Best things to come out of Los Angeles?

[CreekDog]

Yes, I'm serious. Yeah, some of you are going to give sarcastic answers anyway. :rofl:

[Ikonoklast]

1. Well, the best offense is a good defense.

LA is an awesome city...to see in your rearview mirror.

[lunatica]

2. MOVIES!!

I love, love, love movies.

[rucky]

3. The French Dip sandwich

[tango-tee]

35. Good Lord, I love French Dip sandwiches.

Haven't had one in sixteen years, since I returned to Germany. I want. I want right now. Salivating like Cujo.

[Captain Hilts]

58. The Cobb Salad. nt

[geardaddy]

67. invented by Bob Cobb?

:rofl:

cue Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.

[mnhtnbb]

72. I agree. Nobody makes Cobb Salad the way it was done at The Brown Derby.

[gmoney]

4. The band "X" was pretty great

They're still touring, almost as a nostalgia act, but back in the day, they were tearing it up. Check out "The Unheard Music" for a great snapshot of the times.

[taterguy]

11. + a lot

Damn they were good

[Tikki]

25. + even more...they were good and still are great...

http://xtheband.com/

We just saw them on stage in OC late last year.


The Tikkis

[DBoon]

53. The soundtrack to LA in the early 1980's!

Also kudos to Black Flag and of course The Minutemen


and the GoGos and the Bangles and Wall of Voodoo and Dream Syndicate and Green on Red and Los Lobos and ....

[Tikki]

56. Amazing times...

& music...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZBGJHw4Tw
"Mindless Contentment"....The Plugz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWjyxtTpfRA
"Helium Bar"....The Weirdoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCOGt_jcT9k
"The Scream".....The Screamers

"Hey kid, we don't know what you mean..but you sure are a riot
you sure are a scream..."

The Tikkis

[cbayer]

5. You and your chosen method of transportation....

in any direction.

:hi:

[cbayer]

6. Just to be clear, I didn't mean you in particular.

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

21. I totally own a car

:rofl:

[mix]

7. the punk scene

London, NYC, LA

[Tikki]

28. Started early.....was the best.

Tikki

[geardaddy]

68. I believe you forgot Minneapolis in your list.

Hüsker Dü
The Suicide Commandos
The Replacements

[mix]

74. sorry nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Santa Monica Bay...

[tango-tee]

36. Oh Peggy, is that one of your beautiful photos?

Remembering my time in Southern California...

Yes, yes indeed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear tango-tee!

I did take that, yes, and I thank you!

I have many pictures of the beach, but not as many of the bay itself...

I thought this one would show some of the beauty I see all the time.

Glad it brought back some good memories for you!

[tango-tee]

45. I will cherish this breathtaking picture.

Sitting here, looking at all this beauty from so many thousands of miles away.

Thanks, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. I am so glad...

Listen, if you'd like the original file, PM me your email, and I'll send it to you...

It would be my pleasure...

[abq e streeter]

9. The Doors, Arthur Lee and Love, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield... and +1 to the poster who said X

[LibDemAlways]

38. Arthur Lee and Love played at a dance at my high school in 1967. The Byrds

played there in '65 at a benefit to raise money to build a pool. When they were just starting out, Buffalo Springfield played a show at a rival school a few minutes away. The 60s were great.

(The thought of a well known band with records on the charts playing at my 17-year-old's school is just laughable. No money and no fun are the watchwords today. Such a shame.)

[dana_b]

10. Rage Against the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfhJV9FZGAk

[Captain Hilts]

59. I'm STILL hoping Susan Boyle joins them onstage in London in June!

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=1614

The band's frontman, Zach de la Rocha, says he wants to make amends with Simon Cowell over his band's successful digital download campaign to rob X Factor winner Joe McElderry of a Christmas No. 1 single. And how better to mend fences than to collaborate with his golden girl?

De La Rocha told The Sun: "We love Susan Boyle, she is hot. To show there are no hard feelings we would like her to perform with us on stage this summer. She is a great vocalist and we would love to perform 'Killing In The Name' with her. Everybody knows her in the U.S. and she can add her vocals to anything. It would be an honor for us."

If you've never heard "Killing in the Name," the song's much-repeated refrain is "F*** you, I won't do what you tell me!" And we all know that, behind Susan's spinster exterior, there's a foul-mouthed beast-woman just throbbing for an artistic outlet to unleash her anger.

[Duer 157099]

12. Me!!! n/t

[hunter]

48. Me too!!!

:P

[Duer 157099]

62. Woot! I'm a product of the LAUSD

all the way up to UCLA. LA baby!!

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for LA, even though I don't live there anymore.

[KamaAina]

13. See's candies

So delicious we even scarf them up here in the Bay!

