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Welcome to GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip
May 25 2012
For those that haven’t been, you should know that our Standard, Hollywood hotel is located right on The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, CA. The Sunset Strip is the place of rockstar legends. With that in mind, Gibson Guitars has partnered with the neighborhood to create, GuitarTown, a larger-than-life public art exhibit celebrating the people and places that have shaped The Strip....
This Sunday at Le Bain, Come Rain or Sunshine, Another Summer of Love Begins
May 25 2012
This Sunday, Le Bain opens the Eté d’Amour 2012 with Tommie Sunshine and Populette for a new season of balearic dreams and New York coup-de-foudres. Ready for the storm? We sat down with Tommie and the Populette boys for a Standard Q&A dedicated to the Summer of Love. The Standard: ‘The First Summer of Love’ - the hippie one - took place in the...
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Ping Pong Tournament with Chandon, SPiN Social & The Standard
May 24 2012
It was stripe on stripe last night at The Standard Biergarten where Chandon, SPiN Social and The Standard celebrated that most marvelous thing called summer. Girls in striped dresses served special edition striped bottles of Chandon with striped straws cheerfully peaking up above the rim. There were even some real military stripes courtesy of Fleet Week. Meanwhile, the mavens of urban...
SPOTIFIED: The Lovely & Talented Selah Sue for The Standard
May 24 2012
As part of our Spotified music collaborations, the gorgeous Belgian R&B songstress made us this fun little mix to carry you off into the holiday weekend. Thanks Selah! xxx RELATED: Spotify Playlist from Jefferson Hack
MEET THE STAFF: Lindsay Atwood, Front Desk Agent at The Standard DTLA
May 23 2012
We learn about Lindsay’s love of fashion, food and dancing a jig, all just a day in the life of a Standard employee. RELATED: Meet Chef Micah Fields of The Standard, Downtown LA
NEIGHBORHOOD SPECTACLE: Gehry, Dudamel, Rodarte & Mozart Dazzle at Disney Hall
May 23 2012
Now here’s a Classical music dream team: putting on Mozart’s darkest, most avant-garde opera, Don Giovanni, we have Mr. Frank Gehry (world’s most famous living architect, also architect of the concert hall) on set deign, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the geniuses behind Rodarte on costumes. And at the podium, Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Phil. Four blocks away at The...
You Make Us Look Good
May 22 2012
Here’s a round up of our community live upload section. Keep sending them in. We want to see lots of fantastic summer pics.
GRAPHIC OF THE DAY: Girl-Time In Greece
May 22 2012
Marianne Fürstin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (no clue how to pronounce that) is an Austrian Princess and photographer who captured the European beau monde of the 20th century. Here, she captured her friends Isabelle Ratilar, Helen and Ludmila of Austria in June 1970 onboard of the M.Y. “Illyris” somewhere off the coast of Greece. It’s so nice to see something about...
Desert Nights: Yellow Red Sparks, Frankie Palmer, and Charlie Clark
May 21 2012
Gather round lil’ cowboys, its time to mosey on over for another installment of The Standard, Hollywood’s Desert Nights. Held every Wednesday, each week we bring together the best of LA’s acoustic music scene. The music is great, the drinks are strong, and the vibe is mellow. Yellow Red Sparks: Yellow Red Sparks started off as the solo acoustic moniker for...
SPOTIFIED: A Sunset Beach Soundtrack Courtesy of Standard Sounds
May 18 2012
On this, the official opening day of Sunset Beach, Standard Sounds has made this summery little Spotify mix. Enjoy and happy friday. Oh and make sure and get all friendly with Sunset’s Facebook page where you can keep up with all the summertime fun.
TO DO: Hot Jazz Band, Hot Sardines, Heads to Bar Marmont
May 17 2012
In their West Coast debut, one of The Standards favorite jazz bands, Hot Sardines (a frequent player on Top of The Standard) will be playing at our sister restaurant, Bar Marmont, in Los Angeles this Monday. Special guest Andy Bean of the Two-Man Gentleman Band will be on hand as Chateau Marmont’s Executive Chef, Carolynn Spence, is serving up a fish and chips special. It is the...
