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Holiday Season Benefit Rock Show Round-Up

Victor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:01 +0000

Tonight kicks off a nice run of holiday season benefit rock shows for good causes around town. Basically, you have no excuse for not coming out and digging some music and giving a little something back.

Tonight, Friday 11/20

When You Awake & The Fold Present A Tribute To Neil Young w/Delta Spirit, Ferraby Lionheart, Jason “Dead Meadow” Simon, Leslie and the Badgers, Stevens, The Parson Red Heads, Restavrant, Chapin Sisters & more @ Bootleg Theater. Proceeds benefit Children’s Music Fund.

Saturday, 11/21

Band of Horses, Tom Morello, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tom Gabrel, Shirley Manson, Butch Walker, Jarrod Gorbel, Charlotte Martin & more @ Avalon Hollywood. Proceeds benefit the Pablove Foundation.

Sunday, 11/22

Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Perry Farrell, Billy Idol, Travis Barker, Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother), Dave Navarro & more @ Avalon Hollywood. Layn Rocks: Los Angeles Youth Network Homeless Benefit.

Wednesday, 12/8

Winston Calling: A Rock and Comedy Benefit featuring for Baby Winston Bertrand hosted by Black Francis. w/ Black Francis w/ Flea, members of Pixies, Love & Rockets, The 88, Michael Penn & more @ Echoplex

Thursday, 12/9

Winston Calling: A Rock and Comedy Benefit featuring for Baby Winston Bertrand hosted by Black Francis. w/ Tim and Eric (music set), Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Dave Lovering (magic act) @ The Echo

Win Fiery Furnaces @ The El Rey Tickets For Saturday

Losanjealous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:51 +0000

HEADS UP

The Fiery Furnaces w/ Cryptacize and Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele @ El Rey Sat 11/21

Nice triple bill going on at the El Rey tomorrow, Saturday 11/21.

Enter now for your shot at a pair of tickets.

Photo by Sung from Fiery Furnaces’s 2007 Troubadour show.

Anti-Pop Consortium Added to Juan MacLean DJ Set Saturday at Echoplex

Losanjealous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:42 +0000

HEADS UP

The Juan Maclean w/ Anti Pop Consortium & Parallels @ Echoplex Sat 11/21

Anti-Pop, freed up in town from the cancellation of We The People this weekend, jumps on The Juan MacLean bill tomorrow at Echoplex.

PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT throw your drink at The Juan MacLean.

P.S. – You might have already won tickets to this show from us–check your email sometime before lunch.

U2 Tickets for Angel Stadium Second Night, June 7, 2010, On Sale 10 a.m. Today

Losanjealous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:01 +0000

HEADS UP

U2 @ Angel Stadium Mon 6/7/2010

Good luck.

Let us know if you make it into the GA inner circle on the field.

Photo by Lindsey from the October 25, 2009 Rose Bowl show.

One for Jay Leno: Customs Agents Seize 316,000 Bongs Disguised as Christmas Ornaments at Long Beach Port

Losanjealous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:29 +0000

And on the lighter side, from the fair & balaced news source:

Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that agents found the highly decorated drug pipes in 860 boxes shipped from China. The cargo, estimated to be worth more than $2.6 million, had been described as glass figures and Christmas ornaments.

Surely there’s some hacky joke to be found in this story, involving Santa Claus, chimneys, smoke and possibly Bill Clinton. Get ON IT, Jay’s staff of 25 writers.

Image courtesy of the fine journalists at WHAT-A-BONG.com.

Bonnaroo 2010 Dates Announced: June 10 – 13

Victor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:52:23 +0000

News out of Manchester, TN. Bonnaroo 2010 now has dates you can touch-type into your iCalendars: June 10-13, 2010. (Was it always 4 days?) Ticket pre-sale begins on 11/27 and runs through 12/31. Handy layaway plan of five $50 payment is available. No word on the headliners or any of the line-up as of yet. Let the wild speculation begin.

DEVELOPING: UC Student Protesters Shut Down Wilshire Blvd in Westwood

Losanjealous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:28 +0000

BREAKING, HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS: John Kerry’s Daughter Arrested in Hollywood on DUI Charges

Losanjealous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:49 +0000

News from Ireland Online:

The daughter of former US presidential hopeful John Kerry was arrested in Hollywood today accused of drink driving.

