aka L.A., City of Angels, Lalaland, Southland, The Big Orange
For a while I tried to keep track of the rumors surrounding Joanna Newsom’s next album, but eventually gave up.
Tonight my roommate mentioned something about it coming out, and lo and behold, it’s being released in a week and there are tracks streaming on Drag City’s website. Read More
I wasn’t super excited to start watching Big Love again this season. I actually put off starting it for a couple of weeks, because last season seemed to be on the verge of collapse, and I couldn’t image it getting any better. Well, I was clearly wrong, because this season is amazing. Read More
Although I haven’t actually seen A Single Man yet, I am very excited about it. Read More
Luciano Chessa performed two of his works for piano at Monday Evening Concerts earlier this week… Variazioni su un oggetto di scena and Louganis. Read More
The Internet’s ability to deliver information and media to you in quick, bite-sized portions that you neither neither asked for nor wanted is… a mixed blessing. Read More
If I could eat only one food for the rest of my life, I would probably choose macarons… the Parisian almond sandwich cookie, not those dry coconut monstrosities. Read More
I can barely contain my excitement for the upcoming Hollis Frampton retrospective that is starting next week. Read More
Watching MTV lately is like watching wild animals let out of the zoo run amok. Read More
At first I didn’t really “get” tumblrs, but in retrospect it was just that my friends’ tumblrs were pretty boring (sorry!). Read More
Los Angeles may be the birthplace of innumerable complete POS movies, but it also has many, many great places to go and see unusual films from outside of the industry.
There will always be a place in my heart for hazy, lazy pop music. Read More
Someone, somewhere, desperately wants me to become obsessed with ballet. I think it’s working. Read More
After hearing the words “guido” and “guidette” uttered time after time after time on MTV’s newest reality travesty Jersey Shore, I think I’m going to retire them—perhaps permanently—from my vocabulary. Read More
Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, everybody loves smut. Read More
RCRDLBL.COM lets me listen and legally download songs from featured bands on its site. And surprisingly enough, many of them are bands with members I know. This makes me happy.
GIRLS is a San Francisco band consisting of two members: Christopher Owens and JR White. Their sound is quirky folk rock which reminds me of the spirit of 90s alt-band PAVEMENT.
I went to LA club The Echo last Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed NITE JEWEL, the brain child of Ramona Gonzalez. Read More