HAPPY DAYS FOR AUTUMN KNIGHT - LA Weekly
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Amazon’s The Aeronauts Soars on Chemistry • First Look at The Conference Room • UTA Examines Bodies
®
JANUARY 3-9, 2020 / VOL. 42 / NO. 7 / LAWEEKLY.COM
HAPPY DAYS FOR AUTUMN KNIGHT
The L.A. native who’s been compared to Lana Del Rey has her first performance at the Troubadour
By Brett Callwood
2
See the All New 2020 Boat Models Making Their West Coast Debut!
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
The Premiere Show Featuring Boats from North America
Fairplex — Pomona
Jan. 9-12, 2020
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA 91768
The Los Angeles Boat Show is the ultimate destination for boating and outdoor lifestyle enthu-
siasts, featuring sport fishing boats, performance boats, ski boats, cruisers, jet skis, pontoons,
motorboats, cabin cruisers, dinghies/inflatables, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and a lot more!
See ’em, touch ‘em and sit yourself down at the helm! The fun starts here!
Admission: Hours: (Rain or shine)
$15 for adults; Thurs.: Noon to 8 p.m.
Children 12 and younger, FREE Fri. & Sat.: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Military ID, $5 discount Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Largest selection of
boats, gear & accessories
on the West Coast
LABoatShow.com
Contents
January 3-9, 2020 // Vol. 42 // No. 7 // laweekly.com THE 3
L INJECTING
SPECIALISTS
L A W E E K LY
L A’ S M O S T
C E L E B R AT E D &
PUBLISHER AND CEO
F R I E N D LY
Brian Calle I N J E C TO R S
GENERAL MANAGER
Jessica Mansour NEW DECADE EVENT
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
VP, EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS JANUARY 2ND - 8TH, 2020
Erin Domash
EDITORIAL
WITH PURCHASE OF ANY
AT $6.87* Per unit
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR JUVEDERM FILLER
* AS LOW AS $2.70 BASED ON 24 LOYALTY
Darrick Rainey UNITS. REFLECTS $50 INSTANT EARNED
ARTS EDITOR REBATE. VISIT OUBEAUTY.COM ULTRA XC $420 $20
OR CALL FOR MINIMAL + Earn
Shana Nys Dambrot RESTRICTION $20 ULTRA+ XC $420 $20
in loyalty
CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR points VOLUMA XC $595 $30
VOLBELLA XC $495 $30
Lina Lecaro
VOLLURE XC $495 $30
FOOD EDITOR
Michele Stueven
MUSIC EDITOR
Brett Callwood
&
COPY EDITOR
$125 OFF
Avery Bissett DUET
LISTINGS
Falling James (music)
PURCHASE 60+ UNITS OF
DYSPORT AT
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Lisa Beebe, Nathaniel Bell, Michael Cooper, Lisa
$2.95** PER UNIT
+ Earn $20 Restylane Bucks!*
Derrick, Alex Destefano, Jessica Donath, Shirley **3 DYSPORT UNITS EQUIVALENT IN STRENGTH TO 1 BOTOX UNIT
VISIT OUBEAUTY.COM OR CALL FOR MINIMAL RESTRICTIONS
Ju, Beige Luciano-Adams, Matt Miner, Lily Moayeri, *GOOD TOWARDS YOUR NEXT PURCHASE OF RESTYLANE
FAMILY OF FILLERS REG PRICE 1st SYRINGE 2nd SYRINGE
Jordan Riefe, Nick Walker, Jonny Whiteside
Restylane-L (1.0 cc) $395 $355 $335
Restylane Lyft (1.0 cc) $395 $355 $335
CALENDAR WRITERS
Restylane Silk (1.0 cc) $395 $355 $335
Siran Babayan, David Cotner,
NEW! Defyne (1.0 cc) $495 $455 $435
15
Ann Haskins, John Payne, Jason Roche
NEW! Refyne (1.0 cc) $495 $455 $435
PURCHASE 24+ UNITS OF
ADVERTISING SALES AND GET
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR “1.5cc Jumbo
Syringe”
Elisa Anthony $130 OFF
LIVE MUSIC & CLUB CATEGORY DIRECTOR TRIO $395
$7 95
1st Syringe ............
Per
Andrew Gyger FOR JUST Unit 2nd Syringe ........... $375
SALES DIRECTOR
GO LA...5 TELEVISION...14 No Double Chin. No Surgery. No Kidding.
Christopher Hubbert
SENIOR MULTIMEDIA ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Jeannie Johnson The inaugural Southland Comedy Festival, Amazon’s The Aeronauts soars thanks to N OW
FF
MULTIMEDIA ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Santa Monica Restaurant Week, and more to co-stars’ chemistry. BY ASHER LUBERTO. $200 O L
Craig Fralick
do and see in L.A. this week. PER VIA
MULTIMEDIA SALES EXECUTIVES
MUSIC...15
Daniel Avitia, Law Chambers
SALES COORDINATOR EAT & DRINK...9 Local singer-songwriter Autumn Knight
REMOVE FAT PERMANENTLY
NOW
$395*
*Recommended 1-3 vials
Whitney Crossley The Conference Room in Playa Vista makes her Troubadour debut this week. BY for first treatment and
1-2 for second. PER VIAL
delivers expertly prepared proteins. BY DANNY BRETT CALLWOOD. Plus our guide to the best
PRODUCTION
PALUMBO. music shows in L.A. this week. PHENTERMINE WEIGHT
LOSS PROGRAM
ARTS...12
PRODUCTION MANAGER FDA Approved
Appetite Suppressant. JANUARY SPECIALS Lightsheer™ Hair
Jorge Picado
ADVERTISING
Removal
ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGNER A new show at UTA offers a fresh take $89 60% OFF
UNTIL 01/31/20
30-day Supply
Abner Gutierrez on representations of our bodies in CLASSIFIED...18 The Industry Gold
NO EXAM Standard for Laser
contemporary art. BY SHANA NYS DAMBROT. EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT...19 FEE Hair Removal
BUSINESS
FILM...13 BULLETIN BOARD...19 5ml BOTTLE
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Clint Mayher NATHANIEL BELL explores the movies opening FREEZE THE FAT AWAY $139
HUMAN RESOURCES this week, including horror reboot The
On The Cover: PERMANENTLY PLUS $10 LOYALTY POINTS
**Loyalty points on next Botox, Juvederm
Lindsey Mallon Autumn Knight, courtesy of the artist treatment or Latisse, while supplies last.
Grudge. • NEW Low Prices
• CoolSculpting
$195
University Certified
• All the New
N AT I O N A L A D V E R T I S I N G CoolSculpting Handles
$350
Maybe the best
NO SURGERY • chemical peel
you’ll ever have
L.A. WEEKLY (ISSN #0192-1940 & USPS 461-370) is published weekly by LA Weekly LP, 724 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. NO NEEDLES •
VMG ADVERTISING NO DOWNTIME + FREE AFTER-CARE KIT
1-888-278-9866 • vmgadvertising.com Periodicals postage paid at Los Angeles, CA. Domestic subscriptions: $55 for six months & $90 per year. Postmaster: Send address
changes to L.A Weekly, 724 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. LA Weekly is available free of charge in Los Angeles County, limited More specials at www.oubeauty.com • Botox Diamond Award
SVP SALES: to one copy per reader. Additional copies of the current issue of LA Weekly may be purchased for $1, payable in advance at the LA
NOW 2 GREAT LOCATIONS
818.551.1682 • 130 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA
Susan Belair Weekly office. Outside Los Angeles County, the single-copy cost of LA Weekly is $1. LA Weekly may be distributed only by LA Weekly’s
213.617.1682 • 125 S. San Pedro St., L.A., CA
SVP SALE & OPERATIONS: authorized independent contractors or LA Weekly’s authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of LA
Weekly, take more than one copy of each LA Weekly issue. For back-issue information call 310-574-7100. The entire contents of LA NAMED BEST MEDISPA
Joe Larkin 10 YEARS IN A ROW
Weekly are Copyright 2014 by LA Weekly LP. No portion may be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, including electronic 2009-2018
retrieval systems, without the express written permission of the publisher, LA Weekly, 724 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. Owner: Dr. Kojian • Oh You Beauty Inc. • Open 7 Days a Week ‘til 8pm
4
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M | January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
WE NOW DELIVER!!
GO
Bowie Unseen at
rare and unpublished texts, intellectual, witty
and occasionally surreal compositions written
5
Art Angels Gallery between 1961-2002 and addressing art (his own
See Monday. and others’), music, politics and related theories.
L A W E E K LY
At today’s L.A. book launch, Lampert reads from
the book, converses with writer Tosh Berman
and filmmaker Tyler Hubby — the acclaimed
writer and director of the recent award-winning
documentary Tony Conrad: Completely in the
Present. Artbook at Hauser & Wirth, 917 E. 3rd
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
St., downtown; Sat., Jan. 4, 3 p.m.; free. artbook.
com/artbook-hw-la.html. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
LA
C U LT U R E
Día de Los Doors
When photographer Henry Diltz shot photos
for The Doors’ fifth studio album, Morrison Ho-
tel, he took singer Jim Morrison and the band
to L.A.’s Skid Row, where he captured them in
the window of the Morrison Hotel for the front
cover and lounging around at the nearby Hard
Rock Café for the back cover and inner sleeve.
The hotel closed down many years ago, but the
building’s façade and front window will be re-
stored for the fourth-annual Day of The Doors
so fans can pose for pictures in the same place
where the Lizard King once tarried. There will
be a pop-up store to buy Doors memorabilia,
and guitarist Robby Krieger will sign autographs
and engage in an acoustic set with actor Dennis
Quad, of all people. A screening of the documen-
tary When You’re Strange is accompanied by a
preview of another documentary, The Doors:
Fri 1/3
ARTS
Break on Thru: A Tribute to Ray Manzarek.
Morrison Hotel, 1246 S. Hope St., downtown;
Sat., Jan. 4, 3-11 p.m.; free-$50. facebook.com/
events/804043320033071. —FALLING JAMES
Getting Lit
Spoken word is one of the most mutable art
forms, and it plays well with other forms of ex-
pression. Presented by The Los Angeles Press
Sun 1/5
ARTS
and Red Light Lit, this combo show “is a mash-
up of live music, photography, storytelling and Dance Away the Heartache
poetry,” set to a live score by David Williams The title of Olivia Mia Orozco’s Toolbox refers to
and Dan Thomas and featuring musicians Kira the idea of an emotional toolkit, evaluating how
Lynn Cain and Andrew Cervantes. Writers Miah equipped with self-awareness, clarity, empathy,
Jeffra, Jennifer Lewis, Bernadette McComish, patience and the capacity to heal, we are or are
PHOTO BY MARKUS KLINKO
Mackenzie Studebaker and Linda Ravenswood not when confronted with life’s traumas. In a
will riff about sexuality, gender and the sharply melding of dance and movement performance
contrasting vicissitudes of this thing called love. with film, sound and environmental installa-
The Parlour Room of Hollywood, 6423 Yucca St., probably after hearing the lurid content covered Hess, Steven Schafer, Cameron Carothers, Scott tion, Orozco and collaborators Julienne Mackey
Hollywood; Fri., Jan. 3, 7 p.m.; $10. (323) 463- out loud at this discussion and book signing with Moody, Jack Laxer and L.A. Weekly contributor and Daniel Diaz create a sensorial expression of
0609, facebook.com/events/563543377797900. Levine. Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasa- Nikki Kreuzer, paying tribute to not only Neutra what building such a toolbox can feel like, from
—FALLING JAMES dena; Fri., Jan. 3, 7 p.m.; free. vromansbookstore. designs but other examples of mid-century mod- contemplation to catharsis, brutal honesty, and
com/. —LINA LECARO ern architecture. The exhibit takes place on two ultimate liberation. Human Resources Los An-
C U LT U R E nights, the latter following a memorial service geles, 10 Cottage Home St., Elysian Park; Sat.,
President Predator
Detailing Trump’s disrespectful, discriminatory
Sat 1/4
ARTS
for Dion at the Neutra–designed Eagle Rock
Center for the Arts. Neutra Institute Gallery
& Museum, 2379 Glendale Blvd., Silver Lake;
Jan. 4, 8 p.m. & Sun., Jan. 5, 2 p.m.; $10-25.
oliviamiaorozco.com/. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
and sexually abusive treatment of women into Sat., Jan. 4, 6-10 p.m. & Sun., Jan. 19, 5-9 p.m.; ARTS
one fat yet concise chronicle of creepdom, All Mod Squad free. (323) 247-7113, neutra.org. —SIRAN BABAYAN
the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Dion Neutra, son of modernist architecture Chants for a New Year
Making of a Predator, released this past Octo- icon Richard, died in November at age 93. In ARTS Over the past two months, the experimental
ber, packs quite a (pussy) punch. From adul- 2014, Dion, an architect himself who fought ensemble Wild Up and its artistic director,
terous escapades to porn star pay-offs to pervy to preserve the legacy of his father’s buildings Writing the Book on Art Christopher Rountree, have been presenting
peeping backstage at teen beauty pageants to and residences, transformed the office of their From the 1960s right up until his death in 2016, Darkness Sounding, a series of performances
numerous allegations of inappropriate behavior, architecture firm in Silver Lake — opened in Tony Conrad was a prolific, all-purpose experi- of “mindful music during the darkest days of
touching and groping, and even rape, authors 1950 and listed on the National Register of His- menter whose innovations in avant-garde film, the year.” In the “Satsang 3” installment, vo-
Barry Levine and Monique El Faizy provide a toric Places — into the Neutra Institute Gallery photography, minimalist music and activist per- calist-composer Odeya Nini alternately guides,
painstakingly thorough account of the reality TV & Museum, which hosts art exhibits and other formance art remain influential to generations soothes and challenges listeners in a kind of
star-turned-top-politician’s history with women, events. In memory of Dion’s passing, the gal- of artists. But few even of his most die-hard fans unpredictable music ritual involving a variety
attempting to explore where his misogyny stems lery hosts A Nod to Mod photography group have been exposed to his writings. The new book of chants, rounds and harmonies. “Together we
from as well as how it reflects sexual culture in show featuring work by his brother Raymond, Tony Conrad: Writings from editor Andrew will gather for a song circle raising our collective
general. You’ll want to shower after reading it and Deb Smith, Adriene Biondo, John Eng, Alan Lampert, collects nearly 60 pieces of Conrad’s voices in shared vibration, sound and song,” the
6
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
Explore the Country’s Premier School
of Archetypal and Depth Psychology
Peek into the F
Peek into the Future....
Psychic/Metaphysica Peek into the Future...
Peek into
Psychic/Metaphysical the Future....
Healing Fair
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
Join us on campus in Santa Barbara Psychic/Metaphysical Healing Faire
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Psychic/Metaphysical
EXPERIENCE PACIFICA Healing Fair
January 4, 2020 • 11 am – 6:00 pm
A Comprehensive One-Day Introduction to 818-985-2010
Pacifica’s Master’s and Doctoral Degree Programs TheGreenManStore.com (
Join us for our Information/Orientation Day for Spring & Fall 2020 enrollment,
5712 Lankershim Blvd. Blvd.
5712 Lankershim
818-985-2010
and learn about our various degree programs in the tradition of Depth
Psychology, informed by the teachings of C.G. Jung, Joseph Campbell,
818-985-2010
TheGreenManStore.com North Hollywood
North Hollywood CA 91601
CAfrom
(5 minute walk north 91601
NoHo Metro Red Line)
Marion Woodman, James TheGreenManStore.com
Hillman, and others.
