Cypress Hill- How I Could Just Kill A Man
This was Cypress Hill’s debut single off their self titled 1991 album. The song also contains a sample at the very end, “All I wanted was a Pepsi” from the Suicidal Tendencies song Institutionalized. The video has cameos from Ice Cube and Q-Tip and was filmed in NYC despite the band being from Los Angeles (specifically South Gate).
Cypress Hill are playing the Made in America Festival on Sunday in Grand Park.
The Zombies- Time of the Season
Used in several movies, tv shows and commercials, Time of the Season, was released in 1968, although it didn’t become a hit until 1969 after the band had already broken up. It is one of The Zombies most famous songs along with Tell Her No and She’s Not There.
Tonight they will be performing for free at the Santa Monica Pier.
Tonight (7/26/14) is the closing party for Mike Kelley’s exhibition at MOCA. It is free from 6-10pm. There will be DJs, food trucks and a cash bar.
Holy Fuck- Red Lights
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/22-5/26/14)-
Thursday–
Creativity: The Perfect Crime– Philippe Petit (who walked a tightrope between the towers of the World Trade Center) speaks about creativity at the Central Library Downtown (free/ standby tix only)
Holy Fuck is playing at the Roxy
Ericka Beckman presents three of her films at MOCA
Yamashiro Farmer’s Market is back!
And so is the one on the Sunset Strip
Friday–
designLAB event at the Pacific Design Center- 14 galleries having receptions for shows
Superhumanoids are at the Echo (free)
Saturday–
Los Angeles Poverty Department is having a parade/performance/brass band- Walk the Talk-and Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead will be a part of it- a PDF with a full description of the event is available on their site
The Big Lebowski on the lawn at the Autry
Protomartyr are playing at Permanent Records (free)
Sunday–
Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon at the Egyptian Theatre
Tony Molina, Big Eyes are playing at the Roxy
Monday (Memorial Day)–
Target Free Mondays at LACMA
Also this weekend- Lightning in A Bottle Festival
Mikal Cronin- Change
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/3-4/6/14)-
Thursday
Origami Vinyl 5 Year Birthday Party at the Echo
Trajal Harrell: Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church at REDCAT (through 4/6)
Friday
First Fridays at the Natural History Museum with Mikal Cronin and Tijuana Panthers
Dan Croll is playing at El Rey
Saturday
Young Directors Night at LACMA
Terry Riley: In C, A Performance Installation by The Industry- a musical performance with undulating inflatable figures-similar to those at car dealerships- taking place over 4 hours at The Hammer (viewers can stay as long as they like)
A Current Affair: Pop Up Vintage Marketplace with an open bar and DJ ($8) at Cooper Design Space
Public Star Party where volunteers help viewers try out numerous telescopes for free at Griffith Park Observatory
Return to Grey Gardens a musical stage show starring Peaches Christ and Jinkx Monsoon at the Wilshire Ebell Theater
Sunday
Conversation and book signing with Timothy Nolan and George Stoll and editor Sharon Louden for Living and Sustaining A Creative Life (which contains essays by 40 working artists) moderated at CB1 Gallery
Double film noir feature at the Egyptian Theater- M and The Hitch-Hiker
Also this weekend-
It’s CicLAvia (4/6) and the Hollywood Half Marathon (4/5)- so keep that in mind for getting around town.
Moses Sumney- Everlasting Sigh
Tonight (3/31) is the last night of Moses Sumney’s residency at Bootleg Theater where he is playing with a few other bands for FREE. Definitely worth checking out.
Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk is currently on tour performing “The Catalogue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. There are eight 3-D multimedia performances, each highlighting one of their albums. Last night I saw them for the album, Trans Europe Express, but the majority of the show consisted of their greatest hits, including “Autobahn”, “The Model”, “The Robots”, “Tour de France”, “Radioactivity”, “Computer Love” (sampled in Coldplay’s Talk) and “Musique Non-Stop”. Though the majority of their albums were released between 1970 and 1981, their influence on a wide range of electronic music, from the past continuing into today, was evident throughout their performance.
One of the most interesting aspects of the show was witnessing the group’s prescience as cultural observers, as well as musicians. When the lyrics to “Computer World” began flashing across the screen behind the band describing the elements of a “computer world”, it was incredible to see the relevance to present day. Issues of government spying, as well as the computer’s role in “business, numbers, money, people” and “crime, travel, communication, entertainment” in a song written over thirty years ago, never felt so current.
Here’s a video taken by an audience member of “Numbers/Computer World” when Kraftwerk played at the Tate Modern (the visuals are a little off because of the 3-D).
Miwa Matreyek from TED Talks
Miwa Matreyek is performing this piece, Myth and Infrastructure, (shown above) and her most recent- This World Made Itself at the REDCAT theater. An additional show was added for tonight 2/9 at 7pm- the rest are sold out.
Seeing the opera, Invisible Cities, based on Italo Calvino’s book, was an incredible experience. The audience walked around Union Station, listening on headphones as performers danced and sang around them. At the same time, interspersed among them were travelers en route to other destinations who were often taken aback by the performance going on around them.
Artbound on KCET is currently showing an interesting documentary on the opera also worth checking out.
The Terracotta Nutcracker
Options for the holiday classic- The Nutcracker include:
December 12-15th:
December 13-15th:
December 14-22nd:
December 15th: