March 2, 2012

The Weekend Go Go: Lust & Murder, Pony Up, Tour de Taste + Bonus Happy Hour Week

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Go Go’ers, February was so packed with fun and frivolity that Ms. Go Go is just now pausing for breath.

Good thing we had that extra Leap Year day to stave off boredom.

March is already proving to be no slouch in the Get Up and Go Go department.

Ms. Go Go knows you will not disappoint.

The Return of Lust & Murder

ABSOLUTE BLACK – writer/director Vanessa Cate’s smartly seductive homage to noir ‘n 1940′s-inspired nastiness — was such a hit in its recent, four-week run at ZJU Underground Theater that it’s back for another month of dead dames and dapper detectives.

So already…fun.

Anchored by an oh-so-talented cast, sparked by deft dialogue, and enhanced by detail-perfect, period costumes, Cate’s tightly plotted whodunit clocks in at just an hour long, which gives you plenty of time to crawl inside a post-finale cocktail at the Prohibition-era Federal Bar nearby.

You love a little mayhem with your martini.

(ABSOLUTE BLACK — Friday nights ONLY; March 2, 9, 16, and 23 @ 8:30 pm; $15 — ZJU Theater Group, 48500 Lankersham Blvd. North Hollywood, 91601.  Reserve by phone @ 818.202.4120. For more info: www.ZombieJoes.com)

Do the Pony

As Go Go’ers have probably gathered, Ms. Go Go is all about maximizing fun time.  Why do just one fun thing when you can do three or four?

Seriously, no slackers in the fun department.

For an all-inclusive-fun Saturday, hit up the Big ‘Cap Food Truck Fest at Santa Anita Park where you can sup at 50 gourmet food trucks, sip on 20 craft beers, and hopefully, get your betting slip kissed by Lady Luck.

That party girl.

The whole shebang takes place in the infield of the Santa Anita Race Track so you can eat, drink, stroll around, watch the ponies from a whole different perspective, and hit up the satellite betting.

Ms. Go Go admits to rooting for “Uh Oh Bango” based on the horse’s name alone.

Kids can look forward to bouncy things and face painting — Ms. Go Go bets unicorns rule at the latter — and everyone can bounce around between races to live music by Fallen Riviera.

For Go Go’ers who like to sport Derby-esque duds like slick suits, pretty dresses, and grands chapeaux  – presumably not all at the same time — there’s a Best Dressed contest with a $500 gift card to Santa Anita Westfield Mall awarded to one male and one female winner.

You can never have too many giant lady hats at a food truck festival.

BIG ‘CAP FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL — Sat, March 3; 10am; $5 (17 and under free); all ages — Santa Anita Park, 285 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia, 91007, 626.574.7223; http://www.santaanita.com/specialevent/2012/santa-anita-handicap-day-presented-san-manuel-indian-bingo-and-casino (Note: expect to pay for parking.)


Bike and Bite

Here’s the best use ever of two wheels on the Westside….Sunday’s first ever Tour de Taste offers a gorgeous bike ride in glorious weather with snacks and drinkies to look forward to at the finish of your lap through the newly, environmentally enhanced Ballona Creek bike path.

Ms. Go Go feels healthier just reading about it.

Don’t expect a furiously pedaling clutch of cyclists fighting for dominance on the straightaway while sand crabs scuttle away in fear. The twelve-mile path is flat, the pace leisurely, and guided groups will be small at this Los Angeles County Bike Coalition event whose proceeds go to make L.A. County a “better, bike-able place”.

In addition to Making A Difference, your end-of-day reward will be a wristband passport to local, Culver City eateries like Rocco’s Tavern, Sake House by Hikari, LaRocco’s Pizzeria, Chipotle, and Rush Street.  On-site sponsors include Pace, Pete’s Cafe & Bar, AMMO, and Larchmont Grill.  There will be plenty of vegetarian and vegan options so you can keep that healthy and virtuous glow.

Speaking of glow, bring your ID if you’re planning to enjoy adult bevs from New Belgium Brewing Company and Gold Award-winner Rosenthal Estate Wines and don’t forget your helmet if you plan to ride.

You’ve been wanting to debut your helmet-with-a-Mohawk….

TOUR DE TASTE — Sun, March 4, 10am – 4pm; $65-$120 — For tix,meeting place, feeder rides, and other crucial info go to: http://la-bike.org/tourdetaste

BONUS!  Check out Ms. Go Go’s alter ego report on Old Town Pasadena Happy Hour Week  for Eat: Los Angeles.

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

February 29, 2012

Leap Year Here, Los Angeles

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Aah, it's the giant Tiki-Ti Leap Year drink! (Courtesy Tiki Ti)

Go Go’ers of the femme persuasion, hold on to your fishnets.

You’ll be excited to learn that according to Leap Year tradition, you can ask your special fella — or really, just ANY guy walking down the street — to marry you today.  And if he refuses, he has to buy you 12 pairs of gloves!

Don’t ask about the gloves.  This is Tradition Speaking, not Ms. Go Go.

Even if you…

a) Don’t need a special day to propose

b) Don’t need to propose

c) Don’t need a guy

d) Don’t need gloves

e) Have proposed to PLENTY of people, thank you very much

f) ARE a guy

…there are still LOTS of reasons to celebrate the Day That Isn’t Really Here.

With the Fun That Is.

TIKI TI-Yi-Ki-Yay - Tiki Ti’s $29 Cocktail for Two

Everyone’s favorite tiny tropical watering hole is offering a heap big thirst-quenching drink with the disarmingly  straightforward name of Tiki Ti Leap Year Special.  It’s $29 and intended for two (or more) lush lifers so it lends itself perfectly to the marriage proposal theme.

Think Cracker Jack rings at the end of extra long straws.

Tiki Ti isn’t revealing just what liquor(s) makes the Special “special” but the drink allegedly used to be served in a glass boot.

All the better to leap with, my dear.