(5 minute walk north from NoHo Metro Red Line)
Pacifica is an accredited graduate school offering degrees in Clinical Psychology,
Counseling Psychology, Engaged Humanities, and Mythological Studies.
The Institute has two beautiful campuses nestled between the foothills and the
Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara. All of Pacifica’s degree programs are offered
through low-residential learning sessions that take into account vocational
and life commitments.
Experience Pacifica’s unique interdisciplinary degree programs led by our
renowned faculty. Are you a regular cannabis user?
Tour both of our beautiful campuses, the Joseph Campbell Archives and
Research Library. Research Description & Purpose
The goal of this study is to learn about areas of functioning in cannabis users.
Pacifica’s $75.00 application fee will be waived for all attendees. Information will be collected using individual assessments over the course of 12
Learn how to navigate the admissions and financial aid processes. months. This research is being conducted by UCLA researchers Dr. Yih-Ing Hser
and Dr. Larissa Mooney, and is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Enjoy breakfast and lunch.
Would the study be a good fit for me?
“
This study may be a good fit for you if:
I attended a Pacifica Experience event and immediately felt a tug in my soul • You are 14 years or older
that simply meant; I was home. The rest, as they say, is history. I can easily • You use cannabis regularly
see now why that professor seemed to truly light up when speaking of What would happen if I took part in the study?
Pacifica because now I indeed do the same.
- William Jones, Clinical Graduate
’’ You would be asked to:
• Attend 4 assessment sessions where you will be asked questions about your
cannabis use and daily life.
• Provide urine samples that will be tested for drug use
For attending all the assessment sessions, you will be paid $230
Featured Presentation with Lionel Corbett M.D.
(plus up to an additional $100 if traveling to the UCLA research office).
What is the difference between depth psychology and mainstream psychology?
This discussion will focus on the main differences between psychology based on
consciousness and psychology that takes into account the unconscious. Contact Information:
To take part in this research study or for more
information, please call 1(800)581-9847 or visit
https://uclahs.fyi/uclacannabis or scan the QR
code to access the link.
Now Enrolling for Spring & Fall 2020
Protocol ID:IRB#18-000803 UCLA IRB Approved Approval Date: 10/28/2019 Through: 6/2/2020
Committee: Medical IRB 3
event website promises. Navel, 1611 S. Hope St.,
downtown; Sun., Jan. 5, 7 p.m.; $15. wildup.org/
cality of political protest, examining not only
the inalienable right and civic duty to speak out When the holidays end, the real fun begins.
7
darkness-sounding. —FALLING JAMES against injustice, but the complementary power
L A W E E K LY
of performative silence as a way of pushing back
Mon 1/6
C U LT U R E
against industrial oppression and reclaiming
personal dominion. Conceiving silence as “a
way to honor the inarticulable, defy demands of
production, prioritize deep listening, and refuse
Bowie Fan Must-See to incriminate,” works by about 10 artists/activ-
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
Celebrity photographer Markus Klinko has shot ists are displayed alongside documentation of
everyone from Beyoncé to Lady Gaga to Kanye historical corollaries. Los Angeles Contemporary
West, but his work with David Bowie just might Exhibitions, 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood;
be his most significant. Bowie: Unseen offers a opening reception: Wed., Jan. 8, 7-10 p.m.; on
unique perspective on the rock icon, highlight- view through March 15; free. welcometolace.
ing his personality and style. The photo series org. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
— which Klinko shot during sessions for Bowie’s
Heathen album cover in 2002 — features nev- COMEDY
er-before-seen editions from the photog, evoking
Bowie’s classy stature and zest for life in intimate Lots of Laughs
shots that feel candid even while they maintain With Riot L.A. Comedy Festival, Funny or Die’s
the mystique and glamour seen in high fashion Oddball Comedy Festival and Jack Black and
set-ups. Dressed in a three-piece suit and med- Kyle Gass’ Festival Supreme absent the last few
itating in one pose, and strolling with vicious years, the first Southland Comedy Festival
dogs in others, Bowie: Unseen is a must see for might one day fill the big comedy-festival void in
fans who love the star man’s music and image, but L.A. Twenty stand-up comedians will be spread ROXANNE’S CREW PRESENTS
also miss his heart and his humanity. Art Angels out over five days at both traditional and indie
Gallery, 9020 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood; comedy venues, from the legendary The Comedy THE 4TH ANNUAL
WHISKY WONDERLAND
Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Sat. noon-5 p.m, Store, Hollywood Improv and The Ice House,
through the end of January. —LINA LECARO to speakeasies and distilleries, to backyards and
apartment living rooms. The schedule includes
Tue 1/7
FOOD
headliners such as Schooled star Bryan Callen
and Tom Segura — whose showcase trifecta at
Burbank’s The Bunker features comics all per-
SUNDAY, JAN. 12 · 12PM - 6PM
RARE WHISKEYS · FOOD · LIVE MUSIC · LOCAL VENDORS
forming in Spanish — as well as fellow comedi-
Santa Monica Restaurant Week ans and festival co-founders Aaron Mliner, Ste- It’s time to celebrate! As Long Beach’s own, Roxanne’s Craft Cocktail Bar,
Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken’s long phen Furey and Richard Sarvate, also appearing heads into its 10 Year Anniversary, we invite you to join us for our
awaited and newly opened Socalo restaurant on stage. Check southlandcomedyfestival.com for 4th Annual Whisky Wonderland: a relaxing getaway filled with
will kick off Santa Monica Restaurant Week, exact times, locations and prices. —SIRAN BABAYAN some of the tastiest and rarest whiskeys in the world. And don’t worry,
running from January 6-12. Thirty-seven restau-
we’ll handle the clean up.
rants will be participating in this year’s event,
celebrating the featured seasonal ingredient —
the kumquat. The golden-orange fruit is found
Thu 1/9
DANCE
TICKET OPTIONS
All tickets include entry & access to the event grounds, live
readily at farmers markets during the winter entertainment, food and vendors, and a complimentary beverage,
months. The grape-sized citrus is beloved for Binging on Dance Films and respective items listed below:
packing two flavors into its petite size; its edible In 2001, long before Instagram and Facebook
peel is sweet, while the flesh is tart. There will
be salmon poke with kumquat ponzu, serrano
streaming, Kelly Hargraves and Lynn Kessler
founded Dance Camera West, a curated festival
$
25 TASTERS
OF WONDERLAND
10 whiskey tastings of your choosing.
chile, cucumber, rice, fennel and sesame seeds at of dance films. Today, dance film and dance
Socalo. Michael’s Santa Monica will be serving videos are everywhere and anywhere someone
$
35 EXPLORERS
OF WONDERLAND
Make your own Old Fashion Course:
An Intimate Whiskey educational experience
Brian Bornemann’s signature Baja-style yellow- has a smart phone. The key to DCW’s longevity with special guest Bartenders.
tail set in an aguachile sauce with kumquats, and and stature as one of the premiere dance film
the Little Prince on Main Street will combine fests is its curated nature with festival audiences
fall with winter in a pumpkin toast with bur- viewing the cream selected by organizers, led
$
50 VIPS
OF WONDERLAND
Exclusive access to the Exhibition Room
with 5 additional Tasting tickets of the
industry’s top-shelf spirits.
rata, kumquats and pumpkin seed crumble. A once again by Hargraves. Opening night of this
complete list of participating restaurants and year’s three day festival boasts 17 short dance 1 raffle ticket for prizes each session.
times can be found at santamonica.com/restau- films plus two internationally acclaimed guests
ADD-ON: A personal introduction to the
rantweek/. —MICHELE STUEVEN for a Q&A. Friday, there’ll be another 17 films Award Winning Bourbon 33 by Master Distiller
selected from around the world, and Saturday, Ian from Cutler’s.
Wed 1/8
ARTS
promises a marathon wrap up with 26 more
short films including the best submissions to
the Dare to Dance in Public challenge organized
Tickets on SALE NOW on EventBrite
For vending inquiries, please email forrestcokely@gmail.com
by choreographer Sarah Elgart and Cultural
Silence is Golden Weekly. REDCAT at Disney Hall, 631 W. 2nd
A new gallery season begins at LACE with its St., downtown; Thu., Jan. 9, 8:30 p.m., Fri., Jan.
fifth Emerging Curators exhibition, the group 10, 6:30 & 8:30 p.m., Sat., Jan., 11, noon, 3:30
show SOUND OFF: Silence + Resistance. Cu- p.m. 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; $12 per program,
rated by Abigail Raphael Collins, who is an artist $72 all festival pass. dancecamerawest.org/. 1115 E. WARDLOW RD. LONG BEACH, CA • (562)426-4777
herself, the show takes a variation on the topi- —ANN HASKINS
8
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
LIVE MUSIC & DJS 7 NIGHTS A WEEK.
CRAFT BEE
R
LATTEE
DINNER S
ERVED
COCKTAILS FREE PARK
ING
AUTHENTIC THAI FOOD
HEALTH & WELLNESS
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
SPON SORE
D CONT
ENT
PUBLISHES: JANUARY 9
r.co m
swe etfl owe
ELES
LOS ANG
ELES, FOR
LOS ANG
BORN IN
710 Guide
Inside
TO ADVERTISE
t Flower
we’re creat
At Swee that’s all about maki
e
isticated
and prog
ing a soph feel conf ident and
ng you
abis retai
ressive cann le.
comfortab
care to bring
chosen with ve that quality
l
PUBLISHER@LAWEEKLY.COM
experienc ds have been belie
of cann abis bran by our experts who
VENICE LOS ANGELES
ed selection cultivated tion.
Our curat available products atten
s care and
you the best nds meticulou s today.
dema our store
cannabis at one of
10101 Venice Blvd. • Culver City 998 S. Robertson Blvd • Los Angeles
curiosity
satisfy your
Come and
(310) 202-7003 (310) 855-9380 IS CURIOU
S & FLO
WER FLUE
NT
FULL BAR • SUSHI BAR FULL BAR • VALET PARKING
CANNAB
FOR THE
boutique ood
stwSOON
cannabis
tric t We
Dine in • Delivery • Take Out • Order online
ts DisSOON
y Ar COM
COMING
Studio Cit ING
Melrose
boutique
www.nataleethai.com cannabis
tric
ts DisSOON
y Ar COM
t We
COMING
ood
stwSOON
Studio Cit ING
Melrose
WE NOW DELIVER!!
HAE JANG CHON restaurant
AYCE AYCE
$25.99 $27.99
LUNCH ALL YOU CAN EAT MENU 30 ITEMS DINNER
MINIMUM TWO PERSONS
Lunch / $25.99 / 11am – 3pm, on Weekdays, Except Holidays • Dinner / $27.99 / 3:00pm to Closing Weekdays, All day on Weekends and Holidays
-WE ONLY USE USDA CHOICE AND PRIME MEAT -
USDA Prime Beef Brisket, Marinated USDA Choice Beef Short Rib, Unmarinated USDA Choice Beef Short Rib,
USDA Prime Steak, Marinated Black Angus Rib Eye (Bulgogi), Premium Black Angus Beef Belly, Premium Black
Angus Beef Tongue, Marinated Choice Beef Rib Finger, Thin Sliced Canadian Pork Belly, Thick Sliced Canadian
Pork Belly, Spicy Thin Sliced Canadian Pork Belly, Pork Shoulder, BBQ Chicken, BBQ Squid, Shrimp, Small
Octopus, Beef Abomasum (Intestine), Spicy Beef Honeycomb Tripe.
3821 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90020 ; (213) 389-8777 ; www.haejangchon.com
Open 11am -2am (next day) Lunch and Dinner seven days. Beer, Wine and Soju; Valet Parking. MC. V. DIS
Dining Room 9
(Courtesy The
Conference Room)
L A W E E K LY
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
PHOTO CREDIT
FOOD the traditional french fries for potatoes au
GET SOCIAL
gratin. With a tomato coulis and red onion,
the flavors here again err on the side of
Mediterranean. Fatty, tender beef filets are
seasoned with coarse salt and fanned out for
sharing.
Aliaga’s Italian prowess is also on full dis-
L.A. Weekly’s first look at The Conference Room in play — semolina gnocchi, broccolini ravioli
and lasagna round out the pasta section of
Playa Vista and its excellent meat preparations his menu, but his lobster spaghetti is gor-
geous. Perfectly cooked spaghetti with thick
BY DANNY PALUMBO chunks of lobster meat (claws, tail, knuckle,
P
all of it), in a cherry-forward bisque that
is exactly the right type of rich. That pasta
ull into 12181 Bluff Creek Drive, about understanding culture, and its impact itself is seemingly cooked in the bisque, as
and you’ll see a giant KAWS on human beings.” Chef Miguel’s it fully takes on the liquid broth resulting in
signature bone
statue — a towering, pop-art, Where do these branding necromancers a silky, delightful noodle that’s dense with
marrow pot pie
blue Pixar-like creature with eat after a long day at the social media (Courtesy The flavor.
X’s for eyes. It’s so imposing factory? Submitted for your consider- Conference Room) The Conference Room is the result of a
and idol-like one would expect swarms of ation — The Conference Room, a hip new thriving tech economy in Playa Vista; it
people to be actively praying to it, but here restaurant with chic architecture and a clear doesn’t pretend to be anything else. Even the
this gigantic blue dummy just sits restrained after-work aesthetic. Call it what you want detail — each dish at The Conference Room way it’s being marketed makes it sound like
in the middle of a cul-de-sac surrounded by — New American, a gastropub, elevated possesses noticeable refinement. you’re going to walk into a giant boardroom
tech and social media companies. casual dining — there’s a familiar style to the Most impressive is just how well Miguel with a bunch of suits and new money, but it’s
YouTube and Google have base camps room and even the menu. Dig a little deeper, cooks with meat. The octopus possessed a a little more than that. You’ll probably run
in Playa Vista, sure, but there’s also places though, because The Conference Room is flawless char, tender and meaty tentacles into a couple branding savants, sure, and
like Fullscreen Studios, a “social content at its best when chef Miguel Aliaga gets to with a flavorful crust. It’s a dish that’s com- the KAWS statue out front feels like we’ve
company that provides creative, strategy shine. posed simply — grilled potatoes, toma- been praying to a PIXAR god, but it’s worth
and marketing services for both talent and Throughout the menu Aliaga shows his toes, olives and white vinegar — but those checking out for chef Miguel Aliaga’s skill
broad clients in order to grow, engage and continent-spanning roots. Born in Peru, elements work well to highlight the octopus and vision alone.
monetize their social audiences.” Kelton he moved to Italy when he was young, itself.
