Des Moines, Iowa -- Barack Obama capped off his quest to win the statewide Democratic presidential caucuses by emotionally exhorting the youthful core o...


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Morrissey Hollywood Palladium, October 1, 2007 By Jonah Flicker On the first night of his self-described ten-night “residency” at the Pallad...


Construction Site on Santa Monica and Wilton

That windowless brick of a Sears store may be closed, and a lot of the old auto repair spots are being torn down for who knows what, but there's some co...

Normally I don't like listening to the radio when I am working. It is, frankly, a distraction. But oh what sweet distractions were to be had on last nig...


Actor Slaying Rattles Local Theater Company

Darius Ever Truly, who played Bobby Seale in Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's stage production of The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, was fatally stabbed last Satur...

Biggie Smalls Shuts Down Sunset Boulevard

Ah, if only. But shooting has commenced in LA for Notorious, the Biggie Smalls biopic slated to be released in 2009. Earlier today, the crew was working...

It's St. Patrick's day and I'm working my regular shift at new Melrose hotspot, The Village Idiot, which is a welcoming haven on this Saturday night for...


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Elzhi's Europass: The Best Rap Album of the Year Thus Far

One of the more frustrating things about hip-hop heads*, specifically those old enough to remember the first two Golden Ages, is the general groupthink ...

UCLA hits back at animal rights terrorists

By Max Taves Two weeks after animal-rights extremists fire-bombed the home of a respected primate researcher, UCLA is fighting back—legally, of co...


Live In L.A.: Prince — Straight, With Chaser

You know how MySpace has that section called "cool new people," and how, at least from the photos, these people always seem anything but cool? Club Prom...


35. Wilco-Sky Blue Sky When music critics scoff that Wilco are "dad-rock," they're absolutely right. Sort of. My dad only listens to sports radio and Is...

Go out and visit your local independent record store today, if there is still one within 100 miles or so. You know your business model is in trouble whe...

Sometime after 50 arrived, the art of the narrative wandered into a blizzard of coke raps, artificial hood mythologizing and pandering simplicity. Compl...


Newsflash: LA Times ruins P. Diddy's weekend

What you can do to help poor Diddy regain his reputation.

Coachella Day Two: Yo! Majesty and Rilo Kiley

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Day 2 Yo! at the Gobi tent, 7:40 p.m. By Chris Martins Yo! Majesty kept it in their shirts. It's true - the Ta...

Up until now, it's been a lot of pleasant surprises: bands that maybe a lot of people hadn't been too familiar with, but ended up digging. Not so with K...


CFIWest / Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood May 7 (l-r) Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch A line of comedy fans dozens deep snaked around the cor...

My(Space) Secret is Out: Cold War Kids Play For Free

Spirit Army like bubbles. Photos by Rena Kosnett If you were concerned about local dynamic duo Dante Adrian and Jeff Ehrenberg vanishing from the music ...


First, she suspiciously played at a indie festival, now I get an email about Madonna Gallerie, a store set up in the lobby of W hotel, selling Madonna a...

McCartney Fans Stake out Amoeba for Free In-Store Performance

Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

Berenice Garcia Corral was commander of the sex crimes unit of Chihuahua state's State Investigation Agency before masked men shot her in her driveway i...

Christoph Babka, a handsome blonde with a keen sense of duty, was burned out working in Hollywood, so he decided to shake things up. "We try to get the ...

Billy Childish at London's Dirty Water Club, 4.11.2008

Photos by Rena Kosnett Taking 4 late night buses from Camden down to Brockley, yelling at one stranger who sneezed into my hair, standing for 45 minutes...


The Parson Redheads make sunny day music. I noted this in my Stylus review for last year's King Giraffe. It is now springtime in Los Angeles and everyth...

DAY 2: Mr. Nobody and Other Fashion Week Friends

MONDAY AT SMASHBOX STUDIOS, CULVER CITY, CA: PHOTO 1: So it's like, raining and stuff, everyone's late for the shows, PR people are all upset - but this...

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We get mail at Lurker! Today we're posting a batch of pictures sent in by Kasim Patton Kasim sent in a nice variety pack of stuff: Some shots of the LA ...


Live in LA: Elvis Costello Goes Way Late at the El Rey, May 28

Elvis Costello and the Imposters, El Rey, 5/28 By Randall Roberts Photos by Timothy Norris Elvis Costello performed a jumbo show at the Hollywood Bowl w...


I got lucky Saturday when just a few blocks from my apartment I came across Retna and Dame working on a new wall on Virgil. Above, Dame working on his p...


5. Dungen-Tio Bitar Dungen did not tour this record in America. This is because the band's mastermind, Gustav Estjes was rumored to be alone in the snow...

Somehow, I doubt that Paul Thomas Anderson is going to love this so much that he'll grab it to hang in his house the way Murakmai did with Augor and Rev...

Put horror king Clive Barker in a room with some naked people and some body paint, and you've got an enraptured crowd of "art lovers" in your gallery. T...


My '70's fetish is probably most evident by the Technicolor collection of maxi frocks in my closet. I've been amassing these vibrant columns for years (...

French graffiti forefather Blek le Rat is in town for his upcoming gallery show at Subliminal Projects. Photos by Clare O'Callaghan Click here for more....


MANDOE has a stunner on a wall north of an east-west street crossing Gower around Fountain (but not on Fountain). MADNOE, PROSE and FUKM are listed on t...

My pals at World of Wonder (who did the amazing 24 hour James St. James podcast this past Sat.- see previous posts) have been hinting about it for a whi...

Final Check Yo Ponytail tonight starring Dan Deacon and Erol Alkan

I Heart Comix's long-running Check Yo Ponytail series comes to a close tonight at the Echoplex. The legendary party ends its run with a doozy: Dan Deaco...

Yesterday, the LA Times released an amazing poll of Californians' views on same sex marriage. One startling fact--from the gay point of view, at least--...


Three months ago, County Supervisor Gloria Molina, through an emergency measure passed by the County Board of Supervisors, gave Friends of the Los Angel...

On the south side of Pico near Harvard is this nice two artist piece on the side of a Korean food store. Revok. I'm not sure of the age of the wall. It ...


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Sometime after 50 arrived, the art of the narrative wandered into a blizzard of coke raps, artificial hood mythologizing and pandering simplicity. Compl...

Autolux at Little Radio and other NYE ideas (well, one other idea)

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The show didn't end after Kinky, but my laptop battery did. After a full day of jogging up and down the streets to catch good bands, things seemed to sl...


Live in LA: Iron Maiden invokes Coleridge, Crowley, Eddie in Irvine

Iron Maiden at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, May 31 By Skylaire Alfvegren (photos by Anne Varak). “I’ve got to pinch myself and say...

Like many people my age, I learned about Bo Diddley not from any unremembered nostalgia for British Invasion swipes of the ancient bluesman's slippery g...


Now you too can learn to talk like a transvestite shoe-whore from Tarzana - and it's all thanks to an educational YouTube movie current...

Halloween is for amateurs. If ya wanna party with the real freaks this week, don't wait for Saturday or even Tuesday…. go down to the Henry Fonda...


After four hours at this afternoon's Billion Dollar Babes media/celebrity preview sample sale, I felt a bit like the Babes' patron saint A...

Spiritualized the Vista Theater November 12 By John Payne Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate. No, no, no, that’s bitter, I know. But th...

Here's a list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin next week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for ...


Part 1: Thoughts on Music Now. (The festival that is. You'll have to wait for my multi-volume treatise on the state of music today.)

The rise of classically informed indie music, one awesome photograph of MC 62 Foot Jesus, and my thoughts on "conflict of interest" in music criticism t...

Companies that put up huge “supergraphics” on buildings and the building owners who allow the gigantic illegal signs could be fined $2,500 a...


Linda Immediato recently lost her blogging virginity and is making up for lost time. She's a born and bred New Yorker who was an on-air news reporter fo...


I woke up this morning with my cowboy boots on, laying face down fully clothed on my couch. I didn't even make it into my bedroom.You know you were at a...

Bad Religion New Maps of Hell (Epitaph Records) By Tony Ware New Maps of Hell, Bad Religion's 14th original studio album, does an admirable job proving ...

The best view of the Grammy Awards from where I sat. The coolest thing I learned last night in the media room at the 50th anniversary Grammy celebration...

Live in L.A.: Entrance at Safari Sam's, 8/3

Entrance are not who you think they are.  They are not a quiet, mellow trio nipping at the heels of the psych-folk pack mule, despite their long hair, s...


Foo Fighters Secret Location, Los Angeles By Ryan Colditz The Foo Fighters were filming live material on Tuesday night for an upcoming appearance on Nis...

Philanthropist Daphna Ziman's War for Foster Kids

Sacramento's politicians created a fat budget deficit. Then, local bureaucrats misspent state funds meant for foster kids. Now, foster kids might pay de...

Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl: August 24 and August 25

Yep, just announced: Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl on August 24 and 25, which is a little weird because it's a Sunday and a Monday. Presales begin Apr...

Queens of the Stone Age, Nokia Theater, 10/29

What I experienced at the Nokia Theater was simply phenomenal. Scary in good ways as well as bad. A sign of things to come and remembering the way it us...

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These were seen recently in the area of Melrose and LaBrea near Gallery1988, PInk's and Babeland. "Death to the Normals" and then a headless chicken. We...


Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, Claremont Folk Festival, 5/3

Ben Harper, Jackson Browne Claremont Folk Festival, Sycamore School May 3, 2008 Photos and Text by Ryan Colditz Nestled neatly inside the Inland Empire ...

Wale ft. Bun B & Pusha-T: "Back in the Go-Go"

With a spot on Entertainment Weekly's "8 to Watch in 08" and Ann Powers' SXSW rave in the LA Times, the Wale hype is getting pretty loud, yet it exists ...


Perhaps, the Material Girl (see post below for back story) had another reason for creating the temporary Madonna Gallerie— to sell her wares outsi...

The Klaxons El Rey Theatre, July 10, 2007 By Sandy Kanphantha It's almost like any other night at the El Rey. Lines are stretched along the side of the ...

I skipped out on the St. John show Thursday night, leaving Caroline to man the post, and followed Lina and Steffie (fellow council members) down the str...

Doncha Wish Your Girlfriend Was A Reality Slut Like Me?


da ramones. da clorox girls. and da jazz.

"What are you going to be for Halloween this year?" I asked a friend of friend last week.    "I'm gonna be a 'ho," she replied m...


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Don't want to sit at home watching the primary returns, biting your nails and pulling your hair? The National Book Critics Circle is sponsoring events i...

