Even though it kinda sucks driving out to Pomona, at least the Glass House is a pretty kickass venue. The last few shows I have been to there haven't been that full making for a nice listening/viewing experience. We managed to get to the Glass House about 5 minutes before Russian Circles came on, pretty fucking perfect timing if you ask me. For once the sound was just right, fucking loud. The last couple of shows I've been to (Metalocalypse and 65daysofstatic) the sound was not loud enough for my taste. I mean c'mon, one of the main reasons I go to see bands live is for the blistering loudness of their playing over megawattages of speakers. If I wanted to listen to music without the necessity for earplugs, I would just stay at home. Anyways, I digress. Russian Circles were pretty badass. The drummer as always rocked the fuck out. I think J or C made a comment about how when a band goes to see Russian Circles, their parting comment is always "where can we get a drummer like that?" I also noticed that he had a little fan on his kit, so that was pretty funny to see.
Cool place, badass show.
Fucking awesome! Ira deconstructed how they put together an episode of This American Life and spoke about how they get ideas for each show. He ended his talk with an awesome story about the Arabian Nights and mentioned a playwright, Mary Zimmerman (MacArthur Grant fellow) who had put on a great theater production of the Arabian Nights. He also talked about the use of music on the show and there was this great moment that clicked in my head when he mentioned that the way they use music (especially for him) is to talk when their should be singing in the song. He mentioned how the artist Bexar Bexar sent them a CD unsolicited and they went on to use his music quite a lot.
Cracking show, the House of Blues venue in Anaheim kinda sucks. Shitty sight lines.
Cool show, too bad they didn't play until around 10:30pm. About
2/5s full, definitely more than the 3 that were at the show in Dallas.
Got takeaway from Natraj over off of Sand Canyon. They have a steam table setup, so i
Zócalo at MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday, January 10, 7:30 pm at MOCA Grand Avenue
“Do Cities Have Expiration Dates?”
A Conversation with Architects Qingyun Ma and Thom Mayne
Why is bad taste ubiquitous?
-Regen Projects: Matthew Barney, Drawing From Guardian of the Veil
-Mel's Diner, Hollywood and Highland, almost saw a family get runned the fuck over by a crazy ass driver
-Scoops: Chocolate Wasabi, Olive Oil & Vanilla Sea Salt
-Gallery 1988: Under the Influence, A Tribute to Stan Lee
-No. Fax (J's Shit)
-Papa Cristos - good Greek place (Souvlaki plate), bought bottle of Retsina, anti-Nutella spread
-No. Fax, Pt.2 Turntable Lab, Supreme
-Silverlake: Intelligentsia coffee
