Ok, people. The mighty gurgitators of the LA Metblogs are having a Hot Dog Death March to the Death on June 13 (week from Saturday). Information is here. They’ll be eating at Oki-Dog, Pink’s and Skooby’s, all during the same afternoon. Maybe you join them, let us know how you fare. Me, I’m steering clear. In fact in no way and at no time do I recommend you join this event. No, I must advise against it. For reasons to remain unblogged at present I no longer condone any sort of social experiment regarding Oki-Dog, Hollywood Toll Booth, Day-glo Bastion of Toothlessness, North Fairfax, Willoughby, Tinseltown USA. I will not be at this event; I will not be at the Oki-Dog. I will be nowhere anywhere near this event, at all. Do not let this stop you.

LA Metblogs Leads the “Los Angeles Hot Dog Death March” To Sample 3 Eateries in 1 Afternoon

Calling all hot dog lovers & pop culture fans! LA Metblogs (la.metblogs.com), obsessed with covering everything quintessentially “LA,” is gathering for a mass “meat-up” over three of LA’s best-loved hot dog stands.

»continue reading Under $10 And In No Way Advised: “Hot Dog Death March” (LA Metblogs)

An enormous package of Oreo cookies jumping out of a TV, two giant little girls and white-lined red letters, spelling out what is short for National Biscuit Company, simply dwarf a sideswiped 1940 Dodge.

The giant little girls are properly dressed alike for TV viewing in matching puffed sleeved blouses and powder blue hair bows. One controls the TV while the other controls the Oreos. They are both about to take a bite out of the Americana sweet treat sensation they are suggesting we switch to.

»continue reading Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: Oreo Billboard, Southern California, 1955

We’ve been listing the shows we’re most likely to go to, on any given night, for over four years now. At this point it’s safe to say you either trust us implicitly, loathe us, or don’t really care either way. With that in mind, it gives us great pleasure to announce the Losanjealous Concert Picks RSS Feed: Get that li’l daily picks box, right over there, on your own site, today.

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St. Vincent
MySpace | ILoveStVincent.com

Set list below.

»continue reading The Prodigy, Hollywood Palladium, May 27, 2009

Review follows below.

»continue reading Flight of the Conchords w/ Arj Barker & Eugene Mirman, Greek Theater, May 24, 2009

Got some sad news over the long weekend: Jay Bennett passed away in his sleep at 45 years of age, cause of death unknown. I was fortunate to catch Jay in the post-Wilco era, on tour with Ed Burch and members of Centro-matic, a few years back at the Troubadour. DeRogatis @ Chicago Sun-Times has the full story, including a statement from Jeff Tweedy. Our thoughts go out to Jay’s family and friends.

» Jay Bennett, dead at age 45 (DeRogatis – CST)

PICK OF THE WEEK

Jens Lekman
2 shows
Wed 5/27
Thurs 5/28
The Echo
 
 

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THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS

Lady Sovereign
Chester French & Hollywood Holt
Tues 5/26
El Rey Theatre
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St. Vincent
w/ Pattern is Movement
Thurs 5/28
El Rey Theatre
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Passion Pit
w/ Harlem Shakes & Cale Parks
Sat 5/30
Glass House
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HEADS UP

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes w/ Eskimohunter @ Hammer Museum Thu 7/23
Warpaint w/ Foreign Born @ Hammer Museum Thu 7/16
Everest w/ Red Cortez @ Hammer Museum Thu 7/9
Amazing Baby w/ Dazzler @ Hammer Museum Thu 7/2
The Dodos @ The Getty Sat 8/8
Chairlift w/ Dublab DJs Frosty & Ale @ Getty Sat 6/20
Ted Leo + Pharmacists @ The Echo Fri 8/28
Fol Chen @ The Echo Thu 6/4
Telekinesis @ Echoplex Sat 6/27
Micachu featuring Tune Yards / 60 Watt Kid @ The Echo Tue 7/21
Trespassers William, the Theater Fire & Robert Gomez @ Knitting Factory Sat 7/18
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia Sat 9/12
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia Fri 8/14
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia Sat 7/11
The Germs w/ The Mae Shi & Spider Problem @ El Rey Thu 7/16
Nouvelle Vague @ Henry Fonda Sat 6/20
Azure Ray @ Glass House Sat 7/18
The Dead Weather @ Glass House Thu 8/27
The Dead Weather @ The Wiltern Tue 8/25
LA Phil Presents The Art of Song with Fireworks with the LA Phil Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, conductor, special guests Jewel & Michael Feinstein @ Hollywood Bowl Sat 7/25
LA Phil Presents The Art of Song with Fireworks with the LA Phil Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, conductor, special guests Jewel & Michael Feinstein @ Hollywood Bowl Fri 7/24
 

