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ABSOLUT Mandrin encourages you to get out. Do the town. Enjoy the crisp fall air. Then stop in for a crisp fall cocktail with the natural zing of mandarin and orange. |
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| | Television offers us a glimpse of how '70s New York punk was born. Tom Verlaine and company return after the recent reissue of their classic 1977 debut album Marquee Moon the album that so strongly influenced rockers with jagged guitar lines and angular rhythms that stood out amidst their peers' three-chord ramalama. Although Television never produced another album with the intense, revolutionary sound they achieved on Moon, they're still regarded as one of the most significant bands in punk history. They've disbanded twice already, so catch their third reunion while it lasts. (LB)
  
 What is the name of the 1979 solo album released by Television's other guitarist? First two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Dear diary, finally I don't have to shed countless tears revealing my ever-intensifying pain to your pages. Now I can go to Mortified at the Improv Olympic and listen to others read their most embarrassing and hideous journal entries in front of a live audience. I may even get to share, since there's a mix of professionals and amateurs reading. It's like my greatest dream mixed with my worst nightmare (except I'll have to wear clothes). That's all today, diary, see you there for some
hilarity of the most personal nature. (JS)
P.S. David Nadelberg hosts.
Improv Olympic West is the left-coast counterpart of the Improv Olympic in what city? First five correct answers each win a pair of tickets.
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ART: Opening
The Artist Showcase
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| when: | Wed 10.1 (7-11pm) |
| where: | Pacific Design Center (8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, 310.657.0800) |
| price: | $5 suggested donation |
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| | Even in today's art world, some artists find themselves quietly marginalized for various sexual, political, social, or economic reasons leaving their art unseen and unshared. The Artist Showcase provides a unique opportunity for artists in the gay community to showcase their talents in an open and inclusive atmosphere. For four days, the Pacific Design Center plays host to a multitude of artists working in a myriad of mediums. Painters, sculptors, and photographers are represented, along with works in digital media. Best of all, a portion of the proceeds are being sent to worthy causes the MAC Cosmetics AIDS Fund, the Gay Men's Health Crisis Organization, and Power Up. (ES)
Note: This exhibition continues until Sat 10.4 (Wed-Sat: 12-11pm).
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| | Although autumn is in the air, summer can still be found on the dancefloor thanks to the Latin Project. Producing sexy dance music that touches on everything from house to downtempo, the Latin Project is the English duo of Jez Colin (now based in LA) and Matt Cooper. Creating their tracks from scratch, Colin and Cooper fuse drum, bass, and keyboard samples with live playing by Latin artists. Their 2003 debut album Nueva Music features a bevy of seasoned musicians such as percussionist and vocalist Freddie Crespo of Tito Puente fame, flamenco guitarist Marc Antione, and Brazilian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Junno Hormich, all of whom come together with the Brits for a sultry cultural fusion that's as funky as it is fascinating. (JO)
Jez Colin played bass for what Boston-bred hip hopper's foray into jazz? First 25 correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the show.
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| | Interpol are one of today's great bands. Since their two perfect sold-out nights at the Troubadour last summer, they've conquered the world with their combination of stark post-punk music, new urban coolness, and sartorial style (apparently Interpol don't maintain a casual-Friday policy). They once again play the incandescent songs from their acclaimed debut, Turn on the Bright Lights. The Warlocks open. (AL)
What year was Interpol (the police organization) founded? First two correct answers each win a copy of Obstacle 1: The Arthur Baker Remix.
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| | With last week's release of their self-titled debut album, stellastarr* have secured their spot as one of the best discoveries of this year and of the next. Influenced by such bands as the Cars, the Damned, Joy Division, and Roxy Music, NY-based stellastarr* have created a sound as unique as it is addictive. Live, they explode with so much infectious energy that audiences can't help but to get caught up in the frenzy. Popular Danish duo the Raveonettes are the headliners. (JG)
The first person to correctly identify the name of an earlier incarnation of stellastarr* wins a rare import copy of Somewhere Across Forever.
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| | Six months after their last stop here, DJ Vadim and the Russian Percussion return for another LA installment of their Art of Listening tour. With the support of fellow Ninja Tune labelmates DJ First Rate, MC Blurum 13, and Diverse, Vadim and his crew provide multiple variations of hip hop dipped in electronica. This time around, expect healthy doses from his new album due out this month, Till Suns in Your Eyes, which features Demolition Man, Yarah Bravo, Kela, and Ulzula Dudziak. (AB)
To what name did Vadim credit the release of his Derelicts of Conformity demo? First two correct answers each win a copy of USSR: The Art of Listening and a pair of tickets.
