NYC mayor sings "I love LA"/ Sage Francis / Uh Huh Her

If you haven't heard already, the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, went on Jimmy Kimmel and sang the unofficial Los Angeles City anthem---"I love LA".  LA Mayor Eric Garcetti really knows how to place bets and celebrate as he dropped an F--bomb as he was holding a beer during the +Los Angeles Kings celebration ceremony. Where can we party with this guy? Hopefully there's more sports celebrations to come ::cough:: Dodgers?! #LAskeez can only be oh so hopeful. 

 

Let's talk local shows. Tonight, over at the Troubadour +Sage Francis will be taking the stage in an intimate venue. 

and just a quick drive up the 5 fwy over to Santa Ana Uh Huh Her will be performing at The Observatory for $15. Who doesn't want to see Alice from the L-Word jam out live? 

"We love LA!"

Kings Win Stanley Cup/ Neon Trees/ The Internet / Summer Nights

#LAskeez can officially say the Los Angeles Kings brought the Stanley Cup back to LA! 

It was an intense game 5 against the New York Rangers that went into double OT but Alec Martinez shot the winning goal! 

The parade will take place Monday June 16th. It will start from 5th street over to Chick Hearn.

 After the parade there will be a rally inside the Staples Center at 1:00pm. If you have tickets to the rally, the option to see the parade from inside the Staples Center is up to you. 

Alec Martinez shooting the winning goal

2014 Champions

There's some good shows going on tonight.

Neon trees will be playing at the Wiltern. 

Over at the Echoplex the Internet will be playing for Low End Theory.  

If you're looking for something free to do tonight head over to Chinatown Central Plaza for Kcrw's summer nights! 

It's from 5pm-12am. Enjoy live Dj sets, live bands, food trucks, and good vibes. 

LA Kings/ Sam Smith/ Electric Six

The Kings need to stop messing around and win the Stanley Cup already! Geeesh the Rangers were lucky to have prevented a sweeeep but tonight at 5:00pm #LAskeez will hopefully be celebrating a championship, as all Angelinos will!

GO KINGS GO! 

Tickets to see Sam Smith perform at The Greek Theatre go on sale TODAY!!! This is the second show that was added so make sure not to miss out on this. Come October I'm sure you #skeezies aren't just going to want to read about it, you are going to want to be there. 

As for shows going on tonight---turns out the band Electric Six is still around and they will be perfuming at the Roxy Theatre tonight. 

Watch the Kings game or go to a show. The choice is yours! 

Kings, Dodgers, Eels & Jack White

Quick sports talk: 

#Skeezies make sure you tune in tonight at 5:00pm to see the +Los Angeles Kings win the Stanley Cup against the +New York Rangers! 

Are the +Los Angeles Dodgers finally getting their groove back? 

It sure seemed like it last night in their 6-1 win over the +Cincinnati Reds. 

Okay now for the music! 

Tonight over at the Orpheum Theatre The Eels will be performing for a sold out crowd. 

AAAAND let's not forget that Jack White will be performing again at the Mayan TONIGHT! 

Everyone will definitely be hearing #LAskeez chant...

GO KINGS GO! 

Jack White @ The Fonda

First things first #LAskeez would like to congratulate the Kings for their big win against the Rangers! They won 3-0 and also lead the series 3-0. Just one more win and the Stanley Cup belongs to LA! 

Big show coming up tonight. If any #skeezies were lucky enough to get tickets for tonight's show at The Fonda Theatre you are in store for a great set from Jack White. 

Didn't get tickets for tonight's show? 

No worries he's also playing again tomorrow at the Mayan Theatre and then heading up to Pomona on Thursday to play at the Fox Theatre. 

French Style Furs--The Satellite

It's Monday #skeezies and #LAskeez has a bad case of the Mondays.

