Olympic Gold Medalist and ten-time World Champion Fighter Oscar de la Hoya officially cut the ribbon on the Oscar de la Hoya Ánimo Charter High School in Boyle Heights today, the first public high school built in Boyle Heights in 80 years. The school is situated at the location of de la Hoya’s former boxing gym. Big congrats and thanks to Oscar; full press release and more photos by Nicholas Alan Cope after the jump.

»continue reading De La Hoya Cuts Ribbon on Namesake Boyle Heights Charter High School

Believe it: Dublab has been webcasting quality programming, throwing killer events and spinning wax all over town for ten years now. Big thanks to the entire crew for keeping things beyond bearable here in Los Angeles during that time.

To celebrate this watershed moment, the group is hosting ten glorious back-to-back anniversary events all over town over the course of ten days, beginning October 1. Said events include art shows, DJ nights, screenings, and special broadcasts. (By contrast, when Losanjealous turned four last spring, we ate a bowl of stale pretzels and read Victor’s post out loud in the Sandalwood conference room of the Marina del Rey Courtyard Marriott.) The full 10-day Dublab anniversary schedule is over on their their site and the final event threatens to be huge:

»continue reading Congrats Dublab on 10 Wonderful Years

One more quality festival to add to the ever-growing September pile:

Continuing a community-wide tradition, FilAm ARTS presents the 18th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC), on September 12-13, 2009 at Point Fermin in San Pedro. Widely known as Southern California’s largest and longest-running Filipino cultural celebration, FPAC will feature performances by a diverse line-up headlined by the premiere Filipino American comedian, Rex Navarrete; Geologic, of the rising hip hop group the Blue Scholars; MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2 finalist, Supreme Soul; YouTube sensation, AJ Rafael; and pop vocalist Ashley Robles.

This year, FPAC introduces its first-ever Martial Arts Village, featuring IMB Academy, and South Bay Martial Arts Club to name a few. FPAC also includes the return of popular, annually-anticipated events and activities, such as the Balut Eating Contest, the annual vegetable competition, FPAC Tinikling Dance Battle, Pinoyvisions Films, the youth Ati-Atihan parade, arts and crafts by Pilipino Artists Network members, and of course Filipino and Asian cuisine and shopping at the Marketplace by the Sea.

Key takeaway: Balut Eating Contest. See you there.

» 18th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (official site)

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Ted Leo + Pharmacists @ The Echo (evening show) Fri Aug 28
Ted Leo @ The Smell (Noon Breakfast Show; vegan tacos, pancakes, coffee etc) Sun Aug 30

This Just In from the FYF crew:

We want to let you know that we are doing a breakfast show with Ted Leo & the Pharmacists this Sunday, August 30th at the Smell. Coffee, pancakes, tofu tacos, high fives blah blah blah. Will be fun

Breakfast Show Part #2
This Sunday, August 30th
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Davila 666 (HOLY COW THEY ARE EPIC!)
Moses Campell (MILES!!!!!)
@ The Smell
247 S. Main St.
LA, CA 90012
$8 / All Ages / 11:30am
Get there early.

Photo: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, El Rey, 4/12/07 by Karen

It’s officially Food Friday here at the Losanjealous.

…The featured event is the 3rd Annual Nisei Week Gyoza Eating Championship – presented by Day-Lee Foods – which starts at 3 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. Two-time defending champion Joey Chestnut (Nathan’s Hot Dog Champion and the top competitive eater in the world) returns to defend his title and break his world record of 231 gyoza consumed in 10 minutes.

Attempting to unseat Chestnut will be top-ranked eaters Tim Brown (#10 World Rank), rapper Eric “Badlands” Booker (#13), Nate Biller (#19), Kevin Ross (#23), and Sean Kirby (#42) as well as a field of local amateurs. Competing on behalf of charity will be the 2008 Nisei Week Queen and Court.

Anyone wanting to enter the contest may participate in an auction for the 20th and final spot, which will take place at the beginning of the event [...] Admission is free with seating limited to a first- come- first- serve basis.

» Third Annual Annual Nisei Week Gyoza Eating Championship (via LA Metblogs)
» Joey Chestnut 2009 Threepeat: 68 Hot Dogs in 10 Minutes

Top photo of losanjealous ryan’s gyoza-dinner-atop-coffee-table by losanjealous ryan (used by permission)

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ZZ Top @ House of Blues Anaheim Thu Aug 20
ZZ Top @ House of Blues Sunset Strip Fri Aug 21 (both on sale tomorrow)

The bearded blues-and-legs impresarios that comprise ZZ Top, in light of the now-cancelled-due-to-Steven-Tyler’s-Sturgis-stage-mishap Aerosmith/ZZ Top tour, are officially mounting their own (smaller) headlining tour, post-haste:

“We, like so many fans, are disappointed that we’re not going to be out with Aerosmith and we wish Steven a speedy recovery,” said ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill.

