‘Shudder’ showcases five nice celebrity photographers

JEREMY AND CLAIRE WEISS, “DAVID LYNCH”
These are not the ones who are killing Britney Spears. These are the ones who come with parabolic reflectors and light meters, and make Britney Spears look beautiful, or at least properly haunted. They do not show her vag stubble or her menses-stained panties, though [...]

ISM is coming, will blow…your mind!

‘GORINJYU’ by YUKA YAMAGUCHI
There’s no way someone as DIY as Koos’ Dennis Lluy couldn’t totally and completely cream over the DIY ethos of ISM. I mean, I didn’t ask him or anything, but the fact that ISM has settled into Koos’ back room on Broadway, and will get the run [...]

If you caught Heavy Metal Vomit Party last month at Koo’s (or our interview with him), you could not have missed Skullphone’s ten foot tall silkscreens debuting his line of gilded — and glittery — ornaments. As it turns out, I am currently the proud owner of one of said ornaments. And as the only [...]

Santa Party: Santa stops by for families in need.11:30am-4pm.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 241 Cedar Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.743.1365.
Miracle on Mesa Street: San Pedro’s holiday festival and sidewalk sale lines up for the weekend. 3-8pm. Free.
DOWNTOWN SAN PEDRO Mesa St, San Pedro 90731.

I wandered in and got a serious peek. Definitely everyone should go. This is up there with MANUFACTURED INSPIRATO (a stated inspirato-ion) as far as Koo’s spectacularism goes. Andrew Jeffrey Wright has some intense geometrics, Skullphone has some just-off-the-rack posters, Bryan Schnelle has done some pretty powerful home-invasion collage on a center pillar… I didn’t [...]

Heavy Metal Vomit Party: A multimedia kind of night framed by Skullphone, Shepard Fairey, the folks at Hooray for Humans and too many more to list here. Also music dredged out by Ghostship, I.E. and Laco$te. 7pm. $5.
KOO’S 530 E Broadway, Long Beach 90802. 562.491.7584; koos.org.
Veteran’s Day Parade: Your chance to find out what all [...]

Derrick Brown’s deathbed comedy hour

Derrick Brown is alive and well and already picking out the best bar for the upcoming Best Of Long Beach issue: Joe Jost’s, he says, and the best place to live is on a boat in the Long Beach marina, and after drinking all day, you can piss off the side [...]