TIKI TI LEAP YEAR SPECIAL – Wed, Feb 29, 4pm – 2am; $29 CASH ONLY/21+  – Tiki Ti, 4427 W Sunset, LA 90027, 323.669.9381, http://www.tiki-ti.com

For 29 cents, you can have more than just one. (Courtesy Vertical Wine Bistro)

55 Glasses of Wine on the Bar: Vertical Wine Bistro’s 29 Cent Leap Year Special

Vertical Wine Bistro makes the Leap Year math — and celebration — very, very simple.  Buy one glass of wine — there are 55 varieties to choose from — and get a second glass for 29 cents.

So no need for equations that start off with, “55 wines left on a train with 29 cents at 5:00 p.m.

To make sure you’ll have the presence of mind to do whatever you plan to do on Leap Year, augment the vino with your choice of one cheese and one charcuterie for 29 cents.

For those ready to take the plunge, the full menu is available.

Hey Big Spender Leaper….

VERTICAL WINE BISTRO 29 CENT  LEAP DAY SPECIAL -  Wed, Feb 29, 5pm-12am — Vertical Wine Bistro, 70 No Raymond Ave (Upstairs), Pasadena 91103, 626.795.3999, http://www.verticalwinebistro.com/vertical.html

So Much Activity at Akbar: A Leap Year, “Recession Busting”  Wine Tasting Dinner

Bust your recession at Akbar SM (Courtesy of Akbar)


Leap Year…it’s not just for calendars any more.

Akbar of Santa Monica and Gourmet Wine Getaways are hosting a dinner that not only celebrates the oddity that is Leap Year but promises to bust the recession and educate imbibing diners as well.

Go Go’ers, that’s a lot of leap for your buck.

The $59 inclusive of tax and gratuity dinner pairs dishes such as Mint Chicken Kabob with Spiced Coconut Flakes with wines from France, Italy, South Africa, and California.

Basically, your next long weekend itinerary.

Wine Consultant Peter Kerr will talk about the wines and the regions they came from and  guide imbibing diners through the “art and science” of pairing food and wine.

This is going to be so much more fun than watching test tubes explode in high school chemistry.

AKBAR – SANA MONICA/GOURMET WINE GETAWAYS present A LEAP DAY “RECESSION BUSTING” WINE TASTING DINNER  - Wed, Feb 29th @ 7-9:30 pm; $59 pp — Akbar-Santa Monica, 2627 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, 90403;  Reserve your spot at 310.586.7469; for more info: www.akbarcuisineofindia.com

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

February 24, 2012

My Weekend with Oscar

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It's de-lovely, it's delightful.....

Movies.   You’re a fan.

And with a certain Big Night coming up, you just might want to:

a) Cram for your Oscar pool

b) Buff up your Awards ceremony commentary

c) Find a like-minded crowd to watch the glitterati bash with.

They’ll like you, they’ll really like you.

Clothes Make the Star

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise (FIDM to insiders and now…you) is known to a certain subset as the West Coast home of Project Runway (Make it work, people!) but for twenty years, the school for all things fashion has been hosting exhibits of Academy Award-nominated costumes.

Sadly, Ms. Go Go’s offer of silver jeggings was spurned by multiple cinematic designers and therefore, will not be on display.

2010 Academy Award winning Costume Designer Colleen Atwood's "White Queen" costume for Anne Hathaway in "Alice in Wonderland".

The luck(ier) 2011 nominees included in the 20th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibit include: Hugo, Jane Eyre, Anonymous, the Madonna-directed W/E (which just won the Costume Designers Guild award for Best Costume Design for a Period Film), and The Artist.

Party Bonus! Wow fellow Oscar Party attendees with the following costume-related trivia.  In the b&w film The Artist, a dress described as red is actually brown.

You’re welcome, player.

The exhibit also includes costumes from 2010 Oscar winner Alice in Wonderland as well as non-nominated costumes from 2011 films. (So here’s your chance to get up-close-and-personal with duds from A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 3D. This is not a joke.)

Finally, to celebrate the popular exhibit’s 20th anniversary, FIDM will include 28 historical pieces from its own collection such as gowns worn by sex goddess Jean Harlow.

Which makes the rejection of aforementioned silver jeggings even more inexplicable.

(20th ANNUAL ART OF MOTION PICTURE COSTUME DESIGN — Tues-Sat, 10am to 5pm through April 28th; free — Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise, 919 So Grand,  Ground floor, park side, DTLA, 90015, 213.623.5821, http://fidmmuseum.org )

Mr. James Armstrong from "The Barber of Birmingham: A Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement". Documentary short by Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin

What’s Up, Doc(umentaries)?

Every year, you swear you’re going to watch all/some/AT LEAST ONE of the Academy Award-nominated documentaries and documentary shorts.

Make this year the year YOU’re a winner…of the Oscar pool, at least, by checking out these too-often-unsung gems of the Awards.

The International Documentary Association makes it easy to fulfill your docu-vow with DocuDay 2012, an all-day (9:00 a.m. to 11:55 p.m.) marathon of back-to-back Oscar-nominated docu-delights and Q&A’s with the filmmakers.

Go Go’ers, do NOT embarrass yourselves by asking the filmmakers questions like, “Is the Oscar fix in?”

Of course, you won’t want to miss a second of docu-drama by going out for sustenance, which will be provided on a CASH ONLY basis by the always-yummy Homegirl Cafe.

If anything can power you through fifteen hours of film, it’s Morita salsa and Mexican Coke.

(DOCUDAY 2012 – Sat, Feb 25, 9am – 11:55pm, $12-$60 – Writers Guild of America Theater, 135 S Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills 90211)

For film info:  http://www.documentary.org/docuday2012
To buy tix: http://docudayla-eivtefrnd.eventbrite.com/
Free Parking info:  http://www.documentary.org/images/programs/docuday/WGA_Parking_Info.pdf

Hey, those are not movie stars!

And the Oscar for Snark Goes to….

Let’s face it, Go Go’ers.  It’s fun to make fun of famous people.  And if dishing divas is your favorite part of the Academy Awards then the Mint is your home away from Oscar  home on Sunday.

You’ll want to move FAST to get tix to the super-popular I’m Going Somewhere with This Presents Salute to Movie Night, a Comedy Benefit for Talk About Curing Autism, where L.A.’s top comics including Moshe Kasher, Blaine Capatch, Eric Andre, event producer Josh di Donato and many, many more, will do what you like to do best — Ms. Go Go means caustic commentary, not the other stuff — only faster and funnier.

