Mondo Lounge Modernism Lifestyle Weekender in Las Vegas!
Friday – Sunday
October 22-24, 2010

Event site: www.MondoLounge.com

Art Exhibition featuring Shag, David Wiedman,Chris Reccardi, Bosco and “The Book of Tiki”

Entertainment and Event Schedule

Vendor List

The Mondo Lounge weekend brings to life the music, style and fashion of the Mad Men era at the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from October 22nd through 24th.

Mondo Lounge is the Ultimate Retro Party and Conference. The event is themed around the lifestyle and culture of Americana from 1957 to 1963 and will bring together fans of Mid Century Modern architecture, retro fashion, tiki, pin-ups, exotica music, Atomic Age cocktails, bachelor pad living, ballroom dance and the vintage Vegas Rat Pack vibe. There will be plenty of vendors, exhibits, live music and hopefully you!

The in-person host of the weekend is popular fine artist SHAG (aka Josh Agle).  A large selection of his artwork will be a premiere exhibit at the event with an exclusive Friday Night opening also featuring the art of animator David Wiedman (Mr. Magoo, Rocky and Bullwinkle,) Chris Reccardi, Bosco and a ten year anniversary exhibition for “The Book Of Tiki.” Click the link above for a full press release with images.

The entertainment will range from sophisticated jazz combos and vintage fashion shows to Sinatra-styled magic, from dancing girls and DJs to Vargas! (unanimously named the top Las Vegas lounge performers by AOL Citiguide, Las Vegas Life Magazine, and Vegas.com.) Attendees will even be treated to free Ballroom dance classes so they, too can be Dancing with the Stars!

Mondo Lounge rounds out with a Pinup Poolside Party and fun exhibits such as a hands on display of vintage 1950s Playboy Magazines and a vast array of vintage shopping from vendors with ephemera, new and vintage clothes, pop art prints, collectibles, music and more…

Mid Mod Marvels

The Architectural & Decorative Arts Scoiety of Las Vegas (ADAS) and Friends of Classic Las Vegas (FCLV) are pleased to announce a weekend of programming devoted to Las Vegas’ rich heritage of Mid Cenutry Modern architecture and design during the Mondo Lounge weekend. It will include presentations by architectural historian Alan Hess, and architect William Krisel, along with a bus tour of notable mid-century structures and other activities. The public is also invited to the Annual Fall Open House at the Morelli House on October 24, 2010. The Morelli House, built in 1959 by Antonio Morelli, the showroom orchestra conductor at the famous Sands’ Hotel Copa Room – site of Frank Sinatra’s Summit Sessions. For more information about the “Mid-Mod Marvels” weekend, visit adas-lv.com

More Visual Art Exhibitions at Mondo Lounge

Mondo Lounge is produced by Mary-Margaret Stratton creator of LottaLiving.com and Jay Nailor & MiShell Modern creators of M Modern Gallery and proprietors of the SHAG Store in Palm Springs.

WHEN: Friday through Sunday, October 22-24, 2007

COST: Tickets: $40

MORE INFO: www.mondolounge.com

BEYOND EDEN: Over 3,000 attend opening – Robert Williams honored – opening night pictures

L to R: Andrew Hosner (Beyond Eden organizer, Thinkspace Gallery, Sour Harvest,)  Matt Kennedy (Gallery Director – La Luz de Jesus,) Robert Williams, Billy Shire (Owner, Curator – La Luz de Jesus,) Lee Joseph ) (Beyond Eden publicist and coordination assistance.)  Photograph by Sam Graham

From Andrew Hosner / Beyond Eden event organizer:
BEYOND EDEN 2010 opened with a blast this past weekend drawing  nearly 4,000 people total over the weekend to the beautiful grounds of Barnsdall Park and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.

We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the artists and to extend our gratitude to the staff at LAMAG for making the event possible and nurturing it into such an overwhelming success. Saturday night’s opening reception alone drew well over  3,000 people and the energy in the air was palpable.

At 8pm when the time came to present the one and only Robert Williams with a Lifetime Achievement award, the venue was simply packed with a crowd of friends and revelers that stretched outside into the municipal gallery’s courtyard. Robert Williams, ever a gentleman, was gracious and ribald during the well received presentation.

