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“The Meeting with the Goddess,” a painting by John Park
VOL 44, NO 37 Local News & Culture
OPINION Letters................................................................................................5 Boaters pitch in to help live-aboards who lost it all........................... 6 The trouble with Mariners Village......................................................7
FEATURE Beautify Earth’s DIY public art...........................................................8 Tom Freund finds his rhythm ............................................................9 Michael C. Ford, man of letters ....................................................... 10 Rebecca Pidgeon’s “Bad Poetry”..................................................... 11 Marina music moguls in the making................................................ 12 Akhiro Nobu, from kitchen to wall ................................................... 13 Hayley Foster, found in translation................................................... 14 Judy Baca reignites the SPARC...................................................... 16
THIS WEEK Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally rides again .................................. 17 P.S. Arts takes a Taste of Venice......................................................20 Westside Happenings......................................................................20 Dúo del Sol gets things moving.......................................................30
ACROSS THE COUNTER Piero Selvaggio on the art of wine................................................... 18
CROSSWORD............................................................................ 32 CLASSIFIED............................................................................... 37
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It seemed only fitting that the cover of The Argonaut’s annual Arts Issue should be a new work with narrative intent. John Park’s “The Meeting with the Goddess” — created in part during the Venice Art Crawl’s 4th anniversary celebration on Aug. 21 — is one of an ongoing series of paintings the artist is basing on “The Hero with a Thousand Faces,” Joseph Campbell’s cross-cultural study of the mythological hero’s journey. The painting’s title comes directly from a chapter in the book that discusses how archetypal hero tales often involve an oracle or deity who bestows a protective gift to the protagonist, says Park, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. The text that Park has blended into his work: “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity,” a quote attributed to Albert Einstein. “I wanted to include themes of the surveillance state, urbanization, globalization — the perils that we’re facing in modern society. Increased marginalization of the less-privileged, the widening wealth gap, the growing power of corporations,” Park, 40, explains. “As a species we’re facing almost every problem we’ve come up against all at once now … most of them of our own making. The idea was placing that seemingly bleak concept in the context of the hero’s journey, which is really about overcoming fear and prevailing in the end. I’m not a pessimistic person.”
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John Park works on the painting featured on the cover during the Aug. 21 Venice Art Crawl 4th anniversary party at Full Circle
To see more of John Park’s work, search #JohnParkArt on Instagram. — Joe Piasecki
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Would they bulldoze Bel Air or Beverly Hills? Would they massacre all of the mature trees in Manhattan Beach or Malibu? Of course not. So why do they want to remove the urban forest located at Mariners Village in Marina del Rey? Mariners Village is a nature sanctuary for wildlife and humans alike. It is the last nesting area for the Great Blue Heron in this part of Los Angeles. It is also the home of the Black-crowned Night Heron, the Double-Crested Cormorant and many other creatures. We need to start thinking outside the box for Los Angeles, instead of the same old paradigm of bulldoze and build. Couldn’t we promote eco-tourism in Marina del Rey to attract nature lovers to observe the abundance of coastal birds and wildlife? Dozens of creatures still thrive in the Ballona Valley between the Playa del Rey dunes and the Santa Monica Mountains, thanks in large part to organizations like Ballona Institute. There could be an abundance of biking and walking
trails throughout the wetlands, around the Playa del Rey, Oxford and Ballona lagoons and on to the California Least Tern preserve, the Venice Canals and the Santa Monica Mountains. Couldn’t we build a Disneylandlike monorail that would connect the existing Green Line to the new Expo Line, which will run from Santa Monica to downtown L.A.? This monorail could take passengers from LAX to their hotels in Marina del Rey, creating a loop around the Ballona Valley, along Lincoln Boulevard and the Playa del Rey sand dunes, home of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly and
California Gnatcatcher (a migratory songbird). Couldn’t we place the power lines underground and build two viewing towers on either side of Culver Blvd., from which visitors could observe and appreciate the wildlife and landscape through telescopes? A walking bridge could connect the two towers over Culver Blvd., which could be elevated over the wetlands to allow a wildlife corridor. Walking trails could lead from the towers and meander through the wetlands. Ballona Valley could be part of a larger network of wildlife corridors and nature preserves throughout
Los Angeles, from Ballona Creek to Kenneth Hahn State Park, from the L.A. River to Griffith Park, from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Ballona Lagoon Marine Preserve in Marina del Rey. The monorails could provide virtual GPS goggles with which you could set the year to 1914, for example, and view the landscape as it looked 100 years ago. You could scan ahead to more recent years to see how the wetlands have changed, but learn how the remaining 600+ acres of Ballona Wetlands is still valuable land for dozens of creatures. Couldn’t we create a Marina
del Rey/Venice Historic District, of which Fisherman’s Village, Whiskey Red’s, Burton Chace Park, The Warehouse Restaurant, Mariners Village and the Venice Canals would be part? Couldn't L.A.'s leaders and visionaries take the lead in the world to implement this eco-tourism and nature preservation concept? Please attend the meeting at Burton Chace Park at 6 p.m. Tuesday to help stop the pillaging of Mariners Village and prove that man, machine and nature can live in harmony. William R. Hicks Marina del Rey
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Donors rally to help boaters displaced by fire Marina del Rey live-aboards lost everything they own, but friends have launched a crowdfunding campaign to get them back on their feet he could salvage. “I couldn’t believe what was happening. It all seems so surreal. Losing the boat was terrible, but thinking that I could lose my boyfriend was the worst,” Ferrell, a dog walker in Marina del Rey, recalled. Enter fellow Marina del Rey boater Heidy Gross and the powerful influence of social media. The very same day, Gross posted an Indiegogo.com crowdfunding appeal to help out her destitute neighbors. The campaign, which runs until Oct. 2, has so far raised a total of $4,856 through 65 donors. The international crowdfunding website, based in San Francisco, launched in 2008 and allows charitable efforts, startup businesses and other projects to post calls for funding to which users can give using PayPal or a credit card. Escondido-based Stone Brewing Co. raised $2.5 million through the site in August to
fund the launch of a new series of beers (offering free bottles for donors). In June, a developer of sturdy solar panels designed to replace asphalt on roadways raised $2.2 million. Several feature-length films have also been funded through the site. “I was in New York when my boyfriend called me to tell me what happened,” said Gross, a flight attendant. “Even though I had never used Indiegogo, I thought it would be a good way to help Tina and James. I felt obligated to help a fellow boat owner.” Others in the Marina del Rey community have offered support by giving money and clothes in addition to the crowdfunding pledges. “Because of what Heidy did, the news of what happened to us has spread like wildfire,” Ferrell said. “Friends and strangers are offering us things that we need since we lost everything. It’s incredible.” Evenson is now out of the
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By Gary Walker Marina del Rey live-aboards Christina Ferrell and James Evenson found themselves not only broke but also homeless after their 28-foot Islander sailboat burst into flames on Sept. 2 while docked at their slip near the Neptune Marina townhomes complex off Marquesas Way. Planning to sell their boat to a friend later that week, Ferrell and Evenson had just cancelled their insurance but had not yet moved out. They were planning to move to a different boat. Suddenly, the couple’s every worldly possession was gone. A mechanic was working on the boat’s engine when the fire broke out and suffered severe burns to his hands and forearms, Ferrell said. To make matters even worse, Evenson came down with a respiratory infection that the couple blames on his inhaling fumes of charred fiberglass while scavenging the boat for anything
Marina del Rey live-aboards Christina Ferrell and James Evenson were left homeless after their boat burned in September
hospital and recovering from his infection. The couple is staying with the friend who had planned to buy their boat. According to the campaign, Ferrell and Evenson plan to share some of their donations with the injured mechanic. “I’ve lived all over the country and I haven’t felt the sense of community like I do in Marina del Rey,” said Gross. “The boating community is really a
