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Entries from LAist tagged with 'random'

June 12, 2008

Crosswalk Countdown - GuerilLA from Kelly Herrington on Vimeo. A crosswalk at Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade starts to count down. Once it hits 10, a group of enthusiastic party-goers begin to count down with it out loud (think New Years Even at Times Square). The clock hits zero, the blinking hand changes to solid and everyone begins to scream in joy. "Happy New Years!" This is the latest "mission" from LA's version of......

Continue Reading "GuerilLA Celebrates New Years Eve... in June"

May 2, 2008

Cell phone photo by LAist News Editor Andy Sternberg Found yesterday morning on the 101 south on-ramp at Glendale Blvd. Sign #1: "Honk if you Drink" Sign #2: "'Will work for Beer" Thank you Caltrans, thank you.......

Continue Reading "Found in LA: A Bear for Beer"

March 23, 2008

Video by Zach Behrens/LAist Just like the Los Angeles Pillow Fight, there was another event of "random" fun this weekend and that was Friday night's Mobile Clubbing in Hollywood. Here's a short video (with unexplained black at the end for two minutes) that shows Grauman's Chinese Theatre security escorting the clubbers off their property while having a good laugh, a Los Angeles Sheriff taking photos of the event, a few characters joining in and......

Continue Reading "Midnight Movie: Mobile Clubbing on Hollywood Blvd."

March 10, 2008

We always hear about Improv Everywhere pulling crazy stunts off in New York City, like five-minutes of frozen time at Grand Central or no-pants on the subway. Well, after a small improvised pillow fight at the Glendale mall (video below), the new LA Chapter of the collaborative pulled off their first major mission: a spontaneous musical at Baldwin Hills Mall, starting off with the Hot Dog On A Stick girl. Eventually a cast of......

Continue Reading "Improv Everywhere Finds Itself in LA: Food Court Musical"

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