Brendan & Jack shot by Sung.

HEADS UP

The Raconteurs w/ Imaad Wasif with Two Part Beast @ Henry Fonda Sun 5/18

Tickets not yet on sale - keep your pants on.

COMPREHENSIVE RACONTEURS COVERAGE

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2008: The Raconteurs by Ryan
Coachella 2008 Festival Friday Main Stage Photo Gallery: The Raconteurs, Tegan and Sara and The Breeders by Brian
Coachella 2008 Festival Photo Gallery: The Raconteurs by Sung
The Raconteurs @ The Wiltern, July 20 by “Kitty Whisky”

People parked at the curb line the main street for the annual date festival parade. Among the paraders is a snow white ass. This is not any old ordinary barnyard ass. This is an ass with special skills. It has roller skates attached to its hooves and it’s roller skating down the street. I love it when animals skate.

With all the talk of roller skating lately, with planning the Moonlight Rollerway Jubilee and all, I can’t believe how many people tell me they can’t skate. Even I can skate. And you can’t possibly be more uncoordinated than I am. I can count on one hand the times I’ve been skating since I was in third grade and took skating lessons at the Holiday Roller Rink in Montclair. So, since its been a while, tonight I went to the rink to practice a bit before the big show this weekend. Before long I was gliding around the well-skated wood floor like I had wings on my heels. It was wonderful and I can’t recommend it enough!

This weekend I host the moonlight Rollerway in Glendale at Southern California’s most historic roller rink! Come experience a cast of more than 60 thrilling champion skaters in a spectacular variety of costumed musical acts, I’ll be doing a slide show story of roller skating and there will be an after show all skate party - All this to live Hammond organ music by the world’s greatest rink organist, Dominic! Free snack bar treats will be served!

SATURDAY NIGHT May 17 at 8pm - . STANDING ROOM TIX ONLY (Seating for this Saturday’s performance is sold out!)

SUNDAY MATINEE, May 18 at 3pm - . FEW SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!

Don’t miss out! Tickets and Info!

Here’s to Asses that can skate and YOU!

Visit Charles’ site or join his Slide of the Week Mailing List.

We received the following NKOTB Special Today Show Rehearsal Gig missive from our very own Audree this morning:

Tuesday night, after almost 20 years, my inner 10-year-old finally got to live out her childhood dream! The place was packed with 90% 30-something females comprised of fan club members and Interscope label people and the rest being either gay men or conceding boyfriends. They were forty minutes late coming on stage but right when they walked on, the crowd turned into fans of Justin Timberlake likeness and started cheering like little girls. When they walked down the catwalk into the middle of the HOB pit, grown woman were pawing at their feet and trying to touch them. It was hilarious! My friends and I were on the sidelines by the bar but we soaked it in and just decided to get into it and start screaming too. The best part is they did all their songs with synchronized choreography just like back in the day! They ended up only teasing us with a 20 minute show - a medley of old hits, a new single “Summertime”, and another old song - to promote their upcoming national tour. It was fun and nostalgic but I don’t think I’ll be spending my hard earned cash to see them. That’s just me though, because the girls I was with are already planning to be front row when they roll in town for a show at the Staples Center later this fall.

New Kids will perform on The Today Show…tomorrow.

It’s looking like UCLA may have nabbed a big man to fill the void in the middle left by Kevin Love. The highly touted 6′10″ 275 lb. Center J’Mison “Bobo” Morgan out of Dallas has been granted a release from his LSU LOI and looks set to sign on as a Bruin next year, reports the Times. (If “J’Mison ‘Bobo’” isn’t the single greatest first name/nickname combo ever, then I don’t know what is.)

One can hear the Pauley student section chant now: Let’s go, Bo-bo! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP! Let’s go, Bo-bo! CLAP-CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP! Etc.

