For those interested in further celebrating MJ’s legacy, this one came in late last night:

In light of today’s events and in celebration of the life and work of Michael Jackson, The GRAMMY Museum has extended and repurposed the exhibit, Michael Jackson: HIStyle. Starting Friday 6/26, a collection of Jackson’s most iconic wardrobe pieces (including the suit he wore on the cover of the Thriller album) will be exhibited on the Museum’s third floor alongside video of some of his most exciting GRAMMY performances. This will all open to the public at 11:30am.

The Museum regrets having to e-mail under such unfortunate circumstances, but we hope this exhibit will serve as a fitting tribute to one of the most significant entertainers in music history.

More from the site:

Highlights include jackets worn on the Victory tour, at Jackson’s 1984 American Music Awards appearance, and at the dedication of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. All are elaborately bejeweled, beaded, and detailed – with one piece weighing nearly fifteen pounds. (source)

» Michael Jackson: HIStyle

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Brian Eno (lecture) @ CSULB University Art Museum Sun Sep 20

Ho, ho! Eno fans rejoice: 77 Million Paintings lands in the Southland, at last. I caught this exhibit, perhaps best described as a hefty coalition of the smoothest iTunes visualizers with which you will ever have the opportunity to space out, some two years ago at South by Southwest (read all about it here) and I do recommend you check it out during its run, whether or not you fork over the cash for this particular lecture featuring the master himself. At $100/seat this discussion is not for the frugal by any means, but if you’re an Eno nut (as I am) and you have at least one vintage edition of Oblique Strategies sitting around your house collecting dust (and/or being actively used), you’ll probably turn out for a chance at monopolizing the microphone and throwing a question or two to the master, while the rest of the auditorium groans with impatience. Discounts: $75 before August 3 or with groups of 12 or more; $25, CSULB students. See. You. There.

77 Million Paintings CSULB exhibit run: Sept 10 – Dec 13, ‘09

» 77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno (SXSW 2007)

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Tortoise @ Troubadour Sat Jul 11

Beacons of Ancestorship, the sixth full-length album and first bit of new material released by the Chicago collective known as Tortoise in five years, out today on Thrill Jockey. Hell of an album. Vinyl version is already sold out, with talks of a repressing! Check out “Prepare Your Coffin” for a taste right now: hard-edged, heady stuff, undeniably Tortoise. The accompanying video by Andrew Paynter + JUICE, can be found here. Also don’t forget the band will be in town at the Troubadour in a little less than three weeks.

» “Prepare Your Coffin” (Beacons of Ancestorship, Thrill Jockey, 23 June 2009) (mp3)

Photo: Tortoise (John McEntire) @ El Rey by Carlie.

Ice Cream Man, aka Matt Allen, aka Long Beach’s Music Mayor, all-around nice guy and Ice Cream Ambassador to the nation, has just launched a weekly web video series showcasing exactly what it is that he does during the festival season. The first episode, broken into two parts, feature Bonnaroo 2009 backstage glimpses and acoustic, possibly ice-cream-induced performances by White Rabbits, Chairlift with Kuroma (pictured) and MGMT. Future installments will feature the Gories, Dead Confederate, Circulatory System and a host of other bands soaking up the sun in various locales. Have a look for yourself right here and if you see Ice Cream Man on the road this summer, make a point to say hello and nab a treat.

» Road Trippin’ With Ice Cream Man: The Series

»continue reading And Now, A Photo Of A Man Getting A Tattoo Aboard The Queen Mary

My favorite story this morning has nothing to do with the group of dignified fans who torched a few Staples-adjacent blocks, stole shoes and bashed some cars for good measure, following last night’s Lakers victory:

The chihuahuas, which weigh about three pounds each, had cornered the mountain lion. She says the big cat appeared to be angry and began hissing at her and foaming at the mouth.

Spray quickly called 911 and then grabbed her video camera to record a few pictures of the cornered cougar.

»continue reading Chihuahuas to Riverside Cougar: Size Doesn’t Matter

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Grizzly Bear @ Troubadour Sat Jun 20

Good news, Grizzly fans: The band has just added a stop at the Troubadour this coming Saturday, following the sold-out gig at the Wiltern this Friday. Tickets are on sale right now for $25 and you can, of course, also still try to win tickets to the Wiltern gig, right here, this week.

