The Most Delicious Fireworks Ever
July 3rd, 2009To commemorate this weekend’s Fourth festivities here’s stop motion master PES doing it again, this time with the sweetest display of Fireworks you’ll ever see. Stay tasty America!
To commemorate this weekend’s Fourth festivities here’s stop motion master PES doing it again, this time with the sweetest display of Fireworks you’ll ever see. Stay tasty America!
If you’re in town this weekend and you love watching films in a cemetery you’re in luck as LA brings you two classics along with some cartoons from your childhood jumbled just for you.

Superstar comic book writer Grant Morrison (Batman, Justice League of America, The Invisibles, New X-Men, etc.) makes his way to Meltdown comics on Sunset (Los Angeles’ 2nd best comic book shop) to sign copies of his latest smash hit, Batman and Robin. Also marking Mr. Morrison’s big return to LA will be a pre-book signing conversation with horror icon Clive Barker and music provided by IHEARTCOMIX mastermind Frankie Chan. Between tonight’s appearance of Morrison at Meltdown and Paper Rad’s performance art at Family, many a comic book nerd will surely be sleeping well.
Grant Morrison book signing Meltdown Comics Wednesday July 1st, 6-9pm 7522 Sunset Blvd. L.A. CA, 90046 Drinks provided by Asahi and Tibetan TeaHere’s a clip of the Bald Wonder waxing philosophical on the state of comic book movies from G4tv:
By now you’ve all seen the global peace through music project which quickly became an internet phenom, Playing for Change. And if you haven’t, now’s your chance to actually see this one of a kind band perform live as the Playing for Change players come to Los Angeles for a sunset performance that will continue through the night at the Santa Monica pier. Read more about the project here and check the first of the “songs around the world” if you need to refresh your memory:
Playing For Change Santa Monica Pier Thursday July 2nd, 7-10pm FREE!Jacob Ciocci, founding member of East Coast art collective Paper Rad, heads West and shows his latest art damaged offerings at Family on Fairfax with a bonus musical performance by David Wightman as the Fortress of Amplitude. An audio visual performance sure to leave you saying, “what the f?!” but in a totally good way of course. More from the Family members:
“Jacob Ciocci will present a new 20-minute mix of original videos and animations, and perform ‘I Let My Nightmares Go’ featuring video and dance moves that grapple with mental demons, web 2.0, G.O.D., 21st-century breakdown, real lies and fake truths, cartoon violence, and awareness bracelets.”
Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad) and Fortress of Amplitude Family Wednesday July 1st, 7pm FREE!A sampling of one of Jacob’s latest, “The Peace Tape”:
Apparently the sweet Laker loving ila is not just a fantastic post producer who I recently worked with on Motion Theory’s Green Day Comcast commercial but she’s also a fantastic singer/song writer who performs with her imaginary friends, including a one very badass Andy Soria of Imaginary Forces. Catch two Filipino’s for the price of one as they serenade you with lovely musics tonight at West Hollywood’s Cat Club at 9:30!
ila and her imaginary friends The Cat Club Tuesday June 30th, 9:30pmHere’s ila and one of her imaginary friends back in January:
The directing duo of Terri Timely (Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey) create Synesthesia, a short film that will completely challenge your senses and make you think twice before the next time you stick random plugs into your bellybutton. Thanks to Yosi Sergant, our Manifest Hope mastermind and now clean shaven chief spokesman for the National Endowment for the Arts, for passing it along.
From the terribly terrific Terri Timely:
“syn·es·the·sia syn·aes·the·sia (sĭn’ĭs-thē’zhə)
n.
A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.”
This weekend’s events and openings look swell and all but you know the whole world will be dancing their collective asses off to the music of Michael all weekend long. So tonight, you gotta leave that 9-5 up on the shelf and just enjoy yourself!
Where It Was At: A Propaganda and Satellite Films Tribute
LA Film Festival
Friday Jun 26th, 7:30pm
Landmark 8
10850 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
True Stories presented by Tim and Eric
Silent Movie Theater
Friday June 26th, 8:00pm
611 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Subliminal Projects presents Park Life: The New Utopia
Studio Number One
APAK-Rainbow Garden
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 6-9pmINVADER-Top 10 WK Interact-Motion Portraits Jonathan LeVine Gallery Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 7pm—9pm 529 West 20th Street, 9th floor New York, NY 10011 Shows run from June 27 through July 25, 2009

More from the locals:
“Local Silverlake peeps have come together to put their items on display. There’s gonna be music, $1 refreshments (margaritas, mimosas, & lemonade) and the CUTEST KITCHEN BOUTIQUE selling HOMEMADE VEGAN BAKED TREATS and CANNED GOODS.
Other items you will find on your hunt: VINTAGE bags, shoes and clothing. ANTIQUES, HANDCRAFTED CLOTHING, RECORDS, BOOKS, HANDMADE TERRARIUMS, ORGANIC APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, ORIGINAL ART and so much more!”
Yes, both of these stellar stop motion pieces are years old. And yes, you most likely have seen both of them. But damn it, they look delicious and I’m hungry.
Food Fight (2008) by Stefan Nadelman for Tourist Pictures
“An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict.”
Game Over (2006) by PES
“The concept of Game Over was to take something electronic and remake it by hand, and essentially do it in this style that I’ve been developing where familiar objects that look like other things are swapped in.”
And now I’m even hungrier.