#anaheim venues

[sleepy-lulu]

Anaheim, CA

[gidleinstagram]

miyeon instagram update

Anaheim NEVERLAND ☁️🩵🪽 How was our show? 💕 I really had a great time and made unforgettable memories. I will never forget all the cheers that filled up the venue. Until we meet again please stay healthy 💓 I love you guys 💋😇

[letsgetrowdy43]

Drunken proposals—

Jamie Drysdale x Reader

Warnings: nothing really, drinking??, lmk if anything else :)

"Y/n which of these flowers should I add to my bouquets?" Lily slid a scrapbook chalked full of flower cutouts from magazines in front of her. The young woman smiled warmly, fingers running over the glossy shine of the magazine pieces as she looked up at her best friend who was practically glowing with excitement

Ever since the bride's mother-in-law had heard the rumour of her daughter's proposal she had begun compiling a bag full of magazines and venue pamphlets. The moment the question was popped, the planning followed suit.

Lily and Y/n had been tasked with the dinner arrangements, from tablecloths to seating arrangements, tonight was the night all of this would be settled. It seemed as if every "insignificant" detail had been thought through, many tears were shed as they sipped cheap wine and reminisced on their childhoods, giggling at the outrageous pairings they put at tables, just to stir the pot.

Lily smiled at the woman who went through and examined every tiny sample of tablecloth colours the venue supplied, the wedding had been a nice distraction for Y/n's nerves. Jamie was still contractless well into the free-agent season, and the Anaheim Duck organization seemed like a pit of doom, but both her boyfriend and their ex-roommate had decided that they had some 'unfinished business' to return to in California.

"I'm in favour of the white narcissus, maybe some eucalyptus branches, and a few lilies, mixed with some baby's breath" Y/n grabbed the four cut-out slips and placed them together in front of Lily who gushed. Her best friend's mother-in-law leaned over the kitchen table and then looked at the bride with a grin, "They're lovely" Lily gushed and nodded in approval. And that's how the night went, a perfectionist's dream as they sorted through all of the details, picking out colour schemes and grinning with pride as they perfected the entire night.

Lily smiled, her thumbs drummed on the table and finally, she looked up at Y/n with a grin. "That's a scheming grin" "It's not! But I do have a question for you" Y/n rolled her eyes as Lily took her hands into her grasp. The woman laughed at the awkward tension, chuckling at the terrified look on her best friend's face as the mood turned dark.

"Y/n?" Lily paused causing the girl to groan. "Lily you're making me anxious!"  "Be my maid of honour!" Y/n smiled widely as she nodded, pulling Lily into her arms, "Oh my God, of course!" she said swaying back and forth with excitement.

"Good good, so obviously you and Marley's person of honour will be walking together in the bridal party" She smiled as she showed a picture of the bridesmaid dresses and the optional tuxes that her own mother had promised to make as a wedding gift to her. A lovely shade of sage, it was a long dress with puffy sleeves and a cinched waist. Y/n gasped as she looked closely at the dress, "they're stunning," she looked up at a grinning Lily

"I have a question," Lily handed two china saucers to Y/n and motioned for her to pick her favourite, "when did you know you wanted to marry her?" the girl asked as they sorted through napkin samples. Her best friend grinned as she flipped through a wedding dress magazine, "I don't actually know, I met her and I knew that I wanted to be with her for the rest of my life, but marriage wasn't something I ever pictured with anyone really, but she brought up the idea a few months ago and asked my opinion and honestly a no never even crossed my mind," she grinned and looked down at the ring on her finger.

Y/n nodded and smiled, thinking back to young much awkward Jamie. The two of them had met just after his draft into the OHL, and she swore in that second she had met him, a little over five years ago, that he was the man she was meant to adore for the rest of her time on the earth. Marriage was something she really wanted, something she had dreamt of since she could remember.

She stared at the piles of books in front of her, a grin on her face as she remembered the conversation Jamie had brought up to her a few weeks prior, "Would you be mad if I just wanted to elope?" he asked as they laid next to each other in their shared bed. he didn't even need to explain why, if that's how he wanted it she was okay with it, she would be happy with anything, as long as he was the one she got to call the husband at the end of the night.

She stared at the piles around her, stacks of magazine clippings and ribbons surrounding her as she looked up at her best friend, "I think I want to propose to Jamie," she confessed as her best friend grinned.

★★★

A bottle of wine and lots of giggly conversations later Y/n stumbled back home and into bed next to Jamie who slept soundlessly.

A breathy laugh left the woman's lips and she crawled in next to him. Her makeup was still on and her clothes were discarded onto the floor, with only a bra and Jamie's boxers remaining on her body. The defenceman's face scrunched up as she worked her way into his arms, giggles leaving her lips as she tried, and failed, to quietly get comfortable.

"I'm sorry honey" she whispered. "You sound a bit drunk love" he groaned rubbing his eyes of any remaining sleep "I am," she grinned before placing a wet kiss on his nose

Y/n stared at his sleepy expression, her heart thumping as she brought her hand up to run her fingers through his bedhead, a content grin on her face as he snuggled in closer to her. Her face broke out into a full-blown smile as she watched him close his eyes at the feeling of her touch. "I'm so utterly and unconditionally in love with you," she mumbled, blurring her face in his chest as his arms wrapped securely around her.

He went to cut her off but instead was silenced by a finger that she placed on his lips, a small shush following shortly after. "I'm not done" she frowned before placing a kiss where her finger previously resided.

"Jamie Drysdale, I'm so overwhelmed by the love that I hold for you, with my entire being. You're my favourite person, my favourite everything" she took a short pause, her eyelashes batting as she took his hand into hers "You make me feel so many things, you feel inevitable to me like you are my forever"

Jamie sat up onto his elbows to look at her, his eyes began to well with tears as she endlessly confessed.  "Like- like we are something written out by the gods," his thumb ran across Y/n's face, wiping away the tears that fell down the apples of her cheeks. "What I'm trying to say is that you are the kindest and most loving person in my life. And I will cherish you until the end of my days" she whispered the last sentence and placed a kiss on the knuckles of the hand still in her grasp.

His tired features melted away long ago and now resides a look of pure love on his moonlit face.  Tear streaks highlight his cheeks, his vocabulary had already withered away as she spoke, leaving him nothing less than speechless.

Jamie watched her smile and let out a laugh at the awkward tension, he leaned in to capture her lips on his, his hand cupping her jaw as she hummed into his mouth. Her lips tasted cherry wine and cigarettes, soft from the overuse of her vanilla lavender lip balm, a taste that was familiar on his tongue, a sense of home, as his hand found the side of her face.

"Marry me" she whispered, her forehead now leaning against his as she let out shallow breaths. Her hand plays with the hair at the nape of his neck, her brows furrowed as she waits for his response so she can start kissing him again. Jamie smiled and let out a quiet "yes" before he leaned back down to kiss her.

He didn't even need to say words, or a large rambling confession as she did, Y/n knew that Jamie loved her with every fibre of his being, he'd shown it countless times over the years. There was no doubt in her mind that James wouldn't walk hand in hand with her for the rest of his life just as she would for him.

He pulled away to look her in the eyes, his hand still cradling her cheek. She slowly blinked as her thumb ran over his cracked bottom lips, pulling at the flesh as he tried to find his voice again. "You mean it?" "Yes J," her mind was distracted by the stubble that was growing in on his jaw.

Jamie rolled over onto his side to rummage in his bedside table drawer, searching for the little box that was hidden under a pile of paperwork and a book. He turned back to face her and pulled Y/n right into his chest, her cheek pressed against his chest as he placed the little box in her palm.

She opened the tiny box to see a small ring, nothing extravagant like she specifically said she wanted, "oh J, did I just ruin your proposal?" she slid the ring one, face a blaze as she admired its other ring finger. "Was gonna wait till your birthday to do it, but I liked yours more," he grinned as he took her hand a placed a kiss right onto her finger, lips ghosting over the ring.

"I just drunkenly prosed to you," her jaw dropped as she rolled onto her back and stared at the roof, confused by the escalation of her actions, "What are we gonna tell our kids?" "Kids?" he choked on his laughter as she rolled back into his side, her eyes lovingly staring up at him. "Well I mean yeah, in the future, how am I supposed to tell them that Lily got me hammered and I word-vomited myself into an engagement," she joked. "I say you tell them just that," he mused and got himself comfortable.