You’re gonna RULE at the Monday morning water cooler recap!

(SALUTE TO THE MOVIES – Sun, Feb 26, 4pm (3:30 d/o); $10/$15 day of show/21+ — The Mint, 6010 W Pico, LA 90035, 323.954.9400

For info:http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/56264)
For tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/225609

Win-Win

If your idea of Awards ceremony bliss is cocktails and an Oscar pool in the living room, Room to Read offers a luxe version with their Annual Awards Viewing Party and Oscar Challenge at The Living Room.  Sip cocktails and nibble hors d’oeuvres while filling out your Oscar ballot; $15 and 15 minutes could win you 5 free movie passes for two ($125 value) with all  money going to fund the award-winning non-profit’s efforts to build literacy skills and help girls finish secondary school in developing countries.

You can enter the Oscar challenge without attending and the hosts’ motto is “the more the merrier”.

Just in case you prefer to celebrate Awards night with your entourage.

(Room to Read’s ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING PARTY — Sun, Feb 26 at 4pm/$15 – The Living Room, 3531 W Sunset, LA, 90026, 323.665.5070)

To RSVP/enter the Oscar pool: http://www.paperlesspost.com/p/9012cc8cc5#/reply

Ready? U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

UPDATE: The I‘m Going Somewhere With This presents Salute to Movie Night ticket link has been changed to Brown Paper Tickets.

The line-up of comics has been updated for I‘m Going Somewhere With This presents Salute to Movie Night.

The name of producer Josh di Donato of I’m Going Somewhere With This presents Salute to Movie Night was misspelled and has been corrected.

The date of I’m Going Somewhere With This presents Salute to Movie Night was incorrectly listed as February 25th and has been corrected to Sunday, February 26th.

 

February 23, 2012

Haunted House Calls: An Interview with Micah Cover

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Shiver those timbers.

Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater, is known for the weird and the wonderful, the morbid and the macabre. A prime example is their current smash hit: Joe Russo‘s world premiere play Blood Water about love, lust, and betrayal in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.

Kind of a recap of Ms. Go Go’s Mardi Gras 2012…but I digress.

ZJU continues the tradition of delightfully grim entertainment on Friday, February 24th, with a one-night-only-benefit for the Red Cross.  Haunted House Calls by magician and mentalist Micah Cover blends history, theater, magic, and mentalism into a uniquely compelling — and unsettling — mix.

Ms. Go Go was lucky to snag Micah for an email interview but don’t count on luck to get tix for Haunted House Calls.  Reserve NOW at (818) 202-4120.

Ms. Go Go: Haunted House Calls seems very different from other magic shows.  Can you tell Go Go’ers what to expect?
Micah Cover/Haunted House Calls: First, let me thank you, Ms. Go Go, for the opportunity to talk about my show.  I’m really flattered!
You’re right - Haunted House Calls is very different from other magic shows.  For one thing, it’s one of the only magic shows in existence that tells an actual story from beginning to middle to end, and every magical effect is organic to the story.  Also, it’s one of the most (if not the most!) interactive magic shows out there.  The audience gets to participate in the magic and even control many of the outcomes.  Many of those outcomes will have something to do with the audience themselves – the name of their best friend will appear in a surprising way, their own memories will play a part in the effects and more.  And in some cases, the magic will literally happen in their own hands.
MGG:  The post World War II era is unusual to see in a magic show.  Does that era hold a special attraction for you and if so, why?
MC/HHC: Yes, that era certainly does hold an attraction for me.  The majority of the story takes place at the tail end of World War II, which was a fascinating and very mysterious time in American history.  Countless planes vanished over the Bermuda Triangle during that time.  American General Henry Arnold told the public that the military had developed “secret weapons” so powerful that there “may not be any more wars.” Twelve days after Hiroshima and nine days after Nagasaki, he apparently was referring to something other than atomic weapons (true story)!  Finally, it marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.  Haunted House Calls weaves all of these elements and more together and makes the argument – through magic – that everything is connected.
 
MGG: Your bio indicates that you’ve trained as a mentalist as well as a magician.  Can you talk about the differences between the two and why mentalism is an integral part of Haunted House Calls?
MC/HHC: Sure!  While there’s often an overlap with general magic, mentalism is a specific branch of magic where the magician attempts to make magic happen with the power of his or her mind.  This can include reading the audience’s minds, accurately predicting outcomes despite impossible conditions, telekinesis, clairvoyance and more.  Mentalism often feels more supernatural and mysterious than sleight of hand or big stage illusions because it’s often harder to explain.  Since Haunted House Calls is the story about two people who disappeared years ago under very mysterious circumstances, the use of mentalism seemed a natural fit.  In the show, the audience gets to play the part of The Bermuda Triangle, participates in predictions, witness telekinesis, pulse control, levitations and more.
MGG: Friday night’s show at Zombie Joe’s Underground is a rare public performance of Haunted House Calls, which seems like a very intimate experience.  How do you keep the intimacy with a larger group?
MC/HCC: Yeah, usually I do this show in people’s living rooms with a small group.  ZJU gives me the opportunity to perform for a wider range of people.  But I do make sure everyone in the audience feels like it’s an intimate experience.  It’s highly interactive, and I communicate with the audience a lot more than most magicians.  This creates a much more informal and (hopefully!) conversational atmosphere.  And since the audience plays such an important role in the story and the show, the format relies heavily on improvisation anyway, so I continue to improvise with the audience even between effects.  And there is no fourth wall in Haunted House Calls.  The audience is ALWAYS a part of it.
MGG: I’ve read testimonials that indicate audience members are not just entertained but quite spooked!  Is there an age limit for the performance?  Should people with heart conditions avoid the show?!
MC/HCC: Ha!  Thanks!  Yeah, some people do have a genuine visceral reaction to what happens.  In general, since it’s a sophisticated and sometimes spooky show, I prefer to do it for teenagers and up.  But I’m sure people with heart conditions will still be okay!  While I’d love the audience to be freaked out, my goal is to leave them with a magical story that will haunt them long after the show is over.
MGG: Finally, can you talk about why you chose the Red Cross as your charity?
MC/HHC: Sure.  Zombie Joe and I decided that Haunted House Calls created a unique opportunity to give back to people in need.  And if the “benefit” angle increased ticket sales, it would be a win-win anyway.  I do a lot of charity work already, whether performing for the Shriner’s Hospital each month, or the VA each month or producing my annual benefit at the Magic Castle called The Night of the Raven.  I had toyed with the idea of sending Haunted House Calls proceeds to a charity, and when the Red Cross asked for help with the victims of the recent disasters in Japan, I knew who should get the money.  Haunted House Calls has been a benefit for the Red Cross ever since.
I’m so grateful to any GoGo’ers who have read this, and I’d LOVE to see you at the show on Friday, 2/24/12 @ 8:30 PM @ ZJU Theatre @ 4850 Lankershim in NoHo.  Thank you!

