This Saturday: Dickless Jane and The New Confusions at Artapalooza! in Highland Park

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

Sadly, Dick is no longer around but but you can still enjoy the vocal stylings of Jane Cantillon and her band Dickless Jane and The New Confusions (formerly The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra), their first outing taking place in Highland Park this Saturday, April 8 – an early show starting at 5:00p. Their performance is part of the Artapalooza! Gallery Pop-Up show, a project of the The Arroyo Arts Collective (AAC) in conjunction Checker Hall/Lodge Room.

Dickless Jane and The New Confusions, Saturday, April 8, 5:00 pm at Artapalooza!, 5577 No. Figueroa Street (Figueroa and No. Avenue 56), Highland Park, CA , 90042. Street parking or public parking lot (off of No. Avenue 56).

For more information: Artapalooza! Pop-Up Gallery 2023

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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, april 2, 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Mike Watt

now there are pisses and then there are BIG FUCKIN PISSES, correct?

photo by mike watt

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Sapphic Musk invades a city near you this month!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

for more info: Sapphic Musk

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The Macallan Celebrated 60 Years of James Bond at a Los Feliz Architectural Landmark

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Karin E. Baker

Celebrating The Macallan’s James Bond 60th Anniversary Release Launch at Sowden House. Images by Karin E. Baker for The LA Beat.

Three icons – The Macallan, James Bond, and the Sowden House – united on March 23 for an elegant black tie affair celebrating the US launch of the Scottish whisky company’s James Bond 60th Anniversary Collection. 

One of LA’s most distinctive dwellings, the Sowden House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, Lloyd Wright, a talented architect in his own right. Inspired by Mayan temples, this Los Feliz showplace, completed in 1926, has been prominently featured in films like “LA Confidential” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator.” It’s a stylish architectural landmark worthy of this celebration of a superior whisky. 

Established in 1824, The Macallan’s single malt whiskies are crafted in Scotland to this very day. The packaging for The Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Collection features sketches of details from various Bond films. The single-malt whisky within was created to reflect the style and character of 007. 

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$1 Tacos, $7 Margaritas & Guest Bartender Mark Wahlberg This Friday at Roadside Taco

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Karin E. Baker

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It’s smooth sailing for THE WRINKLE ROOM’S tribute to Sean DeLear at the Zebulon Café

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Judy Ornelas Sisneros

THE WRINKLE ROOM’S Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Michelle Juliette Carr and Liz Garo

THE WRINKLE ROOM finally had it’s biggest event yet last Sunday night, March 26, at the Zebulon Café in Silver Lake. This particular TWR event was held to celebrate our much beloved gender bending queer, punk, performance artist and now we know, teenage diarist, Sean DeLear (aka Anthony Robertson), whose “I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear”, will be published posthumously in May by independent publisher Semiotext(e). DeLear, who was lost to us in 2017, was a powerful presence at the Zebulon, obviously not in physical form, but in the many hearts and minds of friends and others gathered who had heard of the legend.

THE WRINKLE ROOM, founded by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, who co-produces it’s events with longtime culture creators Michelle Juliette Carr and Liz Garo, was started to center and promote artists who are 50+ years of age. There are always seats, the events start early and end early and always mobility accessible spaces. Those of other ages are always welcome, however the age was restricted to 21+ at this particular event. Adding a light touch, everyone attending had to enter through the Pill Bottle Curtain fashioned by artist Tawny Featherston – who also invited prescription pill takers to hang out at her craft table to add some dazzling gems to their own rX bottles.

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Movies Till Dawn: Beyond Belief Part 2

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Paul Gaita

“M3GAN” (Universal Home Video) Toy designer Allison Williams (who’s fast becoming a horror star) seeks to resolve a need for companionship in her niece (Cady McGraw), who is grieving the loss of her parents, and creates the titular robot friend, a pre-teen-sized fashion plate whose artificial intelligence component takes a curious approach of no-fucks-given attitude and cold-blooded vigilantism towards potential threats. Less frightening than unnerving, Gerard Johnstone’s sci-fi thriller for Jason Blum and James Wan arrives amidst the current anxiety storm over AI self-realization (read: robot overlords) but is more concerned with delivering campy creeps (e.g. M3GAN’s utterly gonzo, much-memed dance routine) before an “Aliens”-style showdown with Williams. Satisfyingly weird and weirdly satisfying; Universal’s Blu-ray/DVD/Digital bundle offers both the unrated and theatrical cuts and a slew of making-of featurettes.

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watt’s picture of the week – monday, march 27, 2023

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Mike Watt

dirk is back from germany – here he is at his shoppe (“guitar safari” at 424 sixth street) in our pedro town today, please come visit and bring him work for guitar fixing and dollars for vinyl collecting!

photo by mike watt

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The 2nd Annual D. Day Jamboree at The Sardine!

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Elise Thompson

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Pep Williams Photography Exhibition “Behind Bars”.

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Guest Post

Pep Williams “Behind Bars”

Written by Samantha Bravo

The Malibu Arts Commission is pleased to showcase artist Pep Williams at the Malibu City Gallery located at Malibu City Hall. The opening reception is Sunday, March 26, at noon. Meet Pep, see his amazing work, and celebrate with complimentary food and beverages. The reception includes a live musical performance by A Call 2Peace.

In 2017 photographer Pep Williams had the opportunity to photograph inmates at the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, California. In his photographs, Mr. Williams portrays these men’s lives with dignity and humanity, even in a harsh setting and in the shadow of difficult pasts, and discovered a functioning social world and individual wisdom from men he met in prison.

Mr. Williams is a fine art photographer, video director, and third-generation DogTown skateboarder from South Central Los Angeles. He has traveled globally, creating materials for his photographic exhibitions, and has photographed spreads for magazines worldwide. The series, “Behind Bars,” is on permanent display at The Autry Museum.

An RSVP is not required. Pep’s work will be displayed at the Malibu City Gallery from March 27 to May 5. The Gallery is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Note: Pep Wiliams has previously posted on the LA Beat

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