Given this serendipitous development, K. Love’s quick split for the NBA may just turn out to be a blessing if it played any part in helping sway Bobo to come Westwood. Add him to #2 national recruit Jrue Holiday starting at guard in next year’s lineup, and the Bruins are shaping up to make another deep run at a banner–so long as they can Get. Bobo. The. Ball–no mean feat with Howland’s sketchy offensive X’s & O’s.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED

Vin Scully & John Wooden @ Nokia Theater (Scully & Wooden, together at last, “For The Kids”) Fri 6/13

KCRW’s Guest DJ Project has officially launched today. Will you listen, or are you strictly a Schnabel/Trinidad/Calamar purist? No? A Harcourt/Bentley/Campos purist? Tell me you’re not a Litt/Richardson/Douridas purist. Who am I kidding. You probably listen to Ira Glass and Harry Shearer and call it a day. I figured as much. From the announcement:

Guests include late night host Conan O’Brien, John Cusack, world champion surfer Kelly Slater, “Juno” Director Jason Reitman, award-winning playwright Neil Labute, “Top Chef” host and author Padma Lakshmi, Director and skate legend Stacy Peralta, DIGG Founder Kevin Rose, Danny Devito, Comic artist Tim Sale, actor Jason Schwartzman, actress Famke Janssen, and many more.

Ok - let’s start the speculation thread before listening to the programs. Who’s going to spin what? I’d listen to Morning Becomes Devito in a heartbeat. I’m going out on a limb here and saying Danny’s going for Bruce, Winehouse and Josh Homme, but I could be way off. Guy seems to have eclectic taste.

Danny Devito introduces the Eagles of Death Metal @ Coachella 2006 by Mick O.

» The KCRW Guest DJ Project

From Oregon’s Mid-Williamette Valley’s StatesmanJournal:

Customers at Luis’s Taqueria on Front Street in Woodburn were caught by surprise Friday when Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama walked into the Mexican restaurant during the noon hour and ordered a plate of carne al pastor — a pork dish seasoned with pineapple, onions, cilantro and lime.

From Official Obama HQ blog:

On the campaign trail in Oregon today, Barack stopped at Luis’s Taqueria in Woodburn. He was joined by his brother-in-law Craig Robinson (who was recently hired as the head basketball coach for the Oregon State Beavers). The two sat down for a quick meal of chicken tacos…

So which was it? Al pastor or chicken tacos? The photos seem to depict some dark meat, possibly al pastor , on the plate nearest him. Was there an attempt on the part of Obama’s official blog to cover up an al pastor selection with a more pedestrian, less potentially-controversial chicken selection in order to increase his appeal to undecided swing state voters? Or, perhaps they feared a public al pastor allegiance might subconsciously conjure up all that Pastor Reverend Wright nonsense.

PREVIOUSLY

Photo Op: Hilary Votes King Taco

The Great Book of Los Angeles Locksmith Shacks is nearing completion, but our photography is still lacking. You can help! Have a photo of a Los Angeles-based locksmith shack to share? Send it to me, or upload it to the Los Angeles Locksmith Shack group on Flickr today. My five favorite submissions within the next two weeks will all receive one random, all-new cd (nothing cruddy - scout’s honor) from the Losanjealous music library. You will also be notified of compensation options, should your submission eventually be chosen for offline publication. Godspeed.

» What is a Locksmith Shack?
» Where might I find a Locksmith Shack?
» Locksmith Shacks: Are they dangerous?

Have you ever wondered what might occur were the Losanjealous editorial staff to overindulge in sake while inside a museum? It keeps me up at night, too. Find out this May.

Fellow boozehounds and fans of lowriders, rejoice. Every year, the Little Tokyo Service Center throws a big fundraising party featuring an inordinate number of sakes for the imbibing and foodstuffs for the eating, all within the confines of a decidedly non-Asian-centric museum of note. Case in point: Last year’s gala featured Iron Chef Morimoto and Star Wars memorabilia at the Expo Center downtown. The year before that, the group invaded the Museum of Neon Art. This year’s event, entitled La Vida Sake, will take place May 22 (Thursday) at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire. More specifically it will take place during the lowrider exhibit, and while we typically take our lowriders with tequila, we’re exuberant for a valid excuse to collectively shift gears to sake for the evening. Plus, we have no choice but to applaud the LTSC for managing to neatly encapsulate the essential ingredients and flavors comprising Los Angeles, our fair city, within this one event: fund raising, alcohol, small portions, numerous cars and Wilshire Boulevard will all be simmered in a melting pot of cultural influences with serious Latino and Asian leanings. Voila!
»continue reading Win Tickets To La Vida Sake Now

