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og:title: Live in L.A.: The Swell Season

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og:title: Talladega Shoes

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og:title: It's Record Store Day!

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

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

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og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

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og:title: Top of the Dome 4: Dia de Los Muertos

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og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

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og:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House

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

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

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og:title: The Kids In the 'Secret Show' Hall

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

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og:title: New Beck song, "Chemtrails," streaming at Beck.com

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og:title: RICO Suave: Closing Arguments at Pellicano Trial

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og:title: Sometimes I Like Santa Monica

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og:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

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og:title: Alanis Morissette Gets Really Ironic

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og:description: 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...

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

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og:title: Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW

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og:title: Bitch Please

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og:title: Last Night: Hot Chip at the Fillmore

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og:title: Love it or Leave it

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og:title: School of Rock

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

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og:title: Bodies moving at MX Beat

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

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og:title: Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

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og:title: Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

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og:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

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og:title: In Defense of Da Vinci Hair

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og:title: Grammys from the Press Room

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

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og:title: Tiger Army, Wiltern, 11/17

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og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

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

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og:title: Smashbox Day Three: GREY ANT RETURNS!!

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og:title: Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

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og:title: School of Rock

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og:title: RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

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og:title: Amazon's MP3 Bargains

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og:title: Chocolate-covered Snails and Other New Year's Delights

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

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og:title: Grizzly Bear live on Morning Becomes Eclectic, Feb. 27

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og:title: Birthday Perez-ants

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og:title: Former Kraftwerk and Neu! percussionist Klaus Dinger dies

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og:title: Grizzly Bear teams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

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og:title: Burning Man Burns Early

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og:title: Foo Fighters, Secret Show, 9/18

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og:title: Rock the Bells '07

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og:title: Magic Moments with Merlin

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og:title: Buzzcockin'

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og:title: Will i Am Offers Obama Handjob Via Campaign Song

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og:title: A Real Monster Mash

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

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og:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

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og:title: Last Night: Pearl Jam in Düsseldorf

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og:title: The Glamorous Life

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og:title: Morphine Generation Goes Country Club

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og:title: Hurray for Tar-jay: Rogan Roars

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og:title: White Stripes Cancel Dates, Including the Forum

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og:title: The Fab Five

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og:title: Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

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article:tag: Austin (Texas)

og:title: The Style Council After Hours

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og:title: Chocolate-covered Snails and Other New Year's Delights

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og:title: The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

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og:title: Concessions on a Dance Floor

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og:title: My Huffington Post

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og:title: Strap-a-licious

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article:tag: Caroline Ryder

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og:title: Christian Brando to Be Autopsied

og:description: 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...

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og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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og:title: Greg Sandow on Art vs. The Arts

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

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article:tag: Social Issues

og:title: Just Another Night On The Strip

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og:title: Welcome to the Terrordome The Good, The Beige and The Queen

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

og:title: Outside of the Box

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og:title: Auto Repair art on Santa Monica Blvd. and Ardmore

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


og:title: Headless Chicken and TLG

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Mark Mauer

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og:title: Newsflash: Iceland is not as unbearably cool as one imagines

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


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og:title: Weiss' Top Albums of 2007 (#40-36)

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top Albums of 2007 (#40-36)

og:title: Another guide to more LA Bands at SXSW

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Sebadoh

twitter:title: Another guide to more LA Bands at SXSW

og:title: Shout Out Louds

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Shout Out Louds

og:title: A Christmas Caroline

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: A Christmas Caroline

og:title: Editors, Wiltern, 9/24

og:description: 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...

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og:title: More on the emo attacks in Mexico

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: More on the emo attacks in Mexico

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

og:title: Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

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

twitter:title: Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

og:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House

twitter:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House

og:title: Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

og:description: 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...

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og:title: Frontiers at Eleven

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

article:tag: Ultimate Fighting Championship

twitter:title: Frontiers at Eleven

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Seattle Pop Conference

og:title: Another Hollywood El Mac / Retna

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Another Hollywood El Mac / Retna

og:title: Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

og:title: Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's

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


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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#25-21)

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#25-21)

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: South by Southwest Festival


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

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

og:title: Schlockgirl

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Schlockgirl

og:title: Fashion Week, Take 2: Marvin & Quetzal line dazzles

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

article:tag: Clothing and Accessories

og:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:description: 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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og:title: Hilarity ensues at the opening of new John Varvatos store at former CBGB's site

og:description: 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."

og:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1

og:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

og:title: Alive at the D!ve

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Alive at the D!ve


og:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

og:title: Picture this

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Picture this

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

article:tag: Hiking and Backpacking

og:title: Maximo Park at the El Rey 7/27

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: Maximo Park

twitter:title: Maximo Park at the El Rey 7/27

og:title: Pellicano Briefs: The Snitch Wore Black

og:description: 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...

article:tag: B.J. Rosenberg

twitter:title: Pellicano Briefs: The Snitch Wore Black


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og:title: Shout Out Louds

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Shout Out Louds

og:title: "Air Guitar Nation" Rocks L.A.

twitter:title: "Air Guitar Nation" Rocks L.A.

og:title: Coachella by the Numbers

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Coachella by the Numbers

og:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced

og:title: Hipster Flu Sweeps The Eastside

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Bioterrorism

twitter:title: Hipster Flu Sweeps The Eastside


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og:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Sports

twitter:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery


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og:title: Stripping Power

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Stripping Power

og:title: Craigslist Post of the Week - Studs Seek Sugarmama

og:title: Jim White, Amoeba, 3/24

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Jim White, Amoeba, 3/24

og:title: Nightranger Show and Tell

twitter:title: Nightranger Show and Tell

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Jonny Bell


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og:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

twitter:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods


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og:title: Coming Up

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Coming Up

og:title: Wait, That's Not Pam Anderson!

twitter:title: Wait, That's Not Pam Anderson!


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og:title: Romantic Pic O' The Day - Alien Rape Fantasy

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

article:tag: Linda Immediato

og:title: Van Halen to Play LA in November

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Van Halen to Play LA in November

og:title: The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007

og:title: Beards, Blazers & Glasses, Or Yeasayer, The Indie Spin Doctors

og:description: 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...


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og:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:title: Biggie Smalls Shuts Down Sunset Boulevard

og:description: 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...


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

og:description: 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...

og:title: Obama Iron Man

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Obama Iron Man

og:title: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

og:title: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed

twitter:title: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed


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og:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

twitter:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#30-26)

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#30-26)

og:title: Holy Shit It's Robert Plant

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Holy Shit It's Robert Plant


og:title: Mixner for Obama

og:description: 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,...

twitter:title: Mixner for Obama

og:title: Un-Fashion Week

twitter:title: Un-Fashion Week


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og:title: Last Night: White Stripes' Candy Store Rock

og:description: White Stripes Icky Thump/Tower Records, June 20, 2007 By Ryan Ward All photos by Timothy Norris - Click here for a slideshow of the concert If you had b...

og:title: Black Mountain's Stormy High

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Los Campesinos!

twitter:title: Black Mountain's Stormy High

og:title: Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, Claremont Folk Festival, 5/3

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

og:title: Kanye West goes to space, sees weird lady mannequin there

og:description: Kanye West with Rihanna and N.E.R.D., April 21, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live If you're going see Kanye West's second of two shows at the Nokia tonight, you s...

og:title: Del tha Funkee Homosapien Returns From Outer Space

og:description: God knows what Del's been doing since the millennium. The guy practically retired around then, after dropping the rightfully canonized Deltron 3030 reco...


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og:title: The Atkins Advantage

og:description: If you think the hottest spot at LA Fashion Week is backstage with the models or front row with the celebs, you're sadly mistaken. Those in the know hav...

article:tag: Celebrity News

twitter:title: The Atkins Advantage

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Pissed Jeans

og:title: Breeders for Coachella '08 + New Album?

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Breeders for Coachella '08 + New Album?


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og:title: Who wants their P TV?

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Who wants their P TV?

og:title: First Name Basis

og:description: Last night I went to see Wendy & Lisa. Remember them? After Prince ended his Revolution, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and keyboardist Lisa Coleman, co-wrote ...

twitter:title: First Name Basis

og:title: Cinespia Returns to Hollywood Cemetery

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

twitter:title: Cinespia Returns to Hollywood Cemetery

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

og:description: 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...


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og:title: Part of Arroyo Art Project Destroyed

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Visual Arts

twitter:title: Part of Arroyo Art Project Destroyed

og:title: Dodos, Akron/Family, Natural History Musuem, 5/2

og:description: Akron/Family, The Dodos, Natural History Museum First Fridays May 2, 2008 By Mark Mauer For the past couple of years, one of the best venues in town to ...

og:title: Foo Fighters, Secret Show, 9/18

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Foo Fighters, Secret Show, 9/18


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og:title: Oh What a Feelin'

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Oh What a Feelin'

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

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: Joliet

og:title: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba, 2/28

og:description: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba Records, Feb. 28, 2008 By now, I hope that most people reading this know who the Kids of Widney High are, so I'll only brief...

