LANCE BANGS MEETS FAMILY LA'S EXTENDED LA FAMILY
August 17, 2009
by VBS Staff
Bangs
Hey, starting tomorrow “Lance Bangs”: returns to the VBS fold with a two-part series on the Family bookstore in LA.
We agree that watching a documentary about a store sounds only a tad more captivating than shaving your balls on muscle relaxants, but what Lance does is he uses Family as a launchpad to talk with all the artists and musicians who like to hang out there and play in-stores, then he follows them to their spaces (like the Smell and Ooga Booga and Sam Harkham’s silent theater) and talks to all the people hanging out there and before you know it you’ve sat through an epic Fassbinder-esque account of the entire Los Angeles scene at this specific moment of time.
Anyways, even if it was strictly about Family, we bet it would still be a better watch than most of the crap coming out these days. Far be it from us to tell you what’s awesome, but where else are you going to find a copy of Soiled Matress & the Springs first album, a Harmony Korine zine anthology, and an oversized print by comics insaniac Victor Cayro while watching a show while hanging out with all your best buds and a bunch of Southern Californian creative types? Oh, the internet? I’ll internet you, you damn wiseass.
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lesbleus: just got into the OC for a family wedding. i wanna explore LA for the first time. any recomendations where I should start? what area I should head to? I hear its huge.
6 months ago
Dietznutz: Family is the best place in LA.
7 months ago
herd: it must be overrun with fanboys and girls.
7 months ago
leonnnn: I am crazy for things like this, good people.
7 months ago
waitwait: i think lance is vbs' west coast correspondent for all things slightly music-related.
7 months ago
samiam: i thought "bangs" was dead but low and behold, it's back. nice.
7 months ago
Marvin: That was much better than I expected. A documentary about a store sounds like a snoozefest but it was great.
7 months ago
MF: Yep. I was into it the whole time. Wish there was something like that here.
7 months ago
dblhelix: is the smell scene still producing good bands. haven't heard anything from that shithole for a while.
7 months ago
gnarwhal: oh lord... is victor going to be in it? i sure hope so.
7 months ago
ghostfingers: this probably would be shit without bangs. he's got connects.
7 months ago