Rockwell- Somebody’s Watching Me
LMFAO were not the first of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy’s relatives to achieve billboard success. In 1984, thirty years ago, Rockwell, (aka Kennedy William Gordy) Berry Gordy’s son, released this song. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 2, thanks in no small part to his childhood friend Michael Jackson’s backing vocals.
Iceage- The Lord’s Favorite
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend- non-Halloween edition- (10/30-11/2/14)-
Thursday
Experimental filmmaker James Benning is giving a lecture at the Hammer Museum (free)
Representatives from arts journals mono.kultor (Berlin) and ANP Quarterly (Los Angeles) will be discussing their publications at Ace Hotel. This coincides with mono.kultor’s retrospective at KK gallery in Chinatown.
There is a free acoustic performance of the score of Invisible Cities in Union Station
Friday
Yelle is playing at the Fonda Theatre
Friday through Sunday
Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo is at the LA Convention Center
Saturday
USC is screening The Punk Singer followed by a discussion with Kathleen Hanna (the subject of the film) after -free with RSVP
Cinefamily is showing Mulholland Dr. at midnight
Saturday and Sunday
Iceage is playing at the Echo
Sunday
Director Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up is at the American Cinematheque
Frankie Rose is playing at the Bootleg Theatre
TV On The Radio- Happy Idiot
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/23-10/26/14)-
Thursday
TV On The Radio are at The Mayan
The Pumpkin Pie group show opens at Daniel Rolnik gallery in Santa Monica- artwork starts at $20
Allo Darlin’ are playing at The Echo
Producer and musician Daniel Lanois will be at the Grammy Museum for a performance and discussion of his work
Friday
Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) Tom Verlaine (Television), Martin Rev (Suicide) and Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) will perform live original scores to 15 never seen before Andy Warhol films for- Exposed- Songs for Unseen Warhol Films at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Night of the Living Zoo at the LA Zoo has dramatic Edgar Allen Poe readings, live music, drinks, a costume contest, and of course, the animals
Friday and Saturday
Broken Bells are at the Orpheum Theatre
Saturday
At Jerry Beck’s Halloween Spooktacular at Cinefamily he is screening “a selection of strange, creepy Halloween-related cartoons using vintage prints in 16mm and 35mm that range from ghoulishly red Eastmancolor to gorgeously garish Technicolor”
If you are willing to head a little out of Los Angeles, Beach Goth at The Observatory in Santa Ana has a pretty awesome lineup which includes- The Drums, DIIV, Bleached, Tijuana Panthers, Atlas Sound and more- 3 stages $40 and also, Pauly Shore is hosting
Festival Supreme, at the Shrine, hosted by Tenacious D, is a comedy and music festival that definitely leans more towards the comedy- lineup includes Workaholics, The State, Cheech and Chong, Peaches, Fred Armisen and tons more as well as a “Circus of Death” with a carousel, haunted forest and a bounce house church among other attractions
LACMA has a double Johnny Depp/Tim Burton feature – Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands
Saturday and Sunday
Brewery Art Walk is back this weekend- have some drinks and snacks and wander around the huge complex checking out open art studios
Sunday
Daryl Hall & John Oates at the Greek Theatre
If you are at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market on Ivar, make sure to stop by Pumpkin Fest at Space 15 Twenty– DIY mini pumpkins, flea market and a DJ
Massive Attack- Angel
This song is from Massive Attack’s 1998 album, Mezzanine. It was also used quite memorably in the movie Snatch, from 2000.
They are playing the Greek Theater tonight (10/16).
