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Get your Medieval Geek on at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire

frazgo — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:02:02 +0000

After dancing around and debating about going or not I broke down and went this weekend. Why I was putting it off I don’t know. It was actually a lot of fun, something one needs to do at least once in their life. There is a lot of period confusion among the fair goers, its not all pure Medieval Renaissance times with some fun in the form of trolls, ogres and fairies tossed in for good measure. But its all in good fun.

You get a good smattering of crafts, free wine tasting courtesy San Antonio winery, beer huts, music, free shows…minstrel, comedy/variety, magic and wenches all tossed in with some pretty good food too.

This isn’t a free event. Tickets at the door are $25 head, you can purchase slightly discounted tickets at select Walgreen stores enumerated HERE. Parking at the Santa Fe dam will also set you back $10 bones for a dirt lot. Map to location here near the junction of the 210/605 Freeways. Better hurry as next weekend is the last weekend it will run this year.

All pics by me. More in my flickr set HERE.

Anyone Keeping up with Our Local Sportsball Team?

Chris Corning — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:07:57 +0000

The Clippers – one of LA’s favorite sportsball teams.

WIN Tickets to See Jane Lynch in Conversation with Adam Scott Sunday!

Queequeg — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:50:34 +0000

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Chances are, you were a fan of Jane Lynch before she was on Glee, even if you didn’t know her by name. She has, after all, been in literally hundreds of television shows (Fraiser, NewsRadio, Friends, The X-Files), movies (The Fugitive, Best in Show, Talladega Nights), commercials, parodies, web series, cartoons, and so on and so on and so on, paying her dues for some two decades before finally – finally – earning the recognition she deserves in Glee. Lynch just published a memoir, Happy Accidents, that follows her journey from thespian to lesbian to comedienne; ultimately, it’s a life lesson on trusting yourself, your decisions, and your life path. Inspirational, right?

On Sunday, Live Talks LA hosts Lynch in conversation with her former Party Down co-star Adam Scott at 7pm at Club Nokia downtown. And we have tickets to give away! To win, leave a comment with your favorite Jane Lynch role. I’ll choose a winner at random on Thursday morning. Good luck!!

Win Tickets to See Demetri Martin!!

Queequeg — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:41:37 +0000

Would you like to see a man and his flip chart?

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If so, you’re in luck: Demetri Martin is on tour, and we have a few tickets to see his one-man-plus-props show this Sunday, July 24th, at the Fox Theater in Pomona. To win, just leave a comment below with your favorite Martin prop: that flip chart? His guitar? Ukelele? Have at it, folks, and I’ll pick a winner on Wednesday.

The Best Party You May Never Have Heard Of:TwentyWonder!

ruth666 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:23:10 +0000

Some of you have been around long enough (and are lucky enough) to have attended SUPERBALL – the crazy, eclectic, celeb-studded (but in a good way) event where damn near anything could and did happen.

Like all gigantic, out of control events, SUPERBALL kind of reached its peak and when the dudes behind it got busy with life, it went away for a while.

But nature abhors a vacuum, and out of the ashes of SUPERBALL came … TwentyWonder! A Carnival of the Mind, and a great cause too.

Plus, TwentyWonder just got featured on GoldStar. Discounted tickets are now $20 for a limited time. Jump on it, and then alert your friends!

Tickets: http://www.goldstar.com/today/los-angeles/2011/7/4

This Saturday! July 9th! From 6pm to Midnight!

21 and older with ID

VIP Tix include a souvenir medallion – very cool!

(hope this image cures the JumboTron effect – was posting from the phone)

Things we leave behind as the kids grow up.

frazgo — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:40:36 +0000

I’m just a bit melancholy this morning. My youngest is finishing up middle school where it seems like I’ve spent an eternity already. Both of my boys were in Drama as their elective. Their fall and spring plays were always punctuated with some corny jokes by their teacher Randy Medina during the intermission. Last night was my final “Spring Performance” by the Clifton Middle School Drama class and am going to miss those corny, punny jokes of his.

Book Signing @ The Grove! Hilary Winston’s – My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me

Nicole Iizuka — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:44:53 +0000

Step aside Chelsea Handler, there’s a new IT girl on the street and her name is Hilary Winston. Formerly head writer of the Emmy®-award-winning “My Name is Earl“, and currently a writer/producer on “Community“, the incredibly funny & talented Ms. Winston wrote a book. Well. Wrote a book in response to her boyfriend writing a book…

What? Who are these people who have enough time in their lives to have a full job, AND write a retaliatory book to the book their boyfriend wrote about them? Oh, no sorry, you’re still confused about the whole “book being written in retaliation to a book” part.