The show goes on and there are a few things to look forward to this evening such as the Los Angeles Kings game against the New York Rangers! The Kings already lead the series 2-0 which means LA can already envision the Stanley cup parade. The game starts at 5:00pm so be ready to tune in. I mean who isn't a hockey fan right now? 

As for the music fans there's a great show going on at the satellite theatre. AND it's FREE! You read that correctly, the show is free. 

If you haven't heard for the French Style Furs, they are a reminder that music isn't all about electronic cute leg moving beats. If you recognize the vocals, that's just the lead singer from Cold War Kids. Yeah he teamed up with two of the guys from We Are Barbarians and yeah they made French Style Furs. 

Don't pass up on this FREE show, tonight.

  

Go Kings!  

Boy George

Boy George.

Known as apart of the Culture Club in the early 80's and then became his own house hold name. 

It's been YEARS since he last went on tour. 

BUT tonight he will be performing at the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. 

#LAskeez is excited to check out the venue and Boy George for the first time. So excited that #LAskeez may show up with random braids and colored ribbons in our hair.

From what #LAskeez knows about the Belasco Theater is that it was constructed in the mid 1920s, 

since then it's been through many owners and changes; but was recently restored back to it's original state in 2011.

Be ready #skeezies for tomorrow's full report on the show. 

Here are #LAskeez's top 5 Culture Club songs:

1. Culture Club--Time

2. Culture Club--Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

3. Culture Club--Karma Chameleon

4. Culture Club--I'll Tumble 4 Ya

5. Culture Club--Miss Me Blind

Boy George followed up by sports are typically not in the same sentence but that's #LAskeez for you and that's why the #skeezies keep reading. 

Sports Recap:

Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 1-4 yesterday and force a game 7 tomorrow at 7:00pm.

The Clippers face the Golden State Warriors tonight for Game 5 of the playoffs. Tip off is at 7:30pm. 

The Dodgers were supposed to play the Minnesota Twins today over in Minnesota but the game is postponed due to extreme weather conditions. 

LA Sushi/ LA Sports Talk

#LAskeez had the opportunity last May to visit Japan. 

Since that visit, eating sushi has not been comparable. 

Until #LAskeez checked out SugarFish.

Care to check out the best California Roll? Don't be silly, that's not even sushi! No creative rolls like that here. 

Just delicious omakase. 

The restaurant has 9 locations, all delicious but I have noticed more frequent visits from sushi Chef Nozawa (creator of SugarFish) over at the Downtown LA and the Beverly Hills locations. 

Don't expect to have any interaction with the sushi Chef, there are none. 

If you are expecting that you need to go to Nozawa Bar in Beverly Hills, seats about 8 and runs you about $250 a person but it's one of the best sushi experiences around town. $250 may sound very steep but hey it's cheaper than a roundtrip ticket to Tokyo.

#Skeezies can't claim to have had sushi until you have tried SugarFish and/or have been to Japan.

The warm rice, melt in your mouth fish will have you wanting more. 

All servers make sure you eat each piece of sushi correctly (with or without soy sauce) and the iced green tea tastes like green tea--not just water with a few leaves. 

When you #skeezies finally decide to visit please don't be like the folks that recently sat next to me. All they ordered was salmon and used forks. 

Legit Sushi  @Tsukiji Fish Market--Tokyo, Japan

Revolving Sushi--@Kyoto, Japan

Wild & Delicious but Nothing this Adventurous is Served at SugarFish.

Salmon & Yellowtail +Sugarfish by Sushi Nozawa 

Uni +Sugarfish by Sushi Nozawa 

Now that you are probably craving sushi.

 It's time for the a LA Sports recap. 

+Clipper Nation  now leads the series 2-1 against the Golden State Warriors after last nights Game 3 victory  of 98-96. Hooray. 

Game 4 is this Sunday at 12:30pm.

+Los Angeles Dodgers suffered another loss to the Phillies 7-3. If it's any consolation at least the fans received Kershaw Bobble Heads. 

annd...

The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks last night 6-3.