Global, just across the way, is another brand then got his start cooking in Florence after Less conventional is his lomo saltado, a The Conference Room, 12181 Bluff Creek
strategy company that offers “cultural in- finishing culinary school. Miguel’s training perhaps new American take on the tradi- Drive, Playa Vista; (310) 862-6436, confer-
sights.” Via their website: “We’re passionate there resulted in a spectacular attention to tional Peruvian dish. Here he swaps out enceroomrestaurant.com.
10
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
CBD industry panel by
CBD
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
PRESENT
Saturday
A New Marketplace Experience
Come celebrate the lifestyle, community, and culture of CBD with some of the leading
brands in the industry. Discover everything you need for your health, wellness, beauty,
and pets, and enjoy live entertainment, great food, education, and more.11
L A W E E K LY
January 11 / 12-4pm / Academy LA
Free Admission with RSVP at ENTM.AG/CBDSATURDAY
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
With Over 20 CBD Brands, Including:
Massage Therapy featuring
Yoga flow courtesy of12 ARTS the work itself is subdued; it is anything but. thinking things over.
DISEMBODIMENT:
Rather, the show’s tactic is a quiet one: All Clotilde Jiménez uses collage as both a
the work possesses such presence, personal- metaphor and an actual technique for build-
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
ity, advanced skill and distinctive voice that ing a composite, fluid identity and perform-
the fact of the painters all being black men ing masculinity, in large scale works with
PAINTINGS FROM THE
— while remaining central — becomes, by inflections of cubism, Leger-style futurism,
curatorial design, incidental. It’s just some and even Willem de Kooning. Jonathan
flat-out incredible contemporary studio Lyndon Chase is also adept at infusing his
painting, and it belongs in the art history paintings with the energy of performance,
BLACK VANGUARD
books on the merits, and that right there is and in engineering a hybrid style of vibrant
Ibrahim’s whole point. colors and striking lines. His interrogations
Works like Jerrell Gibbs’ have a cloistered of queerness in the odalisque modality are
awkwardness, a balance of stillness and so lush as to be almost experiential. In this
wildness, that speaks to existential stretches show, he tries something new — the exten-
A new show at UTA offers a fresh take on representations of of waiting and remembering. His way of sion of pictorial space into the real space of
our bodies in contemporary art moving freely between crisp rendering and the gallery, by way of an installation of piled
schematic abstraction, and his penchant red shoes tumbling to the floor.
BY SHANA NYS DAMBROT for earthy palettes, metonymic impasto and Finally, Jarvis Boyland is everything. His
roughed-in settings has a certain literary contributions are showstopping in their
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
Vaughn Spann, Jerrell Gibbs, Yo soy, Jarvis Boyland, Pop Out, 2019, Oil
Black Catz, 2019, 2019, Oil on canvas. on canvas. Photo by Jeff McLane.
Oil paint on canvas Photo by Jeff McLane. Courtesy UTA Artist Space
stretched on Courtesy UTA Artist
aluminum braces. Space
Photo by Jeff McLane,
Courtesy of UTA Artist
Space
S
ix painters contribute significant also an active interest in works that unpack quality, like scenes from a novel. flirty, perfectly formed, bohemian and
large-scale works to a dynamic varieties of black experience, one thing Also interested in the forced intimacy of self-conscious beauty. A love of rich textiles,
group show comprising a range that’s lacking is parity in the canon, and the architecture and nature, as well as ways of shiny and translucent, animal prints, impos-
of aesthetics, styles and narrative institutions. In the portrait and genre, artists depicting the multifaceted nature of human sible expanses of aggressive deep pink, the
strategies, all centered around frequently take inspiration from moments consciousness, Vaughn Spann brings humor elegant disarray of luxury, and a gender-flu-
representations of the male figure, especially in their own everyday lives —be they and a chic, stylized wit to the scenario of id confidence all combines into disarmingly
men of color. In Disembodiment, curator solemn or celebratory, public or private, sex- a man on a walk, having a smoke to clear powerful portraits and interiors that give
Mariane Ibrahim is committed to an updat- ualized or serene, folksy or fantastical. This his head. At the same time, Spann’s patient, shades of Prince and Mickalene Thomas
ed canon which recognizes that a universe part of art history has, unsurprisingly, been almost devotional attention to endlessly along with quirks of style that somehow
of stories and styles exists, created by black dominated by the lived experiences of white detailed pattern and a slightly hyperrealist channel the jazziness of the 1930s, the Pat-
artists, depicting people, that are never- men. White male ideas — and white male saturation and tight focus have a classically tern & Decoration moment of the 1980s and
theless not engaged — or, not only — in a bodies — are posited as the norm, anything retro swagger inside a totally contemporary the Paul Smith selfie-wall present-day, all at
dialog on identity. Instead, or additionally, else is othered, strange, the exception and sensibility. the same time — while celebrating friend-
these artists are advancing a broad, diverse that is that. Marcus Jahmal’s urban folk has a jaunty ship and the timeless, poetic melodrama of
and robust conversation with the very The quiet subversion of a show like soulfulness, expressed in a looser, more a youthful inner life.
notion of portraiture across art history and Disembodiment is to privilege the black pared-down style than Spann’s, though he
fine art technique. artist’s everyday body as a countercurrent to too is interested in the spatial incursions of Disembodiment is on view through January
Although there is a good deal of critical the status quo, and to examine the eclectic architecture into the public space and the 25 at UTA Artist Space, 403 Foothill Road,
theory scrutinizing the fetishization and mannerisms of its authorship and expres- potential for abstraction to find a role with- Beverly Hills; utaartistspace.com.
othering of black bodies in Western art, and sion on equal footing. Quiet not because in a scene — and in having a smoke whileThe Grudge
13
L A W E E K LY
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES
FILM images from the previous films. (To cite one table discussion. Pedro Almodóvar (Pain and
THE GRUDGE
example: the rotting fingers that emerge from Glory), Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), Ladj Ly (Les
a living character’s scalp while shampooing.) Misérables), Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a
Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother) wrote Lady on Fire) and Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
and directed from a script by Jeff Buhler. The are this year’s participants. Journalist Silvia
very good cast includes Andrea Riseborough, Bizio will moderate the panel. There will be a
RISES FROM THE
Demián Bichir, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, and reception in the courtyard following the event.
Jacki Weaver. The Newton Brothers composed Tickets are free with RSVP. Egyptian Theatre,
the score. Sam Raimi is one of the producers. 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Sat., Jan. 4,
1 p.m.; free with RSVP. (323) 466-3456, ameri-
Limited cancinemathequecalendar.com.
DEAD
Friday, January 3 Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro will
Racy, funny and frank, films of the “pre- be in town for a 45-minute discussion about
Code” era continue to fascinate. To welcome their decades-spanning creative partnership,
2020, UCLA will feature a weekend of movies followed by a screening of The Irishman, their
produced before 1934, when the Motion Pic- latest epic collaboration. If you haven’t seen
ture Production Code began to be enforced in this three-and-a-half-hour made-for-Netflix
earnest. Kicking off the series — titled “To Heck contender yet, this could be your last shot at
Also: Pre-Hays Code film showcases in 35mm and a With Your Don’ts and Be Carefuls” — is a pair experiencing it in a theater (for a while, any-
chance to be in the presence of cinematic heavyweights of melodramas featuring Dorothy Mackaill, the way). $40 puts you in the presence of these two
as they discuss The Irishman British-born actress who began as a “Follies
Girl” and worked her way up to leading lady.
cinematic heavyweights. Egyptian Theatre,
6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Sat., Jan.
