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story.

More details on this breaking story as we get them.