Portishead's newly unveiled song, "Machine Gun," rubs your face in change. The mood has shifted from something sexy to something claustrophobic, industr...

This morning, the California Supreme Court denied a request to rehear its May 15 ruling that legalized same sex marriage. Gay and lesbian couples can no...


Add three more SXSW bands from L.A. to the list

Last week we offered an extensive list of L.A.-based bands hitting South by Southwest in Austin this year (March 13-16). Alas, we missed three of them, ...

For years now, I only remember the L.A. River clean-up the day after it happens. Wake up on a Sunday morning, and think, "It was yesterday? I missed it ...

Snoop Goes Country! Snoop Dogg Live at Fox Studios, March 6

photos by Timothy Norris Snoop Dogg gigged with an 18-piece backing band in a Fox Studio sound room last night for the Nissan Live series shown on Yahoo...

After four hours at this afternoon's Billion Dollar Babes media/celebrity preview sample sale, I felt a bit like the Babes' patron saint A...

Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies d...


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Are we supposed to comment on this? I'm speechless. Kudos to The Post for avoiding the now cliched, "Britney Shears." And calling her "a buzz kill" was ...

McDonald's All Day Breakfast, Ordering Pizza by TV: This Week in Food

McDonald's will begin testing all day breakfast this month in San Diego. If it goes well, we may see all day breakfast roll out around the country. It's...

Ah summer TV. It's really shititlicious fun aint it? Painting the town is what I do, but that doesn't mean I don't love my tube time. My DVR always gets...


New Release Tuesday: Jandek's 52nd album is almost definitely less interesting then #s 1-51

A few sad truths about the Jandek phenomenon in the internet era. Note to Jandek: "We're just not that into you."


One last group of Cache's chickens, along with Eyeone and Mear, on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...


Techno and Technology: An Interview with Richie Hawtin

By Liz Ohanesian For Richie Hawtin, 2008 began with silence, ten weeks without so much as a 12-inch single or live engagement from the producer/DJ and h...

Its bastardization of The Beatles in those relentlessly dizzying TV commercials aside, we still pledge undying love for Target. Where else can you buy m...

In our ongoing attempt to prop some worthy musicians headed to Austin this week, yet another list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austi...

Editors Jimmy Kimmel Live! July 25, 2007 By Timothy Norris OK, so we’ve all heard about it and Jimmy’s Green Room really is the best. I was ...


Stone Temple Pilots, Jimmy Kimmel Show, 5/1

Stone Temple Pilots Jimmy Kimmel Live, May 1 By Ryan Colditz "One time a thing occurred to me What's real, and what's for sale? Blew a kiss and tried to...


By Max Taves Anybody hoping to see some change within UTLA—L.A.’s powerful teachers union—will probably have to wait another three yea...

Live in LA: Aimee Mann Christens the New Largo at the Coronet

Aimee Mann at Largo at the Coronet, June 2, 2008 Photos by Timothy Norris Aimee Mann christened the new Largo at the Coronet last night with a memorable...

SXSW Postmortem...but first a word from our sponsors

Now you name your band Fuck Buttons and you figure: that'll keep the wolves of commerce at bay, right? Well, welcome to the brave new world of indie rock.

Spiritualized the Vista Theater November 12 By John Payne Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate. No, no, no, that’s bitter, I know. But th...


Shields Club Violanie at Roberto's, Chinatown By Ryan Ward Every third Saturday of the month, Roberto's in Chinatown becomes Club Violaine and opens the...

Love them or hate them, Cache's chicken murals along Sunset Blvd in Echo Park have become quite the landmarks. And considering a lot of the street art i...

Weiss' Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far

In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a ...

Timothy Norris spotted this nice piece on the Northeast corner of Pico and La Cienega. Timothy writes, "Not the best time of day for the shot, but dig t...


Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitat...

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I remember watching The Show for the first and only time when I was a freshman in high school. I wasn't very impressed. This was 1995, Biggie was alive,...

Art Show Openings: Luke Chueh, Miles Thompson, Audrey Kawasaki

There are a lot of art shows around town well worth checking out. Miles Thompson's show, "CA," at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Feliz runs t...


Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...

Naked Raygun Knitting Factory, Dec. 7 "Anyone ever tell you you look like Steve Albini?" "We were just talking about Albini! Did you know that he re-rec...

Pellicano Briefs: Keith Carradine's Blues

The Pellicano trial turns into divorce court Who's that tapping, gently wiretapping, at my trailer door? actor Keith Carradine may well have wondered in...


Animal radicals banned from UCLA profs' homes

By Max Taves A judge handed UCLA a big victory over its animal-rights tormentors in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday. The judge’s order won&rs...

Por El Suelo on Virgil: Retna, AWR, Dame, Werc

The wall that went up a couple of weeks ago on Virgil a few blocks south of Santa Monica is looking beautiful. Here are some sections that weren't finis...


Jane's Addiction reunion at the El Rey, April 23

These days there’s every reason to be skeptical of a reunion concert. After the breakup we watch our heroes get older, buy their post-Great-Band s...


Crass chose iconography and dissed photography

Crass preferred resting their image on stencils, flyers, collages, newspaper articles, forged documents, banners, patches. Whenever they had an opportun...


Los Lobos on Paul Simon: "Do you mean zydeco when you say zy decko?"

Los Lobos claim that Paul Simon is a hero to most but he never meant shit to me you see. By extension, does this mean they hate Vampire Weekend, too?

Low Brow Art and a "Fucking Smorgasbord of Lynchness"

Fellow Style Councilor Lina LeCaro has been busy suckling her newborn these last few weeks, so our friend Jar, a talented writer who lives in Echo Park ...

This Christmas, I had hoped to fly back to London, gorge myself on Mum's turkey and sip sherry with my long lost Brit posse. But Fate, it turned out, ha...

Dewey Cox and the Hard Walkers at the Roxy, Tuesday, December 3 By Randall Roberts You know what? Dewey Cox can kiss my ass. He’s all back and eve...


SXSW Day 3: Pissed Jeans, Valet, White Rabbits, Thurston Moore, and an impregnated brain

Last night. Last night? Umm, last night ... What the heck did I do last night? Wait. Where the hell am I? In a hotel room, okay ... yeah ... good. At le...


McCartney Fans Stake out Amoeba for Free In-Store Performance

Cause not all pedophiles like girls...Wait a cotton brief minute!!!  Do you think that's Dov Charney's crotch?...

Live in L.A.: The Universal Consciousness Orchestra, 8/9

Universal Consciousness Orchestra, with the Ashram Community Choir and Flying Lotus Japanese American National Museum, August 9, 2007 By Randall Roberts...


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Gag me with a glove. The only reason I saw the "romantic" "comedy" Shopgirl, based on Steve Martin's novella of the same name, was because my friend and...


Chris Anderson + Wired explain the business of free.

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson explains how the new "free" economy is turning buyer-seller transactions into an ecosystem of many parties, only so...

Coachella Envy: Why did the artist formerly known as the unpronounceable symbol guy have to ruin it for all of us curmudgeons?

Video of Prince performing a cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella 2008.


Emos prepare to rumble in Tijuana, march for peace in Mexico City

The nationwide assault campaign against emos in Mexico continues to surge forward, as word is spreading that emos will be hunted and beaten by anti-emo ...


Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 7...

Panic at the Disco loses their exclamation point, help sell a Honda

Panic at the Disco at Studio 540 of the Honda Corporation's headquarters, Torrence, January 10. By Julie Seabaugh Around 250 VIPs, suits and press membe...

A week after getting rained out, the Meeting of Styles took place in Highland Park where the Arroyo Seco meets the L.A. River. Sponsored by Friends of L...


The show didn't end after Kinky, but my laptop battery did. After a full day of jogging up and down the streets to catch good bands, things seemed to sl...


If you weren't there, it sucks to be you. The LA Weekly hosted a kick-ass show at Spaceland last night to celebrate their new music issue featuring The ...

Jon Spencer, Jail Weddings at the Echo, 11/10

Heavy Trash, Jail Weddings The Echo, Nov. 10 Photos and review by Rena Kosnett I’m just trying to understand why Jon Spencer is doing this. This e...


Live in L.A.: Raveonettes Electric Duo, Midnight Movies


Marc Cooper in Iowa: Obama Strategist "Optimistic"

Obama campaign top strategist David Axelrod said, "He can't help but be optimistic about tonight's results." He described the energy bubbling at the Iow...

Riding rollercoasters at midnight with a crew of teenage skate kids was the last thing I expected to be doing tonight, but hey - sometimes you just gott...


Willie Nelson, Nokia Theatre, Feb. 13 Photos by Timothy Norris If Willie Nelson had delivered a show with half as much heart, enthusiasm and class, it s...

Lil Wayne to Play House of Blues on June 16

I'll post Lil Wayne's incendiary anti-Bush song, "Georgia Bush," any chance I get, as most people don't know one of the best protest songs of the 21st c...


The Village Voice's Siren Music Festival took place over the weekend with performances from M.I.A., New York Dolls, Elvis Perkins, The Black Lips and a ...

Live from Seattle: A bunch of geeks talking about music

This fellow is thinking about newsreels, protests, charidee and shock absorption in popular music. "How does music resist, negate, struggle? Can pop int...


Barack Obama at Gibson Amphitheater Tool at Nokia Theatre. By Ryan Colditz I saw a show no one else will ever see. Senator Barack Obama opening for Tool...

Radiohead Has Cake, Eats it Too, Thinks About Seconds...

There are quite a few twists to the story of the new Radiohead album that broke on the band's website last night . One that is getting very little atten...

Talked to Man One at the very cool Festival de la Gente on the 6th Street Bridge downtown Saturday. He told me that much of the artwork from the histori...

All photos by Timothy Norris. More after the jump...

The wily civil rights lawyer from Venice Beach just won’t go quietly. Even though Steve Yagman was found guilty of multiple money laundering charg...


I'm not a "designer," but I am a fierce competitor -and a STYLE Councilor- so I figured why not? Watch me compete TONIGHT against 7 other fearless fashi...

"Ho ho ho, Bush must go! Santa wants peace for Christmas!" shouts the jolly guy on roller blades as he zips by the Hotdog on a Stick stand. A nice lady ...

Newspaper industry death watch vs. music industry death watch: Why did the NY Times fire music biz reporter Jeff Leeds?

Seriously, I don't understand. It's not like he was publishing fake stories about how P. Diddy offed Tupac.