For more information about Micah Cover and Haunted House Calls go to: www.hauntedhousecalls.com

Make it a double bill night of theater!  As an appropriate end to Mardi Gras week, catch the final night of Blood Water at 11:00 pm.

Haunted House Calls — Fri, Feb 24th @ 8:30 pm. — ONE NIGHT ONLY

Blood Water – Fri, Feb 24th @ 11:00 p.m. — FINAL NIGHT

To RESERVE TICKETS call: 818.202.4120

ZJU Theater Group, 4850 Lankersham Blvd, North Hollywood (located north of Camarillo and the 101/134 Fwys and across from KFC) www.zombiejoes.com 

 

February 20, 2012

Mardi Gras: Where to Shake Your Ya Ya’s in L.A.

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Big Chief, Uptown RulerMardi Gras Big Chiefs, First Queens, Spy Boys, and Wild Men (and Women) looking for the best spots outside New Orleans to tear it up Tchoupitoulas Street style, rest easy now.

Whether or not you’re giving up good times  for Lent — and  Ms. Go Go knows the odds on that, you lush lifers — the City of Angels has Fat Tuesday fetes  for every persuasion.

Read on for revelry and other reasons to repent.

We goin’ to a Street Parade
And we gonna Second line
We gonna have a good time, time, time.
Street Parade - Earl King

Saints and Sinners, Second line

Amoeba Musicin Hollywood knows it ain’t Mardi Gras without beads and a parade. The good times start to roll at 3:00 p.m. with Big Easy party music, a photo station, and kid-friendly grab bags for Mardi Gras mini-me’s.

So…no Cyclone kiddie cups.

Make sure to get there by 4:30 p.m. when everyone is urged to bring their joy noise instruments to play When the Saints Go Marching In while high-steppin’ it at the parade.

Kazoos and keytars oh-so-welcome.

Big Daddies and Sweet Mamas will want to stock up on shake-your-tail-feather tunes — part of Amoeba’s Fat Tuesday proceeds help preserve Louisiana music and culture via the Tipitina Foundation — and enter the raffle to win two plane tickets to New Orleans.

As if you needed a reason to “research” Mardi Gras 2013.

AMOEBA MUSIC - Tues, Feb 21, 3-5pm; Free/All ages - 6400 Sunset Blvd, LA 90028, 323.245.6400

Fat Tuesday Fly Boys

Me got fire, can’t put it out.
Heap fire water gonna make me shout.
Big Chief, Part 2- Professor Longhair

Quench your Fat Tuesday flame with Floyd and the Flyboys  at NOLA’s: A Taste of New Orleans. ”Mastermind behind Creation” Cabrini Schnyder serves up her Crescent City hometown’s signature hooch — Hurricanes,  Sazeracs, and more — and festive fare such as  Po’Boys, Catfish, Gumbo, and Beignets in a gorgeous setting that’ll make you feel like King or Queen of your Krewe.

As they say in Louisiana, ”Nowhere better to be than here.”

There’s a $10 cover, a free glass of champagne when you buy dinner, and Miz Cabrini strongly advises you to reserve your party table.

‘Cause cher, that Mardi Gras flame burns hot, hot, hot.

NOLA’S: A TASTE OF NEW ORLEANS – Tues, Feb 21, 6-9pm; $10 cover — 734 E 3rd St, DTLA, 90013, 213.680.3003, http://nolasla.com/

The Green room is smokin’ and the Plaza burning down
Throw my baby out the window, let the joint burn down
All because it’s Carnival Time…oooooohhh,it’s Carnival Time
Carnival Time — Al “Carnival Time” Johnson

Five0Four promises the same level of debauchery and dedicated drinking they debuted at last year’s extravaganza.  Will there be neon-colored, alcoholic sno-cones, $2 jello shots,  $20 half-gallon souvenir jugs of Abita beer, a brass band, and a photo booth?  The jive joint is being mum on the extreme levels of Mardi Gras madness so you’ll just have to come see for yourself.

Word on the street is that Hollywood Boulevard still hasn’t recovered from Five0Four’s Mardi Gras 2011.

Still incognito after last year's Five0Four blowout.

FIVE0FOUR — Tues, Feb 21; 7pm – 2am; 21+ – 6541 Hollywood Blvd , LA, 90028  Call 323.960.0224 for table reservations, http://www.five0four.com

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

February 13, 2012

Sexo y Violencia, Decadent Fairies, and Exquisite Edwardians

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Love hurts....

Go Go’ers, if you have plans for this week, cancel them immediately.  If you were heading out of town, unpack now.  And Ms. Go Go will wait while you set the DVR to record a week’s worth of every TV show you watch.

You won’t be sorry.

Simply put, there is more high-octane entertainment in Los Angeles this week than Ms. Go Go has seen in recent memory and — lucky you — it’s all just in time to offer a solution to that pesky Val-Day prezzie conundrum (or meet next year’s Love Day recipient of same!)

Here’s the strategy for max Go Go fun: move quickly to get going-fast tix and make those costumes count.

Ms. Go Go has absolute faith in your ability to rock the week.

Lucha is for Lovers

You won’t need a costume for Lucha Va Voom; in fact, most of the performers won’t be wearing very much at all.

