Soup Kitchen Rocks 9 Stirs It Up at The Talking Stick
Soup Kitchen Rocks, the collective of misfits who put on some of the best underground shows in all of LA is doing it again this Sunday at the Talking Stick in Venice, and they’re throwing it down chick-style with a mainly girl line-up. This kitty’s got claws, though. Fierce ladies like Mather Louth, Jessie Payo, [...]
LA Time Festival of Books
The LA Times 2010 Festival of Books is hosting their weekend book and book-lovers matchmaking fair this weekend at UCLA. Reconnect with that old media you forgot about ever since the dawn of your Facebook account! Your books miss you, and somewhere, deep down in your technologically-hardened heart, you miss them. Get down to the [...]
Masque Films: The Inevitable Unveiling Unveils
Masque Films’ Inevitable Unveiling on Saturday night did a great job of setting the aesthetic tone of Masque Films. Taking place in the ASTO Museum in a begotten part of Lincoln Heights, the unveiling immediately enveloped the audience into the Masque world – a dark, delicate, and hauntingly beautiful place filled with furtive, sidelong glances, [...]
Did You Say Beer….? Did You Say FEST!?!?
The 2nd Annual Beer Fest is on! Set for April 10, 2010, you can check out tons of brews for less than an average night at the bar…If you can drink 9 beers in 3 hours, and each beer is over $5. Easy and simple!
Last year was the 1st Annual Beer Fest, spread out over [...]
F*ck It, Dude. Let’s Go Bowling
That rug really tied the room together…Build up your tolerance for White Russians, find your best stained cardigan, and break out your bowling shoes – the Lebowski Fest is set to hit LA! Complete with the occassional acid flashbacks.
Lebowski Fest returns to LA with a screening of The Big Lebowski at the Wiltern on April [...]
Pamper Me Fabulous
Get ready for this year’s Pamper Me Fabulous event, from 11am – 5pm on Sunday, Mar. 28 at the Vibiana in Downtown LA. It’s a perfect way to give yourself a break from the daily grind and just relax. Pamper Me Fabulous – the spa, beauty, shopping, eating, relaxing event of the year – is [...]
8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational
You’ve heard of all its cheesy goodness, now come and take a bite for yourself! Check out the 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational! Bread. Butter. Cheese. Epic Win. You and your home grillin’ skills are up against professional chefs. The judges will deem the cheesiest of cheese and the winner lives in cheese-related infamy for [...]
SOUP Kitchen 8 Bands are Set!
It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again – SOUP Kitchen does Rock! SOUP Kitchen Rocks 8 is booked and ready to rock the Unknown Theater like it’s never been rocked before! They’ve got Death Hymn Number 9, The Terrapin, and The Midnight Scene – three different bands with three different styles, so [...]
Record Release “Saint Judas” at Hotel Cafe
Continuing in the aural tradition of Vaud and the Villians, Mather Louth and Radio Noir, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, and Cirque Berzerk; multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Mark Growden brings back the dark big band soul of old whiskey drinkers and scalawags in his new album release “Saint Judas”, whose national record release party is being [...]
Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s FEELIN’ IT!!!!
I checked out the Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp show at the Key Club the other night, not knowing what to expect. I heard Bret Michaels and Kip Winger would be there, and all my endless hours of watching Metal Mania at 2am prompted me to somehow think this would be cool. Or at least [...]
Revolver Golden Gods Awards
The most anticipated awards show of all time is taking place here in Los Angeles on April 8 at Club Nokia. The Revolver Golden Gods awards show, presented by Epiphone may well be one of the most epic awards show, and definitely one of the most entertaining. It’s an awards show chock full to the [...]
Megadeth Is God
Remember Megadeth and how much they absolutely rocked ever since frontman Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Alcoholica for being alcoholic, got pissed off and vowed to create a bigger, better monster than Metallica, and then, as if by magic or a decree from above, the world was blessed with Megadeth? Remember that? Get ready [...]
Belly Laughs for Haiti
Haven’t donated to Haitian relief yet? Can’t decide between all the Haiti benefit concerts, art shows, comedy shows, etc, et al? Here’s one you don’t want to miss – the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy come together on Feb. 12 for a live stage show. Tickets start at $60, but [...]
SOUP’s On! SOUP Kitchen 7 Is Here!
After a long, long, long, wait, you can wait for the long-awaited SOUP Kitchen 7 no more! SOUP Kitchen 7 features, once again, the absolute best in LA’s emerging art, music, and film, performed live right before your very eyeballs!
SOUP Kitchen 7 @ Neon Venus Theater
7023 Melrose Ave @ La Brea (by Pink’s!)
Saturday, Jan. 23, [...]
Bacchanal Festivus Every Friday
It’s what Baccanalia is all about – a swirling festival of art, live music, live painting, art installations, with cheese and wine flowing all around. The Daydream Republic has started off 2010 with a bang, moving into a bigger space at 4500 West Jefferson – remember the tiny gallery space they had in 2009 on [...]
Rachel Rosenthal’s at It Again!
Interdisciplinary artist Rachel Rosenthal will appear at Samuel French’s Hollywood location on Saturday, January 23, from 2:00 to 4:00pm to sign copies of her new book.
Her long awaited book, The DbD Experience: Chance Knows What It’s Doing!, just came out last month through Routledge. Samuel French is Los Angeles’ largest theater and film bookstore.
Details!
Sat. Jan. [...]
An Evening of Sinister Amusement
Break out your black and get ready to enjoy a musical and cinematic event. Join them on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH for “An Evening of Sinister Amusement”, otherwise known as the second Mather Louth and Radio Noir residency show at the Unknown Theater. The evening promises to provide the eyes and ears with beautifully dark entertainment. [...]
Create:Fixate Is 8 Years Old!
Create:Fixate will host Infinity, its eight-year anniversary celebration, on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Featuring over forty top local artists, DJs, and musicians, the night will offer work in a plethora of media including painting, photography, sculpture, multimedia, installation, fashion, jewelry, and video projection.
Infinity will feature the work of approximately 30 local [...]
LA Buzz Blog Now on Facebook
For all you Facebookers (Facebookians? Facebookites?) the LA Buzz Blog is now on Facebook! Become a fan today and get to-the-minute updates of all our awesome posts. By becoming a fan of Facebook, you’ll finally be “that kid”, the one on the block who always knows of the newest and most cutting-edge music, arts & [...]
Julian Casablancas Residency at the Palace
Remember back in …maybe 2000, 2001, when the Strokes first hit big, and garage rock took off for the first time since 1976? There was a slew of bands to follow in their footsteps, none to ever quite reach the proportions of the Strokes. The Hives came close in my estimation, and the Vines came close in [...]
