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Kooks Playing Canter’s Kibitz Room Next Tuesday (5/20)
By Ryan - Friday May 16th 2008

Kooks

HEADS UP
Kooks @ Canter’s Kibitz Room Tues 5/20

Believe it: The Kooks will be playing the venerable, pastrami-infused Kibitz Room at Canter’s Deli next Tuesday, a day after their sold out Wiltern gig. Longtime readers may recall I’ve confessed to spending way too much time in the Kibitz Room over the years. As such there’s a good chance you might not believe me at this point. Here’s the official word:

To start their tour on a different note, The Kooks will be taking to the streets. The band will be hitting various undisclosed locations in LA next Tuesday May 20th to film a Sidewalk Sets session, playing acoustically to both fans and passer-bys. The day will culminate in an intimate acoustic show in the Kibitz Room at Canter’s Deli, located at 419 North Fairfax Avenue.

Full announcement after the jump…

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Raconteurs To Play Henry Fonda Theater This Sunday, May 18
By Victor - Thursday May 15th 2008

Racs
Brendan & Jack shot by Sung.

HEADS UP

The Raconteurs w/ Imaad Wasif with Two Part Beast @ Henry Fonda Sun 5/18

Tickets not yet on sale - keep your pants on.


COMPREHENSIVE RACONTEURS COVERAGE

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2008: The Raconteurs by Ryan
Coachella 2008 Festival Friday Main Stage Photo Gallery: The Raconteurs, Tegan and Sara and The Breeders by Brian
Coachella 2008 Festival Photo Gallery: The Raconteurs by Sung
The Raconteurs @ The Wiltern, July 20 by “Kitty Whisky”



Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: Skating Ass, Indio, CA 1960
By Charles Phoenix - Thursday May 15th 2008


People parked at the curb line the main street for the annual date festival parade. Among the paraders is a snow white ass. This is not any old ordinary barnyard ass. This is an ass with special skills. It has roller skates attached to its hooves and it’s roller skating down the street. I love it when animals skate.

With all the talk of roller skating lately, with planning the Moonlight Rollerway Jubilee and all, I can’t believe how many people tell me they can’t skate. Even I can skate. And you can’t possibly be more uncoordinated than I am. I can count on one hand the times I’ve been skating since I was in third grade and took skating lessons at the Holiday Roller Rink in Montclair. So, since its been a while, tonight I went to the rink to practice a bit before the big show this weekend. Before long I was gliding around the well-skated wood floor like I had wings on my heels. It was wonderful and I can’t recommend it enough!

This weekend I host the moonlight Rollerway in Glendale at Southern California’s most historic roller rink! Come experience a cast of more than 60 thrilling champion skaters in a spectacular variety of costumed musical acts, I’ll be doing a slide show story of roller skating and there will be an after show all skate party - All this to live Hammond organ music by the world’s greatest rink organist, Dominic! Free snack bar treats will be served!

SATURDAY NIGHT May 17 at 8pm - . STANDING ROOM TIX ONLY (Seating for this Saturday’s performance is sold out!)

SUNDAY MATINEE, May 18 at 3pm - . FEW SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!

Don’t miss out! Tickets and Info!

Here’s to Asses that can skate and YOU!

Visit Charles’ site or join his Slide of the Week Mailing List.



Joe Jackson at the Orpheum
By MFV - Thursday May 15th 2008

Joe Jackson
Photo by Sung. Full set here.

Joe Jackson performed the aesthetic masterpiece of architecture with seating to match, one with gilded archways, ornate lounges and a total freakin’ mezzanine, The Orpheum Theater, Tuesday night. I was there and Sung was there, too, and he took pictures. For those who could not attend, I am not proud to tell you that you missed a gigantic opportunity to raise your standards. JJ opened with “Steppin’ Out” just to get it out of the way. That’s what kind of show I’m about to review.

After driving a bit into scary downtown near the Fashion District, I dropped $10 to park, went halfway up Broadway and entered a voluminous space. Euclid would just shit himself to behold the interior of the Orpheum, so rigorous in its geometry that you feel like making love to someone just hunting for the right row.