Now that Ms. Go Go has your attention….

Mexican Masked Wrestling and Saucy Striptease are Lucha Va Voom’s stock in trade and they promise to bring the “Sexo y Violencia” back to the Mayan Theater for three mid-week nights of twist and shout, “Sixties cinema style”.

Interpretation: “larger-than-life everything”.

This go-round in and out of the ring is billed as Lucha is for Lovers — one lucky couple is even getting a Val-Day wedding Lucha Va Voom style  – so while buxoticas like Michelle L’Amour and Peekaboo Pointe may be shaking the pasties and  luchadores like lucha Super-Estrella Sicodelico will rock the wrestler masks and adult onesies, you may want to dress to impress on the off chance you meet that special someone ringside.

Word of advice: choose wrinkle resistant glamour in case the L’il Chicken lands in your lap and wants a peck on the lips.

(LUCHA VA VOOM/Lucha Is For Lovers – Feb 14-16 @ 8pm (7pm door); $35-$65/21+  – Mayan Theater, 1038 So Hill St, DTLA, 90015)

Tix online @ ticketweb.com and in person at:

Wacko, 4633 Hollywood Blvd

BRAT, 1938 14th St, Santa Monica

Garage Pizza, 100 1/2 West 7th Street, Downtown LA

For when you absolutely have to have fairy dust overnight....

The Sensuous Wood Sprite and You 

The Lucent Dossier Experience describes itself as a “playground for the innovative genius child in all of us”and based on their all-ages, neotribal-meets-electronica spectacle, their Inner Kids are pretty innovative indeed.

Also, you, know…pretty pretty.

This weekend, the L.A.-based collective of the otherworldly and the scantily dressed debut their newest experience When Lucent Found Herakut and will transform the Palace Theater into a little vortex of interactive vision and creativity with the help of German, large-scale street art duo Herakut.  Expect wild children, odd animals, and strange hats.

And that’s just the audience.

There are pre-shows, there are after-parties, there are DJs, fire artists, fortune tellers, gypsies, magic, tattoos, and elves.

It’s been ages since your weekend included an elf.

(THE LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE/When Lucent Found Herakut — Fri, Feb 17 and Sat, Feb 18; Show @ 9pm; Doors @ 7:30pm; All ages/$30-$120 — Palace Theatre,  630 S Broadway, DTLA 90014; For tix go to http://beticketing.com/lucentpalace17)  

Gorey be....

Gorey, Gorey Hallelujah

Go Go’ers, do you yearn for a more elegant era?  Does the modern day pale next to turn-of-the-(last)-century gentility?  Do you love sinister landscapes, lurking urns, and endangered children?

Well, really, who doesn’t?

Monday’s a holiday — yay — so turn out your top hats and fluff up your finest fin de siecle frippery for this Sunday’s Edwardian Ball – a not-to-be-missed event celebrating the Edwards Gorey and King E VII.

Not that you needed a reason to pull out your high-button shoes.

A twelve-year tradition in the City by the Bay (and the third year in L.A.), the Ball offers spectacle, revelry, steampunk, dancing, cirque, whimsy, music, costumes and finery galore, and yummy, yummy absinthe cocktails all anchored by this year’s theatrical adaptation of Gorey’s The Iron Tonic by the Vau de Vire Society: the Edwardian Ball co-presenters along  with founders Rosin Coven.  (Read Ms. Go Go’s interview with the oh-so-charming producers Justin Katz and Mike Gaines.)

The Edwardian enthusiasts will be taking over the spectacular and spacious Belasco Theater, which has a ballroom, two outside patios (so two words: fur muff), and plenty of corners and crevices for  the popular Vendors Bazaar (think corsets, cutaways, and cravats for sale), the Edwardian portrait booth (the better to capture your ghoulish, Gorey-inspired glamour for posterity), and strange oddities and artifacts from the new-this-year Museum of Wonders.

If you see a giant preying mantis dance by, don’t say Ms. Go Go didn’t warn you.

(THE EDWARDIAN BALL — Sun, Feb 19; Doors & show 7pm-2am; full dinner menu available; GA $42; VIP $75-$80 [$45 & $90 at door]; 21+ w/ ID — The Belasco Theater, 1050 S Hill St, DTLA, 90015; 213-746-5670)

For tix: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/72283

For info: http://edwardianball.com/about

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

February 13, 2012

Two Gorey Gentlemen: A Conversation With the Producers of the Edwardian Ball

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The Edwardian Ball Producers: Justin Katz (Paradox Media) and Mike Gaines (Vau de Vire Society) Photo by Neil Girling @ theblight.net

Ordinarily, it would be shocking to hear two men enthuse over a child drowned in an icy pond.

In this case, however, the men are the producers of the Edwardian Ball: a celebration of illustrator/poet Edward Gorey and the Edwardian era he brought to gleefully ghastly life.  The “drowned child” is actually a sartorial representation of ”W is for Winnie embedded in ice” from The Gashlycrumb Tinies: the alphabet Gorey illustrated with images of children dying untimely deaths.

Note: no children were harmed in the making of this Ball.

The Edwardian Ball has been a San Francisco institution for a dozen years, growing from a tiny club night to a multi-faceted event featuring music, dance, oddities, and cirque and always anchored by a theatrical adaptation of one of Gorey’s books: this year, The Iron Tonic.

Sunday, February 19th, Edwardian Ball founder Justin Katz of Paradox Media/Rosin Coven and co-presenter Mike Gaines of the Vau de Vire Society will bring The Edwardian Ball to Los Angeles for the third year.  Originally booked into The Music Box, which closed its doors abruptly due to an internal business kerfuffle, the Edwardian Ball has landed at the gorgeous Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles and the producers are ready to welcome Edwardian enthusiasts of all persuasions.

Given the producers’ challenge to mount the production at a new venue, Ms. Go Go is pleased to have snagged an interview via email with the very gracious Messrs. Katz and Gaines.

Ms. Go Go: Gentlemen, thank you for offering L.A.’s Edwardian enthusiasts and Gorey aficionados an advance chance to fan themselves with excitement over the oh-so-imminent Third Annual Edwardian Ball in Los Angeles!  What prompted the expansion to Los Angeles in the first place?

