Sunday, January 24, 2010

Weekly Events Calendar: Found in LA (Jan. 25th-31st)

FEATURED IN FOUNDTRACK PODCAST _ EPISODE 13
FEATURED IN FOUNDTRACK PODCAST _ PREVIOUSLY


Monday / January 25th

MUSIC
- KROQ Locals Only Presents The French Semester, Team Abraham, Le Switch, Wonderground @ Echo (FREE)
- Year Long Disaster, Dirty Sweet, Karma To Burn, Dead Meat @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Eugene and the 1914, The Steelwells, Dusty Rhodes & The River Band, Mississippi Man @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)
- Whispering Pines, The Northstar Session, Sally Jaye @ Bootleg (FREE)
- Lots O' Crap Presents Tan Dollar, Simo Soo, DDM @ Tribal Cafe
- Sun Araw, Talibam!, Vaginals, David Scott Stone @ Echo Curio
- Sean Carnage Presents Day 2: 2nd Annual Pomona Rib Cook-Off feat.Warm Streams, Cockwind, Stress Ape, Hot Topic, Kill Kill Kill @ Pehrspace
- Oren Lavie, Matthew Mayfield, Window View, Sky White Tiger @ Hotel Cafe
- Frank Fairfield @ The Redwood Bar & Grill
DJ's/PARTIES
- Funkmosphere feat. Dam-Funk @ Carbon (Culver City)
FILM
- LA Film School Presents Winter Shorts Night Series @ Space 15 Twenty
MISC.
- Love and Haiti: Comedy Benefit Show with special guests Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, more @ Largo

Tuesday / January 26th
MUSIC
- The Cribs (feat. Johnny Marr), Jemina Pearl @ The Glass House
- Jenny Lewis and Friends Haiti Benefit Show @ Largo
- Hollywood East Entertainment and Illroots.com Presents Curren$y, Diz Gibran, Tiron, Hollyweerd, El Prez, Spree Wilson, Grip Plyaz, Mikkey Hasted, Lep Bogus Boys @ Echoplex
- Olin And The Moon, The Henry Clay People @ Echo (FREE)
- Summer Darling, By Sunlight, Vanaprasta, Shiloe @ Spaceland
- The Union Line, We Barbarians, Voxhaul Broadcast @ Bootleg
- Giant Ships, Sydney Robinson @ Silverlake Lounge
- Armada's Rock For Haiti Benefit with Monkeys in Space, Parents, Outlett @ The Viper Room
- STLS, Protect Me, Rare Grooves @ Echo Curio
- Guns N' Broes, Stress Ape, Los Fantasmas Carmesi, I.E. @ The Smell
- That 1 Guy, J-Logic @ The Mint
- The Ross Sea Party, Tyler Brown Williams, The Brittany's, Victoria Clemons @ The Roxy (On the Rox)
- Captain Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, New Rome Quartet, Lightnin Woodcock @ The Redwood Bar & Grill
DJ's/PARTIES
- Dim Mak Tuesdays feat. special guest DJ Bartbmore, special guest DJ Huggs with resident DJ's Them Jeans, Dan Oh @ Cinespace
- Mas Exitos feat. selectors Ganas, Enorbito, Lengua, Hoseh, Chico Sonido @ Verdugo Bar (FREE)
- Origami Vinyl Presents Record Club @ El Prado (FREE)
FILM
- "American Splendor" (2003) & The Confessions of Robert Crumb @ Hammer Museum (Hammer Screenings)
- ITVS Community Cinema Presents "Garbage Dreams" (2009) @ Blue Conference Room (Pacific Design Center)
MISC
- Tim & Eric Present For Your Haiti: A Benefit Show with Dr. Steve Brule @ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) - Both shows SOLD OUT ; Q&A after the show with Tim, Eric and John C. Reilly, moderated by Awesome Showregular Richard Dunn.

