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Pavement, Sonic Youth, No Age @ Hollywood Bowl (On sale Sunday 5/2 10 am) Thu 9/30

Grilled Cheese was the staple of our childhoods. And now, wonderfully, it can be the staple of this Saturday afternoon.

The 1st 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational comes to the Los Angeles Center Studios this Saturday, April 24th, from noon until 6 pm.

Described by its founder as “shaping up to be the biggest thing to ever hit mankind,” this year’s event will feature tons of grilled cheese, plus “comedy, cheesy music and more contests for the audience, like poetry, costume and Cheese Calling”.

NOTE: If you can’t make this glorious event, I will be on hand attempting once again to sicken myself by consuming too many of the event’s offerings and live to blog about it.

The 1st 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational
This Saturday, 4/24/2010
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Los Angeles Center Studios
1201 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA – America
Tickets

Above poster by Splat Worldwide/Dan Le Creative. Limited edition prints will be sold at the event.

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Mumford & Sons w/ The Middle East @ Henry Fonda (On sale Saturday 4/24 10 am) Thu 6/3

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LCD Soundsystem @ Fox Theater Pomona Sat 6/5

The xx @ Henry Fonda Sat 6/5

The xx @ The Wiltern Sun 6/6

Photos by Sung from 2010 Coachella Festival

B.o.B., Charlotte Gainsbourg, De La Soul, Deerhunter, Florence and The Machine, Gorillaz, Jónsi, Julian Casablancas, Owen Pallett, Pavement, Phoenix , Spoon, The Big Pink, Thom Yorke ?????/Atoms For Peace

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Matt Bellamy of Muse

Almighty Defenders, Beach House, Camera Obscura, Devo, Die Antwoord, Dirty Projectors, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Faith No More, Girls, Gossip, Hot Chip, John Waters, MGMT, Muse, Portugal. The Man, Temper Trap, The Dead Weather, The xx & Zoe

Baroness, Deer-Tick, Echo & The Bunnymen, Fever Ray, Gil-Scott Heron, Grizzly Bear, Jay-Z w/ Beyonce, La Roux, LCD Soundsystem, Little Dragon, Public Image Limited, Sleigh Bells, Street Sweeper Social Club, The Specials, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Wale & Yeasayer

PICK OF THE WEEK

Conan O’Brien
Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour
Two Shows
Saturday, April 24
Sunday, April 25
Gibson Amphitheater
 
 
 

The Bronx
w/ Mariachi El Bronx, Violent Soho & more
Tuesday, April 20th
El Rey Theater
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]

Bonobo
w/ Yppah
Thursday, April 22nd
El Rey Theater
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]
 

Vampire Weekend @ Hollywood Bowl Sun 9/26
Pavement, Sonic Youth, No Age @ Hollywood Bowl Thu 9/30
Dirty Projectors @ Glass House Thu 9/23
Portugal. The Man @ Space 15 Twenty (Space 15 Twenty, Poketo & Kitsune Noir present “Los Angeles, I’m Yours”) Sat 5/1
The Hold Steady @ GRAMMY Museum Mon 5/3
Les Savy Fav @ The Getty (6 pm) Sat 5/8
Sea Wolf @ Autry National Center – Museum of American West Sat 5/15
Turin Brakes @ The Echo Fri 5/14
Most Serene Republic w/ Annuals @ Spaceland Sat 5/15
Vetiver @ Spaceland Sun 6/6
A Place to Bury Strangers @ Spaceland Sat 6/26
Chicago & The Doobie Brothers @ Gibson Amphitheatre Wed 6/16
Snoop Dogg, Drake, Ne-Yo, Jason Derulo, Trey Songz, Baby Bash, B.O.B. & Bruno Mars @ Honda Center (Power 106 Powerhouse 2010) Sat 6/19
50 Cent @ Club Nokia Fri 6/4
Concrete Blonde @ Henry Fonda Mon 6/28
Roger Waters Peforming The Wall Mon 12/13
 

TUESDAY
FYF Fest Presents Earth and Wolves in the Throne Room & Lori Goldsten @ Echoplex
Eagles @ Hollywood Bowl
Earth w/ Wolves in the Throne Room & Lori Goldstein @ Echoplex (FYF Presents)
Everest @ Bootleg Theater
Ozomatli @ Amoeba
Sublime With Rome @ The Palladium
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders w/ Dios Malos @ Troubadour
The Bronx with Japanther, Mariachi El Bronx, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ El Rey
The California E.A.R. Unit and Sonic Boom Perform Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” @ REDCAT Theater

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: April 19 – 25

Full photo gallery below.