PHOTOGS DIG THE GRIZ
Grizzly Bear @ Troubadour, 2/21/07 by Karen
Feist, Grizzly Bear @ Wiltern, 6/29/07 by Carlie
SXSW ‘09: Grizzly Bear @ Central Presbyterian Church by Sung

Today we chat with legendary bassist and Yes founding member Chris Squire about his upcoming 2009 summer tour with Asia, Rock Band The Game, Six Flags, Bobby Fischer and much more.

Tough questions first. You had leg surgery back in February, which cancelled the remaining dates of the Yes tour at that time. After you recovered, we got the announcement of the tour with Asia taking place this summer. And now, most recently, we have an announcement that Jon Anderson will be apparently touring, solo, over in Europe this summer. Here’s the big question I’m reading on a lot of message boards: Is this an indication of you guys finally saying, “I don’t know if we’re going to be able to all tour at the same time” ? Or what’s going on, here?

When you say he’s touring Europe, I think he’s going on vacation to Paris, and he’s just doing a couple of odd shows here and there, just keeping his foot in the water (what do I mean?)…just him and acoustic guitar, from what I know, so it’s not really like he’s touring.

Actually he’s announced nine or ten dates as of now.

Oh, he has? I didn’t even know about any of that. I got the impression he was just doing some odd casual shows. Like, I believe he did one up in the central coast last weekend, actually. Just kind of impromptu appearance in a bar, with his guitar, sounds like that’s what it is. But, I don’t know. (laughs) Enlighten me; if there’s more of a tour going on, I don’t know about it.

The YesWorld website has finally added a link to his tour dates underneath your tour dates, so it definitely looks like two different tours going on this summer. Thus all the chatter.

Oh, ok. Yeah. Well, as I’ve said, as far as I know, he’s just keeping his hand in really, I suppose, while he’s still in recovery.

It sounds like you guys are happy with the lineup that you have right now. What do you say to sort of placate the people that are worried that you have the “Jon understudy” (Benoit) and Oliver Wakeman instead of Rick (Oliver’s father – ed) out there? Or do you not even worry about any of that, and just go out there.

»continue reading Chris Squire of Yes: The Losanjealous Interview

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Elvis Costello @ Amoeba Records Mon Jun 22

Monday the 22nd is shaping up to be a big night – we’ve just added Elvis to the calendar, all three of our listings have the coveted thumb at present and we have yet to add all the usual free Monday weeklies that transpire all over town. From Billboard and the Amoeba website:

Elvis Costello is giving his fans more than a new album this month. The singer-songwriter will perform two free shows at indie retailer Amoeba Music in San Francisco and Hollywood, Cal. on June 22 to celebrate the launch of his new album “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” released last week on Here Music. The Amoeba gigs – at Noon in San Francisco and at 8:00 p.m. in L.A. – will occur between Costello’s tour dates with his current band the Sugarcanes and follow a secret show the artist did in New York on the day of his album’s release.

» Elvis Costello To Toast New Album With Free Amoeba Shows (Billboard)

No Age at the Getty; photo by Sung

Attention drivers! Parking at The Getty will soon be free, provided you are not there to casually browse art during daylight hours. Art lovers, pony up:

GETTY ANNOUNCES NEW PARKING FEES

Parking fees increase to $15; parking is free for Saturday nights at the Getty Center and evening events at both sites

LOS ANGELES-The J. Paul Getty Trust today announced parking rates at both the Getty Center and Getty Villa will increase to $15 effective July 1, but parking at both sites will be free for evening programs after 5pm. Admission remains free.

»continue reading Getty to Offer Free Parking For Skinny-Jeaned Concertgoers, $15/Car Everybody Else

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)

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.

For a live demo check out the feed in action, right this moment, over at our good friends LA Taco (pictured above).

Questions/Bribes for customization? Ask the tech team.

» Losanjealous Daily Picks (RSS)

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)

Please tell me you felt that one. Lucky me! It struck just as I was perched atop a rolling chair, tearing down blue painting tape from the ceiling trim in the Sandalwood conference room, juggling pilsner all the while. Fun times in the Marina del Rey Courtyard Marriott. Apparently the epicenter was in Lenawthorgundowood. Still waiting for the breakdown from Kate Hutton; meantime, how’d that one treat you? Aftershock reached 3.1.