[CreekDog]

17. okay but technically they are headquartered in South SF

adjacent to my high school!

[KamaAina]

43. I thought they were made in L.A.

Who told me that? :shrug:

[CreekDog]

44. They are made in Los Angeles and South San Francisco

They moved their HQ to SSF, I forget when but it was a while ago.

[TZ]

14. The fact that they make the traffic jams in DC look not so bad?

What? You know I was gonna be sarcastic..But its nice to have someplace I can point and say..Worse traffic more expensive housing...

[TK421]

15. lol

I would like to visit there sometime, though ;-)

[liberaltrucker]

16. CaliforniaPeggy

Technically, She and hubby live in LA County. Close
enough for DU. :)

[CreekDog]

18. yes, but where is CA Peggy actually from?

;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. You are a sweetheart, my dear liberaltrucker!

:hug:

:loveya:

[liberaltrucker]

24. I calls 'em as I sees 'em

:hug:

:loveya:

[NNadir]

61. Technically Manhattan Beach is not LA, unless we talk county and not city.

Admit it, I'm right. ;-)

In order to be the best thing in LA, you need to bicycle up to Dockweiler Beach.

[hippywife]

57. Hey! That was gonna be my answer!

:D

[Taverner]

19. Are you fucking kidding me?

How about every single Hollywood movie you ever loved?

How about LA Punk?

How about the suburban airport?

-------------

LA gets a bad rap - its a fine city...or collection of cities ;)

[CreekDog]

20. Social Distortion

Which is what made me appreciate Johnny Cash.

[CreekDog]

23. A genius

(from Garden Grove)

[Initech]

26. Philippe's!!!

[Initech]

27. Kevin & Bean

[tainted_chimp]

29. Musso and Frank's

It's my favorite unchanged freaky time-warp.

Here's a snap of good 'ol Reuben the bartender:

[Generic Brad]

30. Me

And I'm never going back!

[Lindsey]

31. Many, many things- I live here and I LOVE it. Mark & Brian

(I had to say that because someone mentioned Kevin & Bean), beautiful beaches, mountains, The Bodhi Tree Bookstore (for those of us that are into new age stuff), oh yea, we make movies and T.V. shows here too!

[madinmaryland]

32. The Rams and the Raiders!

:rofl:

[JonLP24]

33. Lakers

Seriously, probably the most successful sports franchise from 2000-2010. :toast:

[geardaddy]

69. They came out of Minneapolis

:hide:

[ellisonz]

34. Baywatch.

[PJPhreak]

37. These Guys....

[ohiosmith]

39. Tommy's Burgers.

[Awsi Dooger]

63. Definitely, a USC post-midnight tradition

On Beverly and Rampart.

I could go for two double burgers right now, even if the chili aftertaste would last until the NBA playoffs are over.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. Silversun Pickups

One of the few good mainstream rockbands to come out of the 2000s.

[Jokerman]

42. My Mom! n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. a couple of keys...

coming into. oh wait. wrong direction.

[Bertha Venation]

49. I was born in L.A. County. 'Nuff said.

[Fire Walk With Me]

50. Fishbone, David Lynch, some music electronics.

[Captain Hilts]

60. David Lynch is from Alexandria VA. Hammond High School grad. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

66. See? Less and less to recommend LA...

[Tikki]

51. Los Lobos......

http://www.clevver.com/music/video/26319/los-lobos-kiko-and-the-lavender-moon-video.html
"Kiko and the Lavender Moon"


Tikki

[CreekDog]

70. +1000000

[tonekat]

52. Angelyne N/T

[DBoon]

54. I wanted to say nachos

but unfortunately El Cholo did not actually invent them

[Rambis]

55. World Football Daily

Tuesday 05.04.10 Recap
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of World Football Daily, the only daily English language football podcast. Steven and Kenny will review yesterday's game in the premiership and look ahead to tomorrow's anticipated match between Manchester City and Tottenham. A Tottenham win will secure fourth position, while a City win will put them in the drivers...

http://www.worldfootballdaily.com/site

Amusing podcast

[Awsi Dooger]

64. Cool A Coos were awesome

Vanilla ice cream between two round wafers, coated with chocolate. They were a staple at Dodger games and sold in local supermarkets in a 3 pack, for not much more than a buck when I was in college.

I used to gas up at Arco stations primarily because Coos were available in the convenience store.

Somehow the smallish and sticky inferior pretender, It's It, survives in the Bay Area, while the last Cool A Coo was devoured many years ago.

[quakerboy]

65. Clean Air

What? Its not there anymore, so I figure it must have come out of there.

[CreekDog]

71. This is a personal weakness:

although they no longer have them up in Northern California:

[DBoon]

73. Korean Taco Food Trucks!

http://kogibbq.com/