She grinned into his skin, "We are engaged," she whispered and closed her eyes, a telltale to Jamie that she needed some sleep. Shortly after the room filled with her small snore, Jamie's finger agilely danced across her forearm and he watched his now fiancé roll onto her side. Her face squished into the pillow as a quiet snore left her lips.

He let out a quiet sigh and rolled to be face to face with her, his fingers now brushing her face-framing strands from out of her eyes and tucked behind her ears. A sombre look washed over his features as he watched the rise and fall of her figure.  And in that exact moment, he swore to himself that he'd do everything within his power to make sure he was the best husband he could be to her, cause she was everything he'd been dreaming of and more.

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I didn't proofread... I got lazy :) so if it's bad don't say anything cause I will cry!!

[hockeyandhrsepwr]

Lucky 🫶

Trevor Zegras x singer!reader

**I really don’t know how I feel about this but whatever**

It's the final concert of your tour and you’re ending in your hometown LA, in the venue you used to dream about playing in. Now here you are, at 22 closing out a national tour at the Staples Centre. 

“Hi everyone! Thank for coming out tonight! Before I let you all go, I have one more thing I want to share with all of you. It’s always special to play in for my hometown crowd, so it feels like the perfect occasion to give you a taste something I’ve been working on. It’s been hard to put this into words, so I hope you enjoy!” 

You start strumming your guitar 

Do you hear me, I'm talking to you

He’s somewhere in the arena, and you know he’s enjoying himself. You’ve never told him, but you feel so incredibly lucky to have fallen in love with your best friend, Trevor. 

Across the water across the deep blue ocean

Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Long tours and hockey road trips meant the two of you spent lots of time apart, but your connection with Trevor never died down. On nights when you were feeling lonely you’d go outside & stare at the moon, knowing he’d be looking at the same one. It always made you feel better.

Boy, I hear you in my dreams

I feel your whisper across the sea

I keep you with me in my heart

Your last birthday before you started dating, Trevor had given you a little heart locket. Jokingly, he put a picture of himself in there, along with one that the two of you had taken when you were hanging out. Despite it being a joke, you never took the picture out, liking that you had your best friend with you wherever you were. Then he kissed you three months later. 

You make it easier when life gets hard

No matter where you were or what happened, Trevor was there for you. Late night calls when you were stressed, hyping you up on social media, talking you off a ledge when you hated everything you’d ever written, he was the one you turned to.  

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Meeting at 18 out in LA when he was visiting Anaheim, you formed a close friendship with Trevor, bonding over your love of Taylor Swift and hockey. Keeping in constant contact while he was in Boston, you quickly found the golden retriever boy becoming one of your closest friends, the quy you could talk to about anything. When he moved to Anaheim you spent days together, at the beach, discovering Orange County and talking about everything and nothing. The friendship only grew with all the time you spent together & so did your feelings for each other. 

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Trevor had felt like home to you since you’d met, but you’d never understood why. He’d always made you feel safe and loved and he knows you like no one else does. Living on the road often left you feeling homesick and lost, but that feeling went away the minute you were back in his arms

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes

Waiting for a love like this

You and Trevor had been there for each other through all kinds of heartbreak. When your first boyfriend brutally dumped you at 19 because you ‘weren’t getting famous quick enough for him’, Trev was the one who showed up at your door with a pint of ice cream and a promise to kill the guy if he ever saw him around. You managed to talk him down though, no murder here. When he found who he thought was the one but was really just a clout chasing bitch who saw his star and used him, you reassured him that it wasn’t his fault. And you nearly slapped the bitch when she was coming on to one of the other Ducks players out one night. 

Needless to say, it took the two of you a while to realize that what you were looking for was right in front of you all along. 

Every time we say goodbye

I wish we had one more kiss

“Babe I have to go!!” Trevors standing in the doorway to the hotel room. You’re both in New York, and if you stayed at the same hotel as the Ducks, who’s to say it wasn’t a coincidence. You’re currently on the bed pouting. 

“What did you forget?”