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba, 2/28

og:title: Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air

og:description: The analog pleasures of Radiohead's digital revolution by Randall Roberts (Photo by John Spinks) There are a few different ways to get to Big Sur from L...

twitter:title: Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air


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og:title: Clinton & Obama's Good Ship Lollipop

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Clinton & Obama's Good Ship Lollipop


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og:title: Rockin' in the Tree World

og:description: Happy holidays everyone! More to come soon, but in the meantime, a little slice of roadside art in upstate New York.....

article:tag: Holidays

twitter:title: Rockin' in the Tree World

og:title: Bukowski's Bungalow Named A Cultural Landmark

og:description: Brushing aside allegations that Charles Bukowski was a Nazi sympathizer, the Los Angeles City Council approved the designation of Buk's former bungalow ...

og:title: Snooze City

twitter:title: Snooze City


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og:title: The Cure, The Shrine, June 1

og:description: The Cure The Shrine Auditorium, June 1, 2008 By Rita Neyter Last Sunday was an absolutely bright and beautiful day, but as the sun slowly descended over...

twitter:title: The Cure, The Shrine, June 1

og:title: Getting to the Gala...

og:description: When I finagled the invite to the Murakami Gala at MOCA, my girlfriends bombarded me with the same question: "What are you wearing?" It was a legitimate...

twitter:title: Getting to the Gala...

og:title: How Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” Explains Why (Many) Women Like Assholes

og:description: One of the most common complaints I hear from my female friends is that they always seem to fall for "assholes." Quite mistakenly, they ask for advice o...


og:title: Coachella, ah the memories

twitter:title: Coachella, ah the memories

og:title: Naughty Girls, Dirty Knickers

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Naughty Girls, Dirty Knickers

og:title: Outside of the Box

twitter:title: Outside of the Box

og:title: Live in L.A.: Slint at the Henry Fonda Theatre

og:description: The tension between the dweebs and the rockers was palpable last night at the Henry Fonda Theatre. The dweebs, giddy at the opportunity to hear Louisvil...


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og:title: Truckin’ Down the ‘Vard with Papa Joe

og:description: "Dante's Inferno": Hollywood Boulevard & Truck Turner The New Beverly Cinema, April 11 The New Beverly Cinema's runaway-hit series of director-programme...

twitter:title: Truckin’ Down the ‘Vard with Papa Joe

og:title: Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Austin (Texas)

og:title: Marilyn Manson 08/25

og:description: Janine Kahn at OC Weekly took her camera to the Marilyn Manson / Slayer show at Verizon Amphitheater on Friday, Aug. 25. More of Janine Kahn's photos at...

twitter:title: Marilyn Manson 08/25


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og:title: Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and Wild Light, Hollywood Bowl, 9/20

og:description: Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and Wild Light Hollywood Bowl, September 20. By Randall Roberts There was a moment about three-quarters of the way through ...

og:title: Batteries Not Included

og:description: I'd be lying if I said I didn't check out the Babeland goody bag (see Where Do You Get Off? post below) while waiting in line at Pinks. I'd be lying aga...

twitter:title: Batteries Not Included

og:title: KHAAN! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told

og:description: It's funny the first time Shatner yells it out. It is, after all, the named-turned-curse heard throughout a galaxy. That one word - that one syllable - ...

twitter:title: KHAAN! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told

og:title: Wolf Parade’s At Mt. Zoomer: Great Record, Terrible Title

og:description: Regardless of what you think of their music, you've got to respect Wolf Parade. When Apologies to the Queen Mary dropped in late 2005 and every music jo...


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og:title: Movie money vs. music money. Also, more evidence of why Dylan rules.

og:description: Glenn Hansard on the prospect of moving to LA post-Oscar: "Everybody just assumed we were going to move to Hollywood, and next year try to get another o...

og:title: Meat & Greet: The Delta of Waters

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Meat & Greet: The Delta of Waters

og:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi


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og:title: What I'll Miss About Hollywood

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: What I'll Miss About Hollywood

og:title: Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em

og:description: I was not stoned for the High Times sponsored comedy night at the Hollywood Improv tonight. I repeat, not stoned. At first I was mostly just pissed off....

twitter:title: Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em

og:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

og:description: Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly fr...

article:tag: Josh Glazer

twitter:title: Portishead to headline Coachella


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og:title: Jim White, Amoeba, 3/24

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Jim White, Amoeba, 3/24

og:title: Check it Out: A New Los Angeles Billboard Database

og:description: Last month, the LA Weekly published a cover story about billboard blight in Los Angeles. Among other things, the Weekly delved into City Hall’s fa...

article:tag: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety


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og:title: Rock the Bells '07

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Rock the Bells '07

twitter:title: Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and Wild Light, Hollywood Bowl, 9/20

twitter:description: Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and Wild Light Hollywood Bowl, September 20. By Randall Roberts There was a moment about three-quarters of the way through ...

og:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

og:description: I wish I could tell you to head down to Meltdown's Sunset Blvd. location to check out the Truxtapoz show that debuted Saturday night, but it's over: One...

twitter:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

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

og:description: 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 ...


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og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 (#25-20)

og:description: 25. Chamillionaire ft. Slick Rick: "Hip Hop Police" Chamillionaire's a good rapper. His flow kind of reminds me of Krayzie Bone had he grown up chugging...

og:title: Tastes Like Gold!

og:description: Is this Auger making this insane mess? It's one of the most unsettling new pieces I've seen, which makes me think it's life-span will be short - and tha...

article:tag: Painting

twitter:title: Tastes Like Gold!

og:title: Unleash Your Inner Femme - Slide a Pole Between Your Legs

og:description: 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...

article:tag: P.J. Harvey

og:title: Smashbox Day Three: GREY ANT RETURNS!!

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Smashbox Day Three: GREY ANT RETURNS!!


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og:title: Burn these get-ups!

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Burn these get-ups!

og:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

og:description: Black Friday is my idea of hell. I would rather pay more money to have less people in my way while I shop. Who are all these people who get up at 3 am t...

twitter:title: Tryptophan-tastic!


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og:title: UTLA: This election wasn't about change

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: UTLA: This election wasn't about change

og:title: Woman Fatally Shot in Front of Cop as She Asks for Help

og:description: A brazen attacker who allegedly followed a woman even as she asked a cop for help opened fire, killing the woman, before he was taken out by the officer...

og:title: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro!

og:description: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro, for being the only member of the Style Council sober enough to actually write anything on Oscar night. We had such...

twitter:title: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro!

og:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

og:description: L.A. Weekly blogger and former staff writer Daniel Hernandez uncovered a wild story about attacks on "emo" youths in Mexico City on LA Daily and his own...

twitter:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

og:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

og:description: Timothy Norris photos from the sold out Polyphonic Spree show concert Wednesday night. The band's new album, The Fragile Army, came out June 19. Click t...

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og:title: Shower Power

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og:title: 10 Musicians Definitely Not on Steroids

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og:title: Snooze City

twitter:title: Snooze City

og:title: 15 More Minutes

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og:title: And The Winner Is...

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og:title: What's Cookin' With The Black Panthers

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og:title: OBEY Your Thirst?

twitter:title: OBEY Your Thirst?

og:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

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og:title: Obama Wins in Iowa, Huckabee Crushes Romney

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og:title: McCartney Fans Stake out Amoeba for Free In-Store Performance

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og:title: How Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” Explains Why (Many) Women Like Assholes

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

og:description: 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...

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

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og:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

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og:title: Buddhas

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og:title: The Burning Man Returns

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

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og:title: Welcome to the Terrordome The Good, The Beige and The Queen


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og:title: L.A. River Along the Golden State - Four

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og:title: Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot

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og:title: Memorial Daze

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og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

og:title: Retna, el Mac on Hollywood Western Bldg.

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


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og:title: Gen Art Turns 10

og:description: (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...

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og:title: SXSW Day 3-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude

og:description: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-Hunter S. Thompson "What you gonna do when the people go home/ and you wanna smoke weed but the reefer'...

og:title: Skinny Bitches, Orange Men and Rockin' Wild Boys

og:description: Sick of the post-Emmys coverage yet? Even if you only a watched a smidge of the entertainment shows the past two days, you know more than enough. Where ...


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og:title: Eskimohunter at Spaceland 7/9 Slideshow

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og:title: Sink or Swim

twitter:title: Sink or Swim

og:title: Johnossi and The Noisettes

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og:title: Spice Girls, Staples Center, 12/10

og:description: 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...

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og:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

og:description: Click here for Timothy Norris' photos of Roger Waters, Sia, Love & Rockets, My Morning Jacket and more...