Los Angeles police said 36-year-old Alexandra Kerry was stopped by officers on a Hollywood street after midnight and failed a sobriety test.

A spokesman said she was booked at the Hollywood police station and was held for about five hours.

She was released at about 5.30am on $5,000 bail.

Kerry is the eldest daughter of the Massachusetts senator, the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee.

She has produced documentaries and has had several small acting roles.

Your Losanjealous Action News 2000 Team is all over this story. You can count on us to bring you the latest updates as this story unfurls.

Los Angeles Bands Well Represented in Taco Bell’s 2009 Feed the Beat Awards

Losanjealous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:45:18 +0000

Our heartiest congratulations go out to the following LA bands:

After Midnight Project

Atreyu

Evan Taubenfeld

In This Moment

Mozella

Nathen Maxwell & the Original Bunny Gang

Nations Afire

Resident Hero

Runner Runner

The Parson Red Heads

These are the newly announced LA-based winners of Taco Bell’s 2009 “Feed The Beat” contest. All of These LA bands will be receiving $500 in Taco Bell Bucks to feed them on their upcoming tours.

Final Fantasy, Henry Fonda Theater, November 15, 2009

Lindsey — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:25:05 +0000

Full photo gallery below.

Coffee Report: Caffe Luxxe, November 15, 2009

Victor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:03:34 +0000

Establishment: Caffe Luxxe.
Location: Montana Avenue, Santa Monica.
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009.
Time: 3 pm-ish.
Beverage(s) consumed: Latte (2%).
Price: $3.75 + $1.00 tip (unacknowledged [paid w/ a fiver and a quarter felt too little.])
Service: Efficient and polite, if a bit cool.
Review: Smooth, rich, maybe a bit nutty on the coffee back end, maybe a bit too milky; overall, very good and well above average.
Latte art: Rosetta pattern. (B+ – good for a latte, lines could have been a bit tighter.)
Crowd: Full house. Well-dressed business dudes talking excitably in Italian. Mandatory unshaven writer type guy staring at Macbook Pro front and center. Possible grad student with a bunch of academic type books against the wall. Couple gay dudes at the counter stools.
Overall visit score: 7.6/10.0

Exclusive Photos: UC Regents Fee Hike Protest at UCLA

Victor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:33 +0000

Full photo gallery below.

Protesters Arrested as Regents Discuss Fee Hike at UCLA

Losanjealous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:15:06 +0000

We know this isn’t Berkeley, but where’s the good old fashion protest mass arrest? Only eight students were arrested at the UC Regents meeting at UCLA. That’s a pretty weak showing considering the Regents may raise student fees over a whopping 30%–or $2,500–next year according to LAT blogman Larry Gordon who’s on the scene at UCLA.

UPDATE 1:23 pm: The 32% fee hike has been approved.

Guy Fieri Roadshow at Gibson “Off Da Hook” Packages Now Sold Out, “Kulinary Krew” Seats Still Available

Victor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:51:03 +0000

Quick heads up here from the Losanjealous Ticket Update Desk: If you were planning on picking up an “Off Da Hook” ticket package for the hotly anticipated The Guy Fieri Roadshow 12/17 date at Gibson Amphitheater, we’re sorry to have to let you know that you are out of luck–they are now sold out.

Your “Off Da Hook” package ($250.25 + service fee) would have included a seat on stage with the man himself, so everyone in the audience can see you, as well as:

- Tour Laminate
- A copy of Guy’s More Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: A Drop Top Culinary Cruise Through America’s Finest and Funkiest Joints
- 2 Squirt Bottles
- Pre-Show Meet and Greet

The good news is that there are still “Kulinary Krew” packages ($150.25 + service fee) available. It includes everything the “Off Da Hook” package includes–the tour laminate, the copy of Guy’s book, the 2 squirt bottles and the pre-show meet and greet–however your seat is in the first 7 rows, not on the stage.

If for some reason you cannot make the show, Guy Fieri brand squirt bottles are available at the Food Network online store ($9.95/2-pack).

The Mountain Goats, Henry Fonda Theater, November 15, 2009

Lindsey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:09 +0000

Full photo gallery below.

The Mountain Goats
The Life of the World to Come
4AD
2009

Jon Wurster
Scharpling and Wurster