Wednesday / January 27th
MUSIC
- Charlotte Gainsbourg with Beck @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- Placid Casual Presents New Noise feat a special live performance from Ash Riser plus Resident DJ Dave V, Marouan Jamai with special guests and featuring The Barry Sobel Show @ The Red Room of Bar Lubitsch
- The Airborne Toxic Event, Aushua @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
- Rev. Payton's Big Damn Band, The Donkeys @ Echo
- SISU, Asbury, Twilight Sleep @ Spaceland (CLUB NME)
- Michael Runion with friends Jason Boesl, Zberg (The Like), Jjamz @ Bootleg
- Silent Star, The Wallburds, Hotel St. George @ Silverlake Lounge
- Kissing Cousins, By Sunlight, Ryan Harrison and the Orphans, Daniel Ahearn @ Echo Curio
- FMLY and KXLU Presents The FMLYzine Fundraiser Show feat.
Gowns, Corridor, Furcast @ New Space (5011 W. Adams Blvd)
- KCRW Presents Lucy Schwartz, Chis Pureka, Joey Degraw, Fences @ Hotel Cafe
- The Soft Hands, Shane Walsh, Stepfather @ Three of Clubs (Marathon Live)
- Kosmonaut (Record Release), The Mullhollands, Bathroom Murders, The Hundred Days plus Resident DJ's Mr. Sleep, Keith 2.0, DJ N @ Boardner's (Club Moscow)
- Dance Party, Radio Freq, The Cataracs, Lady Sinatra @ Crazy Girls - That's right...The Strip Club!
- 1320 Records Showcase feat. Nalepa Dub Orchestra, Virtual Boy, St. Andrew, Fuzz, more @ Airliner Club (Low End Theory)
DJ's/PARTIES
- Anne Lee and Shadowscene Present Awesometown feat. Huggs, C-town and resident DJ's Dirty Dave, Anne Lee @ The Shortstop (FREE)
- Nu-Soul Magazine and Red Light Special Events Presents The Foreign Exchange Official Grammy Celebration hosted by Phonte with special guest DJ's Nicolay, Anthony Valadez (KCRW), and DJ Destroyer (Strictly Social) @ Elevate Lounge (FREE w/RSVP)
- Melodic One Year Anniversary Party feat. Mark Farina, The EC Twins @ The Standard Hotel (Hollywood)
- Freedom of Beats feat. DJ Revolution, Alchemist, and DJ Spider plus resident DJ's Rhettmatic, Spinbad, Julio G and Tony G, more @ Seven Restaurant and Lounge (FREE w/RSVP)

Thursday / January 28th
MUSIC
- Fruit Bats @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- Filter Presents Fruit Bats, Citay, Extra Classic, DJ Turquoise Wisdom @ Echoplex
- The Parson Red Heads, The Chapin Sisters, Social Studies, All Spots To Black @ Echo
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Matthieu Schreyer (KCRW) @ Track 16 (Bergamot Station) - In addition Ed Moses, Chuck Arnoldi, Raymond Pettibon, Robert Graham, Larry Bell and other artists will donate their work to help raise funds for Haitian earthquake victims.
- Jessica Fichot, Fishtank Ensemble, Diego's Umbrella @ Spaceland
- Jason Diaz, Wade Ryff (The Janks), Zmed Brothers (The Janks), Peppermint Wolf @ Silverlake Lounge
- Death Kit, Yours Til Death, The Half-Hearted @ Bordello
-Wayne Hancock @ Amoeba (6;30pm/FREE)
- Ballerina Black with debut of music video "leaves" @ Space 15 Twenty (Music Nite at the Courtyard)
- Honeyhoney, The Truth, Dynamite Walls, Get Back Loretta @ Viper Room
- Natalia Lafourcade @ The Conga Room
- Khosro Soltani @ LACMA (Bing Theatre) - The renowned European-based Iranian musician and composer Khosro Soltani will perform on the Nai, Balaban, and Sornay (traditional Persian wind instruments). His work promotes traditional Persian music with philharmonics across Europe and the Americas.
- The Mother Hips, Travel By Sea, Angela McCluskey, Samuel Stewart @ Hotel Cafe - Fyfe Dangerfield of the Guillemots unfortunately had to cancel this scheduled appearance. He said he will return to LA in March.
- Jason Webley, Eliza Rickman @ Echo Curio
- The Golden Years, Johnny O'Donnell & A Cast of 1000s, Devon Williams @ L'Keg Gallery
- Abe Vigoda, Silk Flowers, Bronze, Tearist @ The Smell

- Lady Dottie @ The Redwood Bar & Grill
DJ's/PARTIES
- Afro Funke Presents Afro Funke Soundsystem feat. resident DJ's Jeremy Sole (KCRW), Glenn Red @ Zanzibar
- Le Branche Presents Comme De La Maison @ R-Bar - A weekly speak easy soirée from our friends at Le Branche ; Password = Le Branche
- Afex Thursdays feat. DJ Adam 12 and special guests @ Temporary Spaces II
- Dance Right feat. special guests TBA @ La Cita (FREE w/RSVP)
MISC.
- Hammer Presents Smith on Smith @ Hammer Museum - Please join Patti Smith and friends for a night of film, live music, and remembrance as we celebrate the publication of Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular.
- Mississippi Night @ The Grammy Museum
- Hollywood Forever Cemetary and Duncan Trussel Present Comedy Is Dead 9 @ Hollywood Forever Cemetary (Masonic Lodge)
FILM
"Teenage Paparrazo" (2009) @ Downtown Independent Theatre (One Night Only) - A 13-year-old paparazzi boy snaps a photo of actor Adrian Grenier, leading Grenier to explore the effects of celebrity on culture.
- Creating A More Visually Comprehensive Cinema (Seminar) @ Egyptian Theatre
- Larry Karaszewski Presents "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) @ Aero Theatre - Oscar winning screenwriter Frank Pierson in Person

