Category Archives: hollywood
another day in hollywood: like a corkscrew to my heart
Long series of digital photographs aborted by my own profound camera incompetence. Too bad. Only six survivors:
bleedin' life down in los angeleyze
1-3. Angels Flight. World’s shortest railway. Maybe. 4. Hotel Clark. 5. 5601 Hollywood Blvd. Next door to an empty lot with an invisible palace that can be seen only when the liquor store across the street extinguishes its lights. 6. … Continue reading
Wherein Matt Drudge Didst Live Whilst He Wost an Hollywood Lad
The Fontenoy Apartments. 1811 N. Whitley Ave, Hollywood, California, 90028. One of the old & long standing residences. Unremarkable except for the mid-to-late 1990s occupant of room #901. Our Patron Saint, Matt Drudge. From this structure, looming down on pre-”Renaissance … Continue reading
street flier art from little armenia
With zero understanding of the Armenian language, and knowing very little about the current state of Armenia, I won’t hazard a guess. This is one of three fliers that started appearing about two weeks ago– the first is nearly identical, … Continue reading
From the archives: Sunset Vine Tower Fire 5/31/05
These images come from a pre-residency trip to Los Angeles– May and June 2005. Considering the amount of chaos & personal change that’s occurred since, I am unable, literally unable, to comprehend that it’s only been 2 Years and 10 … Continue reading
I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose
black widow: the joys of california
Ah Cali, Cali, what joys you bring:
3am peep show
The roof of my garage is one my neighborhood’s major wildlife conduits– I’ve seen feral cats, astonishingly large raccoons and other things unknown. Finally an opossum:
what can Samson DeBrier get for $10? any thing he want
The famous home of the late Samson DeBrier– 6026 Barton Ave, between Vine & El Centro– is for sale. This is the perfect investment for anyone who wants to own a massively historic piece of 1950s pre-hippie LA freak history. … Continue reading
and what exactly is a joke? and what exactly is a dream?
There’s something sad about having been to Twin Towers & Central Arraignment enough to know the way without having to consult Google Maps– but LA always sucks one into its weird world of law enforcement. Way back in ’05, on … Continue reading
Prophet Olga Returns
As reported earlier, Prophet Olga’s second due-date for the appearance of Jesus Christ in Echo Park came and went. I had wondered if this would be the end of Olga’s street ministry & publicly posted Xeroxed broadsides– but huzzah! Olga’s … Continue reading
wussup cerote
Found at 2pm on July 18th: “wussup cerote Hopefully you had a good time at Rito cus I do when I go. Damen(?) Hopefully you won the championship by the time you get this. Aight then foo latez”
DANZIG'S HOUSE
In honor of The Lost Tracks of Danzig being released, I decided I’d go and take pictures of Glenn Danzig’s house. Mostly the only pictures online of the house are not-so-great images of creepy goth kids standing in front. Anyway, … Continue reading
Prophet Olga, Los Angeles, Echo Park, and Me
So there’s this woman in Los Angeles named Prophet Olga Soto, who is infamous for predicting the appearance of Jesus at the lake in Echo Park. If you aren’t from LA, you know Echo Park and its lake from the … Continue reading
You live in a bad neighborhood #s 1 & 2
This was to be first in a comical series of examples about my neighborhood and my inability to discern a quote-ghetto-unquote from anything short of a subdivision where the median income is $200k/yr. I was here for half a year … Continue reading
The saddest thing in the world
It’s hardly better than trash-picking but I am an aficionado of taking fliers from light-poles. Today I came across one for a missing dog, lulu– it’s both sad and also (unintentionally) the funniest & weirdest thing I’ve seen in a … Continue reading
B.B. stands for Bertolt Brecht
Yay for the Wayback Machine– it allowed me to find the now dead transcript of Bertolt Brecht’s HUAC testimony during the first wave of Hollywood Blacklist hearings. Unlike the ten who refused to testify, Brecht, rather concerned that he might … Continue reading
back in 99, watching movies all the time
Big day in Hollywood: Paris Hilton thrown back in jail. Much schadenfreude on all sides. In celebration, here’s another weird book from the junk shop. A copy of the 14th printing of None Dare Call It Treason by John A. … Continue reading
we invented the zero
An experiment I’ve been conducting since moving to Los Angeles: not buying books deliberately. This is not to imply abstinence, merely that I’ve opted to not acquire books based on my desire for them, instead letting fate and chance determine … Continue reading