BY NATHANIEL BELL In Safe in Hell (directed by William Wellman) 4, 6 p.m.; $40. (323) 466-3456, americancine-
W
Mackaill plays a New Orleans prostitute grasp- mathequecalendar.com.
ing for transcendence. In Party Husband, she UCLA’s pre-Code weekend concludes with
elcome to L.A. Weekly’s stir up some U.S. box office commotion and is a thoroughly modern woman married to a a pair of classic, flamboyant musicals choreo-
Movie Guide, your look inspire an American-made sequel — simply playboy. Both films will be screened in 35mm graphed by mad genius Busby Berkeley. 42nd
at the hottest films in called The Grudge — two years later. The ma- prints courtesy of the Library of Congress. UC- Street, featuring a chorus girl (Ruby Keeler)
Los Angeles theaters this nia peaked with The Ring and Dark Water and LA’s Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., who gets catapulted to Broadway stardom,
week — from indie art reached its nadir with One Missed Call. Sony Westwood; Fri., Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m.; $10. (310) is now considered the archetypal backstage
house gems and classics to popcorn-perfect released a Grudge 2 and even a Grudge 3 — 206-8013, cinema.ucla.edu. musical of the period. Gold Diggers of 1933 is
blockbusters and new movies garnering buzz. both of which were moderately successful. Warner Bros’ triumphant follow-up, starring
Check here every week before you make your But what is this new The Grudge coming out Saturday, January 4 Joan Blondell as a torch singer and Ginger
big screen plans. in 2020, more than a decade subsequent? It The American Cinematheque and the Hol- Rogers at her most glamorous. Seeing these
was developed as a sequel — a Grudge 4, pre- lywood Foreign Press Association co-present blockbusters of a bygone era on the big screen
Opening wide sumably — but it eventually mutated into that their annual Golden Globe Foreign-Lan- — in 35mm — is one of the great privileges
Friday, January 3 dreaded Hollywood species: the reboot. The guage Nominees Seminar at the Egyptian of living in a city that values film history. UC-
When Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge latest installment in the franchise will introduce Theatre. Instead of screening the five top for- LA’s Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.,
was released in 2002, smack dab in the middle new ghosts and extend the mythology of the eign-language films of 2019, the directors of Westwood; Sat., Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m.; $10. (310)
of the J-horror craze, it was fresh enough to Grudge-verse while retaining some signature those films will engage in an onstage, round- 206-8013, cinema.ucla.edu.14
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
© AMAZON PRIME
TELEVISION to 37,000 feet, Amelia Wren (Jones) is a binding imagery to their flight. During
RISING TO NEW
more suitable character for this airy block- the first leg of the trip, they cruise past
buster. She cartwheels through the crowd puffy cumulonimbus clouds. Shot in an
on the day of takeoff, and as thousands actual hot air balloon, with the CGI added
of people watch Glaisher setting up his in post production, these wide screen
scientific instruments, she entertains them moments are a symbol for the characters’
HEIGHTS
in grand fashion. “Today, history will be independence. Only in the stratosphere do
made!” she exclaims. they have the freedom to forge their own
The movie takes off once they do. In a paths.
balloon that looks like a carnival tent and a But problems eventually arise. One
basket that can barely fit two people, Wren scene sees the balloon being tossed around
and Glaisher marvel at the majestic vistas in a thunderstorm, while another shows
Amazon’s The Aeronauts soars thanks to more than and valleys. Looking down at the buildings
below, they discuss the hardships they
sweat turn to snow at 34,000 feet. When
Glaisher passes out due to lack of oxygen,
one kind of chemistry have left behind. She lost her husband Wren has to climb up the side of the bal-
(Vincent Perez) to a ballooning accident loon by herself to open up the frozen valve
BY ASHER LUBERTO three years prior. He is dealing with a dy- on top. In a breathtaking shot, the camera
E
ing father (Tom Courtenay) and a fading itself seems to be frozen to the netting, as
career. Together they develop a charming Wren scales the side of the balloon as if she
scapist entertainment soars to mayne), the voyage is also like a space od- friendship. was climbing a mountain.
new heights in The Aeronauts, yssey, about science. He’s a meteorologist The likability of the characters should There are cinematic problems along the
Amazon’s new epic based on who believes that at 35,000 feet it’s possible be credited to Jones and Redmayne, who way, too. Flashbacks to the events before
a true story following hot air to track weather patterns. He was right, previously co-starred as Stephen Hawking takeoff weigh down this otherwise exciting
balloonists in 1862 England. of course. We now know how to track the and his wife in The Theory of Everything. adventure. Nearly half the runtime takes
The journey, which spans across London, weather, and its importance to crops and Their chemistry is equally convincing place on the ground, which means half the
follows a scientist (Eddie Redmayne) and preventing hazards is extremely signifi- here. When the two make fun of each oth- film consists of Glaisher being mocked for
his pilot (Felicity Jones) as they set out to cant. In the 1800s, however, the English er’s professions, or open up about what the his scientific beliefs and Wren being scold-
break the altitude record. It’s not an easy squawked at Glaisher’s theories the same trip means for them personally, you can ed for being a woman with aspirations.
journey for the characters, but it’s smooth way they did dental care. sense that it didn’t take much acting for When in the air, though, their problems,
sailing for audience members unafraid of The denial sends Glaisher running Jones and Redmayne to create characters as well as ours, fade away in the clouds.
heights. The protagonists ascend above the around London in search of a pilot. Even that like each other, since they are already
clouds to keep their everyday troubles out though a man named Henry Coxwell was friends offscreen. The Aeronauts is now streaming on Am-
of sight. But for James Glaisher (Red- the actual pilot who accompanied Glaisher And director Tom Harper brings spell- azon Prime.MUSIC Adele’s vocals, Dua Lipa’s live performances, alone and have a voice in the world. Writing 15
HAPPY DAYS FOR
Lennon Stella’s aesthetic and, again, Del Rey’s each song on the album, I tried to do just that,
lyrics. The release of Here and Now in Novem- and the fans at the album release party were
L A W E E K LY
ber is the proudest moment of her career so far. receptive to it. As for the critics, it’s nothing I
“It’s something I’ve been working super hard can’t handle — I focus on the positive. I keep my
towards and to see it come to life was a dream circle tight and everyone in it is there for a rea-
AUTUMN KNIGHT
come true,” she says. “The album release party son so I make sure to always hear my team out.”
was at Warwick in Hollywood, and I performed This week sees Knight take another huge step
six of my 11 songs. My heart was pounding out up as she headlines at the historic Troubadour.
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
of my chest, but when I got on stage and saw The artist is stoked.
everyone singing along to the first song ‘Out- “To get a chance to perform on the same stage
line’ I was so happy and proud — it was one as Prince, Coldplay, The Strokes, Red Hot Chili
of the most surreal moments of my entire life. Peppers, James Blake and Lana Del Rey is epic,”
The L.A. native who’s been compared to Lana Del Rey Meeting everyone after the show was the cherry she says. “I believe you can manifest things into
has her first performance at the Troubadour on top. It’s fulfilling and humbling connecting existence and this was definitely on my vision
with fans because they’re the ones who help fuel board. I’m looking forward to channeling all
BY BRETT CALLWOOD your passion to create music and inspire you to the star power that has rocked out before me
dive deeper into yourself.” and leaving my own original mark. I don’t take
any opportunity, big or small, for granted. That
is something people learn about me right away.”
Knight will be performing nine songs from
the new album in Hollywood as she begins her
2020 tour. She will, she says, leave everything
on the stage.
“My bandmates and I have spent many late
nights and early mornings rehearsing to make
the Troubadour performance the best one
yet, and I’m so grateful they understand my
dedication and intent for my music,” she says.
“We have an undeniable bond, and when we
step on stage, we know how to turn it on and
connect with the audience. We can’t wait to
share a part of our hearts with the audience.
After the show, we will be out in the crowd
interacting with fans, and I’m really looking
forward to that. Growing up, I had always
wished I could have one-on-one experiences
with performers, so now I try to lend myself
to the fans as much as possible — on and off
the stage.”
