David Letterman on "The Dark Knight"

This is pretty funny. David Letterman got a chance to see "The Dark Knight" and here are his reasons to see it:

1) Everyone dies in the end
2) The motorcycle
3) Heath Ledger



"HEY, Batman!"

O'Neal's freestyle receives Shaq-lash

Today Shaquille O Neal lost his special deputy's badge in Maricopa County because of his ridiculous freestyle mock of former teammate Kobe Bryant. What poor judgement from Shaq and even poorer judgement by the Sheriff ; Doesn't he realize that we need intimidating figures like Shaq in the police force to make sure films like Kazaam and Steel never see the light of day again? In case you missed it or you're like me and want to watch it again...here it is for your viewing pleasure.



Oh that video will never get old...wish i could say the same for Shaq.
Wouldn't be surprised if David Stern wrote the lyrics to that freestyle as this is sure to boost the NBA's ratings next year. If you think Kobe's angry, you're wrong. He knows exactly what it's like to make records and drop some hoop hyperboles in the rap game. Check out his first performance on national TV.



For some real underground bball rap with beautiful lyrics and a good message, make sure to check out our favorite 80's PSA from Magic and the Lakers.

Hide & Seek Festival 2008 - London

Some crazy kids have come up with the bright idea of turning London into an urban playground for those who are looking to relive their childhood. The Hide and Seek Festival was founded by Alex Fleetwood and Gideon Reeling, after attending Come Out and Play in New York.

According to their website, "Hide and Seek is a festival of social games and playful experiences... it will encompass everything from fine artists making location-based work to huge flashmob games within the public spaces of the Southbank Centre".

Games include "This is it..." which requires players to race across the city to rescue a special-guest band in time for them to play a gig at the festival's opening party, and "Snap-shot City" which sees New Yorkers and Londoners on a worldwide photographic treasure hunt.

Check out this short documentary about the festival last year:



Get ready to join in the fun this weekend June 27th - June 29th...I can think of worse ways to spend a weekend.

Source: thelondonpaper

Weekly Events Calendar : F.I.L.A. (Found in LA) June 23-29th

Monday June 23rd
Avi Buffalo, Coral Sea, French Semester, Codpiece @ Mr. T's Bowl
Mad Mondays
Death Cab For Cutie @ KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic)
Death Cab For Cutie, Rogue Wave @ Nokia Theatre
KCRW Presents Raising Sand w Robert Plant & Alison Krauss,T Bone Burnett, Sharon Little @ Greek Theatre (Night 1)
Spider Problem, Automatic Music Explosion @ Silverlake Lounge - FREE Monday Residency in June
Afternoons, Parson Red Heads, Valentino, HT Heartache @ Spaceland - FREE Monday Residency in June
Rumspringa, Union Line, Holloys, Danger Bees @ Echo - FREE Monday Residency in June
Idyllists, Gran Ronde, Boxing Lessons, Poor Excuses @ Viper Room (Indie 103's Check One...Two Mondays)
Smooth Grooves, Anavan, Holi Buffaglow, Jamaica Man, Spellcaster, Vampire Pussy @

Tuesday June 24th
KCRW Presents Raising Sand w Robert Plant & Alison Krauss,T Bone Burnett, Sharon Little @ Greek Theatre (Night 2)
Watson Twins @ Amoeba (FREE)
Ciam @ KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic)
Lucha VaVoom Summer Nacionales! Part 1 @ Mayan Theatre
Ingrid Michaelson, Greg Laswell @ El Rey
Bill Frisell @ Largo (at Coronet)
Stone Temple Pilots, Black Francis @ Hollywood Bowl
Sunny Day Sets Fire, In Waves, Line and Circle, The Monolators @ Spaceland
Hecuba, Hazm, Brendan Fowler, Laco$te @ Echo (FREE)

