Big.in.Japan.Concert @Hollywood.Bowl (L.A., CA)

Big.in.Japan.2011

@Hollywood.Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)

Sunday.June.27.2011

MTHRFCVKR! I just left for 30 seconds to move my car and that little $H!T ran out of the house. I walked around the block for a bit and nothing. I got in my car and drove up and down the neighborhood hoping to spot him and...nothing. I was getting nervous. They are alot of kids out today to walk Melrose and my mind started to race. What happens if that little $H!T gets scooped up by one of these kids or get hit by a car. I was trying to clear my mind of all the bad things and think positive. I was gonna call Gary, but I decided not to. He has a BIG night to night so I did not want his mind to race.

Twenty five minutes have passed and nothing. Then Steven texted me for my home address. $H!T. I gave it to him and I was gonna cancel today's concert if I had no luck.

My mind was going nuts an I started to think, "I have to start putting posters up". What picture should I use and...sure enough, I get a phone call. I thought it was Steven, but it was a person down the street from the house. He said he has my dog and he is going towards the house. YES!!! I went home and Steven text's, tell me he has arrived to the house. I texted back.

I come up my street and there is that FCVKn fluffy tail wagging so happy. I pulled to the side and honked at the man. I told him "Thanks for calling and holding my dog". I grabbed that little FCVKr. I was SO mad that I locked his a$$ up. I was not going to today, but oh well.

Steven texted again. I grabbed my stuff and headed to his car. I told him what happened.

Now it was time to relax and enjoy some good music with some friends (Steven, Fran and her girlfriend and two other ladies who I just met). Yellow.Magic.Orchestra is the headliner of this World Event called Big in Japan. I Never heard of them or there music and they where, good. Very mellow electronic rock music that reminded me of Pink Floyd a bit. They had really cool visuals that I wished I had some Organic Greens with me.

Towards the end of the show, Yoko Ono came out and said a few words about Japan's earthquake and she sang just one song with Y.M.O. After that, they played a Beatles song (All You Need Is Love) that every perfomer that played tonight, all came out on stage and sang with Yoko Ono. I was glad that Steven invited me to this show because every performer was great. Thanks Steven, aka Esteban.

This was my first time seeing Cibo Matto and they kicked a$$. I wouldn't mind seeing them again, but at a smaller venue.

Towa Tai (ex Deee-lite member, I think) was the house DJ and he played some good music, BUT...they did not show him up on the Jumbotron. Why not?

Buffalo Daughter was another band that performed before Cibo Matto and they where good. Never heard of them too until today and I would catch them live again. Also, at a smaller venue as well. Rock on Japan!

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESUM!

The Interlopers is Critics' Choice in LA Times

Once again, The Interlopers made the Los Angeles Times Sunday paper on The Guide section in June.26.2011. You gotta go see this play. It runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm at Bootleg Theater (2220 Beverly Blvd, LA CA 90057).

To get tickets, go to:

www.bootlegtheater.org

The Interlopers ends July 17

The Interlopers gets reviewed in LA Times

The Interlopers

a play

by

Gary Lennon

Another reason 2 C "The Interlopers" this weekend. It got a RAVE review in the Los Angeles Times today, June 24, 2011. Get discount tix at Goldstar.com Congrats to all the people involved in the play. You guys ROCK!

toddlr t's by JDN73 coming July 9th

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by

JDN73

coming July 9th

I am going to be premiering my NEW toddler line in Silver Lake, CA at:

Micheltorena Street Elementary School for the Silver Lake Art*Craft & Vintage Market

After July 9th,

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will go on sale at my website in a week.

The market is open from 10am til 4pm

FREE admission

Silver Lake Art*Craft & Vintage is located at:

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1511 Micheltorena Street (cross street, Sunset Blvd)

LA CA 90026

Hope to see you there.

Glasvegas.(L!VE).@the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

Glasvegas.2011

@the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.June.8.2011

So XXXcited to see this band again and at a smaller venue. They where suppose to play Coachella last year, I think. I forgot, but they canceled that show because something happened to James Allen (Lead Singer). They rushed him to the emergency room before they where suppose to go on. The REAL story, he was on heavy duty drugs. James actually admitted that on a interview on NME. Let's see if they get asked back to play. I actually respect James for admitting that, but I was bummed when they canceled. I was up front, way up front and today, I am UP FRONT. Thanks to my new found friends that I met at Brother U.K. concert. I am never up close at the.Troubadour and I seem to like it very much. Thanks Francine and Dianna M.