I was seated in one of those little balcony snob zones where rich ladies peer at “Cosi fan tutti” through bejeweled binoculars. Had it all to myself for the opening act, a duo named after the lead singer, first name: MUTLU. Not an Elder God of Chaos Mutlu but a bearded, friendly and bone-sincere Philadelphian white male who brought along his friend, Chris. Two acoustic guitars, two vox, and R&B folk songs for about forty minutes. I couldn’t leave. He sings like a soulful angel. Mutlu’s sound and style have a Saturn return that keeps bringing up the Blues Traveler and late Grateful Dead and Traffic. Or maybe this. Dig if you will, this. MUTLU is the magical earthy tell-it-like-it-is Pennsylvanian whose working class dramas are existential codeine, who we shell-shocked rock and roll veterans nominate as our personal savior when the world runs us down. No cynicism about him, nothing pretentious, just brotherly love radiating though a layer mask of Thin Lizzy’s “Romeo and the Lonely Girl”. Do I turn his rolling papers in my hand or his words in my mind?

Round of applause, thanks everyone, and leaves. During the wait, I exchange inanities with Sung on many topics including losanjealous, the general lack of eighties band coverage on the site, and more!

Let me tell you now what kind of a show it turned into. When JJ came out, the fan’s deafening cheer startled this fifty-three year old rock dignitary, an aging Malcolm McDowell in profile, into taking a gigantic wayward step backward. If he feels worthy of the outpouring, he’s not letting us know. If he feels we’re worthy of his outpouring, well, you could argue that one, too. For an opener, as mentioned, he trashes and simultaneously reinvents “Steppin’ Out” at twice its original speed as if to firmly demonstrate his unconventional powers first-hand. I wasn’t sure I liked it. He went from here to playing a short set from his new album of this January, Rain, a collector’s item by now loaded with wry Brit humor and a loneliness magnified from his protracted stay in Berlin.
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Joe Jackson & Mutlu, Orpheum Theater, May 13, 2008
By Sung - Thursday May 15th 2008

Joe Jackson



New Kids On The Block: The Rehearsal @ House of Blues, May 13, 2008
By Ryan - Thursday May 15th 2008

We received the following NKOTB Special Today Show Rehearsal Gig missive from our very own Audree this morning:

Tuesday night, after almost 20 years, my inner 10-year-old finally got to live out her childhood dream! The place was packed with 90% 30-something females comprised of fan club members and Interscope label people and the rest being either gay men or conceding boyfriends. They were forty minutes late coming on stage but right when they walked on, the crowd turned into fans of Justin Timberlake likeness and started cheering like little girls. When they walked down the catwalk into the middle of the HOB pit, grown woman were pawing at their feet and trying to touch them. It was hilarious! My friends and I were on the sidelines by the bar but we soaked it in and just decided to get into it and start screaming too. The best part is they did all their songs with synchronized choreography just like back in the day! They ended up only teasing us with a 20 minute show - a medley of old hits, a new single “Summertime”, and another old song - to promote their upcoming national tour. It was fun and nostalgic but I don’t think I’ll be spending my hard earned cash to see them. That’s just me though, because the girls I was with are already planning to be front row when they roll in town for a show at the Staples Center later this fall.


New Kids will perform on The Today Show…tomorrow.



J’Mison “Bobo” Morgan Bound for Bruins
By Victor - Wednesday May 14th 2008

J'Mison

Prophetic Photoshop art by AndersonMBA2007 over at Bruinreportonline.com.

It’s looking like UCLA may have nabbed a big man to fill the void in the middle left by Kevin Love. The highly touted 6′10″ 275 lb. Center J’Mison “Bobo” Morgan out of Dallas has been granted a release from his LSU LOI and looks set to sign on as a Bruin next year, reports the Times. (If “J’Mison ‘Bobo’” isn’t the single greatest first name/nickname combo ever, then I don’t know what is.)

One can hear the Pauley student section chant now: Let’s go, Bo-bo! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP! Let’s go, Bo-bo! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP! Etc.

Given this serendipitous development, K. Love’s quick split for the NBA may just turn out to be a blessing if it played any part in helping sway Bobo to come Westwood. Add him to #2 national recruit Jrue Holiday starting at guard in next year’s lineup, and the Bruins are shaping up to make another deep run at a banner–so long as they can Get. Bobo. The. Ball–no mean feat with Howland’s sketchy offensive X’s & O’s.


