November makes me horny. I don’t think it’s the turkey. There’s something in the air, it’s the smell of bread and asparagus and pine cones. It’s the smell of Los Feliz. And Los Feliz is as Los Angeles as you can be without getting points on your record.
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Recommended Show of the Week: Broken Social Scene, Feist @ Henry Fonda. Do you know why every Canadian indie rock band has at least six members? It’s because they all play each other in an intramural hockey league. BSS, Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, Godspeed You Black Emperor–they’re all in it. Broken Social Scene are perennial favorites, due in large part to their deep bench. See them with Feist Monday or Tuesday at the Fonda.
This week’s slide, THE LUER “QUALITY MEAT” ROCKET SHIP, SUNLAND, 1955, is a one of my all time favorite finds.
Penny Lane Records, R.I.P. You will be missed, but truth be told, you hadn’t resembled your true self in years. Since moving from that traincar-sized space on Gayley to a larger storefront on a less-trafficked east-west Westwood street, you hung on to retail life in an undignified coma, reduced to peddling porn DVD rentals to maintain a pulse at the till. But before dwelling on the sad later years, let me look back to your glory days.