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MONDAY
23rd Annual UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival Reggae Day: Mavado, Peetah & Mojo Morgan, much more @ UCLA Intramural Field
Golden Animals @ Silverlake Lounge

TUESDAY
Lady Sovereign @ El Rey
Mandy Moore @ Amoeba
The Prodigy @ The Grove of Anaheim

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks May 25 – 31

Those Dancing Days

Band page at Wichita Recordings
»continue reading Those Dancing Days, Spaceland, May 23, 2009

HEADS UP

The Prodigy @ The Grove of Anaheim Tues 5/26
The Prodigy @ The Palladium Wed 5/27

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Now coming up on their 20th year, The Prodigy return for what appear to me to be their first headling non-festival shows in the LA area in about 15 years. (American Legion Hall, 1995? Were you there?) There was a distinct moment in 1997 when for better or worse, either deservedly so or in the usual press hyped tradition, The Prodigy were the international heir apparents to the rock throne, who, along with The Chemical Brothers were ushing in the new era of electronic beat music merging with your dad’s rock n’ roll. There is really no denying the hybridization of dance with rock has come to roost here in 2009 from that nascent moment. Add to this The Prodigy’s ongoing hilarious flame war in the press with Chumbawumba and they have solidfied their place in rock’s pantheon.

Check back later this week for Sung’s coverage of their Palladium show.

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New, possibly NSFW, video for “Warriors Dance” from the Invaders Must Die LP

9:00pm
There’s no way to watch Anya Marina perform and not develop a devastating crush. She’s adorable and she rocks.

9:05pm
Saddened that I arrived so late I only caught two songs of Anya’s set, rendering exposure to crush material tragically brief.

9:23pm
Here’s Lissy Trullie visually, at 60 feet: Take Clare Danes and Kirsten Dunst at 19 and give her a guitar.

9:24pm
Vocally, take Chrissie Hynde, Karen O, and either Tegan or Sara. That could be completely wrong, but I’ve had two beers & no food.

9:38pm
Lissy’s version of “Ready for the Floor” is better than Hot Chip’s original. And it’s not particularly close.

9:42pm
On the topic of beer, Stellas at the El Rey are $9, an outrage worth picketing over. Meet me in front of the theater after the show

10:22pm
The house lights are dimmed, Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A” blaring, building cognitively dissonant anticipation for a Brooklyn band.

»continue reading 13 Tweets About One Rock Show Thing: The Virgins with Anya Marina and Lissy Trullie @ The El Rey, 5/21/09

PHOTO: Morrissey by Sung.

Feel free to leave your birthday wishes for Morrissey in the comments below.
 

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SOME PREVIOUS MOZANJEALOUS

Coachella 2009 Festival Photo Gallery: Morrissey, April 21st 2009
Morrissey @ Palladium, 10/13/07, October 15th 2007
Morrissey @ Palladium, 10/12/07, (Rare non-Derby-related piece by DF!)
Moz Angeles No More, August 11th 2005

12.56pm. May 17, 2009. Somewhere along the 105W. Fact: DF loves him some derby. This will surprise no one. And yet that love has always been staunchly monogamous: DF has almost exclusively followed derby of the banked-track variety, and in particular derby practiced by his beloved LA Derby Dolls. And yet to paraphrase the Bard, “There is more derby in heaven and earth, DF, than is dreamt of in your philosophy.” Today, DF goes through the derby looking glass to explore the world beyond LADD of 2-D tracks and WFTDA teams from ‘round the Golden State.

1.17pm. Toyota Sports Center. El Segundo, CA. And so DF arrives at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, an hour or so past noon on Sunday. Toward the venue stream two groups. There are derby folks resplendent in tat and black, eager to see the final rounds of epic derby tourney The Big One. There are also helicopter parents toting athletic gear and over-reared children to the ice hockey venue adjacent. The derby folks seem largely unaware of the helicopter parents; the helicopter parents seem acutely aware (and scared) of the derby folks. The cultural contrast is stark and tremendously amusing.

1.32pm. “The Big One?” you ask. No, it’s not a forthcoming earthquake or hackneyed penis joke. Allow DF to expound: LA’s flat-track counterparts to the banked-track Derby Dolls are the flat-track Angel City Derby Girls (AC/DG), and they are the hostesses of a tournament that has drawn together talent from across the state to determine the flat track women’s roller derby champion of California for 2009. Pretty goddamned momentous, eh? This is actually the second of two days of derby, the first of which consisted of a veritable Bataan Death March of games starting at noon and ending late in the eve, ultimately setting up a pair of semifinal matches to frame the late-tourney action this fine Sunday afternoon.