Justin Katz/Mike Gaines: Simply put, the demand for it!  We started getting calls for the event starting in about 2006, when enough people were traveling up from LA to want this in their hometown as well.

MGG: Why do you think the Edwardian era and Edward Gorey continue to hold such appeal in this oh-so-modern day and age?

"W is for Winnie embedded in ice" (Photo by dav1d)

JK/MG: I appreciate the opportunity to make the distinction between the Edwards, as they hold a very different place but co-mingled place in the culture of the event.  Edward Gorey’s work brings a whimsical narrative to costume and character – absurdity, talking insects, children meeting ill-timed fates, dark humor.  King Edward’s era, in contrast, brings an elegance, decadence, and worldliness, as did the decade of his rule.  Put it all together and you have a wonderfully broad canvas in which everyone creates their own reality.

MGG: Do you think interest in the Edwardian era has increased since Rosin Coven and Vau de Vire Society have been producing the Edwardian Ball? Or do you think the Edwardian Ball has provided an outlet for Edwardian enthusiasts to explore their submerged and simmering passion for the era…and Gorey?

JK/MG: I think nostalgia for an elegant past, or for an imagined version of that past, is increasing as modern times become more challenging, fractured, and  chaotic. People yearn for an environment that is civil and peaceful, yet exciting, where people are at their best, and on best behavior.  That being said, I think our event has boosted the usage of the term “Edwardian” in a certain sense.  I think our reach is farther than we even know!

Vau de Vire Society in Edward Gorey's "The Iron Tonic" - Edwardian Ball, SF 2012

MGG: It’s tres unusual for an extravaganza of this type to feature a literary component such as the yearly dramatic adaptation of one of Gorey’s literary offerings.  How do you approach the material?  And can you talk a little about why and how Gorey has been an inspiration?

JK/MG: Gorey’s work is intriguing and inviting. He shows you nothing, but implies everything.  This is a great perspective to start with, for dramatic and stage interpretation.  I love that Gorey’s work is at the heart of our event.  In that sense it keeps it from being a period-recreation event, and thus open to more interpretation and creativity.  He is dark but hilarious, he illustrates the energy of life by nearly removing it from his work, leaving it up to the reader to surmise why.

MGG: Can the two of you talk about your respective backgrounds, how the partnership came about, and what each producing entity brings to the event?

JK/MG: My [Katz's] background is in live music and event production. As the bassist and a founding member of Rosin Coven, my role in the band and production has grown over time along with this event.  I don’t recall exactly how it happened, but our group invited Vau de Vire to take over the staging and dramatic presentation of the annual Gorey story in our fifth year, 2005, our last year at the Cat Club.  It’s been a delightful and runaway partnership since then.

MGG: The Edwardian Ball has grown from an intime lounge event with slides shown of Gorey’s work to — in San Francisco — a weekend-long extravaganza with multiple events.   Despite the curveballs thrown at you by L.A. venues (!), do you foresee expanding the Los Angeles event in the same fashion?

JK/MG: We’ll see how it goes with this year, the biggest curveball to date.  But I don’t see why not.

MGG: In addition to the Edwardian Ball extravaganza, do you produce other events during the year in San Francisco (and, hint, hint) Los Angeles?

Vau de Vire gets Gorey at the Edwardian Ball 2011

JK/MG: As well as creating commissioned circus/variety shows for a range of high profile clients/events, the Vau de Vire Society produces festival environments and hosts live-performance stages at music festivals far and wide.

MGG: What can Edwardian Ball attendees look forward to in terms of liquid refreshment?

JK/MG: We are very fortunate to have St. George Spirits, creators of St. George Absinthe Verte, as partners in this year’s Edwardian Ball events. We will be featuring several absinthe cocktails in addition to traditional serving – my favorite is “The Root of All Evil”, absinthe and root beer.  It’s delicious!

Thank you, Justin and Mike, and cheers!

Tickets for The Edwardian Ball can be purchased online at the link below:

The Edwardian Ball Los Angeles – Friday February 19th at The Belasco Theater, 1050 S. Hill Street, Los Angeles 

Or in person at:

S&G CLOTHING
7414 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 655-0105
www.sandgclothing.com
Hours: 1-8pm every day
$1/ticket fee

Edwardian Ball recommended Costume Resources in L.A.: http://edwardianball.com/resources

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go…. 

 

February 9, 2012

Start Loving This Weekend

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Love fest at Echo Country Outpost

Last weekend may have been a cultural desert because of the Super Bowl but Friday kicks off a fortnight of nearly nonstop fun.

Eat your Wheaties.  Start your engines.  Go. Go. Go.

Crushtastic

Ms. Go Go says, what better way to kick off the pre-V-Day weekend than with a big ‘ole free love fest?

Remain calm, Go Go’ers. The free refers to finance and the love fest is aural, so focus.

Echo Country Outpost, the hub of all things rootsy and Americana in Echo Park/Edendale, has invited five of their fave bands to perform in a “shameless outpouring of love for one another.”

Ms. Go Go’s mascara is running.

Here’s the dealio: each of the invited bands –Driftwood Singers, Matt Taylor & His Laurels, RT ‘n the 44′s, Olentangy John, and Tommy Santee Klaws — will perform one song they love from each of the other four bands.  Echo Country Outpost anticipates “a love pool so deep and rich we’ll probably all drown.”

Ms. Go Go advises that you sink, not swim.

(I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU – Fri, Feb 10; 8pm – 1:30 am; Free but online donations encouraged below –Echo Country Outpost, 1770 Glendale Blvd, Edendale, 90026; Donate:  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=22RQE5FC8CAGN)

Art Attack

You love art.  Artists (would love to) love you.  But how to connect outside of the oh-so-formal-and-intimidating gallery system?

Meet Create:Fixate – your artistic matchmaker.

As with all things in matters of the heart, you look for expertise, dedication, experience; the arts org has been delivering all three for a decade.  This Saturday, they’re celebrating ten years of helping emerging artists and musicians connect with their public at I Art You: a Valentine’s-themed celebration.

