The NHM has been putting on a free lecture/concert series the first Friday of every month since January. They ended the series June 9th with a lecture about the parallel evolution of apes and dolphins and a concert with the Annuals and the Mountain Goats. I grabbed my eight year old son Bodie and a camera as soon as I found out. The natural history museum looked all jazzed up with mod lighting patterns playing off the walls and drink stations set up against the backdrop of well lit stuffed African Mammals.
We started our evening taking the last tour of the marine hall before reconstruction begins. The seventies silt that rests over the hall begs for updating, but I still dig the fonts. We were given a tour led by the slightly nervous Regina Wetzer, Ph.D. who talked knowledgeably about marine life, interdependencies, etc. but I mainly remember 3 things from it. 1. There are thousands (millions?) of tiny creatures who live in the sand. So there’s that to think about next time I go to the beach. I can snuggle into the warm cozy give of accommodating little lifeforms in their sandy ecosystem, and hope even harder that I don’t get sand in uncomfortable places.
2. This guy
who’s longer than I could fit in the frame without a telephoto lens and looks like a really cute eel. I guess these guys really do live in our pacific ocean but only come to the surface when they’re dieing. Love the orange frill. (more…)
apparently it’s pronounced “McEye”
We watched her play at an in-store performance at Fingerprints last night to a surprisingly small crowd. She played a couple of her new songs (including my favorite of her new songs in which the chorus goes: “Feminists don’t have a sense of humor”), some dusted off and re-appropriated old standards, a few of my very favorites from her older stuff and one decidedly adorable kitty song. She busted out a ukulele for a few songs but most were just her and a keyboard. She ‘meowed’ did zombie sounds and even made up some lines about Long Beach which included the phrase ‘fo shizzle.’ Afterwards I had her sign some stuff, gushed a bit and gave her a homemade button. She also liked my earrings :) She was cute, humble, intelligent and charming, just as I expected.
What I love most about Nellie is that her lyrics speak to the passionate pessimist in all of us. Reminding us what it is we hate in the disaffected, the self-centered and the self-righteous–while also picking up the responsibility of voicing our leftest downfalls. Sounding off in near perfect pitch about the feelings of helplessness and complacency we have, and the distinctly post-modern habits that deny us the ability to really affect change.
Here are some pics I took there as well.
There are two big weekends in the year, both start with the letter C: …(and sound like diseases) comicon. and coachella. While I can expect the same thing from every comicon–more bandwagon billies than the last– COACHELLA is mysterious until they post the line up. Of course, we can always expect on making the hard choices about which band to see, and which to give up.
…saturday it is…
but then again sunday’s giving me the eye too.
Fingerprints in Long Beach has tickets with only a $4 surcharge!!!
New toys! January 26, 2008, the release of The Vivisect Playset, featuring Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg Simkins and Amanda Visell!The Vivisect Playset is based on an annual group art show, curated by artist Luke Chueh and hosted by Gallery 1988. The show, whose fourth installment is currently running at Gallery 1988’s San Francisco location, thematically focuses on the representation of animals that demonstrate the human condition. The Vivisect Playset toy series features seven original designs, one by each artist, plus a special collaborative design by Joe Ledbetter and Greg Simkins. Blind/mystery box packaging, with special “chase” figures, too.
Saturday, January 26 2008 - 6-9 pm
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave. (@ La Brea)
Los Angeles, CA
323 937 7088
Artists will be in attendance at the toy release, as will special items, giveaways and more.
Keep your peepers on New York’s The Big Sleep. These moody rockers don’t rock the mic….mostly. With drums, bass, guitar, and only occasional vocals they bring you to the verge of pscycadelic, but dont cross the line all the way over. The dark pop rock reminds you to play that old My Bloody Valentine Album you haven’t listen in a while and in a good way. They just released their first LP through Frenchkiss records and will be on the west coast next week. (damned if I’m busy)
+++ Green Art Exhibition : Nov 17 : 7:30 PM :
The Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present GREEN, curated by Mark Murphy, an exhibition that will showcase 44 artists who hope to reveal nature’s delicate balance with humankind : This 3 hour event will feature traveling artists and the live music of the Modlins and will be on exhibit from 11/17-12/22 : For a complete overview of the show, information about the artists, please check out www.murphydesign1.blogspot.com
Exhibit overview :
“Green” is an artistic exhibition that unites emerging artists and enables collectors with the opportunity to closely compare each artistic interpretation side by side. This is an important exhibition that features the inspired talents of :
Jason D Aquino + Jordan Awan + Andrew Brandou + Cathie Bleck+ Marc Burckhardt + William Buzzell + Luke Chueh : David Chung + Amy Crehore + Kevin Christy + Sas Christians + Bob Dob + Andrew Foster + Douglas Fraser + P-Jay Fidler + Joseph Daniel Fiedler + AJ Fosik + Robert Hardgrove + Jody Hewgill + Tim Hussey + Jordin Isip + Rich Jacobs + Pamela Jaeger + David Choong Lee + Jen Lobo + Mars-1 + Chris Mostyn + Mark Murphy + Scott Musgrove + Christian Northeast + Martha Rich and Esther Pearl Watson Collaboration + Kathie Olivas + Nathan Ota + Brandt Peters + Jermaine Rogers + Kim Scott + Keith Shore + Jeff Soto + Damon Soule + Matt Stallings + Gary Taxali + Amanda Wachab + Justin Wood
SEPTEMBER 13 - 16, 2007 LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER South Hall (J and K) LOS ANGELES
This fall, WIRED Magazine is bringing its vision of a new world’s fair to Los Angeles. Experience more than 160 exciting exhibits from scientists, researchers, and inventors around the globe. WIRED NextFest features innovations in communication, design, entertainment, exploration, health, play, robots, transportation, security, and green living.
Miss Disaster has been bugging me about this for months and I have never took the time to look at what she has been talking about. Next Fest seems like the coolest con/fest out there. It’s only 20.00 bucks, so count me in.
If you buy a ticket for the Spoon concert on 9/10/07 at the Fonda for $20.00 you get a free ticket for the Next Fest, which is $20.00. So if you like Spoon you get a free concert.
Long Beach’s SoundWalk is coming soon. Not all of the details are up yet, but you can browse through past audio files on their site, as well as link to artist sites and pre-installation events. From their press release:
On September 22, 2007, the Long Beach artist group, FLOOD, will present SoundWalk2007, featuring artists from the Southland and the international scene. This event operates under the concept of a one-night aural/visual experience as provided by a walking-tour of sound installations and soundmarks located in various indoor and outdoor spaces situated throughout the East Village Arts District in Downtown Long Beach. The artworks will combine in multiple ways a wide range of visual, performative and audio components. There will be sculptures, environments, installations and performances.
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Regina Wetzer, Ph.D. who talked knowledgeably about marine life, interdependencies, etc. but I mainly remember 3 things from it.
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