TANGENTIALLY RELATED

Vin Scully & John Wooden @ Nokia Theater (Scully & Wooden, together at last, “For The Kids”) Fri 6/13



KCRW Launches Guest DJ Project
By Ryan - Wednesday May 14th 2008

kcrw
KCRW’s Guest DJ Project has officially launched today. Will you listen, or are you strictly a Schnabel/Trinidad/Calamar purist? No? A Harcourt/Bentley/Campos purist? Tell me you’re not a Litt/Richardson/Douridas purist. Who am I kidding. You probably listen to Ira Glass and Harry Shearer and call it a day. I figured as much. From the announcement:

Guests include late night host Conan O’Brien, John Cusack, world champion surfer Kelly Slater, “Juno” Director Jason Reitman, award-winning playwright Neil Labute, “Top Chef” host and author Padma Lakshmi, Director and skate legend Stacy Peralta, DIGG Founder Kevin Rose, Danny Devito, Comic artist Tim Sale, actor Jason Schwartzman, actress Famke Janssen, and many more.

Ok - let’s start the speculation thread before listening to the programs. Who’s going to spin what? I’d listen to Morning Becomes Devito in a heartbeat. I’m going out on a limb here and saying Danny’s going for Bruce, Winehouse and Josh Homme, but I could be way off. Guy seems to have eclectic taste.

devito @ coachella

Danny Devito introduces the Eagles of Death Metal @ Coachella 2006 by Mick O.

» The KCRW Guest DJ Project



Barack Chooses Taco Mate: Al Pastor or Chicken?
By Victor - Tuesday May 13th 2008

Obama Taco

From Oregon’s Mid-Williamette Valley’s StatesmanJournal:

Customers at Luis’s Taqueria on Front Street in Woodburn were caught by surprise Friday when Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama walked into the Mexican restaurant during the noon hour and ordered a plate of carne al pastor — a pork dish seasoned with pineapple, onions, cilantro and lime.

From Official Obama HQ blog:

On the campaign trail in Oregon today, Barack stopped at Luis’s Taqueria in Woodburn. He was joined by his brother-in-law Craig Robinson (who was recently hired as the head basketball coach for the Oregon State Beavers). The two sat down for a quick meal of chicken tacos

So which was it? Al pastor or chicken tacos? The photos seem to depict some dark meat, possibly al pastor , on the plate nearest him. Was there an attempt on the part of Obama’s official blog to cover up an al pastor selection with a more pedestrian, less potentially-controversial chicken selection in order to increase his appeal to undecided swing state voters? Or, perhaps they feared a public al pastor allegiance might subconsciously conjure up all that Pastor Reverend Wright nonsense.


PREVIOUSLY

Photo Op: Hilary Votes King Taco

Hilary



A Call-Out: Photos of Area Locksmith Shacks Wanted
By Ryan - Tuesday May 13th 2008


The Great Book of Los Angeles Locksmith Shacks is nearing completion, but our photography is still lacking. You can help! Have a photo of a Los Angeles-based locksmith shack to share? Send it to me, or upload it to the Los Angeles Locksmith Shack group on Flickr today. My five favorite submissions within the next two weeks will all receive one random, all-new cd (nothing cruddy - scout’s honor) from the Losanjealous music library. You will also be notified of compensation options, should your submission eventually be chosen for offline publication. Godspeed.

» What is a Locksmith Shack?
» Where might I find a Locksmith Shack?
» Locksmith Shacks: Are they dangerous?



Win Tickets To La Vida Sake Now
By Ryan - Monday May 12th 2008


Have you ever wondered what might occur were the Losanjealous editorial staff to overindulge in sake while inside a museum? It keeps me up at night, too. Find out this May.

Fellow boozehounds and fans of lowriders, rejoice. Every year, the Little Tokyo Service Center throws a big fundraising party featuring an inordinate number of sakes for the imbibing and foodstuffs for the eating, all within the confines of a decidedly non-Asian-centric museum of note. Case in point: Last year’s gala featured Iron Chef Morimoto and Star Wars memorabilia at the Expo Center downtown. The year before that, the group invaded the Museum of Neon Art. This year’s event, entitled La Vida Sake, will take place May 22 (Thursday) at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire. More specifically it will take place during the lowrider exhibit, and while we typically take our lowriders with tequila, we’re exuberant for a valid excuse to collectively shift gears to sake for the evening. Plus, we have no choice but to applaud the LTSC for managing to neatly encapsulate the essential ingredients and flavors comprising Los Angeles, our fair city, within this one event: fund raising, alcohol, small portions, numerous cars and Wilshire Boulevard will all be simmered in a melting pot of cultural influences with serious Latino and Asian leanings. Voila!
»continue reading Win Tickets To La Vida Sake Now



Losanjealous Concert Picks: May 12 - 18
By Victor - Monday May 12th 2008

PICK OF THE WEEK

WilloughbyWilloughby
Western States Motel
Dr. Dog
The Billionaires
Hotel Cafe
Tues May 13
Info
 
