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Issue 331 |
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Your event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in Los Angeles. |
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Los Angeles
Jun 30-Jul 6, 2009
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The old truism about celebrity deaths coming in threes sadly held last week, with a trio of iconic entertainment figures shuffling off this mortal coil — Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon. For most of my generation, Star Search, Charlie's Angels, and Thriller were truly memorable media experiences. Of course, except for a brief flirtation with elaborate brooches pinned to vintage sweaters, plus an MTV addiction that lasted well into my 20s, I wouldn't exactly call these experiences formative; but the inevitable deluge of vintage film and television clips surveying four decades of Jackson's career and controversies sure brings back some long-lost high-school memories. Man, this must be how mom felt when Elvis died.
- Shana Nys Dambrot, Managing Editor
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From Russia with love
Stolichnaya is the classic Russian vodka for a reason. Distilled for more than a century in Russia's black-earth region, Stoli is produced from a careful blend of smooth winter wheat and spicy rye, then filtered through quartz, sand, activated charcoal, and cloth. Sounds like a lot of work for such a simple spirit, but give it a sip or two and you'll know it was worth it.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Win and fly with Virgin America
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Virgin America has partnered with Le Tourment Vert to bring the Green Fairy on board, and the first taste could be yours. To win two tickets on the airline, just email us or tweet @Flavorpill your chosen city within the Virgin America network and tell us why you'd love to travel there in five words or less. (Tag your tweet #LTVabsinthe.) This contest is open to everyone, so spread the word. Entries close on July 31. »
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
826LA presents Tiny Vaudeville feat. Dan Bern & Common Rotation
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Tuesday June 30 (8pm)
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Echoplex (1154 Glendale Blvd, 213.413.8200)
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Prodigal singer/songwriter Dan Bern keeps on celebrating his move back to LA with a gig in the house band (along with his friends in Common Rotation) for tonight's edition of 826LA's Tiny Vaudeville. Bern's street-smart political filter and brainy, brawny take on alt-country and indie rock make for the perfect counterpart to the roster of readings, comedy, video, and special musical guests that Tiny Vaudeville's known for. Check the event page for late-breaking details; past surprise performers — aka friends of 826LA — have included Pop Levi, SNL's Laraine Newman and Buck Henry, and the Kids in the Hall's Dave Foley.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Eulogies w/ Bad Veins, Avi Buffalo, and A Decent Animal
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Wednesday July 1 (8pm)
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The Echo (1822 Sunset Blvd, 213.413.8200)
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$15 / $12 advance
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Dangerbird artists Eulogies are back from tour with a vengeance, delivering their lyrical, lo-fi wall of melody backed by drummer Chris Reynolds' staccato pacing. Creating a deceptively simple, spare effect with dense layers of sound, they combine some of the best elements of Silversun Pickups, early Death Cab, and Built to Spill. Long Beacher Avi Buffalo opens, with a rich and chiming California sound, reminiscent of Mercury Rev or the Microphones; and Bad Veins, from Cincinnati, serve up shimmering, soaring lo-fi pop.
- Lucinda Knapp
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
Forum Lounge presents An Evening with Marnie Weber
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Thursday July 2 (7pm)
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Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, 805.966.5373)
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Marnie Weber redefines multimedia with a visionary blend of video, installation, collage, music, photography, sculpture, and performance. Tonight, the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum hosts an evening with the LA-based artist, whose work appears on Sonic Youth's A Thousand Leaves and has been exhibited everywhere from Milwaukee to Milan. Weber's cast of characters, which includes mythological bears, mammalian hybrids, and ethereal "spirit girls," populates a surreal universe of isolation and longing, simultaneously illustrating the uplifting experience of personal renewal and that of circuitous self-realization.
- Tanja Laden
Note:
Check out Artkrush's exclusive interview with Weber.
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ART
Jim Gentry: Never Odd or Even and Leia Jervert: Cut Back
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Friday July 3 (6–9pm)
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Happy (4675 Hollywood Blvd, 323.661.2200)
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There's no excuse to feel glum when you're at Happy, a home and lifestyle nook in Los Feliz that features well-designed goods deserving of its snappy moniker. In addition to its design fare, Happy also offers gallery shows. Currently, the main space features Jim Gentry, who uses an inventive technique involving embroidering his line drawings with thread, and then running the canvas through a typewriter to add a textual component. Grotesquely misshapen but surprisingly deft, Gentry's work shares a love of craft-based materials with the mixed-media sculptural pieces of Leia Jervert, who presents a site-specific installation in Happy's Closet — an intimate, retrofitted project room. Her slight-of-hand sculptures subvert expectations of both media and subject matter, echoing the sophisticated-yet-crafty work of Jeff Koons.
- Heather Jeno Silva
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The opening reception coincides with the monthly Los Feliz Art Walk.
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Émilie Simon w/ Penelope Fortier
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Sunday July 5 (8pm)
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Bootleg Theater (2220 Beverly Blvd, 213.389.3856)
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Electro-pop maven Émilie Simon skips across the pond from her native France for a whirlwind tour of the West Coast. Lacing almost operatic vocals through intricate compositions, Simon's been churning out energetic work since her self-titled debut in 2003. Tonight, she comes to the Bootleg Theater with songs from her forthcoming album, The Big Machine. Arrive early to catch Montreal-born, local indie favorite Penelope Fortier.
- Jane McCarthy
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Sean Carnage presents Summerdelic Tweakfest
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Monday July 6 (9:30pm)
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Women (1852 Crenshaw Blvd)
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After packing up his Monday night romper-stomper music nights at Pehrspace due to, um, noise issues, Sean Carnage kicks off his new digs at Women with a month-long residency (aka Summerdelic Tweakfest) from electro-pop experimenters 60 Watt Kid. During the month of July, the group is joined by loads of other quality local bands, including High Castle, Tender Skulls, and Single Mothers; it also helps celebrate Sean Carnage Monday's four-year anniversary and 200th show. The night takes August off (that's so Euro) and returns on September 7 with the proverbial bells on.
- Shana Nys Dambrot
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ART
Cole Sternberg
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Tuesday June 30 (11am–6pm)
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Kinsey/DesForges Gallery (6009 Washington Blvd, 310.837.1989)
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Employing watercolors, heavy oils, and spray paint, LA-based artist Cole Sternberg blends mediums to produce his striking works. Paint often obscures text in his compositions, which at first glance may appear messy, but are in fact laid out to convey detailed narratives — be it a representation of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War," an infamous Hunter S. Thompson episode, or a particularly unforgettable break-up.
- Jane McCarthy
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Check out our exclusive interview with Sternberg over at Flavorwire.
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Shana Nys Dambrot
DEPUTY EDITOR
Tanja Laden
SENIOR EDITORS
Jake Lancaster
Doug Levy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Julian Hooper
Allen Moon
Jorge Barriere
Steve Nalepa
Andrew Phillips
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
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