The BANANA is back: DJ sets from James Pants, DJ Anonymous and more!!

The folks at Dim Mak, BPM, and Kr3w return this Sunday for another amazing lineup at LAX w/guest artists JAMES PANTS, DJ Anonymous and more!! 

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The BANANA is back this week with more mindsexing DJ sets from James Pants and DJ Anoymous! Peep the flyer, right here, son! Check out our myspace at www.myspace.com/bananasplitsundaes ... So lace up your Chuck Taylors to the top grommet because we're back again this Sunday At LAX for our weekly BANANA SPLIT presented by Kr3w, BPM Magazine and Dim Mak and turned out by resident Disc Jockeys DJ AM, STEVE AOKI, and your boy THEE MIKE B! 

Free keg of beer on the dancefloor! 

RSVP @ partyline@dimmak.com

Those with a facebook account can check the Banana Sundaes event page here.

You can also RSVP through BPM's link HERE to the Memorial Sundae festivities... Fun!

OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE F YEAH FEST & LA SCAVENGER HUNT 2008 (Today!!!)

Here's a last minute update from the F- Yeah Festival's peeps. 

Take note and spread the word...

THE SCAVENGER HUNT IS TODAY.

Yeah, I know, everyone is worn out after the f yeah fest and doesn't want to leave the house for a few days but that's why we have it starting at 2:00pm.

Sign ups begin at 1:00pm. It starts at the north side of the Echo Park Lake. Its gonna be epic!!!!!

L.A. SCAVENGER HUNT AFTER PARTY W/ DAN DEACON
THE HUNT STARTS AT 2PM AT ECHO PARK LAKE - WWW.FYEAHFEST.COM

The Dan Deacon show has been moved

Dan Deacon

Monotonix

Kyle Mabson

Starts at 7:00pm immediately after the hunt and Dan will be on at 8:00pm followed by Monotonix.

Location: 

Hangar 1018 in downtown

1018 s Santa Fe downtown LA 90021

$5 with hunt / $8 without

And then following the Dan Deacon show we will be doing another show!

Strike Anywhere

Paint It Black

Broken Needle

Final Fight

Touche Amore

Location: 

Hangar 1018

$8 / 10:00pm / all ages

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE F YEAH FEST & LA SCAVENGER HUNT 2008
$5

FOR MORE INFO ON THE HUNT PLEASE VISIT WWW.FYEAHFEST.COM

Avaland: Felix Da Housecat, Dan Berkson & James What, Reza

Felix da Housecat Birthday Bash!

Avalon hosts an end-of-August, Labor Day weekend bonanza. Since most of us aren't in school this just gives us another reason to party. It also happens to be Felix's Birthday Party so he'll definitely be up for it. If you've been here for Felix's last few shows I'm sure you'll agree with me that every show gets better and better. Playing on the main stage with Felix this week is DJ Reza from Saturday Night Sessions.

In addition to everything we have going on in the main room we also have a special night setup for Honey this week with Poker Flat Recording artists Dan Berkson and James What playing a live set in a small, intimate setting. Lee Foss and Clovis join them in Honey.

Get on the guestlist this week by texting 38714 with avaland830 then your full name and number of guests (example - avaland830 jane doe 2)

This Saturday is also Club 82 (w/Felix da Housecat, Keith 2.0, and more). All guests must RSVP to get on the VIP list for Honey Lounge and stage access wristbands. Enter through the Honey Lounge entrance located at the south side of the building. Doors open at 10PM and the first 100 people will get in for free; after that, it will only be $15. There will be an open bar in Honey Lounge from 10 until 10:30 so just come early. 82 is the new black!

8/30 Anthem Presents Whistling Past the Graveyard Hosted By Jason Lee

Join Anthem Magazine and WESC as we present Whistling Past the Graveyard featuring new works by Mercedes Helnwein, hosted by Jason Lee at the Merry Karnowski Gallery.

Helnwein's drawings have been described as "photo-realistic," "lucid fairy-tales," "strikingly bizarre," "haunting," "southern Gothic," "evocative" and "unexpected." Her self-portraits have been compared to Cindy Sherman and her sense of quiet drama to Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allen Poe.

Also included in the exhibition is a video projection, in which the formerly frozen characters jerk to life for the first time in thick saturated colors. 

DETAILS
When: Saturday, August 30 

8 - 11 PM

Where:
Merry Karnowski Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
323.933.4408

www.mercedeshelnwein.com
www.mkgallery.com

If you miss the opening with us, make sure to still catch the show. It will run from August 30 - September 20

thank you, liz phair

Thank you, Liz Phair, for going back 15 yrs to revisit and re-release 1993's Exile in Guyville. You must realize that this record was a staple of my youth and a seminal album that I overplayed for every other adolescent music nerd friend I had at the time. Oh yeah... thanks for re-releasing this out-of-print album since my beat-up copy was lifted from my cd wall and "borrowed" four years ago. I know we live in the iPod and Amoeba Age, but still...

Listen to npr's interview w/Liz Phair, as well as, "Canary," a track from Exile (and NPR's Song of the Day).  