PICK OF THE WEEK

Willoughby
Western States Motel
Dr. Dog
The Billionaires
Hotel Cafe
Tues May 13
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Kate Nash Wed May 14 Henry Fonda Info Contest closed.	The Proclaimers Fri May 16 El Rey Info Contest closed.
Kate Walsh Quincy Coleman Brandi Shearer Fri May 16 | Roxy Info | Contest closed.	Earlimart w/ Vauxhaul Broadcast Sat May 17 Echoplex | Info Contest closed.
Tally Hall De Novo Dahl Low Vs Diamond Sun May 18 El Rey | Info Contest closed.	El Perro Del Mar Lykke Li Anna Ternheim Mon May 19 El Rey | Info [ENTER]

HEADS UP

Metallica @ The Wiltern Wed 5/14
Aimee Mann @ Largo (First show new Largo location: 366 N. La Cienega) Mon 6/2
Rolling Blackouts @ Charlie O’s Thu 6/5
Islands @ Henry Fonda Tue 6/17
Coldplay @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (Tickets On Sale 5/17 10 am) Sat 7/19
Ojos Rojos @ Good Hurt Sat 5/24
Times New Viking w/ Abe Vigoda @ The Smell Mon 6/16
Times New Viking @ The Echo Sun 6/15
Fink w/ Jaymay @ Troubadour Wed 6/18
Hard Summer Music Festival @ Shrine Expo Center (N.E.R.D, MSTRKRFT, Spank Rock, Kid Sister, A-Trak, Steve Aoki, The Bloody Beetroots, Kill The Noize & more) Sat 7/19
Steely Dan @ Nokia Theater Wed 7/23
The Swell Season w/ Iron & Wine @ Greek Theatre Sat 10/4
Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars, Knobody @ El Rey (Freshly Dipped Tour) Sat 7/12
My Bloody Valentine @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Thu 10/2
My Bloody Valentine @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Wed 10/1
Stereolab @ Henry Fonda Thu 10/23
Madonna @ Dodger Stadium Thu 11/6
 

MONDAY
Film School w/ Everest @ Viper Room
Mezzanine Owls, Black Kites, Eagle & Talon, We Barbarians @ Spaceland (Mondays in May free residency)
Poi Dog Pondering @ Troubadour
Princeton w/ Le Switch, Division Day, The Henry Clay People @ The Echo (Aquarium Drunkard presents Mondays in May residency–free)

Tuesday, 5/13 - Sunday, 5/18 Picks Below…

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: May 12 - 18

May 12-16 is Bike to Work Week, and it looks like the weather here will be accommodating as usual. So take this opportunity to leave behind L.A.’s bumper-to-bumper traffic and get on the side of the greasy, dirty road — permanently if possible. It’s easier than you might think.

Every week for me is bike-to-work week, because I have done the unthinkable and decided to live without a car in Los Angeles. I’ve biked sporadically for a few years, but since my Honda went to compact heaven in January, I’ve adjusted to a new reality: riding to work every day whether I feel like it or not, biking to grab dinner when I’m so hungry I can’t see straight, and tempting fate on the way home from bars/parties. The past few months have been eye-opening, and the biggest lesson I’ve learned is that only about 2% of drivers know what to do when they encounter a bike. I have been car-doored, honked at, sneered at. One morning I almost wiped out a squirrel, which really entertained a woman driving in the opposite direction. I’ve been mentally filing away run-ins with idiotic drivers and other dangers, and I’ll be checking in here with some tales as well as detailing the latest reasons for swearing at motorists.
»continue reading In Celebration of “Bike To Work” Week

Northern State
MySpace | Official Site

OBJECTIVE
Purchase large piñata for upcoming birthday party

GEOGRAPHIC DIRECTIVE / MISSION-CRITICAL ADVICE
Purchase said piñata in piñata district loosely centered around Olympic and Central. Do not get sidetracked by fresh fruit, nuts, chapulines, unappetizingly-piled meters of donglike chorizo or, worst of all, the ever-popular taco truck cleverly buried within the piñata stalls