ZZ’s Billy Gibbons chimed in, “As musicians, we sometimes have to improvise and that’s exactly what this tour is about. We’re going to get out there as quickly as possible and to play for people who want to come to a ‘down ‘n’ dirty’ rock and roll show – no frills and no holds bared.”

“When we found out that the tour was going to be cancelled, we got together and decided that since we’re ready, willing and able, we should get out there immediately and get it on and that’s exactly what we intend to do,” said Frank Beard of the decision to move on.

New ZZ Top dates, informally known within the band’s inner circle as the “Necessity-Is-A-Mother Tour,” will be posted on zztop.com as they are confirmed. (Paris image via zztop.com)

Two pressing weekend reminders and one more new announcement after the jump…
»continue reading Friday Concert Updates

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Phish @ Festival 8, Empire Polo Club, Indio, Oct 30-Nov 1 ($199/3 Days)

FESTIVAL 8, PHISH’S FIRST FESTIVAL IN FIVE YEARS,
SET FOR OCTOBER 30th, 31st AND NOVEMBER 1st AT
THE EMPIRE POLO CLUB IN INDIO, CA
Tickets Go On Sale Monday, July 27th, 10 A.M. PDT
Band Plans Special Three-Set Show For Halloween,
Featuring Its First “Musical Costume” Since 1998

For the first time ever, Phish will combine two of its most cherished traditions – the Phish festival and the band’s Halloween event – in a massive three-day celebration. Christened Festival 8, it will take place October 30th, 31st and November 1st at The Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Festival 8 marks several additional firsts: it is Phish’s first three-day festival, its first held on the West Coast and it will be the first time that a single band has played consecutive dates at the venue.

Tickets, priced at $199.00 plus applicable service charges for the three-day event, will go on sale next Monday, July 27th, at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at http://places.musictoday.com/festival8. Daily parking is free, but additional fees of $15 per car and $125 per RV will be charged for those wishing to camp onsite. In addition to eight sets from Phish over the course of the event, fans will enjoy numerous attractions and art installations. Additional details are available at http://www.phish.com/festival8.
»continue reading Phish Festival 8 (aka “Save The Date”) Festival Location Announced: Indio, Oct 30 – Nov 1: Tickets On Sale Now

Now Hear This: Dengue Fever, arguably Losanjealous’ perennial favorite Los Angeles/Long Beach-based ’60s Cambodian Khmer pop group named after a debilitating disease, will be releasing a four-track EP entitled Radio Dance Floor, July 14. Said cassingle digi-EP (cover pictured at right, though, since it’s a digi-only-EP, much as we all surely enjoy staring at Chhom’s mug, cover art seems a bit superfluous in this instance, not unlike a few of the extraneous commas, words, and clauses in this sentence). Anyhow, the lead-in track features another Losanjealous fave, Bird and the Bee’s Inara George (have you downloaded her free tune courtesy Losanjealous and Limewire yet? Hmm?) on lead vocals, singing the disco classic “I Feel Love.” Stream it now:

Windows | Mac

Fun stuff. Now I get to hit the (digi) decks and switch between Donna Summer, Jimmy Somerville and Inara, seamlessly, while all the booties in the house are shaking madly.

Radio Dance Floor EP tracklisting:
“I Feel Love (Full Length)” 5:00
“I Feel Love (Radio Edit)” 3:34
“Clipped Wings Secret Circuit’s Cosmic Clip Mixx” (Full Length)” 8:25
“Clipped Wings Secret Circuit’s Cosmic Clip Mixx” (Radio Edit)” 5:26

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Dengue Fever | Inara George

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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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

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

As an Oklahoma transplant here in Los Angeles last fall I took it upon myself to instigate what may, with hindsight, ultimately be considered a brutal email harrassment campaign of my friends and family from Oklahoma — those who grew up there, and those that live there still — urging them to vote for their favorite State Rock Song in an online poll. (“Vote Alice in Chains! Vote ‘Cocaine’ by Clapton, that one really screams Oklahoma! – ohshitnowaitjesus vote Jackson Browne! … ” etc ad infinitum) Following said inbox pummelling, the Flaming Lips eventually and somewhat predictably appeared victorious in the poll, their nominated 2002 hit “Do You Realize” now slated to become the first and possibly only official state rock song of Oklahoma. All ten finalists sans Jackson Browne can be found here. Where was I going with this? Oh, right:

Fuck Yeah Motherfuckers Oklahoma Has A State Rock Song. One Rodgers-and-Hammerstein-penned state song in this day and age simply doesn’t cut it. Call me selfish, but as a former resident I’d also like to see a State Country Song, State Punk Song, State Movie, State ABC Television Series, State Fast Food Chain (obvs Sonic [nasdaq: SONC]), State Domesticated Housepet, State OU-Fan-Driving-A-White-Dualie, and State Gravy. Hell, why not.

