Sung’s first photo shoot for Losanjealous was Patrick Wolf at the Troubadour on May 16, 2007.

HEADS UP
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)

PICK OF THE WEEK

Telepathe
w/ Abe Vigoda, Nite Jewel & Blue Jungle
w/ DJ Heather Gram
Sat, June 13
The Smell
Info
 

Camera Obscura
w/ Future Static
Tues, June 9
The Glass House
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Arts at the Park After Dark
Benefit for Summer Night Lights
Wed, June 10, 7-10P, Barnsdall Park | Info
Chris Pierce, Warpaint, Audible Mainframe, and DJ Jeremy Sole (KCRW)
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Rhett Miller
Q&A + new song preview
GRAMMY Museum
Wed, June 10
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Au Revoir Simone
w/ Antlers, Princeton, Findlay Brown
Thurs, June 11
El Rey Theatre
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Neko Case
w/ Jason Lytle
Fri, June 12
The Greek Theatre
Info
THE END HAS COME (TO THIS CONTEST, THAT IS)
 
 

LoveLikeFire @ Bootleg Theater (2220 Beverly Blvd) Fri 6/19
Girl Talk @ Grove of Anaheim (Free admission with 36 empty Squirt soda cans) Fri 6/19
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band @ Echoplex Fri 6/19
Stone Temple Pilots @ House of Blues (St. Jude Rock ‘N Roll Hope Show ) Wed 7/1
Eulogies @ The Echo Wed 7/1
The Handsome Family @ Spaceland Sat 7/25
Girlie Girl Catfight Show: Sexy Sixties Spies @ El Rey Sat 7/25
Girlie Girl Catfight Show: Sexy Sixties Spies @ El Rey Fri 7/24
Girl Talk @ Glass House (Free admission with 36 empty Squirt soda cans) Fri 7/24
Glasvegas w/ Ida Maria @ Henry Fonda Wed 7/29
Glasvegas w/ Ida Maria @ Henry Fonda Tue 7/28
Castanets w/ Warmer Milks @ Spaceland Thu 7/30
Los Amigos Invisibles & West Indian Girl @ House of Blues Fri 8/7
Elvis Costello @ Greek Theatre Tue 8/18
The Dirtbombs @ The Echo Thu 8/27
Magnolia Electric Co w/ The Donkeys @ The Echo Tue 7/28
Black Heart Procession @ Spaceland Fri 8/7
Emiliana Torrini @ El Rey Wed 8/19
Los Campesinos! @ Detroit Bar Sun 8/23
Los Campesinos! @ Glass House Sat 8/22
Los Campesinos! @ El Rey Fri 8/21
Green Day w/ Franz Ferdinand @ The Forum (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS) Tue 8/25
Sea Wolf w/ Sara Lov @ Spaceland Sat 9/5
Pet Shop Boys @ Greek Theatre Thu 9/24
Bon Iver @ The Wiltern Fri 9/25
Passion Pit @ Henry Fonda Wed 10/14
Tiger Army @ The Wiltern Fri 10/23
 

TUESDAY
Camera Obscura @ Glass House
The Lemonheads @ Spaceland
The Mars Volta @ Majestic Ventura Theater
The Tragically Hip @ Troubadour

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 8 – 14

»continue reading Peaches, Henry Fonda Theater, June 7, 2009

That’s right. We’ve gone off the deep end dining wagon. This is straight up ghetto. LAist recently did a study of the “fish dogs” at Wienerschnitzels hence it’s only right Losanjealous will now present the $2.99 Big Bite 1/4 pound hot dog from 7-11.

»continue reading Under $5: A $2.99 date with 7-11

“Folks” is hand written on this slide. Do these “folks” realize they left their camera on the hood of their car? The camera is the Argus Seventy Five, mass-produced in Ann Arbor, Michigan between 1953 and 1958. The car is a 1961 Plymouth Fury.

Flaring, wrap around front fenders make this the one of the most spectacular designs ever to roll off a Plymouth assembly line. After five years of Plymouths sporting stylish tailfins the ‘61 model year is the first without. But the fashionable front end makes up for it. And this car is parked to show it off! The Plymouth logo, a gold anodized rocket, is centered on the stamped aluminum grille. The black and yellow California license plate gives scale to the delicate wrap around bumper. Among the cars other odd features are the dash mounted mirror and pushbutton transmission. Push “D” for drive or “R” for reverse. His sunshade is up; hers is down.

»continue reading Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: The “Folks” and the Fury, Pasadena, CA, 1964

We started Drive & Find a few years back because, frankly, we were damn intimidated by the vast Los Angeles culinary scene. It’s a simple concept: two Westside dudes are hungry… they pick an area of town… they take a drive … they find an alluring restaurant … they dine there. This concept has brought us all around LA – from seafood to Thai to total crap – nonetheless our affinity for the unknown remains.

DATE: Wednesday May 20th, 2009

RESTAURANT: CAFÉ VIDA
15317 Antioch Street
Pacific Palisades 90272
(310) 573-1335

THEIR SLOGANS: “Food for life” and “A great, fresh taste.”

OUR SLOGAN: “Food” and “A decent, not-everything-but-most-things-are-fresh taste”

DRIVE TIME: 15 minutes

LIKES: Being really the only open restaurant in the area. Complimentary lime in the iced water. Interesting, loud conversation amongst four basketball apparel adorned high schoolers regarding chicks. Quiet streets.

DISLIKES: Identity crisis. A tad overpriced. Boring menu. Peeping Tom waitresses. An ugly dog sitting tableside in a striped carry-on suitcase-like apparatus.

»continue reading Drive & Find: Ep 2: Cafe Vida (Pacific Palisades)

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

HEADS UP

Green Day & Franz Ferdinand @ The Fabulous Forum Tues 8/25 (On-sale Sat 6/6 10 am)
 

If you would have told me in the early 1990’s that Green Day and Pearl Jam would go on become the two most important American rock bands in the year 2009, I would have said, “Get the hell right out of here and close the door behind you, but leave me some of that pizza for later.”

And yet, here we are, nearly twenty years later, and the world is a very different place. We have a Black president, Conan is on at 11:30, our sub sandwiches are now toasted to golden perfection, and we watch According To Jim on our iPhones. And wouldn’t you know it, Green Day and Pearl Jam are right there at the top of the rock heap.

While we have no 2009 Pearl Jam dates for LA just yet (though hopefully expect some around the time they hit the coast for Outside Lands up north in August) Green Day have announced a Forum gig for August 25. Franz Ferdinand, no lightweights themselves, open the show while you are stuck in traffic on the 405.

Tickets are on sale with the usual KROQ pre-sale today at 10 am [password: KNOWYOURKROQ--get it?] with the general on-sale at the traditional 10 am Saturday.

BUT you can win tickets, right here, right now.

HEADS UP
Arts at the Park After Dark: Brian White, Chris Pierce, Audible Mainframe, Warpaint, KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole @ Barnsdall Art Park Wed Jun 10 (hosted by Eric Garcetti)

Join me next Wednesday, June 10, when I’ll be hosting Arts at the Park After Dark, an event in partnership with Generation Obama Los Angeles at Barnsdall Art Park (4800 Hollywood Blvd.) to benefit the Summer Night Lights Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program.

The event will be emceed by Brian White, and special guests will include Chris Pierce, Audible Mainframe, Warpaint, and KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole.

Summer Night Lights is an innovative gang reduction and youth development program that provides arts and recreational programming at city parks throughout Los Angeles during the times when young people are most likely to be involved in or victims of gang violence. Last summer, crime was down in the areas around the parks with this program. We need your help to make it happen again.

Arts at the Park after Dark will run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. General Admission tickets are $25 and VIP tickets are $150. All donations are tax deductible. To RSVP, send an email to summernightlightsevent@gmail.com or call my Hollywood office at 323-957-4500.

Hope to see you there!

Eric Garcetti is Councilman for District 13 and City Council President.