Friday / January 29th
MUSIC
- Rum & Humble, Echo/KCRW Presents Out 4 Blood: An Evening of Live Music from HBO's True Blood feat. John Doe, C.C. Adcock & the Lafayette Marquis, Jace Everett, KCRW's Gary Calamar and others @ Echoplex
- The Tender box, Satellite Crush @ Echo (Club Underground)
- Spaceland and Arjanwrites.com Presents Superfraiche feat. VV Brown, Reni Lane, Love Grenades, Scott Simons @ Spaceland
- Andy Clockwise, Nneka, Aya Larkin, Lauren Shera @ Hotel Cafe
- Figurine, Psychic Powers, Suzanne Kraft, DJ hoseh @ Pehrspace
- GPKism, Seileen @ Bootleg
- Boomsnake, Slang Chickens, Superhumanoids @ Echo Curio
- Adolescents, The Riverboat Gamblers, John Doe @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)
- Eugene and the 1914 @ Aquarium of the Pacific
- Polysics, Sabrosa Purr, New Kingdom @ The Roxy
- Luciana Souza Trio @ The Broad Stage
- Tim Reynolds and TR3 @ The Mint
- Realicde, BIRTH!, Unmaskings, Heart Throb @ Women of Crenshaw
-
Lots O Crap Presents My Name is Dalloway, Magic Fingers @ The Smell
- The Pristines, Shane Walsh, Cue the Moon, The Live Bullets @ Mr. T's Bowl
- Brendan Daniel & The Chics, Thee Makeout Party @ Redwood Bar & Grill
DJ's/PARTIES
- Calling All Kids feat. special guests TBA plus resident DJ's matthewdavid (Dublab), sodapop (anticon) @ Hyperion Tavern
- Control Presents Alan Braxe, Classixx, Human Life, plus Resident DJ Mr. White @ Avalon
- Purple Lounge Fridays feat. special guests TBA @ The Standard Hotel Hollywood (Purple Lounge) - FREE w/RSVP
- Kiss N Grind The Grammy Edition feat. 2010 Grammy nominees Eric Roberson, The Foreign Exchange, Bilal, Robert Glasper plus guest DJ's Questlove, Chad Hugo (Neptunes, N.E.R.D.), Hip Hop Dan as Missile Command, more @ Club 740
FILM
- Cine Insomnia feat. "The Goonies" (1985) @ The Nuart - New 35mm print
- "Bronson" (2008) @ Downtown Independent - Opening night of a limited engagement of acclaimed film about british convict
- "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (1983) @ Aero Theatre (Monty Python Double Feature)
- "The Posters Came from the Walls" (2008 - L.A. Premiere) @ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) - Depeche Mode fans from around the world tells stories of faith and devotion in this fascinating and inspired documentary about fandom.
"Amarcord" (1973) "Radio Days" (1987) @ New Beverly Cinema
MISC
Hawaii Night @ The Grammy Museum
Los Angeles Art Deco Architecture @ Egyptian Theatre