With that show out of the way, Knighty will
be releasing the rest of her tour dates as she
looks to hit every major U.S. city, then maybe
Europe and the rest of the world.
“Music is a universal language, and I feel so
strongly about my new album and its message
that I want to share it with as many people as
possible,” she says. “Fans can also look forward
to some new music. I’ll be releasing a couple
S
of new singles throughout the year about life
on the road and stepping into my power as
inger-songwriter Autumn Knight private voice and piano lessons. I found an in- Knight worked on the album with Nash- a woman and musician. The whole women’s
was raised right here in Los Ange- stant connection with the piano and by age 13, ville-based producer Austin Shawn. Knight, empowerment movement has really inspired
les, and she’s already been compared I wrote my first song ‘Don’t Ask Why’ — it was Shawn and bass player, Curt Hovland co-wrote me and made me feel fearless in my career and
to Lana Del Rey. It’s not beyond the all about listening to your inner voice. I sang the album in Nashville over a 12-month period. personal life. Female musicians in the indus-
realms of possibility that she achieves daily and practiced with different instruments, The album was mastered by Grammy-winning try like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Lizzo,
a comparable level of success too; Knight has and it helped that my parents loved music as engineer Mike Bozzi at Bernie Grundman Mas- for example, are not playing games when it
a similarly unique and entrancing vocal style, much as I did. They were always firm believers tering in Hollywood. Bozzi mastered Lana Del comes to ownership over their identity, cre-
and a ton of rootsy pop tunes. that if you have a dream, nobody can tell you Ray’s Lust for Life. Knight says that, so far, the ative process and music, and it’s motivating
She received her musical education early — to stop chasing it. When I was accepted into response to the album has been superb. to see such confident and authentic women
she says that she has been singing for as long Berklee College of Music and was able to hold “The fan base is growing all around the world at the forefront of pop music, hip-hop and so
as she can remember. my own amongst some of the best musicians and everyone is loving the album,” she says. many other genres.”
“There’s a video of me at 2 years old dancing in the world, that is when I knew that I was “From the beginning, my intention with music She wants to explore acting too — looks
and singing to Flashdance that’s hilarious and destined to make music a career.” has and continues to be empowering others to like 2020 will be a busy year for Ms. Knight.
such a fun reminder that I was born to per- Knight describes her sound as electropop, find their truth and follow their dreams. I think
form,” she says. “My parents used to tell me something that evolved over time culminating to inspire others, you have to be vulnerable with Autumn Knight plays with Aurora Vice, Broth-
that I started singing before I could talk, but I in recent full lengther Here and Now. She pulls your struggles and goals, but there’s strength in ers Beard, Tiffany Madadian and Burbia at 7:30
was around 10 years old when I started taking influences from all over the place, including vulnerability. It can let people know they are not p.m. on Saturday, January 4 at the Troubadour.16
GO
MUSIC
Cedric Burnside
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | L A W E E K L Y
HEAR
GREAT GIFT IDEAS
ON SALE NO W!
ie Selection in
Largest Music & Mov
Los Angeles! Vinyl, CDs, DVDs and
Blu-Ray plus Turntables, Posters,
s!!
T-shirts, Books & Vinyl Accessorie
AMOEBA
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Make The Perfect Gift!
fri 1/3
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
Available in any amount!
Purchase in the store or online!
T.S.O.L.
TRADE IN YOUR @ THE REGENT THEATER
CDs AND LPs FOR
Featuring original members Ron Emory
(guitar), Mike Roche (bass) and Jack Grisham
HOLIDAY GIFTS
(vocals), T.S.O.L. continue with their unique
combination of savage intensity and fulsome
OR CASH! power leavened with morbid humor, which
stands out even more in an era when so much
punk rock is now fangless. In a 2018 feature,
FREE, CONVENIENT Grisham told us that, “I would be a fucking
excellent anarchist or storefront preacher.
PARKING!!!
In Our On-Site Lots — PLU
However, I don’t think any man should be in
charge of any other man. The trouble is, you
S Validated can’t really step away from ingrained values.”
Parking, FREE With Purchase, Next
Door At The Arclight Theater Garage! Grisham kinda gets his wish every night,
preaching to his gathered and ever-loyal
congregation. Smut Peddlers, Piñata Protest
AMOEBA 2020 and DFL also play. —BRETT CALLWOOD
CALENDARSe &
PHOTO BY ABRAHAM ROWE
Jane Monheit
Free with purchas @ FEINSTEIN’S AT VITELLO’S
chock full of coupons
Oakdale, N.Y., jazz-pop singer Jane Monheit
- while supplies last!
is developing a solid reputation for blending
the traditional with contemporary, and we’ll
get to hear that at this Studio City gig. “Ev-
Such trippy dub-reggae interludes as “Let Me
Tell You” lead into lively, horn-pumped ska
workouts as “The Lucky One.” Chris Silva’s
sun 1/5
Epica
ALWAYS FREE erything I’m singing now is a reflection of my
truest self,” she says on her Facebook. “After
frenetic rockabilly bass launches “6 Feet
Deep,” while “Sex on the Beach” is an unex- @ THE REGENT THEATER
SHIPPING ON all this time in the industry, after touring for
13 years, it’s time to just be me, with com-
pectedly sunny slice of summer soul. Punk
and rockabilly tempos collide on “The Devil
It won’t surprise anyone to learn that a band
called Epica plays symphonic, anthemic,
MUSIC & MOVIES plete and utter freedom.” That freedom can
be heard on her new ninth full length studio
Rides,” whereas “Working Man’s Chant” is a
jumping burst of ska. —FALLING JAMES
fucking epic metal. This group formed in the
Netherlands in 2002, and they’ve released
ON AMOEBA.COM album The Heart of the Matter. “I knew that
I wanted the material to be chosen based on Missing Persons
seven studio albums, the most recent of
which is 2016’s The Holographic Principle,
the lyrical content”, she continues. “Over the @ GALLAGHER’S PUB HB although the Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs
HOLIDAY HOURS years, my singing has really taken on that One of the coolest quirks in rock & roll, along- came out at the end of 2017. Regardless, the
12/19 - 12/21: 10am-11pm focus.” Sounds perfect. —BRETT CALLWOOD side the fact that Belinda Carlisle was once the band has a ton of awesome music in their
SUNDAY 12/22: 10am-10pm drummer in the Germs, is that Dale and Terry arsenal and we’ll be getting a whole bunch of
MONDAY 12/23: 10am-11pm
CHRISTMAS EVE 12/24
9am to 8pm (Trade Counter 9AM - 6PM)
sat 1/4 Bozzio, founding members of new wave band
Missing Persons, met while working with
Frank Zappa. They married and formed this
it at the Regent. Also on the bill is Nekrogob-
likon, the insane metal band with the singer
who has taken the form of a goblin. What
CHRISTMAS DAY: CLOSED Viernes 13 band in 1980 with other Zappa contributors, better way to shake off the cobwebs at the
@ THE PARAMOUNT then enjoyed success throughout that decade start of the new year? Valkyrium also plays.
Viernes 13 mark their 20th anniversary with thanks to the albums Spring Session M, Rhyme —BRETT CALLWOOD
6400 SUNSET BLVD. an all-ages show at longtime Boyle Heights & Reason and Color in Your Life. The band
(323) 245-6400
MON-SAT 10:30AM-11PM SUN 11AM-10PM
BUY-SELL-TRADE: VINYL, CDs, MOVIES, & MORE!
ballroom The Paramount. Led by founding
guitarist Mario Luna and singer Juan Pulido,
the L.A. group started out as a ska-punk
split in 2004 and, but for a brief reunion in
2009, eventually got back together in 2011.