» Arts in the Park After Dark (show flyer)

PICK OF THE WEEK

H*ly Fuck
w/ Crocodiles
Saturday, June 6
Troubadour
Info
 
 

Video Games Live
Thursday, June 4
The Greek Theatre
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]
 

The Juan MacLean
w/ The Field
Thursday, June 4
The Glass House
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]
 

The Dandy Warhols
w/ The Meek
Friday, June 5
The Glass House
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]
 

Peaches
w/ Drums of Death
Sunday, June 7
Henry Fonda Theater
Info
[ENTER TO WIN]
 

The Mars Volta @ Majestic Ventura Theater Tue 6/9
Viva Voce @ The Echo Wed 6/17
The “Friends of Friends” Label Launch Party with Daedelus (Live) & Peanut Butter Wolf (A/V set) and Jogger / Mexicans with Guns @ Echoplex Thu 6/25
Papercuts @ The Echo Fri 6/26
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 (Performing Dream Syndicate’s Medicine Show LP) Thu 7/9
Oneida @ The Echo Mon 7/13
The Datsuns @ The Echo Tue 7/14
Three Mile Pilot @ Echoplex Fri 7/17
Deerhoof @ Echoplex Fri 7/31
The Mekons @ The Echo Mon 7/27
Wire Train / Translator plus Debora Iyall of Romeo Void @ Knitting Factory Thu 9/3
Gomez @ The Wiltern Mon 8/3
The National @ The Wiltern Sat 8/29
John Legend w/ India.Arie & Vaughn Anthony @ Greek Theatre Wed 9/2
John Legend w/ India.Arie & Vaughn Anthony @ Greek Theatre Tue 9/1
The Charlatans UK @ Henry Fonda Fri 9/18
Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker @ El Rey Thu 9/10
Crosby, Stills & Nash @ Greek Theatre Wed 9/23
MONO with Maserati @ El Rey Tue 10/13
Matt & Kim @ El Rey Thu 8/27
Friendly Fires @ El Rey Mon 8/24
The Charlatans UK @ Glass House Tue 10/13
 

WEDNESDAY
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head @ Spaceland

THURSDAY
Fol Chen @ The Echo
The Juan MacLean @ Glass House
Video Games Live @ Greek Theatre

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 1 – 7

I’m not sure which intern stocked our 4th floor break room fridge with a couple of sixers Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock, but thank you. (Note to interns: this is how you earn your extra credit.) This is one of the finer G.B. offerings. It’s satisfyingly meaty yet somehow light. It drinks far richer than it’s 7% alc. disclosure. A couple bottles of these here in the 6 o’ clock hour on an empty stomach before dinner and you’re good to go.

From the label:

Blonde Bock is a moderately hopped beer with a rich, malty flavor. Made popular in the 1600s, bock beers were originally brewed by monks to minimalize hunger pangs during fasting periods. Most bock beers are dark in color. Ours is golden with a rich cream head. Prost!

Emphasis mine, all mine.

Gordon Biersch:

LOSANJEALOUS
11041 Santa Monica Blvd. #402
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Set list below.

»continue reading Jens Lekman, The Echo, May 28, 2009

As of press time, deeply discounted wallet chains [You mean "chain wallets"?--Ed] were still in supply at the going-out-of-business clearance at the Virgin Megastore at Hollywood & Highland. Featured bands included Pink Floyd, Linkin Park and AC/DC.

»continue reading Wallet Chains 60% Off at Closing Hollywood & Highland Virgin Megastore

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)

An enormous package of Oreo cookies jumping out of a TV, two giant little girls and white-lined red letters, spelling out what is short for National Biscuit Company, simply dwarf a sideswiped 1940 Dodge.

The giant little girls are properly dressed alike for TV viewing in matching puffed sleeved blouses and powder blue hair bows. One controls the TV while the other controls the Oreos. They are both about to take a bite out of the Americana sweet treat sensation they are suggesting we switch to.

»continue reading Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: Oreo Billboard, Southern California, 1955