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og:description: 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...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

og:title: Devendra Banhart, Orpheum, 10/13

og:description: Devendra Banhart Orpheum Theatre, 10/13 By John Curry In every generation of pop music, someone comes along with a fabulous persona to wrap generously a...

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og:title: Uncle George's Diary

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twitter:title: Uncle George's Diary

og:title: Unleash Your Inner Femme - Slide a Pole Between Your Legs

og:description: 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...


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og:title: Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

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og:title: David Bazan, Spaceland, 12/11

og:description: 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 ...

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og:title: Whorelore: The Magical World of Warcraft Porn

og:description: Welcome to a dusty fantasy land of deep-throating elf ears, masturbating trolls, and chain-mail-wearing porn stars. by Bonnie Ruberg, Village Voice Porn...

article:tag: Games

og:title: Gutter Twins, Great Northern, Avalon, 4/2

og:description: The Gutter Twins, Great Northern Avalon, April 2 It's raining in Los Angeles. Twice I slip on the slick Hollywood Walk of Fame in my terribly-unsuited-f...

og:title: The March That Got Away

og:description: The flyer from SMC Students Against Budget Cuts was impressive: A cartoon of the Guv all buffed up, standing behind a podium bearing the California stat...

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og:title: Baby Love

og:description: My secret is out and it's one that big tees, loose sweaters and even my favorite empire waist dresses just aint gonna hide anymore. I'm knocked up&helli...

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og:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

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og:title: Red Carpet Patrol

twitter:title: Red Carpet Patrol

og:title: Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's

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

og:title: Fashion Week, Take 2: Marvin & Quetzal line dazzles

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

article:tag: Clothing and Accessories

og:title: Rock With Me

og:description: "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...

article:tag: Malibu Creek State

twitter:title: Rock With Me

og:title: She Must Be My Lucky Star

twitter:title: She Must Be My Lucky Star


og:title: Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

og:description: Sparky remembers to forget On Thursday the prosecution’s guns in the racketeering trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants fell silent as...

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og:title: Day One in Photos

og:description: All photos by Timothy Norris. Vampire Weekend appear in broad daylight, above and below. Kim (or Kelly) Deal of The Breeders Jack White with The Raconte...

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og:title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion Photos

og:description: The students of Sunnydale High's class of 1999 have gathered at the Cinerama Dome for their eight-year high school reunion. A demon is here. So is a vam...

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twitter:title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion Photos

og:title: Another Clintonite Bites the Dust

og:description: The LA Times probably had its farewell lined up for weeks. Last year, the newspaper went after the California State Assembly Speaker for his sleazy hand...

twitter:title: Another Clintonite Bites the Dust

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

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

og:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

og:description: L.A. Weekly blogger and former staff writer Daniel Hernandez uncovered a wild story about attacks on "emo" youths in Mexico City on LA Daily and his own...

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og:title: Burial's Untrue is a Moody Masterpiece

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Burial's Untrue is a Moody Masterpiece

og:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

og:description: Timothy Norris photos from the sold out Polyphonic Spree show concert Wednesday night. The band's new album, The Fragile Army, came out June 19. Click t...

twitter:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

og:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

twitter:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

og:title: “My Megalomania”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 2 of 4

og:description: Elverum on Elverum: "I think I'm trying to one-up my megalomania [pauses] -- or however you pronounce that" - "I am trying to get old people interested ...

article:tag: Phil Elverum


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og:title: Ozomatli, Weapon of Choice at HOB, 12/20/07

og:description: Ozomatli, Weapon of Choice House of Blues, 12/20 I know it’s been said before but I’ll say it again: If heaven had to spit out a party band,...

article:tag: Justin Poree


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og:title: CBS Crew Rat Fink

og:description: Near a couple of auto body shops (and a sharp new Space Invader mosaic that we'll post soon) near Temple and Westmoreland is a CBS wall with a nice Rat ...

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og:title: Gen Art Gets Glam

article:tag: Suzy Yun

twitter:title: Gen Art Gets Glam

og:title: Shows and Tickets Coming Up

og:description: Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tende...

twitter:title: Shows and Tickets Coming Up

og:title: SXSW Round-Up: The Kills Put On The Best Show Of SXSW By A Band Not Named My Morning Jacket…And Why Jenny Lewis Isn't the Hottest Woman In Indie Rock

og:description: Unlike Sasha Frere-Jones, my main gripe with indie rock don't stem from it's lack of blackness. More than anything, I have trouble dealing with the idea...

og:title: Newsflash: LA Times ruins P. Diddy's weekend

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


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og:title: Fight Over Arroyo Seco Mural and Whitewash Keeps Going

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Gloria Molina

og:title: The Devil Inside

og:description: YOU are cordially invited to the LA Weekly Style Council's VIP advance screening of The Devil Wears Prada at the Grove, on Thursday June 29th @  7 ...

article:tag: Patricia Field

twitter:title: The Devil Inside

og:title: Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Austin (Texas)

og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 1

og:description: All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

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og:title: Camera Eye - Santa Monica and Myra

og:description: All photos by Mark Mauer...