When Glasvegas came out, the guy behind me said to his friend; "wow, the drummer lost weight". I took a double take, what the FCVK. I guess he did not know that Caroline McKay left the band, but let me tell you, the new drummer kicks A$$! Jonna Löfgren was hitting those kits as if she wanted to destroy them. I was glad to see that they added more pieces to the drums and you did not miss Caroline, well, just a bit.

James Allan came out wearing sunglasses and he did not take them off during the whole show. Could he been, let's say, "H!GH". I was impressed by James mic cord. I heard about it and here it is, all lite up in it's glory.

Glasvegas was AMAZ!NG. I love the fact that you can see and hear the emotion and energy that Jame's puts on each song. Only if he did not have the sunglasses on. The whole band had this great chemisty and the new stuff sounded, AMAZ!NG. Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\ is a MUST get album. This is a PERFECT album from start to finish. Not so many bands can do that, today. It was produced by Flood and James Allan (an written by). The show was SOLD OUT and hopefully they comeback real soon. I well be there, again.

oh WOW! Paul Donoghue (Bass Guitar) is missing a tooth. Rock ON!

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESOME!

the.Interlpoers, a new play by Gary Lennon

The.Interlopers

A new play

by

Gary Lennon

Opening night of The.Interlopers (June.17.2011) is SOLD OUT! but there are still tickets available for Saturday and Sunday shows.

The Interlopers is a NEW play written by Gary Lennon (Writer/Director). Gary Lennon has written on TV shows like Justified (consulting Producer), The Shield (Executive Story Editor) and The Unusuals (C0-Producer). He has also Directed/Written his first movie ".45" (staring; Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen and Stephen Dorff) and ".45" made it's world premiere on stage in London at The Hampstead Theatre in 2010. Now on June 17, 2011 (SOLD OUT!), The Bootleg Theater World Premieres The Interlopers.

The Interlopers is a Transgender Romeo/Juliet story set in the transgender community of Los Angeles. The play explores the theme of identity by following a group of misfits banded together as a family.

The Interlopers runs from June 17 thru July 17, 2011. It plays Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm. Tickets are $25.00. Student/Seniors are $18.00. For info & tickets, go to: www.bootlegtheater.org

Bootleg Theater

2220 Beverly Blvd, L.A. 90057

213-389-3856

*****You can also get half price tickets at Goldstar. Just click on the picture above*****

the.Vaccines.(L!V3) @Amoeba (Los Angeles, CA)

the.Vaccines.2011

@Amoeba (Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.June.6.2011

I came so close to buying tickets to see Arctic Monkeys because I wanted to catch the.Vaccines. I really had to think that through because of the price to see them at Fox Theater was $40.00 bucks. To see the.Vaccines open up for Arctic.Monkeys, ah...no. I'll catch them again some other time, until I picked up the LA Weekly.

I love the LA Weekly. It keeps you inform on what is REALLY going on in this corrupt city, like Vernon. What an article on the city of Vernon. The person who wrote the page gives you the history and the craziness that is going down. It's was a good read and a MUST read.

I picked up the LA Weekly and I noticed that the.Vaccines are performing at Amoeba. AWESOME! A free show and a good place to watch a show. The last time I saw a performance here was when I saw Ima.Robot (2003, I think). It's an okay place, if you don't mind the CD bins in front of you. This is the only LA show by themselves and I really did not want to miss this. The new album; "What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?", is really good. I guess you would call there sound, Folk-Punk, maybe?

I arrived around 5:40 and they had a good amount of people. It was hard to get up front. FCVKn bins. I found a little spot on the third row that was not to far from the stage. Of course right next to me, I witness some kids stealing. Why am I next to crazy a$$e$$. If it's not drunk people, it's a crazy FCVK. They where doing a great job stealing and they did not get caught. The best part, when the.Vaccines hit the stage, the lead singer (Justin Young) said, "I hope you guys are not stealing". Funny.

