LOSANJEALOUS (Losanjealous):: Our network of informants has gleaned that Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, who blew up the Fonda Monday prior, are running around the Valencia Town Center with fake mustaches as part of a self-described “70s inspired soap opera” video shoot right this fucking minute. Across town at this same time in your cubicle sources report you are shunning Excel, replying succinctly albeit politically to three e-mails while being mindful to carbon-copy your boss, reading losanjealous.com, considering stretching the legs for a third (!) cup of coffee in the kitchen and beginning to think about lunch.

Grainy, topical, on-set photos after the jump. Note Spaceland-inspired drumkit backdrop. (Thanks Renee for the pointer!)
»continue reading FOO WATCH: Grohl & Company Sporting Fake Mustaches In Valencia Right This Fucking Minute

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I’m capping myself at one photo today because it pretty much sums up the earlier portion of this week. Thanks for the reminder Blake. Items: (1) RSVP here if you want to see Burning Brides free Monday @ Viper, (2) I’m on vacation next week. “Finally Ryan shuts the hell up.” Not so fast bitches: I’ve blackberryblogged before; who’s to say but what I won’t do it again. Everybody else will be here so it’s business as usual. Have a great weekend at your festival of choice (Swerve/Neighborhood/Nocturnal et al) and we’ll talk soon.

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The Canadian Coffee Break brings together some of the finest Canadian minds in Southern California every week for a topical, lively round-tablesque discussion over very dark coffee. Won’t you join us.

TOPIC #12: POUTINE

Week Twelve has arrived. To celebrate, I finally shagged over to Dusty’s in Silverlake and tried the poutine which, from what I understand, roughly translates to “Fuck Me, I’m experiencing coronary thrombosis albeit deliciously so” from Québécois.

Your topic, naturally, is poutine. I would like to know a few things:

1. What, where and when was the best poutine you’ve ever had in your life? What made it so?
2. Wikipedia suggests that poutine [pronunciation] is very popular at ski resorts, not unlike “steak chili in a breadbowl.” Makes sense; it’s a heavy comfort food. Have you ever had poutine at a ski resort in Canada? Elaborate.
3. Have you ever made your own poutine? How was it?
4. As cultural ambassador from your province, you have been tasked with introducing poutine into the menu of five (5) Los Angeles restaurants. Which restaurants do you choose and why?

Sean Chrétien
Though you asked for joyous stories of poutine past, I’m going to have to relay an anecdote of the worst poutine I’ve ever had. You see, I’ve been itching to lambaste a certain breed of poutine since late July – the pseudo-poutine of fine dining eateries in Washington state. Though I was uber-close to the Canadian border two months ago, I decided to order some pou at the Steelhead Diner in Seattle, hoping for a truly visceral/flashbacky experience. Steelhead is situated adjacent to Pike Place, perhaps the most heavily frequented tourist attraction in the Pacific Northwest; however, exhaustive approbation for the joint led me to believe that the poutine would surpass expectations. Not so. Though it veritably was poutine – cheese curds and gravy intact – something was horribly amiss. Was it the presentation? I must admit when my poutine was most formally tabled at my table (Figure 1?), I felt slightly estranged; I was used to eating my pou on dirty city streets out of Styrofoam cups (AKA properly – though I’ve never pou’d at a ski resort).
»continue reading Canadian Coffee Break: Regarding Poutine

Note: We sent Carlie on special assignment for this. We were not disappointed.

»continue reading BREAKING: Village People Get Selves Clean, Have Good Meal @ San Diego Street Scene, 9/22/07

Shocker! Another giveaway on Losanjealous! Lot of great stuff going on this weekend. We’ve got a bunch of VIP tickets to hand out for this Saturday’s Neighborhood Festival in Expo Park, downtown. Mickey Avalon, Spank Rock, The Faint, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, DJ AM and more on the bill.

These tickets are on sale for $80 EACH. Losanjealous Price: FREE. The festival itself is all ages, but note that you must be 21 to enter the “VIP area”…your ID will be checked. VIP INCLUDES FREE DRINKS, FOLKS. Translation: Do not enter the contest if you are not 21. General admission as well as VIP tickets can also be purchased here.

UPDATE: Contest has closed. Winners will be contacted by 3pm Thursday. Good luck!

»continue reading Muse @ The Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, 9/21/07

TIME TO VOTE

(a) Cafe Tropical (Either) (Silverlake pictured)
(b) King’s Road (Beverly)
(c) Groundworks (Any)
(d) Peet’s For Life, Brah (Any)
(e) Lost Souls (Downtown)
(f) Insomnia (Beverly)
(g) Urth (Any)
(h) Stella (Silverlake)
(i) Buzz (Beverly)
(j) Koffea (Ktown)
(k) Newsroom (Either)
(l) Nandarang (Ktown)
(m) Mr Coffee (Ktown)
(n) The Cow’s End (Venice Pier)
(o) The Griddle (Sunset/Fairfax)
(p) Stir Crazy (Melrose)
(q) One O’Them South Pasadena Joints (South Pasadena)
(r) Fucking Denny’s, Man
(s) Fucking Starbucks, Stop Hating
(t) Psychobabble (Los Feliz)
(u) Sabor Y Cultura (Armeniawood)
(v) Casa de Sousa (Olvera) (Downtown)
(w) The Coffee Table (Either)
(x) Cofftea (SG Valley)
(y) Casbah (Silverlake)
(z) The Pantry Goddammit (Downtown)
(aa) Whats-its-name, Studio City (Studio City)
(bb) MaGee’s Donuts, Duh! (Tranny Central)
(cc) Bob’s Donuts (farmer’s market, 3rd/fairfax)
(dd) My buddy Bjorn’s kitchen (redacted)
(ee) Silverlake Coffee Co (Where the fuck might you suppose)
(ff) Casa Blue (Highland Park)
(gg) Chango (Echo Park)
(hh) Intelligentsia (Silverlake)
(ii) That one joint on Fountain (Fountain)
(jj) The Scientology Celebrity Centre (Celeb Centre/BeHo)
(kk) UnUrban (Stallone’s Fave) (Santa Monica)
(ll) Portfolio (Long Beach)
(mm) Write-in:
(nn) Write-in #2:
(oo) Write-in #3:

This list is by no means exhaustive. Vote for no more than five. Criteria to consider: available coffees, crowd, waitstaff, clientele, comfort, wifi, couches, ambience, entertainment, readability, parking, # dogs, # writers, # bums, restrooms (free/25cents/fuckoff none here). Criteria will add weight to to your tally if provided. No login required to comment. No real name required to comment. Generally speaking you will not be humiliated or ostracized for whatever the fuck you decide to comment. Get out the vote.

Arctic Monkeys

»continue reading San Diego Street Scene, Sunday, 9/23/07

Muse

»continue reading San Diego Street Scene, Saturday, 9/22/07

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PICK OF THE WEEK

GIRL TALK & DAN DEACON
Fri 9/28 | Echoplex
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THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS

MIDLAKE w/ Maria Taylor
Tues 9/25 | Henry Fonda | Info
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KLAXONS w/ Mystery Jets
Wed 9/26 | Henry Fonda | Info
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Wed 9/26 | Avalon | Info
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THE BROKEN WEST
(formerly The Brokedown)
Thurs 9/27 | Echoplex | Info
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MUTE MATH w/ Eisley
Thurs 9/27 | Avalon | Info
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LEZ ZEPPELIN
Thurs 9/27 | El Rey | Info
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THE NATIONAL w/ St. Vincent
Fri 9/28 | Wiltern | Info
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JOSH ROUSE w/ Jason Collett
Fri 9/28 | Henry Fonda | Info
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HEADS UP

Sea Wolf @ Troubadour Thu 11/29
Foo Fighters @ Henry Fonda Mon 9/24
Band of Horses @ Glass House Mon 11/26
Band of Horses @ Avalon Sat 11/24
The Walkmen @ Troubadour Sun 11/11
Silversun Pickups & Midnight Movies @ The Wiltern Sat 10/20

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MONDAY

Indie 103.1 & Losanjealous Present Check One, Two
Monday Nights at The Viper Room
Tonight: The Submarines, Emma Burgess & Western States Motel
Free with RSVP

Editors @ The Wiltern
Foo Fighters @ Henry Fonda
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: Sept 24-30

»continue reading Air @ Greek Theatre, 9/21/07

»continue reading Damien Rice @ Greek Theatre, 9/20/07

“We rented the biggest disco ball we could find,” James Murphy shares with us between songs. Leading the LCD Soundsystem live incarnation—Nancy Whang on synths, Pat Mahoney, the world’s tightest drummer, Al Doyle on guitar, Phil Skarich on bass–through a near perfect set at the Hollywood Bowl, James made a strong case for a new breed of no nonsense rock n’ roll front man.

On what’s probably the biggest stage he’s ever played he deconstructs and demystifies the event before us at every chance he gets between songs—pointing out the LED timer on stage that clocks their allotted time; pointing out his newly acquired high tensile mic stand; and ultimately confiding to us “You what to know the funny thing about this? This is our job!” There is more than irony at play here. The thing is, James respects his audience. He doesn’t insult our intelligence by attempting to maintain any kind of rock façade. This is the guy after all who sings, “It’s a fat guy in a T-shirt doing all the singing.” (He’s sporting a wrinkled button down oxford and blazer this night, in case you were wondering.) He gets it, knows we get it, so cuts the shit and just give us the rock and the grooves.
»continue reading Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem at the Bowl

»continue reading Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem @ Hollywood Bowl, 9/20/07

»continue reading Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Elvis Perkins @ Troubadour, 9/19/07

Sean, a trusted weekly coffee breaker, shares some words and images from last Thursday’s gala show featuring fellow Canadians Arcade Fire. -Ed

LCD Soundsystem/Arcade Fire
Hollywood Bowl, 9/20

“This place smells like Dodger Dogs but it feels like rock n’ roll.”
– Collin “Boots” Tiegs, in a rapturous fervor.