Saturday / January 30th
MUSIC
- KCRW and MojaMoja Present the 2nd Annual Pre-Grammy Awards Brunch hosted by Garth Trinidad feat. performances by The Foreign Exchange, Little Dragon, Nneka, Alice Smith, Quetzal Guererro @ W Hotel (Hollywood) SOLD OUT - Event helps to raise awareness for Oxfam America
- Danceism feat. SonicC (Dim Mak), Robot Love (Danceism), Paul Devro (Mad Decent), Bones (GDD), Asaa (Danceism) @ Echoplex
- Bowerbirds, Julie Doiron (ex-Eric's Trip) @ Echo (Early Show)
- The Residents @ Henry Fonda Theatre
- Moving Units, Rumspringa, Casxio @ The Glass House
- Coby Brown, Graydon, Leila Broussard, Penelope Fortier, One Trick Pony, Kathryn Ostenberg @ Hotel Cafe
Jacqueline Becker @ Molly Malone's
- The Riverboat Gamblers, Throw Rag, Mike Watt @ Alex's Bar
- John Nolan (of Straylight Run), Mansions @ Bootleg
- Future Sounds Presents Nico Stai, Chief, Yikes! A Lion, Fences @ Spaceland
- Nonprojects Presents Asura, Sequins and Skeletons, Wild Mountain Time, Anenon @ Echo Curio
- Pehrspace Benefit Show feat. Traps, ps, Kill Kill Kill @ Pehrspace
- Feel Free, Treasure Mammal, Neon Navajo @ The Smell
- Alex's Bar 10 Year Anniversary Show feat. Throw Rag, Mike Watt and the Secondmen plus Very Special Guests TBA @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)
- I See Hawks in LA, Old Californio @ The Redwood Bar & Grill
- Los Guppies, Bumtech, Modern Time Machines, Lost Lake, The Delabre @ Mr. T's Bowl
- The Pity Party, Pocahaunted, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, and Morgan from The Whispertown 200 @ Cinespace (Haiti Benefit; 100% proceeds go to OpUSA)
- Elevate Presents: Luminous Movement feat. Luminaries, The Bolt, Amae, Elijah Ray @ Dakota Lounge
- Sonos (A Capella) @ UCLA
DJ's/PARTIES
- Steve Angello, Kazell @ Avalon
- DJ Daniel L'Amour, Posso the DJ's @ MI:6
- Anthony Valadez (KCRW) live interpretations of Audio/Visual with the Squad plus DJ Sets from Carlos Nino @ Angels Piano Bar
- Glam Bash feat. Jeremy Sole (KCRW), Colette, DJ Dayhota, DJ Lush, Justin Paul and Dave Hughes @ King King
-Hungry Beat feat. Marion Hodges (KCRW) @ La Cita
MISC
Louisiana Night @ The Grammy Museum (SOLD OUT)
ART
HVW8, Frolab, Union LA Presents Mos Def: Ecstatic Moments Photo Show (Opening Reception) @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery (661 N. Spaulding Ave.) - a one week exhibition showcasing rare performance and behind-the-scenes images captured by Cognito while accompanying Mos Def on the two year journey of making and supporting the June 2009 release of “The Ecstatic”.
Alex Prager: Week-End (Opening Reception) @ M+B Gallery - exhibition of the accomplished 29-yr old photographer will run through March 6th
FILM
- "The Posters Came from the Walls" (2008 - L.A. Premiere) @ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) - Depeche Mode fans from around the world tells stories of faith and devotion in this fascinating and inspired documentary about fandom.
- "Amarcord" (1973) "Radio Days" (1987) @ New Beverly Cinema


Sunday / January 31st
MUSIC
- Depeche Mode Nite w/guest DJ's Ray & Lee (from The Depeche Mode Convention) @ Echo (Part-Time Punks)
- Cave Country, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, Tommy Santee Klaws @ Dakota Lounge
-
Live Footage with Knifeandfork (visuals) and Tango Nuevo @ Echo Curio
- Tim Reynolds & TR3 @ The Mint
- Ivan and Aloysha, Brown Sugar Sinks, Greg Jong @ Bootleg Theater
- The Lucky Stars @ The Redwood Bar & Grill
DJ's/ PARTIES
- Dim Mak and WIll I Am Presents Dip Dive Nights feat. special guests to be announced @ 6507 Sunset Blvd (RSVP) - Sunday series running through the month of January
FILM
"Better off Dead" (1989) @ Aero Theatre - "Savage" Steve Holland, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin and E.G. Daily will comment on the making of the film during the screening.

Long - Running Events
- Jan. 23rd- Feb. 5th - The Apocalyptic Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky @ LACMA
- Jan. 12th - Feb. 7th - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia
- Jan. 29th- Feb. 9th - "Bronson" (2008) @ Downtown Independent Theatre
- Jan. 16th - Feb. 13th - One Leads to Another/A Crying Shame @ Lebasse Projects (Culver City)
- Jan. 21st - Feb. 18th - Mark Jenkins: Meaning Is Overrated @ Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
- Jan. 23rd- March 6th - Kathryn Andrews/Heather Cook/Lesley Vance/Lisa Williamson @ David Kordansky Gallery
- Jan. 23rd - March 6th - Greg Colson: Paintings, Wallworks, Pie Charts @ Griffin
- Jan. 30th - March 6th - Alex Prager: Week-End @ M+B Gallery
- Nov. 14th - March 7th - "Sport: Iooss & Leifer @ Annenburg Space for Photography
- Nov. 19th - March 7th - "Road To Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-68 @ Skirball Cultural Center
- Nov. 15th - May 03rd - Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years @ MOCA

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FoundTrack Podcast - Episode 13


FoundTrack Productions is proud to provide a weekly one hour podcast presentation featuring an ensemble cast of our favorite found sounds adapted from various tastemakers in Radio, Film/TV, Internet and preferred publications with direction from our Found in LA weekly events screenplay.

FoundTrack Podcast - Episode 13
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Complete Tracklisting and Liner Notes Below:

Chapter 1
FoundTrack Podcast - Episode 13 - Intro
In this week's episode, we welcome the soulful sounds of Nigeria's Nneka, French Chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg, music from the charming soundtrack to the indie film "Youth in Revolt" and a love song written for Henry Rollins. We also highlight a couple special events you won't want to miss including an ecstatic photographic exhibition of Mos Def, a documentary depicting the Depeche Mode maniac fandom, a Valentine's Day N.A.S.A. landing for Lucent L'Amour and a celebration of the grammy nominated music from HBO TV series True Blood. Of course you can count on some great local representation from the likes of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Eugene & the 1914, Slang Chickens, Boomsnake, New Kingdom, Diz Gibran, and our favorite LA production duo, Classixx.

