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

December Show @ La Luz de Jesus
Work by Paul Barnes, Jason Houchen, Scott G. Brooks, Sergio Mora, Lauren Gardiner and Lesley Reppeteaux. Through Sun 12/31.

LA Auto Show
The world’s automobile companies will be stepping forward with a number of production and concept vehicle world debuts to help usher in “A New Beginning” for the Los Angeles Auto Show. Through Sun 12/10.

Los Angeles Night @ Dawson’s Book Shop
Feature Scott Davis’ large format platinum contact prints of both familiar as well as unknown views of the nocturnal city. Through Sat 2/3.

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: December 1 - 7

In keeping with this week’s theme of delivering to you free stuff in every other post, we are pleased to present to you the first ever L.A. occurance of a MODULAR Records party. It takes place at Crash at Stone Bar next Wednesday, 12/6. (That’s Modular @ Crash @ Stone Bar–got all that?)

We get live performances by the excellent New Young Pony Club (of ubiquitous Intel commerical fame) and SoftLightes. Not a bad bill for their L.A. debut.

Contest entry has ended. Winners will be notified shortly. Thanks to all who entered.

Visit here for advance tickets.

Fact of the matter is that we’ve been meaning to name the damn thing for six months now. Help us out. Should it be:

• Oki-1
• La Verne’s Casagrande
• Secret location of the Mountain Goats Show?
• Asian Newscaster Broadcast Hall?
• Bullshit Central
• Maggiano’s
• The Avalon
• The Fonda
• Not The Fonda
• Tacos La Fonda
• The Troub
• Not The Troub
• Alameda
• Enterprise Square
• The Omniplex
• The Zoo
• Cowboy Hall of Fame
• The Eliminator
• Pico Rivera
• Glendale
• Shill Central
• Universal Studios: Jurassic Park: The Ride
• The Jensen Rec Center
• Dave Hart
• Oki-3
• El Taco Movil
• Flagstaff
• The Getty
• The Den
• The Deck
• Other (fill in blank)

You’ve said to us, “Losanjealous, I can’t get out to all your great rock shows every night. My ears ring constantly and my liver aches from all the beer. Is there anything you could give me that doesn’t involve rock shows just for one night? Something werein I might actually get to sit down? A play perhaps? Preferably one with a holiday theme?”

And we listened. And so in a nice change of pace for us, we have tickets to giveaway for a performance of holiday play My Sister’s Catechism , running at the Brentwood Theater December 5-17. From the press release:

It’s CSI: BETHLEHEM in Sister’s Christmas Catechism. Sister tackles the question that has been puzzling historians throughout the ages: What ever happened to the Magi’s gold? Sister engages her audience, and together they solve the mystery of what happened to the Magi’s gold through a forensic examination of the nativity scene as Sister hunts under the manger and over camel humps. Audience members are selected to be characters in a living nativity/crime scene. Along with local choirs singing Christmas favorites live onstage, the holidays are celebrated like never before through laughter and song. Sister is comin’ to town with a sleigh full of free gifts, not to mention a bundle of laughs. Audiences are encouraged to bring their cameras!

Contest entry has ended. Winners will be notified shortly. Thanks to all who entered.

Buy advance tickets for a discounted price by entering the code TINSEL.

Additional Show Information

That’s what we want to know.

He might be dead. He might be alive. One thing’s for sure: your opinion matters to us!

In our effort to bring you the most interesting possible content, Losanjealous scientists have composed this survey/aptitude test. Your responses will determine whether we continue bringing you the delightful adventures of Bill DeMarco. . .or can him. He wouldn’t have it any other way probably!

So take two minutes to complete the survey and answer the questions as if someone was pointing a gun at you on a ski-lift.

Call it homage. Call it democracy. Just don’t call it late for brunch!

Bon appetit!

»continue reading Where in the World is Bill DeMarco???

Ex-Cure and -Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Roger O’Donnell is bringing his own project to Spaceland next Tues 12/5 and we have tickets to giveaway. He’s doing a nice mellow electronica thing. Check out his MySpace or grab this Dntel remix of “For The Truth In You” to get an idea for yourself. Not coincidentally, our own local hero Jimmy Tamborello is DJing between sets.

San Francisco-based Christopher Willits, who is making interesting electronic/acoustic hybrid stuff in his own right, opens the show. Download his “Yellow Spring” here.

Griffin Technology is sponsoring their tour, so as a sexy tie-in, we also have Griffin product to giveaway. Several lucky winners will get mailed to them a 3-pack containing one each of: iPod Nano iTrip, iPod Earjams, and a PSP iTrip. Really.

Send an e-mail to contest@losanjealous.com with your full name and mailing address and you’ll be entered in the drawings for both the tickets and the Griffin swag.

Contest entry has ended. Thanks to all who entered. Winners will be notified shortly.

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

PICK OF THE WEEK: The Mountain Goats Code

Mountain Goats secret show this Saturday. Here are some clues to the show’s location from mountain-goats.com:

• The room in which it’s taking place is very small
• It’s in southern California in a place that’s kinda crucial to John Darnielle’s personal history
• Head inland from the ocean

This rules out the Coliseum, Oki-Dog and the Pacific Ocean, but the Travelodge on Holt Boulevard between Gary and White remains a possibility. John goes on to warn, “if you figure it out and go blabbin’ about it to everybody the show probably won’t be able to happen so be discreet please i.e. keep your sleuthing private and your humble host who sees in secret will surely reward you, see you there.” Do it Rockapella!

THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS

DANZIG [Official DANZIG Website] Blackest of the Black Tour The Wiltern Wednesday, November 29 Contest has ended. | Buy Tickets

THE SILENT YEARS [MySpace] | [Band Site] w/ Los Abandoned The Echo Thursday, November 30 Contest has ended. | Tickets at the door

HEADS UP
Peaches @ Avalon Thu 12/14 (second show added)
Silversun Pickups @ Troubadour Sun 12/17 (second show added)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks @ Glass House Fri 1/12

MONDAY
Great Northern, Irving @ The Echo (free)
Let’s Go Sailing @ Spaceland (November residency - free)
Oohlas @ Viper Room
Paramount @ O’Brien’s
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: November 27 - December 3

Angels fall to earth
World heats down
Cool
Now your heart is cold
Waiting on the summer
Of my soul

Devil-girl you must burn
Burn at the touch
Of autumn’s breath
Burn that heart of cold
Simmering in the Samhain
Of my soul

Admit it: You’ve had enough turkey and grandmas. You miss worshipping the Devil and you love the Misfits. You wish to see the Prince of Persia Darkness, but soon. Rest easy, Devil: It brings us evil joy to offer up yon burning sacrificial tickets to Wednesday’s Danzig stint at the Wiltern. All you have to do is correctly identify Danzig (by number) in the above collage and send your answer off to:

Update: Contest closed. Thanks for worshipping the devil with us.

IPledgeMyEternalSoulToSatan@losanjealous.com to be entered in the drawing. The show is Wednesday evening. Winners will be contacted Tuesday afternoon.

Bonus giveaway: If your name is drawn from the satanic hat, and you correctly identify all five of the above, find me at Wednesday’s show for a satanic round of drinks on Losanjealous.

Good luck!

Related links:

• Buy tickets to the show
• Ponder if Tiny T could actually beat up Danzig - or vicey-versa

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

Goodiepal Musical Event of Some Kind @ Machine Project
We had the best of intentions of taking this week off, but then our friend Luke of Lucky Dragons convinced us to have a show on Friday by Goodiepal

MacHomer: The Simpsons Do MacBeth
This one-man extravaganza features over 50 voices from TV’s favorite dysfunctional family in a hilarious performance of Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy. Through Sun 11/26.

Moscow Cats Theater
I loved it. It was better than Cats. I will see it again and again. Through Sun 12/3.

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: November 24 - 30

Local favorites Cold War Kids are kicking off the new year with January residencies in both LA & NYC. Here’s the presale ticket information and a ticket/prize package giveaway.

Ticket Presale Starts Wednesday, November 22nd at 10AM Local Venue Time

BUY TICKETS

This is probably your last chance to see these guys in venues this small, so do yourself a favor and jump on these tickets even if you are entering the contest.

UPDATE 12/4/06: Contest entry has now ended. Thanks to all who entered. Winners will be chosen and notified shortly.

The Losanjealous editorial staff wishes to assess the difficulty of scaling the fence and rearranging above letters,’80s HOLLYWOOD style, to fashion something akin to NACHO LAND (one of many possibilities).

We’ve had a running bet on the origins of this sign for literally years now. Does anybody out there have the full story on this Hop Louie-adjacent Hill Street landmark?

All hands on Pete! We are looking a bonafide four-alarm emergency right in the face. MVPete has gone missing. Originally I thought he’d dropped off the radar after I told him to stop calling people ugly, but the fact of the matter is that ten short days following that discourse inaugural Losanjealous Commenter of the Month MVPete went missing - not only from the smug-infused comment sections of your local blogs, but from his own knowledge base as well, SlightlySlack, where his last posting (04 Nov 2006) sits molding in silence, akin to a well-worn sitcom career gambling reinvigoration with a Friday set at the Laugh Factory.

One can only speculate as to his whereabouts:

• Has he given in to midterms at last?
• Is he sitting in Doheny Library surrounded by a 700-lb stack of books, sweating a massive paper over city housing problems?
• Birria Que Ricos Burrito Binge Gone Awry?
• Did Pete Join The World Of Warcraft?
• HAS PETE GONE UNDER THE RADAR FOR GOOD?

»continue reading Has Anybody Seen (MV)Pete?

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

PICK OF THE WEEK: Austin Peralta @ Jazz Bakery

1976: At the age of 19, Stacy Peralta becomes the #1 professional skateboarder.
2003: Stacy’s 11-year old son, Austin, is awarded the Shelly Manne New Talent Award by the Los Angeles Jazz Society.
2027: At 7 years of age, Austin’s son, Hunter, solves the Goldbach Conjecture.
2051: Hunter’s 4-year old son, Tony, is a complete fuckup. The disappointed Peralta family teleports him back to 1961 Santa Monica where a young couple adopts him. Years later Tony will join the Zephyr Surf Shop skateboarding team.

THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAY

HIDDEN CAMERAS [listen] [official site] Tuesday, November 28 The Echo Winners have been selected and notified.

HEADS UP
Cold War Kids @ Silverlake Lounge Fri 1/12 - Presale Wed 11/22
Cold War Kids @ Silverlake Lounge Fri 1/19 - Presale Wed 11/22
Cold War Kids @ Spaceland Fri 1/26 - Presale Wed 11/22
Annuals @ Spaceland Wed 12/6
Lily Allen w/ Camp Freddy @ Avalon Thu 12/7
Deerhoof @ El Rey Wed 1/24
Of Montreal @ El Rey Fri 1/26
Mountain Goats @ El Rey Sun 3/11
Clinic @ Troubadour Fri 3/2

MONDAY
Austin Peralta @ Jazz Bakery
Gwar @ House of Blues
Jello Biafra @ El Rey
Let’s Go Sailing @ Spaceland (free)
Rapture @ Henry Fonda
Sarah Silverman @ Largo
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: November 20 - 26

»continue reading Losanjealous Finally Weighs in on Michael “Kramer” Richards Standup “Racist Tirade”