Wednesday June 25th
Thailand, The Soft Hands, Good On Paper, One Trick Pony @ Silverlake Lounge
Amos Lee @ Amoeba (FREE)
Lucha VaVoom Summer Nacionales! Part 2 @ Mayan Theatre
Oslo, The Hundred Days, Eject @ Spaceland (Club NME)
Olin & the Moon, Mouse Kills Tiger @ Tangier (Fold)
Cryptacize, Becky Stark, Palms @ Echo
Abe Vigoda, Small Breed, Shed Seahouse, Hey Buddy and the Pals @ Smell
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood @ Hollywood Bowl
KCRW Presents Yael Naim, David Donatien @ El Rey (CANCELLED)
American Teen Screening @ Ford Amphitheatre (LA Film Festival) - w/ live performance from Sunny Day Sets Fire

Thursday June 26th
Everclear, Soul Asylum, Camper Van Beethoven @ House of Blues (Sunset Strip Music Festival)
Oliver Future, The Gray Kid @ Spaceland
Lucha VaVoom Summer Nacionales! Part 3 @ Mayan Theatre
Movies, Savages, Pizza, The Voyeurs, The Mae Shi (DJ Set) @ Echo
Sam Phillips , The Section Quartet @ Largo at the Coronet
Yacht, Mika Miko @ Orange County Performing Arts Center
KCRW Presents Meiko, Dan Wilson @ Hotel Cafe

Friday June 27th
FoundTrack Presents 2am Club, Bedtime For Toys, Love You Long Time w/ DJ KnewJack @ Derby (VIP Lounge) - Details at www.FoundTrack.com/Events
Squaregirls Presents Fol Chen, Weave, Health Club, Hearts of Palm UK @ Pehrspace
Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone @ Echo
No Age, DJ King Shade @ Getty Ctr (Fridays off the 405)
Plants and Animals, Northern, Metroid, The Steelwells @ Glass House (Pomona)
Andy Rourke Dj Set @ King King (UNCONFIRMED) Ex- Smiths Bassist plays records
Jon Brion @ Largo (at the Coronet)
Nikka Costa w/DJ-C Minus @ El Rey
Mark Knopfler, Jesca Hoop @ Greek Theatre
Princeton, Rafter @ Beauty Bar (San Diego)
Chris Pierce, Anahita, Lucy Schwartz, more @ Hotel Cafe

Saturday June 28th
Panther, Plants and Animals @ Spaceland
Spires, Man/Miracle, Frankel, Jack Wilson Jr. @ Pehrspace
Fleet Foxes , The Dutchess & the Duke, Frankie Fairfield @ Echo
Sgt. Peppers Revisited @ Hollywood Bowl - Feat. Cheap Trick, Ian Ball, Billy Corgan , more
True Colors @ Greek Theatre - Cyndi Lauper, B-52's, Wanda Sykes , Andy Bell of Erasure, Puppini Sisters, more
The 88 , Ima Robot @ Roxy (Sunset Strip Music Festival)
Louis XVI, Transfer @ Viper Room (Sunset Strip Music Festival)

Sunday June 29th
KCRW's World Festival - Gilberto Gil, Devendra Banhart, Album Leaf feat. Mike Heron @ Hollywood Bowl
Kickchella 2008@ All Star Lanes (Bowling Alley in Eagle Rock) - w/Le Switch, Henry Clay People, You Me & Iowa, I Make This Sound, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, more
Fleet Foxes, The Dutchess and the Duke @ Spaceland
Willoughby, Graves @ Tangier (Fold)
Fool's Gold, Rainbow Arabia @ Echo (Part Time Punks) - Record Release Show

Resources
losangeles.ohmyrockness.com
KCRW Presents
LosAnjealous.com
Upcoming.yahoo.com
Going.com
Metromix.com
theguide.latimes.com

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - trailer

So the trailer for the new David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven) flick "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has finally been released this week (unless you caught the leaked Spanish trailer a couple months back). Not only is Fincher one of my favourite directors of all time but it seems that when he and Brad Pitt team up, they can't go wrong, and after watching this it looks like its gonna be another home run.

Check out the trailer below:



or download the HD trailer here

KCRW Music Library is Reborn

As if you needed another reason to listen to KCRW...this month they've launched their digital music library which might just grow up to be the size of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. What's even better is that great soundtracks like Ghostbusters will be included in the digitization : ) Anyhow, compliments to the chef..i mean chief librarian Eric J. Lawrence who also enjoys marshmallows on occasion. Every day this month he will be showcasing the hidden luster from the dusty vinyl unearthed from over 60,000 titles in his special "Basement Tracks" Series available to stream on demand on the KCRW website.