tight-knit group.” Through this experience, Ferrell has discovered the charitable side of the marina in a very personal way. “I now have a lot of faith in humanity,” she said. “I had lost all faith and hope. What Heidy has done is just amazing.” To read the campaign for Ferrell and Evenson, visit indiegogo. com and search “boat fire.” ª gary@argonautnews.com
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Mariners Village’s idyllic coastline could be in for some big changes if redevelopment plans go forward
The trouble with Mariners Village
Redevelopment plans would increase public recreational access to Marina del Rey but also displace seabirds and forever alter a unique harbor landscape By Pat Reynolds When I take friends out sailing, on our way out to the ocean we inevitably pass a beautiful little stretch of real estate on the north side of the main channel that consistently begs the question: “What’s that place?” “It’s Mariners Village,” I reply. “An apartment complex.” “Nice,” they always say. “It is,” I confirm. Mariners Village is nice. It’s 23 acres of beautifully landscaped property complete with old trees and a private waterfront view that is arguably the best Marina del Rey has to offer. Mariners Village’s website, in fact, calls the grounds “the pinnacle of luxury living.” The site also states: “Here, amid lush landscaping and serene seascapes, residents will find a pleasing assortment of apartment homes nestled in a quaint village setting complete with an onsite market and deli, dry cleaners and salon.” With this picture painted, it’s no wonder residents are making noise about saying “no” to redevelopment plans that would bring about a complete reconfiguring of the entire area. The proposed revamping isn’t some simple tweaking and restructuring of an existing space — this is extensive, profound change that would open up the wooded picturesque private
complex to the public. New retail establishments, parkland and 92 new boat slips (where as of now there aren’t any) are all part of the concept. What is currently an insulated peaceful little campus may soon become a destination zone for the greater Los Angeles public who want to enjoy what the “new” Marina del Rey has to offer. Obviously, residents at Mariners Village don’t love the idea. Of course they have personal motivations, but many contend leaving the plot alone is best for the community’s future — that saving old-growth trees (nesting places for seabirds) from being cut down to make way for the changes and preserving natural, unobstructed views from the waterside are all worthy reasons for leaving Mariners Village as is. “It’s the only beautiful place in the marina that you can actually boat by,” says an active organizer for the save Mariners Village campaign who asked not to be identified because he/she still lives there. “[Marina del Rey] is pretty much like a lake, and the reason that people like lakes is because of the view that they’re looking at from the lake. That perspective will be lost if they put a marina out there.” Interestingly, there hasn’t been a great amount of talk among boaters about the prospect of a 92-slip marina being built in
the main channel. In addition to the berths, allotments for 20 non-motorized kayaks or paddle boards and 24 personal watercrafts are planned, as well as a 110-foot public transient dock. Instead, so far, it’s the residents of the complex who have tried to make the case that it’s a bad idea for the boating community, as well as themselves. In a flyer sent around, they say that boaters will be “squeezed out of the channel” and that the build, by virtue of how far it is supposed to encroach, will create hazards for kayakers, rowers and paddleboarders as well as boaters. Although the plan includes a public dock, water taxi area and an increased opportunity for access to the water, WeareMdR. org believes the idea is bad for the area. This active watchdog organization that opposes overdevelopment in Marina del Rey also seeks to ensure public access, so it may be surprising to some that they don’t support the proposed change. Nancy Marino, who heads the group, believes more private development is not what this area needs and said that concern outweighs the proposed increase in slips and recreational access. “Prevent private development from encroaching into MdR’s main channel,” she said. "The public waterway is heavily
utilized for recreational activities, and such uses are increasing. The project site is a prime kayaking & paddleboarding area. Public uses and safety have a clear priority here." This particular development idea is intriguing in that it has appeal for certain groups while evoking disdain in others, and at times does both simultaneously. Longtime development skeptic and Boat Owners Association President Andy Bessette applauds the notion of adding more slips in Marina del Rey but recoils at the retail element. “We know that they’re trying to create a package that’s appealing and they can get passed,” said Bessette. “There is no black and white, but any effort we make to restore the number of boat slips in the marina is a good effort.” But when the retail next to the water gets brought up, Bessette gets ruffled. “That’s what’s wrong with all of it,” he said. “However they disguise it, it’s really just a money-maker for them.” The loss of what people are calling the “urban forest” of Mariners Village also doesn’t sit well with Bessette or Marino. “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Renovate, not redevelop, Mariners Village and preserve and protect the amazing urban forest that is even more relevant today in our rapidly urbanizing marina,” Marino said.
For many, the redevelopment proposal begs larger questions than what’s aimed at this particular parcel. Fear of overdevelopment and increasing density looms large as areas such as Fisherman’s Village are slated for major retail growth as part of L.A. County’s future “visioning” process for the marina. While this new Mariners Village would bring more boat slips, retail destinations and public access, it definitely carries with it a substantial cost that not everyone is comfortable with. You don’t have to wait long to let the decision makers know what you think. On Tuesday, the county is taking public comment during a meeting that will help determine the scope of an environmental study required before moving ahead with the project. Come early — I’d bet on a full room. ª The Mariners Village renovation project scoping meeting takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Burton Chase Park Community Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. The Los Angeles County Dept. of Regional Planning is also accepting written comments through Sept. 26 via marinaplanner@planning. lacounty.gov.
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A DIY movement to transform neglected urban walls in Santa Monica and Venice into community assets through public art has now gone global as the Beautify Earth campaign By Michael Aushenker When Beautify Earth cofounders Evan Meyer and Ruben Rojas discuss posting on walls, they’re not talking about Facebook. A nonprofit campaign to blanket cities around the world with murals as a way to increase neighborhood pride, Beautify Earth began about two years ago after artist Meyer noticed a “gross,” graffiti-marred wall near the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Pacific Street in Santa Monica. “I spoke to a business owner that I knew [and said] I can very legitimately paint that wall so that people driving down on Lincoln Boulevard — 30,000 people a day — can have a great visual experience instead of this blighted wall,” Meyer recalled. He got the go-ahead, and the Novel Café got a mural. “I realized I don’t want to look
around and complain about how ugly things are. Instead of complaining, we should be asking ourselves, ‘What can I do?’” Meyer said. What else could Meyer do? Enlist artist after artist to transform more and more walls, an effort that solidified as the Beautify Lincoln movement. And it wasn’t long before other walls became canvasses for public art. The list of Beautify Lincoln projects has grown to include murals at Printing Palace, Wallpaper City & Flooring, Legal Grind (the Abraham Lincoln mural), Satdah Thai, Hair and Nail Palace, Barrett’s Appliances, Metropolitan Cleaners and Cardio Barre. Artists finished work last week on murals at both Marina Auto Sales & Upholstry and, a block east of Lincoln, Broadway Wine & Spirits. But this is only the beginning.
After enlisting an army of volunteer artists, Beautify Lincoln led to Beautify Crenshaw and Beautify South Central, which begot Beautify Brooklyn, Beautify Rockaway Beach, Beautify Miami, Beautify Silver Lake and now — after Rojas, a financial advisor, crossed paths with Meyer during a leadership workshop — the umbrella nonprofit Beautify Earth. “I drew the logo for the group and [Meyer] said, ‘Dude, we’ve gotta put that on the wall,’” Rojas recalled of their first meeting. Beautify Earth’s board of directors includes Heather Rabun, who brings a performing arts background; Sergio Tuculiza, who heads student outreach and education; and Paul Katz and Josh Manes, who coordinate Beautify Earth’s activities on the East Coast. “The results are exciting,” said
Evan Meyer, left, and Ruben Rojas stand at the ready near Beautify Earth’s mural at Cardio Barre on Lincoln Boulevard
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I realized I don’t want to look around and complain about how ugly things are. Instead of complaining, we should be asking ourselves, ‘What can I do?’
Rojas. “We’re not doing this to get credit. It is viral, it is a virus.” The next step: Beautify Earth is competing for a grant to fund the creation of 50 public murals in South Los Angeles (the contest is decided by popular vote: see below for details). They also want to establish more kids programs, and Rojas talks about somehow incorporating a sharing economy model.
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Meyer, 32, ultimately hopes to “enlist local artists and local committees to convince their governments and make it obvious that even a child’s painting is better than an ugly wall.” Or as Rojas, 34, puts it: “Anything is better than the color of neglect.” Both express frustration at the sight of boring walls: “I think the color beige needs to go away,” (Continued on page 35)
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Happy Days Tom Freund is a busy guy — writing, touring and recording albums in his Venice studio “There is a gathering of great minds at the end of the 10 freeway. I dig it,” says Venice music fixture Tom Freund
By Bliss Bowen “Funny how when you leave LA you gotta drive into the desert Out of the frying pan and into the fire To all of my friends who’ve taken their leaves of absence This is a song for you” Tom Freund opens his latest album, “Two Moons,” with those lines from “Angel Eyes,” sung in a conversational melody over solo piano subsequently joined by bass, cello, drums, electric guitar and harmonies. It’s a very LA record that’s sonically reminiscent of 1970s-era Jackson Browne. That observation is welcomed by Freund. A longtime fixture in the Westside music community who titled an earlier album “Edge of Venice,” he invited Browne to play on his 2008 release “Collapsible Plans.” “The West Coast has been a good influence for me in the songwriting,” he says. “I think a lot of those songs penetrated me from this coast. Even though I consider myself a New Yorker, I guess I knew I had to head out this way. There was definitely a
calling. I know it’s very spread out, and LA takes a lot of crap for that, as it should; there’s a lot of bullshit here. But there is a gathering of great minds at the end of the 10 freeway. I dig it. I feel like it is a sound and a place that means a lot to me, even though it’s uncondensed and unfocused. [He laughs] It almost makes you work harder to meet the people you need to meet and create with the right folks.” After years of living in Venice Freund’s now a West LA resident, although he’s kept his Venice studio, where he recorded “Two Moons.” He came to Southern California in the 1990s, majoring in English lit at Pitzer College in Claremont. (He also studied jazz at Pomona College, but “figured as a musician it sounded really boring to major in music.”) During his last two years at Pitzer he and Ben Harper were introduced by mutual friends and subsequently made and released an album, 1992’s “Pleasure and Pain.” Freund later played bass with Austin roots-rockers the Silos, then
teamed with producer Marvin Etzioni for his first solo album, 1998’s “North American Long Weekend,” with soul-jazz great Jimmy Smith guesting on organ. He officially made LA his home in 2000. Since then he’s become solidly identified with Venice. His video for “Next Time Around,” a hopeful ditty from “Two Moons,” shows the sneakered troubadour riding his skateboard, then strumming his ukulele below the iconic “Venice” light sign on Windward while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with “NYNY.” He was very much a part of the Stronghold scene while it lasted, recording a live album there (2013’s “The Stronghold Tapes: Live in Venice, CA”). “It was more of a speakeasy fashion and that was part of its demise too,” he recalls wistfully, “but it was awesome.” Like most indie artists, Freund works hard juggling the competing creative demands of musicmaking with the business of making and promoting music. He spends a good chunk of
time on the road, in the States as well as Japan and Europe. It was on a European tour that he felt compelled to write the bittersweet “Happy Days Lunch Box” (“Fonz and the Cunninghams, Ralph and Potsie and Al/ How I long for the days when I’d take out my sandwich and have my lunch with my pals”). “I wrote that in the weirdest spot,” Freund says with a laugh. “The lyrics poured into me on a day off on a tour in Europe. I was skiing in Switzerland; I wrote the whole thing on a chairlift.” Freund plays and composes on multiple instruments: bass, guitar, mandolin, piano and ukulele. At solo shows he often accompanies himself on bass, especially in Europe, where audiences are perhaps more receptive to the soulful, spacious vibe that creates. “They like it ’cause it’s unusual, not just another dude with a guitar. I’ve had Lucinda Williams and Jackson Browne both tell me I should do a whole record with the bass and vocals; not
including other instruments, but really focus on the whole singing and upright thing. I’ll be doing that next,” he wisecracks. “Maybe I’ll get them to produce it, those two. [He laughs] We may go round and round in circles, but it’d be fun.” All joking aside, Freund is an album artist who cares about elements like song sequencing, lyrics and liner notes, and he believes in the album as an art form. “I’m still making albums,” he asserts. “And also, mind you, I also still believe in the finely crafted EP. I think an EP or album can be very tangible, very time and place. “I’m not against singles. I like the freedom of now, especially since I can put on iTunes tomorrow what I recorded today. That’s pretty cool. I’m not antithat. But I do like an album; I still enjoy artwork and all that. I still think it’s very important.” ª Tom Freund performs a free outdoor set during the 30th annual Abbot Kinney Festival on Sept. 28. Visit tomfreund.com.
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‘Look Each Other in the Ears’ Westside language artist Michael C. Ford still strives to perfect his craft, whichever medium it takes By Bliss Bowen There are writers, and then there are artists whose medium is language in all its kaleidoscopic nuance and rhythmic sway. For septuagenarian Michael C. Ford, labels like “poet” are suspect. Over the past four decades the West Los Angeles resident has published numerous volumes of poetry, but he has also authored plays and essays, in addition to teaching and making spoken-word recordings; he is reflexively averse to pigeonholing. “I should be classified as a language artist,” Ford insists in his deep, resonant baritone. “That’s it, that’s all.” The man described by Doors drummer John Densmore as “the ultimate hipster” was born in Illinois and relocated to Pasadena with his family when he was a young child. Ford shares vivid memories of visiting his aunt and uncle’s rented house in the middle of an orange grove and watching them move loaded crates tagged “Upland Oranges” in late 1950 — and also of seeing steamrollers and tractors
move in, as urban LA sprawled eastward. “All of my formative years were spent looking at the changes that were going on in the eastern suburban districts of Los Angeles,” he recalls. Later Ford gravitated to the halls of UCLA, where he audited classes. He “schlepped scenery” for John Houseman’s theater group, and met Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek and vocalist Jim Morrison at a film directing lecture delivered by Josef von Sternberg. The Doors considered recruiting Ford to play bass with them, until Manzarek found a keyboard bass. In 1969, Ford read his poetry at a fundraiser for writer Norman Mailer’s ill-fated New York mayoral campaign, alongside Morrison and poet Jack Hirschman, a UCLA professor and mentor. All of that fulgent history informs Ford’s latest recording, “Look Each Other in the Ears,” released in June by Hen House Studios. Densmore, Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and Manzarek (in a final performance Photo by Tillie Aguilera
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Michael C. Ford, who recently recorded a spoken-word album backed by surviving members of The Doors, sees language in a unique way
before his death in 2013) made substantial contributions to the jazzy, grooving musical settings, as did Geggy Tah vocalist Tommy Jordan and Fishbone saxophonist Angelo Moore, among others. Ford says he’s humbled by the musicianship and “incredible collaborative energy” of all the players and producer Harlan Steinberger. “Don’t you see how difficult it is for me to say it’s ‘my’ record?” he asks. “It’s our record, in a familial sort of way.” Indeed, the music’s integral to the album’s appeal, and it was Hen House’s urging that persuaded him to make it. But ultimately it’s Ford’s deliberately intonated language that gives the album heft. “I’m creating verbal music,” he says. “There’s a melodic sensibility. … [Like] the way a jazz musician works, I sense the juxtaposition of words and stanza breaks and punctuations of rhythm changes [and] variations on note clusters.” Amiable and forthrightly opinionated in conversation, he casually references historymaking figures and events like the Black Dahlia, Jack Kerouac, Charlie Parker, the Kennedy assassination and Kenneth Rexroth. His album recitations are similarly studded with place names. “For Openers” is a saxophoneblazed trip down memory lane, revisiting Hollywood watering
holes, Central Avenue jazz joints and other hallowed music halls across Southern California — congregated symbols of what LA has lost: “What was full has become a baleful cavity in the tooth of music. Why is it no surprise to see poets in LA standing at the edge of a tremendous and treacherous gorge? They stand in some gnarly, perpendicular manner between Barstow and the blue, burgeoning breakers at Huntington Beach … Let me be like a bridge; I think it would be the best way to be run over.” Over slinky bass and organ lines, “An American Bomb” namechecks Renoir and Grant Park before asking: “I am fetus balloon. When they finally let the air out of my mother’s uterus, I wonder: like a dud firecracker, will I die in the sky?” “Wartime Carol” crafts political metaphor from President George H.W. Bush’s 1992 food poisoning incident in Japan. “I guess I would call myself an audio journalist,” Ford says, “… a cultural reporter.” Most writers, he says, deal with synthesis — combinations of images that align with one another — while he attempts to “create sets of opposing principles, opposing elements … images that are literally bumping into each other. … “[With] this record, I’m confronting the corruption of
our natural environment, and the destruction and decimation of traditional landmarks, the obliteration of the importance of cinema … I’m aware of the fact that I’m being judgmental and critical, but I’m also aware that I’m dealing with poetic imagination and I have allegiance to the art form. I can’t just be ranting and raving and cursing things that are wrong.” Active in LA’s literary community, Ford’s traveling to San Francisco in October for Hirschman’s series. “My teacher has invited me to read; we’ve lived that long that we can actually say that — a miracle. Moments like that are worth years,” he says. Yet Ford is still striving to “finetune” his work. "You go through your fledgling years as a writer – not just a poet, but a real writer, capable of dealing with different disciplines: fiction, cultural essays, dialogue in stage plays and poetry,” he observes. “You’re dealing with the blessings and curses that go along with all the long years it takes to cultivate your craft, to develop your voice. You reach a point, I think, where you begin to identify where you are, where your presence is as a writer [and] how to define your work. Whether it’s involved with music or dry reading. I’m really writing … not only to define the work, but to find myself.” ª
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‘Bad Poetry’ becomes her Santa Monica’s Rebecca Pidgeon segues from actress to singer-songwriter with ease By Michael Aushenker Rebecca Pidgeon is reluctant to discuss her upcoming TV series. “At the moment, I have my head in the music space,” she said. “I’m certainly feeling much more serious about music than I have in the past.” “Bad Poetry,” Pidgeon’s ninth solo album, drops Oct. 7. She is supporting it with a Sept. 18 return to Witzend, an intimate Venice listening room where she has often performed. While a majority of people may recognize Pidgeon for her acting, her music career has a long history that dates back to the 1980s with the folk rock group Ruby Blue. Pidgeon made her solo debut in 1994 with “The Raven” and quickly followed up with “The New York Girls’ Club,” “The Four Marys” and three more albums in the 2000s. She recorded 2012’s “Slingshot” and last year’s “Blue Dress On” as her husband of 23 years, writer David Mamet, worked on and finalized his controversial HBO biopic “Phil Spector,” which starred Al Pacino. Pidgeon’s new album, created with longtime co-writer David Batteau and guitarist Tim Young, represents a departure for the singer-songwriter: “It’s more electric, more of a rock record.
I want it to be more of a let-myhair-down kind of album,” she said. The album’s first video, for the song “Love is Cocaine,” may be a visually sparse affair, but it sounds more sonically layered than her previous outings. Pidgeon's voice soars over a track varnished with a Brian Jonestown Massacre-style, postBeatles trippy-ness. “Love is cocaine,” she warbles, “And I’m forgettin / It’s in the shame/a pact for living But something’s wrong in here/ You feel it all too strong/ Warm me over, baby, now we’re cruisin’/ Tell me I’m the only one you’re usin’” Given that Mamet and Pidgeon have been together since she starred in a late-1980s National Theatre production of Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” (co-starring Alfred Molina) in London, one can’t help but project the lyrical implications of her “damaged love” songs. “Some of the songs on this album are very personal and have to do with my life. My husband is a big part of my life” is all Pidgeon allows regarding her lyrical content. “Some are autobiographical, some are third person.” Contemporary acts such as
With music, you’re not being edited by someone else. You get to perform the whole character,” says Rebecca Pidgeon
Tindersticks, P.J. Harvey, The Fall and Nick Cave continue to capture her imagination, but the direct inspiration for “Love is Cocaine” harkens back to Fritz Lang’s 1933 chiller, “The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.” “‘Love is Cocaine’ is trying to step into the shoes of this character who is an addict,” she said. “It’s about being addicted to a bad kind of love. It’s not really about drug use, more about addiction.” Pidgeon, a Santa Monica resident, said she finds songwriting inspiration in the people around her. However, “Santa Monica has a suburban feeling. I’m used to city life. I feel quite insulated. But that’s good for writing,” she said. Writing that, this time around, is “lighter, uplifting [but also] exploring darker areas of life,” Pidgeon said. “I’m always interested in that stuff — longing and being dark, the night of the soul kind of place.” As an actress, Pidgeon has long served as Mamet’s muse in numerous plays and screenplays written by the “Glengarry Glen Ross” author. In addition to “Speed-the-Plow,” Pidgeon had key roles in the plays “Homicide” and “Oleanna” (she also wrote the music for the screen adaptation of “Oleanna”)
as well as in Mamet’s 1997 feature film directorial debut, “The Spanish Prisoner.” Her credits also include “Heist,” “State and Main,” and small parts in Mamet’s 2008 film “Red Belt” and his Spector biopic. So to what degree does her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband involve himself in her art? “I haven’t collaborated with him at all. He came to the show like anyone else,” she said. “Strangely, he really liked it.” For Pidgeon, songwriting and performing is personal. In many ways, she enjoys it more than acting. “Recording is more like making a movie, there’s more [creative] freedom. It’s a bit more lonely, but that’s why I love collaborating with other writers,” she said. “When you’re acting, you’re usually acting in something you haven’t written. With music, you’re not being edited by someone else. You get to perform the whole character, the whole arc, in one evening.” While admitting that many Hollywood gigs can be less than inspiring, Pidgeon said she found a sense of “pure joy” playing a quirky character in her daughter Clara’s filmmaking debut, “Two-Bit Waltz,” which premieres in October. Pidgeon laughed recalling the commute between her daughter’s set and a
downtown L.A. recording studio while still in hair and makeup for the part. So far, Pidgeon and her band have only performed “Bad Poetry” material at two Hotel Café and a handful of East Coast appearances, so Pidgeon looks forward to workshopping her new material live. On Oct. 8, a day after the album’s release, she’ll perform at The Mint before returning to her neighborhood to share the Nov. 16 bill at McCabe’s Guitar Shop with singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman. But first comes Thursday’s show at Witzend. Pidgeon remembers fondly the hospitality of Witzend’s late owner, Jeb Milne, who died a year ago as the venue prepared to celebrate its second anniversary. “Now it seems to be just thriving away,” she said. “It’s a nice room.” Pidgeon looks forward to supporting “Bad Poetry” with gusto, breathing concert life into the new songs and seeing them evolve during performances. “At this point, I’m really in love with my music,” she said. ª Rebecca Pidgeon performs at 8 p.m. on Sept. 18 at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com michael@argonautnews.com
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A new sound in Marina del Rey The nondescript bungalows along Glencoe Avenue have become a hotbed for musical creativity By Michael Aushenker Call it the home of MdR‘n’R… Within a compound of former warehouse garages on Glencoe Avenue lies Hen House Studios, where veteran producer Harlan Steinberger recorded Michael C. Ford’s latest album. “It’s such a great space, I’m so emotionally attached to it,” Steinberger said of his recording space of 13 years. Just across from Hen House is Rich Uncle Studios, where 20-somethings Josh Wiener and Ethan Pilch jam in their rehearsal room. Welcome to Marina del Rey: an unlikely but burgeoning mecca for recording artists. Between these studios and recording houses in neighboring Venice, including Mophonics and Beacon Avenue Studios, the Westside percolates with creative activity. In January, Wiener and Pilch opened Rich Uncle, where they create music under the moniker Pearls and Laser (a play on their respective middle names, Earl and Eliazar). They launched the studio a few months prior to Wiener’s April departure from his gig as booking agent at Santa Monica’s TRiP, a concert venue committed to showcasing live entertainment seven nights a week. “Over the years, I was in contact with literally thousands of bands,” said Wiener, a Venice resident. Some of those TRiP acts, including Jonny Come Lately and Almost Classy, wound up on Wiener and Pilch’s production schedule. For local singer Summerset Ray, the pair is devising “a beachy indie pop sound,” Wiener said. “Our formula for whatever we do is to give the song a strong backbone of bass and rhythm,” Pilch said. Wiener and Pilch met while briefly members of blues rockers The Jents (both men played guitar). Their production company’s name was inspired by the uncle of a drummer from another short-lived band they
played with who held band meetings at what Pilch calls “a luxurious Pasadena estate.” With capital largely coming in from Pilch’s vintage music instruments business, Wiener and Pilch set up Rich Uncle within 1,000 square feet of converted warehouse space on Glencoe. Their mission: producing music to license for movies, TV and video games. Wiener and Pilch appear to be zeroing in on their goal. With singer Sophie Holt, who divides her time between Venice Beach and Ojai, Wiener and Pilch concocted the sultry “Kiss The Ground,” which could easily run during an episode of “Arrow,” as might “She’s Alright,” featuring Jonny Come Lately singer Izzy Loya. They also crafted the funk-soul instrumental “Coming in Hot” — pure ‘70s cop-show fizz — and the slow-burning “Tell Me I'm Yours,” featuring vocalist Nina Rose Carlin. Two Pearls and Laser albums fuse Hendrixian rock and funk. The duo draws much inspiration from neighbor Steinberger, a 30year industry vet who founded his studio in 2001 to house his independent music label Hen House Records. Within its first five years, Steinberger recorded and filmed nearly 200 bands there for free in exchange for the film rights. “I was looking around for something affordable,” said Steinberger, who appreciates the fact that his studio is located “far off the road, very quiet, away from rumbling trucks.” Steinberger calls his studio’s exact location “a mystery” because, according to the post office, he’s located in Venice while his gas bill says Marina del Rey and electric bill claims Mar Vista. “This area used to be very industrial. Where Costco is today used to be McDonnell-Douglas,” he said. In fact, his venue used to be an actual henhouse, behind aircraft storage, hangars and other remnants of McConnellDouglas’ past. Over the past decade, the environs have been overhauled
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Josh Wiener, left, and Ethan Pilch operate the mixing board at Rich Uncle Studios, an unlikely Mecca for new music tucked in a warehouse garage along Glencoe Avenue in Marina del Rey
to include malls, multiplexes and fast food chains. A classically trained percussionist, Steinberger established his studio when “the Internet started to happen and there was a sense with indie labels that we can compete.” At Hen House, the Santa Monica resident has worked with two legendary area musicians: Robby Krieger and John Densmore of The Doors. “We’ve done some side projects. They have golden ears, golden experience,” Steinberger said. Shortly before Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek’s death in 2013, all three surviving Doors backed Ford at Steinberger’s studio for an album. “He’s brilliant!” Steinberger said of Manzarek as if he were still alive. “I was told you have to be really prepared. Anything he
laid down was great and you had to make sure that you captured it correctly. To have him do it again was a supreme waste of time. I was ready and he really appreciated that.” As for the cool cat whose first song ever written was the immortal “Light My Fire,” “Robby Krieger is one of the best guitarists ever,” Steinberger said. Another iconic L.A. band Steinberger captured at Hen House for a 2001 album is the South Central punk-funk collective Fishbone, led by eccentric frontman Angelo Moore. “He definitely has his own identity as a singer. He also is an incredible character singer. His palette is huge! He comes completely prepared. He already had visualized in his head,” Steinberger said.
He believes “super-talented musicians,” such as his Rich Uncle Records neighbors, are what the Westside’s music scene needs. “They remind me a lot of myself at my age. They’re serious. They want to work every day and every night. You know, with that kind of talent, they’re on their way.” In two months, Steinberger completes work on a second studio in Venice, yet he does not want to abandon Glencoe, enjoying the budding sense of community and camaraderie he has found there with Wiener and Pilch. I’m hoping in the future that there’s going to be some synergy between what they’re doing and what I’m doing,” he said. ª michael@argonautnews.com
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The Double Man Akhiro Nobu — sushi chef by night, photographer by day — walks the line between the culinary and fine arts
Akhiro Nobu is both a culinary artist and artist-in-residence at Hama Sushi, where his portraits of downtown life hang on the walls
By Michael Aushenker Enter Hama Sushi’s main room and you’ll find yourself surrounded by indelible, atmospheric black-and-white images of the homeless and disenfranchised near downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Each of the 14 framed photographs is a story told with the precision of a native, only the storyteller is a relative newcomer — Akhiro Nobu, a native of Japan who for the past several years has also worked as a sushi chef for the Windward Circle institution. Hama Sushi is celebrating his work with an artist’s reception on Saturday at the restaurant. Nobu’s photography captures downtown’s down-and-out with a respect, poignancy and conviction in the tradition of social realists Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Ben Shahn. “Downtown is filled with strong characters. It’s great background too,” he says. Nobu, 43, began his serious photographic work in 2012 and approached his study of
downtown with a fly-on-thewall documentary style. He was quickly drawn to the crevices between Skid Row and the old banking district. “I just walk around and I’m looking for subjects. If I see a very strong character, I take it,” he said. In November, Hama celebrates its 35th year in Venice and its 10th under owner Esther Chaing, a Seoul native. Since coming to town, Chaing has been a big supporter of localism and the arts, getting deeply involved in Venice’s arts scene, especially Venice Art Crawl. “Hama is a community restaurant. I like to give people a chance to show their artwork here,” she said, eschewing any formal gallery process aside from artists getting on a wait list. “We’re not talking about that. It’s more about people enjoying [the work].” What Chaing has also done is open up both her restaurant and the adjacent bar to art exhibits. Nobu has worked for Chaing at Hama since 2009. “He’s a hard worker,” Chaing
said of her chef. “Very artistic with sushi and very authentic.” Then she discovered his photography. “He showed me one day and it was really good,” Chaing recalled. “He’s not as studied [as someone who went to art school]. His [talent] is natural. He’s very talented.” Before showing Chaing his work that day, “I wasn’t really serious [about photography], I didn’t have much money,” Nobu said. However, at Chaing’s urging, he got in line for what’s become a six-month wait to show at Hama. Nobu didn’t always pursue the arts of photography or sushimaking. He came to America 15 years ago as a drummer bent on playing hardcore metal in the tradition of favorite bands Slayer, Metallica and Sepultura. There’s an implication that Nobu relates to some of the pain and isolation of his subjects. Nobu does not visit his country of origin anymore. His parents are dead and he no longer has family or friends to visit there. “A friend recommended me to
stay in America,” Nobu said. And so Nobu, whose father had operated a restaurant in west Japan, set out to train as a sushi chef. He recalls a detail about his father with fondness. “I remember my dad has a camera with film. My dad has photography magazines,” he said. With the help of his photographer friend Sen, who had been shooting for two decades, Nobu began dabbling in photography four years ago. At Sen’s urging, Nobu started by capturing nature shots. “I want to take photos of people, of their life,” Nobu said. Among the established artists, Nobu pins his inspiration and style directly to Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, who shoots social realism in black and white. Wherever Nobu goes, he always carries a compact Cyko Reko camera so he can take candid photos. “I don’t really ask people [permission] to do this or that because it’s not natural.”
Beyond converting his color shots into black and white, Nobu does not use Photoshop to enhance his raw images. Despite the plethora of local color in Venice, Nobu said his eye remains fixed on downtown. “I don’t think I can find any place like downtown,” Nobu said, adding that he does, however, hope to wander the back alleys and small streets of New York City. But there’s one place he can’t visit anymore. “I miss my childhood,” he said. “The place I used to play with my friends. The mountainside. I used to live in the countryside.”ª Nobu’s photography is on display through Oct. 15 at Hama Sushi, 213 Windward Ave., Venice. The opening reception for the exhibit takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the restaurant. Call (310) 396-8783 or visit hamasushi.com. To see more of Nobu’s images, visit hirolupin. tumblr.com. michael@argonautnews.com
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Found in translation LMU animation student Hayley Foster captured the Japanese-American experience in a short that won a Student Academy Award
LMU’s Hayley Foster won a Student Academy Award for her film portraying the Japanese-American experience during World War II
By Michael Aushenker When Hayley Foster created “Yamashita” while attending Loyola Marymount University, she thought she was merely working on her thesis project. She had no idea her animated short would quickly win several accolades, including a Student Academy Award and a television airing. “When you look at who’s won a Student Academy Award in animation, it is such a who’s who. I really think she has got such a shot,” said LMU associate professor Tom Klein, chair of the school’s animation program. For Foster, it all started with Disney’s “The Lion King” and Hayao Miyazaki. "They were my first foray into anime," Hayley Foster recalled
of Miyazaki's traditionally animated films. "I remember seeing 'Princess Mononoke' for the first time in high school, and then subsequently watching it every Friday night for weeks, just trying to find the seams and absorb how it was made." While not anime, “Lion King,” as numerous critics pointed out, bore an uncanny resemblance to Osamu Tezuka’s “Kimba the White Lion.” Foster, whose heritage is Norwegian and German, translated her love of Japanese anime into “Yamashita,” inspired by the famed Japanese-American internment memoir “Farewell to Manzanar” and her semester abroad in Kyoto and Osaka. "I promised my Social Justice teacher in high school that I'd use my talents to help society in
any way I could," Foster said. "I think it's important to remember our shared history as Americans. Even though I'm not of Japanese descent, I can still appreciate their sacrifices and struggles." It was, in fact, a photographer famed for her social realism who caught Foster’s creative eye. “One image that inspired me in particular was a Dorothea Lange photograph that I analyzed for my American Cultures class at LMU," she said, describing the stark depiction of a young girl, in a pea coat and hat, staring at the camera "with an ambiguously serene expression on her face" as she and her family awaited an evacuation bus to transport them to a War Relocation Authority center. In addition to her Student
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grandmother grew up a huge fan of Lantz’s most famous cartoon character, Woody Woodpecker, and “she does a mean impression of that laugh!” Foster said. If one was to judge contemporary animation based on box office, it appears that the Pixar/DreamWorks Animation template has all but usurped the market with their digitally animated features. “Pixar has made some of the most moving films I’ve ever seen. Without fail, I cry every time I watch ‘Up,’” Foster said. “However, I very much miss traditionally hand-drawn animation [such as DreamWorks’ ‘Prince of Egypt’]. One must look outside the United States to realize that animation is a varied and multi-faceted creature. I don’t think America does too well in appreciating the works of other countries, save for niche markets like Japanese anime. That is something that saddens me in regards to animation.” Klein commended Foster for a thorough approach. “Animation students are just so steeped in anime and what it currently looks like. She sort
of dipped back [beyond] the anime tropes. It’s just authentic and that’s the reason people are responding,” Klein said. “She didn’t wing anything. To make it authentic, she was taking meetings with lots of different professors in different departments to get all the pieces right.” Foster, 23, now works in Burbank, where she serves as a storyboard revisionist at Warner Brothers Animation. She isn’t sure where her animation career is going, but hopes to create a feature film. “Right now I’m just plugging away at work, trying to progress as an artist as well as thinking of new ideas for personal projects and short films,” she said. “I know that’s all a bit vague, but the future is fuzzy, right?” As for “Princess Mononoke,” did she ever figure it out? “It’s too perfect; I haven’t been able to crack it,” she said, laughing. michael@argonautnews.com ª
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Academy Award, Foster’s “Yamashita” also won her LMU’s inaugural Walter Lantz Foundation prize, named after the animation giant. Klein, Foster’s mentor figure at college, deemed the success of “Yamashita” “a validation of everything of our visual education [program], bringing current technological practices into play." However, when “Yamashita” aired over the summer on KCET’s “Fine Cut” festival of student film, Foster missed it. “I don’t have a TV in my apartment!” she said, though she heard from people who caught it. “As a person just recently out of college, it was beyond anything I had ever expected for my little thesis film,” she said of winning the student Oscar. She was equally flattered to receive the Lantz prize in her senior year at LMU. “It was a surprise and an honor to kick off what I hope will be a constant presence to celebrate the great creations coming out of LMU’s animation program,” said Foster. On a personal note, Foster’s
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The writing on the wall Judy Baca, head of Venice’s Social and Public Art Resource Center, on L.A.’s renewed interest in murals and using art as a voice for social justice Venice muralist Judy Baca has left her mark on the world as both a creator and defender of public art for more than 40 years. The executive director and co-founder of the nonprofit Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice, Baca was at the forefront of L.A.’s public art scene when the city was regarded as the mural capital of the world in the 1970s and early ‘80s. She led a team of young artists in creating social justice-themed paintings such as “Endangered Species” on the Venice boardwalk and SPARC’s magnum opus, “The Great Wall of Los Angeles.” One of the world’s largest murals, “The Great Wall” chronicles the history of native and minority communities on a stretch of the Tujunga Wash in the San Fernando Valley. In 1988, then-L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley tapped Baca to lead the Neighborhood Pride Program, a citywide initiative to paint murals that created some 450 of them in two years. Though optimistic about the city’s August 2013 mural ordinance that ended a decade-long prohibition on creation of new public art on privately owned spaces, Baca sees plenty more work to be done — in particular, reviving a culture of public art that rises above commercial impulses to tell stories of the marginalized and disenfranchised. “I remind people that the time when murals flourished — when they were at their highest production — was when there were no restrictions on murals,” said Baca, a professor of fine arts at UCLA. “Now that Los Angeles seems to be interested in murals Judy Baca, a creator and defender of public art, stands near her magnum opus, “The Great Wall of again, I think it's time for SPARC to start going back to the Los Angeles” communities where we had organized and produce the kinds of murals that we did in the past and revive interest in these works. We’re talking about a neighborhood pride renewal.” become rich and famous. Now You talk to a lot of graffiti artists today and — Gary Walker it’s time to teach them other lessons. These young artists need they talk to you about coverage, about the opportunity to create public branding. They talk a lot about creating art and to be able to express How are artists dealing with the and MOCA that have a lot of themselves in relation to others. new mural ordinance? clout didn’t step forward at the brands for themselves, personal logos so that There’s a kind of connectedness I’m not really aware of time that these things occurred, that we need to access again. they can become rich and famous. problems, but I do know that and they could have. One reason the process is pretty well spelled could be because the mural form Now it’s time to teach them other lessons. The Foster the People mural out and that it’s quite simple, has always been considered — Judy Baca in downtown Los Angeles, a although it does have some a form that was designated to reproduction of the band’s bureaucratic steps. But I think minorities — that it came out latest album cover, has Are younger muralists There was a period of time that in general everyone has an of minority communities and provoked discussion about where everything was stalled and interested in the same kinds equitable chance to get a permit. therefore it wasn’t real art. So the differences between there was some talk on the street of expressions as artists in the The mural ordinance is a step their job was about [protecting] commercial and public art. 1970s? about why not paint a mural if in the right direction. The fact larger art with a commercial How is the art world grappling I don’t think so. We’ve gone they were eventually going to that we have an ordinance that interest. with those distinctions? through a period of an absence be approved. I’m not sure if it’s will allow for the production of The Foster the People mural risky or not because I’m not sure of teaching young muralists new works on private buildings There have been 32 mural is exactly what we don’t want. that tradition of social justice, that the Cultural Affairs Dept. is a critical step forward. We’re applications submitted so far What has happened is that and as a result of that there was is in the position to have the talking about a moratorium under the mural ordinance people do this under the guise permitting process fully running no training. The only training that went on for over 10 years. — eight of them completed, of making a fine artwork so was through street artists and yet. I think there’s going to be a SPARC was very consistent 16 still being processed, three that they could do advertising corporations. And unfortunately, through all of that period, fighting withdrawn, three rejected and lot of trial and error for a while for free. I don’t think there’s with this new permitting process. [young artists] learned those and advocating for the changes to two expired, according to the anything wrong with painting It might have to be tweaked. But lessons well. You talk to a lot of that ordinance and for a better and city’s Cultural Affairs Dept. more equitable way of dealing So it must be that many of the the best news is that the city has graffiti artists today and they talk something like that. It’s an album cover — just pay the fee. to you about “coverage,” about with public art. It’s unfortunate murals going up locally aren’t said, “We did the wrong thing. “branding.” They talk a lot about Don’t pretend it’s public art, We need to preserve this work that we don’t have a united front going through the permit because it’s not. creating brands for themselves, within the arts community. Our process. Is that a risky move for and we have to recognize this personal logos so that they can work.” major organizations like LACMA an artist? (Continued on page 34)
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Bikers, bands and babes gather Saturday for the 7th annual Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally By Elliot Stiller Old becomes new once again on Saturday when the Venice Vintage Motorcycle Club leads a rumbling parade of hundreds of bikes into town to kick off their seventh annual club rally. A daylong celebration of the allure of classic motorcycles that has grown to attract thousands of onlookers — bike enthusiasts and the bike-curious alike — the Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally gathers a dazzling display of showpiece rides as well as vendors and musical acts in the Venice Farmers Market lot at Dell Avenue and Venice Boulevard, where at 3 p.m. a bevy of retro-style beauties compete in the Miss Venice Vintage Pin-up Contest. To start the day, the Venice Vintage Motorcycle Club’s 28 members hop on their pre-’78 classics at 9 a.m. to be joined by hundreds of other riders in a cruise from The Stronghold on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, up PCH to Malibu and back down for an 11 a.m. arrival at the rally. The club itself has grown into a local institution from humble beginnings in an Abbot Kinney garage.