“I dont know! I have my wallet & tie. I’m gonna be late. Love you” He goes to exit the room when it clicks & he comes bouncing over and smacks a kiss on your lips

“I’m sorry?” He grins before standing up. You pull him down by his tie “one more kiss” he drops one more on your lips before moving away,

“Now I’m really going to be late!”

“Sorry” you shrug 

I'll wait for you, I promise you, I will

You dont have to see Trevor to know the smile that’s on his face. Normally he’s your sounding board for new songs, but you wanted to surprise him with this one, even if it exposed your relationship. It was widely known that you were best friends, but only those close to you knew about the shift to dating over a year ago. Fans are going wild at the song & you see your stage manager pulling someone into the wings. Trevor. You smile as you sing the final line

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend

“There’s a little taste, I hope you enjoyed it! Good night Los Angeles!” You exit the stage to thunderous applause and get pulled into a hug. 

“You’re sneaky” Trevor jokes and drops a kiss to you nose

“You know you love me” you retort

“I really do” You smile at his response, soaking the night in. 

xxx

[itzskzidle]

noodle.zip instagram update

Anaheim NEVERLAND☁️🩵🪽 How was our show?💕 I really had a great time and made unforgettable memories. I will never forget all the cheers that filled up the venue. Until we meet again please stay healthy💓 I love you guys💋😇

[greazyfloz]

Can I request #14 and #5 off your smut prompt list with Jamie Drysdale?

Smut: 14. “Do you want to touch me?” & 5. “Shh baby, we have to be quiet” w/ Jamie Drysdale

Bored and Horny

Jamie and I were out at some event in Anaheim at some fancy hotel. It started with a wine event where we just mingled with partners and investors then we had dinner and now we are dancing. Well the rest of the group is Jamie and I are just watching Trevor and Mason make a foul of themselves.

We were interrupted from our comedy act when someone from the Ducks organization came over to Jamie to introduce him to a partner. I stood to shake their hand and stood beside Jamie. “I will leave you two here while I get another drink. Would anyone like another?” I say trying to out of this boring conversation that typically wouldn’t be boring if I hadn’t heard this same conversation about 30 times tonight. 

“I have what your having” Jamie smiles at me then turns back to the man in the suit, “And for you?” Jamie asks.

“No, no thank you sweetheart” he smiles at me. I smile at the two before grabbing two glasses of champagne. I turn back to go to Jaime with champagne in my hands when he wasn’t where I just left him. All of a sudden I feel hands on my waist.

“You looking for me?” I turn to see my boyfriend grinning from ear to ear. I hand him his glass and we both take a sip. We go over and sit at the table, where more and more people come sit to talk to Jamie. These things get so boring and I start to think about all the places I would rather be and they all require Jamie inside of me. I look over at Jamie socializing and feel myself getting wetter and wetter. Seeing him so friendly and laughing and in that suit is making me horny. I press my legs together to relieve some of the sensation. Finally the people Jamie was just talking to left to I slide my chair closer to him and place my had on his mid thigh.

“Can we go now?” I ask looking at Jamie

“Not yet, I still have like 2-3 hours left” Jamie laughs. I make my way closer to his ear.

“I want you to pin me against the wall” I say and Jamie gulps, “What’s wrong?” 

“N-nothing” Jamie says

“Do you want to touch me?” I ask Jamie and he stands holding his hand out.

“Let’s dance” he says, dragging me to the dance floor when a slower song starts. He turns so we are facing each other and pulls me in. We sway back and forth but not a word from either of us.

“What’s wrong Jam?” I say, “Something I can help you with?” I continue looking up at him, but he refuses to look back down at me.

“Please” he says looking around. He looks around before he sees something. He starts walking towards what he sees. “Come’ir” he says guiding me away from the crowd. He walks us into the little storage closet in the back of the venue. He looks around to make sure no one can see us and pushes us both in locking the door then wedging a chair under the door just in case.

He bends down and lifts my dress over my head before pressing his lips against mine. “You’re eager!” I say into his lips.

“I’m eager?” he says pulling away looking at me. He plays with the band of my panties pulling them down a bit, “Let’s see who the eager one really is” he says and plunges two fingers inside of me.

