Sebastien Grainger, Knitting Factory, 26 March 2009
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Erin - Tuesday March 31st 2009
Synopsis
While his former DFA 1979 partner is providing the pill-taking soundtrack for young people around the world, Sebastien Grainger is playing fun, danceable rock at small venues in the US and Canada. With his band The Mountains (Nick Sewell, Leon Taheny, Andrew Scott), Grainger played most of the songs off their self-titled release, with the addition of a new track “It’s a Living.” Personal highlights were an extended version of “I Hate my Friends” and bopping to “Renegade Silence”.
The crowd
Small, dedicated, mostly white, mostly male.
The drinks
Totally unavailable. All bars at the Knitting Factory were closed that night. Though, a helpful security guard did suggest that I go to nearby Long’s Drugs, pound a beer, and return.
Opening act
I saw the last few songs of The Show is a Rainbow (a solo multimedia experience performed by Darren Keen). I have not seen anything like this before: Keen eschewed the stage in favor of singing from the middle of the dancefloor, explained one song as having been inspired by being hit in the face with other men’s penises while his mother had sex with assorted partners while he was in utero, and used the phrase “buckle the fuck up” at least 10 times. Thank you, Darren Keen.
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Herman Dune, Los Angeles Natural History Museum Matinee Show, 28 March 2009
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Ryan - Monday March 30th 2009
Herman Dune (David-Ivar Herman Dune and Neman Herman Dune) played two matinee shows at the Natural History Museum on Saturday, much to the delight of gemologists, children, parents of children, music fans, and casual observers. Following the afternoon the duo squeezed in one final west coast date (San Diego) before departing for Europe. Thanks to the benefit of modern technology, we now know that many avid Losanjealous readers live and work in Europe. Catch them at the following locales this April and May:
04/01/2009 Angers, France @ Chabada
04/02/2009 Brest, France @ Vauban
04/03/2009 Rosporden, France @ Etincelle
04/04/2009 Saint Lô, France @ Normandy
04/09/2009 St. Etienne, France @ Le Fil
04/10/2009 Montpellier, France @ Rockstore
04/11/2009 Six Fours, France @ Espace Malraux
04/13/2009 Zurich, Switzerland @ El Lokal, Suisse
04/14/2009 Lausanne, Switzerland @ Docks, Suisse
04/15/2009 Dijon, France @ La Vapeur
04/16/2009 Strasbourg, France @ Laiterie
04/17/2009 Rouen, France @ Le 106
05/30/2009 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival
05/31/2009 Clermont Ferrand, France @ Europavox Festival (Coopérative de Mai)
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Way under $10: LaRocco Pizza, Culver City
By
TonyC - Thursday March 26th 2009
Awhile back, a lil bloggin’ birdie dropped some poop which led to this craptastic pie at Coop. Still love you Ronnie, tho BARELY.
This is one of the better slices in the Westside, beyond Joe’s in Santa Monica. The gentleman, Mr. La Rocco, can be seen grubbin on his own product, doing the crossword puzzle(?) on a random early evening. He likes fresh roma tomatoes with garlic knots. That’s respectable.
Not sure where the actual pie slingers are from, but this is what makes this joint great: the puttanesca slice. Sugo alla puttanesca has been falsely portrayed as sauce in the style of a whore in Italian. While the blogger/writer Steve Parzen clearly dispeled any notion the puttanesca sauces are whorish, it is no doubt tasty. Traditionally, puttanesca has involved olive, salted anchovies, tomatoes and chili flakes, LaRocco’s version utilizes artichokes, basil and pecorino romano to give the sense of a kitchen sink spilling over onto the pizza. Recipes evocative of kitchen sink are often some of the finest assemblages of ethnic cuisine: think bi bimp bap.
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