Showing posts with label Downtown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Downtown. Show all posts
Friday, June 21, 2013
Coming across tarantulas
Years ago (when I was young) I used to intern for a record label in Silver Lake called Tarantula Records. The pay was nothing and the errands were endless. But outside of making press packages and printing shirts, hanging around the headquarters was pretty cool. Band members would pop in and tell horror stories from their latest tour or how well or shitty their last show was. The garage was converted to a full on screen print shop with tons of gear tossed everywhere unorganized. In the restroom there was a wall that was filled with polaroid pictures of band members who had stopped by the house to either party, poop or piss. From Brody to Tim Armstrong and other band members I had no clue of, I always tripped out on that wall.
There was a few guys who ran the record label but I mainly worked under this dude named George. George was a friendly guy. The kinda guy that would that would make a run to the super market but end up coming back with a beach ball.
One day Tim Presley from Darker My Love came to the pad and I over heard him talking to George about how sad his sex life was and how he was thinking about giving up on music all together and working at an In-N-Out Burger. After hearing this I had to skip over to the kitchen (button making room) and laugh my ass off. Happy days back then.
Fuzz announced a last minute show the other night at the Smell in downtown. I bugged my bro if he wanted to go and we made way. Walking down a dirty dark alley I came across Tim. I haven't seen the dude since my days back at Tarantula but I do follow his current project, White Fence. I asked how his latest tour went and if he was in the works of anything new with Ty Segall or Darker My Love? We shot the shit for a bit and I pulled out my brand new fuzz pedal that I had just got in the mail that day. I asked him if he would sign it for good luck. He took it, looked at it, turned it around and signed away. Then I told him about the In-N-Out story.
06/18/2013
Los Angeles, CA
Stay free
AJ
www.10fingers11toes.com
Labels:
Darker My Love,
Death By Audio,
DIY,
Downtown,
Fuzz,
Los Angeles,
SGV,
Tarantula Records,
The Smell,
Tim Presley,
White Fence
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
When do the citizens kneel for sex?
Labels:
Dante Vs. Zombies,
DIY,
Downtown,
Los Angeles,
Punk,
SGV,
The Smell
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thursday, February 28, 2013
She calls the shots.
Labels:
Downtown,
Ham and Egg Tavern,
Los Angeles,
Punk,
SGV
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
We were all sick and tired of reasoning...
01/12/2-13 The Smell, Los Angeles, CA.
(Regal Degal)
The headliner's were C.R.A.S.H. What kinda sound? Punk. No subcategories here folks, let's not dick around on that note. Their sound is Punk - that's it. At times it's nice to get a solid kick in the teeth, ya know? Straight bullseye shot right in the kisser, and that's what these dude's did. They kept their set short and sweet. No hello, no thank you, no good night everyone. They left the crowd wondering if that was all. A room full of stunned faces, but not in a disappointing way. No, sir.
(C.R.A.S.H.)
...then I was off to bed, and slept like a baby.
Labels:
Babies,
C.R.A.S.H.,
Destruction,
Disastrous,
Downtown,
Dreamers,
El Monte,
Los Angeles,
Punk,
Sleep,
The Smell
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Where are you going?
Where have you been, child??
(Rene Navarrette)
If you see this guy around, you're in trouble.
If you see any of these guys around, chances are, you're in trouble.
(Call them how you see them)
If you happen to be around the L.A. area and you're looking for something to do this Monday night, I highly recommend you catch this show at The Smell with C.R.A.S.H. (members of No Age and Mika Miko) headlining it. $5 Bones
Labels:
C.R.A.S.H.,
Crazy Band,
Destruction,
Disastrous,
Downtown,
L.A.,
Lowriders,
Mean Reds,
Mika Miko,
No Age,
Punk,
Skins,
The Smell
Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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