“MmmMm” I moan out slightly as his finger curl and relax inside of me.

“You’re the one feeling eager” he smirks, bringing his lips back to mine. He takes his fingers out of me and trails kisses down my body to my centre kneeling down he looks up and start flicking his tongue on my clit.

I cover my mouth and he begins to suck. He sticks two fingers inside of me pumping them in and out while he sucks on my clit. I moan out slightly and he stands up pressing his lips back to mine. “Your turn” he says undoing his belt and freeing his cock from inside his pants.

I bring myself down to my knees before waiting no time to put him inside my mouth. I take him him bobbling back and forth earning Jamie to breathe out a little louder than normal. I bring him in farther down my throat when he steps back, “I won’t last long if you continue” he says.

I stand back up and begin kissing his lips. We are in a full makeout session until he pulls away to undo the buttons of shirt then throwing to the side. He strokes his cock a little coming in closer to me, “Fuck!” he says, “I don’t have a rubber babe” he continues. I dig through my small purse finding one.

“My boyfriend is so hot, I always have one handy” I say smirking at him and he laughs taking it from me and rolling it on. He reattaches our lips as I lift one leg around him so he can line himself with my entrance. Without warning Jamie enters me hard and fast.

“OooHhhHHhh Fuck!” I whimper out and Jamie slams himself inside of me keeping it there for a second as he places his hand over my mouth.

“Shh baby, we have to be quiet” he says removing his hand from my mouth and attaching his lips to mine before thrusting into me again hard and fast. “Fuck babe you feel so good” he whispers in my ear as he goes deeper and deeper.

“Jamie!” i breathe out into his ear

“I-I’m so close” he says continuing to pound himself into me. He keeps thrusting for a bit before plunging deep inside of me and slowly pulling out after releasing himself into the condom. “Oh yeah, Y/n, Oh yeah baby”, he says as he cums. He pulls out and connects our lips. 

“I love you” I say as he pulls away.

“I love you too” he says back. I bend down to put my underwear and dress back on and realize Jamie is looking around the closet. 

“What?” I ask him

“I don’t know where to put this” he says with his condom in his hand. “I don’t really wanna leave it in here and I’m not putting it in my coat” he says awkwardly.

“Here Jam” I say tying it and wrapping it in paper towel. “There is a garbage right outside this door”. He gets changed and we go back out together. I throw out the condom leaving the closet and make our way back to our table. 

“Where’d you guys go?” Troy says sitting with us at our table

“We went out for some fresh air” Jamie says turning pink.

[catsofcalifornia]

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[ourpickwickclub]

We don’t have any idea what Gwen’s first shows look liked. They were very small house parties we have no video from. She wasn’t even the lead singer at first. We have stuff from when they started getting bigger and more popular on the Southern California scene.

Same with Blake, we don’t have any of those first performances at the theater. But he has talked in several interviews about needing to learn to move around on stage and not just stand there, plus things like mic technique.

Blake is in the class of rare human who was born a performer. We have seen video of him as a young kid performing at beauty pageants and he was good. A total natural at like, 8 yrs old. I believe it was Bob Server’s Old Time Rock n Roll. His mom was trying to find places to put him on stage because he wanted that from that young age. We know he asked to play at the McSwain for free, which is a 560 seat theater, and that the first time he was “good enough”’ to be paid to play there, he was 15 and got $40. And Blake has talked about the process of getting comfortable and moving around the stage. And the process of song writing as a young teen a song about a girl dumping him.

Gwen has said she was always singing in the car and at home, as a young kid. Putting on shows for family. We know Eric was into music and let her tag a long with him and his band. She was back up vocals, and got comfortable on stage in that capacity for years. Then, she moved up to singing with John and Alan. We know that Eric Keyes was booking the band into small venues around Anaheim and he has posted a lot of footage of those gigs along with the stories. One of the band members said Gwen didn’t start dancing on stage right away. That came much later. At first she just sort of jumped around. And of course, we all know about her first songwriting.

