The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. Tuesday on the sidewalk in front of an apartment building on the 1000 block of Justin Avenue, he said. The victim, his friends and a group of men were arguing when it escalated and gunshots were fired, Lorenz said.So I suppose this explains why I saw helicopters flying off to the northern part of Glendale on August 23, Tuesday while I was exercising.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
This might explain why I saw helicopters
From Glendale News-Press (Veronica Rocha, 24 August 2011), 19-year-old gunshot victim is recovering
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Mulhollands, Some Hear Explosions and Stellar Corpses at The Viper Room
It was off to The Viper Room to catch Stellar Corpses, The Mulhollands and Some Hear Explosions.
Due to arrival time, I only caught four or five songs of Stellar Corpses. Sometimes you just wish you'd arrived earlier so that you could have seen a full set. Energy driven and they had the fans jumping.
The Mulhollands were up next. One thing I noticed was that towards the end of their set, whenever Sarah Jeanette got near her synth The Viper Room hit the fog machine. One time she tricked them out. She headed towards her synth, but pulled back and the fog didn't create the effect that they wanted.
Comment of the night: We have a blond girl next, it depends on what you prefer.
Moment of the night: Jodie from The Shakers joining briefly with Sarah Jeanette in a duo moment.
Next up was Some Hear Explosions. A fellow blogger, Picksysticks, was there to catch their set. Dance mania. Being a photographer, I loved the lighting that The Viper Room had for The Mulhollands. When Some Hear Explosions came on stage, I immediately noticed that the lighting on stage was dimmed down. Shoot. Then I started to notice these flashes of white light hitting the stage. Hmm. I looked down and noticed that Some Hear Explosions had a couple light machines set up. Whenever one of them stepped on one of the machines, it would trigger a white light. And so I captured the below photos, because of that.
Noticed about the Viper Room: A runway was set up. Made for some nice interaction between the bands and the audience.
Stellar Corpses
The Mulhollands
Some Hear Explosions
Due to arrival time, I only caught four or five songs of Stellar Corpses. Sometimes you just wish you'd arrived earlier so that you could have seen a full set. Energy driven and they had the fans jumping.
The Mulhollands were up next. One thing I noticed was that towards the end of their set, whenever Sarah Jeanette got near her synth The Viper Room hit the fog machine. One time she tricked them out. She headed towards her synth, but pulled back and the fog didn't create the effect that they wanted.
Comment of the night: We have a blond girl next, it depends on what you prefer.
Moment of the night: Jodie from The Shakers joining briefly with Sarah Jeanette in a duo moment.
Next up was Some Hear Explosions. A fellow blogger, Picksysticks, was there to catch their set. Dance mania. Being a photographer, I loved the lighting that The Viper Room had for The Mulhollands. When Some Hear Explosions came on stage, I immediately noticed that the lighting on stage was dimmed down. Shoot. Then I started to notice these flashes of white light hitting the stage. Hmm. I looked down and noticed that Some Hear Explosions had a couple light machines set up. Whenever one of them stepped on one of the machines, it would trigger a white light. And so I captured the below photos, because of that.
Noticed about the Viper Room: A runway was set up. Made for some nice interaction between the bands and the audience.
Stellar Corpses
The Mulhollands
Some Hear Explosions
Monday, August 29, 2011
The Pocket Circus @ The Blue Star
After catching Laura Vall, it was off to The Blue Star to support The Pocket Circus. I arrived rather late. As I was walking to the Blue Star, I could hear Pu$$y Cow closing out their set. I must have missed one great set, because there was paint and confetti all over the place. I also only saw a brief part of a YoYo competition. Oh well. I did catch Scot Nery do his comedian/juggling act. Danny from Pu$$y Cow helped out in the act -- as can be seen by a below photo. Z/Schnee and the Bleeding Livers was up next. A couple dancers helped out with the song "Argyle." Oh well, a short night with The Pocket Circus, but still great fun hanging with friends.
