July 2007
175 posts
Breaking: Emulated GoldenEye on the PC →
For super-smooth frame rates in multiplayer. How baller would GoldenEye be running on a laptop? I’ll let you know.
Beyond Downtown →
The loft craze is spreading to Hollywood, Silver Lake and beyond
Searching for the Real Los Angeles →
An ambitious project: Survey LA
"Darkness"
By Lord Byron (1816)
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day,
And men forgot their passions in the dread
Of this their desolation; and all hearts
Were...
M. Antonioni Passes →
Blowup is one of my favorite movies.
Dream Home: Case Study House No. 22 →
Aka the Stahl house—my favorite house in L.A. Via ATLA
A Valediction for Theresa Duncan →
Writer/editor Glenn O’brien, a friend of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake’s, posts a final entry on Wit of the Staircase. Via LAO
New Nickname for Subway (Restaurants)
“Bachelor’s delight”
“There is no bigger can of worms when it comes to L.A. and its architectural...”
– Christopher Hawthorne in the LA Times
Favorite Subhead This Morning Re: The Simpsons...
From the LA Times: Film is bringing in plenty of “d’oh!”
Elevate Coming Downtown: 21st-Floor... →
Sounds like it could be kinda yupster, but I bet the view is something.
Indie Rock Bakery Endorses: Franz Kline →
Hell of an artist
New Life Challenge: Learning the Codes for Produce...
To facilitate self-checkout and to impress your friends. Italian parsley—4901; crimini mushrooms—4648.
“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always...”
– Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Want: Vespa S →
Some more pictures here. (Check out these model citizens.)
An Embarrassment of Riches: UCLA and USC Digital...
There’s an staggering amount of historical photographs in and around Los Angeles available online. Two great resources are UCLA’s and USC’s archives.
Regarding Rooftop and High-rise Pools
They are awesome.
Photo Essay: LA Apartment Numbers →
From Polar Inertia a while back
Indie Rock Bakery Endorses: Twin Bars
In astronomy, the term binary star refers to two stars orbiting around each other. True binary stars are bound together by gravity, and so they are intensely affected by their proximity to each other. So it is with twin bars.
Twin bars describes a phenomenon in which two bars of approximately equal caliber reside in close proximity to each other—certainly within walking distance, preferably...
LA Observed on KCRW: Tragic Lovers
Every Friday at 4:44 p.m., Kevin Roderick of LA Observed contributes a four-minute report on KCRW. Info here. Today’s piece is on Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.
Robert Evans is My Hero →
Talk about staying in the picture
"It's Not For You" Goes Live →
From the man behind Growing Down
“My disgust for that impossible village of Los Angeles grows daily. Give me...”
– Edward Weston
Hangover Remedy: Mexican Breakfast →
All my own personal research confirms this
FOWL Teaser Page is Up →
Should be live in a few weeks
“P.S. Benji, sorry for destroying you in Bomberman the next time we play.”
– Schwartz
Sunglasses at Night (or Whenever) →
Get your Wayfarer fix—in any color.
In Ya Face: Faceball →
Via Daring Fireball
Speaking of Dance Right...
Tonight is the inaugural Dress Right, a self-described “monthly fashion party” from Apt 3 and MFG. The flyer’s not on the DR Web site, but it’s in the weekly email. We’ll see.
LAist Interviews LA City Nerd →
LACN—who may or may not be a regular at Dance Right—is guest editor today.
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the...”
– Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
Real-world Application of the White Man's Burrito
Bandini one-starred Fiesta Feast over on The Great Taco Hunt. Let’s see how the White Man’s Burrito theory holds up.
• First warning sign: location is west of La Brea
• Second warning sign: establishment name contains both “fresh” and “Mexican grill”
• Third warning sign: cheese and lettuce included by default
Oh, sweet vindication.
David Lynch Weather Report →
via Blogging LA
That Which Should Never Be Spoken "Let's cheers...
Cheers is not a verb. You can say, “let’s toast the birthday girl” or “let’s drink to the new year” or even “cheers!” But don’t say “let’s cheers it.”
Some More Duncan/Blake Info →
The tragic story takes an odd turn:
“According to several friends and art world peers, the two believed they were being stalked and harassed by Scientologists, an abiding fear that soured old friendships and made some of their respective working relationships difficult.”
WatchOne, by duplo. The digi-harp sounds remind me of getting a bunch of coins in Super Mario Bros.
The LAPTL: Get With It →
Fred Camino doing a nice job guest-editing LAist today
Regarding the Number of Beer Bottles on My Coffee...
Eleven. And a few more in the kitchen.
Is LA Ready for the 250-square-foot Apartment? →
I say go for it. The article includes a quote from the go-to guy for an anti-density quote, Joel Kotkin.
List of Health Department Closures →
Figaro, The Red Lion and Eat Well each make an appearnace
Brass Monday: Batman Forever Edition
A very special rendition of Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose”
“How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of...”
– Stan Brakhage, Metaphors on Vision
Overheard on AIM: Complicated Man Edition
bud: we rocked it last night
me: Nice
bud: shaft was there, hes gonna put in some money i think and talk to his producer friends in NY
me: John Shaft?
bud: hes a regular at the directors bar where he works. can you dig it?
me: Damn right
Susan Carpenter's Throttle Jockey Archives →
Lots of good reading in her biweekly column in the LA Times. You can also see Carpenter on the LAT’s new billboards around town.
How to Get Around LA Without a Car →
From LAist guest editor Siel