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| | They've called DJ Heather the female Derrick Carter, but this
jackmistress' skills at moving the crowd are getting so good, maybe
Derrick Carter is now the male DJ Heather. Quickly becoming one of
today's rising stars of Chicago's next-wave of house music heavy
hitters, Heather's playing everywhere from England's Midlands to Ibiza,
and beyond. Part of the Windy City's pioneering female DJ crew SuperJane,
she most impresses because she keeps it real taking her place as
a top DJ not by simply spinning trance, but by forming an allegiance with the funkiest,
most jackingest grooves of her hometown. Her selections are never
obvious, yet they turn a club full of even the most jaded crowd
into an ecstatic sweatbox. (MD)
If DJ Heather is the female Derrick Carter, who is the female Richie Hawtin? Our favorite five answers each win tickets to this event.
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SPOKEN WORD
Fray Day LA
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| when: | Fri 10.3 (7-11pm) |
| where: | Jennifer's Coffee House (4397 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, 818.769.3622) |
| price: | $4 drink minimum |
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| | Join tale-spinners in this seventh installment of Fray Day, an
international affair dedicated to the art of storytelling. Featuring both
invited readers and an open mic, the event is dedicated not to vanity fiction,
but to peoples' real tales funny, emotional, and raw. An offshoot of the
magazine fray, started in 1996, Fray Day take place in 12 cities around
the country (and in Denmark), and has an extensive Web presence that
invites readers to interact with the storytellers. If the concept of spoken
word makes you nervous, never fear: this is where the personal becomes performance,
not the other way around. (JF)
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| | Tonight Madeleine Albright discusses her ideas about current domestic and international situations. When, in 1997, she was chosen by President Clinton to be the 67th US Secretary of State, she became the first female to hold that position and the highest-ranking woman in the US government. Prior to her appointment, Secretary Albright served as the US permanent representative to the UN and as a member of Clinton's Cabinet and the National Security Council. Both praised and condemned for her strong, unwavering opinions and attitude about US foreign policy in the Middle East, Albright holds forth with Warren Olney of KCRW's Which Way, LA. (ES)
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| | To Brad Mehldau, everything is open to interpretation. When playing solo, he combines classical roots with jazz phrasing and turns pop music tributes into piano journeys. When performing with his trio (captured on five volumes of the Art of the Trio series), Mehldau's unique visions blend magically with the musical stylings of drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Larry Grenadier. Together they reach new heights of original polyphonic jazz, gracefully improvising upon standards and pop-rock covers like Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." Courageously condensing sentiments into lyrical phrases and harmonic chords that quickly capture the heart of a song (and the audience), the Brad Mehldau Trio crafts music both emotive and intense. (ES)
What Radiohead tune would you pick to be covered by a jazz trio? Our two favorite answers each win a pair of tickets.
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| | A midnight screening at the NuArt usually means people with costumes and props escaping society's oppressive normality by acting out the Rocky Horror Picture Show. But if you show up tonight dressed like Brad or Janet, you'll have to settle in your seat instead to watch one of the greatest biopics ever the story about one of Hollywood's least normal filmmakers. Tim Burton's Ed Wood weaves the tale of the title character's tenure as the "worst director ever" together with a touching story of a friendship between a crossdresser and a dying, morphine-addicted ex-movie star. That ought to relieve some of the oppressive normality. It's also not normal for Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to speak at a screening as they do here, but you still should not throw tortillas at them. (JS)
Ed Wood's first feature film, Glen or Glenda, starred Wood under what pseudonym? First five correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this screening.
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FILM
Black Cinema, Wielding the Weapon
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| when: | Sat 10.4 (12pm) |
| where: | California African American Museum (600 State Drive, Exposition Park, 213.744.7432) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Sometimes adversity only can be overcome if it's perceived as both tragic and comic. And sometimes, to transcend oppressive images of a given community, it's necessary to explore how those images have mutated into self-imposed norms. This series, which explores black cinema and filmmakers, takes that leap: it features films including a George Clinton-hosted sci-fi trilogy and Spike Lee's social satire, School Daze (1988) that take a hard look at African-Americans' habits of self-persecution. These films serve as bittersweet commentaries on internalized oppression by highlighting jokes that are unfortunately too real to be dismissed and truths too absurd to be real. (ES)
Note: Cosmic Slop (1994) starts at 12pm, with Hairpiece: A Film for Nappyheaded People (1984)
at 1:45 followed by School Daze at 2.