Scot Nery
Z/Schnee and the Bleeding Livers
Scot Nery
Z/Schnee and the Bleeding Livers
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Laura Vall at Revival
I'll have more on this night on an Intraffik post so for right now just some photos of Laura Vall and comedian Lachlan Patterson
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Mots Nouveaux and Steve Carlson at Hotel Cafe
There will be more on this night at some point on Intraffik so I'm posting just photos for now of The Mots Nouveaux and Steve Carlson.
The Mots Nouveaux
Steve Carlson
The Mots Nouveaux
Steve Carlson
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Child, Army Navy and Baron Von Luxxury at Three Clubs
Okay, after Pershing Square (previous post), I still hadn't gotten my fill of music. I headed off to Three Clubs to catch Baron Von Luxxury, The Child and Army Navy.
Baron Von Luxxury had his dad in the audience. He gave us a flamboyant set. Interesting note: his new album was going to be titled Women of a Certain Age. He was informed that this is a trademarked (corrected based on below comment) term. Strange.
The Child -- I am definitely falling in love with this band. They have this cool vibe that surrounds them. Lead singer Holly Marilyn was trying to get the audience to stand up and dance. Her attempts didn't work. Three Club has steps that surround the stage. Most folks were sitting on those steps, listening to The Child like they were doing an acoustic set. I'm sure they won't have that problem for long.
Comment: You were a fun audience, maybe a little boring. No you weren't. Yes you were. No you weren't. Yes you were.
Army Navy closed out the night. Not doing any research here, but I believe I last saw Army Navy way back at Silverlake Lounge when they were playing with Local Natives. That's three plus years ago. I've always wanted to catch one of their sets again. They were off the LA circuit for awhile, but I started to notice that they've been playing around town recently.
Comment: Note to self: don't write the set list in the same color as the stage lights.
What I need to learn. The bands were a bit behind the posted times. Just minutes before The Child was to hit the stage, all their friends seemed to arrive. How do they know when to show up? Well, maybe they were just hanging out in the bar . . .
Baron Von Luxxury
The Child
Army Navy
Baron Von Luxxury had his dad in the audience. He gave us a flamboyant set. Interesting note: his new album was going to be titled Women of a Certain Age. He was informed that this is a trademarked (corrected based on below comment) term. Strange.
The Child -- I am definitely falling in love with this band. They have this cool vibe that surrounds them. Lead singer Holly Marilyn was trying to get the audience to stand up and dance. Her attempts didn't work. Three Club has steps that surround the stage. Most folks were sitting on those steps, listening to The Child like they were doing an acoustic set. I'm sure they won't have that problem for long.
Comment: You were a fun audience, maybe a little boring. No you weren't. Yes you were. No you weren't. Yes you were.
Army Navy closed out the night. Not doing any research here, but I believe I last saw Army Navy way back at Silverlake Lounge when they were playing with Local Natives. That's three plus years ago. I've always wanted to catch one of their sets again. They were off the LA circuit for awhile, but I started to notice that they've been playing around town recently.
Comment: Note to self: don't write the set list in the same color as the stage lights.
What I need to learn. The bands were a bit behind the posted times. Just minutes before The Child was to hit the stage, all their friends seemed to arrive. How do they know when to show up? Well, maybe they were just hanging out in the bar . . .
Baron Von Luxxury
The Child
Army Navy
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Black Flamingo and Spirit Vine at Pershing Square
It was off to Pershing Square to catch Black Flamingo and Spirit Vine.
I first saw Black Flamingo at Silverlake Jubilee. I was enchanted and so I, of course, wanted to catch them again. Pershing Square provided the perfect opportunity -- a lovely summer evening in Los Angeles. (Between Silverlake Jubilee and Pershing Square, I saw a partial set of theirs at The Satellite.) I love the vocals.
Comment: If you're out there, say "Here."
The headlining band for the night was Spirit Vine. I've heard of this band, but this was the first time I saw a full set of theirs (I believe this is true -- I might have caught a partial set in the past). They had folks dancing in front of the stage.
Noticed: there were two homeless guys who came up and starting dancing to the music. Security quickly rushed over and told them to leave. The homeless guys left, but tried to approach once again. Security rushed over and one even took out a baton. The baton wasn't used on the homeless guys, but was pulled for an obvious reason -- to put a little fear into the two guys. I admit I don't know the history between these two guys and Pershing Square. Maybe there is a history there, but from my perspective, it seemed over the top.
Black Flamingo
Spirit Vine
I first saw Black Flamingo at Silverlake Jubilee. I was enchanted and so I, of course, wanted to catch them again. Pershing Square provided the perfect opportunity -- a lovely summer evening in Los Angeles. (Between Silverlake Jubilee and Pershing Square, I saw a partial set of theirs at The Satellite.) I love the vocals.
Comment: If you're out there, say "Here."
The headlining band for the night was Spirit Vine. I've heard of this band, but this was the first time I saw a full set of theirs (I believe this is true -- I might have caught a partial set in the past). They had folks dancing in front of the stage.
Noticed: there were two homeless guys who came up and starting dancing to the music. Security quickly rushed over and told them to leave. The homeless guys left, but tried to approach once again. Security rushed over and one even took out a baton. The baton wasn't used on the homeless guys, but was pulled for an obvious reason -- to put a little fear into the two guys. I admit I don't know the history between these two guys and Pershing Square. Maybe there is a history there, but from my perspective, it seemed over the top.
Black Flamingo
Spirit Vine
Monday, August 22, 2011
The Ross Sea Party @ Silverlake Lounge
The Ross Sea Party. After checking out Lonely Wild at Bootleg, I took off to Silverlake Lounge to catch the residency band, The Ross Sea Party. My goal is to do a Monday Night Photo column for Intraffik.com. Some sneak peak of some photos . . .
Interesting note: They had paintings lined up in front of the stage.
Before they went on stage, I noticed a couple folks taking photos of the "Salvation" sign that is above the stage. Newbies to Silverlake Lounge?
Interesting note: They had paintings lined up in front of the stage.
Before they went on stage, I noticed a couple folks taking photos of the "Salvation" sign that is above the stage. Newbies to Silverlake Lounge?
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Lonely Wild at The Bootleg
The Lonely Wild. I really love this band and am frustrated that I can't ever convince any of my friends to come and check them out. One of these days I'll be able to get someone to come along.
New for me, I believe: Jessi Williams playing the bass.
Comment of the night: We have 8 to 10 minutes? Okay, quick meeting, we have two songs for you.
New for me, I believe: Jessi Williams playing the bass.
Comment of the night: We have 8 to 10 minutes? Okay, quick meeting, we have two songs for you.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dreams: back in college one
So I had the back-in-college dream. I needed to go back to college for a year. Well, when you're back in college, one of the first things you need to do is find a place to live. I found a place. It was essentially a hotel room. A nice hotel room, but hardly a place where one would want to stay for a year -- no closet space, desks, living room or kitchen (this wasn't a dorm room, but was off campus living so a kitchen was needed). I also noticed that the room was set up to hold three people -- three beds were lined up. Now I had roommates in college, shared rooms, but having three in a room -- that was crazy. And I wasn't even sure who my roommates were going to be as they hadn't arrived yet. And that's about how the dream ended. No walking around campus. No studying. Just learning about my new living quarters.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Credit Card Charge
So I'm looking at my credit card charges on-line and I see this strange charge hitting my balance and I'm like, "What? Is that some dating site or something like that." I'm thinking thinking . . . oh wait, that's that gift I just purchased for a wedding. Stupid me.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
When I'm exercising, don't bother me . . .
I don't care if you're a God fearing Jehovah's Witness or a proponent of organic farming, please don't bother me when I'm exercising.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Two stories/Two Cop Stops
I'm driving home one night after dropping off a friend. I'm driving down a road and I see these cop cars blocking the road. I squint my eyes to see what is happening and I see that they're arresting some folks outside of a house. The next morning I'm driving to the Farmers Market and see cop cars blocking off Sunset Blvd. I'm thinking, was there some major disturbance going on? Nope. Filming. Only in LA? Within 12 hours you run into a cop road block with one being for an arrest and another for filming.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
A Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes. We have the background story (or is that appropriate since this is considered a re-boot and technically we don't really know what the future holds for humans vs. apes) to how the apes came to rule earth. Will Rodman (James Franco) is attempting to find a cure for Alzheimer's, a disease that his father, Charles Rodman (John Lithgow), has. The experiments are carried out on apes and show promise. Something goes horribly wrong as one of the apes destroys the facilities. The experiment is shut down and the apes are killed, but a baby ape is taken home by Will. This ape called Caesar was exposed to the new drug via his now dead mother. Will quickly finds out that Caesar is a very intelligent ape.
I know this movie is getting great reviews and the audience loves it -- as can be seen by the fact that it is the number one film for the second weekend in a row. I'm not as high on it as others, I suspect. I enjoyed the film, but I'm not raving about it. I suppose it might have something to do with my bias against "background story" sort of movies like Batman Begins. But let's be clear, this is a fun summer movie. My one serious issue: Freida Pinto (Will's girlfriend, Caroline Aranha) is almost like a throwaway character. Too bad. They could have given her more depth.
I know this movie is getting great reviews and the audience loves it -- as can be seen by the fact that it is the number one film for the second weekend in a row. I'm not as high on it as others, I suspect. I enjoyed the film, but I'm not raving about it. I suppose it might have something to do with my bias against "background story" sort of movies like Batman Begins. But let's be clear, this is a fun summer movie. My one serious issue: Freida Pinto (Will's girlfriend, Caroline Aranha) is almost like a throwaway character. Too bad. They could have given her more depth.
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Hex Dispensers and The Arrivals playing Razorcake's 10 yr anniversary
Before heading out to the American Legion Hall in Highland Park, I had dinner with some friends so I wasn't able to catch all for bands. I did arrive in time for The Hex Dispensers and The Arrivals.
The Hex Dispensers got folks to form a mosh pit. The Arrivals got folks laughing about men breasts. This is probably the largest crowd I've ever seen at the American Legion Hall -- not that I've been here for a lot of concerts.
The Hex Dispensers
The Arrivals
The Hex Dispensers got folks to form a mosh pit. The Arrivals got folks laughing about men breasts. This is probably the largest crowd I've ever seen at the American Legion Hall -- not that I've been here for a lot of concerts.
The Hex Dispensers
The Arrivals
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Stone Darling and Whispering Pines @ The Satellite
It was off to The Satellite to continue my normal Monday rotation to catch the various residency bands. Up first was Whispering Pines and then it was the residency band, Stone Darling.
Whispering Pines gave an inspiring set. Someone from the audience yelled out, "Ten more songs." A person from the band yelled out, "Ten more beers." The response, "Ten more songs. I can't drink ten more beers." I wasn't sure what to expect from Stone Darling. I had never seen them before and kept on wanting to call them Summer Darling. I am happy I caught them and quickly "Liked" them on Facebook. To end their set, Whispering Pines joined them on stage.
Comment: Ben and Shaun, report to the stage.
Thought on Summer Darling: I'm sure everyone has a role in a band. I suspect the drummer is the no-nonsense type when it comes to practice or sets. I overheard her saying, "Are we playing or what?" If I had to make a bet on who makes sure things get accomplished, I'd place my bet on her.
Whispering Pines
Stone Darling
Whispering Pines gave an inspiring set. Someone from the audience yelled out, "Ten more songs." A person from the band yelled out, "Ten more beers." The response, "Ten more songs. I can't drink ten more beers." I wasn't sure what to expect from Stone Darling. I had never seen them before and kept on wanting to call them Summer Darling. I am happy I caught them and quickly "Liked" them on Facebook. To end their set, Whispering Pines joined them on stage.
Comment: Ben and Shaun, report to the stage.
Thought on Summer Darling: I'm sure everyone has a role in a band. I suspect the drummer is the no-nonsense type when it comes to practice or sets. I overheard her saying, "Are we playing or what?" If I had to make a bet on who makes sure things get accomplished, I'd place my bet on her.
Whispering Pines
Stone Darling
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