Nowadays, Dale Bozzio is the one remaining
mon 1/6
2 ONSITE LOTS + VALIDATED PARKING AT THE ARCLIGHT! band, but their energetic sound also encom- member from the “classic” lineup, though they Kate Clover
passes reggae, surf and rockabilly. Viernes still deliver in the live environment. They play @ BOOTLEG THEATER
AMOEBA.COM 13’s 2015 album, Thirteen Rules, is a quint- all over SoCal, so don’t worry too much if you Decked out in matching black suits and ties,
FREE SHIPPING ON MUSIC & MOVIES - NO MINIMUM!
essential assortment of their multiple styles. miss this one.—BRETT CALLWOOD Kate Clover and her band look like a late-1970s power-pop band or perhaps members
of Blondie circa Parallel Lines. And while the
with Genital Panic. The Minneapolis native
first came to attention with the more conven-
17
L.A. singer’s original songs are loaded with tionally bluesy 2005 debut album, Slow Burn,
catchy pop hooks, she plays with a hard-driv- a collection of soulful ballads and classic-rock
L A W E E K LY
ing punk power that’s closer to the Ramones reveries that featured ace guitarist James
than The Knack. “Woke up with the television Burton (Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers).
telling them lies,” Clover declares on her 2019 If it isn’t clear by now, Schlieske can do it all,
debut single, “Channel Zero.” She goes on a range she further demonstrated on 2009’s
to rail about the CIA mind-control program Evil Gal Blues and 2013’s Pinned Up, in which
Project MKUltra as distorted punk guitar she saluted her Minnesota roots by remaking
| January 3 - 9, 2020 | W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
chords rage behind her, indicating that Clo- songs by Prince, Soul Asylum and Bob Dylan
ver has got a lot on her mind and is anything (she does a mournfully moving version of
but a typically escapist and retro power-pop The Replacements’ “Sixteen Blue”). —FALLING
wannabe. She brings in her band for the first JAMES
evening for her free Monday-night residency
in January. —FALLING JAMES
thu 1/9
tue 1/7 Mayo Thompson
@ HAMMER MUSEUM
Behavioral Research Specialists, LLC
Cedric Burnside Mayo Thompson has drifted in and out of
@ THE ECHO a variety of scenes and identities over the
As the son of drummer Calvin Jackson and course of his life. He got his start in the ’60s
the grandson of the iconic bluesman R.L. as singer-guitarist with The Red Krayola, a Paid Participation Available
Burnside, Cedric Burnside knows a thing Houston group that made other psychedelic
or two about the blues. And unlike so many bands of the era sound safe as milk in com- Depression - Anxiety - Bipolar - Schizophrenia - Pain - Alzheimer’s
revivalists who water down the blues with parison. In the 1970s, he was an assistant to Opiate Addiction - Diabetes - Insomnia - Asthma - ADHD - Hypertension
slick arrangements and flashy solos, Burn- artist Robert Rauschenberg, but by the end High Cholesterol - Inpatient- Phase I-IV - Pediatrics - PTSD - Restless Leg
side draws from the rawer and rhythmically of the decade Thompson had relocated to
driving style of Hill country blues. Although England, where he wound up recording clas- 230 N. Maryland Ave. www.brstrials.com
Cedric first made his name as a drummer
for T-Model Ford, Jessie Mae Hemphill, The
sic releases by The Fall, The Raincoats, Cab-
aret Voltaire, and Stiff Little Fingers. Along
Suite 207, Glendale,
CA 91206 888-255-5798 Ext. 1 info@brstrials.com
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Paul “Wine” the way, he recorded the 1970 solo record,
Jones and R.L. Burnside, among others, he Corky’s Debt to His Father, an overlooked
revitalizes the blues on guitar in recent per- collection of cracked and arty folk songs that
formances. His 2018 album, Benton County set the template for lo-fi, indie-pop styles
Relic, is a stripped-down collection of funky decades later. Thompson performs the album
blues tracks like “Get Your Groove On” and in its entirety for only the third time ever, in
such primal, throbbing passages as “Typical a free concert at Hammer Museum. —FALL-
HEALTH
Day.” Burnside proves that the blues can still ING JAMES
be chilling on haunted, scarifying songs like
“Death Bell Blues.” —FALLING JAMES Motionless in White
& WELLNESS
@ HOUSE OF BLUES, ANAHEIM
Good Riddance Like Dunder Mifflin, Motionless in White are
@ THE GLASS HOUSE from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the gothic/
The world certainly needs bands like Good metalcore outfit have been steadily building
Riddance, the politically outspoken punks their reputation since forming in 2005. Un-
from Santa Cruz who have made a career
out of spreading decency and progres-
like the American version of The Office, Mo-
tionless in White have been steadily getting
PUBLISHES: JANUARY 9
sivism while educating their many fans better as time has passed, and 2019’s Disguise
since forming in ’86. Their latest album, album was quite brilliant despite a mixed
2019’s Thoughts and Prayers, is the first
since Trump took office, and the song titles
reception from critics. Also performing out
in Anaheim is Columbus, Ohio metal band
TO ADVERTISE
certainly reflect the toxic atmosphere that
the president created. “Our Great Divide,”
Beartooth —and fair play, that’s an excellent
double bill. “We’re really loud, and like to
PUBLISHER@LAWEEKLY.COM
“No King But Caesar,” “No Safe Place,” “Pox break stuff,” Beartooth say on their Facebook
Americana” — you can immediately see profile. Probably not many acoustic tunes
where they’re coming from. But then that’s then. —BRETT CALLWOOD
what they’ve always done — observed what’s
TENT
ED CON
SPON SOR
going on around them and interpreted it. Wand
They’re damn good at it too. Youth Brigade, @ THE ECHO swe etf low
er.c om
The Last Gang and Sharp/Shock also play. — Such is the blossoming popularity of L.A. ELES, FOR
LOS ANG
ELES
band Wand that they’re playing two consecu-
LOS ANG
BRETT CALLWOOD BORN IN
tive nights at The Echo, on Thursday and also
e
710 Guide Insid
wed 1/8 Friday. Musically, they play a sort of dreamy,
synthy indie pop that manages to retain a
classic, familiar feel while not sounding at all
Flower we’r
e creating
At Swe et that’s all about mak
ated and
prog ress
a soph istic con fident and com
ing you feel
cho
ive can nab
fort able.
sen with
is reta il
g
care to brin lity
qua
Tina Schlieske
exp erience have been believe that
is brands exp erts who
dated. That’s confirmed by a quote they put
n of can nab ed by our
ted sele ctio e products cult ivat attention.
Our cura avai labl care and
you the best ands met iculous today.
is dem stor es
can nab of our
on their Facebook page which reads, “Isn’t
y at one
@ THE MINT Come and
satisfy you
r curiosit
When Tina Schlieske isn’t putting her person- it funny to be a skeleton, playing a new song IS CURIOU
S & FLO
WER FLU
ENT
like it’s an old one.” Laughing Matter is their
CANNAB
al spin on jazz standards on her recent release
FOR THE
estwood
boutiqu e
strict WCOMING SOON
cannabis
Sinatra to Simone, she switches gears com- latest album and it’s chock-full of quality Studio Ci
ts DiSOO
ty Ar COM ING
N
Melrose
pletely by using the energy of punk rock to tunes, including the hypnotic and canslightly nabis bouti
que
d
Westwoo
make Pussygrabber, a boldly confrontational, off-putting “Scarecrow. Keep your St ud io eye
City Aron
ts District
COMING
SOO N
COMING
SOO N
Melrose
politically charged, anti-Trump collaboration them. —BRETT CALLWOODYou can also read