When they came out into the stage, they where not what I expected. They all had there own style. I pictured them coming out in sharp Ben Sherman suits, but no. They looked like some slacker band from the 90's. I like that and they looked more American then English.

It was a VERY quick set and they where not bad. I would see them again.

\m/ \m/ \m/ - GROOVY!

Peter.Bjorn.&.John (L!VE) @Detroit.Bar (Costa Mesa, CA)

Peter.Bjorn.&.John.2011

@Detroit.Bar (Costa Mesa, CA)

Saturday.June.4.2011

I would like to see more shows here at Detroit Bar. This is one of the BEST venues to see a show in Orange County. Where else can you get a dollar for a bottle of water, but here. That's a bargain and what a surprise to have Peter.Bjorn.&.John perform at a small place. I think they just played at El Rey the other day. I preferred this because it's smaller and the sound is such as good. Plus, I never had a bad experience here. The kids around me are drinking 40oz Stella's (did not know they made them in that size) and they are keeping it together.

There was this kid in front of me talking about music and he was comparing Crystal Castles to Sleigh Bells. I was, what the FCVK?! Really!? I am not a huge fan of Sleigh Bells and they are a LUCKY band (or is it because they are signed to M.I.A.'s record label?) for getting ALOT of attention on making noise. Groovy.

The first band, Turn on the Lights (NOT, Turn Off the Lights, the lead singer told us) where okay and they have a song on Gossip Girl. Cool, but how did that happen? This band could be GREAT if they could find a sound and stick with it. I would friend them on Myspace.

FCVK! It's already 11pm and Turn On the Lights just got off stage. This is gonna be a long one, that's for sure.

This is going to be my first time seeing PB&J by themselves instead of opening up for some other artist. Everytime I have saw them, they where really good and they proved it once again today. Peter Morèn (Lead Singer) went into the crowd singing not only once, but twice. He would just walk around singing and people would move out of his way and take pictures. I like this band even more. He wanted to connect with us. Cool.

The new songs from the album; Gimme Some, sounded good. I am not to crazy about it, but there are some good songs. The only problem I had with the show was when they played songs from, Living Thing album. They didn't have those cool electro beats on "You Don't Move Me". I was not moving that's for sure, but I wanted to. It was just guitars and drums (I have no problem with that, but it was not the same) and It was missing those kick a$$ beats.

When they came back to do the encore, they played four more songs. It could of been another show if they wanted to. They where GREAT and just to let you know, they did not end the show with "Young Folks", it was, "Up Against the Wall". What a perfect song to end the night.

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESUM!

the.Wombats.(L!VE) @the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

the.Wombats.2011

@the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

June.1.2011

It's been maybe 2 years since I saw the.Wombats at the.Roxy and what a great show it was. The new album, "The Wombats proudly presents: This Modern Glitch" is out and it didn't get a good review on NME. I happen to like the album, better then there first album. Sometimes I don't like to read the reviews, but thank God that iTunes now extended there listening preview. What a difference from 30 seconds (that was a joke) to a minute and 30 seconds.

The big news on the street is, Coachella. The organizers decided to make Coachella a two weekend event. At first, I thought it was a joke when I got the email before the announcement and sure enough, it is not. I was trying to figure out how it's going to work. I looked into it and it works out just nicely. They are gonna repeat the same line-up the following weekend. Cool. Let's hope so because if they don't, they are gonna piss a bunch of people off.

When I stepped in the.Troubadour, I thought the.Wombats where on stage for a second. The opening band, Wild Party sounded so much like them. I was confused until I looked close to the stage. the.Wombats have only 3 members in the band and Wild Party had more then that.
I missed Pop.Noir (I can not believe they are still around. Good for them). I thought they where gonna go on second. I was hoping to catch them because I was curious on what there sound is now.

The crowd is pretty young around me and the girl next to me brought a maraca. Funny and thank God she was not drunk. She hardly use it because I only heard it twice. The crowd was calm, but once they played stuff from the first album, they got just a little crazy. I guess some of these kids don't like the new stuff as much as I do. They closed it off with "Let's Dance to Joy Division" and the crowd got...CRAZY! They almost started a mosh - pit!? Really? To this? Okay.

Once again, the.Wombats threw a great show at the.Troubadour. Until the next time.

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESUM!