Downtown LA in "Lopez Tonight" promo...

Its great to see George Lopez back on television. Its about time we have someone we brown people can relate to and identify with on late night TV. After all there's over 40 million of us Hispanics in the United States.

The show tapes at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
For tickets click here.

He joins this seasons new batch of late night talkers: Mo'Nique on BET, Brian McKnight on syndication and Wanda Sykes on FOX

Moenia coming to Conga Room@LA Live

The electronica/ synthpop group Moenia known to some as the Mexican Depeche Mode will be playing at the Conga Room @ L.A. Live Wed.- November 25, 2009

Sorry if you don't know Spanish- you can groove to the beats and sounds which are universal.

Tickets are on sale now: general admission- $38.50 and VIP-$55.00

Last time they played Los Angeles was in May at the House of Blues Sunset Strip.

Its interesting and weird how a song can take you back instantly to a time and a place. Must be that sense memory and maybe my internal, cerebral hard drive isn't that messed up.

Here is some videos of my favorite songs...


















- Que Siga la Fiesta

I Voted...

(2008-www.treasureimage.com)

I live in Montebello, a city 8 miles from Downtown Los Angeles.
It is part of Los Angeles County which has a population of over 9 million people.
I voted by mail- its fast and convenient for me.
The city of Montebello use to be known as the Latino Beverly Hills in the 80's.
As time wore on the migration of well to do Latinos headed towards the city of Whittier.
Today we are a middle class community in the north and working class on the south, i am on the east- the best of both worlds, suburban living yet urban adjacent.
With an estimated population of close to 70,000 people (sure to be confirmed and verified with the 2010 census coming up in March).
We have had our share of scandals, especially lately-the police dept being sued by a group of their officers and the 3 council members that voted to award a "no bid and exclusive 15 year contract" to Athens Disposal for trash removal.

This is how i voted....





related link- Montebello Chamber of Commerce

River Phoenix died today 16 years ago

in L.A.'s Koreatown @ Wilshire & Western

Solair: 22-stories high-rise condo living and retail at street level

Partial list of retail: Verizon wireless, Edible Arrangements, Haagen Dazs, HSBC bank, Samsung Express, Aroma Cafe, Palace Beauty Supply, Solair Cleaners, Hair Day Salon, Optical Boutique, Shabu Ya restaurant.

The Wiltern theater (before as Warner Bros.) opened as a cinema in October 7, 1931. Building Architects were Morgan,Walls & Clements. Theater architect was G. Albert Lansburgh, along with theater decorator Anthony Heinsbergen. The 2,344 seat theater was remodeled and re-opened in October 2002 as a concert venue.

The Mercury: high-rise mix of condo living and retail at street level.

retail includes: Bagelworks Cafe, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Jamba Juice and Yogurberry.

And its all easily accessible via Metro Purple line

- i LOVE it!

A Michael Jackson Tribute

a cappella medley you have to see...wow...made me tear up.

Almost ready for its close up...

(first look at the exterior of the almost ready to open store) 

 

(the "short-circuited" store that closed)

Los Angeles counties newest BEST BUY location is opening 8 miles southeast of Downtown LA in Montebello,CA 90640 at the Montebello Plaza shopping center- 2629 Via Campo, off the 60-Pomona Fwy.

It is expected to open the week of November 8th, date and time TBD.

related story-   Best Buy coming to Montebello!

Crackhead Hooker maces kid in LA Subway

Crackhead Hooker Maces KId - watch more funny videos

Ends 25 year run in Downtown Los Angeles

 (click image to enlarge)

last day movies and show times

 2003 photos from the Adam Martin collection <------- click on link for 16 awesome pictures of the theater-outside,lobby,concession stand and all 4 auditoriums which had a combined total of 800 seats.

The traditional style (aka no stadium seating) theater was never crowded like most megaplexes  of today.
You went to the Grande 4 not for the facilities but for the programming, a mix of Hollywood blockbusters and independent/foreign films.

The  theater was designed by architect Thomas Berkes ,whose Woodland Hills-based firm has been designing movie theaters since the 1980's

-FIN

Spoiled under-30 crowd !!!

I got the email below this morning and i could relate to it so much-since im now in my 3rd decade of life.
-love and hate los angeles

  Here it is.........

If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill.... barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that.... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
 

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take, like, a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
 

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!

There were no MP3' s or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished and the tape would come undone. Cause - that's how we rolled, dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either!
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You! had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

 

 

We didn't ha ve any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.... forever!
And you could never win... The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!! 

There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd
 

 

SKY-WRITING CAMPAIGN PAVES WAY FOR "V"

Beginning October 23 through November 3, the Visitors from "V" will mark the sky with their distinctive red "V" over several U.S. landmarks in different cities in preparation for their highly anticipated arrival to ABC on NOVEMBER 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET). The sky-written image will be visible multiple times during the day above and around the cities below at the times listed:
"V" skywriting dates and locations (subject to change due to weather):
Date/Time Location
October 23 -- 9:00 a.m. Boston, MA
October 23 -- 9:00 a.m. Minneapolis, MN
October 24 -- 9:00 a.m. San Francisco, CA
October 24 -- 9:00 a.m. Seattle, WA
October 24 -- 9:00 a.m. Orlando, FL
October 25 -- 9:00 a.m. Chicago, IL
October 25 -- 12:00 p.m. Hollywood, CA
October 25 -- 9:30 a.m. New York, NY
October 25 -- 2:15 p.m. Philadelphia, PA
October 26 -- 12:00 p.m. Tempe, AZ
October 26 -- 9:00 a.m. Atlanta, GA
October 27 -- 12:00 p.m. Dallas, TX
October 28 -- 4:15 p.m. Austin, TX
October 28 -- 9:00 a.m. Las Vegas, NV
October 31 -- 12:00 p.m. Hollywood, CA
October 31 -- 12:10 p.m. Hollywood, CA
October 31 -- 12:20 p.m. Los Angeles, CA
October 31 -- 12:00 p.m. Santa Monica, CA
October 31 -- 9:00 a.m. New York, NY
October 31 -- 9:15 a.m. New York, NY
October 31 -- 9:30 a.m. New York, NY
October 31 New York, NY (throughout the morning)
November 3 -- 12:00p.m. Hollywood, CA
November 3 -- 12:10 p.m. Hollywood, CA
November 3 -- 12:20 p.m. Los Angeles, CA
November 3 -- 12:00 p.m. Santa Monica, CA
About "V"
"V" PREMIERES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) -- "V" is a re-imagining of the 1980s' miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race. With huge spaceships simultaneously appearing over 29 cities around the world, the Visitors (or V's) seem to promote a message of peace. Through their generous offer to share advanced technology, the V's quickly build a following that may be overlooking a more malevolent agenda.
"V" stars Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna, and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker.

Thrill The World @ L.A. Live Downtown

Location: L.A. LIVE

Make sure to be there "at least" 3 hours before event starts to get in costumes, do make-up, do one last run-through, and check-in.

  Saturday, October 24,2009 at 5:30 p.m.(pst) - The main event!
  DO NOT BE LATE! We will dance at least twice.