Watch Liz Phair (circa '95) perform one of my favorite jams from Exile in Guyville: 

APPEAL: IGGY and the STOOGES Gear STOLEN

Iggy and the Stooges were in Montreal as Osheaga Music & Art Festival headliners. All equipment was stolen (including Mike Watt's 1963 gibson eb-3 "the little bass", above) from their van outside the hotel at which they were staying. Please read below for the band's press release, repost and forward. Thanks. 

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

IGGY AND THE STOOGES
EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST,
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck

with u.s. (michigan) license plate number AC46493

and the theft had to have happened in the morning,

between 6:30 and 7:30 am

there's a web page at: http://www.hootpage. com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html that will soon have pictures and updates to more stuff found missing.

• Item Country of Origin Serial Number
• Red roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  
• Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt's bass!) USA No serial number
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  
• Reverend Flying V guitar - Volcano black USA #08001
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  
• Reverend Orange guitar USA 03416 ZSL7
• Black fibre case containg: USA No serial number
  
• Gibson red SG short scale bass USA No serial number
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  
• Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0926-2 RoHS
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  
• Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0927-2 RoHS
• 4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #1 Slant: M-2007-05-0149-0
• 4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #2 Straight: M-2006-49-0380-0
• 4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #3 Slant: M-2007-05-0150-0
• 4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #4 Straight: M-2006-49-0381-0
• Orange Calzone road case containing:
  
• Guitar pedal board and pedals USA/Japan No serial number
  
• Assorted leads USA/UK No serial number
  
• 2x mic stands Germany No serial number
  
• Assorted strings and spares USA No serial number

plus

• 2x Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner
  
• Boss CH1 Super Chorus
  
• Fulltone OCD Overdrive
  
• Crybaby Wah
  
• Peterson Strobo-Stomp Tuner Pedal
  
• Whirlwind A/B Boxes
  
• Whirlwind Cable Tester
  
• and many many istrument cables
  
• various tools ( screwdrivers, soldering iron, pliers, etc... )
  
• tambourine and maracas
• Cardboard box containing:
  
• Assorted replacement drum heads USA No serial number
• Gretsch Silver Sparkle Catalina drum kit USA No serial number
  
• 26" Kick Drum No serial number
  
• 13" Rack Tom No serial number
  
• 18" Floor Tom No serial number
  
• 4x Cymbal Stands No serial number
  
• 1x Snare Stand No serial number
  
• 1x Hi Hat Stand No serial number
  
• 1x Drum Throne No serial number
• Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5001
• Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5002
• Cardboard box containg:
  
• Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0601E5115
• Cardboard box containg:
  
• Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0507E5033
• Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
• Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
• Green clamshell suitcase containing:
  
• Yamaha snare drum JAPAN No serial number
  
• Yahama kick pedal JAPAN No serial number
  
• Zildjian Mega Bell cymbal USA No serial number
  
• Zildjian 15" Hi-Hats USA No serial number
  
• 3x Zildjian 18" 19" 20" crash medium cymbals USA No serial number
• Brown Epiphone guitar case:
  
• Black Epiphone EB3 short scale bass KOREA F300503
  

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

manic monday: Osheaga in Montreal, (pre-) APW in NY, Tales in LA

Metric rocked Osheaga last night. 

Montreal was blessed. 

Today is Day Two of Osheaga 3.0: BSS, MGMT, CSS, as well as other initial-less bands.

Montreal's blessings continue when Radiohead rolls into town this Wednesday (aug 6th) to take over Parc Jean Drapeau... a good week, undoubtedly. 

New York has All Points West this week as well as a slew of amazing pre-festival tune-up shows from many of APW artists. 

Back in LA, the Tales of Colt 45 Tour returns for the final installment (vol.4) in its summer party series. Catch Cheeseburger, Mezzanine Owls, and The Muslims at King King Hollywood. Free Colt Beer from 9pm-11pm. Free w/RSVP. 

Colt 45 and Vice Present: 

Tales Of Colt 45 Tour 

Monday August 4th 

with:

CHEESEBURGER

MEZZANINE OWLS 

THE MUSLIMS

SPIDER PROBLEM

and DJ C-TOWN

New Bjork / Antony Hegarty Collaboration

YES!!! Bjork and Antony Hegarty collaboration to be released...

from the NME:

Bjork and Antony Hegarty have teamed up for a new single. The Antony & the Johnsons man sings on 'Dull Flame Of Desire', the latest single to be taken from the Icelandic singer's sixth studio album 'Volta', which was released in 2007. Released on September 29, the song includes lyrics taken from a translation of a poem by Fyodor Tyutchev. The pair played the song live together at Bjork's Hammersmith Apollo live shows in London last April.

In other NME/bjork news... China has probably deleted Bjork from its Friend List on Myspace after a recent Beijing concert appearance during which she declared support for a free Tibet. In response to her controversial 'outburst,' China has announced new (and heavy) restrictions planned for foreign performers in its country... just another example of a country's political leaders getting creative with its interpretations of past events.