“We wear the patch with pride — it’s like a rock-star lifestyle. When we pull up outside a bar running 35 bikes deep, everyone stops and looks,” says Brady Walker, an avid bike collector who’ll be riding his ’68 Triumph TR6C DualSport Custom. When Walker stumbled upon the scene in 2008, the club was just emerging from the three-car garage where in 2006 Shannon Sweeney had opened SS Classics to restore and customize vintage motorcycles. Sweeney’s clients became riding buddies and supporters who brought him other customers, setting in motion a chain of events that turned Wednesday-night meetings at the garage into full-on parties bookended by the thunderous coming-and-going of bikes out for a night ride. When the group grew 20-strong, Sweeney decided to make it an official club. Walker had already been throwing events in Venice for years. Drinking bourbon on the back balcony of The Stronghold one night, an idea struck: a massive party dedicated to vintage bikes. In a flurry of planning and permit-gathering, the first Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally went
A rally visitor tries out a classic Birmingham Small Arms Co. bike on display for last year’s open vintage bike contest
off in 2008, launching an annual tradition. To join the club, there are some rules: You must own a pre-’78 bike, attend club gatherings for at least a year and, according to the group’s website, “You can’t be a major tool.” “You gotta meet everyone and be accepted by everyone. We want to make sure you’re not in it for a fleeting moment,” says Walker, a 38-year-old audio engineer. The club’s members, ages 23 to 50, come from all walks
of life. They continue to meet Wednesdays to barhop, see shows or have dinner, sometimes joined by celebrity guests (including musician Pink recently) as they head up or down the coast. There’s something addicting about riding in a group,” says Sweeney, 46. “You catch up on peoples’ lives. It definitely made my life better. It’s like therapy.” The club also hosts a regular ride the third Sunday of each month, when they’re typically joined by 60 to 80 riders. Despite the emphasis on bikes of yore, "We don"t dwell on the past or think about the future. We live in the moment,” Walker says. Why vintage bikes then? Built for speed and agility, their tucked-in handlebars let the rider cut the wind and indented fuel tanks give the knees a place to grip. Most club bikes are café' racers, meaning they're stripped down to the bare essentials for a lean-and-mean feel. Some describe the siren’s call of two-wheeled machines as an addiction or disease. That includes Ed Milich, a two-time American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association national champion turned rider/grease-monkey/ poet. Milich is reading from his volumes of prose and verse — “wrenched,” “fueled” and “bottom deadcenter” — between band sets and other activities during
the rally. From a piece called “Enlightenment”: “… bikes are bought and sold, and, in between, they break. / They’re all piles. / Keep this thought close by /and no motorcycle will ever truly disappoint you.” The rock, country and rockabilly music bill kicks off with the Rocking Scoundrels at 11 a.m., followed by the Highland Hawks at noon, an open vintage bike contest at 1 p.m., singer Curly Wolf at 2 p.m. and then, of course, the pin-up contest. Judges — including Dogtown legend Jeff Ho, Rebel Pin-up founder Nick Dee and hostess Nik Falco of Trim Hair Salon — are looking for retro or rockabilly pizzazz in a winner. The Youts reclaim the stage at 5 p.m., followed by a charity bike raffle benefitting the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation. The grand prize: a café-style 1973 Honda CB 350 G StreetTracker customized by club member Scott DiLalla. Carter Falco and the Hell City Rockers close out the rally from 6 to 7 p.m. “It’s such a fun event. It brings so much happiness,” Walker says. ª The Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at 2150 Dell Ave., Venice. The event is free to attend, but it’s $5 to park your bike. venicevintage.com
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account. People want a good glass of wine, just that. My wife Wine knowledge is critical is pregnant right now and not at the high end. Have your drinking, and for the last eight servers tasted the expensive months when I go out with her, bottles that you sell? I am drinking by myself. I tell Restaurant owners have a the server to bring me a glass of choice. It costs a lot of money white and a glass of red — but to educate the staff, but an tell me the wines, and when educated staff sells better wine, those bottles were opened. Was Some people identify as white keeps people coming back. At it three days ago, two days ago, wine or red wine drinkers — Valentino we are famous for our or are you going to open it for they’ll order white wine with wine list — our wine program me right now? Because I have lamb, red with oysters. — and you can’t do this without asked they know that I know, They do a disservice to people who can answer any and they won’t serve me crap themselves. The wine will not question. You ask about how because I’ll send it right back. make any sense. Some of the servers know about an $800 Whites last at most two days, old rules about pairings are still bottle of Barolo. At the right big reds with a lot of structure valid — pairing oysters with times we do open some of these perhaps as much as three. You chardonnay or a good sparkling for the staff, and there is also have to ask. If a restaurant is California wine. Some are not always the generous customer foolish enough to put a very valid — there are red wines that who shares with the server. expensive bottle on the by-theare soft and go very well with glass list, they will open it for fish, though not shellfish. At the (When I expressed incredulity someone who buys one glass. end it is your palate that dictates that customers would share Then it might sit on the shelf the rules, but there are some wine that was that expensive, for a week, and when someone things that just don’t work. Selvaggio called over a server orders another, it will be a pretty It’s like when someone has a named Giuseppe and asked, sad glass of wine. beautiful pasta with clams and “That table last week that they ask, “Can I have cheese spent $3,000 on wine — did Tell us about the mark-up on top?” I want to say, “No, they drink all of it?” Giuseppe in restaurants, and why it is please don’t,” but they are the replied, “They drank half of customer, and if they order a the first bottle that cost $1,300, higher than buying retail. When you order a bottle of chardonnay with robust meat, I and the rest he shared with the cannot say no. staff, including the kitchen. The wine in a good restaurant, you pay for more than just that bottle second bottle was $1,500, and — you pay for the sommelier How do Californians who he shared it also with the staff, who is in the restaurant to know the names of only a few and with tables near him in advise diners, for the wine buyer producers find the good ones? the dining room.” When asked you never see who is upstairs Everybody now walks around if that was one of the days he right now researching what is with an iPad, and they can look really liked his job, Giuseppe things up. Don’t buy a wine affirmed that it was — and they going to be added to the list. You are paying for the expertise, because one reviewer likes tipped well, too.) and you are getting the service, it; look for the ones where there are many opinions. In At some restaurants only poor the professional advice, the restaurants, ask your server for quality wines are available by presentation, the ceremony. a recommendation, and ask the glass, so you have to order You have the feeling that these them why they suggest that one. a bottle to get anything decent. professionals are taking care of Any decent restaurant today They don’t have any clue, and you, and they are. will have a wine professional, there is no reason they should Any final thoughts? or at least among the servers stay in business. That is an old Be true to yourself. You don’t there will be one who knows his attitude, and you cannot play need to impress people with a stock best. In Valentino’s if you these games any more. People don’t drink like they used to — glass of expensive wine; you ask a server about a wine and a bottle of white and a bottle of need one that suits what you they can’t explain enough to ª satisfy you, they will come get red, and charge it to the expense are having. me and I will take care of it.
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“In the heart of downtown Culver City, minutes from The Fountain, movie theaters and the weekly Farmer’s Market, these three-story, three bedroom homes have bright open floor plans,” say agents Todd Miller and Scott Walker. “With lots of natural light and ten-foot ceilings, the formal living areas have wood flooring, a fireplace and picture windows. The gourmet kitchen has stainless steel appliances, a large center island, and opens to the dining area, family room and a balcony, great for entertaining. Features include recessed lights, central air and heat, a powder room, and direct access to a private two-car garage. All three bedrooms and the laundry room are upstairs. The master suite has views of the Culver City Hills, and the master bathroom has a spa tub, tiled shower and his-and-her sinks. The guest bedrooms have views of the historic Culver Hotel. These homes are a stone’s throw from all the great restaurants in downtown Culver City, and not far from the Light Rail station, the dog park, Bill Botts Park and the bike path. www.VanBurenTownhomes.com.”
The properties are offered from $969,000 to $1,029,000. Information, Todd Miller (310) 923-5353, and Scott Walker (310) 709-6807, Keller Williams Realty. September 11, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 23
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Townhome in Marina del Rey
“This two bedroom, 2.5 bath split-level town home has lots of natural light throughout,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The (Part 1 of 2) living room has hardwood floors, high ceilings and a fireplace, and leads to a large patio, while the open kitchen connects ll by yourself? You’re in fine company. to resume their rise as we near a full housing to the dining area. The master suite has a sitting area and a In fact, singles make up roughly onebalcony overlooking the lush grounds, and the second bedroom recovery, aligned with the recovery of in-four households in California, up faces the green belt. Villa Alicante is a gated community with California’s economy and job market. That’s sparkling pools, spas, clubhouse and guest parking. Just blocks sharply from just a decade ago when singles because individuals with incomes are more to the beach, shopping, restaurants, theaters, bike path and more.” The property is offered at consisted of one-in-five households. financially confident to live on their own, $699,000. Information, Jesse Weinberg, Keller Williams Marina/LA Realty, (800) 804-9132. One-person households peaked in 2008, without the added security of a roommate, decreasing on the heels of the 2008 recession. partner or familial aid to help with the bills. However, while one-person households dipped Editor’s note – Jobs are expected to return following the recession, as many young adults to their pre-recession number by the end of moved back in with mom and dad or otherwise 2014. However, considering the intervening “This is a rare waterside three bedroom, two bath home,” found shelter with roommates, the drop was population gain of 1.2 million, the employment says agent Charles Lederman. “Enjoy the view from the actually not that significant. Having peaked rate is expected to recover fully around 2019. patio and floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room, master at 25% in 2008, today one-person households Homebuyers are looking a bit more mature bedroom and second bedroom. The open kitchen has granite make up 24.4% of all households, seen in the lately. While some eager homebuyers choose counters. This is a light and bright unit where the third chart below. to skip marriage and become homeowners, bedroom can be used as a den or office. Enjoy all amenities of Marina City Club: huge executive gym, free classes, many will choose to remain swimming pools, gourmet restaurant and bar, daytime cafe, renters in the interim. After 2012 2011 2010 and 24-hour gated and guarded security, all within walking distance of the beach and many all, renting is often more One-Person Households 24.4% 24.5% 24.2% affordable than buying in the restaurants.”The property is offered at $789,000. Information, Charles Lederman & Associates, (310) 821-8980. Married Individuals 46.1% 46.5% 46.9% city, where restrictive zoning causes prices to be out of reach for most young singles. Of It’s easy to assume all of these one-person course, these prices will eventually fall into “This exquisite single-level corner penthouse in Playa Vista households are renters. However, increasingly line with local incomes, but in the meantime has sweeping views of the ocean, bluffs and wetlands,” says more singles are striking out on their own to it means a languishing homeownership rate, agent Debra Berman. “This is an entertainer's dream with become homeowners. which stands at 54.5% statewide as of Q1 a dramatic great room, a gourmet kitchen with stainless Who are these single homebuyers? Most 2014. appliances and a breakfast bar, and a luxurious master suite. of them are women. In 2013, 18% of all An older generation of homebuyers is not The third bedroom could be used as an office or den, and there homebuyers were single women, as opposed all bad news though. Generation Y (Gen are 2.5 baths and a laundry room. Enjoy all Playa Vista has to to single men who made up 10% of all Y) is collectively coming of home-buying offer: The CenterPointe Club with two pools, a Jacuzzi and a age very soon. This demographic group is gym, 19 parks, shopping, beach shuttle, tennis, and several dog parks.” The property is offered at homebuyers nationally, according to the National Association of Realtors. large, rising by 300,000 individuals from $1,224,000. Information, Berman, Kandel, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 424-5512. In California, just below 45% of women 2008-2012. However, Gen Y had the great over the age of 15 are married, as of the 2012 misfortune of entering the job market at the Census. However, a higher percentage of men outset of the 2008 recession. The good news “This sleek and sophisticated modern home has an airy over 15 are married, at just over 47%. Most is that, as California’s economy heats up in living room with a designer fireplace and a wall of glass significantly, the marriage rate has declined the coming years, rising numbers of (finally doors opening to a redwood deck and a private backyard swiftly for both genders, as 51% of women and employed) Gen Y-ers are expected to add heat with a pool and spa,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The 54% of men over the age of 15 were married to the housing market. They might be renting cook’s kitchen has Viking appliances and a marble center in 2000. now, but those home purchases are coming in island. Upstairs, the master suite has a private balcony and Moreover, while the percentage of one-person earnest, right around 2018-2020. a spa-like full bath. Four additional bedrooms and baths, households has remained mostly the same This week’s question is answered by Carrie wide plank wood floors, a powder room and separate laundry since 2009 (increasing throughout the early B. Reyes, firsttuesday Journal Online room complete this marvelous home, perfect for today’s savvy buyer.”The property is offered at 2000s), the marriage rate has continued to drop firsttuesdayjournal.com, P.O. Box 5705, $1,995,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828. each year. Thus expect one-person households Riverside, CA 92517.