Chapter 2
CC Adcock & The Lafayette Marquis - Bleed 2 Feed
True Blood: Soundtrack (Sample/Purchase)
Elektra/Atlantic
http://www.hbo.com/true-blood

Notes : - 1/29 - KCRW Presents Out 4 Blood: Live Music from HBO's True Blood feat. John Doe, C.C. Adcock & the Lafayette Marquis, Jace Everett, Gary Calamar (KCRW) @ Echoplex




Chapter 3
Eugene & The 1914 - River

Troubles. (Forthcoming in February)

Self Release
http://www.myspace.com/eugenetheband

Notes : New self release from Long Beach's Eugene Owens (younger brother of Mars Volta Keyboardist, Ikey Owens). With production assistance from James Iha (the Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle) and Ryan Adams.
1/25 - Eugene and the 1914 @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE) ;
1/29
- Eugene and the 1914 @ Aquarium of the Pacific ;

Chapter 4
New Kingdom - Burn It Down
Demo
Self Release
http://www.myspace.com/newkingdom

Notes : 1/29 - Polysics, Sabrosa Purr, New Kingdom @ The Roxy




Chapter 5
Nneka - Heartbeat
Concrete Jungle (Sample/Pre-order) - Out feb. 2nd, 2010
Epic
http://www.myspace.com/nnekaworld








1/29-
Andy Clockwise, Nneka, Aya Larkin, Lauren Shera @ Hotel Cafe ;


1/30-
KCRW and MojaMoja Present the 2nd Annual Pre-Grammy Awards Brunch feat. The Foreign Exchange, Little Dragon, Nneka, Alice Smith, Quetzal Guererro, Garth Trinidad (KCRW) @ W Hotel (Hollywood) SOLD OUT


Chapter 6
Diz Gibran - Impossible
Crooks & Castles Presents: Soon You'll Understand (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Self Release
http://www.myspace.com/dizgibran

Notes : 1/26 - Hollywood East Entertainment and Illroots.com Presents Curren$y, Diz Gibran, Tiron, Hollyweerd, El Prez, Spree Wilson, Grip Plyaz, Mikkey Hasted, Lep Bogus Boys @ Echoplex


Chapter 7
Ladyhawke - Magic (Classixx Version)
Promo
Self Released
http://www.myspace.com/classixxmusic

Notes : 1/29 - Control Presents Alan Braxe, Classixx, Human Life @ Avalon ; 2/5 - Classixx, Holy Ghost @ V-Lounge


Chapter 8
Slang Chickens - Black Don't Turn Blue
Slang Chickens (Sample/Purchase)
Psychedelic Judaism
http://www.myspace.com/slangchickens

Notes : 1/29 - Boomsnake, Slang Chickens, Superhumanoids @ Echo Curio ; 2/11 - Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, The Thermals, Slang Chickens @ Troubadour




Chapter 9

Boomsnake - Sticks Stones & Animal Bones
Re/Visions (EP) (FREE DOWNLOAD) / INFO
Grizzly
http://www.myspace.com/boomsnake

Notes : 1/29 - Boomsnake, Slang Chickens, Superhumanoids @ Echo Curio ;






Chapter 10
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Home feat. the Gulu Widows Group of Uganda (more info)
Promo produced by Chris Holmes
Vagrant
http://www.myspace.com/edwardsharpe
http://vimeo.com/8034295


Notes : 1/28 - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Matthieu Schreyer (KCRW) @ Track 16 (Bergamot Station) ; recorded a version of "Home" for the Voice Project, a non-profit supporting women in Northern Uganda.

Chapter 11

Allo, Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance
Henry Rollins Don't Dance 7" (Sample/Purchase)
Wee Pop!
http://www.myspace.com/allodarlin

Notes : - Allo, Darlin’ is Elizabeth Darling from Queensland, Australia and this is her third release, re-working the Lucksmiths/Dirty Dancing inspired cute pop gem. SXSW here they come.



Chapter 12
Fruit Bats - When You Love Somebody
Youth in Revolt Soundtrack (Sample/Purchase)
Lakeshore
http://www.myspace.com/thefruitbats

Notes : Soundtrack producer/music supervisor Anne Litt (KCRW) - 1/28 - Fruit Bats @ 89.9fm KCRW - 1/28 - Fruit Bats, Citay, Extra Classic, DJ Turquoise Wisdom @ Echoplex




Chapter 13

Nullsleep - Depeche Mode Gameboy Megamix
Depeche Mode Megamix (FREE download)
8bit Peoples
http://www.myspace.com/nullsleep




- 1/29,30 - "The Posters Came from the Walls" (2008 - L.A. Premiere) @ Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) - Depeche Mode fans from around the world tells stories of faith and devotion in this fascinating and inspired documentary about fandom.