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ART: Opening
Approaching Perfection
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| when: | Sat 10.4 (7-10pm) |
| where: | Brewery Project (676 S Ave 21 #33, Downtown, 323.222.0222) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle and featuring the work of a dozen or so contemporary artists from NYC, North Carolina, the Bay Area, and LA, this show was initially organized in the context of the media frenzy surrounding the invasion of Iraq. Working in primarily abstract idioms using diverse and nontraditional media, the artists share important, almost spiritual ideas about beauty and balance evincing luminosity, harmony, beauty, and craftsmanship out of plastic, polyurethane, resin, and plexiglass. Sounds refreshing. (SND)
Note: The exhibition continues through Fri 11.7 (Fri-Sun: 12-5pm).
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| | The Streets' Birmingham UK-born Mike Skinner recently made fun of LA crowds in an interview, saying, "They were...wondering if I was cool or not." He is finally someone is rapping about something other than b*tches and bling. The Streets is a one-man band whose 2002 debut album Original Pirate Material shocked the music world with its surprisingly diverse sound and crafty lyrics. A truly original English hip hop artist, Skinner is influenced by ska, two-step garage, and pub life. Where previous British rappers often just copied popular Yank styles, Americans embrace Skinner for his delivery and clever Cockney rhymes. Listeners quickly identified with his poignant, pointed stories about average geezers looking for love and excitement: they're after a few beers and some herb. (AL)
Note: The Stills open the show.
What's the most unlikely place you might find a fantastic new rapper, and why? Best answer wins a CD from the Streets (Original Pirate Material) and the Stills (Rememberese).
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| | In a world where the search for the almighty dollar can overshadow artistic merit, the third annual Shortlist Concert provides a haven where musical talent still prevails. Some of this year's 10 finalists for the Shortlist award (including Interpol, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Damien Rice, and Black Keys) come together in an indie aficionado's dream concert at the spectacular, newly renovated Wiltern Theatre. Curated by a panel of listmakers such as Tom Waits, Spike Jonze, the Neptunes, KCRW's Nic Harcourt, Coldplay's Chris Martin, and the Chemical Brothers, this event is sure to provide great tunes and a genuine community vibe. Just try to ignore the MTV2 cameras infiltrating the event this year. (ES)
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| | Celebrated around the world for his soulful, Latin-influenced grooves, New York wonder Little Louie Vega is one half of Masters at Work,
the dynamic DJ and production duo whose eclectic tastes and organic
sounds have widely influenced the ever-changing dance music scene. With
a discography that boasts countless high-profile remixes for artists
such as Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, and Madonna, it's no surprise that
MAW has become a household name in house music. Get worked by the
master tonight as LA's legendary Sunday night dance party welcomes Vega
to the decks with jock support from Deep's own Marques Wyatt (5-8pm). (AM)
What song did Vega remix for Madonna? First five correct answers each win a pair of tickets.
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| | Here are two essential movies depicting an apocalyptic vision of New York made during an era when gang violence and crime were major threats to the city. In The Warriors, gang leader Cyrus is assassinated at a gang summit organized to bring the boroughs' gangs together. When the Warriors gang gets blamed, it's on, and they're pursued all around town. Gangs sport their own looks, from baseball uniform-clad rollerskaters the Baseball Furies to an all-girl crew called the Lizzies. The Warriors "gotta get to Coney" via the subway before they're caught. A much more futuristic vision of the city crumbling comes via Escape from New York, wherein a very young Kurt Russell grapples with the end of days in 1997 Manhattan, which by then has become a maximum security prison, ΰ la Alcatraz. Both visions of metropoli seem quaint now. (JF)
Note: Escape from New York starts at 9:25pm. Both films also run Tue 10.7 at the same times.
