LA Record 100 Kick-Off Party June 26, 2010

Featuring ABE VIGODA and UNAVOIDABLE PROSTATION

L.A. RECORD 100 FESTIVAL
CELEBRATING THE 100TH ISSUE OF L.A. RECORD
ALL PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
JUNE 26 TO JULY 31 2010

After five years and 99 issues, independent Los Angeles music magazine L.A. RECORD is celebrating its upcoming 100th issue with the L.A. RECORD 100 festival, a month-long event connecting all kinds of local music to all kinds of local people with 100% of proceeds going to charity. The purchase of a $24.99 L.A. RECORD 100 card entitles cardholders to free or discounted admission at 120 events (and counting!) running from June 26 to July 31 all across Los Angeles, and all funds raised go to CalArts' nonprofit Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program, which puts top-notch arts and music education into local schools. The goal is to raise $50,000 for the CAP. Complete information is online at larecord.com/100.

L.A. RECORD was founded in 2005 on a bedroom floor and the first afternoon was spent trying to copy the New York Dolls' lipstick logo into a borrowed laptop. (That was the beginning of L.A. RECORD's now-well-known series of album cover recreations.) Five years later, L.A. RECORD remains in print and completely independent, a do-it-yourself descendent of storied Los Angeles music magazines like Bomp! and Slash. Since its beginning, L.A. RECORD has become a noted source for local music coverage and was the first magazine ever to put signature local musicians like Flying Lotus, Cold War Kids, No Age and more in print.

L.A. RECORD's 100th issue marks a new transition from a 16-page monthly to an 80-page quarterly, delivering the most robust overage
in the publication's history. The new quarterly format will offer uncut interviews, expanded album reviews, art and film and books coverage and even a full-color comics section-all produced by and
covering local musicians, artists, filmmakers and writers.
The L.A. RECORD 100 festival will coincide with L.A. RECORD's summer 2010 issue and connect events taking place all across the Los Angeles area, ranging from hip-hop to '50s rock 'n' roll to electronica to dub to experimental noise to indie rock and beyond. With shows in diverse venues that include bars, galleries, clubs, and even house parties, L.A. RECORD 100 is a colossal cross-pollination of L.A.'s music and art communities.

L.A. RECORD is now selling L.A. RECORD 100 cards, which are essentially all-access passes to the festival. Cardholders gain entrance to all shows in the festival for free or at a substantial
discount. Cards are available online at larecord.com/100 or in person at the L.A. RECORD 100 kickoff party on Sat., June 26, at Nomad Gallery. (1993 Blake Ave with Abe Vigoda and special guest-free!) Cards will also be for sale this week at Origami Vinyl; (1816 W.
Sunset Bl., Echo Park) and {open} (2226 E. 4th St., Long Beach).

100% of the proceeds from the sale of L.A. RECORD 100 cards will go directly to the CalArts Community Arts Partnership Program, or CAP (http://calarts.edu/cap). L.A. RECORD Arts Editor Drew Denny has been teaching Documentary Photography, Eco Art and Public Art classes in LAUSD Continuation Schools for two years as part of this program. The Community Arts Partnership (CAP) partners with elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools that have little or no arts funding to provide top-quality instruction in subjects the students themselves choose, including fine art, jazz, world music, creative writing, animation and video-even dance and puppetry. These programs are free of charge to all students aged 8 to 18 and currently connect with 7,500 students a year. Each L.A. RECORD 100 card is priced at $24.99, and the goal is to raise 50,000 for this program to help guarantee an incredible arts education to students of all ages across Los Angeles County.