this past weekend was a series of brilliant reunions for il corral/zero-point devotees!
bavab bavab had two shows at echo curio, one curated by dustin (actuary) and one by dung mummy, and we joined the first experimental music day fest at evocal (also curated by dustin) - unfortunately it is also the last because evocal is shutting down for lack of funds...
this spot was so great, it reminded me of zero-point in all the best ways, and bret, the guy who runs it, did a wonderful job at sound, very devoted, and what a challenging lineup...! a real heart stopper for the folks running a place!...i empathized truly..! it was a fabulously harsh show...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
east hollywood music festival
zero-point is doing sound for the east hollywood music festival which has been moved to september 12th & 13th (the weekend after classes start at l.a.c.c.)
the area that is east hollywood is a relatively new distinction...when we were first at il corral we didn't know where we were and called the area koreawoodlake (between korea town, hollywood and silverlake)...then one day i received a very nice email from the head of the business association of east hollywood or something and he politely told me that the place we were in was called east hollywood,...so i should have known then that it would diversify then eventually gentrify - and it has done so pretty fast....
but who doesn't love pure luck - the vegan options there on heliotrope have expanded, first including scoops as the place of the most creative gelato on the planet...and the bicycle kitchen and darma punx (which i've never been into) it even has a unique full-sized lingerie shop...and the mandatory tattoo parlor...there are a lot of spots there now that have changed...of course my favorite place in the neighborhood is definitely synchronicity - which i found thanx to pizza paul and some very earth-shaking events!
when il corral was reviewed in city beat long ago the spot we were at was called the 'wonky' part of melrose...meaning it was far from being the notoriously hip strip of buying odd and rare things...and i remember one day i realized that more distinctly: these two fashion divas drove up in a flashy car and asked where melrose was...they were on melrose but they meant where was the famous buying grounds known as melrose by the general public, so we just pointed west....
this music festival is a great idea, but funding ran short recently so the city has had to try again in the fall. the 2 day fest : when it does go off : at the ukranian center - a huge venue - it will go off!
the area that is east hollywood is a relatively new distinction...when we were first at il corral we didn't know where we were and called the area koreawoodlake (between korea town, hollywood and silverlake)...then one day i received a very nice email from the head of the business association of east hollywood or something and he politely told me that the place we were in was called east hollywood,...so i should have known then that it would diversify then eventually gentrify - and it has done so pretty fast....
but who doesn't love pure luck - the vegan options there on heliotrope have expanded, first including scoops as the place of the most creative gelato on the planet...and the bicycle kitchen and darma punx (which i've never been into) it even has a unique full-sized lingerie shop...and the mandatory tattoo parlor...there are a lot of spots there now that have changed...of course my favorite place in the neighborhood is definitely synchronicity - which i found thanx to pizza paul and some very earth-shaking events!
when il corral was reviewed in city beat long ago the spot we were at was called the 'wonky' part of melrose...meaning it was far from being the notoriously hip strip of buying odd and rare things...and i remember one day i realized that more distinctly: these two fashion divas drove up in a flashy car and asked where melrose was...they were on melrose but they meant where was the famous buying grounds known as melrose by the general public, so we just pointed west....
this music festival is a great idea, but funding ran short recently so the city has had to try again in the fall. the 2 day fest : when it does go off : at the ukranian center - a huge venue - it will go off!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
NOMADIC TRANSMISSIONS
this weekend was incredible. the sounds were fantastically resonant and the performances were stellar, as bright as all the '''i never knew there were so many stars''' sky.thanx to all who came, played, adventured, absorbed.
i felt a great release as soon as we returned, and i wish i could've kept it longer, but life calls out, shouts, orders for order...and we obey...
but that weekend was a challenge to the self who obeys, it was freedom.
there is nothing greater than freedom, except perhaps love.
there was plenty of both out there, and the connections and experiences will last...
can't wait for the next one~!