HEADS UP AND BANGING
Metallica @ The Wiltern Wed 5/14

This Just In: Metallica will play the Wiltern this Wednesday, the latest installment in what is fast becoming a trend of aging musicians expecting exorbitant fees in intimate Los Angeles venues:

(Los Angeles, CA May 10, 2008) :: Silverlake Conservatory of Music will be celebrated with an extraordinary evening of musical entertainment taking place Wednesday, May 14 at The Wiltern (3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010). Metallica will appear with Scars On Broadway, the opening band fronted by Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan from the band System of a Down.

»continue reading Metallica Playing Wiltern Wednesday (5/14) - Tickets On Sale Sunday (Tomorrow - 5/11) at $200/throw

Mysterious, sporadic, categorically unreliable as a weekend guide - not unlike your cat in that aspect - the Losanjealous Benevolent Society compiles strange happenings and fun events in LA; the more bizarre, the better. If you’re organizing or know of an event you think belongs on the list, send the info to tips@losanjealous.com.

Today’s installment gets one entry and one entry only. No plans Saturday? Please for the love of God somebody go do this and blog it for us. It could be great. It could also be terrible. We are counting on you to tell us which.

SATURDAY

Midnight Madness Scavenger Hunt (Sans Michael J Fox) @ Hollywood & Highland

A high-tech, scavenger-hunt-esque game around the Hollywood neighborhood followed by a screening of the 1980 Disney cult-classic “Midnight Madness.” The game is going to have players navigating the area using a mobile device that feeds them missions, asking them to find clues, solve puzzles, interact with secret agents, and create funny pictures and videos. The photos and videos will be screened at the Egyptian with the audience voting on the best ones, followed by the screening of Midnight Madness, and then a Q&A with the film’s co-director, David Wechter.

What: A high-tech, real-life adventure game in and around Hollywood & Highland
When: Sat 10 May. Meet at 3 PM for registration. Game is 3:45-5:45, awards ceremony at 7:30, movie at 8.
Where: The Egyptian Theatre; 6712 Hollywood Boulevard

Tickets are $32 General Admission; $30 Student/Senior and $28 Cinematheque Members. Film only tickets are also available; however, anybody opting to watch the film without going on the scavenger hunt will no longer be allowed to read Losanjealous.

Buy yo’ tickets here.

AND A SUBTLE REMINDER
My Bloody Valentine tickets go on sale Saturday morning. Godspeed.

The full-on downpour during Stevie Wonder’s headlining slot…the morning thunderstorm that kept us waiting for hours inside a dark house in the ninth ward…the musicians you’ve never heard of that unfailingly blow your mind…the food, the ridiculous overconsumption of that food you just can’t quite replicate anywhere else…truly, the weekend was full of all of the reasons that have kept me returning to New Orleans for its annual Jazz & Heritage Festival the last thirteen years in a row. I haven’t stopped since my first taste; they must be doing something right. Rough timeline goes a little like this:

»continue reading New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2008 Three-Day Photo Mix: The New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Aaron Neville’s Gospel Soul, The Roots, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea, The John Hammond Quartet, A Tribute to Max Roach feat. Jason Marsalis, Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band, Snooks Eaglin, The Neville Brothers & More…

Full food report will be forthcoming. For now, the photos do the talking.

HEADS UP AND SHOPPING
Hot Hot Heat @ The Grove just outside Crate and Barrel Thu 5/8

In a not altogether unpuzzling turn of events, Hot Hot Heat will play a free show at everybody’s favorite Vegas-sized mall The Grove™, tomorrow evening, for the Canadian Board of Tourism. We’re told the show kicks off at 745 pm (Serena Ryder opens) with British Columbia’s own Hot Hot Heat purportedly taking stage sometime after (HHH’s official website has the show starting at 630pm, further adding to our overall confusion about the affair). Go Canada! You have been duly advised.

Hot Hot Heat @ The Greek by Sung

SHEER GROVE
» The Grove™ Luxuriously Cushy Shade-Enabling Devices
» Grove To Self: Today’s iPhone Clusterfuck Goal In Full-On OutFuckingPerform Status
» Time Capsule: The Grove Parking Structure: One Year Ago Today
» The Grove Parking Structure, 12/20/05
» After Hours Grove Xmas-Ness Surges Into ‘Holy Fucking Shit’ Territory
» Stallone To Punch, Sign Books At Grove Barnes and Gravy

HEADS STILL UP
Hall and Oates @ Troubadour Thu 5/22
Hall and Oates @ Troubadour Fri 5/23

This Just In: Ample (read: ample) tickets are still available for Hall and Oates, both dates, at the Troubadour. Could it be due to the fact that they are $200 a pop? Say it isn’t so, rich girl. You’re out of touch. Everybody’s high on consolation. I can’t go for that. No can do, maneater. I’m a family man. That said, your kiss is on my list and you make my dreams come true. If you have everything your heart desires - as well as $1,795 burning a hole in your pocket - buy eight tickets today.