BUDGET
$12
»continue reading An Afternoon At The Piñata District

HEADS UP AND BANGING
Metallica @ The Wiltern Wed 5/14

This Just In: Metallica will play the Wiltern this Wednesday, the latest installment in what is fast becoming a trend of aging musicians expecting exorbitant fees in intimate Los Angeles venues:

(Los Angeles, CA May 10, 2008) :: Silverlake Conservatory of Music will be celebrated with an extraordinary evening of musical entertainment taking place Wednesday, May 14 at The Wiltern (3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010). Metallica will appear with Scars On Broadway, the opening band fronted by Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan from the band System of a Down.

»continue reading Metallica Playing Wiltern Wednesday (5/14) - Tickets On Sale Sunday (Tomorrow - 5/11) at $200/throw

While even San Jose has 2 dates listed, Coldplay have curiously left any Los Angeles area appearances off their initial “Viva La Vida” tour announcement. Of course they will play Los Angeles, as there is lots of cash to be made from performing in this market. That gap in the sched between Phoenix on 7/12 and Vegas on 7/19 bodes well for at least 2, maybe even 3 shows. Maybe even a secret club show thrown in some place.

Given an apparent preference for playing nearly exclusively at corporately-branded outsized barns on this tour (i.e., “Jobbing.com Arena”–nice one, Phoenix) it would seem that Staples Center and Honda Center are the local obvious choices. Usually it’s annoying when O.C. venue gets an exclusive “LA area” stop for a big tour, but somehow it would be appropriate for these guys, as it was for The Boss.

COLDPLAY - “VIVA LA VIDA” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Date/City/Venue/Public Tickets On Sale Date

6/29 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center 5/16
7/2 Washington, DC Verizon Center 5/17
7/3 Hartford, CT XL Center 5/17
7/5 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills 5/17
7/6 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 5/17
7/8 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 5/17
7/9 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 5/17
7/10 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center 5/16
7/12 Phoenix, AZ Jobbing.com Arena 5/17
7/13 - 7/18 - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
7/19 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 5/17
7/21 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
7/24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
7/25 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
7/27 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival
7/29 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
7/30 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
8/1 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
8/3 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
8/4 Chicago, IL United Center
10/20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
10/21 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
10/26 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
10/29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/30 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
11/3 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
11/7 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
11/8 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
11/11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
11/18 Houston, TX Toyota Center
11/19 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
11/21 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Arena
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena

Mysterious, sporadic, categorically unreliable as a weekend guide - not unlike your cat in that aspect - the Losanjealous Benevolent Society compiles strange happenings and fun events in LA; the more bizarre, the better. If you’re organizing or know of an event you think belongs on the list, send the info to tips@losanjealous.com.

Today’s installment gets one entry and one entry only. No plans Saturday? Please for the love of God somebody go do this and blog it for us. It could be great. It could also be terrible. We are counting on you to tell us which.

SATURDAY

Midnight Madness Scavenger Hunt (Sans Michael J Fox) @ Hollywood & Highland

A high-tech, scavenger-hunt-esque game around the Hollywood neighborhood followed by a screening of the 1980 Disney cult-classic “Midnight Madness.” The game is going to have players navigating the area using a mobile device that feeds them missions, asking them to find clues, solve puzzles, interact with secret agents, and create funny pictures and videos. The photos and videos will be screened at the Egyptian with the audience voting on the best ones, followed by the screening of Midnight Madness, and then a Q&A with the film’s co-director, David Wechter.

What: A high-tech, real-life adventure game in and around Hollywood & Highland
When: Sat 10 May. Meet at 3 PM for registration. Game is 3:45-5:45, awards ceremony at 7:30, movie at 8.
Where: The Egyptian Theatre; 6712 Hollywood Boulevard

Tickets are $32 General Admission; $30 Student/Senior and $28 Cinematheque Members. Film only tickets are also available; however, anybody opting to watch the film without going on the scavenger hunt will no longer be allowed to read Losanjealous.

Buy yo’ tickets here.

AND A SUBTLE REMINDER
My Bloody Valentine tickets go on sale Saturday morning. Godspeed.