Monday, May 18, 2009
Musical Genius - Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson was a New York born Swede that ranks upon my top 10 of singer-songwriters of all time. Some may know him for his relentless partying or for being best friends with Lennon, Ringo, Cass Elliot, or anyo other iconic musician from the 60's. One of my favorite stories is when Paul and John were at a press conference in New York and John was asked who is favorite artist was he replied, "Nilsson." They then asked Paul and he said,"Nilsson." Also noteworthy was the fact that Keith Moon and Cass Elliot both died at his flat in London. More importantly are Nilsson's songs though that stand the test of time. Whether it be "Everybody's talking," "One," Best Friend," these songs are so incredibly good.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Musso & Frank
When dining out in Los Angeles, most may think of the high end sushi joints that cost an arm, a leg, and maybe your mid torso, or club/restaurants that have good food but you have to sit next to the worst people on earth. Either way it is not a good situation. Have no fear my friends, I have a place that is the antithesis of that but also represents everything that is great about Hollywood. Insert: Musso & Frank. It's been around since 1919 and the decor hasn't changed since the 50's I would say. Our waiter who served us last night was named Manuel and he had been working there for 38 years. How cool is that? Our cook had been there since '84. Manuel was probably in his mid 70's and was so content talking about his time at Musso's and it was really refreshing because most of the waiters here are 19 and are trying to be the next Tom Cruise. I don't think Manuel has any plans on acting but I can tell you he has served everyone from McQueen to Brad Pitt so I'm sure he has some great stories.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
LA is OK - Point # 2
Cinespia is another reason why LA is especially a good place to be. They screen movies outdoor every weekend of the summer. They screen them at the iconic Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They are screening Cool Hand Luke" to kick off their summer and it also happens to be one of my favorite movies. Sadly, I will be out of town but will be sure to catch next weekend's Dazed and Confused aka Matthew McConaughey's only good film.
Monday, May 11, 2009
NBC News Anchor an Indie Hipster?
Brian Williams who is commonly known as the stern looking news anchor for NBC has a prfound love of music which is why he started a musical series called "Britunes," which he claims he didn't name (let's hope not). But, the point is, you won't see the Doucey Brothers or Hannah Craptana on the show. His first guest is Deer Tick, who just so happens to be touring with a band that I just wrote about
Brian raves about this indie band and seems to be quite knowledgeable on indie music in general. This was the first show for the new show and I say job well done. I truly hope that other news anchors don't get any ideas as i can only imagine what Hardball's Chris Matthews listens to.
pic courtesy of Pitchfork
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L.A. is OK - Point #1
I'm going to start doing a weekly (if I'm not too lazy) posting of some of the main reasons why I enjoy living in southern California. No, it's got nothing to do with surfing, seeing Brody from the Hills at a bar randomly (Ty Cooper's best friend), or going to a fancy restaurant that i can't pronounce. My favorite places are usually the hole in the walls that I can actually afford. With that being said, my first post is in honor of the best mexican in Los Angeles : Cactus Taqueria. I usually go with a carne asada burrito and a Coke, which costs about 5 bucks. it's so good and it's about 4 blocks from my office so I walk here at least once a week. Please trust me on this one.
Even more proof that cactus is the best. Just look at their sign......
Sunday, May 10, 2009
BAND of Outsiders
Since I work for Band of Outsiders it's pretty easy for me to spot someone wearing our gear and the more and more it seems that the musicians are rockin our stuff. Here are a couple of artists that seem to like our stuff....
James Valentine of Maroon 5/Operation Aloha
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Top 5 Unsigned/Under the Radar Bands
Here is my Top 5 (in no special order) for my favorite groups that are either signed or haven't quite gotten to Rockstar status...yet. I don't really care to try and describe these bands as I am not a professional music critic but I do think all these bands are really talented from The Americans having the Dap Kings play on their record to Dawes having toured with Ben Lee, Jenny Lewis and some other really good artists. Test these out for yourselves and let me know what cha think.
It just so happens to be an East Meets West sorta thing. Thanks to ACL for telling about US Royalty by the way...
Enjoy.......
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