Buy tickets to the craziest Film Fest You’ll Ever Witness!
The Cinefamily – LA, CA
6/30 thru 7/5/11

Last year’s team-up with our friends in found footage fevery and thievery, This 4th of July weekend, The Cinefamily has teamed up with those maestros of found footage comedy at Everything Is Terrible!,! for the second time to present Everything is Festival 2011 — an insane and eclectic five day celebration of everything we both love: discovery, weirdness, and just plain fun. →

Rialto Pictures present Nicolas Roeg’s Masterpiece
Nuart Theatre – Santa Monica, CA
7/8/11

Space oddity David Bowie lands on late-20th Century Earth from a drought-stricken planet, seeking water and help for what remains of his civilization. His highly advanced technology allows him to become a wealthy industrialist (a forerunner to certain Californian entrepreneurs), but American decadence—including television, booze, sex and stock issues—prove to have a much stronger gravitational pull. →

YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA + CIBO MATTO W/ OTHERS!
The Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA
6/26/11

The biggest names in Japanese pop music have come together for a once-in-a-lifetime concert spanning genres and generations. As part of KCRW’s World Festival, the Hollywood Bowl will set the stage for electro-pop pioneers, Yellow Magic Orchestra (with original members Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi). Their performance at the Hollywood Bowl on June 26th will be their first Los Angeles performance since 1979! →

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Justin Warfield – “K Sera Sera” (mp3)

Each week I rip a song from vinyl and post it up here. This week’s song is “K Sera Sera” by Justin Warfield produced by Prince Paul.

Crowded Company is short film directed by Austin Saya and written by Yotam Dor. Please Enjoy.

J Rocc – “Degregation” (mp3)

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Each week I rip a song from vinyl and post it up here. This week’s song is “Degregation” by J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies off of The Unbound Project Volume 1. (This post inspired by Gil Scott-Heron. R.I.P. and Mumia Abu-Jamal)

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Zhané – “Groove Thang” (mp3)

I used to rip a song from vinyl each week and post it up here. I’m starting up again and for this week I’m posting “Groove Thang” by Zhané. →

Cinespia Screens the Most Apropos Film at the Cemetery
The Hollywood Forever Cemetery – LA, CA
6/4/11

A sweet, unconventional love story embedded a dark comedy, Harold and Maude is indisputably one of the most beautiful and quirky films of the seventies. A young man obsessed with death and an older woman bent on living life to its fullest, find each other and start an unlikely romance. →

Sweet LA-based songstress, Priscilla Ahn, showcases her ballad, “I Don’t Have Time to Fall in Love” in a homestyle kitchen that matches her cornflower dress.  The acoustic duet renders this lovely song still lovelier with Charlie Wadham’s lilting vocals.  Check out her new album, When You Grow Up (produced by Ethan Johns) on EMI’s Blue Note Records. →

Kazakhstan Traditional Music
The Hammer Museum – Santa Monica, CA
6/10/11

Turan is presented in conjunction with the UCLA Film & Television Archive film series “Kazakhstan: Montage of Cinemas.” Come out for a free performance by the Kazakh traditional music ensemble Turan, which performs on an array of ancient plucked, bowed, wind and percussive Kazakh instruments, with traditional throat singing. Founded in 2008 by a group of students from the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, the members of Turan are award-winning artists who have performed around the world. →