SONG OF THE WEEK: Donna Summer, We'll Always Love to Love You Forever!
May 17 2012
As you’ve probably heard, the oh so magical Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, passed away this morning at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. We Love to Love You forever!
A-Trak Meets Fafi in The Carmine Vault
May 17 2012
This Wednesday May 23 at Le Bain, Parisian artist Fafi celebrates the release of her first comic book The Carmine Vault (Rizzoli). The party will be hosted by Fafi’s New York Crew: the Mob Girls and Folake, with music by her friends A-Trak and Jasmine Solano. What is The Carmine Vault all about? A-Trak had a chat with Fafi right before she takes off to Japan. A-Trak: I can recall...
HOT BOX: The Standard, Hollywood Goes Hydroponic with Britt Browne's Indigo Garden
May 16 2012
Los Angeles artist Britt Browne has turned The Box at The Standard, Hollywood into a hydroponic garden nurtured by the miraculous glow of magenta LED lights. For those who associate hydroponics with the cultivation of one herb in particular, sorry to disappoint, the term refers to any plant grown without soil. Britt is the Founder and Creative Director of Growing Indigo, an art...
Summer at Le Bain Is Close at Hand
May 16 2012
The Standard Summer begins on Memorial Day Weekend! Starting Friday May 25, Le Bain will be open every day from 2pm. Join us for a cocktail, a sunset, a bath and a dance. Bikinis are welcome and yes you can keep your Sunglasses at Night! The weekend kicks off with Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend, Autobot of Flosstradamus and Full Nelson (Friday with Greco-Roman). Saturday is Blu Jemz, Lloydski...
Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio Celebrates His First Solo Record at Le Bain
May 16 2012
Friday May 25, Le Bain joins forces with hot label Greco-Roman to celebrate the release of Baio’s first solo record Sunburn. On top of being the bass player of one of America’s favorite bands, Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio has also been a DJ and radio host since his student years at Columbia University. Baio will DJ alongside his friends Autobot (of Flosstradamus) and Full Nelson...
ACTING STANDARDS: Fran Kranz Shares Notes from Hollywood Legends
May 14 2012
As Fran Kranz (star of the meta horror romp Cabin in the Woods, also Bernard in the Mike Nichol’s directed Death of a Salesman) casually ate his pre-show cobb salad at The Standard, East Village last Friday, it was hard to believe he was about to go head-to-head with Philip Seymour Hoffman, the finest actor of a generation in what may well be the finest performance of, well, you...
Desert Nights with Harper Blynn, Sydney Wayser and Anthony Polcino
May 14 2012
This is what Los Angeles is all about: warm nights, cocktails, good music, and an ocean breeze. This Wednesday, join us in our pool side Cactus Lounge for another toe-tapping edition of The Standard, Hollywood’s Desert Nights. This week’s line-up is guaranteed to soothe your soul and jump start your heart. Harper Blynn: “If pop hooks were Monopoly money, this...
This Sunday at Le Bain, Tyler Pope Bombs The Bass
May 11 2012
This Sunday at Le Bain, Nouveau York presents Prince Language and Tyler Pope, the bass player of LCD Soundsystem and Chk Chk Chk (!!!) - probably two of the best indie dance bands of their time. Tyler has been DJing since he moved to New York in 2001. Now based in Berlin, he sat down with Prince Language for a Standard back-to-back. Prince Language: I was thinking really hard about this,...
CELEB SPOTTING: Olive Oyl Checks Into The Standard, Hollywood
May 11 2012
Frank Caruso and Stephen DeStefano made this cute comic strip featuring Olive Oyl and Popeye checking into The Standard, Hollywood. Check out Olive’s 20th and 21st century hijinks over at OliveOylLoves.com. 95 years old and still got it. She can be our box girl any day.
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