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Awesome b-side from the Leviathan Brothers for an upcoming single on White Noise, featuring L.A. RECORD veteran SOC!

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After learning of the colossal value of vintage L.A. RECORDs—double-digits!—veteran writer SOC (who may be our longest-lasting contributor) sent us this photo of his million-dollar L.A. RECORD stash. We hope we will still be invited to the mansion if he ever sells these—for old times’ sake…

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TUESDAY, SEPT. 18:
Peacebone. Piece blown. Pea brain. My brains. They’re on the floor somewhere. I know they are, trampled by the blackened soles of poncho enthusiasts and sly girls with ‘heartbreak’ written into their organizer. In pen! We stood together as a giant mash of organs and transaction fees, pressing glistening skin everywhere it felt [...]

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SATURDAY, JUNE 30:
After starting nearly thirty minutes late, the authors of McSweeney’s
“Comedy By Numbers” came out of hiding to a frigid audience. It had
been too crowded to shop for some time, leaving many people standing
in one spot reading and re-reading the same import-only reprint of
some acid-casualty’s prison diary/furniture design/Fellini
retrospective. So it took a minute for [...]

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23: Jerry Springer is a softy. Even from a hundred feet away without benefit of binoculars or cameras, I could tell he was crying. It’s a strange feeling sitting in a theater knowing several million people are watching the same show from the comfort of their home. Imagine your most enthusiastic high school [...]

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TUESDAY, MAY 15: The Bad Plus seem like super-swell guys. There must be something in that Midwestern water (or is it a lack of something?) that causes them to be so naggingly wholesome. After each song, pianist Ethan Iverson stood and bowed before politely elaborating on the next. His formality, from the tie to the [...]

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2: Central Valley troubadour Nik Freitas has been fighting it out in LA for a few years now. His most recent record, Voicing the Hammers, is a collection of well-crafted pop songs forged in his own studio and played entirely by himself—from cymbals to harmonies. With assistance from a drummer (it’s hard playing [...]

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2: Since 1977, pigeon-toed Mr. MacManus has been churning out some of the most inventive songwriting and clever lyricism in pop music. His first record, littered with anger and obsession, is one of the most consistent and entertaining debuts of its time. I don’t know anyone else with the balls to use “anesthetize” [...]

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28: Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is of the generation of jazzbos affectionately known as the “Young Lions”—a collection of well-versed revivalists who popped up in the early 90s after tenures with a since-deceased generation of originals (Betty Carter, Art Blakey, Ray Brown). But when tow-headed teenagers are making a run at the big time, [...]

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TUESDAY, APRIL 3: It seems that the Magnolia Electric Co. appear in Los Angeles more often than rain these days. The last time I saw wee Jason Molina and his weathered crew, there was still sunlight cooking the smoker’s patio at the Echo. Just imagine: last call six hours after the show! Molina’s paeans to [...]

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