So the last time I saw the Arcade Fire they weren’t happy campers. It was an admittedly asinine KROQ show – something about an ‘Inland Invasion’ – and the bro surplus was inexplicable. I recall Richard Reed Parry running into the crowd and chucking drum sticks at the monitors and stage while Win Butler made pseudo-political statements that fell on deaf ears. Thankfully, tonight was a totally different beast. The Arcade Fire were veritably “in it,” aided and abetted by a crowd that ate up every last granular element of the raucous spectacle. In all their earnest glory, the Arcade Fire truly tried, as they most always do, to affect us with their wicked rad theatrics. From opener ‘Black Mirror’ to the epic encore ‘Wake Up’ finale, the troupe de Arcade exuded a joy that was matched if not trumped by a unified Bowl audience. Of course, credit is due to the inimitable LCD Soundsystem (I missed Wild Light) for priming the crowd.
»continue reading Canadians on Canadians: Arcade Fire @ Hollywood Bowl, 9/20/07

By popular demand we’re releasing some more photos from Pamela’s night at the forum with Van Fucking Halen. Inside: The Blimp, the All Access Pass, the Roth, the Wolf. And so much more. Enjoy. Ps, SoCal tix on sale monday.
»continue reading Van Halen Dress Rehearsal @ The Forum: More Photos

The Losanjealous Benevolent Society assembles for you a weekly list of happenings and events in Los Angeles.

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FRIDAY

12th Annual Redondo Beach Lobster Festival @ Seaside Lagoon, Redondo

A week after the Port of LA’s festival, join Ron as the lobster party rocks on in Redondo. Featuring fresh Maine Lobsters flown in fresh daily. Chefs from Bristol Farms serving unforgettable Lobster Dinners. International food court, arts and crafts booths. Live entertainment, rides and games for the kids. Bonus tip: Pick up a copy of DF Wallace’s Consider the Lobster (now in paperback) for some delightful reading on the topic of lobster festivals. Fri 5-11pm; Sat 12-11pm; Sun 12-9pm.

Black Business Expo @ Tom Bradley Hall Los Angeles Convention Center

Each day, experts from the business world will teach attendees how to start businesses, how to manage money and how to invest. This is a great networking, career building opportunity. The celebrity lounge will feature autograph signings, book signings and celebrity promotions. The expo attendees will have an opportunity to meet and greet celebrities that support the BBX. Artists include: Wendy Raquel Robinson, Telma Hopkins, Wesley Jonathan and many more. Fri, Sat and Sun.

SATURDAY

“Give Liberty Life” Benefit Show @ Safari Sam’s

Hosted by Dave Foley and Featuring Kids In The Hall sketches by Dave, Kevin McDonald & Bruce McCullough. That’s 3/5s of the Kids. Musical guests Electromagnetic, Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies, Sally Jaye, Peculiar Pretzelmen & Karla Urbina 8:30 pm. More info on Give Liberty Life here. $20.

Rummage Sale @ Echo Park Film Center

Get your rummage on, ye aspiring auteurs. Quoth the EPFC: “Great deals on all kinds of fabulous film and video equipment, supplies, resources and much more.” Tax deductable donations accepted during regular store hours any time after September 2. 11-5 pm. 1200 N. Alvarado, 90026

Artists on the Brink Presents The Hotel Tonic @ Barnsdale Art Park & Theater

A 1940s themed variety show to benefit The Soldiers Project providing free psychological care to Iraq Veterans in need. The show will include music, dance, circus acts and fine art. H’ors D’eurvres and cocktails. Silent art auction and prize raffle. 7 pm. 4800 Hollywood Blvd. 90027. $25 minimum donation for the cause.

»continue reading Losanjealous Benevolent Society Events: Sept 21-27

Every week Blake and readers just like him send me grainy, blurry, sometimes horribly-framed yet always interesting photos of life in Los Angeles as seen through the lenses of their trusted telephones. Every week, never fail. Join us now, won’t you, as we take a look at the latest offerings…From Blake’s Phone.

Top billing this week speaks for itself:

Sign in echo park – check the glued-on ears…

After the jump: Submission instructions and more mayhem from tiny, exceptionally shitty lenses housed in telephones citywide…
»continue reading From Blake’s Phone: SPECIAL EARWAX CLEANSING EDITION