After 20 days, Eric's already included exclusive live station recordings from Wilco, Beck, Pavement and Frou Frou early in their career. BTW- these are a sample of over 1,200 live performances and counting. I can almost guarantee he'll show you a Happy Birthday song you've never heard before, a graduation song with high honors and my personal favorite for Father's day, Woody Herman's "Ah, You're Father's Moustache" from 1945...see below for more details


Today's Tune features Time Zone's "World Destruction" feat. Afrika Bambata, which is one of the first songs to mix elements of rap and rock and is a rarity found in Pauly Shore's out of print Bio-Dome soundtrack. If you like Eric's taste in not just marshmallows, I strongly recommend his show on Sunday evenings/Monday mornings from 12-3am for a good dose of knowledge dropping before you start your week. If it's past your bed-time, listen on demand here.

Five O'Clock Heroes new single - Who

Supermodel du jour Agyness Deyn is releasing a single with New York band Five O’Clock Heroes. The single called “Who” is Deyn’s first foray into the music world – and as much as the thought of models singing makes me want to gag (remember Naomi’s single?... yeah, me neither) I was pleasantly surprised by her effort.

Check out this live performance by the band and Deyn on Channel 4’s “Sunday Night Project”

FoundTrack presents 2AM Club, Bedtime For Toys, & Love You Long Time !

(click to enlarge)

WHEN: Friday, June 27th 8:00pm

WHERE: The VIP Lounge of The Derby in Los Feliz, 4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

TICKETS: Print out the Flyer above for discounted $10 admission at the door

PARKING: Valet Parking is available at the Derby, and street parking is available within a few blocks walk

FREE DRINK SPECIALS by HYPNOTIQ
FREE ADVANCE FOUNDTRACK CDs & MIXTAPES FROM DJ KNEWJACK with the purchase of any merchandise from any of the bands

** IMPORTANT VENUE / STAGE NOTICE- The Derby has two rooms with live music. Once you enter the venue, the V.I.P. Lounge door will be on your left and the Main stage will be on your right. Our event is in the V.I.P. Lounge so the important people, i.e. YOU, will be making lefts.


2AM CLUB:

(click to checkout band's site)

Sample Tracks:

"Flashing Room"

"Worry About You"



BEDTIME FOR TOYS:

(click to checkout band's site)

Sample Tracks:

"Cold Fever"

"My Last Goodbye"



LOVE YOU LONG TIME:

(click to checkout band's site)

Sample Tracks:

"I Had You Wrong"

"The Power Dud Mix"

DJ KNEWJACK (providing the tunes between bands):

(click to checkout DJ KnewJack's newest MixTape-

"Behold the Spartacus")

Why the Lakers Lost!

I'm still recovering from that constipated comeback from the Lakers. Not one to harp on superstition but do you find the following a bit odd?

1)The Curse of #17
The Celtics 17th championship won on the 17th day of June with their MVP, #34 (multiple of 17) Paul Piercing the lowly Lakers without the likes of their young stud Andrew Bynum (#17). And by the way, this is Phil Jackson’s 17th year as an NBA head coach.

2) I Love LA
We featured Randy Newman's "I Love LA" on our June '08 mixtape, anticipating a Laker win in the NBA Finals. It would have been too good to be true. Lesson- Don't count your eggs before they hatch.

3) Losing Voices
Lakers have yet to recapture a title since they lost their voice (Chick Hearn) and the NBA lost theirs (the NBC network). The game and the Lakers season may be in the refrigerator now but imagine what a difference an intro would have made if we had heard New Ager John Tesh's "Roundball Rock" instead of the ABC/ESPN's over the top outtake .. compare the two below







Don't mean to disappoint all of you NBC ballers but the ABC/ESPN contract expires at the 2015-2016 season. This video demonstration and these telling stats are brought to you by Nate Jones, the budding bball super-agent to be. Go and Check out his blog , www.jonesonthenba.blogspot.com, for the best NBA analysis in the land.

** update from V- I guess the 80s Laker's Rap Pump Up video didn't work. Man, I KNEW we shouldn't have given Iron Man Laker board shorts on the June '08 MixTape cover...