We can’t stress enough what a huge honor it was to have Robert–the progenitor of contemporary West Coast art–there and to be able to present him with this award in front of all his friends and family. It was truly the crowning moment of an already amazing night that saw so many new people exposed to the thriving New Contemporary Art Movement. Long ignored by the mainstream, this movement continues to gain momentum and supporters all the while further breaking down the doors at institutions and museums the world over.  A new generation of artists and art enthusiasts is rewriting the rule books and we are excited that BEYOND EDEN can serve as a vehicle of enlightenment and change.

Tiki Farm “The Hardest Working Company in Tiki”
10 years of Tiki Mugs on Display
Show Exclusive Limited Editions

Oct. 16 – 31
Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct. 16th, 8-11 pm

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com
info@laluzdejesus.com

www.tikifarm.com

Free mai-tai’s
Free pupu’s
Dynotones LIVE!
DJ Big Tiki Dude

Anybody who knows even the slightest bit about the immensely popular resurgent Southern California Tiki movement is likely well aware of Tiki Farm.  For 10 years, they’ve worked their tails off to reach the pinnacle position in the world of Tiki, providing Tiki enthusiasts worldwide with their most coveted artifact… the beloved object d’art known simply as the Tiki mug.  On display will be the entirety of mugs produced by Tiki Farm to-date… we’re talking approximately 2,000 different mugs (plus bowls, shots, decanters & flasks) on display!  When you enter into the faux lava rock grotto entry in the front gallery, 8’ tall Tiki Gods will greet you & loom over you as you peruse this most impressive exhibition.

Founded in the Fall of 2000, Tiki Farm is back at La Luz de Jesus for their third and most significant show to-date.  Tiki Farm founder Holden Westland will be in attendance, the Dynotones will be keepin’ the joint jumpin’ with their driving Surf Sounds and DJ Big Tiki Dude will be spinnin’ an eclectic mix of Exotica, Hawaiian Style, Hapa Haole & Surf tunes.  And of course, the mai-tai’s will be flowin’!  Limited edition signed & numbered event posters by Dirty Donny will also be available

Soap Plant / Wacko will have a show exclusive line of  six limited edition glaze variations, two new open editions, a handful of “weirdos” and “hard-to-get” Tiki Farm Mugs on sale at the event.  They anticipate brisk sales of these mugs as is always the case with Tiki Farm limited runs. So if you’re free, Saturday evening, October 16th, we recommend that you head on out to this amazing show. The exhibition runs through the end of October.

A HISTORY LESSON PT 1
Punk Rock in Los Angeles 1984
A film by Dave Travis
Featuring live performances and interviews with
Minutemen, Redd Kross, Meat Puppets and Twisted Roots

DAVE TRAVIS

Videographer Dave Travis grew up in Los Angeles where his dad worked as a cameraman for NBC and CBS news as well as TV shows such as “Chips” and “Fantasy Island.” When he was 15 his dad handed down to him an old video camera and he began shooting punk rock shows in Los Angeles. He eventually became a freelance video editor, working on projects such as Black Flag’s “Slip It In” video as director and editor, “1991 the Year Punk Broke” featuring Sonic Youth and Nirvana as editor,  the Kurt Cobain memorial for the 94 MTV Music Awards as editor, and many more. Travis also ran a recording studio with his sister, bassist Abby Travis, called Tarantula Ranch and in the mid ’80s helped pioneer the desert Generator Shows.

Travis captured punk bands on video in L.A. for 14 years until 1997 when he decided to put down his camera. In 2000 he became a teacher with stints at John Adams Middle School teaching World and U.S. History and Santee Education Complex, a High School in South Central, L.A. teaching History and Economics. After spending nearly a decade as a teacher, Travis re-united with his passion for video and began digitizing and restoring his old footage. “A History Lesson Part One” is the first fruit harvested from his archive. Travis also plays cello in the long-time Los Angeles punk / psychedelic / jazz band Carnage Asada. A full bio of Dave Travis is available here:

www.ahistorylesson.com

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A HISTORY LESSON PT 1
Punk Rock in Los Angeles 1984
A film by Dave Travis
Featuring live performances and interviews with
Minutemen, Redd Kross, Meat Puppets and Twisted Roots
www.ahistorylesson.com

