Weekly Events Calendar: Found in LA - Jan 12th-18th

Monday January 12th
DJ Spider, Valida, C-Town, Hoff with Special Guest Pase Rock (Spank Rock) @ The Standard on Sunset (Mad Mondays) - FREE w/RSVP - hollywoodrsvp@standardhotel.com
Rocco Deluca, Ida Maria, Honeyhoney, Jillian Hank Leigh @ Spaceland (FREE)
Robert Francis, Horsetheives @ Echo (FREE)
Katy Perry, Holly Conlan @ The Hotel Café

Tuesday January 13th
Sara Lov (Devics), Learning Music, modwheelmood, Pink Mochi @ Spaceland
Indie 103 Presents Warpaint, Brother Reade @ Echoplex (Check One Twosday)
Ida Maria, Gliss @ Viper Room
Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) Acoustic Set @ Standard Hotel on Sunset (Cactus Lounge)
Coby Brown @ Hotel Cafe
A Night of Funny People feat. Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, more @ Orpheum Theatre (SOLD OUT) - Judd Apatow hosts an evening of stand up comedy benefiting the national multiple sclerosis society & 826LA
What's in a great movie moment? @ Egyptian Theatre (Spielberg Theatre)

Wednesday January 14th
Om with Aaron Byrd (KCRW), DJ Itai, and Adrian Govind @ Zanzibar
Glasvegas, Carl Barat, Angela McClusky @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
Low End Theory feat. Illa J, Lipp Service (Eliot Lipp's live band), Alex B, Bass Science @ Airliner
Guns N Bombs, Goddollars, Acid Girls, Classixx, Cosmic Kids @ Echo (No Culture)
"Berlin: Symphony of a Great City" (1927) @ Silent Movie Theatre (Avante-Garde Silent Films) - with live score from Free Moral Agents
Beyond the Secret @ Royce Hall - One night only live event with the stars from "Beyond the Secret," the follow-up to “The Secret,” the film and book that, ‘explains the law of attraction'

Thursday January 15th
FoundTrack Presents Deft Disko feat. DJ KnewJack, and special guest DJ C-Town @ Lubitsch - FREE w/RSVP
Glasvegas @ Amoeba (FREE)
Ben Lee @ Largo (Little Room)
Cy Coleman Tribute feat. Fiona Apple, Nikka Costa, more @ Largo (Coronet)
Meiko, Obi Best @ Hotel Cafe
DJ AM @ Makai Lounge (Santa Monica)
The Entrance Band, Indian Jewelry @ Troubadour
Rebelution, State Radio @ House of Blues (Main Stage)
Armada @ House of Blues (Foundation Room)
Scion House Party Presents Yacht with DFA DJ's The Juan Maclean, Tim Sweeney, Tim Goldsworth @ Roxy - FREE w/RSVP
"Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback" (2006)@ Silent Movie Theatre (Garage D'Or) - Documentary on one of the strangest bands ever to hit rock 'n roll. Formed by five American G.I.s stationed in Hamburg in the mid-'60s

Friday January 16th
Delta Spirit, Everest @ El Rey Theatre
STS9 , Prefuse 73 @ The Wiltern
Ozomatli, Wait Think Fast, The Little Bastards @ Echoplex
Emily Wells, Theresa Andersson, Eleni Mandell @ Hotel Cafe
Barrington Levy with special guests @ Key Club
Boyz II Men @ Club Nokia

Saturday January 17th
The Pacific, The Hundred Days, Victoria, Kingsize @ Bordello
Autolux & Wooden Shjips @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
Paramount Styles, Rademacher, Model/Actress @ Spaceland
Fool's Gold, Visa, Pluralone, Sonos @ Troubadour (FREE)
Aziz Ansari @ Largo (Glow in the Dark tour)
Adult Swim Presents Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job @ Club Nokia
STS9 , Glitch Mob @ The Wiltern
Theresa Andersson @ Amoeba (FREE)
Ditty Bops @ McCabe's Guitar Shop

Sunday January 18th
Factory Records Tribute Night @ Echo (Part-Time Punks) - Celebrating the label which welcomed such bands as Durutti Column, Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, and Happy Mondays.
Daedelus @ The Broad Stage (Santa Monica College)
Nacosta @ Space 15 Twenty (Sundays in the Courtyard)
The Five Minutes Game: VHS R.I.P. Edition + MLK Weekend BBQ @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily) - In Honor of the death of the VHS format, the first 5 minutes of 15 rare movies only available on VHS will be screened. The audience, then votes on which of the 15 will be watched in it's entirety. BYOBBQ for the patio grill.
"JCVD" (2008) + "Double Impact" (1991) @ New Beverly Cinema - Van Damme Double Feature with special "Van Dammage" trailer shown before the films.

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

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The Big Picture: "Pico Pocket Projector" - A Movie Theater in the Palm of Your Hand

Looks like all you film and gadget buffs have a new toy to play with- The Pico Pocket Projector is the latest in high-tech gadgets and is sure to be the next big thing. The projector is small, light and most importantly mobile. When I say small, I really mean small. It's so small that you can actually carry it around in your pocket and they have priced it reasonably that it won't break your pocket - retails at $399. The maker of this nifty device is a London based company that designs and manufacturers projectors - Optoma. Optoma has outdone themselves with the Pico Pocket Projector. Not only has the company made the projector affordable & portable but they've also given it a new cool and fun image - check out their uber happy marketing pics below and you will see what I mean.

