Gallery 1988 on Melrose just unveiled one of their most popular annual art shows – Crazy 4 Cult. Long time film aficionado and gallery bossman Jensen Karp, “For years I had wanted to ask a group of artists to have a show which pays tribute to their favorite films.” Now in its 5th incarnation, this group show had asked for submissions from 100 pop-artists practicing various mediums to interpret some of their favorite cult celluloid.
Allan Amato is a well-known photographer in LA. His impossibly slick, surreal photos have captured everyone from world-renowned celebrities to the hottest girls and boys of the underground. I first fell in love with his portrait of Selena Luna (the legendary 3-foot-tall “pocket Venus” of the burlesque scene) that graced the cover of Coilhouse.
When Allan’s best friend Becky was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the young age of 29, he decided to use his camera skills to help.
The weekend is upon us! While perusing the interweb for an excuse to imbibe alcoholic spirits while having a laugh directly before I black out…I discovered Hollywood Babble On. Every Saturday night at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City Walk, funny men, Ralph Garman (of Sharktopus and KROQ fame) and Kevin Smith (Writer/Director) get together, tie one on, and attempt to let us into their private jokes and twisted humor.
If anything, Kevin Smith’s happy hour and Smodcast was a thankful reassurance that he, Jason Mewes and Scott Mosier are really just replicants of their on-screen counterparts — so if you’re easily offended by any dialogue or language from his movies, stop here. Then again, one might ask: why the f**k would you be reading this?
But I actually didn’t even find out about the live podcast until the last minute — getting into it was a bit cloak-and-dagger, but made it seem more worth it just because it was a bit of a challenge. To get your ticket you had to:
1)check the Smodcast Facebook page at certain times of the day,
2)get to a certain divulged location within 5 minutes, and
3)say a password to one of Kevin’s pals at ETNIES who were sponsoring the project. It was being held at the SE Hotel downtown, a mile or two from the convention center — so after getting the password (“Silent Bob”) I grabbed my sh*t and hauled ass down to the SE.
