Did you know LACMA has a research library? Well, they do. It is open to the public by appointment, and materials don't circulate. They do what museum libraries do best -- serve the curatorial staff, provide information about items in the museum's collections, and help collectors research the art market.

This Thursday and Friday, December 13th and 14th from 12-4 p.m., the LACMA Research Library will be holding its first annual holiday book sale. The library will be selling materials from its ever-growing collection of art books, exhibition catalogs, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction catalogs. They will have what promises to be a large collection of new and used art books of all varieties, and the prices will generally be half of what you might find these books for used anywhere else.

December 5th, 7:30 pm – Flash Gordon & Danger: Diabolik
Guest - Timothy Dalton, Prince Barin in Flash Gordon.
Also, Joe Dante will help Edgar introduce Mario Bava's cult classic Danger: Diabolik

December 16th & 17th – Raising Arizona & Evil Dead 2
Guest - TBA

Meeno Peluce, a child actor in the 70's, grew up in Hollywood and migrated to the other side of the camera. He's an avid traveler and is currently working the celebrity photo book, SCAR.

tinkerbettie

This species has been christened giant peccary (Pecari maximus) by the researchers on account of its size. The holotype of the species can be found in the museum of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) in Manaus. The giant peccary was known by the local Tupi Indians as Caitetú Mundè, which means ‘great peccary which lives in pairs’.

1. the imperialistic tyranny of the four-course bouzouki
   
2. the subsequent indigestible syrtaki-like fake music served in oily greek restaurants
   
3. occidental major scales and imported kitsch rythms
4. interminable fat tremolos running along the neck and swooning german old biddies.

1. the uncompromising rehabilitation of the trichordo bouzouki
2. the closing of all restaurants dealing with breakable plates and electronic rythm machine
   
3. zeimpekika se dromos sampach kai tsiftetelia se dromos kartsigar (mono)
   
4. two-finger playing only, but with the soul, the guts and the balls (Markos-like)

"     FACTS

Trichordo bouzouki provides a delicious open tuning (D-A-D), neither major, nor minor, allowing sweet oriental combinations. Four-course bouzouki (8 strings) is tuned D-A-F-C, like the 4 first strings of the poor occidental guitar. Tetrachordo bouzouki was obviously created to play greek rumba and turkish bolero. This is injurious to our ears."