Look at all the fun these guys are having. Your local watering hole doesn't have a TV, that's not a problem anymore - hook up the pocket projector to your iPhone and watch the highlights of the game from ESPN.com:

Ladies don't let the fellas have all the fun. These two are playfully rating these two Lads:


Here is a close-up on the Pico Pocket Projector:


The possibilities are pretty endless! Dinner and movie can now be anywhere - the park, the beach, your private little spot, literally anywhere. Want to see more - here is some video footage of this little baby in action! If you really want more, you can purchase one here - Amazon or Best Buy.

Jini's Pick of the Week - Daniel Merriweather

So this week I'm getting back to the music, and just want to rave about this one track that has been hitting the airwaves recently and has me rushing for the keyboard to tell you fine people! Daniel Merriweather is back with his first solo single off his debut album "Love & War", which is produced by Mark Ronson and released by his label Allido Records. The track "Change" features the talents of rapper Wale - check out the music video below.



As a bonus, here's the video for Wiley's Ca$h in My Pocket that features Merriweather (and was also written by the talented Aussie). The video had me cracking up and definitely makes me think my office should do it's own version (shame I was too late to enter the fan video competition!)




If you can't wait for the new album to drop (April 2009), a free download is available here for the track "Chainsaw".

Source

FoundTrack's Winter 2009 Compilation

#	Artist	Track Name
1	Tatanka of FoundTrack	FoundTrack Winter '09 Intro
2	The Boxer Rebellion	Evacuate
3	N.A.S.A.	Money (ft David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip)
4	We Have Band	Oh!
5	School Of Seven Bells	Connjur
6	Starf**ker	German Love
7	Theresa Andersson	Birds Fly Away
8	Little Red	Coca Cola (album version)
9	Sporto Kantes	Whistle
10	Lights On	John And Anne
11	Gigi	The Hundredth Time
12	Josh Pyke	The Lighthouse Song (radio edit)
13	Hauschka	Freibad
14	The Welcome Wagon	Sold! To The Nice Rich Man
15	Black Taxi	Pretty Mama
16	Rootbeer (ft. Pigeon John & Flynn Adam)	Pink Limousine
17	Rainbow Arabia	Omar K
18	Maus Haus	Rigid Breakfast
19	Illa J	We Here (clean version)
20	Gringo Star	All Yall
21	Mishka	Above The Bones
22	Menahan Street Band	Going The Distance

Check Out the Newest Compilation Here !

Check Out the FoundTrack Archive Here !

FoundTrack Special Event: V & DJ KnewJack present "DEFT DISKO" featuring special guest DJ C-Town

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT!

NEXT PARTY Thursday, Feb 12th- Save the Date !

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Please RSVP ASAP, to "events @ foundTrack dot com"

Stay tuned to www.FoundTrack.com/events - More Details coming soon...

WHAT: V & Jack present DEFT DISKO
WHEN: Thursday January 15th, 2009
WHERE: Bar Lubitsch, 7702 Santa Monica Blvd, WeHo
WHY: 2009's here and it's time to get the Future started!
WHO: DJ C-Town, DJ KnewJack, V, and ALL You Hot Hot People

Classy Tunes by:

Special Guest
DJ C-Town

and FoundTrack Resident
DJ KnewJack

Your Circus Hosts for the Evening:

Addictive TV's Slumdog Millionaire Remix

Slumdog Millionaire is one the best films I've seen in the last year and I've been wanting to cover it for a while now. The whole film is great and the visuals and music supervision are especially cool in a very modern way- I believe that along with "Defiance" and "The Dark Knight" that it should be a top contender for best cinematography (and it's also already well known as a top contender for Best Picture). There's a good chance that a lot of you might have already seen the official trailer or the actual film by now, so I decided to feature this video instead. Addictive TV (who we featured a few months ago with their "Iron Man" remix) is back in action this time applying there signature remixed visuals and audio of "Trainspotting" director Danny Boyle's excellent new film, Slumdog Millionaire:



Click here to checkout the original trailer to "Slumdog Millionaire" in high quality QuickTime HD over at Apple Movie Trailers

Gill Bumby featured on V Magazine.com !

