Wanru Tseng, Greg Watanabe, Jully Lee, Denise Iketani in PROJECT APPLE

GTC Burbank ~ 1111-B West Olive Avenue ~ Burbank, CA 91506

A-LO-HE. I was reading the exotic word in giant letters on the stage’s backdrop. To my ears it sounded like a warm greeting from a soft-spoken, dark-haired beauty. Wait…A-HOLE? It’s A-HOLE? As soon as the comedy of sketches TELEMONGOL started, the cast got this straight with me and the two or three other Caucasians in a predominantly Asian-American audience who may have been guilty of indulging in the same Hawaiian Airline-style fantasy. Yes it’s A-HOLE and it’s not going to be docile, polite, or even “unobtrusive” like the rest of us might assume “Japs and Chinks” to be!
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405 Fwy ~ Los Angeles

Hi-Tek, Busdriver, Gaslamp killer, Aspect1, Hardware ~ $15 ~ Safari Sam’s: 5214 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood 90027

A thought-provoking exhibition featuring artwork created with social activism as its inspiration. The exhibit explores the inventive objects and strategies created by artists in response to the environmental, political, and social issues of our time. The objects featured will include protest art meant for public display as well as tools for socially conscious living.

The New Corvairs ~ $5 ~ Cozy’s Bar & Grill ~ 9PM-1AM ~ 14058 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

Afro Funke Thursday: DJ Cut Chemist ~ $10 ~ Zanzibar ~ 1301 5th St. Santa Monica, CA 90401
From JOINTZ: “Weekly Afroboogie ritual. Afrobeats, Brazilian, dub, reggae, cumbia, samba disco, batucada, indo-beats, Afro Latin house, makossa, and other deep-rooted funk from resident DJ Jeremy Sole’s Musaics plus special guest DJs and players of instruments.”

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead ~ Henry Fonda Theatre ~6126 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles 90028 with Blood Brothers, Brothers and Sisters, and The Celebration

The Melvins @ The Troubador ~ 9081 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood 90069

Very interesting smell, almost like a fresh apple. Really good taste and great melt.

Pie and Burger ~ 913 E. California Blvd. ~ Pasadena, CA 91106 ~ 626.795.1123 ~ TACO Map

When I was a child, my grandmother used to give me just a couple pieces of advice. One of them was “never go to Pasadena unless you have to”. I’ve never known why she hated on the ‘Dena, but I bet I could change her mind by taking her to Pie and Burger.

Pie and Burger often gets brought up in “best burger in LA” discussions and just as often is smacked down for being overrated. It’s not over rated, it’s just a simple greasy spoon burger done the right way, and it’s served up by old-school kindly waitresses at a long lunch counter perfect for reading the paper and hiding out for awhile. If I lived near P ‘n’ B it would be my lunch-hour escape pod.

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Hollywood ~ CA

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Friday, December 1st, 2006

KGB Gallery 1640 North Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

Time : 7pm - Midnight

A collection of contemporary multi-media artists both local and
international (photography, painting, drawing, letterpress printing, graffiti, metal/mixed media sculptures) will address worldwide issues regarding immigration, politics, AIDS/HIV. This event will help raise funds for the non-profit organizations Familias Unidas and The Salvation Army (Mexico Territory Units). Both organizations are dedicated to delivering quality counseling, advocacy, and information services to multicultural communities such as Tijuana, Mexico and Richmond, CA. Their programs include: mental health, education and prevention, youth development, and HIV/AIDS services. All art, vendor sales, and an entry donation of $7.00 will be contributed to the organizations.

DJ set by: Rude One

Performance by: Ruben Guevara, Gabriela Garcia Medina

Vendors: Monica Hernandez, De La Luna Designs, Love Caps, Gabriela Garcia Medina

Artists: Robert Lebsack, Berto Morfin, Emi M., Dsrupt, Daniel Gonzalez, Umar Rashid aka Frowhak, Sunset Karner, Jose Macasocol Jr. , Alfie Numeric, John Ildelfonso, James Naish, Dalila Mendez, Ricardo Cuevas M.

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