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The flier likened it to WWD meets WWF, but the Style Wars event at Cinespace on Tuesday night was more like Iron Chef meets Martha Stewart's Craft Corne...


Sam Lanni, the owner of Safari Sams in Hollywood, has decided to let musicians see shows in his club for free. Here's an excerpt from the SS w...

I love those nights that don't feel planned or forced in any way, but just become brilliantly memorable, seemingly of their own accord. That's kinda wha...


G-Funk Week: 10 Questions Raised By “Game Don’t Wait” Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008

In honor of Nate Dogg (who's currently recuperating in a rest home after somehow having a stroke at 38)) and because I really just want to watch old G-F...

The Weekend's Music in LA: Jonathan Richman, Simone White, Billy Bragg, free vegan pancakes (and No Age) at The Smell

FRIDAY, JUNE 6 There are many immortal words in rock and roll, but one of the great expressions of untethered joy was originally uttered by Jonathan Ric...


Its The Oscars and I'll Cry If I Want To

It always creeps up on me...the Oscars. Already, Hollywood Blvd is shut off at Highland. I know this because I had to go to the Roosevelt Hotel this eve...

Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium

New Daedelus Video for "Make It So" is One of the Best Things You'll Watch Today

Sometimes something arrives that, while small on the surface -- "What, another YouTube clip to watch?" -- manages to overjoy your heart and eyes with it...

Unleash Your Inner Femme - Slide a Pole Between Your Legs

I read somewhere that all Scorpio females secretly wish they had been born a man. Well, for those who know me, it's no secret. Don't get me wrong - I we...


A Whiskerino competitor in his natural habitiat. Sweet Jesus I've waited so long and now it's finally here. Whiskerino, the amateur beard growing compet...

LA Brew Co Is For Sale After Most Expensive Failed Bar Rescue In History

Four months after the SpikeTV show filming, the restaurant and bar has not kept any of the changes and is now for sale.

Elzhi's Europass: The Best Rap Album of the Year Thus Far

One of the more frustrating things about hip-hop heads*, specifically those old enough to remember the first two Golden Ages, is the general groupthink ...

Philanthropist Daphna Ziman's War for Foster Kids

Sacramento's politicians created a fat budget deficit. Then, local bureaucrats misspent state funds meant for foster kids. Now, foster kids might pay de...


Caetano Veloso Pasadena Civic Auditorium, November 14 By John Payne At age 65, sweet-voiced singer-composer Caetano Veloso represents perhaps the ultima...

Sonic Youth: They Are Not Rock. They Curate Rock.

Marc Jacobs asked Sonic Youth to leap. Their response was "How high?"

Who are these 128 bands, collectively? As one big amalgam, what are they? Click here to read Randall Roberts' essay on this year's festival, then check ...


My Name is Caroline and I'm a Slothaholic

When I was younger I went to a relatively posh private school in London, full of high-achieving daughters who had DJ boyfriends and started nightclubbin...

Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

Berenice Garcia Corral was commander of the sex crimes unit of Chihuahua state's State Investigation Agency before masked men shot her in her driveway i...


Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographe...

In the Jury’s Lap: Pellicano Trial Finishes

The fate of the Pellicano Gang of Five rests with the jury, now that closing arguments have concluded. Attorney Mona Soo Hoo began the morning by announ...

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Record cover design finally catches up with "the new ugly"?

Race to the bottom: Lil Wayne vs. Weezer. Worstest record cover wins.

Members of the Los Angeles friends of Tibet held a "die-in" outside the Chinese Consulate on Monday afternoon to protest the recent Chinese crackdown on...


Live in L.A.: Entrance at Safari Sam's, 8/3

Entrance are not who you think they are.  They are not a quiet, mellow trio nipping at the heels of the psych-folk pack mule, despite their long hair, s...

By Timothy Norris It's a big night in Los Angeles for Psych Rock. Dead Meadow's also doing their thing over at the EchoPlex. I've never heard tonight's ...


Why Biz Markie Should Have Known From the Get-Go That He Was More Than "Just a Friend"

Markie appears to have had a Homer Simpsonian sense of delusion. Had he looked at himself in the mirror? The guy was 30 lbs. overweight, rapped like Cor...

If anyone has been down to the Arroyo since they supposedly blasted off a good deal of the art that was created (with permission, I might add) at Meetin...

L.A. River Along the Golden State - Five

The farther north you go, the more you see these massive letters 20 feet high or more... While others stay out of the river and instead work topside. Al...


15. The White Stripes-Icky Thump Icky Thump is the sound of Jack White remembering how to have fun again. Get Behind Me Satan was cool and all but let's...

I ran into Tammie Brown at the John Water's Meet & Greet before the mustachioed director's Christmas show tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall. Tammie is a long...

Juan MacLean Avalon, August 24 By Jonah Flicker The parking gods were smiling on this chilly Friday night. It’s 11:45, I’m in the area aroun...

By Guelda Voien Global climate change put the brakes on that celebrated preamble to summer in Los Angeles - the inaugural screening at Hollywood Forever...


Halloween is for amateurs. If ya wanna party with the real freaks this week, don't wait for Saturday or even Tuesday…. go down to the Henry Fonda...


SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying

A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That's like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the Ri...

First, she suspiciously played at a indie festival, now I get an email about Madonna Gallerie, a store set up in the lobby of W hotel, selling Madonna a...

Deniece Williams, Emotions / Sunset Junction; Saturday, August 18, 2007

It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams' opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of "God is Amazing," punctuated with sista ...

Jeffrey Lewis (Interviewed) & Crass (Covered): Part 3 of 3

Jeffrey Lewis: "Musicians have always been the conduits that have introduced people to music. So whether it's making a mix tape for your friends or just...


Portishead at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Scotland 4.12.08

Photos by Rena Kosnett Claiming that I just happened to catch a Portishead concert during my recent visit to the UK would fashion me a liar. The trip wa...

Metaform-Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

It's reductive to say that if you like Deadringer and Entroducing, you'll probably like Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Then again, that's just the...

So I've been thinkin' a lot about babies. Yes, I've been grappling with the pressure and possibility of taming my wild life to make room for a family so...

My legs hurt. My arms and torso ache. I never excercise, ever. But on Sunday, Steffie, Caroline, and about 10 of our friends played a full-on game of ro...

SXSW Day 1: Van Morrison, Division Day, The Ting Tings, The Duke Spirit at  SXSW, March 12

Van Morrison at La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas; Division Day, The Ting Tings and The Duke Spirit at Buffalo Billiards. Van Morrison's pretty cool, wearing ...


Apparently the newest accessory this season, is a tail. No, not that strand of hair you kept growing despite haircuts. I was speaking to a member of an ...

DAY 2: Mr. Nobody and Other Fashion Week Friends

MONDAY AT SMASHBOX STUDIOS, CULVER CITY, CA: PHOTO 1: So it's like, raining and stuff, everyone's late for the shows, PR people are all upset - but this...


Dave Navarro Wants The Style Council Naked

A few minutes ago I had a conversation with tattooed rock superstar Dave Navarro. I was listening to his Camp Freddy Radio show on Indie 103.1FM and he ...

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Peter Saville explains why he won hearts & minds with his record cover designs

On record cover design: "But you don't get much work to do when you're young, because you haven't learned how to do it yet... You're given simple, dispo...

Leaving a convenience store just now a cashier tried swindling me out of 10 pesos in change. I left the place a little confused then marched right back ...


The Kills, The El Rey, May 21, 2008 By Jeff Weiss Photos by Timothy Norris There’s something primal about the Kills. Not some sort of cheap $2 voo...

Foo Fighters Secret Location, Los Angeles By Ryan Colditz The Foo Fighters were filming live material on Tuesday night for an upcoming appearance on Nis...

O'Briens pub on Main Street, in an area of Santa Monica I like to refer to as "Venice Adjacent" was host last night to a sweet band called Weed Patch, w...


UCLA hits back at animal rights terrorists

By Max Taves Two weeks after animal-rights extremists fire-bombed the home of a respected primate researcher, UCLA is fighting back—legally, of co...


Party Picks of the Week: Black Cat Sex Cult, Audrey Napoleon's Birthday Bash

Some fetish-y new fun from the Boulet Brothers and a birthday bash for goth-glam EDM queen Audrey Napoleon top in Lina's party list this weekend.


It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams' opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of "God is Amazing," punctuated with sista ...

The best view of the Grammy Awards from where I sat. The coolest thing I learned last night in the media room at the 50th anniversary Grammy celebration...

Grey Ant hasn't been seen on an LA runway since 2005. And thank God for its return! It was my favorite show so far this fashion week. It seemed to incor...

Magicians, Neil Patrick Harris & a Hula-Hooping Corpse

I went to the Academy of Magical Arts Awards banquet last week. It was like a dream. Neil Patrick Harris was there. (Neil, who does your voodoo? It's li...


After posting a couple of different Obama art pieces (Iron Man, Obey and Kofie'One), I said that I would happily post photos of pro-Clinton art if only ...


This is what I woke up to this morning. In my inbox, in between press releases about Josh Homme's new side project called 5:15 (how many side projects c...

Fight Over Arroyo Seco Mural and Whitewash Keeps Going

Matthew Flesicher wrote a piece in the news section about the County calling an "emergency" over the properly permitted art project held in the Arroyo S...

The Black Lips at the Troubadour, 10/19/07

(Photos by Rena Kosnett. Click here for more) The Troubadour got punked. The proliferation of stage jumpers, crowd surfers, beverage throwers, and scaff...

About three weeks ago when I was in New York, Tal Rosenberg pretty much gushed non-stop about the Burial record's brilliance. At the time, I didn't even...

Madonna to Lead Large Pilates Session at Dodger Stadium on Nov. 6

Well, at least that's what her performances of the last few years have seemed like: big muscle-flexing sessions, with music. Where's the bouncing? The j...


Being a woman - sometimes it sucks. We bleed, for starters. Then our bodies create the cottage cheese-like substance called cellulite that seeps like ma...

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On a low wall near an empty lot on Franklin near Cahuenga in Hollywood there's a fast and mean REVOK / AUGER tag...


What's gayer than Jeffree Star turning up at the Abbey on Friday with a Tarina Tarantino haircut and Perez Hilton on his arm? Or gayer than the parents ...

If you read my post about the Billion Dollar Babes sample sale then you know that I really didn't need to buy any more goodies. But there ...

Linda Immediato recently lost her blogging virginity and is making up for lost time. She's a born and bred New Yorker who was an on-air news reporter fo...