Let’s start from the beginning. Hilary, having just gotten out of a semi-serious relationship, and putting the piece of her life back together gets sucker-punched when she wanders into a bookstore to find that her Ex has written a novel. A novel about their relationship. One in which she’s referenced throughout as the “fat-assed girlfriend.” True story.

From the ashes was born a phoenix. A hilarious book of a phoenix with, albeit one with a broken vagina.

You know what? Hilary could do a much better job making sense of the absurdity that is her life… and wouldn’t you know it, you’re in luck! She’s doing a book signing on THURSDAY MAY 19th at the Grove Barnes & Noble, where you can ask her any and all of the questions you have about her fat ass, broken vagina, bikini waxes & community paintball.

Hilary Winston Book Signing
Thursday May 19, 2011 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble @ The Grove at Farmers Market
189 Grove Drive Suite K 30
Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://hilarywinston.com/home/

And you can buy the book HERE. Perfect for that book club you’ve always been meaning to start…

“Spinal Tap” Moment in Los Angeles

Matt Mason — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:00:47 +0000

This homemade ad appeared on the wall of my building’s mail room today. It’s for a “Small Entertainment Center : Holds a 32′ TV”. My first thought upon reading the ad was, “wow, if that’s the size of the tv that goes on a small entertainment center, I’d love to see the tv that sits on the large entertainment center.” My second thought was, “this is another Los Angeles ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ moment, only in reverse.”

The Man With F.E.E.E.T.-A Comedy 3-D Adventure

Jodi Kurland — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:43:02 +0000

Head over to the Downtown Independent this Wednesday night for a unique comedy experience. The Man With F.E.E.E.T. is described as a “new comedy-adventure for View-Master viewers” by Eric Drysdale, an Emmy-winning comedian and writer (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report). The “view-along” staged reading will feature a live soundtrack as audience members follow the action in their own View-Master viewers, which are included in the ticket price. The show will be narrated by Ron Lynch and feature Matt Walsh, Adam Felber, Eddie Pepitone, Amber Nelson and Andree Vermeulen. Alex Burke will improvise a live musical score.

The Man With F.E.E.E.T. LA Launch Event will be at the Downtown Independent Theater at 251 S. Main Street on Wednesday, March 16th at 8pm and 9:30pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here. Read more information about the show here.

Tina Fey in Conversation with Steve Martin, April 19

Queequeg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:36:20 +0000

People often ask me if Tina Fey is gay. This is because, I think, and unfortunately for me, I’m the only gay person they know, and they assume that we all know who the others are, like Cylons or something. The larger takeaway, though, is the implication behind the question: that very few women can have the strength of her talents, defy as many conventions, and not talk incessantly about how she should be defined as a mother first, unless she were a lesbian. There’s a whole lot wrapped up in that implication, too much to deconstruct here, so I’ll just say: that is a terrible work of fiction that no one wants to read but for some reason keeps getting checked out.

For those of you (gay, straight, boy, girl, in between, on the fringe) looking for a little inspiration a la Fey, Live Talks LA is hosting the writer/producer/actress/comedian at the Nokia Theater on Tuesday, April 19. Fey will discuss her upcoming memoir, Bossypants, with Steve Martin. Tickets just went on sale on Friday; get them here. My guess is that these will sell out, soon, so you better get on it, now.

For those curious about Fey’s essaying abilities (because being head writer at SNL, the creator/writer of 30 Rock, and the writer of Mean Girls isn’t quite enough), check out the last few issues of The New Yorker. An essay first appears in the same issue as the fantastic article on Scientology, about “juggling” her career and her – blahblah – family (“What is the rudest question you can ask a woman? ‘How old are you?’ ‘What do you weigh?’ ‘When you and your twin sister are alone with Mr. Hefner, do you have to pretend to be lesbians?’ No, the worst question is: ‘How do you juggle it all?’”).

The second essay, in this week’s issue, is on the lessons she learned from Lorne Michaels (“Never tell a crazy person he’s crazy.” – I’m assuming she’s talking about Tracy Morgan here, but I may be projecting). I hope Tina Fey and Rudy Giuliani do a book exchange, BossyPants for Leadership, just to compare and contrast styles. If you have nothing going on – and, heck, even if you do – go to the newsstand, flip to page 22, and just read it. It’s great. It makes you want to buy the book or e-book. And, yes, see her live from Los Angeles, on a Tuesday night.

An Evening with Tina Fey in Conversation with Steve Martin, Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00pm at the Nokia Theatre. Tickets are $29 (seat only)/$49 (premier seating plus Fey’s book)/$119 (prime seating plus Fey and Martin’s books). A signing will follow the talk.