The Brewery 2008 Spring Artwalk
This weekend, you have a chance to forget all about the drama of L.A. City Politics (and uh, this blog), and immerse yourself in the work of L.A.'s finest and hardest working artists. The Brewery is the largest art colony on Planet Earth, and this weekend's Art Walk will allow you to tour the studios of the artists, and buy directly from them (no gallery mark-ups). The great news is that it is all free!
The Brewery also happened to be my home in the late 80's-early 90's so I hold a special affection for the place.
Back then (pulls up rocking chair), the Brewery was a hotbed of all night parties and debauchery,
with my 3000 sq foot loft at $1200/month (choke on that newbies), being a major contributor.
I, nor my roommates, were artists of the canvas variety, rather, we were sonic nuisances of the Al's Bar category.
All those good times that I'll probably never remember.....(sigh).
I do recall spending the L.A. Riots holed up there with a supply of Malt Liquor and paying a cab $75 bucks to drive me to my girlfriend's house in Hollywood (curfew was in effect and only cabs were allowed passage) .
But I digress. The Art Walk is free, and has become a tradition of sorts in L.A.; in a complex that once housed the Pabst Brewery and yours truly.
The neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, was once largely Italian and the home of the Brewery employees. I believe there is still at least one Italian deli in operation near the Brewery.
Go support an artist this weekend, and see a bit of history at the same time.
http://www.breweryartwalk.com/generalinfo.html
Posted by Unknown @ 4/03/2008 07:26:00 PM
75 Comments:
I've been to the Art Walk before. It's really great. I've been to a private party at the Brewery, too. Whoo - hoo, let's party Joe. Ya know, I don't take enough advantage of the great activities we have around town.
Joe B Im sorry this spilled over on your thread but that first comment has tears streaming down my face I can barely type Im laughing so hard
I am laughing as hard as you!
LANZA's Deli! I just couldn't remember the name for the life of me!
Thank You! Thanks for sharing the memories of the neighborhood.
Joe B your very welcome but why the delete on my reply?
something I said or some kind of fear and censorship?
DQ's post about the Brewery has vanished! weird!
DQ, please repost it if you can. I assure you I didn't remove it.
nor do i
Another thread has had about 20 or so posts removed. I have no idea what is going on.
i loved dq's post. where did it go?
i'm with joe, and the remark wasn't even bad. Other comments all over the blog in other threads also being deleted that aren't offensive -- who is doing this? Did you turn the keys over to zuma again? HOPE NOT or this is the deathknell of this blog. Why all the pointless deleting?
somebody has the keys to the sister city.
Strange it was deleted and it wasn't harmful. Don Quixote's memories of Lincoln Heights and an Italian Deli were deleted, too. Maybe it was Reverend Wright came in hacking because he said Italians killed Jesus? Does Higby hate Italian food because he's on a diet?
That makes sense in a stupid way. It's very fattening.
That's a pointless and unneeded comment. Somethings up and I hope MS
will speak up soon. I am sending him an e-mail.
There are many Italian dishes that are quite healthy - in fact Southern Italians have very low incidents of high blood pressure and heart attacks because of all the low fat, high veggie dishes they eat with lots of olive oil, garlic and wine, all good for the heart.
That's true, Mayor Sam. Olive oil and garlic and stuff is good for the heart. But what the F*** is happening to all the comments? The comments are being deleted all willy nilly!
I'm planning on bringing Villaraigosa to the Art Walk to drink some brew with. There's no bigger empty vessel in the city.
There must be some system error. I'm taking a look.
Yup, there is a system error.
Zuma always warned me about being hacked!
Hey Joe! (ain't that my favorite Hendrix song!), I don't know who has the keys to the city now but whoever it is must have some kind of agenda or "donquixotephobia" brrrrr! Snake Farm!
Anyway I didn't save the last post about the old neighborhood and it's getting late but just for you I'll try again.
"The Brewery" recently has pissed a lot of local Lincoln Hts residents off due to the fact that these trust fund babies aka young urban pioneers, feel that due to financial considerations "The Brewery" is somehow separate from the rest of Lincoln Hts that it exists in.
"The Brewery" used to be a actual Brewery, in fact it was the "Eastside Brewery" (good cold in long neck bottles!) and later the "Eastside/Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery".
I have many fond and not so fond memories of the old Eastside/Pabst Brewery as my old casa was very close by (Darwin and Ave 19) and as a child many of the working men in the neighborhood walked to work at the Brewery.
To this very day I can still smell the Hoppy smell of the beer brewing that permeated almost all of Lincoln Hts, especially on a foggy or rainy day.
