What we’re about
This group is for people who appreciate music and other forms of art beyond the mainstream, with a particular focus on the avant-garde or otherwise odd. Free Jazz, Musique Concrete, Atonality, Noise Music, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Dada, Junk Art, ...you name it! Not all events will necessarily be "weird", but simply off the beaten mainstream path.
This is intended to be an oasis from crass commercial banalities.
I'll post events that interest me, but I am also interested in hearing from artists, musicians, and other creative types about their events that I can share with members. Post your events and ideas in the "Discussions" section. I want this group to also be a vehicle that helps support artists and organizations that are doing interesting creative work.
The only requests are that we keep things friendly and civilized. MAGA not welcome.
Upcoming events
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KUROSAWA'S "IKIRU" (1952)
The Frida Cinema, 305 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA, USI haven't seen it but it is a highly rated film from one of my favorite directors. We have seen several of his films. Frida is doing a series of his films over the coming months.
Cross-posted with So Cal Explorers
Date: Monday, December 22, 7:30
Venue: Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: (714) 285-9422
Dinner 6:00 TBD
Tickets: $13.00 https://thefridacinema.org/movies/ikiru/
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 98% positive rating
Trailer: https://youtu.be/geKhyNerWM8?si=6h73K8j_W-OLZIMv
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 143 min. Release Year: 1952 Language: Japanese
Starring: Bokuzen Hidari, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Takashi Shimura
One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. We are are closing out the December portion of our retrospective on the legendary director’sw work with a brand 4K restoration of it thanks to our friends at Janus Films!
Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived twopart structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.6 attendees
SANTA ANA NOISE FEST 2025
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, 117 N Sycamore St, Santa Ana, CA, USDate: Saturday, December 27 @ 5:00 pm
Free and open to the public. This one lives up to its name. Earplugs might be a good idea. I'll bring some.
Venue: Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
https://occca.org/
Santa Ana Noise Fest (SANF) was established in 2009 as a space to showcase local experimental musicians. Over the course of 15 years the reach and popularity of the event has increased, and bands come far and wide to perform.
Some of the artists who participate in SoundPedro also perform here.
Hosted By: Phog masheeen, purveyors of sonic experiments and retina-burning visuals.
Performance schedule has been posted. See photos section.
George Sarah, who led the ensemble that performed the live score for "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at the Long Beach Art Theatre, is one of the performers.
Santa Ana Noise Fest (SANF) was established in 2009 as a space to showcase local experimental musicians. Over the course of 12 years the reach and popularity of the event has increased, and bands come far and wide to perform.
Website Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SantaAnaNoiseFest
From 2023 SANF - George Sarah, who led the music ensemble for "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at the Art Theatre in Long Beach"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SantaAnaNoiseFest/permalink/1850021845457411/
Photos from last year: https://www.meetup.com/la-oc-weirdo-music-and-art-group/photos/35041682/5 attendees
DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE
Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd,, Los Angeles, CA, USHybrid Event - in-person and on Zoom
Date: Jan 3 from 7pm to 9:30pm PST
Dinner 5:30 TBD
Venue: Philosophical Research Society
3910 Los Feliz Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tickets: $17.85 incl. $2.85 Fee for online purchase / $15 at the door
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-lynch-the-art-life-series-kickoff-in-celebration-of-the-master-tickets-1978181783967
Kicking off our January series celebrating the great David Lynch with the intimate documentary chronicling his formative artistic journey!
Throughout January, 7th House, The Philosophical Research Society and Zebulon honor one of the great all time masters of cinema with their series Nightblooming Jasmine: A Celebration of David Lynch*.* Perhaps no artist has ever imbued such darkness with such mystery, wonder, beauty, and (so often) humor, a consumate creator whose journeys into the far reaches of imagination and consciousness have left an indelible and eternal mark on the world. This series features events at both PRS and Zebulon, kicking off with DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE (2016) — an exploration Lynch's life, creativity, and formative artistic journey through all of its myriad, singular forms.
This intimate documentary looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As he says, “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those ideas and color them. Even if they’re new ideas, the past colors them.” We’re invited in and given private views from Lynch’s compound and painting studio in the hills high above Hollywood, as he tells personal stories that unfold like scenes from his films. Strange characters come into focus only to fade again into the past, all leaving an indelible mark.
Dirs. Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, 2016, 93 min, United States, Unrated, Digital.
Special thanks to Janus Films.
Tickets: $15 (All Screenings Are In-Person Only)
Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.5 attendees
TARKOVSKY'S "MIRROR" (1975)
The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USI was very impressed with the 3 other films by Andrei Tarkovsky that I have seen, and am eager to see this one. He made films that were visually stunning, unwind slowly and don't tie everything up in a neat bow at the end.
Date: SUN JAN 4, 2026 1:00 PM
Possible lunch before, TBD.
Venue: Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Tickets: [$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)
https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/mirror-1-4-26/
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 100% POSITIVE RATING
Trailer: https://youtu.be/S2U9TXmYJ94
ABOUT THE FILM:
RELEASED IN: 1975 106 MINUTES DIRECTED BY: Andrei Tarkovsky
Introduction by filmmaker Lav Diaz
In Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.
A senses-ravishing odyssey through the halls of time and memory, Andrei Tarkovsky’s sublime reflection on 20th century Russian history is as much a film as it is a poem composed in images, as much a work of cinema as it is a hypnagogic hallucination. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystic power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics upon its release due to its elusive narrative structure, MIRROR has since taken its place as one of the titan director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.
FORMAT: DCP
DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films
COUNTRY: Soviet Union10 attendees
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