Chapter 14
N.A.S.A. - Homem Gol Pan Am
The Spirit of Apollo (Sample/Purchase)
Anti
http://www.myspace.com/nasa

Notes : 2/13 - Lucent L'Amour - A Visionary Love Festival feat. N.A.S.A. with Basnectar, Stanton Warriors, more @ Shrine Expo Center





Chapter 15
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Voyage
I.R.M. (Sample/Purchase)
Elektra/Asylum
http://www.myspace.com/charlottegainsbourg

Notes : 1/27 - Charlotte Gainsbourg with Beck @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am) / 4/18 - First festival appearance at Coachella




Chapter 16
Mos Def - Auditiorium Ft. Slick Rick
The Ecstatic (Sample/Purchase)
Downtown
http://www.myspace.com/mosdef








1/30 -Mos Def: Ecstatic Moments Photo Show (Opening Reception) @ HVW8 Art + Design Gallery (661 N. Spaulding Ave.) - 1 week exhibition showcasing rare performances and behind-the-scenes images captured by Cognito in the making of "The Ecstatic".

Chapter 17
RJD2 - Final Frontier
Dead Ringer (Sample/Purchase)
Definitive Jux
http://www.myspace.com/rjd2

Notes : 4/6 @ El Rey Theatre ; New album "Colossus" is out now on RJ's Electrical Connections. Dead Ringer released in 2002.



Questions, Comments, Suggestions, Submissions ?
- Nassir at foundtrack dot com

Monday, January 18, 2010

Weekly Events Calendar: Found in LA (Jan. 18th-24th)

FEATURED IN FOUNDTRACK PODCAST - EPISODE 12

Monday / January 18th

MUSIC
- Merge, MFG, and Hard Presents Spoon with Deep Sea Diver @ El Cid (SOLD OUT)
- KROQ Locals Only Presents The French Semester, Moving Picture Show, Light FM, Downtown/Union @ Echo (FREE)
- Year Long Disaster, Imaad Wasif, The Gasoline Angels @ Spaceland (FREE)
- The Monthlies, The Steelwells, Aushua, Wake Up Lucid @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)
- Northstar Session, Population Game, Shades of Day @ Bootleg (FREE)
- Vieux Carre Mondays featuring The Kevin O'Day Band & DJ Quickie Mart @ The Mint (free)
- Oren Lavie, The Hot Rats (DJ Set), Slang Chickens, Dios @ Hotel Cafe
- Endometrium CxPx, Sunken Landscape, Mario Eggplant, Boar, Swim Ignorant Fire, UV Astronaut, El Diablos Blancos @ Echo Curio
- KROQ Locals Only Presents Run Run Run, Ives the Band, Purple Melon, The Passports @ The Viper Room
DJ's/PARTIES
- Funkmosphere feat. Dam-Funk @ Carbon (Culver City)

Tuesday / January 19th
MUSIC
- White Denim, Brazos @ Troubadour
- The Hot Rats (feat. Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey of Supergrass), Lemon Sun @ Spaceland
- Olin And The Moon, Dusty Rhodes & The River Band @ Echo (FREE)
- Pepper Rabbit, Boomsnake, Gamble House @ Bootleg
- Karabal Nightlife, Where Astronauts Go To Hide @ Silverlake Lounge
- Hi Ho Silver Oh, Superhumanoids, White Arrows @ L'Keg Gallery
- Penny Sledge, The Symboilick Jews, Tubby Boots, Moses Campbell (Sean Solomon Solo) @ The Smell
DJ's/PARTIES
- Branches feat. Jeremy Sole (KCRW) @ Commonwealth Lounge (Fullerton)
- Dim Mak Tuesdays feat. special guest DJ's D.I.M., Sharooz, Staccato, Gina Turner and Louisahhh plus resident DJ's Them Jeans, Dan Oh @ Cinespace
- Origami Vinyl Presents Record Club @ El Prado (FREE)
MISC
- Aziz Ansari with very special guests @ Largo
- American Express Presents An Evening with Ringo Starr @ Grammy Museum (SOLD OUT)
- LA Moth StorySLAM feat. Neighborhood @ El Cid
- Joe Sacco discusses "Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel" @ Skylight Books (7:30-8:30)
ART
- Mark Tribe: Sweet Child Solos @ LACE (Port Huron Project)