PREMIER LA SCREENINGS

Tuesday, Oct. 12
Redwood Bar and Grill
316 West 2nd Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
www.theredwoodbar.com
21 and over

8PM: A History Lesson Part 1
9PM: The Probe
10PM: Carnage Asada
11PM: The Amadans
12AM: A History Lesson Part1

Tuesday, Oct. 19
Redwood Bar and Grill
8PM: A History Lesson Part 1
9PM:  Nerver
9:45PM: Bikos
10:30PM: Sylvia Juncosa Band + Special Guest Kat Arthur
11:15PM: Carnage Asada
12:00AM A History Lesson Part 1

Tuesday, Oct. 26
Redwood Bar and Grill
8PM: A History Lesson Part 1
9PM: Somos Mysteriosos
10PM: Carnage Asada
11PM: The Mormons
12AM: A History Lesson Part 1 Midnight screening

It has been said that Los Angeles and San Francisco were the last major metropolitan cities in which punk music scenes developed and once it hit California, punk changed shapes numerous times, spread to every corner of the United States and became a permanent fixture in popular culture.

In 1984, a teenage Dave Travis decided to capture punk rock in Los Angeles on video tape, a fascination and hobby that he would continue until 1997, logging in hundreds of hours of Los Angeles area shows and interviews. In “A History Lesson Part 1, Travis presents live footage filmed in the spring of 1984 featuring the Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Twisted Roots and Redd Kross interspersed with interviews of members from each group which examines and puts a perspective on the early years of “psychedelic” punk rock in Los Angeles and Phoenix, AZ. Each song by each group is presented from start to finish.

THE MEAT PUPPETS

The Meat Puppets started playing punk rock in their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona out of a feeling of alienation. After sharing a bill in Phoenix, Black Flag invited The Meat Puppets to play a show with them The Cuckoos Nest in Costa Mesa, CA. The group played their chaotic shamanistic psychedelic punk which messed with the minds of the hardcore punks in the audience who started a riot during their set. This prompted Greg Ginn of Black Flag to invite The Meat Puppets to record an album for SST. The group recorded “Meat Puppets 1” over a non-stop three day session while tripping on acid at Unicorn Studios in West Hollywood.  A year later, the group returned to the studio and with a more structured and coherent approach for “Meat Puppets 2.” Three songs from that album were captured live on May 5, 1984 at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, CA. Melons Rising and Saturday Morning capture the bewitching feeling of “Meat Puppets 1,” while Lake of Fire captures the new direction they were moving towards with “Meat Puppets 2.”

http:/www.myspace.comthemeatpuppets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiMeat_Puppets

MINUTEMEN

The Minutemen were the original punk band from San Pedro, California. Bassist Mike Watt, a childhood friend of guitarist D Boon says that Boon’s mother taught him how to play bass. When the two first started playing together, they tried to cover rock songs, like American Woman and Black Dog. Then they saw a punk rock show one night in Hollywood and had the revelation that they could play their own music. Boon would write phrases on scraps of paper and Watt would put these to music. Watt would write songs with beginnings, middles, and ends.  D. Boon would write songs with just verse and chorus.  The songs were short, often less than a minute long.  They would write solos into the songs so the other players could rest. Boon had a thing about ideas and principles; he and Watt would talk and argue about everything, even having to pull over at a library while driving between towns on tour to resolve a debate they were having about European History. They philosophized that their world was divided into two parts; Gigs and Flyers. Gigs were the shows. Flyers were everything else which would get people to the shows. Records, radio, videos; these were all flyers to the Minutemen.  Six Minutemen songs are featured: A History Lesson Part 2 and Jesus and Tequila from Hollywood’s legendary Cathay De Grande and No 1. Hit Song, Martin’s Story, The Big Foist, and Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs were captured at The Olympic Auditorium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen_(band)

http://www.hootpage.com/

TWISTED ROOTS

Paul Roessler formed Twisted Roots in 1981 after the demise of the Screamers. The original lineup featured Paul’s sister Kira on bass and Pat Smear of the Germs on guitar.  The band enjoyed instant success as a punk rock super-group followed by a period of chaos emerging with a new lineup featuring Dez Cadena of Redd Kross, Black Flag and The Misfits on guitar. This lineup would soon metamorphosize into DC3.  Roessler was heavily influenced by Public Image Limited and took to heart Johnny Rotten’s philosophy that it was about musical anarchy not political anarchy.  The songs Never Was, Mommy’s Always Busy in the Kitchen, and Love Your Friends were captured in May of 1984 at the Music Machine in West Los Angeles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiPaul_Roessler

http://www.popmatters.com/musicreviews/t/twistedroots-st.shtml

REDD KROSS

Redd Kross were teenagers from Hawthorne, CA who started playing shows with Black Flag while some of the members were still in Junior High School. Though they gigged with punk bands from the South Bay, they felt that they were outsiders because they were obsessed with pop culture and felt more of a connection with rock star persona than their punk rock peers. Three songs were filmed at the Pomona Valley Auditorium in June 1984: Janus, Jeanie, and George Harrison, Linda Blair, and Annette’s got the Hits. The band at the time consisted of two pairs of siblings: Jeff and Steve McDonald and Dave and Vicki Peterson of The Bangles temporarily replacing the freshly departed Dez Cadena before guitarist Robert Hecker joined the group. This was Peterson’s only show with the group.

http://www.reddkross.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Kross

DAVE TRAVIS

Videographer Dave Travis grew up in Los Angeles where his dad worked as a cameraman for NBC and CBS news as well as TV shows such as “Chips” and “Fantasy Island.” When he was 15 his dad handed down to him an old video camera and he began shooting punk rock shows in Los Angeles. He eventually became a freelance video editor, working on projects such as Black Flag’s “Slip It In” video as director and editor, “1991 the Year Punk Broke” featuring Sonic Youth and Nirvana as editor,  the Kurt Cobain memorial for the 94 MTV Music Awards as editor, and many more. Travis also ran a recording studio with his sister, bassist Abby Travis, called Tarantula Ranch and in the mid ‘80s helped pioneer the desert Generator Shows.

Travis captured punk bands on video in L.A. for 14 years until 1997 when he decided to put down his camera. In 2000 he became a teacher with stints at John Adams Middle School teaching World and U.S. History and Santee Education Complex, a High School in South Central, L.A. teaching History and Economics. After spending nearly a decade as a teacher, Travis re-united with his passion for video and began digitizing and restoring his old footage. “A History Lesson Part One” is the first fruit harvested from his archive.

Travis also plays cello in the long-time Los Angeles punk / psychedelic / jazz band Carnage Asada. A full bio of Dave Travis is available here

For booking contact
booking@ahistorylesson.com
For general information contact
video@ahistorylesson.com
For video services contact
video@ahistorylesson.com
To sign up for the mailing list:
list@ahistorylesson.com

The Martini Kings hit the recording studio with their idol, lounge legend Buddy Greco! Greco sang and hung with the Rat Pack (Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.), and he played piano for the Benny Goodman Orchestra. On this album, Greco is featured on piano and vocals, and his wife Lezlie Anders is also a featured vocalist. They have self released the CD which is available from the Dionysus Records cart. Buy the CD from Dionysus Records here!

LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.lamag.org

Event site:
www.beyondedenartfair.com

THIS SATURDAY and SUNDAY, OCT 9 – 10

BEYOND EDEN –  Los Angeles’ first new contemporary focused event returns for a second year with a strong lineup of artists, galleries and special events!