In fact one of my first beers I ever got drunk on was from the Eastside/Pabst Brewery, and the bad memory of doing almost a year in road camp at Camp 4 Kenyon Scudder 1961-62 for being involved in cutting the fence and stealing one of the beer delivery trucks full of long neck Eastside beer, and then sharing it with the homeboys and home girls in a drunken bacchanal under the Spring St Bridge on the banks of the LA River!
Well so much for that.
But, the Italian Deli you mentioned happens to be "Lanza Bros, Market and Deli" established 1919, and who happen to be old old good good (wink wink if you know what I mean) friends of my family.
My Mother held hands with Johnny Lanza when they graduated from Nightingale Junior High for gods sake.
My father played baseball with the Lanza's and I went to Albion St school and a couple of years at Sacred Heart with Gloria and Leonard Lanza.
I over the years did a lot of business with the Lanza family and they are as good and kind a family as you could ever meet.
One afternoon I was in the store talking to Johnny and Sal Lanza and in walks one of the yuppies from "The Brewery" and his eyes are all gaga from the old old store, exterior and interior, and he says to us in a wondrous yet patronizing voice, " I never knew these kind of places existed in LA! I'm from White Plains NY and have lived on the west side of LA for 5 years and never came over to the eastside until I moved to the Brewery. Oh Gosh!
We just snickered and shook our heads.
Anyway I'll leave out the part about the ponies and long shots (maybe that's why MS deleted me before) but just a recommendation from an old LA "expert", if you want an authentic and the best anywhere Italian sandwich (half a dozen different kinds)then get your ass down to Lanza's Mkt around lunchtime preferably, and get yourself two sandwiches because they are the greatest (since 1919).
Lots of history there!
Ask about the guy who got shot by the old LCN behind the Mkt in the 1940's.
dq
I LOVE YOU
Mayor Sam, not to sound paranoid or suspicious but if I was you I would look in the direction of our own "Anonymouse".
You probably witnessed her meltdown tonight, and her posting up my and Z Doggs stuff over and over and over.
My diagnosis of her "donguixotephobia" is humorous but no joke.
She has been known to F up peoples blogs if she is cornered so watch your back MS
PS don't mention Menudo to her or your on your own.
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CALL THE LAPD. THEY'RE DYING TO ARREST HER. MAKE THEIR DAY.
Oh Geez, This is getting crazy. Thanks DQ for the rewrite! I do
appreciate it at this late hour.
Crazier than you can imagine. Ask Don Q he knows. She deleted it an I post again. Fuck her. Call the police on her.
TOLD YA SO.
Mayor Sam the nut case is now threatening to blow up your blog cause she can dish it out but can't take it.
Are you now convinced of what a psycho this anonymouse is?
Dr. HUgo WInterhalder assured me that after she was thrown out of th 1974 Ford van at La Cieniga and Santa MOnica by the 12 illegal aliens (who by the way were deported for cruelty to an animal, she was dressed in a rental costume as a Standard Poodle), that she was in good health except for some road rash on her culo, and that she was given her antidote for her "donquixotephobia" a vigorous Menudo enema.
A side note: The Mexican AMerican restaurants traditionally only make menudo on Saturday and Sunday but an emergency was called and an ambulance was sent on the search for menudo for ANonymouse.
Fortunately some very good menudo was located at the King Taco on North Broadway that worked great as an enema (con limon, cebolla, cilantro y oregano)
Anonymouse is doing fine but must be kept from any internet service as she will try and blow up Mayor Sams Blog when she melts down and suffers "donquixotephobia"
Hey Anonymouse GFY! And use both fists!
CALL LAPD. SHE FINALLY TIPPED THE SCALES.
Anonymous said...
DON Q-I'm watchnig you!
Don Q I saved your post and I will post it again as she deletes it. But Michael call the police!
Here is DQ's post again,
don quixote said...
Mayor Sam the nut case is now threatening to blow up your blog cause she can dish it out but can't take it.
Are you now convinced of what a psycho this anonymouse is?
Dr. HUgo WInterhalder assured me that after she was thrown out of th 1974 Ford van at La Cieniga and Santa MOnica by the 12 illegal aliens (who by the way were deported for cruelty to an animal, she was dressed in a rental costume as a Standard Poodle), that she was in good health except for some road rash on her culo, and that she was given her antidote for her "donquixotephobia" a vigorous Menudo enema.
A side note: The Mexican AMerican restaurants traditionally only make menudo on Saturday and Sunday but an emergency was called and an ambulance was sent on the search for menudo for ANonymouse.
Fortunately some very good menudo was located at the King Taco on North Broadway that worked great as an enema (con limon, cebolla, cilantro y oregano)
Anonymouse is doing fine but must be kept from any internet service as she will try and blow up Mayor Sams Blog when she melts down and suffers "donquixotephobia"
Hey Anonymouse GFY! And use both fists!
Bring it on Anonymouse!
And take another menudo enema before you try and spell you freak!
After I turn you out to the LA county jail inmate population I'm going to pimp your worthless ass off to some Romanian Gypsy's who will mate you with a Russian circus Bear named Mr. Muff Rustler.
One more time, GFY with both fists
What set her off? A civil rights march on North Sweetzer? Bank finally called her foreclosed loan? Or someone stole her chicken costume?
I know, I know! No "Illegal aliens" were deported or humiliated today. That is grounds to drive her crazy.
Except she is already certifiably crazy so WTF?
Look, I just was writing about the Art Walk.
Somebody deleted a bunch of comments, and that's messed up. But,let's settle down, get back on topic, and not use this thread for
anything that is off topic. Fair Warning!
Yeah, let's get back on topic - on the Art Walk.
I'll start.
There will be an amount of Xicano Art proportional to the Xicano Population in L.A., won't there? There better be. Cause there's too much anti-immigrant sentiment and right-wing hate speech here.
Who knows? It's an art colony, not a City sponsored event.
You better not try to lock me out or I will organize an Immigrant Rights March and expose you for the racist xenophobe that you are. If you call the police on me, I will contact my friends in the City Council and we'll see who is in trouble. It won't be me, I can guarantee you, my racist friend.
12:40 AM No one fears you. Your just a nut.
What is the nut going to do with illegally obtained IPs? Show them to the city council that knows she is a terrorist? Good luck nut. You belong in prison.
What is the nut going to do with illegally obtained IPs? Show them to the city council that knows she is a terrorist? Good luck nut. You belong in prison.
What is the nut going to do with illegally obtained IPs? Show them to the city council that knows she is a terrorist? Good luck nut. You belong in prison.
What is the nut going to do with illegally obtained IPs? Show them to the city council that knows she is a terrorist? Good luck nut. You belong in prison.
What is the nut going to do with illegally obtained IPs? Show them to the city council that knows she is a terrorist? Good luck nut. You belong in prison.
SHE have NO FRIENDS in the city council. CALL THE POLICE.
SHE have NO FRIENDS in the city council. CALL THE POLICE.
What we need is Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I believe Hillary Clinton understands the needs of our Community, but I am willing to work with Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain to achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform for all undocument migrant workers. They must be brought out of the shadows and not be the scapegoats for all of the United States problems, which have been caused by Anti-Latino policys.
GO FUCK YOURSELF NUT-CASE. HOPEFULY MAYOR SAM HAS THE BALLS TO GET YOU PUT AWAY NUT.
lock her up!
What is the common link between all the wacko comments?
My guess is Zuma Mutt and Don Quackers, I also guess, is if you get rid of Zuma Mutt and Don Quackers everything will be back to normal.
Mayor Sam, give this a try and see if I am not correct. When Don Quixote showed up the blog went to shit, is this coincidence?
You already know he is pro-illegal immigrants and anything mexican. I'm guessing he is here to discredit your blog.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."
Whats with this idiot don quixote posting menudo enemas, stick to the topic if your not the problem here.
don quixote tell them the stories of the eme and you and all your conections and all the good smoke you get,or how about your favorite how you stabbed that mayate.
That is correct Don Quackers is the vile racist who tells stories of how the mexican cholos are honorable soldiers and his mexican mafia friends are to be admired.
And telling us how blacks, changos are lazy low-down and etc. Don Quackers too many of us know the real racist, and hypocrite you are. Yet you call anybody a racist because they want to deport illegal immigrant gang memners which you defend. You are a disgusting human being.
And lets' not forget your multiple personality disorder Santiago, Drinking With Tony, Hiroshi, Mustang Sally, Big Betty, Conchita, Marty, Iwrin Corey and etc.
I will keep exposing you for the phoney lunatic you are.
Did think you can hide these facts?
http://inthehat.blogspot.com/
She went nuts last night. The menudo enema DQ prescribed worked in the reverse when SPCA picked her up in Standard Issue Poodle outfit. It was bad menudo from King Taco.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There he is again, Sr. Don Quackers talking about enemas and menudo, what an idiot. Ban the idiot Mayor Sam, how many shar-pei face, and enema comments do we have to endure?
stop whining crybaby. delete the comments like you did last night and make a public spectacle of yourself.
Why do you insist on your racist attacks against me? Are you upset that I am defending the rights of the Xicano worker against the oppression by the European invaders who stole our land? I am sorry, but you racists had better stop attacking me or you will feel the full wrath of La Raza on your houses.
