Kevin Bronson on December 23rd, 2010

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‣ Rockin’ with the fossils is one of our favorite L.A. rituals – at least the way that it’s done at the Natural History Museum’s First Fridays series. The festivities, which included honest-to-goodness intellectual activities followed by music (two live bands in the Diorama Hall, two DJs in the African Mammal Hall), kick off Jan. 7 with live performances from Little Dragon and Sister Crayon. The series goes off the first Friday of every month through June, and although the full slate has not been announced, it includes Abe Vigoda and Wild Nothing (March 4) and, one of the months, a possible appearance by Cat’s Eyes, the side project of the Horrors’ Faris Badwan.
‣ Speaking of museums (and Abe Vigoda), last week I mentioned there’d be a music series coming to LACMA, because, y’know, I heard it was happening and the rock music series at NHM and the Hammer are cool and … Well, my bad, I guess. Turns out the show wasn’t so much a museum thing as a promotion by your friendly neighborhood daily newspaper (its Brand X brand, anyway) to push its L.A. Unheard column (which is kind of the new Buzz Bands). So the L.A. Unheard show, which had been in the works at one museum, moves to another – it’ll be Jan. 20 at the Autry, with Abe Vigoda, Lord Huron performing with the Calder Quartet and Gamble House.
‣ Blur and Pulp making a comeback? That’s what it says here. OK, we’re excited. Coachella would be nice.