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Saturday Night at 8 PM – Beyond Eden organizers along with Billy Shire and Matt Kennedy from La Luz de Jesus will present an award recognizing the contributions of artist Robert Williams

Main Press release

Artist and Gallery List

Robert Williams Lifetime Achievement Award and New Brow Film Screening information

Cannibal Flower Anniversary – DJ Mr. OneDerful – Bar Menu

Presented by

Arrested Motion
Art Ltd.
Artillery
Blik
Daily Dujour
Hi-Fructose
Juxtapoz
Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
Living Color Graphics
Pop Surrealism Magazine
Sour Harvest
Visual Art Source

Beyond Eden to present Robert Williams
with a lifetime achievement award
and will be screening the film “New Brow” during the event“

BEYOND EDEN
Oct. 9 – 10, 2010

A multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporary art scene in Los Angeles

LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.lamag.org
Event site:
www.beyondedenartfair.com

Artist / Gallery list with images

Beyond Eden Award Presentation Ceremony For Artist Robert Williams:

At 8pm on Saturday, October 10, the organizers of Beyond Eden along with Billy Shire and Matt Kennedy of La Luz de Jesus Gallery will present a lifetime achievement award to artist Robert Williams.

Williams is a painter, cartoonist, and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine. Williams is one of the originators of Kustom Kulture and in the late 1960s – early 1970s, was part of the Zap Collective, along with other underground cartoonists such as Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton. His mix of California car culture, cinematic apocalypticism, and film noir helped to create a new genre of psychedelic imagery. Williams’s first ground breaking book, “The Lowbrow Art of Robt. Williams” released in 1979 gave name to a new “movement” which has stuck to this day. The title of the book was meant as a statement on the current “Highbrow” tone of the Art world and how Williams’ work did not fit in with this idealism. In the 1980s Williams caught the frenzied vibe of the punk rock movement and found his next audience. IN 1994, Williams began the magazine JUXTAPOZ which propelled to fame many new artists and rose to become one of the highest circulated art magazines. Williams consistently remains vital to the new contemporary art scene and his works, shows and appearances are highly sought after and attended. http://www.robtwilliamsstudio.com

“My paintings are not designed to entertain you, they are meant to trap you, to hold you before them while you try to rationalize what elements of the picture are making you stand there.” Robert Williams

“Williams’ influence on alternative art is immeasurable” Barrett S. Bingham

Beyond Eden 2010 will be screening the film “New Brow”

“New Brow” is a feature film presented by Humble Pictures in association with the Shooting Gallery, San Francisco. The film documents first hand accounts from the artists, galleries and collectors who started and continue the new American art movement and includes interviews with artists Adam 5100 – Anthony Ausgang – Van Arno – Gary Baseman – Shawn Barber – Glenn Barr – Tim Biskup – Kim Cogan – Joe Coleman – Curve – Mike Davis – Ewik – Natalia Fabia – Sherpard Fairey – Jeremy Fish – Helen Garber – Camille Rose Garcia – Mike Giant – John John Jessie – Eric Joyner – David Choong Lee – Mars-1 – Liz Mcgrath – Niagara – Anne Faith Nicholls – Shag – Todd Schorr – Isabelle Samaras – The Pizz – Mark Ryden – Robert Williams, spotlights galleries Copro Nason Gallery – La Luz de Jesus – Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Roq La Rue – Shooting Gallery – Thinkspace Gallery – White Walls – Varnish Gallery and features publications 9mm Books – Juxtapoz – Hi-Fructose – Fecal Face – Raw Vision – Weirdo Deluxe and many more. www.newbrowfilm.com

View New Brow trailer #1 here
View New Brow trailer #2 here

Beyond Eden 2010 Press Links and information:
Click here for press release PDF

Artist / Gallery list with image previews

Click here to see the Gallery / Event map

Click here to see photos of last year’s event

The Skip Heller Trio
Saturday Oct 2, 8pm
Live At Rafa’s Lounge
1836 W Sunset Blvd (at Glendale Bl)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
suggested admission: $3

“An American hero flying below the radar.” — Time Out New York

The Skip Heller Trio — featuring Lee Joseph on bass and Mark Borinstein on drums — once again takes the stage at Rafa’s Gallery, a
tiny and charming venue at Sunset and Glendale in Echo Park. Ostensibly a country band, the trio is also colored by a love for 60s garage rock, Philly soul, exotica, and Roger Miller.  The crack rhythm team of Joesph and Borinstein is a perfect match for Heller’s virtuoso jazz-meets-bluegrass guitar and his soulful baritone.  The great Patria Jacobs opens.

Also worth noting about this show: it’s Heller’s birthday party.