»continue reading Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize” To Become Official Rock Song of Oklahoma In Less Than Two Minutes

Bob Dylan to tour minor league ballparks this summer with John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson. Closest dates we have to LA at present are Fresno, Vegas and Stockton, mid-August; plan accordingly.

The Bob Dylan Show Announces All-Star Roster
For The 2009 Ballpark Tour

BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND
JOHN MELLENCAMP
WILLIE NELSON

Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year’s summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencamp, marking just the second time in the past 24 years that these three performers have shared the concert stage.

»continue reading Bob Dylan to Embark on Ballpark Tour With John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson

Prog rock fans take note: Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White will be joined by vocalist Benoit David and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman, son of Rick Wakeman, at an arena or casino near you this summer. The tour kicks off June 26 out in Indio (anybody headed out to Indio this weekend, by chance?) and wraps up August 2 up in Bethlehem, PA. Steve Howe will perform with both bands on this tour. Full announcement and all dates after the jump.

YES THEY CAN! LEGENDARY BAND BEGINS 24-DATE U.S. TOUR JUNE 26 IN INDIO, THROUGH AUGUST 2 IN BETHLEHEM, PA, WITH SPECIAL GUEST ASIA

North American Tour Will See YES’ Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White joined by singer Benoit David and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman, with Howe doing double duty in both bands

»continue reading YES To Tour Summer ‘09 With ASIA

As previously announced, Outside Lands will return to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for year two, August 28-30, 2009. Tickets to the festival will go on sale this Sunday at 10am; headliners include Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and Beastie Boys. Stay tuned to our calendar for further ticket purchasing info. Full lineup after the jump.

» Outside Lands 2008 photos by Sung

»continue reading Outside Lands 2009 Lineup Announced

Let it be known that April 11, 2009 shall be your chance to see damn near every single music-spinning radio face the Santa Monica station has to offer at one place and one time, including Jason, Garth and the newly-added face of Henry Rollins:

On Saturday, April 11, KCRW (89.9FM and KCRW.com) will host RadioActive, a Spring dance party featuring the station’s own skilled selectors at The Legendary Park Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, a beautiful space that is not normally open to the public. Tickets to RadioActive go on sale to members only on Thursday, March 12 and will be available to the public starting Tuesday, March 17.

»continue reading KCRW to Throw Massive Dance Party @ Park Plaza Hotel

Outside Lands shall return to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for a second year, August 28-30, 2009. Last year’s inaugural headliners included Radiohead, Jack Johnson and Tom Petty. (N/B: Writing those words just reminded me of Sunday’s lunch, dammit: I bet Jack Johnson knows which Surfer Taco to order. Maybe even shows up with his own sauce and escabeche in tow.)

Interestingly enough, if we are to take the below press release at face value Stereogum may be “road-tripping” to the festival this year. Sort of a long drive from New York if you ask me, but I say bring it, guys! See you up there (I’m flying Virgin with a cocktail in hand).

As always, keep your eyes tuned to the site for your ticket on-sale info. Photos from last year’s festival may be found here.

March 3, 2009, San Francisco — Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Productions and Starr Hill Presents, in a partnership with the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department, are proud to announce the second annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival. The second installment of this dynamic entertainment experience will once again take place over three days in San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park. The dates for this year’s event are August 28 – 30, 2009.

»continue reading Outside Lands Returns to Golden Gate Park: 2009 Dates Announced

HENRY ROLLINS RETURNS to THE LA AIRWAVES ON KCRW
Saturday Nights from 6 to 8pm PST

Appearing as a Guest DJ on Morning Becomes Eclectic TOMORROW, February 19

Starting March 7, KCRW DJ Liza Richardson will host Saturday night music from 8 to 10pm, followed by Jason Eldredge from 10pm to midnight.

Henry Rollins returns to the station where he got his start in radio, hosting a KCRW music show that will feature “a great mix of all kinds from all over from all time.” It will air live — on air at 89.9 FM and online at KCRW.com — Saturday nights from 6 to 8pm starting March 7. Each show will also be available on demand until the next show airs.
»continue reading KCRW Snags Rollins

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Throbbing Gristle @ UCLA (performing a live soundtrack to the 1980 film In The Shadow Of The Sun) Tues Apr 21

Throbbing Gristle will play stateside this spring for the first time since May, 1981. Dates include Chicago and New York, neither of which the band has previously played:

April 16: New York – Brooklyn Masonic Hall (tickets here)
April 19: Coachella (Sunday) (7pm-ish, 6k-capacity tent stage) (Make sure you hit this tent at 7pm-ish if your mushrooms go south) (seriously)
April 21: Los Angeles – UCLA (Deets on this gig are still being “firmed up” at press time, as they say)
April 23: San Francisco -Grand Regency Ballroom
April 25: Chicago – Epiphany Episcopal (tickets here)

»continue reading Throbbing Gristle To Tour USA, Play 6,000-Capacity Tent At Coachella, UCLA