A beautifully shot short film, Alice and the White Hair, has just came out, and it’s definitely a must-see. The plot hinges on the probably 100% true theory that our beloved Alice in Wonderland was borne of your run-of-the-mill psychotropic trip. Alice and the White Hair portrays Alice (the beautiful Jayme Langford) as a hooker [...]
Mar 04, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: A Friend of Yours Productions, Alice and the White Hair, Alice in Wonderland, chemical drugs, drug films, drug movies, ecstasy, films, indie, indie films, Jayme Langford, Jerome Ferguson, Los Angeles, Los Angeles filmmakers, Los Angeles films, Los Angeles indie films, Mike Zehr, psychedelic, psychotropic, Ross Thomas, short films, Tracy Viera, underground, Wyatt Denny | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Mar 02, 2010 | Categories: Music | Tags: AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Bloody Holly, Bret Michaels, Bulldozer, concert, Hollywood, Kip Winger, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles musicians, Metallica, Michael Anthony, Mike Patton, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp, rock star, Steel Cactus, The Unlikelies, Too Big To Fail, Van Halen | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: Andrew WK, As I Lay Dying, Brian Posehn, Chris Jericho, Dave Mustaine, Fear Factory, heavy metal, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles awards show, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles metal show, Megadeth, metal music, Music, Revolver Golden Gods, Rob Zombie, The Devil Wears Prada, Zakk Wylde | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Alcoholica, Hollywood, Hollywood Palladium, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles metal, Los Angeles metal show, Los Angeles music, Megadeth, metal music, Metallica, underground | Leave A Comment »
If your love loves oddness, quirkiness, and/or tends to raise their eyebrows quizzically at stuff you’ve never heard of, he (or she) will fall head over heels for this enormous art space, retail store and cafe rolled into one. Stop by on Valentine’s Day for a special Japanese- and French-inspired four-course menu ($60 per person) [...]
Feb 09, 2010 | Categories: Culture | Tags: art show, Culver City, French Maids, gothic, japanese, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Valentine's Day, Royal T, Valentine's Day, wine pairing | 1 Comment »
We know there are some of you who can’t think of any good restaurants when pressed, and/or don’t want to put any effort into your Valentine’s Day date. Not because you don’t care, but because it’s just an all-out pain in the ass to find a restaurant that could/should impress your date, make a reservation, [...]
Feb 07, 2010 | Categories: Eat, Parties, Play | Tags: Culver City, Los Angeles, Open Table, Ugo Wine Bar, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day date, Valentines ideas Los Angeles, wine bars | Leave A Comment »
Don’t do something lame for Valentine’s Day like waste money at an expensive restaurant (you know they jack up the prices just for Valentine’s Day, right? It’s better to go the day after…). Go out, get some exercise, and play games with your Valentine’s Day sweetie. Do a Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt in Venice! Brought [...]
Feb 06, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Parties, Play | Tags: bike ride, events, Los Angeles, scavenger hunts, underground, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day date ideas, Valentine's Day events, Valentine's day ideas, Valentines Day dates, venice, Waterfront Cafe | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Feb 03, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Parties, Play | Tags: Family Guy, Gibson Theatre, Haiti, Haiti benefit, Haiti relief effort, Hollywood, indie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles comedy, Los Angeles events, party, underground | Leave A Comment »
From our previous post about Ugo Wine Bar, it’s fairly apparent that the LA Buzz Blog loves wine bars. While there are tons of wine bars in Los Angeles, it’s hard for one in particular to stand out. Ugo stands out with its friendly staff, kickass happy hour, and wonderful atmosphere. Venice Beach Wines stands [...]
Jan 21, 2010 | Categories: Eat | Tags: beer, belgian chocolate stout, Damnation, Los Angeles, Rose Ave wines, Russian River, summer, underground, venice, Venice bars, Venice Beach Wines, Venice lounges, Venice wine bars, West LA wine bars, wine bars | Leave A Comment »
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, [...]
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, Music, Parties | Tags: Art, Brooke Trout, Bumtech, festival, film, free, indie, jam, Jeff Klarin, live music, Liz Brizzi, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles Soup Kitchen, Music, Neon Venus, party, Pink's Hot Dogs, pop, Push to Transmit, Rebecca Johnson, rock, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Saturday, Shakey Graves, show, SOUP Kitchen 7, Stoned Koalas, techno, The Anchormen, The Big Bad, Totally Serious, underground | Leave A Comment »
So us east-coasters love the occasional rainy day. We see it as a chance to go out and really connect with our outside surroundings and experience real weather, or an excuse to hide away at home without feeling the pressure of the constant sun to GO OUTSIDE!!! all the time.
This particular rainy day was spent [...]
Jan 19, 2010 | Categories: Eat | Tags: cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, Culver City, Culver City wine bars, Culver City wines, food, LA wine, Los Angeles, Los Angeles wine bars, Los Angeles wines, Ugo, Ugo Wine Bar, underground, west side wine bars | Leave A Comment »
So so many things wrong with the Critic’s Choice Awards, going on in Downtown LA tonight. Such awkward pairings (aren’t these people supposed to be actors?), such a bad, nay – terrible host (Kristen Chenoweth? Amy Sedaris did it first and did it best. Go home.) The vibe of the evening seems to be that [...]
Jan 16, 2010 | Categories: Parties, TV | Tags: Amy Sedaris, Anvil, awards show, Bruce DIckinson, Craig Robinson, Critic's Choice Awards, Dave Mustaine, Downtown LA, Iron Maide, Kristin Chenoweth, Lipps, Los Angeles, Megadeth, Metal, Metal on Metal, Metallica, Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas and the Administration, Quentin Tarantino, Robb, The Black Album, The Office, The Story of Anvil, Urge Overkill | Leave A Comment »
“It started out simple enough: a couple glasses of wine, several shots of bourbon, and pondering what would happen if Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry, and a stable of My Little Ponies each downed a bucket of liquid acid and proceeded to engage in an orgy that spawned a hundred love-children.”
The Lot 44 Gallery invites you [...]
Jan 14, 2010 | Categories: Art | Tags: Art, Downtown LA, Downtown LA art gallery, Downtown LA art party, Downtown LA art scene, Downtown LA Art Walk, Dr. Seuss, indie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Lot 44, Lui Sanchez, Phloe, Pontaoe, underground | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: LAbuzz | Tags: art party, Bacchanal, Cannibal Flower, concert, Crystal Sylver, Culver City, Culver City art, Culver City art opening, Culver City nightlife, Daydream Republic, indie, John Culqui, Lane Shih, Laura Diamond, LC, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art party, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles nightlife, Mason Quality, Meterhead, Mr. Numberonderful, Music, NS David, Prince Parise, Projections/Orgone, Saturday, Shady Hasty, show, techno, Thinkspace, underground, Uri Averbuch, Vladimir Zimakov | Leave A Comment »
If you haven’t heard of Jen Gloeckner, you need to. There’s something about the way her dreamy music comes together that makes it altogether unique and completely fresh. I recently got my hands on her 15-track CD, Mouth of Mars – an entirely beautiful collection of songs like the voices of delicate hidden curios telling [...]
Dec 30, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: 5 2nd Thrill, Bailing Water, best new musician, Burn Me, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Come in My Garden, concert, Die, dream music, dream world, ethereal, Free at Last, Haunt You, Henry's Dream, Jen Gloeckner, Kelly Ali, Let's Get Honest, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles music, Lullaby, Mars Volta, Mouth of Mars, new music, new musician, new musicians, Nick Cave, Peace Among the Chaos, Portishead, Pulse, Sleep to Dream, Sneaker Pimps, Stevie Nicks, Tender Prey, underground, unknown musician | 7 Comments »
Bootie LA is back and doing it up right for New Year’s Eve. It’s your time to mash up all the years of the decade into one spectacular night. There’ll be a balloon drop, free champagne, noisemakers and hats for everyone, confetti, free CDs, and the most mashed-up mash ups you’ve ever heard! If music [...]
Dec 29, 2009 | Categories: Music, Parties, Play | Tags: Bootie LA, dance, DJ Axel, DJ Shyboy, Drunk Rockers, East LA, Echo Park, Echoplex, electro, hipster, indie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles New Year's Eve, Los Angeles New Years Eve parties, Los Angeles NYE, mashup, New Years Eve dance party, New Years Eve party, NYE party, Paul V, Purple Crush, R.A.I.D | Leave A Comment »
The Evening of Sinister Amusement at Hollywood’s Unknown Theatre was a little sinister, a little amusing, and all in all some great entertainment. After a long, long, (maybe I got there too early?) long time to get started, in which I was subject to way too much Ramones, the night finally opened with films by [...]
Dec 24, 2009 | Categories: Music, Parties | Tags: Art, art party, Burning Man, Dime Museum, Evening of Sinister Amusement, Hollywood, indie, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles live performance, Mather Louth, noir theater, Radio Noir, rock, Sandra Powers, show, Timur, underground, Unknown Theater | Leave A Comment »
There’s a movement of sorts happening in theatre, a decidedly darker realm of theatrical performances that include aerialist, fire, caberet, burlesque, and loves to include the audience. The Grand Guignolers is one of these all-inclusive experiences in the vain of Cirque Berzerk, Lucent Dossier, and the whole steampunk aesthetic.
Join the Grand Guignolers Fridays and Saturdays [...]
Dec 19, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Play | Tags: 1920s Shanghai, absinthe, alternative theatre, Art Works Theatre, audience participation, Cirque Berzerk, experimental theatre, Grand Guignolers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles theatre, Lucent Dossier, magic, Opium, Shanghai nights, Theatre, theatre experience | 1 Comment »
Trader Vic’s is a time warp back to when tiki bars were synonymous with a stiff kind of cool that only a smoking-jacket kind of guy could enjoy. It looks like everything else in Hollywood – carefully researched and designed, and lovingly molded from the latest and greatest plastics. It’s like the Mars 2012 of [...]
Dec 17, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Eat | Tags: chicken skewers, Christmas, Christmas in LA, Downtown LA, Downtown LA restuarants, Gilligan's Island, LA bars, LA restaurants, Los Angeles, Los Angeles bars, Mars 2012, Rum Keg, seared tuna, silverlake, Staples Center, tiki drinks, tiki restaurant, Tiki Ti, tikidom, Trader Vic's, Trader Vic's LA, wontons | Leave A Comment »
Check out the Affliction Tour THIS SATURDAY, featuring Glenn Danzig, Pennywise, and T.S.O.L at the Long Beach Convention Center. I’ve seen the tickets listed from $5 to $64. But it’s Glenn Danzig! And that’s reason enough for anything.
Remember little Glenn Danzig? The net gestalt of his career has been that of a heavy metal teddy [...]
Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Affliction Tour, Black Aria, California, Coheed and Cambria, Danzig, Glenn Danzig, heavy metal, horror movies, Jersey, Long Beach, Long Beach concerts, Los Angeles, Lucifuge, metal show, Misfits, New Jersey, old punk, Pennywise, punk, punk show, Samhain, T.S.O.L, the Misfits, TSOL | Leave A Comment »
Check out all the hot pics from the NextAid Benefit at the Marrakesh House. The pics only give a little taste of the Marrakesh House, so if you get a chance to go to one of their events to see the full ordeal, GO!
Meanwhile, NextAid has three great gift ideas, the proceeds of which benefit [...]
Dec 10, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Shop | Tags: Africa, holiday gift ideas, holiday shopping, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles gift ideas, Los Angeles nonprofit, Marrakesh House, Mud eyeshadow, NextAid, unique holiday gifts | Leave A Comment »
Movies like Precious don’t come along often – a calm, seemingly understated movie that really packs a punch to the soul. This is a movie you feel, not a movie you idly watch for a mental vacation.
Amid the big-budget explosions and the overwrought hero/savior sob stories, Precious the movie is as decidedly as different as [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Culture | Tags: Cannes, Cannes winner, Harlem, Los Angeles, Los Angeles movie theatres, mariah carey, Mo'nique, movie, new films, new movies, new releases, Precious, Precious movie, Push, Sapphire | Leave A Comment »
See what downtown LA is talking about: A one-of -a kind Sculpture Show – LUMINOSITY – featuring the illuminated works of Sean Sobczak!
It was born at Burning Man – and evolved into a spectacular art form! This show features new sophisticated and delicate works, and also the amazing fantastical creatures that have made this artist [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Art | Tags: 3-D art, Burning Man, Coachella, Continental gallery, Convergence Series, Dark Skies, David Weidman, Downtown LA, Electric Daisy Carnival, LA art scene, LA art show, LA Underground, Lightning in a Bottle, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art scene, Luminosity, sculpture show, Sean Sobczak | Leave A Comment »
The Next Aid Benefit down at the Marrakesh House last weekend was a benefit not to be missed. Proceeds went to a great cause, supporting youth orphaned by AIDS in Africa, specifically in education and business development. More about their projects below, but first, let’s party!
The Marrakesh House is a sustainable luxury house/venue sitting atop [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Culture | Tags: benefit, Brazilian dancers, Comedy Central, Culver City, DJ, eco-friendly, House, lifestlye, Los Angeles, Louie Vega, Marrakesh, Next Aid, NextAid, Rainbow Acres, Raul Campos, Santa Monica, sustainable architecture, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, Tia's Bakery, vegan, Whitney Cummings, Whole Foods | Leave A Comment »