Wednesday / January 20th
DJ's/PARTIES
- Placid Casual Presents New Noise /Barry Sobel Show with special guest comedians and live performance by The Kings plus guest DJ's Marouan Jamai , DJ Bloodbath and Host and Resident DJ Dave Vaughn @ The Red Room of Bar Lubitsch
- Madlib Medicine Show Release Party @ Good Hurt - With live, in-house LP cover silk-screening by Hit+Run, and guest DJs.
MUSIC
- Peanut Butter Wolf with James Pants @ The Barn (UC Riverside)
- Spoon @ 89.9fm KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley - 11:15am)
- KCRW Presents Daniel Merriweather @ Troubadour
- The Ettes, The Blood Arm, Heavy Young Heathens @ Echo
- Har Mar Superstar, The Neon Trees, Little Red Radio @ Spaceland (Club NME)
- Residual Echoes, El Chon, San Francisco Water Cooler @ Echo Curio
- John Gold, Line and Circle @ Bootleg
- Autodrone (NYC), TBA @ Three of Clubs (Marathon Live)
- The Dance Party, Sing the Body Electric, David Bennett & the Starchilds, The Summer Obsession plus guest DJ performance from Hi-Deaf and Resident DJ's Raulie, Keith 2.0, DJ N @ Boardner's (Club Moscow)
- Jel, Odd Nosdam @ Airliner Club (Low End Theory)
FILM
- "Cutter's Way" (1981), "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot" (1974) @ Aero Theatre (Jeff Bridges Double Feature)

Thursday / January 21st
MUSIC
- Music Go Music, Wounded Lion @ Echo
- The Idaho Falls (Record Release), Red Cortez, Old Californio @ Spaceland
- The Hot Rats (feat.Gaz and Dan of Supergrass), Lemon Sun @ Troubadour
- The Californian, Maus Haus, Melanoid, Pomegranate (Oakland) @ Silverlake Lounge
- The last 55, Cowgirls and Indians @ Bootleg
- Mangled Bohemians, Simo Soo, Intergalactic Noise @ Echo Curio
- Felt Drawings, Former Ghosts, Amir Coyle, Nicole Kidman @ New Space (5011 W. Adams Blvd)
- Watkins Family Hour w/Ben Lee & Guests @ Largo
DJ's/PARTIES
- Afro Funke Presents DJ Jedi (Digable Planets/ The Root Down) plus resident DJ's Jeremy Sole (KCRW), Glenn Red @ Zanzibar
- Le Branche Presents Comme De La Maison @ R-Bar - A weekly speak easy soirée from our friends at Le Branche ; Password = Le Branche
- Afex Thursdays feat. DJ Adam 12 and special guests @ Temporary Spaces II
- Dance Right feat. special guests TBA @ La Cita (FREE w/RSVP)
ART
- Art Brewer: Surf's Up, 40 Years from the surf and sand @ Annenberg Space for Photography - Surf's Up journals 40 years of Art Brewer’s surfing photography as he’s documented surfing, chasing the world’s best surfer and waves around the globe. He will share his perspective from the line up in the surf and on the beach.
FILM
- The Films of Shana Moulton @ Silent Movie Theater (Cinefamily)


Friday / January 22nd

MUSIC
- Manimal Vinyl Presents Haiti Benefit Show feat. live performances by Nico Vega, Adanowsky, Jenny O, Soko, Corridor, Pizza!, and more to be announced @ Echoplex - Benefit show for relief efforts in Haiti with proceeds going directly to Red Cross.
- KROQ Presents Cold War Kids, Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) @ Wiltern
- The Black Lips, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ Glass House
- Joseph Arthur, Harper Simon @ Troubadour
- Shwayze, Trouble Andrew, Cold Flamez, Kelley James, Chris Young @ Roxy
- Jemina Pearl (formerly of Be Your Own Pet), Family Of The Year @ Echo (Club Underground)
- Movits, The Blasting Company @ Spaceland
- The Street and Babe Shadow @ Origami Vinyl (7pm- FREE)
- Andy Clockwise @ Hotel Cafe
- John Hammond @ McCabe's Guitar Shop (8pm Show is SOLD OUT)
- My Flag is on Fire, Graham Forest, City of Progress, Traditionist @ Echo Curio
- Elaine Layabout's Hella Hipster Hoedown VII feat. Mista Cookie Jar, Cobra Lilies, Blackbird Baum, Black Sparrow Press @ Pehrspace
- NHY/Smell Anniversary Fest/Day 1 feat. Robin Williams On Fire, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, Realicide, Simo Soo @ The Smell
DJ'S/PARTIES
- Calling All Kids One Year Anniversary feat. Dntel, Jel, Odd Nosdam plus resident DJ's matthewdavid (Dublab), sodapop (anticon) @ Hyperion Tavern - *Limited Calling All Kids mix CD with a drink, come early and get yo’self one!
- Control Presents Plump DJ's, Steve Aoki @ Avalon
- Purple Lounge Fridays feat. special guests TBA @ The Standard Hotel Hollywood (Purple Lounge) - FREE w/RSVP
FILM
- "Raging Bull" (1980) @ Egyptian Theatre (Digitally Restored Retrospective)
- "Black Dynamite" (2009) @ Nuart Theatre
- "The Wild Bunch" (1969) @ Billy Wilder Theatre (The Movie That Inspired Me - Kathryn Bigelow)
- "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" (1981) @ Fairfax Regency Theatres (Midnight Screening)
ART
- Stream: A Photograph Projection Show @ Space 15 Twenty