McDonald's All Day Breakfast, Ordering Pizza by TV: This Week in Food

McDonald's will begin testing all day breakfast this month in San Diego. If it goes well, we may see all day breakfast roll out around the country. It's...


Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there&rsqu...

Considering I may be tone deaf, can't sing to save a life, it's pretty safe to say performing at the Grammy's is a dream out of reach. That is until I w...

The Shins, The Lashes, Panic! at the Disco, The Frames, Wu-Tang Clan and many more descended on Seattle for three days of music, arts and fun. Photo by ...

Ever since Sunday’s Felt Club craft fair at the Ukrainian Culture Center, I’ve been dreaming of pin cushions. Lots and lots of pin cushions....

One thing keeps puzzling me...Why was Porn Star Queen Jenna Jameson at so many LA Fashion Week shows? She got a lot of front row action this fashion wee...


Prince added to Saturday's Coachella Line-Up

This just in: Prince has joined this year's line-up for the ninth COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA (Friday, ...

The vibe was heavy at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Thursday night, and an always blood-thirsty press didn’t imagine it into existence. With U...


SXSW Thursday night: Le Loup rocked my world, the Playboy party rocked my privates.

Okay, so I actually cried tonight. Not sobbed, not wept, not got all blustery and snotty. But about five songs into Le Loup's remarkable, thrilling set ...


Where are the ginormous Lotus flowers of years past? I wondered as I strolled about the Echo Park Lake this past Saturday for the annual Lotus Festival....


"From the margins of the culture, through graffiti, stencils and stickers, every day the streets are screaming about things," opens the gallery statemen...


Maria Shriver, the first lady of the state of California and cousin of Caroline Kennedy, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Shriver made an impromptu ap...


I have a confession to make. I'm a junkie, but my speed is eyeshadow, my smack is lipstick. I got hooked young, 13. I would skip religion classes to buy...


10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam Sounds Like Bad Acid Trip At arcade in New Jersey Let Panda roam solo. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible Right now in heaven Toole...

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The Crewest Gallery downtown held their fourth annual Day of the Dead exhibit with more than 100 ceramic skulls painted, decorated, reassembled and scul...

And by "listen," I mean "look" or "read." LA Weekly's political cartoonist and equal opportunity offense machine Mr. Fish was listed by Best Life magazi...

Its bastardization of The Beatles in those relentlessly dizzying TV commercials aside, we still pledge undying love for Target. Where else can you buy m...


I love this adorable little skirt by Mexican artist/fashion designer Amor Munoz...Even though it does feature a naked masturbating girl showing her cooc...

Timothy Norris spotted this nice piece on the Northeast corner of Pico and La Cienega. Timothy writes, "Not the best time of day for the shot, but dig t...

Stew's Passing Strange Receives Seven Tony Award Nominations

From Spaceland to Broadway: Stew Passing Strange, the Broadway musical created by longtime fixture on the LA music scene Stew, received seven Tony Award...

Girl School/Hell Ya! Night at the Viper Room

Timothy Norris checks out the Viper Room on a Thursday Night. Lady Tigra, Wallpaper and Buddy Akai perform. Click here for more photos from Timothy Norr...


Morrissey Hollywood Palladium, October 1, 2007 By Jonah Flicker On the first night of his self-described ten-night “residency” at the Pallad...

Weiss' Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far

In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a ...

Stewart Copeland, Slash, Flea, Pete Yorn, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Travis Barker, Steve Vai, Cypress Hill and more come out for Tom Morello at The T...


Villaraigosa Density Hawks Vs. Angry Valleyites

A Valley smackdown is brewing for tonight's 6 p.m. density Town Hall at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in Studio City, with scores of pissed-off San Fe...

Making Eyes At Sir Paul, Chatting Up Rodney B

Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramou...


Yes, one half of Whitley Kros is Mrs. Beck, Marissa Ribisi. The other half is Sophia Banks, Marissa's long-time friend. Beck was of course, the musical ...


David Bazan Spaceland, December 11, 2007 By Jonah Flicker The most revealing moment of the man formerly known as Pedro the Lion’s intimate set at ...


Sure we've seen gas for four-and-change in Cambria and other places up the coast. But this Chevron, with the spankin' new slightly-altered logo signage,...

Wired Magazine brings a bunch of futuristic goodies to the Henry Fonda Theater to entertain the folks between sets by Kool Keith and Spoon. Click here t...

Well, they weren't exactly the Oscars, but the red carpet was rolled out for the first ever LA Fashion Awards Friday night just the same. (And I've just...

By Peter Fletcher I was reminiscing with my buddy, Bruce Duff, after watching Celebrity Skin at the Detour festival in downtown LA. We were talking abou...

By Pandora Young I have loved Arianna Huffington since she was the voice of the right wing on KCRW's Left, Right & Center. I loved her before I knew she...


Bondies Battle On It’s been nearly 4 years since The Von Bondies breakthrough Pawn Shoppe Heart helped them pierce the indie-rock bubble of obscur...

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"Everybody knows I give the best blowjobs in Hollywood, but there's gotta be something in it for me too,"...


The best view of the Grammy Awards from where I sat. The coolest thing I learned last night in the media room at the 50th anniversary Grammy celebration...

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You can complain all you want about Coachella 2008's roster, but the reality that I'll be seeing Kraftwerk followed by Portishead followed by Prince on ...

Today defense attorneys in the racketeering trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants began their closing arguments, with lead-off hitter Chad H...


According to this TMZ report, Pimp C was found dead in his bed in a Sunset Strip hotel room this morning. The rapper, born Chad Butler, had just perform...


At the U.S. Federal Courthouse in downtown today, civil rights attorney Steve Yagman has finally been ordered to surrender to prison authorities on Mond...


Medical Drama House Gets Its Own T-Shirt

How great is the show House? Fuck Grey's Anatomy, that show is so lame, I feel bi-polar watching it— is it a farse comedy? a serious medical drama...

As I've reported at my personal blog Intersections, emos are under attack in Mexico. Here are a few good primary sources to better understand what's hap...

By Guelda Voien Of all the things upon which to base a docu-drama, a recounting of ballots, accented with heart-warming characters such as Katherine Har...

Time to play catch up kiddies. The holidays are behind us, and so far, the ‘08 social calendar is proving to be more jammed-packed -and jammin&rsq...


White Stripes Cancel Dates, Including the Forum

The White Stripes have canceled their North American tour, including the band's show on the 19th at the Forum. "Health issues" and Meg White's "acute an...

Billboard Liberation on Melrose and LaBrea

On the southeast corner of Melrose and LaBrea:...


Jim White Amoeba, March 24 Jim White's songs depend on a good deal of atmosphere, and no doubt when he plays tonight (Tuesday) at the Silent Movie Theat...

The dates are the festival official, April 25-27, but little else is. And are there any bands from the 80s and 90s left to reunite/headline for Cocahell...


Hairs Looking at You: Backstage at Shay Todd


I remember going to see L7 at London's Brixton Academy as a teenager. It was 1992, I was 15, and L7 were, in my opinion, the crown princesses of grunge....

All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam Sounds Like Bad Acid Trip At arcade in New Jersey Let Panda roam solo. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible Right now in heaven Toole...


Costume contest at the Key Club Monday Night Havent been back to Metal Skool's Monday mash since I used to deejay the VIP room, and thankfully nothing's...


O'Briens pub on Main Street, in an area of Santa Monica I like to refer to as "Venice Adjacent" was host last night to a sweet band called Weed Patch, w...

SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien

It was my third night in Austin. Devin had just blazed through an epic set that had been celebrated in the appropriate fashion , El-P was currently on-s...

Sam Lanni, the owner of Safari Sams in Hollywood, has decided to let musicians see shows in his club for free. Here's an excerpt from the SS w...


Hell yeah! Sleeping bags that you can walk around in. We like these. You need never buy a bed again because your bed will follow you wherever you go. Ac...

Meghan Fabulous— The Name Says It All...

Perhaps no show on television is more suited to the wonders of TiVo, or in my case, an Adelphia DVR/cable box, than the Academy Awards. Way too many com...

Who's the "Boss?": The True Definition of Boss According to Rick Ross

If there are any aspiring young rappers out there reading this, now is the time to rejoice. With his second album, Trilla, Rick Ross has proven that all...


Coachella Day Two: Yo! Majesty and Rilo Kiley

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Day 2 Yo! at the Gobi tent, 7:40 p.m. By Chris Martins Yo! Majesty kept it in their shirts. It's true - the Ta...

Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal) By Ben Westhoff The long awaited fifth Wu-Tang Clan album, 8 Diagrams, just leaked, and it’s fucking ...

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M.I.A. delivered once again at the MX Beat fest on Saturday night, scoring more direct hits on the ears and hips of thousands of Mexican fans who braved...


We love retro fashion references as much as (maybe more than) the next wear-bear, but the regurgitation coming out of New York Fashion week this season ...


The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 2 (#19-15)

This list has very little to do with Back to the Future II. However, I am writing it from the inside of a Delorean. 19. Pete Rock ft. Styles P & Sheek L...


Romantic Pic O' The Day - Alien Rape Fantasy

Best caption wins a date with Linda Immediato Photo: Charlie White...

Searching for real resistance on May Day

May Day, Dia Internacional del los Trabajadores, is a national holiday here. On Thursday most stores and shops were closed and people didn't work, givin...


These are members of the Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra (FPDT), during a reggae and ska festival in San Salvador Atenco on Friday. They took ...


"I've never performed at a festival," says Madonna, "and I'm especially excited about playing at Coachella before I start my own tour." Well la-dee-da. ...

Catching up with Crass today: 33% visionary, 33% crochty, 33% right on and at least 1% annoying

Penny Rimbaud: "What is classified as ‘punk' music these days is absolutely empty and gutless."


Seventh Letter time elapse film for May: RIME, SEVER, and RUETS REYES Art Show...

Led Zeppelin/A Tribute to Ahmet Ertegun O2 Arena, London, December 10 By Steve Baltin As was the case for so many people, Led Zeppelin began my ascent i...

By Pandora Young I have loved Arianna Huffington since she was the voice of the right wing on KCRW's Left, Right & Center. I loved her before I knew she...

I'm not sure if any of us Style Council gals were at the denim shows last night... Buffalo, Yanuk and Taverniti were the designers showing, and even tho...


The Future of Reading for Non-Readers: Book Expo America 2008

Book Expo America is supposed to be "for the trade" only. So says the program. That is a move in the wrong direction. Book events, especially the massiv...


Coachella news: Kraftwerk! Madness! Portishead! Madness! Roger Waters! Kraftwerk!