You’ll want to be part of that public.

There will be a Gallery Preview and Kids Kreativity Zone from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.; that’s  when the 21+ party really gets started with over 40 participating artists including  Audio Lab members Valida (KCRW’s “The Lab”) and John Tejada (“L.A.’s own techno hero” per L.A. Weekly.)

There will be a “Singles Mingle” with “passion consultant” Barry Selby.  (You’re happy to lend your expertise if necessary.)  There will be a live art car competition. (Pros only, even though Ms. Go Go knows you’ve spent hours painstakingly working on your studies of nudes.)  There will be an All Night, Adult-Friendly Valentine’s Day card-making station.

Hey, those art lessons may come in handy after all.

I ART YOU — Sat, Feb 11; 4-7pm all ages (kids free); 7pm – 2am; 21+; $15 before 9 pm; $20 for rest of the night —  Premiere Events Center, 613 Imperial St., DTLA, 90021 www.createfixate.com)

South Pas Arts Crawl 2012

Small Town, Big Art, Much Music

Go Go’ers, if you’re the sort of art lover who likes to perambulate as you peruse, the South Pas Arts Crawl is your down-home, pedestrian friendly art event.  Billed as a “Neighborhood-Night-on-the-Town”, the pre-Valentine’s Arts Crawl is spread out over the Mayberry-like Mission District.

Think of it as more opportunities to cuddle up and get cozy.

Artists include plein air painter Laurie Hendricks, who is offering a free print with every painting bought at her recently opened gallery inside Reimagine Your Home.

Go Go’ers, you love a V-Day bargain.

Brad Colerick, who runs the hugely popular, monthly Wine ‘N Song event at Firefly Bistro , will be performing with friends at SOPA Studios, home of ten resident artists, and has coordinated other musical acts for the crawl including Songs of Shiloh at Salon 1032 featuring the “shivery beauty of [Nicole] Gordon’s voice.” (Pasadena Weekly)

Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times will be projected on the side of the Iron Works Museum courtesy of Videotheque and in addition to delish South Pasadena eateries like Mike and Anne’s  (Hint: make rezzies now), food trucks Gastrobus, Slammin’ Sliders, and Auntie’s Fry Bread will be dishing the delish.

Can you feel the small town love?

(SOUTH PASADENA ART CRAWL — Sat, Feb 11; 5-9pm; free – For more info, visit www.SouthPasadena.net)

Old Californio play The Friendship Festival

Friends and Love

Go Go’ers, love takes many forms and sometimes that form is friendship.

Sunday’s Andy Wade Friendship Festival at Kingston Cafe in Pasadena, will benefit St. Francis Center, which serves the homeless and near homeless including a recently added outreach to teens and young adults.

The cause may be serious but the music is not.  Reggae band Island Passion opens the Festival at 4:00 pm.  Dinner tix are sold out but you can enter the raffle and do your Val-Day shopping at the great featured vendors while listening to country rockers Old Californio perform from 6:00 – 8:30 pm. (Uncut Magazine says they “wake up the echoes of the olden days with their taut playing.”)

This will make Monday so much better.

(THE FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL – Sun, Feb 12, 4:00 – 8:30; $10 — Kingston Cafe, 333 So Fair Oaks Blvd, Pasadena, 91105, 626.844.6477; to donate to Andy Wade Friendship Fund go to: www.sfcla.org/donate.htm)

Ready?  U Know 2 Want 2 Go Go….

 

February 6, 2012

Now That the Super Bowl Is Over….

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Eye on the prize...

The Super Bowl is behind us, the wings and poppers are a greasy memory, and all hell has broken loose in the City That Never Sleeps.

Especially last night.

So this evening, you’re resting up, recovering from the weekend — don’t lie, Ms. Go Go knows it was a multi-day nail biter ’til Madonna sang — and getting ready to have fun again.

Keep in mind: “The Person That Never Sleeps” title has yet to be claimed.

The V-Day Gift That Keeps on Giving — to You

Sure, golf clubs are good and ice is nice but this Valentine’s Day, make sure the gift gifts the giver and the V-Day party starts early with a membership to the Seven Grand’s Whiskey Society.

$120 gets your VERY-Loved One entree to special events, whiskey tastings, and meet and greets with whiskey experts.   Even better, your significant other gets to bring another — that would be you, oh cleverly generous one.  And what better time to test-drive the membership than the All-Campbelltown Whiskey Society meeting on Tuesday, February 7th?

Campbelltown Races here we come, doo da, doo da

To paraphrase Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel, “None.  None more better.”

Ever-lively Spirit Guide and Whiskey Society co-curator Pedro Shanahan advises that Seven Grand has never done an All-Campbelltown event before — and if you want to check out the Society before you commit, the first one’s on Pedro!

Tuesday’s event will feature whiskies from Longrow, Hazelburn, Kilkerran, and Springbank distilleries, including a 12-year-old Springbank Cask Strength.  Maurice Chevalier III will preside over the potable proceedings.

Ms. Go Go knows what you’re thinking.  But you’ll have to ask him yourself.

(“ALL CAMPBELLTOWN” SEVEN GRAND WHISKEY SOCIETY — Tues, Feb 7th @ 7 pm; free-$120; 21+ — Seven Grand, 515 W 7th St, 2nd  Floor, the Jackalope Room, DTLA, 90014; 213.614.0736; for info about Whiskey Society membership or the event itself, contact: pedro@213downtown.la) 

NOTE: No latecomers admitted after 7pm.  Pedro sez, if you arrive late, you can sit at the bar and chat with Maurice later after the Society meeting ends.

This is the head of Adam Riches.

Continue the Scottishness….

Go Go’ers, since Sunday’s Super Bowl, you’re focused on winners.  And after tomorrow night at Seven Grand, you’ll be focused on all things Scottish.

Which leads naturally to Wednesday and a Scottish winner.

Adam Riches is a comedian not a gridiron star but his one man show Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches, which earned him top prize at last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Festival, is so high octane and audience interactive it veers dangerously close to a combat sport.

Except you’ll be in danger of peeing with laughter instead of fear.

