E M P T Y L A, a photobook of Los Angeles, while empty
Apparently back in the day, this was located where the scary Ross Dress For Less is now on Sunset & La Brea.
More vintage LA postcards here.
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Song of the Day
X - “Los Angeles”
This is an amazing VBS.tv piece on the urban oil wells in Los Angeles, including rigs in Signal Hill, Mid-Wilshire, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills. The parts about the tower at Beverly Hills High and the oil well office building on Pico are especially fascinating, because I’ve driven by them so many times without knowing what they were. (via rubenfm)
@ the New Beverly at 9:40pm.
decoded: los angeles housing rental ads
Since the condition of other people’s homes are my business, you can imagine how extremely fastidiuous I am in my personal rental search. If you are thinking of living in, or moving within, LA, you may want to check my small glossary of terms:
1. hancock park adjacent= koreatown, or worse, the forgotten area that koreatown doesn’t even want. 2. “architectural”= unless the place is well over 2500, “architectural” means “has never been even remotely renovated.” 3. “charming”= (see “architectural”). 4. first floor apartment in charming neighborhood= you are ok with robbery, it does not phase you. 5. near all major freeways= gangland. 6. tinseltown= a neighborhood that hookers refer to as “their office” 7. newly remodeled= recently a maid came by. 8. first month free= no one wants this place, so you should not either.
Binary Entertainment aims to captivate indie rockers with dreamwave electro. By Ben “Mouse” McShane
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“Wannabe in LA” - Eagles of Death Metal
Pop lovers of LA, unite! Galco’s Soda Pop Shop, LA
(video by CHOW)