This just in! (kudos to Joshua Glazer at Urb)...

LA Weekly Interviews Mark Eitzel of American Music Club

American Music Club, circa 2008 American Music Club’s new album, The Golden Age (Merge), begins with what seems to me two perfect Southern Califor...

eMC's The Show: The First Great Rap Album of 2008

"This is the number one rule for your set/In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets/And through our travels we get separated, never forget/I...

Yeah, it's that time again. Hollywood is all closed up, and hundred of movie fans have begun to line up outside the Kodak Theater, hoping to catch a gli...

Across from the closed down Cordon's Market they are playing backgammon in front of a coffee shop. With very tiny dice. More after the jump...


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Elisha Cuthbert in Captivity or Free 2 B?


"Rage Against the Machine, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork to headline Coachella" - just announced today. It's a bit too early to start planning our...


The Presets play Los Angeles Tuesday, May 20 at the El Rey Theater. Sorry, sold out. But hey, don't go away sad. Here's the new video for the "You Are t...

(Photo of Brother Reade by day19.com)  Things went from "totally awesome!" to "way less than rad..." in mere seconds after cops shut down the Broth...


This is visible on the south side of Melrose (I lost my notes. I don't know what E/W street this on. Beverly?) if you're heading west through East Holly...

Metaform-Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

It's reductive to say that if you like Deadringer and Entroducing, you'll probably like Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Then again, that's just the...

Ten artists made up the new Snow Angels show at ThinkSpace including new works by Stella Im Hultberg. Above, Hultberg's “Heartbeats,” Availa...


If you Google the phrase "Giant Joystick," one of the first names that comes up isn't a well-endowed porn star, but artist Jason Torchinsky, who actuall...

Life is like a Reese's peanut butter cup: "You got rock'n'roll in my politics."

RIYL, Bruce Springsteen, Scarlett Johansson, Obama, Portland based indie rock bands, catch phrases from feature films and television commercials.

Kristoff talks: 'I didn't incite the attacks'

MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment News Televisa on-air personality Kristoff has finally broke his silence and addressed publicly the wave of anti-em...

Peaches is one hot bitch. I had the pleasure of interviewing her for the cover of Bust magazine (on stands in January) a couple of weeks ago and yeah, I...

You're Not Invited to L.A.'s Observatory for the Eclipse, but Some VIPs Are

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will be closed for Saturday morning's lunar eclipse, but journalists are invited.


Retna, el Mac on Hollywood Western Bldg.

At the corner of Hollywood and Western (right across the street from the Metro stop), a strange confluence of art, architecture and bureaucracy exists, ...

Tonight in LA: Ghanian Hip Hop, Blowfly and Les Nubians, Among Others

Okay, so on the surface perhaps a slow Thursday night in LA. No grand slams, it would seem, few hipster throw-downs. But I would like to present a few p...


5. Dungen-Tio Bitar Dungen did not tour this record in America. This is because the band's mastermind, Gustav Estjes was rumored to be alone in the snow...

So I'm thinking about suing the city of Hollywood. I'm not kidding. The Hollywood Walk of Fame might be pretty to look at under the reflection of the bo...


I love those nights that don't feel planned or forced in any way, but just become brilliantly memorable, seemingly of their own accord. That's kinda wha...

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Jim White Amoeba, March 24 Jim White's songs depend on a good deal of atmosphere, and no doubt when he plays tonight (Tuesday) at the Silent Movie Theat...

Live in LA: Elvis Costello Goes Way Late at the El Rey, May 28

Elvis Costello and the Imposters, El Rey, 5/28 By Randall Roberts Photos by Timothy Norris Elvis Costello performed a jumbo show at the Hollywood Bowl w...


Hillary Clinton projected winner in California

By Jill Stewart The networks and Fox News have projected Hillary Clinton as the winner in California, with huge leads among Latinos, Asians and, to a le...

Clementine Takes Grilled Cheese Month Very Seriously

No restaurant in L.A. takes this month-long holiday more seriously than Century City’s Clementine, where it’s not just about cheesy sandwiches, it’s abo...


Chris Rock Guest-Stars at the Pellicano Circus

For once Chris Rock played the straight man. From the moment he stepped into court Friday to testify at Anthony Pellicano’s racketeering trial, Ro...

Grammy week... Fashion week (in NYC)...the writers strike... Britney... There so much to do and watch and bitch, uh write, about.... Our new year's reso...

Pellicano Defense Finishes Its First Week It’s a crime to lie to the FBI, so I won’t: The courtroom was bored to tears with Friday's appeara...

So I forgot to mention in my last post that Steffie and I also popped into the ol' Short Stop last Sat for an end-of-the-eve nightcap (tip: Going to bar...


The bad rap on the 'death' of the boompa beat

By Randall Roberts If it's true, as many haggard hipsters have dismissively opined, that 'Nobody goes to Burning Man anymore,' then who the hell are all...

The Sex and the City movie is finally gonna happen. Whoo hoo! The edited repeats of the show on TNT may be sanitized sex-wise, but they’re still s...

South, The Echo, May 15, 2008 Photos by Timothy Norris Once upon a time, near the dawn of this decade, James Lavelle's Mo'Wax label ruled the record sto...


Peter Saville explains why he won hearts & minds with his record cover designs

On record cover design: "But you don't get much work to do when you're young, because you haven't learned how to do it yet... You're given simple, dispo...


This morning, the California Supreme Court denied a request to rehear its May 15 ruling that legalized same sex marriage. Gay and lesbian couples can no...

The Birmingham band played a short, sweet set on the outside stage for the Kimmel show. Click here to see all of Timothy Norris' photos. The Editors ret...

The Yeah Fest formerly know as Fuck has announced its summer tour across the Eastern, Southern, and Middle United States, and a little bit of Canada. Ba...


Some Thoughts on the "Best. Politician. Inspired. Single. Ever." Also, Nazis. Also, Jesus. Also, NFL football.

Los Angeles's own Sa-Ra create a rallying cry for Obama. Plus, a bunch of other crap this video brought to mind. Super random, super fun.

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Ima Robot and the Myth of the MC Hammer Pants

The 10 Rules of Pimpology According to the Video for Do or Die's "Po' Pimp"

10. The ability to acquire flaming pennies (these were also reportedly Shaquille O' Neal's last words upon leaving Orlando). Such magic coins will give ...

Queer Town: Tom Whitman Presents... Wonderland

Twelve hours before the Big Gay Parade in Boys Town, I decide to hop into the Chevy, pick up my pals Tyle and Ted, and visit gay nightlife uber-promoter...


Today, I spent two and a half hours on the phone to Bobby Seale, the 70-year-old co-founder of the beret-wearing, gun-toting, Little Red Book-waving Bla...

In our ongoing attempt to prop some worthy musicians headed to Austin this week, yet another list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austi...

Waiting for Bowiedot Act I Caroline: Let's go! Linda: We can't Caroline: Why not? Linda: We're waiting for Bowiedot ok, that's my interpretation ...

So I finally tried Pinkberry, and folks, I've just got one question- what's the big wup? Okay, it's pretty tasty and the place is cute (despite the name...

Coachella news: Kraftwerk! Madness! Portishead! Madness! Roger Waters! Kraftwerk!

This just in! (kudos to Joshua Glazer at Urb)...


My friend Anne was moving back to San Francisco from San Diego, and she wanted to spend one night in a swanky L.A. hotel by the beach. Only problem was,...

Three large tags on a wall in an empty lot. Painted some time in June or July? More pictures after the jump. See something cool? Email pictures to lurke...

Yes, one half of Whitley Kros is Mrs. Beck, Marissa Ribisi. The other half is Sophia Banks, Marissa's long-time friend. Beck was of course, the musical ...

I drove by the Ambassador last night inadvertently, trying to find some way to shave a couple of minutes off of my commute. The last bit of the hotel's ...


Live in L.A.: The Universal Consciousness Orchestra, 8/9

Universal Consciousness Orchestra, with the Ashram Community Choir and Flying Lotus Japanese American National Museum, August 9, 2007 By Randall Roberts...

Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow & Aesop Rock-"Dirt"

On last year's None Shall Pass tour, Aesop tabbed Pittsburgh psych weirdos Black Moth Super Rainbow to open for him. It was an inspired move and one tha...


Still haven't seen the Simpsons movie, but it's not like I need to what with the massive marketing that permeated the media. At least some of it is clev...

Weiss' Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best "Indie" Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)

I won't deny it. Things started spiraling rapidly downhill the moment I started compiling mixtapes of my favorite non-hip hop songs released this year. ...

So the DVF party on Sat was a fun lil fete (see Steffie's post below) but heck, I haven't even told ya about my Grammy week craziness…. Well you ...


About three weeks ago when I was in New York, Tal Rosenberg pretty much gushed non-stop about the Burial record's brilliance. At the time, I didn't even...

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Perhaps, the Material Girl (see post below for back story) had another reason for creating the temporary Madonna Gallerie— to sell her wares outsi...

Associated Press has a story on Yahoo News this morning about the permitted artwork along the Arroyo Seco that went up last year during the Meeting of S...


Billy Childish at London's Dirty Water Club, 4.11.2008

Photos by Rena Kosnett Taking 4 late night buses from Camden down to Brockley, yelling at one stranger who sneezed into my hair, standing for 45 minutes...


Led Zeppelin/A Tribute to Ahmet Ertegun O2 Arena, London, December 10 By Steve Baltin As was the case for so many people, Led Zeppelin began my ascent i...


The Black Lips at the Troubadour, 10/19/07

(Photos by Rena Kosnett. Click here for more) The Troubadour got punked. The proliferation of stage jumpers, crowd surfers, beverage throwers, and scaff...

Dysfunctional business as usual at Pellicano trial When we last left the trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants, the proceedings had been thr...

(Gen Art's fresh faces) There it was— the Peterson Automotive Museum splayed out along the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire. I could see part of its...

Spiritualized the Vista Theater November 12 By John Payne Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate. No, no, no, that’s bitter, I know. But th...


Weiss'  Muxtape #2: A Tribute to Albert Hofmann-Pour Out a Little Lysergic

Lost somewhere in the shuffle of the 43,214 stories on the potential impact of Obama's ex-pastor's crack-pot comments*, was the news that Albert Hoffman...

The Night Marchers, All Star Lanes, Feb. 10

The Night Marchers All Star Lanes, Feb. 10, 2008 By Ryan Ritchie Photos by Timothy Norris Two songs into The Night Marchers’ L.A. debut on Monday ...

The LA Times Retracts Its Tupac Shakur Story

In this morning's Times, and an apology to Puffy Diddy Daddy...


The Best Grammy Party I Got Invited To (but not really)

SATURDAY, midnight, my bedroom When I saw the invite in my inbox to Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy shin-dig in Beverly Hills, I couldn't rsvp fast enoug...

Still recovering from Paper mag's slew of events last week at Acme gallery, though I missed the Saturday night fevah of Los Super Elegantes (which I hea...

Bondies Battle On It’s been nearly 4 years since The Von Bondies breakthrough Pawn Shoppe Heart helped them pierce the indie-rock bubble of obscur...

Charles Bukowski’s bungalow is safe – at least for now. On Thursday morning the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted three-to-one ...

Techno and Technology: An Interview with Richie Hawtin

By Liz Ohanesian For Richie Hawtin, 2008 began with silence, ten weeks without so much as a 12-inch single or live engagement from the producer/DJ and h...


Bjork at the Nokia Theater, December 12 By Randall Roberts Last night’s Bjork show at the Dystopia – er, I mean Nokia -- Theatre downtown di...

Photo by Shelley Leopold. Spotted on LaBrea over the weekend - Iron Man posters retooled. If there was any pro-Hillary or McCain street art we'd post th...

Party Picks of the Week: Black Cat Sex Cult, Audrey Napoleon's Birthday Bash

Some fetish-y new fun from the Boulet Brothers and a birthday bash for goth-glam EDM queen Audrey Napoleon top in Lina's party list this weekend.

30. Jay-Z -American Gangster Is American Gangster that good or was Kingdom Come that mediocre? They're suprisingly surprisingly similar when you think a...

Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies d...


Who Shot Tupac At The Quad: The LA Times teaser press release

On the afternoon of Friday, March 14, the LA Times' Stephan Pechdimaldji, senior manager of media relations, tossed out an email to his media list annou...

Dan Monick - Very Good Photographer, Looks Pretty in Wigs

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Once upon a time, the music editor and maybe 1 or 2 others at LA Weekly would have gotten an advance of a hotly anticipated new album, often months befo...


Marc Cooper: Clinton Campaign Stung By Third-Place Finish

Des Moines - After a stunning defeat and finishing third in Thursday night's Democratic caucuses, Senator Hillary Clinton congratulated Barack Obama and...

Andy Pratt, Mika, Pitchfork, and the anti-poppers

It's easy to critique. It's much easier to critique than to do. Having said that, I would like to lodge a complaint about this year's panels. I understa...

Courtney Love
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"Everybody knows I give the best blowjobs in Hollywood, but there's gotta be something in it for me too,"...

From the New York Times: "When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids...

Crystal Antlers at High Voltage Party, Safari Sam's, 1/21/08

Crystal Antlers Safari Sam's, Jan. 21, 2008 The sparkling reputation of Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers drew me out to the High Voltage Magazine part...


Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...

10 Reasons Why The Wu-Tang Clan's "The Heart Gently Weeps" Video Might Be Their Worst Ever

1. Who made the decision to have an Asian Bjork clone perform a feather dance for one of the video's main plot threads? Okay fine, we all know the answe...

20. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala On first listen, Jens Lekman reminds you of Morrissey. Like the ex-Smith's frontman, the 26-year old Swede's ...


SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien

It was my third night in Austin. Devin had just blazed through an epic set that had been celebrated in the appropriate fashion , El-P was currently on-s...

Last weekend was all about Coachella (see this week's paper), but there is much that I didnt have room for and you, the lucky SC reader get extra scoop....

SXSW Day 3: Pissed Jeans, Valet, White Rabbits, Thurston Moore, and an impregnated brain

Last night. Last night? Umm, last night ... What the heck did I do last night? Wait. Where the hell am I? In a hotel room, okay ... yeah ... good. At le...


When it opens this weekend, Rob Marshall's adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha will already be trailing a long stream of scandal: the Japanese community i...

This will be the second Valentines Day in a row I have no official object of affection. But this year, February 14th singledom feels perfectly OK, ...

"Yea Sweden!" Someone from the crowd yelled at John Englebert from Johnossi, "You've got good health care!" "Yeah - California loves Sweden," he replied...


I love power ballads, power naps and power tools! When I was 15 I asked for a power drill for Christmas, everyone laughed and I got some suede blue pump...

SXSW Day 1-My Morning Jacket Prove That They May Be Invincible and Britt Daniel is Everywhere

If you do a Google Image search for "Austin" this is one of the first things that pops up. Two girls at the 1998 Austin Corvette Day. Granted, this prob...

Emos prepare to rumble in Tijuana, march for peace in Mexico City

The nationwide assault campaign against emos in Mexico continues to surge forward, as word is spreading that emos will be hunted and beaten by anti-emo ...

The leopard loving lass is a special kinda gal. She can be a sweet kitty cat, but get on her bad side and she'll scratch you. I've been a leopard print ...

Cool New Parking Signs to Debut in DTLA Today

Easy-to-read parking signs will be installed in downtown Los Angeles.


The first First Friday of 2008 at the Natural History Museum featured local faves Sea Wolf. DJ's keep it rolling the lounge, with a captive audience in ...

Love them or hate them, Cache's chicken murals along Sunset Blvd in Echo Park have become quite the landmarks. And considering a lot of the street art i...


Peanut Butter Wolf to spin at Obama's California party tonight

This just in, offering further proof that Obama's down with the scene. PEANUT BUTTER WOLF SPINS TONIGHT AT CALIFORNIA FOR OBAMA PARTY AT THE AVALON Also...

Yanuk featured models in denim corsets, skinny jeans, and wild frayed coats. And remember the tuck and roll of the 80s? You know where you folded your j...

Anyone who made it out to the American Apparel Flea Market event last Sunday knows what I'm talkin' about when I say it was post-apocalyptic insanity- a...


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Across from the closed down Cordon's Market they are playing backgammon in front of a coffee shop. With very tiny dice. More after the jump...

So I finally tried Pinkberry, and folks, I've just got one question- what's the big wup? Okay, it's pretty tasty and the place is cute (despite the name...

Q: What's the best thing to do on a cold, rainy Saturday night? A: Go to the movies with your friends and drink hot chocolate! I almost st...


"From the margins of the culture, through graffiti, stencils and stickers, every day the streets are screaming about things," opens the gallery statemen...

Last week, DJ Khaled announced the creation of his We the Best Music, a new vanity label that will be distributed and released under the Def Jam umbrell...

By Randall Roberts The Burning Man, which was prematurely torched by burner-assassin Paul Addis on Tuesday morning, has returned. This morning at about ...

And so begins LA Weekly's last day in Hollywood. Sunny, 72 degrees... 12 minute commute. As of Monday LA Weekly will be run out of offices nestled into ...


Smashbox DAy TWO: The Verdict:  Heatherette is Fierce

Ok, I've finally gotten out of my Heatherette-induced K-hole. I've had a lot of time to think about what I saw. If you asked me yesterday what I thought...

Happy (whatever holiday you celebrate) Style Council readers! The other gals are all back in their respective homelands (NYC and the UK) so I'm holding ...


Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

Berenice Garcia Corral was commander of the sex crimes unit of Chihuahua state's State Investigation Agency before masked men shot her in her driveway i...

Por El Suelo on Virgil: Retna, AWR, Dame, Werc

The wall that went up a couple of weeks ago on Virgil a few blocks south of Santa Monica is looking beautiful. Here are some sections that weren't finis...

6 Great Free Things to Do in L.A. This Week

Jon Ronson, Tommy Lasorda and more things to see and do in L.A.


Juan MacLean Avalon, August 24 By Jonah Flicker The parking gods were smiling on this chilly Friday night. It’s 11:45, I’m in the area aroun...

Los Angeles always seems strange in the rain. Jim Morrison once may have said something to that effect. Then again, Jim Morrison once declared himself t...


Alec (who is the same age as Jesus) responds to his critic. Also, a special guest appearance by Judas aka Bob Dylan (you know, the guy from the panty commercial).

I am 33, the same age of Jesus. Clearly those kids in their teens and early twenties who you're meeting have some work to do to get as arrogant as me. B...

In need of a good weekend read? Check out this excerpt from Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi's new book The Great Derangement, in which he ...


The parking lot behind Zen Sushi has some gorgeous work by Asylm, Ruets, Ryoe, Clown and more. All photos by Mark Mauer. Close-ups, more shots and artis...

Filmed before and during that tense six-month window between 2Pac and Big's deaths, Rhyme and Reason has a eerie, unsettling vibe to it. Everyone in the...

Is Isis, the ancient Egyptian mother-god, related in some mystical way with Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent of Mesoamerican mythology? That's the ce...

I'm digging these multi-layered pasted posters around Hollywood and Silver Lake of video cameras, radios, and other techno-objects. They tend to be plac...

All photos by Mark Mauer The side of the Korean supermarket "HK Super" hasn't changed much in a the past couple of years, which is pretty wild consideri...


Why Three Pairs of Stilettos Are Absolutely Vital When Backpacking Around Mexico

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Portishead at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Scotland 4.12.08

Photos by Rena Kosnett Claiming that I just happened to catch a Portishead concert during my recent visit to the UK would fashion me a liar. The trip wa...


Pigeon Poop Blamed for Safari Sam's Sign Spontaneous Combustion

Sam Lanni, the owner of Safari Sams in Hollywood, has decided to let musicians see shows in his club for free. Here's an excerpt from the SS w...


Fans started lining up early to get to their seats! Some arrived at 5. Skaters stopped in to check out the chicks. And lots of limos. Group of girls mad...


Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...

Maria Shriver, the first lady of the state of California and cousin of Caroline Kennedy, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Shriver made an impromptu ap...

Go out and visit your local independent record store today, if there is still one within 100 miles or so. You know your business model is in trouble whe...

KCRW Launches New Guest DJ Sessions featuring Conan O'Brien, Jason Reitman and others

Everybody has an opinion about music, especially celebrities, and KCRW is harnessing this intrinsic reality with a new online series which launches toda...


Anyone who made it out to the American Apparel Flea Market event last Sunday knows what I'm talkin' about when I say it was post-apocalyptic insanity- a...

I just returned from a trip to New Mexico with my mother. It was the first extended vacation we ever took together (by that I mean just the two of us; t...


Tell 'Em Why You Mad: The Guide to Hipster Haberdashery

If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigu...

"I've never performed at a festival," says Madonna, "and I'm especially excited about playing at Coachella before I start my own tour." Well la-dee-da. ...