»continue reading Them Crooked Vultures, Club Nokia, April 14, 2010

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»continue reading Liars, El Rey Theater, April 10, 2010

»continue reading Gorillaz “Dress Rehearsal”–Secret Los Angeles Show This Friday, April 16–Win Tickets

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»continue reading Nikka Costa, Roxy Theater, April 9, 2010

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David Sedaris @ Terrace Theater – Long Beach Convention Center and Entertainment Tue 5/4
Bonnie “Prince” Billy @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Sun 5/9
Bonnie “Prince” Billy @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Sat 5/8
Angeles and Airwaves @ The Palladium Sat 5/29
Massive Attack @ The Wiltern Thu 5/20
Flight of the Conchords @ Hollywood Bowl Sun 5/30
Neon Indian @ Detroit Bar Thu 6/3
No Reservations: an Evening with Anthony Bourdain @ Royce Hall Wed 6/16
Matt Pond PA w/ Wintersleep @ Troubadour Thu 6/17
Video Games Live @ Nokia Theater Thu 6/17
G.B.H. @ Henry Fonda Thu 6/17
Balkan Beat Box @ Troubadour Sun 6/6
Korn @ Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center, Bakersfield Fri 6/11
Delta Spirit with David Vandervelde & Romany Rye @ El Rey Fri 7/23
Crowded House @ Club Nokia Fri 8/20
Tony Bennet @ Gibson Amphitheatre Fri 9/24
Jakob Dylan and Three Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan @ The Wiltern Thu 5/13
Wolf Parade @ The Wiltern Sat 7/31
Chemical Brothers w/ Chromeo @ Hollywood Bowl (KCRW World Festival) Sun 8/29
Jack Johnson @ Hollywood Bowl Fri 10/8
Jack Johnson @ Santa Barbara Bowl Thu 10/14
Jack Johnson @ Santa Barbara Bowl Wed 10/13
Jack Johnson @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Tue 10/12
 
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: April 12 – 18

Flight of the Conchords @ Hollywood Bowl Sun 5/30
Wolf Parade @ The Wiltern Sat 7/31
No Reservations: an Evening with Anthony Bourdain @ Royce Hall Wed 6/16
David Sedaris @ Terrace Theater – Long Beach Convention Center and Entertainment Tue 5/4
Massive Attack @ The Wiltern Thu 5/20
Video Games Live @ Nokia Theater Thu 6/17
Matt Pond PA w/ Wintersleep @ Troubadour Thu 6/17
Jakob Dylan and Three Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan @ The Wiltern Thu 5/13
Balkan Beat Box @ Troubadour Sun 6/6
Korn @ Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center, Bakersfield Fri 6/11
Angeles and Airwaves @ The Palladium Sat 5/29
Tony Bennet @ Gibson Amphitheatre Fri 9/24
G.B.H. @ Henry Fonda Thu 6/17
Delta Spirit with David Vandervelde & Romany Rye @ El Rey Fri 7/23
Crowded House @ Club Nokia Fri 8/20
Jack Johnson @ Hollywood Bowl Fri 10/8
Jack Johnson @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Tue 10/12
Jack Johnson @ Santa Barbara Bowl Wed 10/13
Jack Johnson @ Santa Barbara Bowl Thu 10/14

Photo documenting Jack Johnson’s influence on the youth of America by Sung from 2008 Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

As gleaned from its blog just this week, American Apparel (DTLA’s fashion juggernaut and worldwide purveyor of provocative photos) firmly grasped the opportunity to have its wares appear, on camera with fully-clothed models, inside the sweatshop-free confines of Studio 33, CBS, also known as the home of The Price Is Right for the last 38 years. Fun game: See if you can determine just how many, if any, of the homemade puff-paint-and-glitter-pen “Sweet Christ Almighty, Pick Me Drew!” t-shirts in the audience were manufactured in downtown Los Angeles in a sweatshop-free facility, in the following clip:

»continue reading Today in American Apparel: AA Visits Sweatshop-Free Television Studio in Fairfax District