Luna-See: Downtown Los Angeles

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Photos: Los Angeles Decompression :: 10.4.08

After enjoying the very creative sights and sounds at the WSFBC fundraiser, Farilla and I raced off to catch the last remaining hours of LA Decompression. The new venue, Los Angeles State Historic Park (aka- The Cornfield), was infinitely better than in years past. Decom was spacious and clean. Tons of entertainment, naturally! And lots of food options including my personal favorite, the Green Truck.

Playa Surfers were in full-effect with their full sized replica lifeguard tower as see below....

For 15 more shots from Decom click here.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Photos: LA vs WAR

Yep, action-packed weekend, indeed! The Eastsiders and I rallied yesterday and managed to squeeze in the final day of the LA vs. WAR show taking place @ the Firehouse in Downtown LA. Totally STELLAR show, yo! And, yes, it was hot downtown...but absolutely worth it.

Complete propaganda overload...if that's even possible. With over 250 pieces of art plastered all over the walls we must have circled the venue at least three times. Did not want to miss a thing! Most of the prints, posters, stencils, originals, limited editions, etc. were for sale and due to the number of really amazing (as well as totally moving) pieces we ALL had a very hard time narrowing down which one(s) were going home with us...

Mine:

Stencil by Ben Collison

"Every time you point your finger at someone...there are three fingers pointing back at you."

Stop The Killing...

Coming to a Target near you...

You can read more about Patrick Martinez's Toy Soldier guerilla art campaign in Juxtapoz.

Hard to decide...

Stuck...

The rest of the very fascinating photos from this set can be viewed here.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Music: Ani DiFranco Concert @ The Orpheum

Burners are THE BEST gifters...Poop and Jazz totally hooked a Sista up for her b-day this year! w00t! They gifted me a ticket to the Ani DiFranco concert at the Orpheum last Friday night. Ani is one of Jazz's all-time favorite musicians and this is our third year in a row that we've gone together to see her perform live. Ani never disappoints...

Animal Prufrock opened the show...talk about NOT disappointing. A true entertainer. Too much fun! We were dying when Animal came out from behind her drums to perform this song...

I wish I could find some footage of her walking forward and moon-walking back (in her uber-righteous orange jumpsuit)...over and over again. Seriously too much fun! We bumped into Animal between sets and I had the opportunity to pay her mad props for her super entertaining performance...to which she paid me a very sweet compliment right back!

Ani's set was nothing less than stellar. I don't think the smile left my face the entire evening. I especially appreciate the way she connects with the audience on such a personal level. I've seen countless live shows over the years and the shows that always stand out the most are those in which the performers communicate with their audience. Ani's stories and quick wit always fill the venue with smiles and laughter. Such a good night.

I love the Orpheum because it's such an intimate venue. I just don't understand how anyone could come see Ani DiFranco perform live and SIT IN THEIR CHAIR through the entire performance?! Jazz and I had the best seats in the last row of the lower orchestra section so we took advantage of being able to stand and rock out through the whole set. About 3/4's of the way through the show others started popping up out of their seats as well. What took so long, people?!

One of my favorite songs from Ani's set-

Okay, all for now. I have an aerial silk AND trapeze class to get to, no joke! I've always told you that I'm gonna run off and join the circus someday...

Monday, March 31, 2008

Photos: Bad Habits

I have a bad habit of shooting photos while driving. It was late and there were no other cars in the tunnel. I love the emptiness! Totally not safe...don't trying this at home kids.