Saturday / January 23rd
MUSIC
- The Black Lips, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ El Rey
- City and Colour, Lissie @ Henry Fonda Theatre
- Joseph Arthur, Harper Simon @ Troubadour
- Mindy Smith, Landon Pigg @ Bootleg
- My Imaginary Friend, The Monthlies, Heather Woodbury @ Echo Curio
- Mincemeat or Tenspeed @ Origami Vinyl (7pm- FREE)
- NovaCriminal, Fantastica Bastidas, The Terrapin, Tommy Santee Klaws, Torches In Trees @ Mr. T's Bowl
- NHY/Smell Anniversary Fest/Day 2 feat. Lucky Dragons, Mi Ami, Foot Village, VNC, Misscincinnati @ The Smell
- Bikos, Tubby Boots, Nerver @ L'Keg Gallery
- Doug MacLeod plus special guest Lawrence Lebo @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
- Zona, JASK, Adam Auburn @ King King (Balance)
- Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins, Wild child, Astro and Trek Life and DJ Lady Sha @ Dakota Lounge
- The First Annual Killradio Fundraiser Event feat. Laco$te, Dirt Dress, 60 Watt Kid, Restavrant, The Cooling Time, Essay @ TOW (1450 E. Sixth Street) - 8pm - Killradio fundraiser ; Between Mateo and Santa Fe at the base of the Sixth Street bridge
ART
- Scion Installation 6: Video (Opening Reception) @ Scion Installation L.A. - "Installation 6: Video" challenged 10 artists to create non-narrative video installations that will eventually transform five unique exhibitions around the country.
- The Company of People Group Exhibition (Opening Reception) with live performances by I.U.D and O.G.O.D @ Space 15 Twenty
DJ's /PARTIES
- Soundlessons 2010 Kickoff feat. DJ Numark (Jurassic 5), Jeremy Sole (KCRW/Afro Funke), J-Logic (M.A.C.) @ El Cid
- DJ Dan Donald Glaude, Nick Warren @ Avalon
FILM
- "Dread" (2009-Advanced Screening) @ New Beverly Cinema
- "The Godfather" (1972) @ Egyptian Theatre (Digitally Restored Retrospective)

Sunday / January 24th
MUSIC
- Memory, Protect Me @ Echo (Part-Time Punks)
- The Minor Canon, Rademacher, Andrew Lynch, Quiet Americans @ Spaceland
- Talibam!, Sex Worker, S.S.P.S, JAWS, M. Geddes Gengras @ Echo Curio
- L'Keg Gallery Fundraiser feat. La Ghost, Bonbomb, Animal Styl @ L'Keg Gallery
- I See Hawks in LA, Matt The Electrician @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
- Pizza!, John Thill, Aristides, Musical Charis, IE @ The Smell
- Dim Mak and WIll I Am Presents Dip Dive Nights feat. special guests to be announced @ 6507 Sunset Blvd (RSVP) - Sunday series running through the month of January
ART
- I'm Getting My Ass In Gear (Opening Reception) @ Martin Lawrence Gallery (Universal City Walk) 2pm-4pm - Exhibiting the humorous work of surrealist artist Robert Deyber.
FILM
- "Night of the Iguana" (1964) @ LACMA (Tuesday Matinees - 1pm)
- "Superman" (1978), "Superman II" (1980) @ Egyptian Theatre (Digitally Restored Retrospective)

Long - Running Events
- Dec. 12th - Jan. 23rd - High Lonesome @ M+B Gallery
- Jan. 16th - 23rd - Fungi Fest 2010 @ Echo Park
- Oct. 20th - Jan. 24th - "I Feel Different" @ LACE
- Jan. 23rd- Feb. 5th - The Apocalyptic Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky @ LACMA
- Jan. 12th - Feb. 7th - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia
- Jan. 16th - Feb. 13th - One Leads to Another/A Crying Shame @ Lebasse Projects (Culver City)
- Nov. 14th - March 7th - "Sport: Iooss & Leifer @ Annenburg Space for Photography
- Nov. 19th - March 7th - "Road To Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-68 @ Skirball Cultural Center
- Nov. 15th - May 03rd - Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years @ MOCA

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