Gareth Liddiard of Australia’s garage-blue’s outfit The Drones took a few moments to get all Dostoevsky on Evil Monito’s ass (of course we prompted him to do so).  He was kind enough to give us his views on humanity, suffering, making music and of course lifeboat cannibalism.

EM: Havilah, the title of your new album, has multiple implications — ranging from the Biblical to the area where it was recorded — would you care to expound upon the name choice?

LIDDIARD: Naming records is harder than actually making them. So we just name our records after the places they were recorded.   →

I know this is yesterday’s news but I wanted to take the time to tip my hat to one of boxing–no, one of the sporting world’s greatest.  At the age of 36, Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya is hanging up his gloves and saying goodbye to the ring. →

Between your monthly deep conditioning, weekly facials and daily caffeine fix(es), perfecting the package of you is no easy feat. Luckily, Jan Marini is offering you the thrill of the pill—to put a pin in all that prep. Her patented C-estamins deliver youthful glow, increased energy and teen-queen-wrothy shiny hair in a perky pack of vitamins—making it PC to be a pill popper. The special ingredient of Biocell technology acts as filler, influencing your skin’s elasticity, eradicating fine lines and giving you a double burst of moisture and pep. →

The Invitational lands in downtown Los Angeles, CA on April 25, 2009!

(LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 20, 2009)

Doors open at 12:00pm
Competition from 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Admission Fee: $5
Competition Fee: $10

The organizers for the 1st 7th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational have opened their electronic floodgates and are now accepting registration for competition in this year’s Grilled Cheese Invitational. →

Eddie Bezalel (executive producer) and Hugo Nicolson (producer) collaborated to release The Silence of Love, a compilation of covers performed by Alela Diane, Josh Klinghoffer and other musician friends. They released the record under Bezalel’s Headless Heroes imprint and is a stunning collection of well-known and obscure gems. EM spoke with Bezalel and Nicolson about the inspiration for and execution of the project. Here, they talk about record-shopping in Amoeba, making music in LA and Nevada City folk music. →

Rachel Maddow from the Rachel Maddow Show humorously explains the GOP’s national Tax Day Tea Party (also known as the Republican “Tea Bagging” Party).  Major tea bagging events will be held around US cities, Capitol Hill and the White House.  Liberals will be targeted during the highly anticipated Republican national anti-Obama day, a movement responding to “change” →

I fondly recalled a few years back, the evening that I interviewed the eloquent electronic artist, Daedelus.  We met up during the gloaming hour, y’know that brief segue into night when long shadows are cast against the walls and rooftop of the Little Temple.  It was dublab‘s underground film screening.  We launched into a discursive subject matter ranging from the LA indie scene, his involvement with KXLU’s Spaceways and dublab and most of all his delight  in collecting esoteric film scores among other sundries.  You can view the interview here. →

ETNIES PUTS THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS ON FLOW
Over the last decade, etnies has flowed more than 25,000 pairs of shoes to homeless people living in Los Angeles!  The current tough economic times have led to the rise of homeless people in L.A., and today Pierre Andre and a crew from etnies hung out with the Skid Row residents.  →

Photo from Storefront for Art and Architecture flickr, licensed under Creative Commons

Can’t have too much of a good thing? Well Postopolis! LA, that five day event stretching from March 31^st to April 5^th, certainly proved that wrong. Co-sponsored by Storefront for Art and Architecture and For Your Art it was hosted by six bloggers,  David Basulto, Jace Clayton, Regine Debatty, Bryan Finoki, Dan Hill and Geoff Manaugh. Jam-packed with thought-provoking presentations on art and our built environment by speakers largely from the LA area it was streamed live to hundreds on the web and I echo the sentiment of one attendee that if they were to continue for a week more she’d still be here. →

EM: Occupation and Position
Anna: Anna Knoebel, Co-Founder, Editor, Abe’s Penny

Tess:  Tess Knoebel, Co-Founder, Editor, Abe’s Penny

EM: What neighborhood do you closely identify with?  What makes your community so unique?
Tess: I live in downtown Brooklyn. It’s a great neighborhood because it has resisted complete gentrification.  →