The Bots- 5:17
Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (10/16-10/19/14)-
Thursday
The Bots are playing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood
Of Montreal are performing at the Mayan Theater
Jim Hodges’ collaborative film Untitled, being shown at The Hammer, is a montage of clips from news organizations, and pop entertainment footage which looks at queer activism and the AIDS epidemic. There will be other showings at the Hammer but this is the only one in the evening
Paradise Magazine is having a free event (with free wine) and performances at Akbar
Massive Attack are at the Greek Theater
Thursday- Saturday
Culture Collide Festival is at various venues and includes bands from around the world including Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah; Cloud Nothings; Fractures; Quantic; and Monokino; among numerous others
Friday
The New Pornographers are playing along with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the Wiltern
Friday and Saturday
All you can eat free pancakes at Pancakes & Booze Art Show- there will also be, as the name suggests- booze and art, as well as live painting, music and a free photo booth, not bad for $5
Saturday
Nas is performing Illmatic (for its 20th anniversary) at The Orpheum theater
We’re getting closer to Halloween and Barnsdall Art Park is showing Carrie
The Moon Block Party is an all day music festival in Pomona- acts include Spoon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Lips and more
Saturday and Sunday
Saturday night and Sunday afternoon Santa Monica Art Studios is having its 10th annual Open Studios event
Sunday
Nicole Miller: Believing is Seeing, the artist’s video project is showing at LACMA
Tacocat- Bridge to Hawaii
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/9-10/12/14)-
Thursday
Downtown Art Walk is hosting the first day of the weekend long Plein Air Festival, (which is free and worth registering for if you are an artist) as well as other art shows
MOCA’s Chief Curator is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue (free)
The Weeknd is at the Hollywood Bowl with Schoolboy Q and Jhené Aiko
Sun Kil Moon is playing The Fonda
Friday
Pasadena’s ArtNight is back! The event features shuttles to all the museums and galleries, live music and much more (all free). If you take the Metro make sure to check their website for giveaways at the event.
The Thurston Moore Band is at the Echo with Sebadoh
Nosferatu double feature at LACMA– first the original Nosferatu (1922) and then Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) a film collaboration by Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
Friday through Sunday
If you love independent video games then check out IndieCade in Culver City
Saturday
Tacocat at the Bootleg
Peaking Lights are at Los Globos to celebrate their new album with a huge lineup including Nite Jewel and an Animal Collective DJ set
During the day the Music Center is hosting Pop-Ups! where you can design and make a print, take dance lessons ($1 per lesson), check out the museum or take in a food lecture
Also downtown during the day is The Ryman Arts’ Big Draw LA flagship event- “Make Your Mark in the Park”- taking place in Grand Park
Sunday
Damien Jurado at the Bootleg
Allen Ruppersberg and Allan McCollum are speaking at Art Catalogues at LACMA to celebrate the publication of Allen Ruppersberg Sourcebook: Reanimating the 20th Century
Blitzen Trapper- Furr
This song is from the band’s fourth (and perhaps best) full length album Furr, released in 2008.
Blitzen Trapper are playing The Troubadour on 10/3.
Slow Club- Beginners
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/2-10/5/14)-
Thursday
Mark Mothersbaugh is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue with Adam Lerner, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. He will be discussing his art and music before DEVO through the present day- which includes being a composer for film and television (he most recently did the original score for The LEGO Movie). He will also be signing his new book Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia. Admission is free to this event and to the museum, where Andy Warhol’s Shadows is currently on display.
LACMA is screening Aberdeen, the newest film from Hong Kong director Ho-cheung Pang (free)
Friday
Bombay Bicycle Club are playing The Wiltern with Milo Greene
Blitzen Trapper are at The Troubadour
LA Live is doing Dark Nights again- $5 food and drink specials at several restaurants, $5 parking and free entertainment (musicians and artists) from 5-9pm
Baauer, Boyz Noise and Spank Rock are at Club Nokia
DJ Shadow with Cut Chemist at the Hollywood Palladium
Saturday
It’s the last of MOCA’s Step and Repeat nights- this one features Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Neil Hamburger, Heather Lawless, and more
Slow Club are at The Echo with Roses
Barnsdall Art Park is having outdoor movie nights on the lawn of the Hollyhock House. This week it’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School starring The Ramones. It’s $10 for the movie, $25 if you want to add 3 drinks (beer and wine)
Glass Animals are playing a free show at Origami Vinyl at 1pm before their sold out show at the Troubadour
Stromae at The Fonda
Sunday
The Drums are at the Mayan Theater for their new album Encyclopedia
Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, curator of African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, is giving a lecture on “the historical legacy of African cultural astronomy and its intersection with both traditional and contemporary African arts”
Ciclavia is back this Sunday creating car free streets from Echo Park to Downtown to East LA