Today, we delve into the past – something we rarely do – and examine the “Greatest Halloween Hits” ever to have graced the Losanjealous website. Join us now as we stroll through an incredibly foolish, oft-scary-as-fuck memory lane…

2005: Five fools nearly tip over a rowboat, Hollywood Forever Cemetery

2005: Bill DeMarco experiences difficulty finding a pimp costume for Halloween

2005: Baconwrapped hot dog vendors at Dia De Los Muertos Festival fall prey to massive sting operation orchestrated by LAPD
»continue reading Great (?) Moments in Losanjealous Halloween History

Sometimes T has a lesson to teach you fools! Holidays are times for burying the hatchet. Now before you fools go gettin’ ideas about burying a hatchet in someone’s head, quit yo jibba jabba and listen up. Back in the day, T was starring in his own television show and asked his spookiest friend to be a guest star. She responded by callin’ T’s agent on her car phone and tellin’ him she was booked for Halloween on another show… a show with 2 fools ridin’ around on motorbikes arrestin’ people in tight pants on the freeways of California. Now T don’t know what to do. He’s mad as hell, but never hits a woman. So when Daniel Franzese invites him to his Hollyween art opening many years later, T decides to do the right thing and bury the hatchet with his old friend.

“ELVIRA! I aint one to call nobody a fool, but you chose Ponch over Mr. T!”

“Ohhhhhh……. Mr. T… fancy meeting you here, my muscular little pal.”

“ELVIRA, It’s time to pay the piper. Mr. T demands an apology!”

“Ohhhhhhh……Mr. T, you still look just as BOOtiful as…”
»continue reading Mr. T Visitor Guide: Elvira Incident, Hollywood

PAINTS TESTED

• Liquitex High Viscosity ACRA® Crimson Transparent
• Grumbacher® Cadmium Red Medium Opaque
• NovaColor® Cadmium Red Deep Opaque (Liquid Ready)

In all fairness Liquitex wasn’t a true opaque, but I wasn’t about to buy more paint. This was just what I had lying around the chateau.

RESULTS

Extensive splattering and smearing found Nova Color’s Cadmium Red Deep the darkest and most durable bullshit blood of the three. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Culver City’s very own Nova Color: Bullshit blood of choice this Halloween season. Stop by the factory store today and pick up a gross. Numerous 4-oz test jars can be found in the $3-4 range; aforementioned Cadmium will set you back $7.50. Add water, Winsor&Newton® Burnt Sienna Opaque, Black Opaque and garden variety corn meal for texturing. Dive headfirst into the rapid prototyping phase of fauxspattering. Discover the Nova Color difference. Go thee forth and bloody things.

SIGUR RÓS
Acoustic
Performance/
Screenings
@ the Vista
01 Nov 2007

Thursday at the Vista (4473 Sunset), Sigur Rós will perform a few songs acoustically. This will be followed by a screening of the new concert DVD “Heima,” which has been graced with rave reviews across the board.

There are two shows; early show at 8pm, late show at 11pm. Courtesy Beggars Banquet, we have a pair of tickets to give away to the late screening. Doors are at 1030pm; performance at 11pm, screening at 1130pm.
»continue reading Sigur Rós @ Vista: Win Tickets Now

Battles

»continue reading Vegoose 2007: Battles, Gogol Bordello, Blonde Redhead, Iggy Pop, M.I.A., Daft Punk; Las Vegas, NV

“We’re gonna go old school right now, so take your drugs now and enjoy.”

This remark came about mid set. I took his advice, so that may not be an exact quote. Aside from this group being total visionaries in the studio, I was very curious – almost a bit concerned, as to how they would translate live. All that concern was thrown out the window when they took to the stage playing “Chemistry” and “Hold My Hand” right out the door, both of which are off the amazing War Stories album. To say it was a thunderous opening would be an understatement. The band that was assembled for this their first live-band tour was amazingly tight. I’m really not sure about names which is sad because the bassist: SICK. Everyone was, really, but I need to single him out here.

