#west l.a.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"FOR ME, STYLE IS EVERYTHING..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the late, great, original Z-boy, Shogo Kubo (1959-2014), poolriding the Krypto Bowl in West Los Angeles, CA, c. 1977. 📸: Glen E. Friedman.

“For me, style is everything. Style either makes you look good or bad."

-- SHOGO KUBO (1959-2014) to Jay Adams (in a 2002 interview)

Sources: https://juicemagazine.com/home/dogtown-chronicles-shogo-kubo, discogs, Pinterest, various, etc...

[rickladd]

50s Kitchen Chic

This photo and its caption were posted by a friend on FB. I both commented on it and shared it with my FB friends, saying: “This is a Mom kitchen to me. I never knew my paternal grandparents and my maternal grandparents lived with us. Our kitchen wasn’t precisely like this, but it was similar. We had a ‘breakfast nook’ that was partially built-in and, if memory serves, it was turquoise and pink,…

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[dd-is-my-guiltypleasure]

David and West in LA (2024, Nov 7)

[grunge-samurai]

THIS JUST IN:

Kendrick Lamar has been nominated as 2024 Playa' Hater of the Year after not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 career-ending diss tracks against hip hop's lamest, softest "super" star. Not even Buc Nasty holds a candle to this man's hating capabilities.

[seanshakur]

Los Angeles, California (1996)

[iamdangerace]

Darby Crash of the Germs and Exene Cervenka of X, on a Hollywood rooftop around 1977. (Melanie Nissen - Los Angeles Times)

[bitterrobin]

A compilation of Bette Kane and Gar Logan moments bc I'm still mourning Titans L.A

another day, another Bette Kane post! Ft. Gar - since I am a rare Beast Boy-enjoyer.

Anyone else remember when DC was trying to make Titans L.A a thing? I do. *sigh* I shake my fist at the sky like an old man at DC whenever the possibility of the team happening comes up. Also, Gar and Bette have a nice semi-friendship that I'm pissed was never explored further before the general chaos of early 2000's DC events split them apart.

(sidenote: remember Bushido? I doubt it. He was very unceremoniously killed off in Infinite Crisis so uh...the Titans stuff did not pan out for him.)

All panels above are taken from:

Beast Boy (2000)

Titans: Secret Files #2

Titans (1999) #35

Titans (1999) Annual #1

Infinite Crisis

[djevilninja]

The beat is kickin' so I'mma stomp this; Rely on the skill and the will to accomplish What I set out to do, and I bet that you Listen to the words, and bust a step or two.

Breeze - L.A. Posse

[myimaginaryradio]

West L.A. Fadeaway - Grateful Dead

[krispyweiss]

With Stanley Jordan Co-piloting, Phil Lesh & Friends Find the Promise of Darkstarathon

Everyone except Grahame Lesh was seated when Darkstarathon episode 7 began its journey across the cosmos.

And of course drummer John Molo, keyboardist Jason Crosby and pedal-steel guitarist Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz were. And being 84, Phil Lesh can do whatever the fuck he wants.

Which brings us to Stanley Jordan, whose unconventional playing style lent a bit of jazz to the proceedings as Lebowitz, Crosby, Molo and Lesh the elder kept things misty and primordial while Lesh the younger occasionally quoted the titular song.

Before long, even he was seated on his amp as this Darkstarathon lived up to the series’ initial promise of a never-ending “Darkstar.” Episode No. 7 is 27 minutes of instrumental music in which the spirit of adventurism ruled and in-the-moment composition and improv was all that mattered.

A hint of “West L.A. Fadeaway” bubbled to the surface around the 13-minute mark before elements of “Slipknot!” emerged over Molo’s marching fills.

As this dissolved, Lebowitz switched to acoustic and the band gurgled back down to formlessness as young Lesh strummed major chords and the sextet remained on the fly.

“Cassidy?”

No.

“Scarlet Begonias?”

No.

“I Know You Rider?”

Yes. But wordless with the guitarists lightly tracing the vocal lines.

Minute 23: “Darkstar” re-re-emerges; Grahame Lesh, Lebowitz and Jordan “singing” with their respective six-strings.

Shall we go?

Indeed.

Read Sound Bites’ previous “Darkstarathon” coverage here.

8/15/24

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"FROM THE FRAT HOUSE TO THE ART HOUSE..." -- THE G-SON/ATWATER YEARS.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on American alternative hip-hop group, BEASTIE BOYS, meet The Stud Brothers. 📸: Tom Sheehan, from the UK's "Melody Maker" music publication, published on April 11, 1992, during the B. BOYS' "Check Your Head" era.

"Six years after their notorious debut, "Licensed to Ill," the brat pack trio may no longer be a threat to the nation's youth, but their new album still packs a fearsome and inventive punch that pushes the limits of rock and rap. THE STUD BROTHERS report."

-- THE MELODY MAKER, c. April 1992 (the "Check Your Head" LP was released a month prior)

Source: https://x.com/nothingelseon/status/1608187972540825600.

[sunsetandclark]

MAKING ROCK HISTORY

WeHo prepares to give the Roxy and Rainbow the iconic status these rock institutions deserve. The City of West Hollywood’s Historic Preservation Commission will recommend that the City Council approve a Mills Act Contract for two of the city’s most rockin’ cultural icons: the Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Bar & Grill, both located on the world-famous Sunset Strip’s “Rock Row,” at 9009 and 9015…

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