Happened upon this female Anna’s Hummingbird nesting outside my office building and managed to grab this one snap before she flew away. A quick peak inside the two-inch-wide nest revealed one very quiet chicklet and one egg about 3/4s of an inch long. Precious!
Truckers are pissed that diesel fuel prices are higher than regular gas prices, so they’re having a protest today.
How’s that, you ask? How are they winning the hearts and minds of Los Angeles?
Well, by blocking entire freeways with their trucks, then walking away, of course.
News is still developing, so we don’t know if this is a bunch of truckers, or just a few, but it appears to be coordinated across several different freeways, including the 5, 110, and 405.
Updated @ 9:24 AM – according to the CHP: 8:48AM-S/B 110 AT 405 –APPEARS THE SLA UNITS HAVE BROKEN UP THE BIG RIG DEMO–SOME TRKS CONTINUED ON THE 110 AND OTHERS TOOK THE 405 ,LESS THEN 12 TRKS
you sleep with everyone else they’ve ever slept with.
As Sean noted, a 3rd porn star in LA has tested positive for HIV.
What’s alarming is the last sentence in this news article:
“…the health department was to use the information to interview the performers and determine whether they may have passed on HIV to people outside the porn business. “
It’s not that hard to imagine how this could cause a huge problem in the mainstream population.
You are in a “monogamous” relationship. Unbeknownst to you, your partner cheats.
Perhaps not directly with a porn star, but imagine the person they cheated with has had some ummmm, interesting anonymous encounters. And porn stars get tested all the time, so it must be safe, right?
The ACLU is upset about the county Department of Health Services obtaining health records.
This girl isn’t.
For the past three years, I’ve watched a one-legged man move up and down Hollywood Boulevard, polishing each star on the Walk of Fame.
But it wasn’t until I read this article that I found out his name. If you can overlook the NYT’s condescending tone (”The leaves are falling in Central Park, he knows. In the Hollywood Hills, the eucalyptus trees are beginning to stink like tomcats.”), it’s worth a read.
Plus, there’s some choice inside scoop on the state of Ronald Reagan’s star. Ew.
REMINDER! This is tonight
On Thurday, Conveyor/Fred Segal Santa Monica will be hosting a reception for the premiere west coast show of Skewville, which is some pretty exciting news for fans of street art. Their work revolves around the creation of hand-cut wooden, sneakers, or Dogs, that they toss over power lines all over the world. They began in 1999 and have tossed over 3,000 pair so far, including a couple of pair currently visible on Sunset in front of the Vice store.
Coast To Coast, the exhibit they created exclusively for this Conveyor show, will serve as their launch for a new series of limited edition Dogs: they created the new Coast To Coast shoe design, made 100 pair, will toss 50 and the remaining 50 will be for sale in their own specially designed boxes.
The show will also feature photos of Dogs tossed over power lines all over the world, and limited edition silk-screened wood posters. These guys have a great design sense, and, even if you’re not a fan of the Dogs project, the poster and packaging work should be great.
Conveyor@Fred Segal Santa Monica
420 Broadway
Reception on Thursday, April 29th 6-10PM
Show on view Apr 29-May 26
I got an email (actually several) about the new Taper Too show, Slanguage that premieres this weekend. It’s a new work by the group Universes and according to the NY Times it’s “EXUBERANT, INSIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENTÖ a work of heart and soul.”
If you think you can’t afford to go, think again. Luis Alfaro is extending this special offer if you order via phone or web for $10 tickets:
Luis Alfaro: I know you might think you have this show all figured out and that the evening will consist of “yo yo, throw your hands up in the air - hizzle schizzle fizzle in the house’ stuff.
People you are so wrong.
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number is 818-633-9638
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The L.A. Phil released a statement that a rare Stradivarius cello played by their Principal Cellist Peter Stumpf was stolen from a home in Loz Feliz. They’re asking the public for tips and information. From what I understand, this cello is one of only 60 Strad cellos in the entire world. Even people who don’t know/like/care about classical music have at least heard of the famed Stradivarius stringed instruments & know how exceptional & uncommon they are.
If I was a professional cellist who had my cello (especially a Strad) stolen, I think I would probably just cry until it was returned.
But what’s the point of stealing something so unusual? To me, it’s akin to stealing a piece of artwork that is “priceless” because it’s unique. Though valued at $3.5 million, this cello is really irreplaceable. It’s not like you can go and sell such a cello without someone realizing that it was the stolen cello. Besides which, part of the value of the cello (aside from the obvious quality & sound of the instrument), is the fact that it is a Stradivarius and that Strads are rare. And if you don’t say it’s a Strad, the value would go down considerably.
I don’t get it.
The L.A. Phil statement is below…
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I volunteered to be a poll worker during the last election in California, when the presidential primaries, judge and senate seats, and several state measures were on the ballot. Because there were presidential primaries on the ballot, we had to check each voter’s party affiliation and give them the correct ballot for their party. Two of my neighbors came in, and when I checked their registration, both were registered as Republicans. When I informed them of this fact, they flipped out. You see, not only are they staunch lefties, they have never registered as Republicans in their lives.
I mention this because several of my friends, all lifelong registered Democrats, have begun receiving snail mail from the Republican National Committee recently. This is exactly what happened to my neighbors - they began receiving mail from the RNC unexpectedly, but just chalked it up to being on the wrong mailing list somewhere. Turns out their party affiliation had been changed without their knowledge or consent.
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