Mando Diao..oh man they are dreamy and rockability. I hope they come back to LA again and I can't believe that people like them so much that they had to do encore twice. I also ran into Dashboard Confessional's lead man Chris himself at the show. Woop Woop. I was about to cry. I was in joy!! He is so small and short but really sexy in a way. Chris I think I love you! :D Wait till Juju and Y find out about this!
Well back to the show last night. Thanks to the non emo music..I saw so many middle-aged and people who i can actually flirt with or related to!
ART
Downtown Art Walk
when: Thur 5.12 (12-9pm)
where: Various downtown galleries map
price: Free
links: Event Info
Downtown Art Walk
The Second Thursday of Every Month in Downtown Los Angeles
Next Art Walk: Thursday, May 12, 2005
12pm - 9 pm • Free Admission
(limited hours where noted)
The Downtown Art Walk is a monthly, self-guided tour of the art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles, which includes commercial art galleries, public museums, and non-profit arts venues.
19 participating galleries:
Museum of Contemporary Art on Grand Avenue (MOCA), LA Artcore Center, 2nd Street Cigars and Gallery, M. J. Higgins, Bank, Pharmaka, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, El Nopal Press, Bert Green Fine Art, Iron Eye Gallery, Kristi Engle Gallery, 626 Gallery, Modern Art Downtown, Gallery 727, The Hive Gallery, Infusion Gallery, Museum of Neon Art (MONA), and the Downtown Art Gallery.
Parking information is available on the Art Walk map. The area is served by Metro Rail and DASH Buses. Metro Rail stops are shown on the Art Walk map, and run until 1 am. Dash Buses run until 6:30 pm. DASH map here.
Special Events in May:
Gallery Row Organization will celebrate the first anniversary of the unveiling of Gallery Row to the public. There are festivities scheduled at the Caltrans Headquarters at 1st and Main (#3 on the map) and at M. J. Higgins gallery at 244 S. Main Street (#4 on the map) on May 12, during the Art Walk. Press release available on the Press page.
On May 12, during the Art Walk, artist David E. Stone will be premiering a one day installation in the storefront windows at 407 S. Main Street, across from Bank gallery. This installation, “Color Study: Clear Commercial Liquids” is a linear investigation of a specific cultural use of “color” as a subject and continues Stone’s interest in perceptions of reality.
Landscape in Flux
Saturday, May 14
Gallery Luisotti
2525 Michigan Avenue, Building A2, Santa Monica, CA.
310.453.0043.
In the mid-70s, a contingent of innovative Germans reinvented the field of landscape photography, turning unassuming buildings and natural objects into composed spatial portraits. Think of it as a form of alchemy that converts static boredom into enlightenment.
Mixed Media
Linda Zacks
RAW & UNFINISHED
extra-oomph is a vibrant stew of ooze. be loud, jazz it up, scribble, gawk, listen to the paper as it tears, color outside the lines, find blissful jewels in the trash, reinvent, suck every bit of juice out of the orange, see deep / think wide, feel the movement in the streets, fling colors towards the sky, collect cluttered layers of yummy eye sludge, watch the city decompose, vomit up the nonsense and smile sweetly at the alphabet, feel the breeze in the trees, float underwater till you can’t breathe, close your eyes and scream at The Ridiculousness of it all, smash crayons and giggle, stare directly into the Sun, snap, shoot, record Life as it whizzes past your nose. Take all of it in, inject the vibrancy, the surprises the love, the conflict, the conversations/ cry it out into a cup and then drink it again...one shot from a shot glass. extra-oomph is lindA zacks, art chick and poet human, living in brooklyn.
Touch Me
when: Now through Sat 5.21 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm / Thur: 11am-8pm / Sun: 12-5pm)
where: Gallery C (1225 Hermosa Ave, Hermosa Beach, 310.798.0102) map
price:
links: Event Info
You know how most museums and galleries have signs and guards to prevent you from touching — or even breathing on — the art? Well forget all about it, because this month Gallery C presents a captivating and sensually subversive group show that begs to be caressed, flipped around, and fingered. There are thick paintings on fur, cubic grid works that can be moved at will, expansive landscapes occupying small spaces through lens magic, monumental walk-through sculptures, and many more surprises, as well. So go ahead, touch the art. You won't get in any trouble — this time. (SND)
Film
Who knew that Catholic school was such a hotbed of subversiveness? Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin and Jodie Foster star in this tale of two friends who base an underground comic book on their stifling academic surroundings.
THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS
Saturday, May 14 at 9:00PM
Angelica Lee sees dead people following a corneal transplant in this seminal and cerebral Hong Kong horror flick from directors Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun.
THE EYE
Friday, May 13 at Midnight
Better dead than Red? Josh Kornbluth holds forth on the trials and tribulations of growing up the son of American Communists in this auto-biographical concert film.
RED DIAPER BABY
Thursday, May 12 at 9:30PM
Music
artist of the week // NINE INCH NAILS
We invite you sink your teeth into the new record by Nine Inch Nails called WITH TEETH before it lands in stores on Tuesday, May 3rd on muchmusic.com right now! Trent Reznor & co. return to Toronto to play two sold out shows on May 9th & 10th at the Kool Haus with The Dresden Dolls! Pick up your copy of WITH TEETH this Tuesday.
The Honorary Title
Check out the video for "Everything I Once Had" online now!
http://www.thehonorarytitle.com/everythingioncehad
Low Budget w/ DJ Pube$
when: Fri 5.13 (9:30pm-2am)
where: Vida (1930 Hillhurst St, 323.660.4445) map
price: $3
links: Event Info | Low Budget | DJ Pube$
Just as memories from that gloriously raunchy Rub party were beginning to resurface, Vida is giving local hipsters more heart murmurs by calling out Low Budget, the crunkier half of mash-up heroes Hollertronix. While Diplo might get the press and the girl, Low Budget is the bass-thumping heart of the duo — it's his taste for rumbling Baltimore club hits, high-octane dirty South, and head-nodding Screwston beats that keeps their infamous Philly parties bouncing. Tonight he teams up with DJ Pube$ to celebrate the release of his exclusive mix-tape for Shepard Fairey's OBEY. If that much clustered hipness gives you a headache, relax: when Low B's on the decks, it's just about getting dirty. Check his monthly mixes if you don't believe us. (TW)
Mando Diao
Mixing garage rock sneer and Brit-pop sass -- along with a truckload of other influences -- Borlange, Sweden's Mando Diao began when its members were all still in their teens. The band's germination dates back to 1995, when singer/songwriter/keyboardist Daniel Häglund and singer/songwriter/guitarist Björn Dixgärd were in a band called Butler. Even after that group broke up, the pair continued playing and writing together, eventually bringing bassist Fredrik Nilsson, guitarist Gustaf Noren, and drummer Anton Grahnstrom into their fold; Nilsson and Grahnstrom were replaced by Carl Johan Fogelklou and Samuel Giers. By 1999, they were known as Mando Diao. The group continued to hone their sound, blending pop, mod, soul, R&B, and Brit-pop elements into a style that was quirky yet timeless. In 2002 they released their first E.P., Motown Blood, through the Majesty and Capitol imprints; the acclaim for the E.P., and the similarities in their sound to the Strokes and the Hives, raised Mando Diao's profile considerably, and the band went on tours of Sweden with the Hellacopters and Kent. Later that year the band released the singles Mr. Moon and The Band, both of which stoked anticipation for their full-length debut album, Bring 'Em In, most of which was recorded in their basement practice space. The following year, Mute released Bring 'Em In in the United States.
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