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Hustle Roses Comes ‘Alive’ In Santa Monica, CA

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Posted by: Trent on April 17, 2013| Leave a comment

Last night my good friend Hustle Roses performed her latest concert here in SoCal at a show in Santa Monica, CA. As you may recall, Hustle Roses previously played shows at the Bootleg Bar in Echo Park and at the Ham and Eggs Tavern in downtown LA in just the past few weeks. Homegirl is working hard to ensure that as many people as possible are able to experience her music live. Last night’s Hustle Roses concert was also a bit of a reunion as well … click below to check out photos and video from the fun last night. More »

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Unholy Ghost

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Posted by: Trent on April 16, 2013| 2 Comments

Last night my friend Jen invited me out for a concert date at the El Rey Theater to see the Swedish Metal band Ghost live. I’ve been hearing about this band for some time now but because I’m not a metal fan, I haven’t really invested too much time in seeing what this band is all about. Ghost played Coachella on Sunday but I was only there for the Friday performances so … when Jen offered, I jumped at the chance. I had a blast, even if a room packed with metal heads isn’t my usual fare. The music was alright, I guess, but I was really all about the spectacle and show. More »

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Baz To The Bone

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Posted by: Trent on April 15, 2013| 1 Comment

Yesterday afternoon I holed myself up inside the Cinerama Dome at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood, CA to see a double feature of the amazing Baz Luhrmann films Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge. I found out about this double feature a few weeks ago and snapped up at ticket immediately. I’m a a huge Luhrmann fan and both of these films are among my faves of all time so … it was a no-brainer. After my afternoon of movies, I paid a visit to Amoeba Records to pick up some new vinyl and, well, that was my Sunday. More »

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‘Romeo + Juliet’ + ‘Moulin Rouge’

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Posted by: Trent on April 14, 2013| 4 Comments

OY! It turns out that I am still in recovery mode from my whirlwind day/night/early morning spent at Coachella on Friday even tho I spent most of yesterday in a semi-unconscious state. I crashed out early yesterday afternoon and only woke up to eat a little, watch some TV then go back to sleep. LOL. I’m but a shadow of my former rager self. I think I’m leveling out a bit more today but I still feel a bit wrecked. I have tickets to see a double feature this afternoon at the Arclight so it looks like that will be my plan for the day. The Arclight in Hollywood is showing an afternoon double feature of the Baz Luhrmann films Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge … two of my fave films. Wee! More »

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Coachella: Accomplished!

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Posted by: Trent on April 13, 2013| 6 Comments

So … I survived my first Coachella Music and Arts Festival intact … and I am very happy to report that I had a lot of fun. Despite the scorching heat and the hordes of people, I managed to enjoy my one and only day at Coachella much more than I was expecting. Ollie, Caleb and I left LA around noon and made our way into the desert for the music fest. We made a pit stop in Cabazon, CA for lunch and then rolled into Indio, CA right in time to catch Johnny Marr‘s set. The rest of the day was spent relaxing as much as possible, catching other live performances, meeting up with friends, meeting a PITNB reader and then closing out the night with a stellar performance by How to Destroy Angels. I made it hope by 5AM this morning but, yeah, it was totally worth it all. More »

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Coachella, Here I Come!

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Posted by: Trent on April 12, 2013| 6 Comments

At last … at long last … I am FINALLY making the trek out into the desert to partake of the annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival for the very first time. In the almost 7 years that I have been living in SoCal, I have never once attended Coachella. As I’ve said many times over the years, I’m not a big festival person … and the idea of sweating in the 90+ degree desert heat with thousands and thousands of other people just never appealed to me. That being said, I must confess … I’ve always wondered what it would be like to attend so … since friends of mine are performing the festival this year, I figured it’d be the perfect time to give it a go. More »

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How To Destroy Angels Makes Their Live Performance Debut

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Posted by: Trent on April 11, 2013| 2 Comments

Trent Reznor‘s new band, the collective called How to Destroy Angels, made their live performance debut at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA last night in front of a sold out house of family, friends and fans. Altho HTDA will make their official live debut at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival this weekend, last night’s show in Pomona was meant to be a more intimate introduction to the world. I was thrilled to be in attendance last night and I have to say, I was completely blown away by the show. I tried my best not to have any expectations from Trent Reznor and his fellow Angels Mariqueen Maandig, Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan because I was confident they’d put on an amazing performance. Even still, I was unprepared for the sheer visual and sonic genius that was on display last night. Click below to see some photos from the show which, in all honesty, do not even come close to doing the band justice. More »

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Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’

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Posted by: Trent on April 10, 2013| 6 Comments

My Tuesday night plans got changed at the last minute so after I spent the day taking care of chores, I made my way out to the movies to see Spring Breakers. For a while, I wasn’t sure this was a movie that I would want to invest my time in … but I heard enough good things from folks that I decided to give the movie a try. I knew that if I didn’t see the movie sooner rather than later, I’d prolly never see it so … away I went. On the whole, I wouldn’t call Spring Breakers a strong film … but it did turn out to be a surprisingly entertaining movie. Many of the things you expect to happen, well, happen … but there were enough surprises that I was entertained. More »

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Dopey Challenge Accepted

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Posted by: Trent on April 9, 2013| 10 Comments

OK, y’all … I went and OFFICIALLY lost my mind. As you may recall, back in January I decided to run the 2013 Goofy Race and a Half Challenge at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL which was made up of the WDW Half Marathon on Saturday and the WDW Full Marathon on Sunday … back to back days — a total of 39.3 miles. Next year, WDW is taking things to the next level by introducing the inaugural Dopey Challenge … which is made up of a 5K race on Thursday, a 10K race on Friday, the half marathon on Saturday and the full marathon on Sunday … on BACK TO BACK DAYS for a total of 48.6 miles. Registration for the race opened up today and, well, I’m an idiot. More »

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Movie Review: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

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Posted by: Trent on April 8, 2013| 3 Comments

Last week while seeing a different movie at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood, CA, I discovered that the new Ryan Gosling film The Place Beyond the Pines has been released in limited cities … including LA. I knew that I couldn’t let the weekend pass without my seeing this film. I went into the theater pretty oblivious to what to expect … all I knew was that I starred Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes (who fell in love on the set) and that a baby was involved. I learned pretty quickly that the film is much more than that. In fact, I learned that it’s not exactly correct to call the film a “Ryan Gosling movie” at all. As the story unfolded and changed, I was completely sucked into the twists and turns … I loved the movie entirely. There are some movies that you think you will like and you do end up liking them, there are far more movies that turn out terrible. This movie turned out much, much better than I expected. I wasn’t surprised that the film was good, I was surprised that it might turn out to be one of the best films of the year. More »

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