»continue reading Break on Through to the Other Side: “The Big One” Derby Tourney @ Toyota Sports Center, 5/16/2009

» USGS Quake info

In the mood for a huge, hearty, warm, melty, fake-meaty Vegan sandwich for under $10? Look no further than Chango Coffee House in Echo Park. The hipster coffee shop/art gallery is located at Echo Park Avenue and Delta Street, a spot that locals have dubbed “Chicken Corner,” and has recently added two unbelievably tasty vegan sandwiches to its menu. I had the chance to try both over the weekend, steak & cheese as well as chicken pesto, and each one brought a kind of sandwich satisfaction that isn’t available anywhere else in town.

Vegan steak and cheese sandwich. $7.50

The vegan steak and cheese sandwich is basically a vegan version of your typical “Philly cheesesteak,” with thick soy steak strips and dairy-free mozzarella, along with sauteed onions and mushrooms. Chango toasted the sandwich when I ordered it, so the bread was warm and crispy and the soy cheese was perfectly melty. For the steak Chango uses gardein, and for the cheese they use Teese from Chicago Soydairy…each being the best replacement out there for its animal-product counterpart. I can tell you, this steak and cheese sandwich was so amazing, even a meat-eater would fall in love with it. Not since Doomie’s or The Vegan Spot (both are closed down now) have I had such a great vegan sandwich.

»continue reading Under $10: Chango’s New Vegan Sandwiches

Full photo gallery below.

»continue reading Airborne Toxic Event, KJEE Summer Round Up, Santa Barbara Bowl, May 17, 2009

PICK OF THE WEEK & TICKET GIVEAWAY
 
Gogol Bordello
Opening night restored Pomona venue
Thurs 5/21
Fox Theater, Pomona
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THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS
 
M83
Wed 5/20
Glass House, Pomona
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The Walkmen
Wed 5/20
El Rey Theatre
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Ben Folds
Wed 5/20
Hollywood Palladium
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Kim Fowley’s Lipstick Orgy
Wed 5/20
Knitting Factory
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The Kills
Thurs 5/21
Glass House, Pomona
[ENTER]

The Virgins
El Rey Theatre
Thurs 5/21
[ENTER]

The New York Dolls
Thurs 5/21
Henry Fonda Theater
[ENTER]

Laurnea
Fri 5/22
The Mint
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Fischerspooner
Sat 5/23
Avalon Hollywood
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HEADS UP

Deer Tick w/ Dawes @ Spaceland Sat 7/4
Andrew Bird with w/ Ra Ra Riot & Heartless Bastards @ Greek Theatre Fri 7/10
Cake @ Henry Fonda Wed 8/26
Cake @ Fox Theater, Pomona Thu 8/27
N.A.S.A. @ El Rey Wed 8/12
Band of Horses @ Fox Theater, Pomona Sat 8/29
We Are Scientists @ Detroit Bar Sun 5/31
The Felice Brothers @ Troubadour Sat 6/13
Telepathe @ Detroit Bar Tue 6/16
Deleted Scenes @ Silverlake Lounge Wed 6/17
Popup @ pehrspace Sat 6/20
Dinosaur Jr. @ Detroit Bar Sat 6/20
Chairlift @ Detroit Bar Sun 6/21
Tori Amos @ Greek Theatre Fri 7/17
Counting Crows w/ Michael Franti and Spearhead, & Augustana @ Greek Theatre Tue 7/21
Ed Harcourt @ Bordello Mon 6/29
Aerosmith & ZZ Top @ Staples Center Fri 8/21
Artie Lange @ Gibson Amphitheatre Sat 9/19
David Serby @ The Echo (Grand Ole Echo free Sundays) Sun 5/31
Deastro @ Spaceland Thu 6/25
Ice Cube, Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, The Roots, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes & more @ San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernadino (2009 Rock The Bells Festival ) Sat 8/8
Tom Jones @ Greek Theatre Tue 8/25
Kylie Minogue @ Hollywood Bowl (First ever Los Angeles show) Sun 10/4
 

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MONDAY
Golden Animals @ Silverlake Lounge
Other Lives @ Amoeba

TUESDAY
Hesta Prynn @ Silverlake Lounge
Milk and Honey @ Bar Lubitsch
The Decemberists @ The Palladium

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: 18 – 24

Full photo gallery below.

»continue reading Far & Iration, KJEE Summer Round Up, Santa Barbara Bowl, May 17, 2009

Full photo gallery below.

»continue reading Mogwai, May 16, 2009, Orpheum Theater