FoundTrack's very good friend and international man of mystery Gill Bumby was just featured on the website of one of my favorite magazine's, V. For those of you who aren't familiar with Gill, he's basically a mysterious dude who wears a bandito mask. No one really knows who he is (think Banksy or Daft Punk) but that kinda helps with what he does. Mister Bumby attends events and using his typewriter, he and his female counterpart Jill Bumby proceed to write "Fair and Honest Appraisals of Your Appearance" for the people attending said event. While the idea tends to initially wig some people out, by the end of the night the line to get an appraisal goes out the door. The price is right (think a couple bucks a pop) and the results are almost pyschic and pretty much always positive in nature- Gill was nice enough to provide his services at one of our FoundTrack music compilation parties last year and people were going bananas for him. Bumby's based primarily out of NYC and mostly does art events but is available to travel to any type of event around the world. Checkout this example and read the full article from V Magazine, here:



Source - V Magazine

Weekly Events Calendar : Found in LA - January 5th-11th

Monday January 5th
Rocco Deluca, Crash Kings, Jason Diaz @ Spaceland (FREE)
Robert Francis, Andrew (Radars to the Sky), Seasons @ Echo (FREE)
Magic Johnson (Punk Band), Syrup, Foot Village @ Smell

Tuesday January 6th
Indie 103 Presents Pop Noir, The Pacific, The Franks, Me Love You Long Time @ Echoplex (Check One Twosdays)
Aquarium Drunkard Presents Les Blanks, The World Record, One Trick Pony, Amateurs @ Echo (FREE)
Eleni Mandell, Theresa Andersson @ Hotel Cafe
Sara Lov (Devics), Patrick Park @ Spaceland

Wednesday January 7th
Indie 103 and NME Presents Ikoma @ Spaceland (CLUB NME)
Guns N Bombs, Goddollars, Acid Girls, Classixx, Cosmic Kids @ Echo (No Culture)
Banyan @ The Mint - Art Rock band with heavy jazz and punk influence feat. Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Stephen Perkins & Willy Waldman
Cinefamily: Avante-Garde Silent Films Presents Tom Verlaine & Jimmy Rip : Music For Experimental Film @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)

Thursday January 8th
Future Sounds Presents The Rumble LA Feat. Nico Stai, Weird Dreams @ 3 of Clubs - FREE w/ RSVP
The Yelling, Sabrosa Purr, etc. @ Roxy
Wait.Think.Fast. @ Pershing Square (Spaceland on Ice)
KXLU and LA Record Presents Gangi, Blank Blue, Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer @ Spaceland
KCRW Presents Nortec Collective: Bostich & Fussible @ Echoplex
Dublab Presents Dr. Who feat. Dina J, Boss Harmony, and Frosty (Dublab) @ The Bar (Bronson Bar)
Afrofunke feat. Jeremy Sole, Novalima CD Listening Party @ Zanzibar
Jesca Hoop @ Hotel Cafe
Wolphin No. 7 DVD Release Party @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)

Friday January 9th
KCRW Presents Gram Rabbit, Pop Levi @ Troubadour
Little Ones, Plants & Animals, J.Rocc & the Phatal DJ, more @ Natural History Museum (First Fridays)
Indie 103 Presents Afternoons, Xu Xu Fang @ Spaceland
Fascinoma, Tenlons Fort, Elroy Leroy @ Pehrspace
Honey Honey, Greg Laswell @ Hotel Cafe
Cinefamily: Beyond Anime Presents "Paprika" (2006)- Midnight Screening @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)
Control Presents Devlin & Darko, Drop the Lime, Destructo, and Mr. White @ Avalon
We Are the World, Teeth, Showgirls, Sister Mantos, Nadia Comaneci, Vim Crony, Black Church @ Smell
"Alien" (1979) @ Nuart (Midnight Screening) - Ridley Scott's Director's Cut!
"The Wild Child" @ Nuart - One Week Only Exclusive Engagement!

Saturday January 10th
Indie 103 Presents Afternoons, The Flying Tourbillion Orchestra, Lemon Sun @ Spaceland
Cinefamily: Fucked-Up Kids Movies Presents "Return to Oz" (1984)@ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)
"Footloose" (1984) @ New Beverly Cinema (Midnight Screening)

Sunday January 11th
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Golijov @ Royce Hall
Ballerina Black @ Space 15 Twenty (Sundays In the Courtyard)

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

If you want to receive these listings by email at the beginning of each week ; sign up by sending me an email - nassir at foundtrack dot com

Jini's Pick of the Week - London Exhibitions

As Jini's Pick of the Week was off for Christmas last week, here's a double to make up for it. So, I've been in tourist mode this week, and been visiting exhibitions a plenty in good ol' london town and thought it would be culturally responsible of me to promote them to the rest of the world!

First up is the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Natural History Museum. This annual competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world's top professional and amateur photographers. Check it out while you still can - the exhibition is on until April 26th 2009 and is also touring various cities around the world. If you can't make it to the exhibition, check out the winning photos online. Here are just a few of the amazing photos taken for this year's competition:

Polar bears fighting it out over a kill in Norway, a great story here....


An amazing use of lighting to highlight the outline of the polar bear.

A Southern Right Whale saying hello to a diver in New Zealand.

Taken from a plane over london's financial district.


Next up is the James Bond/Ian Fleming exhibition, For Your Eyes Only, at the Imperial War Museum. The exhibit focuses both on the life of Fleming and how his experiences influenced his novels, as well as some great memorabilia from the James Bond movies. This is a must for all Bond fans.

Highlights include the blood splattered shirt worn by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale


the lethal shoes worn by Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love

and various props from the movies, like the autogyro from You Only Live Twice

Happy New Year - get out there and enjoy 2009!

More info on what to do in London: TimeOut