OATESWATCH
» M, E, T, H, O, D, O, F, L, O, V, E
» Hall and Oates Playing Troubadour in May
» SXSW ‘08: Daryl Hall @ Austin Convention Center, March 12

Stevie Wonder with daughter Aisha

Somewhat inexplicably I’m still alive following back-to-back Coachella & New Orleans weekends. We’ll have some fun coverage of the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival rolling out this week; stick around.

We’ve posted a few shows that are going on sale this weekend, but you may have missed them in a sea of Coachella photos. Here’s the rundown:

» Britt Daniel (Spoon) @ Solana Beach This Weekend
» Outside Lands (Radiohead in SF) Single Day Tickets (Onsale 5/1) (TODAY)
» Bloc Party @ Mayan: Tickets On Sale This Weekend
» Wolf Parade Coming to Henry Fonda July 2008 - Tix On Sale 5/3
» Tapes ‘N Tapes Coming to Troubadour in May: Win Tickets Now
» Post-Coachella Heads Up: Akron/Family Added to NHM’s First Friday Lineup (5/2)

Also, note: Rilo Kiley @ Greek 6/18 presale is TODAY.

HEADS UP
Britt Daniel (Solo Show) @ Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach) Sat 5/3 (thanks karen)

No plans for your post-Coachella weekend? $15 to see the Spoon mastermind this Saturday in Solana with the southland crowd. Take the Amtrak and drink yourself silly while gazing at the surfers and the coastline, it’ll make your hipster-to-surfer transition that much easier. After the show grab a nearby hotel or knock on a few doors. Trust me. It works.

Spoon @ Little Radio by Karen

I warned you guys I was going to show up early Saturday…

Woe To The Dick-Laden Who Knoweth Not The Words! Before launching into her (still somewhat obscure, Coachella tent or no) classic “Fucking Boyfriend” ditty just shy of 1pm Saturday, Inara George, resident “bird” of The Bird and The Bee, vociferously threatened to “dick-slap” anyone in the Mojave tent found guilty of failing to sing along with the number. Fortunately for all present, she didn’t feel the need to deliver on the promise.

Prior to CoachellaDickSlapThreat08, all of the women on stage sported super-soaker water pistols, shiny red clown noses and suspiciously Pipettes-vamping bunched polka-dotty skirts. (They lost the noses after one number but kept the rest.) Fine. I suppose I could get into the look so long as you give me Inara’s vox at the end of the day. A few numbers into the set, “Again and Again” got the few remaining loungers on their feet, reminding them not only why they came to the desert (and, more specifically this tent at 1230pm Saturday), but also that it was officially half-past coffee hour and arguably time for that first cocktail. All in all, The Bird and The Bee provided an ideal start for day two. Sans extras, the duo (George, with sunglasses-shielded keyboardist Greg Kurstin) closed the set with a rousing singalong of “How Deep Is Your Love” by the Bee Gees, Inara’s angelic voice absolutely melting the crowd’s hearts just before the desert sun got the opportunity to do same for the next eight-or-so hours.

» The Bird and the Bee (Myspace)

HEADS UP
Outside Lands Festival: Friday, Aug 22 (RADIOHEAD)
Outside Lands Festival: Saturday, Aug 23
Outside Lands Festival: Sunday, Aug 24

Tickets for the above single days go on sale Thursday May 1 at 10am; Visa presale Wednesday, April 30 (tomorrow). If you missed out on those elusive Radiohead Hollywood Bowl tickets, now’s your chance to see them up north without breaking the bank. Friday’s show begins at 5pm; Saturday and Sunday offer longer lineups with bands beginning at 1pm both days. Full lineup after the jump.

OUTSIDE LANDS SINGLE-DAY TICKETS TO GO ON SALE MAY 1ST AT 10AM PST

DAILY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

MORE ARTISTS CONFIRMED, INCLUDING LUPE FIASCO,
THE BLACK KEYS, STARS, JACKIE GREENE, KAKI KING, LIARS AND NICOLE ATKINS & THE SEA

Previously Announced
Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (3-day pass)
Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (VIP)

» Outside Lands: The Festival is announced
» Outside Lands: The VIP is broken down

»continue reading Outside Lands (San Francisco) (Radiohead) Adds Artists; Announces Single Day Tickets (Onsale 5/1)

HEADS UP
Bloc Party & Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Glass House Mon 7/28 (Tickets on sale 5/2)
Bloc Party & Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Mayan Tues 7/29 (Tickets on sale 5/3)

Bloc Party @ Detour Fest 2007 by Sung. More Bloc Party (circa 2005) here; here.

HEADS UP
Akron/Family w/The Dodos @ Natural History Museum Fri 5/2
(previously listed as Dodos)

Annuals w/Mountain Goats @ Natural History Museum Fri 6/6
(previously listed as Mountain Goats)

Akron/Family played Coachella’s Gobi Tent Saturday; Annuals played the Mojave tent Sunday. Now that the Coachella embargo is officially lifted, you have been duly advised that both are playing the NHM soon. Carry on.

Akron/family @ Troubadour by Carlie. Annuals by Karen here; Victor here.