Monthly Archives: October 2024

Happening in L.A.

Happening in L.A.: Thursday, October 10 – Wednesday, October 16

Club Underground Gorillaz x Daft Punk Grand Star Jazz Club Friday, October 11, 2024 DJ Larry G. DJ Liz O.

This Friday, October 11, is Gorillaz x Daft Punk night at Underground. Both floors of Grand Star Jazz Club will be open with Larry G. and I DJing all night. The last time we did a Gorillaz x Daft Punk night was back in the summer of 2023 and it was amazing, so don’t miss out on this one. Tickets are available now on Eventbrite and Dice. 

If you want to hear what Friday might sound like, click this link to listen to one hour of my set from the 2023 Gorillaz x Daft Punk night at Club Underground. 

Grand Star Jazz Club is located at 943 N. Broadway in Chinatown’s Central Plaza, right next to the Bruce Lee statue. Underground is Friday nights from 9:30 p.m. until 2 a.m. and it’s 21+.  If you’re going to see French Police on Friday, come by after the show, the Grand Star is a pretty short drive from Belasco. 

(In other Underground-related news, tickets are running low for the October 25 Halloween party, so get yours ASAP. I’ll be DJing alongside Larry G., Malvada and Jesse B.) 

Added a handful of other events happening this weekend and early next week. I’m particularly excited about EXP TV’s Kung Fu Halloween going on at Philosophical Research Society on Saturday night. 

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Adventures in L.A., Live Music

Los Bitchos at Teragram Ballroom, October 3, 2024

Los Bitchos live at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 3, 2024 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
Los Bitchos live at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 3, 2024 (Pic: Liz O.)

At 10 p.m. on Thursday night, Belinda Carlisle’s 1980s pop hit “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” played inside Teragram Ballroom, the volume increasing as the lights on the stage dimmed, then glowed purple. The members of Los Bitchos— four full-time members and one touring guitarist— take the stage and dance as they adjust their instruments, waiting for the song to nearly fade away before beginning a set that sounds nothing like Belinda Carlisle. 

On Talkie Talkie, the new album from Los Bitchos, you can hear a bit of an ‘80s pop sheen in the production. It’s a subtle nod, but it’s there in the “La Isla Bonita” vibe of “Talkie Talkie, Charlie Charlie” and the dreamy Balearic disco of “Don’t Change.” On stage, though, Los Bitchos’ sound is raw and urgent, like they’re leading a party that might teeter— to appropriate a B-52s song title— out of bounds at any second. 

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Happening in L.A.

Happening in L.A.: Thursday, October 3 – Wednesday, October 9

Videotheque Highland Park screening calendar flyer for October, 2024

Friday, October 4, Videotheque kicks off a month of horror screenings with a Dark Shadows binge curated by yours truly. I picked out five episodes filled with tarot, witchcraft and maybe— just, maybe— a creature of the night. The episodes will make sense whether you’re new to Dark Shadows or if you, like me, have seen all 1200+ episodes. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. for the screening, which starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $12. You can RSVP on Partiful.  4102 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park 90031.

Read “Lost in Time Watching Dark Shadows” if you want to catch up on the series. 

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