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3/2 Spacious, updated home on large corner lot 3/2 Exceptional home, West of Lincoln quality 5/5.5 Contemporary open family living 2/1.5 Lushly landscaped, beautiful, great location 3/2 Spacious layout w/large bkyd in No. Kentwood 2/1 Great curb appeal in coveted North Kentwood 3/2 Inviting & spacious w/park like backyard 3/2.5 Designer perfect prime North Kentwood home 3/2 Great curb appeal w/open floor plan 4/2 Corner lot, 1815sf, pool, 2 car garage
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Westside Happenings
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Sol Men
Local duo returns with a multi-media show at the Moss By Michael Aushenker In what they are calling "a multimedia extravaganza," Dúo del Sol performs Saturday for the launch of the new “Hardly Strictly Classical” music series at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre in Santa Monica. Guitarist Tom Farrell and violinist Javier Orman – the "duo" in Dúo del Sol – combine world, jazz and art-rock music. On Saturday they premiere their music video “Me Hace Bien,” directed by Dustin Brown, on a big screen during the concert. Also during the show, video artist Matt Medwid projects
visual animation and time-lapse sequences and choreographer Roni Blak brings her Blak & Blue Dance Project to the stage, collaborating on such songs as “Tightrope” and “While You Were Gone” from Dúo del Sol’s debut album, “Hello Kaleidoscope.” Opera singer Janai Brugger and pianist Starr Parodi also perform. Funded by Sarah Coade Mandell and Peter Mandell in partnership with the Coalition for Engaged Education, the ongoing all-ages events are free to attend, or donate $10 to the coalition for early seating and to attend a reception with the artists. Born in Israel and raised in the artsy port
city of Montevideo, Uruguay, Orman lists Radiohead and Mahler among his influences while Chicago-bred Farrell grew up enjoying Black Sabbath, Metallica and The Cult. “We’ve definitely been influenced by dance music, from Manu Chau to electronic music,” Orman said. Venice resident Farrell and Santa Monicabased Orman met in late 2010 while working at a Santa Monica-based nonprofit school, Sol-LA Music Academy. Farrell also leads Tom Farrell Music, a musical instruction business, holding teen rock band showcases at Venice’s Talking Stick. Last September, Dúo del Sol crowd-funded "Hello Kaleidoscope," recorded at Venice's Beacon Street Studios, to the tune of $18,000. "I continuously discover new sounds and new ways of approaching this instrument," Farrell said. "The guitar in Dúo del Sol is the drum set, the bass, the cello and the mandolin." The Independent Music Awards nominated “Hello” for “Best Instrumental Album,” while Premios Graffiti, the Uruguayan music awards, nominated it in the category of “Best Instrumental Album in the Vanguard.” Up next for Dúo del Sol: more touring. Later this month, Dúo del Sol plays Colorado Springs and Denver. In November, they perform in Chicago and Indianapolis. They are also readying their new single, 'La Ciudad,” for digital distribution. "Hardly Strictly Classical" presents Dúo del Sol at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater, New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 8285582; duodesol.com michael@argonautnews.com
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Public noticeS NOTICE TO CREDITORs OF bULK sALE (secs. 6104, 6105 U.C.C.) Escrow No. 14-3256-Db NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The name(s) and business address(es) of the seller(s) are: WITZEND, LLC, 8200 WILSHIRE BLVD, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 The location in California of the Chief Executive Office of the seller is: 1711-1717 LINCOLN BLVD, VENICE, CA 92091 As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: NONE The name(s) and business address(es) of the buyer(s) are: PEDRO’S LLC, 1225 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD, #B, VENICE, CA 90291 The assets being sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, AND INVENTORY which are located at: 1711-1717 LINCOLN BLVD, VENICE, CA 92091 The business name used by the seller at that location is : WITZEND The anticipated sale date is SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 at the office of: CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ESCROW, INC, 1748 MAIN ST, ESCALON, CA 95320 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ESCROW, INC, 1748 MAIN ST, ESCALON, CA 95320, and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above. Dated: JULY 22, 2014 PEDRO’S LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Buyer(s) LA1453258C THE ARGONAUT 9/11/14
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responsibilities: Provide care, development and instruction to children. Provide leadership to staff, families and children. Supervise daily activities and operation of the center. Ensure activities in accordance with Community Care Licensing and the Department of Education. Prepare related reports and monthly curriculum according to the DRDP. Maintain accurate records and attend required meetings as needed. Qualifications: High school diploma or GED. Must be 18 years or older. Minimum 15 ECE semester/quarter equivalent units, including 3 units in Administration & Supervision and 4 years of experience working with children in a licensed or comparable center. Current 15 hour infant, child and adult CPR and First Aid Certificates. Current Health Screening and T. B. Clearance. Bilingual English / Spanish Required. location: Los Angeles - 90045 hours: P/T, 15 - 20 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Salary: $12.00 per hour Benefits to include: Vacation & Sick accrual
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responsibilities: The Associate Teacher St. anastasia after School Program will assist the Site Supervisor in impleresponsibilities: The Child Care Teacher menting the program curriculum will instruct school-age children in Participate in the DRDP activities designed to promote social, Supervise and directly interact with chilphysical and intellectual growth. Assists dren in a warm and positive manner. the site supervisor with development Communicate positively with children, and delivery of child care curriculum. Re- parents, and staff. sponsible for the general supervision and Ensures the safety and health of the management of up to 14 children. Plans, supervises, and implements program cur- children. Assist children with homework. riculum for the site. Structures program to the needs of the children with concern Participate in preparation of snacks. Responsible for the cleanliness and for their interests, special talents, and safety of the classroom. individual style. Ensures the safety and Circulates and participate with the chilhealth of children. Responsible for the cleanliness and safety of the classroom. dren indoors/outdoors. Supervises assigned Child Care Teacher Observe and document children accordAide. Circulates among the children ing to curriculum activity. indoors/outdoors. Assists site supervisor Qualifications: Must hold a current in the preparation and service of snacks. Associate Teacher Permit. Maintain effective communication with Current Infant and Adult CPR and Pediatparents. Must observe and document children according to curriculum activity. ric First Aid certificate. Knowledge of Community Care LicensQualifications: Must have 12 ECE units ing, Title 22 Rules & Regulations. and at least 6 months of experience Knowledge of Title 5 with the Schoolworking in a licensed child care center. Age DRDP measures. Must have valid 15 hour infant child and adult CPR certificate (Preventative location: Los Angeles (90011) Health/Safety). Must have TB clearance. hours: Part-time, 25 hours per week, location: St. Anastasia (90045) M-F, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm hours: Part-time, M-F, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Salary: $12.68 per hour Salary: $11.26 per hour Benefits to include: Vacation & Sick accrual
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