UPDATE: Magnitude downgraded to 4.7.

» USGS Quake info

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Extra Golden, Fool’s Gold @ The Echo Wed 5/13

Turn out this Dub Club evening to experience Extra Golden’s third album, Thank You Very Quickly (Thrill Jockey, 10 Mar 2009), in live format. Fool’s Gold opens.

» Catch a track by Extra Golden over @ LJ Blip.

 

PHOTO: Pronto at Martyrs, Chicago, March 28, 2009 – Photo by Zoran Orlic

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Pronto + Nels Cline @ The Mint Sat 5/16

This one’s been on the calendar for a while; we are all big fans of Nels and anything Wilco-tangential. First two emails right here win tix to this great show Saturday at the Mint. Need your first and last name. Good luck! UPDATE: We have our winners. Tickets still available at present right here. Good luck!

When not playing in his full-time gig with Wilco, New Jersey native-via-Chicagoan-via-Brooklynite Mikael Jorgensen crafts pitch-perfect pop songs under the moniker of Pronto.
Pronto now consists of Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco), Greg O’Keeffe, Erik Paparazzi (Cat Power), and Tunde Oyewole (Childballads). When their respective musical duties don’t take them elsewhere, Pronto plans to play in support of All Is Golden throughout 2009, its Contraphonic debut. All Is Golden is a 70’s-inspired tome that serves as a record of action. It is the sound of waking up and moving on, cross-country trips to California, black days and blue nights giving way to better times and warmer promises.

NELS CLINE is a genre-transcending guitar hero who has worked with an impossibly wide range of artists, including Bill Frisell, Sonic Youth’s anti-rock icons Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, and country-punk-poets the Geraldine Fibbers. Cline’s solo work is equally varied-from the lovely acoustic adventures of 2000’s The Inkling to his daring interpretation of John Coltrane’s Interstellar Space to his consistently provocative instrumental soundscaping with the Nels Cline Singers. In addition to his gig with Wilco, Kotche has played with Loose Fur (featuring Jeff Tweedy and Jim O’Rourke), and On Fillmore, an experimental jazz duo with bassist Darin Gray.
Awards include:California Music Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist” & LA Weekly Music Awards for “Best New Genre/Uncategorizable Artist.”

» http://prontosphere.com
» http://www.myspace.com/nelscline

Anybody who reads this site with any sort of regularity no doubt knows my passion for pointless surveys and user-generated polls (more examples here, if you must). As such, it thrills me to no end to now direct you to our colleagues over at NBC Los Angeles who, in a new (presumably and hopefully recurring) feature titled “The Golden Local”, ask their readers which of the following rock venues deserves the title Best Local Venue: Spaceland? Or Doug Weston’s Troubadour? You have but 14 hours left to cast your vote at press time; get over there and be heard right now, and don’t forget to list the reason why you’re voting for who you’re voting for. One of our recent favorites:

SMOKE SAYS
The Troub will sell me smokes, but Spaceland will let me Smoke my Smokes inside; as a Smoker, I appreciate being surrounded by Smoke and increasing to the overall Smokiness of the Smoked Air.

» Best Live Music Venue Poll (NBC Los Angeles)

WHAT NOW?

The Golden State Cafe is situated on Fairfax a few doors up from Turntable Lab, Damiano “Mr Pizza” and the dried-up husk of Largo (RIP old Largo, you were much more fun and intimate than the Coronet). The cafe features craft brews, decent food and gelato offerings from Mr. Tai “Scoops” Kim himself at $2/scoop, all served within a space afforded a very keen “warehousey” design eye. They pride themselves on showcasing, in their own words, “the best makers of food and drink in California.” In a move that is patently inconsistent with this philosophy, they also pride themselves on the most expensive beer in their restaurant, the infamous “aged in Jim Beam barrels” Allagash Curieux from Portland, Maine, priced at $9 for one 10-oz glass. To their credit, though, they also have some great California brews on tap.

»continue reading Under $20: Golden State Cafe