Jeez, it would be nice if we could have a civil, mature discussion about some art and culture. Joe B. posted a great article, and now it's gotten unbelievably off track, starting with the missing comments. It's not only annoying, it is downright discouraging. Why would any blogger want to continue to put the time and effort into a great story and then have someone hack it apart, stupid comments and all.
And why would readers want to keep coming back? For what? Idiot blather? Mayor Sam, at least delete the stupid posts that repeat over and over. I can't imagine that folks want to filter thru all that nonsense. No wonder Mailander quit.
Why do you illegal alien supporters get so angry when I post news story about all the murders and crimes by you beloved Xicanos low-life cholos?
Agree with 12:30.
Too often the posts look like a transcript of Instant Messages between adolescents, maybe even older at times.
Could be that the idea is to make it so tedious to read the postings that we just don't bother. I know I read them faster to cut through all the personal nonsense posted.
If more issues discussions were posted and less personal attacks made, especially all the cryptic references, then it might be better.
Some persons, however, seem to thrive on personal attacks, and that is their recreation. You can see the same things posted over and over without much substance other than trying to out-insult the other.
A questionable debate technique to win over the masses to your side of the issue. But that obviously isn't the point anyway.
Usually, it looks like the bait is taken and another layer of mess is added, and on and on.
The other ill for the blog is that lot (maybe the ones complaining about the blog) simply go off the thread and write comments that are completely unrelated, or they paste in some newpaper article and that's it. Points made, self-apparent. Really?
The Brewery, by the way, is an interesting place. And when it was in operation, I don't know how the Lady Help of Christians School kids could handle the smell from the process on those damp days.
I've noted as I've scanned all the comment sections of these excellent posts that the general concensus is that this don quixote is a buffoon worthy of expungement.
thats what you left since you deleted everything last night.
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
- Mark Twain
Hey "anonymouse" give it a break will you, everyone knows about your "donquixotephobia" and the cure (menudo), so calm down and allow others to enjoy Joe B's post up for a while before you bust out with your vitriol.
At least show some respect to the author of the blog up "Joe B" or is he on your shit list now too?
2:22, good thoughts and I'll do my best to restrain myself against all the personal attacks and nonsense, I promise! (with fingers crossed behind my back), but as a kid growing up in LH when the Brewery was in operation, we kids loved the smell of Hops and Beer in the air.
But kids will be kids and we used to love the smell of the moss and pigeons and dirty water in the LA River, we loved the smell of diesel fumes from the trains in the railroad yards, we loved the smell of the streets after a rain, we loved the smell of many things repugnant to us now, we were kids!
Zuma dogg - you have my thoughts and prayerss.
Sniffing the diesel fumes was a terrible idea.
At least show some respect to the author of the blog up "Joe B" or is he on your shit list now too?
Nope. Only you. Because you're as much a fraud and clown as any politico that disgraced their constituents.. You sir are a fatmouth, ego-addled nematode..
You should seek a remedy for that "anonymousaphobia" you've contracted. I'd suggest a walk off the Santa Monica pier because sadly, there's no cure. you're terminal..
Yikes! now anonymouse has taken on the name of her Doctor, the eminent Dr. Hugo Winterhalder MD Pyschiatry, University of Congo.
Please Anonymouse, take your medicine! It's Saturday and there are thousands of Mexican joints where you can get good menudo for your enema therapy!
Act now before it's to late!
Please Anonymouse, take your medicine! It's Saturday and there are thousands of Mexican joints where you can get ptomaine poisoning or any variation thereof. I know I thrive on micro organisms and give my old lady a micro-orgasm once a wk, though she resists adamantly
Anonymouse has not taken her medicine and has taken the name of
Don Quixote. The menudo joints are closing up shop and fresh menudo enemas won't be available until early Sunday.
Anonymouse did not show up at her Doctor, the eminent Dr. Hugo Winterhalder MD, University of Congo Department of Psychiatry. She refused to claim her barbecue hat with the cross stitch embroidery, stolen in the attack on her by illegal gangs who thought she was a Standard Issue Poodle.
These illegal gangs stuffed Anonymouse's mouth, ears, and nose with Mexican celery vegetables. So you should know what a hottie our Anonymous is, our men in blue who found her remarked that the Mexican celery vegetables hanging from Anonymouse's mouth, ears, and nose were simmered into a delicious stew.
Put your hard hats on! This could be an explosive night!
More plagiarized words stolen from an earlier post by a more astute hater. You aren't the original anonymouse, but merely a cheap impostor..
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