Nightmares on Wax at the Fonda Theater

On June 22nd, I got to see Nightmares on Wax at the Fonda Theater!

I generally don't know anything about that sort of music. However a lot of my friends were fans of them, and my dad is a MASSIVE fan. So when I accidentally found that they were playing at the Fonda Theater, Dad said we HAD to go. 

For those that didn't know the history about the Fonda theater (I know I sure didn't) here is some information. The Fonda opened up in October 18 1926, and it originally called The Music Box. It's investors were some of the early greats, John Barrymore, John Gilbert, Reginald Denny, King Vidor, and Mae Murray.

It was originally a preforming play theater where hits like Fancy, Chicago, Glengarry Glenn Ross, and Driving Miss Daisy were preformed. 

In 1945 Fox West Coast purchased the building and gave it a spanish decor changing the stage theater into a movie theater. The Fonda played movies for 32 years. 

In 1985 the Music Box became the Fonda theater after actor Henry Fonda.

In 2012 the building was bought and changed into a music venue. Originally in 2002 the theater was briefly called the Music Box but then switched back into the Fonda Theater. 

Now my review on Nightmares on Wax.

Like I wrote before, I am not usually a fan of this type of music. I don't really get it, and it tends to bore me a bit. HOWEVER, this band really gives it their all. I have only seen one other band really try that hard and it was Ego-Wrappin' in Japan.

These boys have heart, and they play for themselves and not for the money. Well, the money is nice, but you can tell they are mostly there for the art. 

Watching them made me happy. It made me try to like their music. Truth be told their style is not my style, but their dedication is. They worked quite hard to do a good show, and if I liked their music, I would put them in my top three favorite concerts. They preform well, but I wasn't quite with them yet.

I enjoyed the show though, and I loved being in the Fonda theater.

Something AMAZING is brewin'!

Well some great things are coming from around the corner. 

First, I surpassed 100 views!




Damn right! Thank you so much for reading what I wrote, it really means a lot.

So since I made that promise that I would do a lookbook, I be spending my time working on that! I think the lookbook will be up in a couple of days.





Second, I am working on a literary magazine! The magazine will incorporate specific themes but probably be connected towards Los Angeles. I will talk about it later and give more information on how you can order it yourself. 




So there are a lot of fun things coming from a round the corner. Stay tuned and keep reading. Also THANK YOU so much for everything you've done! :)

My day trip to Venice

A couple of weekends ago I managed to go to Venice. Venice is a whole different world compared to East LA, so I'll just write about my basic observations.

Venice is beautiful. It is a city filled with the history of the silent movie era. It was the home of Marion Davies, Thelma Todd, and others. It is the city of canals and it sits right next to the beach. It offers art, beautiful sites, and the innovative Abbott Kinney is a clean hipster haven.

Compared to the east side, Venice shows off its wealth but denies even having it. Venice is like a rich rapper trying to claim he's from Compton, it just isn't the case. Venice is good to visit, but sometimes it can also be annoying.

I got to go see the Venice canals and eat at a restaurant called Gjelina.

I went to the Gjelina take away right after seeing the canals. I had the veggie sandwich and I asked them to make it vegan. Generally food in Abbott Kinney is quite easy to make vegan so there wasn't any problems with that request. 

The veggie sandwich was good. It wasn't AMAZING, but it was good. Using a massive variety of pickled vegetables, the sandwich becomes a standard vegetable sandwich. It wasn't awful and it did the job of filling me up. 

I only wish I was amazed.   

Venice is always a good place to visit. It is a combination of rich hipster and new age ideas that put it on the top of the map. If you have a day to spare, share it with Venice.

Lookbook for 100

I know it's nothing but I'm near to 100 views!

I think when I get 100 views I will do a lookbook of some Hollywood icons!

YAY!

SO coming soon is a Hollywood lookbook!

Going to Murphy's Ranch

I have successfully done one of the things I wanted to do this summer/ year.

I went to Murphy's Ranch!

I wanted to find some older photos of the area but I couldn't find them, but this is my experience to the wreck.

For those that haven't read the THOUSANDS of blog posts based on the history of Murphy's Ranch, nor seen the thousands of television segments based on the site, I will give you a small rundown.

Murphy's Ranch was built in 1930 in Rustic Canyon. It was owned by Winona and Norman Stephens, who were Nazi sympathizers. It was designed to be a base for the Nazi regime but it was raided on December 7th 1941 after Pearl Harbor. Afterwards, it was occupied by various other groups, hippies, homeless, whatever, and eventually it became abandoned in 1990. 

I've read about this, and I've seen a lot of the segments, but I never knew it was so easy to get to. I literally put it on my Apple maps and I found it. 

One of the first things I found was an abandoned car at the bottom of the cliff.

The initial journey starts off with a long hiking pathway. Being in Los Angeles hiking is a main component of life, so generally going to Murphy's Ranch wasn't a solo journey. 

Then, after a short walk, I found a gate with an opening. I went through the opening and walked down the stairs. 

Truthfully, the stairs were the best part about Murphy's Ranch. I found the stairs had so much to tell.

The stairs were our history. They were the path to evil comfortably placed in the center of nature. These stairs were covered completely with graffiti. The mixture of the urban and natural environments make a strong contrast that have to be seen. Walking down those stairs and seeing the last remnants of man made construction, you can see how weak we truly are compared to our planet. 

The other great thing that has to be seen is the graffiti art. Everywhere you look there is something awesome.

It is quite easy to break into the gates that are blocking the structures. However I didn't really want to see it. It didn't really bother me. I was more focused on the stairs.

Sometimes the clearest things are right in front of you. Los Angeles is a land of things that might seem boring, but with a deeper look, there is so much fun to do. I managed to do Murphy's Ranch in the morning and I really enjoyed it. Maybe next time I will check more inside the compound.

Going to Massachusetts Tomorrow

So tomorrow I'm going to Massachusetts to see a friend! However, that means I won't be writing for a week. 

So I'm going to be on hiatus for a week.

I'll write a couple a posts on it on my other blog http://woffke.blogspot.com/ and I'll see how vegan accepting it is.

I'll continue my posts May 20th

yay!

My Hopefully Glorious Summer and Year

I really shouldn't be doing this. I know it's May. I had my chance. This is wrong. I know I shouldn't make a "to do" list but I feel like my circumstances are different this year, so fuck it, I'll make my "summer and 2014 to do list".

So here it is...

Things to do in 2014

□ Learn how to make my own special blends of teas

□ Read 25 books (I've read five so far)

□ Go or shop at the Rosebowl Flea Market 3 times!

□ Go to the beach

□ Go to Disneyland

□ Go to four parties

□ Shop at Farmacia Y Botanica Million Dollar

□ Have a drink at No Vacancy

□ Visit the Museum of Neon Art

□ Run around the Tempest Freerunning Academy

□ Go to the Great wall of LA

□ Go to two concerts

□ go on a detox

□ Shop at the Last Bookstore

□ Go to Rustic Canyon's Murphy's Ranch

□ Go to the California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA)

□ Go to an outdoor movie

□ check out the art walk

□ See 3 festivals

□ Get my tattoo

I think that's a good start!