By Jeff Shaw, City Pages Compared with other holidays, Thanksgiving hasn't inspired bards overmuch. There are no traditional hymns, no instantly identif...

McDonald's All Day Breakfast, Ordering Pizza by TV: This Week in Food

McDonald's will begin testing all day breakfast this month in San Diego. If it goes well, we may see all day breakfast roll out around the country. It's...


Willie Nelson, Nokia Theatre, Feb. 13 Photos by Timothy Norris If Willie Nelson had delivered a show with half as much heart, enthusiasm and class, it s...

Recently I found myself wandering outside the back of Union Station and beyond the Denny's that sits under the Hollywood freeway. There'ss some prime, f...

The dates are the festival official, April 25-27, but little else is. And are there any bands from the 80s and 90s left to reunite/headline for Cocahell...

"It's Hard Out There for A Pimp" from Hustle and Flow won for Best Song tonight. Hip hop hooray!!! Though it's not the first rap tune to win (Eminem's "...

Hours before the Democratic debate takes takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, hundreds of supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fille...


Memorial Day Weekend in LA: Music galore (and MP3s)

Ah, Memorial Day Weekend, the perfect three-day break, tailor-made for chilling in the comfort of an abandoned LA. As long as you stay away from Hollywo...


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The Crewest Gallery downtown held their fourth annual Day of the Dead exhibit with more than 100 ceramic skulls painted, decorated, reassembled and scul...

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party will finally wrap up its long, hard fought primary season. There will be a lot of talk about who will ultimately be the...

Get this Muthaf***ing Toupee Off My Mutha****ing Head

Baby's first words: "You're fired." I've seen dogs in Chanel. I've seen cats with diamond collars, but I never thought I'd see this— Baby Toupee. ...


The Hives, Donnas Wiltern, Feb. 19 Photos by Timothy Norris It's been eight years since the Hives started telling us they were going to take over the wo...

Somehow, I doubt that Paul Thomas Anderson is going to love this so much that he'll grab it to hang in his house the way Murakmai did with Augor and Rev...

Up until now, it's been a lot of pleasant surprises: bands that maybe a lot of people hadn't been too familiar with, but ended up digging. Not so with K...


On Saturday night the Diane von Furstenberg store in West Hollywood hosted a benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, the non-profit music scho...

Still recovering from Paper mag's slew of events last week at Acme gallery, though I missed the Saturday night fevah of Los Super Elegantes (which I hea...

Live in LA: Elvis Costello Goes Way Late at the El Rey, May 28

Elvis Costello and the Imposters, El Rey, 5/28 By Randall Roberts Photos by Timothy Norris Elvis Costello performed a jumbo show at the Hollywood Bowl w...


You're Not Invited to L.A.'s Observatory for the Eclipse, but Some VIPs Are

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will be closed for Saturday morning's lunar eclipse, but journalists are invited.

Fashion Weeklings? LA Observed Notices Our Abscence


CFIWest / Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood May 7 (l-r) Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch A line of comedy fans dozens deep snaked around the cor...

un:armed The Echo, August 27 By Nazanin Arandi They are armed with black, gray and white ensembles, bringing endless energy to the stage and into the au...

Snoop Goes Country! Snoop Dogg Live at Fox Studios, March 6

photos by Timothy Norris Snoop Dogg gigged with an 18-piece backing band in a Fox Studio sound room last night for the Nissan Live series shown on Yahoo...

New Beck song, "Chemtrails," streaming at Beck.com

photo by Autumn Dewilde It starts off lightly with Beck Hansen in soft, sad falsetto mode, his moan high lonesome and sounding like a missing Beach Boys...

If you haven’t yet experienced the phenomenon of people walk-dancing, apparently the best place to witness this is at a Rapture show. Here’s...


Michael Hurley tonight, December 20, at The Bordello

Michael Hurley has been kicking around since 1965, when he released for Folkways Recordings his First Songs LP. Those songs introduced his aesthetic, on...

"What kinda horn you got on that thing?" Ben Watkins yells into his megaphone as a bus crawls to a stop before Fox Studios' main gate. The bus driver gr...

Leaving a convenience store just now a cashier tried swindling me out of 10 pesos in change. I left the place a little confused then marched right back ...


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RICO Suave: Closing Arguments at Pellicano Trial

“Sitting up there in the second row is a dirty cop. A dishonest cop. A corrupt cop. A man who sold his badge for $2,500 a month.” Say what y...

It took a lot to get me out of the house last night in the rain. It took Viggo Mortensen. I was supposed to go with Steffie to Track 16, Bergamot Statio...

Above: Avenged Sevenfold Above and below: Paramore cracks it open! Above and below: Serj Tankian Rise Against rocked it! Gave props to Naked Raygun Show...


Immagine In Cornice "Picture in a Frame"- A Pearl Jam Film By Ryan Colditz I have been on Pearl Jam overload the past few months. That's saying a lot if...

How PM Dawn Could’ve Avoided Getting Set Adrift On “Memory Bliss”

Maybe instead of wallowing in unchecked misery over "the girl with the fat diamond ring" (really, the fat diamond ring is the main thing that you rememb...

Here's a list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austin next week. This is a tipsheet for those of you with $$$ in your eyes. Looking for ...


What's gayer than Jeffree Star turning up at the Abbey on Friday with a Tarina Tarantino haircut and Perez Hilton on his arm? Or gayer than the parents ...

The LA Weekly's "Class of 05" music issue is out now (check out my local class favorites piece here) and the yearbook-themed edition sure took me back t...


Live in LA:  Femi Kuti at the House of Blues, July 20

Half-way through Femi Kuti’s first song of the night, the powerful “Truth Don Die,” a strange realization hit me -- Femi’s weari...

M.I.A. delivered once again at the MX Beat fest on Saturday night, scoring more direct hits on the ears and hips of thousands of Mexican fans who braved...


“Die in Anacortes”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 4 of 4

What happens in Anacortes, stays in Anacortes.

Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the mov...

"More boobies, RIGHT NOW!" roared the crowd at the El Rey theatre as alternaporn starlets the Suicide Girls jiggled their pastied jubblies during the fi...

Obamanation Photos and text by Shelley Leopold A mural appeared in Mid-Wilshire on a recent morning — not on a rooftop or an overpass, but at the ...


Let me first say, I have always loved Tom Hanks. We both stuffed our bras, though for him, that was during a spell as Buffy on Bosom Buddies, and not be...

The best view of the Grammy Awards from where I sat. The coolest thing I learned last night in the media room at the 50th anniversary Grammy celebration...

Black Crystal Wolf Kids Are Like Seeing All of Coachella in One Band

Want to hear "Seven Nation Army" and "Dog Days Are Over" without standing in a field full of sweaty hipsters? You can, thanks to Black Crystal Wolf Kids...

Tiger Army Wiltern, 11/17 I love the stand-up bass. It's a ridiculously big, bulky instrument that looks cool as hell, especially when painted dark blue...


And so begins LA Weekly's last day in Hollywood. Sunny, 72 degrees... 12 minute commute. As of Monday LA Weekly will be run out of offices nestled into ...

Somehow, I doubt that Paul Thomas Anderson is going to love this so much that he'll grab it to hang in his house the way Murakmai did with Augor and Rev...

Why Biz Markie Should Have Known From the Get-Go That He Was More Than "Just a Friend"

Markie appears to have had a Homer Simpsonian sense of delusion. Had he looked at himself in the mirror? The guy was 30 lbs. overweight, rapped like Cor...


"How many boulders can we possibly have to climb over?" I chuckled to my friend Julie, when she warned me that her boyfriend David's friend Ben had aske...

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Grey Ant hasn't been seen on an LA runway since 2005. And thank God for its return! It was my favorite show so far this fashion week. It seemed to incor...

Elbow, Air Traffic Avalon, May 9, 2008 Photos and words by Timothy Norris Shortly before Elbow took the stage Friday night for the final show of their l...

The LA Weekly's "Class of 05" music issue is out now (check out my local class favorites piece here) and the yearbook-themed edition sure took me back t...

Here are a couple sets of photos of work by Jersey Joe/RIME. The first batch is from around town, including Gompers M.S. The second set is of his work o...

Amazon.com launched their new MP3 store today to go head to head with Apple's iTunes store. In a nice bit of irony the #1 selling song on Amazon was "12...


Chocolate-covered Snails and Other New Year's Delights

Even if they weren't my friends, I would still think Jenna and Oliver from Materials and Applications were totally rad. Their Maximillian's Schell insta...

10 Reasons Why The Wu-Tang Clan's "The Heart Gently Weeps" Video Might Be Their Worst Ever

1. Who made the decision to have an Asian Bjork clone perform a feather dance for one of the video's main plot threads? Okay fine, we all know the answe...

Marc Cooper on the Primaries in NC and IN

From Marc Cooper's blog: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Tuesday night Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic nomination -- again. He did it the ...

All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

I'm a karaoke slut, but just like most real ladies of the night, I have to be properly liquored up before I give it up (on the mic). Brass Monkey, Smog ...


Grizzly Bear live on Morning Becomes Eclectic, Feb. 27

On Wednesday morning, the subterranean temple that is the KCRW studio complex on the campus of Santa Monica College played host to a great six-song set ...

Sometimes I feel like I need a shower after I read it, but I'm gonna be honest right now and admit that Perez Hilton's gossip blog is a fairly frequent ...

Former Kraftwerk and Neu! percussionist Klaus Dinger dies

You've heard the Motorik beat, one of the seminal rhythms of the late 20ths century. Created in the early 1970s by Dusseldorf, Germany percussionist Kla...

Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...


Grizzly Bear teams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Great news from the L.A. Phil just arrived. Anyone who was at the recent Songs of the City series at Walt Disney Concert Hall and heard Daniel Rossen's ...


News Flash from the Playa: The Man Upstaged the Moon By Judith Lewis Here's the news. While the full eclipsed moon still floated above the Playa like a ...

“Every place has a completely different personality, like, Sony is kinda angry, Fox is where all the really cool people hang out and Radford gets ...

Foo Fighters Secret Location, Los Angeles By Ryan Colditz The Foo Fighters were filming live material on Tuesday night for an upcoming appearance on Nis...


Public Enemy, EPMD, Mos Def, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan and a reunited Rage Against the Machine played in San Bernadino over the weekend. Timothy Norris wa...

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The Buzzcocks, at 86 years old, blast 20-year-old bands off the stage, and shame them... and they do so as if it came most naturally to them. They simpl...

Michael Hurley has been kicking around since 1965, when he released for Folkways Recordings his First Songs LP. Those songs introduced his aesthetic, on...

