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PICK OF THE WEEK: Girl Talk @ The Echo

Some bio-med engineer from Pittsburgh named Gregg pushes the play button on his laptop and we’re supposed to cream our pants? You’re goddamn right we are. A.D.D. dance party Saturday night at the Echo (Echo) ((Echo)).

THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS

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HEADS UP
Peter, Bjorn and John @ The Roxy Thu 2/1
Morrissey @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium Thu 2/1, Fri 2/2, & Sat 2/3
Sparklehorse @ Henry Fonda Fri 2/9
Neko Case @ Henry Fonda Sat 2/17
Sebadoh @ Spaceland Sat 3/10

MONDAY
Broken West @ Spaceland (free)
NOFX @ House of Blues
Pigeon John @ Safari Sam’s
Submarines @ The Echo (free)
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: January 8 – 14

True-to-you.net kindly sends along word of impending Morrissey area appearances in Pasadena in February, his first since 2004:

MORRISSEY will play three nights at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 1st (Thursday), 2nd (Friday) and 3rd (Saturday).

Ticket prices are $47, $62 and $77, available at all Ticketmaster ticket centers and www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Pasadena Civic box office M-F Noon-6pm. Tickets are available from 10am on Saturday, January 13th.

The line-up for the concerts will be: Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Solomon Walker (bass guitar), Matt Walker (drums) and Vincent Jones (keyboards).

Support will be Kristeen Young.

I can normally throw around the punny Moz references with the best of them, but I’m too tired now. Feel free to insert your own snarky remarks below, you know you want to.

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

Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing
“Minute By Minute” in this irreverent rendition of Shakespeare’s comedy, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, you’ll “Listen to the Music” of the country/rock group, the Doobie Brothers! We’re “Takin’ It to the Streets” and “Nobody” will want to miss this amazing performance! So wade through the “Black Water”, cross the “China Grove”, or take the “Long Train Runnin’”, but don’t miss the Troubies’ hilarious new show! Through Sun 1/28.

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: January 5 – 11

i’ve heard good things about the kitchen, for their food in general and their mac and cheese. i went there twice to verify my food findings, and twice i was disappointed in the mac and cheese, but their other food was good.

their mac and cheese tasted more like macaroni with garlic, there was a faint hint of cheese. i prefer mac and cheese that is baked but still swimming in cheese sauce, the burned bread crumb topping is also a nice touch. the kitchen’s mac and cheese was on the dry side and not swimming in a creamy cheese sauce. i wonder if this could be expected because it is considered a starter and not a main dish.
»continue reading Mac & Cheese Casefile #732781a: The Kitchen

I’ve been advised against using drugs by a number of sources, each stranger than the last: Nancy Reagan, the occasional urinal ad (the dudes know what I’m talking about). But easily the weirdest source of all was an LAPD-sponsored tag-team from the mid-80s that appeared during intracartoon commercial breaks. There was, to the best of my increasingly hazy recollection, a cop with a ventriloquists’ dummy (both African-American gentlemen) who implored the children of the Southland to “say nope to dope and ugh to drugs.”

The nine-year-old me spent not a little time parsing out that rhyming octet. At the time I remember wondering whether the nope versus ugh response recommended different levels of resistance to drugs versus dope. If dope was proffered, “nope” seemed to send a clear enough negative message. But why the caveman-like grunt in response to drugs? Was it some kind of druggie wink-wink that I simply didn’t understand, code perhaps for “I would like to consume those narcotics?” It didn’t help that Nancy Reagan’s suggestion was entirely different. If someone offered drugs, was I to “just say no” or to come back with a simian “ugh”? Fortunately, I was sheltered (and unpopular) enough that I never had to make this call, but the ambiguity haunted me. Sometimes it still does.
»continue reading L.A. Vintage Commercials: Say Nope to Dope and Ugh to Drugs

Jimmy Juice, Spring and 7th

McKenna, North Spring near I-5.

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

PICK OF THE WEEK: My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern

I take my music like I take my chicken–Kentucky fried. MMJ ushers in another great year of concerts Saturday night at the Wiltern. Wear your Bourbon drinking shoes.

HEADS UP
Cold War Kids @ Troubadour Thu 2/22
Wayne Newton @ Canyon Club Fri 3/16

THURSDAY
Eskimohunter, Bodies of Water @ Pershing Square (free Spaceland on Ice show)

FRIDAY
Bronx, 400 Blows @ Safari Sam’s
Ian Ball @ Hotel Cafe
The View @ Viper Room

SATURDAY
Ditty Bops @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
My Morning Jacket @ The Wiltern
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks @ El Rey
The View @ Spaceland

SUNDAY
Helmet @ Glass House

TINSELTOWN (Losanjealous) ::: Losanjealous has learned from its network of informants that Norwood Young, proprietor and resident-in-chief of Hancock Park’s notorious Youngwood Court (also affectionately dubbed the House of David™s by city residents), will be prominently featured in an E! reality series titled “High Maintenance 90210″…

From the official cast bio page:

Brian Armstrong
Position: Butler to the stars
Domestic Cred: The Remains of the Day inspired Brian to study abroad in a two-year butler program, and his parents are baffled by their son’s desire to be a servant. He remains unflappable, though, no matter how bizarre the duties may get.
Household Wisdom: “My goal is to one day work at the White House, and, in that way, serve my country.”

Norwood Young
Position: Music producer in need of a do-anything butler
Domestic Cred: Young lives in one of the most notorious homes in L.A., known for nude statues in the front yard. The swimming pool floor even features a mosaic portrait of his likeness.
Household Wisdom: “How are you with kids? Because I have two kids. This is Divo and this is Diva. Make sure [the poodles are] brushed and fed each day. Can you handle that?”

(source: E! online)

Keep your eyes glued to Losanjealous in the weeks to come to find out how you may personally assist Norwood Young in his quest to out-David™ the city in the absolute highest-maintenance fashion possible.

“BACON FOR OL’ SC”
Bacon for ol’ SC
Our men bacon to victory.
Our Alma Mater dear,
looks up to you
Bacon and win
For ol’ SC
Bacon to victory
Bacon!

USC 32, Michigan 18

WALK OF FAMER: Smilin’ Ed McConnell

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS: Star is situated directly in front of store that sells plastic stripper shoes