During the 60 minute, multi-character show, which runs Wednesday and Thursday at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, you’ll get up close and personal with, among others, a blind board game champion, a big game hunter, and an impersonation of a disgruntled Daniel Day-Lewis.

Good thing you brought that flask of Scottish liquid courage.

(BRING ME THE HEAD OF ADAM RICHES — Wed, Feb 8 @ 7pm; Thurs, Feb 9 @ 8pm; $5 –Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 5919 Franklin Ave, LA 90028,  323.908.8702; Advance purchase only via PayPal http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3002)

Stop. Look. Listen.

Here’s a hands-down seductive combination: gorgeous photos of attractive musicians who perform for you.

The musicians, not the photos.

The First Picture Show is Deone Jahnke’s inaugural L.A. exhibit but the photographer has been snapping shots of musicians as diverse as Iggy Pop and Loretta Lynn for over twenty years….

…and making both look good.

At the joint-jumpin’ party at Viva Cantina on Thursday, James Intveld and DeadRock West — the latter folk-rock duo has backed John Doe and other Americana artists — will be both photographic subjects and part of a musical lineup that includes Grammy nominees Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, visiting Nashville singer-songwriter Jon Byrd, fave local stalwarts like Dusty Wakeman, Shawn Davis, Phil Lee, and Cody Bryant, and chanteuse Bliss Bowen & Friends.

You won’t know where to look first.  Hint: start with the photos.

(THE FIRST PICTURE SHOW — Thurs, Feb 9, 7-10pm; no cover – 900 W Riverside Dr, Burbank 91506; 818.845.2425 www.vivacantina.com)

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

January 27, 2012

This Weekend, Eagle Rock Deserves Your Leisure Love

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Not the terrible twos....

Go Go’ers, sometimes you have to bow down to the inevitable.  Cocktails are king. Chocolate cures everything.  And this weekend, Eagle Rock is your one-hop-stop for  culture and fun.

You might want to bring a toothbrush and spend the night.

Drinking at a Toddler Celebration

The first brewery to set up shop taproom in Los Angeles in over 60 years, Eagle Rock Brewery is celebrating  two years of beer, brew awards, beer, ladies beer forum, beer, growlers, and beer this Saturday, January 28 from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Clearly, this two-year-old birthday party is not for kids.

Last year’s first anni celebration was at the ERB taproom but this year’s event is taking off at the nearby Verdugo Bar with its spacious, beer garden patio, sinuously curved OG bar, and extensive,  alcoholic, grandfathered-in “To-Go” menu.

You won’t get a goodie bag at this “toddler” party (although seriously, NO kids or pets) but your $12 ticket does get you four drink tickets — many of the Brewery’s special beers will be on tap — plus a commemorative glass.  (Sooo much more fun than a cheap kazoo and some glitter stickers)

There won’t be goldfish crackers or a Toy Story cake but the Mandoline Grille and Grill ‘Em Up will be parked in the lot and dishing the no-host delish for you and your fellow beer revelers.

You should definitely not expect pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, a pinata, confetti or a clown at this birthday bash.

Ms. Go Go thinks that somehow, you’ll still manage to have fun.

(EAGLE ROCK BREWERY TURNS 2! — Sat, Jan 28, noon-4pm; $12; 21+ – the Verdugo, 3408 Verdugo Rd, LA, 90065, 323.257.3408 (Verdugo); http://verdugobar.com/.  For more info: http://eaglerockbrewery.com/events)

Don't try this at home.

Killing Me Softly….

Think about it.  What did people do back in the day before horror movies gave the id an outlet to act out, twist and shout?

Beserkers not included.

According to singer/songwriter Dudley Saunders, the answer is murder ballads —  think love-gone-wrong tales like Frankie and Johnny.   Saunders, who’s presenting Murder Music: A Night of Songs About Killing  with and at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night,  believes songs about the tragic and the terrible “let us walk in the devil’s footsteps without risking going to hell.”

Ms. Go Go is getting out her devil-walking boots right now.

Joining Saunders are nine other songwriters – David Serby, David Poe, Brian Wright, Phil Krohnengold, Carla Werner, Amy Raasch, Vivek Maddala, Edward Tree and Sara Lov  – who will be giving modern voice to emotions as old as Cain and Abel…

…who presumably didn’t yet have the outlet of murder ballads at their disposal.

Saunders has been working for weeks with video artists Gray and Carpentier on images and videos, both interstitial and backdrop, to be projected behind the performers.  Actual L.A. crime footage will add verite and authenticity.

Are you ready, boots?  Start walkin’….

(MURDER MUSIC: A NIGHT OF MUSIC ABOUT KILLING – Sat, Jan 28, 8-11pm; 18+/$10 atd —  Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock, 90041; 323.226.1617; www.cfaer.org)

"Members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society Testing Pyramid Headphones, 1976." (Photo by Fredrik Nilsen)

Use Your Car to Time Travel

Time travel.  Love the idea but really, still so risky.  What if you stepped on a butterfly and  changed the course of  history?

Now, making visiting the past safe for life as we know it: the Welcome Inn Time Machine  presented by The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS).  The latter, a non-profit that mix/matches experimental music with unconventional venues, is transforming a humdrum Eagle Rock hostelry into a multiplicity of  motel room micro concerts featuring experimental music compositions created between 1949 and 1977.

Coincidentally, the precise decades you’d most like to visit.

Part of the city-wide, months-long Pacific Standard Time Public Art and Performance Festival, the free concert on Sunday, January 29th from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m.,will feature works by or inspired by artists such as John Cage, Ornette  Coleman, James Tenney, and Bob Wilhite performed simultaneously and sequentially.  Highlights include music played by a violin tuned to D.E.A.D. and a concert you experience by calling one hotel room from another.

Bonus: no danger of time-space-continuum headaches.

(WELCOME INN TIME MACHINE - Sun, Jan 29, 4-10pm; Free – Welcome Inn, 1840 Colorado Boulevard, LA 90041. For more info: on SASSAS and this event please call 323-960-5723 or visit http://www.sassas.org/welcomeinn.)

Ready?  U Know U Want 2 Go Go….

 

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