King has had things easier in some ways, and tougher in others. He has seen all his parents perform and I’m sure he has watched early footage of all three. We think of him as young, but he’s probably so ready to start performing because he knows when they did and how long it took each of them to break through. And he can’t just gig around as the kid of these famous musicians. And he can’t really hide who he is because paps have been following him since birth. He has to find a way to get comfortable on stage and hone his craft and find himself as a person (like all 17 yr olds) and as an artist. Blake and Gwen gave him a lovely, friendly crowd in a smallish venue and tons of support. This is how they parent, too.

- B

[tmbgareok]

ive been a TMBG fan since i was born, but for most of my life when you guys came to my city it was always at 18+/21+ venues. i finally got to see you all play at the anaheim house of blues in 2012 for my 16th birthday w Moon Hooch and it was one of the best nights of my life. linnell made a joke about playing for the mouse and you (flans) said “yeah, and no fuckups!” in a mickey mouse voice and i still do that impression today and have to explain it to people. i was a really depressed teen but that night filled me with so much joy! thank you for an amazing show and wonderful memories. cant wait until i can see you guys play again!

JF: that is very nice thing to say. Appreciated! Hope you get to see us again soon.

[shefanispeculator]

Orange County RegisterFollow

Photos: Gwen Stefani celebrates Honda Center’s 30th anniversary with fans in Anaheim

“You are my community, you are my people,” pop star Gwen Stefani told the sold-out and cheering crowd at Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday night, Sept. 9. “I am so grateful for every single person who listened to my music all these years.”

Stefani — who was born and raised in a home just a few miles from the arena where her band No Doubt formed — received a mighty welcome from the hometown crowd. It was a family affair, too, as her mother and father, Dennis and Patti Stefani, and her younger brother, Todd Stefani, and sister-in-law, Jennifer, were also in attendance and spotted singing along.

Before the show, fans were seen dressed in various signature Stefani style and posing in front of themed photo ops located throughout the arena. While most embraced the No Doubt “Tragic Kingdom” more rockabilly look, others went for Stefani’s “Return of Saturn” cotton candy pink hair era; and there were plenty sporting her more glam L.A.M.B. fashion made popular in her “The Sweet Escape” and “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.” solo album days.

Tapped to help the venue celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Stefani has now played at Honda Center (formerly The Arrowhead Pond) 10 times, tying her with British singer and pianist Elton John and Mexican singer-songwriter and musician Marco Antonio Solís for the artists who have performed on that stage the most.

With it being a hometown show, she did bust out a few things that were special. Since she’s gone solo and No Doubt has been on hiatus since 2015, Stefani has long peppered in No Doubt’s ska and reggae-infused hits with her more pop-focused solo material. And while she’s added some fun covers into the setlist through the years (like “The Tide is High” by The Paragons) and often brings out husband and country star Blake Shelton to duet on a few tunes (the more country-leaning “Nobody But You” “Go Ahead and Break My Heart” and “Happy Anywhere”), there were popular No Doubt songs absent from the performances that fans begged for on social media.

She must have been feeling a bit nostalgic on Saturday night as she busted out a stripped down version of No Doubt’s 1995 single “Excuse Me Mr.,” which she prefaced by saying she hadn’t played it in so long because she had “gotten over it.” She also played the 2000 hit, “Simple Kind of Life,” noting that it was “the first song I wrote on my own on guitar.”

[sleepy-lulu]

Anaheim, CA

[gidleinstagram]

miyeon instagram update

Anaheim NEVERLAND ☁️🩵🪽 How was our show? 💕 I really had a great time and made unforgettable memories. I will never forget all the cheers that filled up the venue. Until we meet again please stay healthy 💓 I love you guys 💋😇

[dweemeister]

July 10, 2024

By Tim Grieving

Before John Williams believed in himself as a conductor, the general manager of the Los Angeles Philharmonic believed in him.

Ernest Fleischmann was a savvy and powerful impresario, born in Germany in 1924, raised in South Africa to escape the Nazis, a frustrated conductor and journalist who managed the London Symphony Orchestra for eight years and ran the European classical division of CBS Records before coming to Los Angeles in 1969 and transforming a “provincial second-rank orchestra,” as L.A. Times critic Mark Swed wrote, “into one of the world’s best.”...

