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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!

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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.

• Silver Lake’s Secret Headquarters bring yet another talented artist into the fold as Jeremy Eaton unveils his latest series of his popular Cartoon Jumbles this Friday. More from the Secret Heads here.

• With this year’s crop of summer blockbusters completely sucking so far (aside from Star Trek of course, Terminator+Transformers=trash), it’s nice to see a true summer hit back on the screen when the daddy of them all comes to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as Cinespia presents Speilberg’s 1975 classic, Jaws.

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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.

Here’s a clip of the Bald Wonder waxing philosophical on the state of comic book movies from G4tv:

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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:

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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.”

A sampling of one of Jacob’s latest, “The Peace Tape”:

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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!

Here’s ila and one of her imaginary friends back in January:

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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.”

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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!

• The LA Film Festival pays tribute to some of the most iconic music videos that completely raised the bar with Where It Was At: A Propaganda and Satellite Films Tribute featuring classic clips from Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Mark Romanek, Stephane Sednaoui, and more. Also, the Propaganda Class Reunion, with many of the co-founders and early executives, will follow the Friday, June 26 screening!

• The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax conclude their Comedy Death Ray (Upright Citizens Brigade) series with Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric presenting David Byrne’s 1985 quirky look at Texas with True Stories. Bonus: Tim and Eric will be presenting a sneak preview of some of their latest sketch work from their hilariously creepy show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

• The second installment of Subliminal Project’s Park Life series brings together a diverse group of creatives for the opening of The New Utopia at Echo Park’s Studio Number One. Featuring Shepard Fairey, Amanda Fairey, Florencio Zavala, Cleon Peterson, Zach Gibson, Kristian Henson, Casey Ryder, Jesselisa Moretti, Simon Steinhardt, Philip Lumbang, Ernesto Yerena, Marissa Textor, Adrianne Read, Jeremy Kaplan, Fighting, Seth Ferris, Sage Vaughn, Maya Hayuk, Michael Muller, Mansi Shah, Tanya Rubbak, Gail Swanlund, Jeremy Landman, Nicholas Bowers, Spencer Elden, Z James, Edwin Bethea, Eric Elms, The Date Farmers, Devin Gallagher, HelloVon and more…

• APAK (husband and wife duo of Aaron Piland and Ayumi Kajikawa Piland) bring their magical little creatures to Hollywood’s Tinlark Gallery with their Rainbow Garden.

• Korin Faught’s hauntingly beautiful paintings come to the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City with her solo show Echo.

• INVADER and WK Ineteract dually attack New York’s Jonathan Levine Gallery with their respective solo shows Top 10 and Motion Portrait.

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• Jack Long goes long with his latest paintings for his show Singing Her to Sleep at Giant Robot’s New York shop.

• And finally on Sunday, come to Silver Lake and Hunt and Gather in a garden filled with one of a kind treasures culled from the collections of local collectors.

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!”

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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.”

• For a breakdown of the actual battles portrayed in the film click here.
• And for the complete list of which foodstuffs represent which country click here.
  

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.”

• Read an interview with PES from the Animationshow.com about his Game Over inspirations and creations by clicking here.

And now I’m even hungrier.

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