 
 


THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS
 

Kate NashKate
Nash

Wed May 14
Henry Fonda
Info
Contest closed.
ProclaimersThe
Proclaimers

Fri May 16
El Rey
Info
Contest closed.
Amoeba TourKate Walsh
Quincy Coleman
Brandi Shearer
Fri May 16 | Roxy
Info | Contest closed.
EarlimartEarlimart
w/ Vauxhaul Broadcast
Sat May 17
Echoplex | Info
Contest closed.
Tally HallTally Hall
De Novo Dahl
Low Vs Diamond
Sun May 18
El Rey | Info
Contest closed.
Lykke LiEl Perro Del Mar
Lykke Li

Anna Ternheim
Mon May 19
El Rey | Info
[ENTER]

 


HEADS UP

Metallica @ The Wiltern Wed 5/14
Aimee Mann @ Largo (First show new Largo location: 366 N. La Cienega) Mon 6/2
Rolling Blackouts @ Charlie O’s Thu 6/5
Islands @ Henry Fonda Tue 6/17
Coldplay @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (Tickets On Sale 5/17 10 am) Sat 7/19
Ojos Rojos @ Good Hurt Sat 5/24
Times New Viking w/ Abe Vigoda @ The Smell Mon 6/16
Times New Viking @ The Echo Sun 6/15
Fink w/ Jaymay @ Troubadour Wed 6/18
Hard Summer Music Festival @ Shrine Expo Center (N.E.R.D, MSTRKRFT, Spank Rock, Kid Sister, A-Trak, Steve Aoki, The Bloody Beetroots, Kill The Noize & more) Sat 7/19
Steely Dan @ Nokia Theater Wed 7/23
The Swell Season w/ Iron & Wine @ Greek Theatre Sat 10/4
Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars, Knobody @ El Rey (Freshly Dipped Tour) Sat 7/12
My Bloody Valentine @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Thu 10/2
My Bloody Valentine @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Wed 10/1
Stereolab @ Henry Fonda Thu 10/23
Madonna @ Dodger Stadium Thu 11/6
 


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MONDAY
Film School w/ Everest @ Viper Room
Mezzanine Owls, Black Kites, Eagle & Talon, We Barbarians @ Spaceland (Mondays in May free residency)
Poi Dog Pondering @ Troubadour
Princeton w/ Le Switch, Division Day, The Henry Clay People @ The Echo (Aquarium Drunkard presents Mondays in May residency–free)

Tuesday, 5/13 - Sunday, 5/18 Picks Below…

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In Celebration of “Bike To Work” Week
By Karen - Monday May 12th 2008

May 12-16 is Bike to Work Week, and it looks like the weather here will be accommodating as usual. So take this opportunity to leave behind L.A.’s bumper-to-bumper traffic and get on the side of the greasy, dirty road — permanently if possible. It’s easier than you might think.

Every week for me is bike-to-work week, because I have done the unthinkable and decided to live without a car in Los Angeles. I’ve biked sporadically for a few years, but since my Honda went to compact heaven in January, I’ve adjusted to a new reality: riding to work every day whether I feel like it or not, biking to grab dinner when I’m so hungry I can’t see straight, and tempting fate on the way home from bars/parties. The past few months have been eye-opening, and the biggest lesson I’ve learned is that only about 2% of drivers know what to do when they encounter a bike. I have been car-doored, honked at, sneered at. One morning I almost wiped out a squirrel, which really entertained a woman driving in the opposite direction. I’ve been mentally filing away run-ins with idiotic drivers and other dangers, and I’ll be checking in here with some tales as well as detailing the latest reasons for swearing at motorists.
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Northern State at the Knitting Factory on May 10, 2008
By Sung - Monday May 12th 2008

Northern State

Northern State
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An Afternoon At The Piñata District
By Ryan - Monday May 12th 2008

OBJECTIVE
Purchase large piñata for upcoming birthday party

GEOGRAPHIC DIRECTIVE / MISSION-CRITICAL ADVICE
Purchase said piñata in piñata district loosely centered around Olympic and Central. Do not get sidetracked by fresh fruit, nuts, chapulines, unappetizingly-piled meters of donglike chorizo or, worst of all, the ever-popular taco truck cleverly buried within the piñata stalls

BUDGET
$12
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Elbow & Air Traffic at the Avalon on May 9, 2008
By Sung - Monday May 12th 2008

Elbow



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