VR SEX- Walk of Fame
This song is from VR SEX’s 2022 album, Rough Dimension. The band is playing with The Spits on Thursday, 8/10, at Zebulon in Los Angeles.
The video above stars Angelyne, an LA icon famous for her billboards and driving around the city in her pink Corvette. Hollywood Reporter detailed her backstory in 2017 and it’s a very interesting read. There was also a mini series about her released in 2022.
Jonathan Coulton- All This Time
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/11-5/14/17)-
Thursday
For their Oracle Film series, The Broad is screening Peggy Ahwesh’s She Puppet and Olivier Assayas’ Demonlover
Playwright Eve Ensler will be discussing intersectional activism with legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw at the Hammer Museum
Downtown LA’s Art Walk theme this month is Zine Nite
Magic Wands, Geneva Jacuzzi, and Glaare are playing at The Hi Hat
Com Truise and Clark are performing at the Regent Theater
Friday
Hammer Museum is having a Constitutional Happy Hour on Fridays in May and June with guided conversations about the Constitution and $5 draft beer and wine. This week’s topic is “Is it possible to constrain Trump under the War Powers Clause?” with Loyola law school professor David Glazier leading the discussion.
PJ Harvey is playing at The Greek Theatre
Subject: Los Angeles returns this week to the Bob Baker Marionette Theater with Los Angeles Lovers as its theme and Angelyne hosting
Author Terry McMillan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale) is having a talk and book signing at the California African American Museum (free but RSVP)
Rhondavous is happening at Union Nightclub with a long list of DJs that includes Pete Tong, Little Boots and more
Wale is performing at The Novo
Pomo is playing at the Echoplex with Harrison Brome
Saturday
Jonathan Coulton is opening for Aimee Mann at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel
Penny Rimbaud (poet and founder of the anarchist punk band Crass) will be in conversation with Simon Birch and Nigel Daly, and performing later in the evening at The 14th Factory ($30 for the talk/ $40 talk and performance)
Paul McCarthy, Julien Bismuth, and Christian Scheidemann will be discussing Jason Rhoades’ 1999 monolithic installation, Perfect World, at Hauser & Wirth (free but RSVP)
At the Drive-In are back and playing at the Shrine Auditorium with Le Butcherettes opening
Conor Oberst is playing at The Greek Theatre with Julien Baker opening
Sunday
To celebrate Mother’s Day, The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is showing Mommie Dearest or you can see it at the Egyptian Theatre
It’s the second day of Unique LA’s Spring Market ($15 includes entry for both days, drinks and snacks)
The Vacant Lots are playing with Gateway Drugs and The Meeting Places for The Echo’s Part Time Punks night