Vocalist Gavin Clark came onstage several times to sing on “Broken”, “Keys to the Kingdom”, and “Eye for an Eye”; all tracks that he collaborated on with the band over the years. Despite Gavin Clark’s guest vocals, other vocal tracks from artists like Ian Astbury and Thom Yorke were played over the PA with the bands instruments accompanying. At first I wasn’t a fan, but hearing the actual voices of the creators of each track made me feel more comfortable.
»continue reading UNKLE @ Echoplex, 10/26/07

With a masthead stylistically reminiscent of veteran neighblog Franklin Avenue, the Higland Park-based York Boulevard made a modest entrance into the neighborhood blog realm earlier this month. I was introduced to the site after being forwarded an article entitled Top 10 Street Food Vendors. The site offers a brief mission statement, uncredited to any author:

YORK BLVD. is a blog dedicated to Highland Park and it’s residents. The North East is the best part of L.A. and we’re here to spread the love.

It is always refreshing to find a dedicated, hyper-localized blog in Los Angeles. Here’s hoping the efforts eventually grow into something authoritative regarding Highland Park.

Regarding that aforementioned street vendor list, however: Though it is comforting to see façade favorite Rambo’s Tacos and sporadically available vampiros vendor Tacos Sinaloa get respective nods, I am personally puzzled as to the placement of Estrella in the top slot. Why does everybody like this place so much? »continue reading Northeast Welcomes New Taco-Infused Blog

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PICK OF THE WEEK

THE POGUES | 2 nights at The Wiltern | Wed. Oct. 31 & Thurs. Nov. 1

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THIS WEEK’S GIVEAWAYS

BATTLES w/ No Age | Henry Fonda | Tues 10/30 | Tix Info | Closed
TED LEO + PHARMACISTS w/ Quasi | El Rey | Tues 10/30 | Tix Info| Closed
CEU | El Rey | Wed 10/31 | Info | Closed
POLYPHONIC SPREE w/ Rooney | Fonda | Fri 11/2 | Info | Closed
IAMX w/ Miss Deringer | El Rey | Fri 11/2 | Info | Closed
ENON w/ Love of Diagrams | The Echo | Sat 11/3 | Info | Closed
MINUS THE BEAR w/ Helio Sequence | Avalon | Sat 11/3 | Info | Closed
YO LA TENGO | Ivar Theater | Sat 11/3 LATE SHOW | Info | Closed
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | Henry Fonda | Sun 11/4 | Info |Closed
SHOUT OUT LOUDS w/ Johnossi | Fonda | Mon 11/5 | Info | Closed

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HEADS UP

Iron and Wine @ Orpheum Theater Wed 11/28
Great Northern & Robbers on High Street @ Echoplex Thu 11/8
Spain @ Echoplex (Performing Blue Moods of Spain) Thu 11/29
Cut Chemist & Edan @ Silent Movie Theatre Thu 12/6
Cut Chemist & Edan @ Silent Movie Theatre Wed 12/5

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MONDAY
Porterville, Totally Radd!!, Radars to the Sky @ Viper Room
Queens of the Stone Age @ Nokia Theater
Tegan and Sara @ Orpheum Theater
Indie 103.1 & Losanjealous Present Check One, Two
Monday Nights at The Viper Room
Tonight: Porterville, Totally Radd!!, Radars to the Sky and Hazelden
Free with RSVP
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: Oct 29 – Nov 4

Alas! Poor Franken Berry®. My son. I did not complete you last night before drifting off. Even now you wither away, there on the coffee table in front of me, something of a mockery, an amalgamation of what might have been and what is yet to come, your bolts intact though your wee-steam whistle and pressure gauge obviously as-yet unmined, your tiny fruit-flavored marshmallows nowhere to be found, your skin susceptible now to the dryness of the air in harsh light of morning, the lack of nutrients evident but nevertheless an important part of this balanced breakfast replete with two half-slices of buttered toast, one-half grapefruit and one cup of 2% milk.