... When Fleischmann saw Star Wars with his kids on opening weekend in the summer of 1977, he thought to himself: God, this score! “It’s really the score and the sound effects that have made that movie what it was,” he later said. “It was almost Wagnerian.” The LA Phil was scheduled to tour Japan that fall, but the tour was canceled at the last minute when the promoter went bankrupt. With his orchestra suddenly freed up, and Star Wars totally consuming the culture, Fleischmann saw a plum opportunity; he paid a visit to John Williams’ Brentwood home and asked the composer if the LA Phil could perform music from Star Wars in a concert of space-themed music. Williams said “Fantastic,” and created a special 28-minute suite from his already super-famous, record-breaking score.

The resulting concert on November 20th, 1977 at the Hollywood Bowl—the iconic outdoor summer home of the LA Phil—was a galactic party designed for young families, complete with a laser light show and readings by William Shatner. The sold-out audience went crazy for it, but the event also highlighted the deep tension between anointed priests of “high culture” and the hoi polloi. “We were criticized very heavily,” recalled Zubin Mehta, the LA Phil’s music director who conducted that night. “Our critics and colleagues said that we had sold our souls to Hollywood. It was really a children’s concert.” The grumpy L.A. Times critic Martin Bernheimer called it “artistic prostitution.”

Fleischmann didn’t care. He had the LA Phil repeat the “Music from Outer Space” program at the California Angels’ baseball stadium in nearby Anaheim, and he commissioned an album of the Star Wars suite and Williams’ new Close Encounters suite, recorded at UCLA’s Royce Hall in December 1977 by Mehta and the orchestra. According to veteran classical music broadcaster Jim Svejda, it was the first time a major American orchestra treated film music “in a very serious way. I think it made a very dramatic statement.”

[chicanoartmovement]

CHICANO ART MOVEMENT visits: Hollywood Bowl 2024

(Hollywood Bowl hosting the Los Angeles stop of the Caifanes & Café Tacvba - North America Tour 2024)

After our library field trip, we traveled to Hollywood Boulevard for some lunch & window shopping.

(Detailed view of official Netflix’s “Wednesday” series merchandise)

Inside the Netflix Store on Hollywood Blvd., we enjoyed the interactive modules from their most popular shows on that streaming platform. Anita added official Wednesday series merchandise to her personal collection.

(Clockwise: Sheila E. -recording, Diana Ross - recording, Gustavo Dudamel - live performance, and James Cameron - motion pictures)

Outside on the boulevard, we snapped some pictures of well known individuals and their respective Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars. 

(View of Hollywood Bowl marquee announcing the performance of Caifanes & Café Tacvba)

Via LiveNation media press release: “In an unprecedented collaboration, two legendary Mexican bands, Caifanes and Café Tacvba, are set to embark on their first-ever joint tour in the United States. This historic musical journey promises fans an unforgettable experience as the two groups come together to celebrate their legacies and showcase the power of Mexican rock on an international stage.”

(Café Tacvba singing an updated version of their musical hit “Ingrata” on the Hollywood Bowl venue)First to take the stage was Café Tacvba who had the crowd engaged with their musical performance, from the beginning of “María” to the last cord of “Ingrata/Ingrato.”

(View of the members from Café Tacvba at their only LA stop of their joint tour 2024)

Café Tacvba giving gracias to their fantastic fans throughout their set.

(View of Caifanes members with Saul, lead vocals, singing with Meme of Café Tacvba)

Caifanes played their hits and even invited Café Tacvba member Meme to sing as a duet on their song “Viento.”

(View of Caifanes saying goodbye & thanks to the crowd at the Hollywood Bowl)

Closing out the concert at the famous Hollywood Bowl stage was: the legendary band Caifanes - a band on Anita’s bucket list to view en vivo y en directo.

P.S. Caifanes chisme: they will be at the Honda Center of Anaheim in November 2024.

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Anaheim NEVERLAND☁️🩵🪽 How was our show?💕 I really had a great time and made unforgettable memories. I will never forget all the cheers that filled up the venue. Until we meet again please stay healthy💓 I love you guys💋😇

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Oh to have been there. Paramore performing in Anaheim CA at a 250 person venue called "Chain Reaction." 01/26/2006

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