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| | For some filmgoers, there was no Mexican cinema before Y tu mamα tambiιn (2001)
and Amores perros (2000). This festival is here to change all that. Our
geographical cousins to the south are, in fact, creating a film scene
that, if not as prolific as our Hollywood, is blowing it out of the
water in terms of quality while creating a whole new generation of Latin
talent. This particular program proves outstanding due to its diversity: it
features a number of premieres, genres ranging from sci-fi to thrillers,
and a generous portion of shorts. Not surprisingly, as it comes from
a culture that celebrates the Day of the Dead, there's an exemplary
horror sidebar (don't miss Guillermo Del Toro's brilliantly creepy
Cronos (1993)). If anything, this fest proves that we all speak the same
language when film proves this vital. (MD)
What is your favorite Mexican-made film, and why? Best answer wins a pair of tickets to the Sat 10.4 double feature of Vampire's Coffin (1957) and The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1957).
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| | Now in its fifth year, EdgeFest is a series of evenings
showcasing progressive performances by a variety of innovative theater
artists. Featuring more than 50 different productions, special events, and
discussions, the festival is dedicated to broadening the
performing arts' audience throughout LA. This diverse celebration
includes Sacred Fools in Frankenstein in Love or The Life of Death,
with special makeup and creature effects, the Women's Theatre Company
Toxic Shock Stage presents Bloodbath, and Antonio Sacre performs his
two-time Best in Fringe Festival winner Eleven Dollar Prophet. In a
historic performance at The Orpheum Theatre, the LA Conservancy and Zoo
District host Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, marking live
theater's first extended run on Broadway in more than 40 years. (NL)
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ART
Piecebook Show: Selected Blackbook Drawings from LA Graffiti Artists
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| when: | Now through Fri 11.7 (Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm) |
| where: | 18th St Arts Center (1639 18th St, Santa Monica, 310.453.3711) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Graffiti is usually viewed in its final state on urban surfaces,
seemingly spontaneously appearing in full color and dimension throughout
our everyday world. This show, however, features the "piecebooks" of
several of LA's prolific artists. Piecebooks are the essential
sketchbooks of graffiti artists, shared amongst peers and competitors
alike and embodying the process of this art format something most
viewers never see. The show features books selected by Tempt, Nuke, and
Duke, whose work you may have strolled past. Soaking in the process will
give you a whole new perspective on graffiti: you might even leave
appreciating graffiti not as a victimless crime, but an important form
of public art. (JF)
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| CD REVIEW: Various Artists, The Shape of Jazz to Come |
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Thirsty Ear
Released September 2003
$8.99 (Other Music)
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Thirsty Ear Recordings' just-released compilation The Shape of Jazz to Come offers a picture-perfect introduction to some of the more stimulating trends in post-modern jazz. The many artists and genres showcased on this sampler range from avant-garde kingpins such as William Parker to abstract hip hop pioneers Antipop Consortium. Other notables include a grooving collaboration between jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and electronica programmer Flam as well as a track from Tim Berne's upcoming release The Sublime And, which serves as a powerful
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testament to Berne's peerless ability as a bandleader. This compilation presents the forward-thinking musicians who are truly defining the shape of jazz to come. (JM)
How do you quench your thirsty ear? The best answer wins a copy of
this compilation.
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| MAGAZINE: Mental Floss |
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Pop quiz: did you know that Egypt was once ruled by a female pharaoh decked out in a beard? The folks at Mental Floss do. Sometimes the newsstand can be a bit stupefying, with celebrity worship and lifestyle magazines putting an all-out assault on the IQ. Find an oasis of eccentric knowledge in every issue of Mental Floss, a newish magazine just scraping the mainstream now. Cocktail party banter aside, it's a magazine you can actually feel good about reading without shame at the coffee shop. A single read proves that trivia is usually anything but, and inevitably all the bits of knowledge accrued start to make connections, helping to make our chaotic world a little easier to understand. Check the website for a great collection of little-known facts and a sense of what to expect in the print version. (JF)
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| STREAMS: dublab |
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Good personal hygiene is essential to professional success. It is a proven fact that if you don't smell you will sell more widgets than the next worker. If you brush your teeth upward and downward skillfully, your boss will notice that shiny sheen and vault you up the ladder. Keep your toenails trimmed, and you'll type memos at twice the speed. Your appearance defines your destiny. Spend at least six hours a day pruning, waxing, and buffing, and your net worth will increase tenfold within the month. While hard at work on your body, tune into dublab. It's the perfect match. (Frosty)
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