Franken Berry.
Built by my hand; forged by my loin in the General Mills™ Foundry.
Neither man nor machine, but something altogether different comprised of the two, fortified with an essential daily combination of vitamins, minerals, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavorings.
I shall finish you yet.
You shall be. My. Legacy.

Chaos and debauchery amidst a political-social-cultural gathering.
Setlist after the jump.
»continue reading Gogol Bordello @ Mayan Theatre, 10/25/07

One final smokeset™ to welcome the week’s end. This week has done a number on a number of us, to be sure, but the ash flecks, smoke-tinged lungs and freaky-looking skies culminate in a gigantic full moon, rising on the “30,000 miles closer to Earth” side of the orbit this evening. Watch for it. Bonus smoked sunset – on Sunset, no less – after the jump.
»continue reading Friday’s Smoked Sunset™

Frankenstein, Pasadena, CA 1965

Can you believe those beautiful honey blond closet doors? They have no doorknobs!

This slide was clearly marked ‘Pasadena, 1965.’ OK fine. But what I want to know is where in Pasadena in 1965 do you find Goth shoes? They don’t have Goth shops in Pasadena in 1965. Finally I figured it out. Frankenstein had to go to one of those shops that you go to if you have one leg longer than the other!

Wishing you the best Trick-or-Treating EVER!!!!

Happy Halloween!

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»continue reading Múm at the Orpheum Theater on October 23, 2007

The Official LOS ANGELES LIVE VENUE DRINKER’S PRICE GUIDE has been updated with your feedback as of 10/26/07. Take, use, continue to contribute. It’s getting considerably fleshed out but we’ve still got a lot of ground booze to cover consume. Here’s the guide.

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.

Linoleum City rises like the phoenix. Behold:

Linoleum city arises again

Behind the jump: Blake uncovers a fast food beverage pairing chart of ludicrous proportion. Believe it. More phone-enabled digitally preserved moments and your submission instructions.
»continue reading From Blake’s Phone: Linoleum City, Fast Food Beverage Pairing, Ambiguous Switches, Huell The Mighty

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.

EPISODE XVI: BRING THE MASSES TO THE HILLS

The year is 1923. You have been dispatched by William Lyon Mackenzie King to a movie-and-oil mecca in southern California known as Los Angeles. You are to establish and sell out a planned community on a hill, firmly planting a Canadian mecca within the borders of the United States and thusly strengthening the bond between the two countries. A local developer wishes to call the area ‘Hollywoodland.’ You find this preposterous. What will you call the area, and how will you advertise it?

Sarah (website)
First of all, Mackenzie King is my favorite Prime Minister ever. Did he really think his dog was the reincarnation of his dead mother or was I mistaking political humor for truth (a la the Mr. Show episode where Keith Minders, skydiver, wears custard pants).

That said.

The area will be called “Upper Upper Canada” (fun fact for you Americans out there–Upper Canada is actually south of Lower Canada, therefore the title makes perfect sense).

I will advertise it by using pure white passenger pigeons (remember the year is 1923) carrying songbirds, also white but wearing little red coats. They will drop the songbirds into a person’s hand and then the birds will whistle a jaunty tune, the theme of Yet Upper Canada, which plays from loudspeakers gramophones mounted on each street lamp candelabra.

Further details on the Canadian settlement:

• Mailboxes will be red and square
• All women will be forced to dress like Anne of Green Gables
• All men will be forced to dress like Sam Steele
• If you want a pet it has to be a really big dog or a beaver
• No swearing

»continue reading Canadian Coffee Break: Populate The Hills

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Brandon Mayer and his band The Hidden Powers celebrated the release of their second album with a performance for friends, family, and douche-y guestlist keepers who wear their hair in upscale bobs straight out of 1989.

Enjoy the pix!

»continue reading Brandon Mayer & The Hidden Powers @ Tangier, 10/24/07

Items of business related to the above:
(1) Find life boring? Visit Jeannette’s flickr stream.
(2) NoSmell Bob: We are calling you out of semi-retirement. Fair warning. -ed