"So, did you get hit in the face with a ball yet?" one business casual fellow asked another on the interminable line for drinks at last ni...


Will i Am Offers Obama Handjob Via Campaign Song

As the voters of Texas, Rhode Island, Vermont and Ohio filed to the polls yesterday to help decide the Democratic Party's nomination for President, will...

Halloween is for amateurs. If ya wanna party with the real freaks this week, don't wait for Saturday or even Tuesday…. go down to the Henry Fonda...

Panic at the Disco loses their exclamation point, help sell a Honda

Panic at the Disco at Studio 540 of the Honda Corporation's headquarters, Torrence, January 10. By Julie Seabaugh Around 250 VIPs, suits and press membe...

Wheatpasted posters across from the Tiki-Ti and KCET on a Sunset Blvd. billboard pole near Virgil. More pasting - and stickers - on Santa Monica Blvd. n...


Pearl Jam Düsseldorf, Germany, ISS Dome June 21, 2007 By Ryan Colditz The German crowd at the ISS Dome Germany was more reminiscent of a fütbo...


After my dinner debacle last week (see my last post) I was ready for a little plushness and pampering, and I got a lot of it with three Alexis Carringto...

Its bastardization of The Beatles in those relentlessly dizzying TV commercials aside, we still pledge undying love for Target. Where else can you buy m...

White Stripes Cancel Dates, Including the Forum

The White Stripes have canceled their North American tour, including the band's show on the 19th at the Forum. "Health issues" and Meg White's "acute an...


More fashion critique from New York Fashion Week and The Grammy’s (which we attended) to come today, but for now, check out the designs of the fin...

Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

Want proof that L.A.'s in the middle of an astoundingly fertile period of musical expansion? See the list below. We're going to have our hands full this...

Even if they weren't my friends, I would still think Jenna and Oliver from Materials and Applications were totally rad. Their Maximillian's Schell insta...


Forty percent of Hollywood’s homeless youths ended up on the streets at some point after having been removed from their homes by a city, county or...

Perhaps, the Material Girl (see post below for back story) had another reason for creating the temporary Madonna Gallerie— to sell her wares outsi...

By Pandora Young I have loved Arianna Huffington since she was the voice of the right wing on KCRW's Left, Right & Center. I loved her before I knew she...

Anyone watch The L Word on Sunday night? I have just three words for you - Rosanna Arquette, Shane the Hairdresser, and a strap-on. OK that's more than ...


The death of Christian Brando is officially a Los Angeles County Coroner's case. According to sources, the coroner's office took possession of the 49-ye...

By Jeff Shaw, City Pages Compared with other holidays, Thanksgiving hasn't inspired bards overmuch. There are no traditional hymns, no instantly identif...

Sandow: "So why am I telling this story? To introduce my thought that art and the arts aren't the same thing." ALSO, some kid in a diaper covering The B...


Queer Town: Acrobats at the Abbey, No Shirts at Here

The nights go nearly sleepless, but the last day of Gay Pride Week is no time to flake out. Promises are made and need to be kept, so I head over to the...

Costume contest at the Key Club Monday Night Havent been back to Metal Skool's Monday mash since I used to deejay the VIP room, and thankfully nothing's...


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Auto Repair art on Santa Monica Blvd. and Ardmore

Two very different styles across the street from one another on Ardmore just south of Santa Monica Blvd...


These were seen recently in the area of Melrose and LaBrea near Gallery1988, PInk's and Babeland. "Death to the Normals" and then a headless chicken. We...

Newsflash: Iceland is not as unbearably cool as one imagines

Icelandic innovation includes the "bumper dumper," a flip-down toilet seat on trucks' rear end for use in the wild.


40. The Twilight Sad-Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters Take note Bloc Party. This is how you do histrionic, nostalgic and bombastic arena rock for in...

In our ongoing attempt to prop some worthy musicians headed to Austin this week, yet another list of LA bands/songwriters to chase down at SXSW in Austi...

Who do I gotta blow to get a drink around here? It's very annoying that you have to choose between drinks and seeing bands. The "beer garden" is roped o...

This Christmas, I had hoped to fly back to London, gorge myself on Mum's turkey and sip sherry with my long lost Brit posse. But Fate, it turned out, ha...

Some excellent Timothy Norris photos that didn't get put up a few days ago when they should have been: Editors Live at the Wiltern September 24 with Bif...


As I've reported at my personal blog Intersections, emos are under attack in Mexico. Here are a few good primary sources to better understand what's hap...

Live in L.A.: Raveonettes Electric Duo, Midnight Movies

Not one but three people I went to high school with were nominated for Oscars last night (Matt Dillon, Dan Futterman, and Bennett Miller) ...

If nothing else Obama's candidacy is at least inspiring people to make music. Alas, for the most part the songs haven't been very good. Will.i.am's mess...


(Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party ...

Seattle Pop Conference kicks off talk of diaspora and hegemony (what else is new?)

There's a reward at the end of this post for those of you who read it, by the way. There are a few words that you don't hear in mixed company, and two o...

I'm not purposefully trying to focus on these guys, but their pieces really do jump out at you when you see them. All photos by Mark Mauer More after th...

Pellicano Briefs Team Pellicano is now taking its turn at bat, but the past few days of the defense’s case have seemed like prosecution by other m...

Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's

Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and...


25. Wu-Tang Clan-8 Diagrams 8 Diagrams is east coast hardcore rap that doesn't sound like it was made on the east coast. It was recorded in LA but it do...

SXSW Day 2: Songs That No One In Their Right Mind Should Cover

There are a lot of sacred songs in the rock and roll canon, songs that are so connected with their composer that any attempt to replicate them, to put y...


Live in L.A.: Tokyo Police Club at the Troubadour

Driven by sporadic guitars and pulsating urgency, their danceable garage rock has been compared to the Strokes.  They opened with lead singer/bassist Da...

Gag me with a glove. The only reason I saw the "romantic" "comedy" Shopgirl, based on Steve Martin's novella of the same name, was because my friend and...

Fashion Week, Take 2: Marvin & Quetzal line dazzles

Sleek and elegant, but still tinged with that trademark vibe of rascally weirdness, the fall/winter line by Marvin & Quetzal helped finish Fashion Week ...

Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitat...


Hilarity ensues at the opening of new John Varvatos store at former CBGB's site

Reminder from NYC: It kind of sucks here now. Our favorite placard from the protesters: "One small loss of a music space, one giant leap for pants."

Black Keys, Jay Reatard The Wiltern, April 1 By Jonah Flicker We’ll get to the white-boy blues-rock in just a sec, but first we have a very seriou...

Timothy Norris spotted this nice piece on the Northeast corner of Pico and La Cienega. Timothy writes, "Not the best time of day for the shot, but dig t...

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I drove by the Ambassador last night inadvertently, trying to find some way to shave a couple of minutes off of my commute. The last bit of the hotel's ...

Hope everyone's having a great holiday weekend. I wasn't able to make my fellow style council-or's T-day gathering, but family obligations for an LA gal...

Why Three Pairs of Stilettos Are Absolutely Vital When Backpacking Around Mexico

Above: Monsters Are Waiting's lead creature, Annalee. The Oohlas also played the sold out concert. Click the link to see Timothy Norris' full slideshow ...

Anthony Pellicano discovers Tarita Virtue is her own reward For four days ex-Pellicano employee Tarita Virtue wore black to court as she testified under...


Who do I gotta blow to get a drink around here? It's very annoying that you have to choose between drinks and seeing bands. The "beer garden" is roped o...

Who are these 128 bands, collectively? As one big amalgam, what are they? Click here to read Randall Roberts' essay on this year's festival, then check ...

You can complain all you want about Coachella 2008's roster, but the reality that I'll be seeing Kraftwerk followed by Portishead followed by Prince on ...

As I type, my friend Brooke is at the Emergency Room of Hollywood Presbyterian hospital getting shot up with antibiotics. You wanna know why? It's becau...


The first showing of 2008 for the Carmichael Gallery featured over thirty street and outsider artists from Brazil. Shelley Leopold was at the opening Ja...


I love power ballads, power naps and power tools! When I was 15 I asked for a power drill for Christmas, everyone laughed and I got some suede blue pump...

Craigslist Post of the Week - Studs Seek Sugarmama

Jim White Amoeba, March 24 Jim White's songs depend on a good deal of atmosphere, and no doubt when he plays tonight (Tuesday) at the Silent Movie Theat...

Crystal Antlers at High Voltage Party, Safari Sam's, 1/21/08

Crystal Antlers Safari Sam's, Jan. 21, 2008 The sparkling reputation of Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers drew me out to the High Voltage Magazine part...


Every week or so, we'll update a list on concerts announced, shows going on sale, and other things happening soon that you may want to know about. James...


Romantic Pic O' The Day - Alien Rape Fantasy

Best caption wins a date with Linda Immediato Photo: Charlie White...

Which Van Halen? The Diamond-Dave fronted VH, of course. The band is slated to play the Staples Center on November 20. As previously speculated, the ban...

10. Sea Wolf-Leaves in the River At times, Leaves In the River reads a little predictably quirky, but Alex Church's pop heart salvages this from being t...

Beards, Blazers & Glasses, Or Yeasayer, The Indie Spin Doctors

Yeasayer are a jam band, they just aren't aware of it yet. At one point during the Brooklyn four-piece's set Saturday night at the Echoplex, lead singer...


Above: Avenged Sevenfold Above and below: Paramore cracks it open! Above and below: Serj Tankian Rise Against rocked it! Gave props to Naked Raygun Show...

Biggie Smalls Shuts Down Sunset Boulevard

Ah, if only. But shooting has commenced in LA for Notorious, the Biggie Smalls biopic slated to be released in 2009. Earlier today, the crew was working...


The Hidden Pleasures of Coachella, Part I: Linton Kwesi Johnson

One of the pleasant little surprises of this year's festival is the arrival of Jamaican born, British-bred poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. He made his mark b...

Photo by Shelley Leopold. Spotted on LaBrea over the weekend - Iron Man posters retooled. If there was any pro-Hillary or McCain street art we'd post th...

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30. Jay-Z -American Gangster Is American Gangster that good or was Kingdom Come that mediocre? They're suprisingly surprisingly similar when you think a...

When three quarters of the Style Council (Steffie, Linda and myself) decided to go to Joshua Tree for a weekend of high desert jinx, we knew to expect t...


David Mixner, a gay politico who was an integral part of former Bill Clinton’s kitchen cabinet during his successful 1992 run for the White House,...