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twitter:description: All photos by Mark Mauer...


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og:title: She Must Be My Lucky Star

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

og:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

twitter:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

og:title: Confronting food shortages in Mexico

og:description: Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced an ambitious plan last week to confront rising food costs in Mexico and to prevent the type of shortages and...

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og:title: SXSW Day 3-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude

og:description: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-Hunter S. Thompson "What you gonna do when the people go home/ and you wanna smoke weed but the reefer'...

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

og:description: 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...


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og:title: Radiohead Has Cake, Eats it Too, Thinks About Seconds...

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Pop and Rock Music

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 1

og:title: Breeders for Coachella '08 + New Album?

og:description: 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...

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og:title: Unicorns Need Not Apply

og:description: I stopped into The Mandrake after Gary Baseman's opening at Billy Shire Saturday night (I'm guessing Caroline will be blogging about the show, so all I'...

twitter:title: Unicorns Need Not Apply

og:title: Dewey Cox at the Coxy, 12/3

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Dewey Cox at the Coxy, 12/3

og:title: Marc Cooper in Iowa: Zero Hour

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

twitter:title: Marc Cooper in Iowa: Zero Hour

og:title: In the Jury’s Lap: Pellicano Trial Finishes

og:description: 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...

og:title: Mexican Coke vs. Pepsi Retro, Part 2

og:description: "What does it taste like to you?" ask the promo advertisements for the new soft drink Pepsi Retro on bus stations and billboards in Mexico City. Clearly...

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

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

og:title: Oh baby baby

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og:title: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed

twitter:title: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed


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og:title: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

og:title: Local Theater Leader Suffers Major Heart Attack

og:description: Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to...

og:title: Live in L.A.: Slint at the Henry Fonda Theatre

og:description: The tension between the dweebs and the rockers was palpable last night at the Henry Fonda Theatre. The dweebs, giddy at the opportunity to hear Louisvil...


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og:title: Chuck Philips, Tupac Shakur, Sean Combs and The Con

og:description: The amazing Page One Los Angeles Times article today, correcting a probably libelous Times Calendar story published on St. Patrick's Day and written by ...

og:title: Fabian, maybe it's the friends you keep

og:description: If you followed the election fine print - those ballot measures having nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain or Mitt Romney, you...

twitter:title: Fabian, maybe it's the friends you keep

og:title: Down below in the Metro

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twitter:title: Down below in the Metro

og:title: Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes

twitter:title: Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes


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og:title: The Duke Spirit, Troubadour, 5/10

og:description: The Duke Spirit, Ohhlas Troubadour, May 10, 2008 By Timothy Norris Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit at the Troubadour. The band's new album, Neptune is out...

twitter:title: The Duke Spirit, Troubadour, 5/10

og:title: Sink or Swim

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Sink or Swim

og:title: "Talking Heads are the Enemy" (aka Dirty Projectors as Black Flag, Jeffrey Lee Lewis as Crass)

og:description: Has the post-modern condition taken hold to the degree that all artists have left is the ability to comment on what has come before?


og:title: I Play Joan Rivers

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: I Play Joan Rivers

og:title: Clear Channel Messed with LA Weekly and Lost!

og:description: Recently, reporter Christine Pelisek asked the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety for a list of all legal and illegal billboards in L.A. - an...

og:title: Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

og:description: The buzz surrounding the 23-year old Washington DC rapper Wale has grown pretty loud in the last month or two. Everyone from Entertainment Weekly to Rol...

twitter:title: Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

og:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

og:description: Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly fr...

article:tag: Josh Glazer

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og:title: Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

og:description: Autechre - 4/14, Echoplex Bad Religion - 3/4,5,11,13, House of Blues Bamboozle (All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore) - 4/5, Verizon Amphithe...

twitter:title: Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

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

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

article:tag: National Public Radio

og:title: More Grammy Week Gossip

twitter:title: More Grammy Week Gossip

og:title: Tids and Bits

twitter:title: Tids and Bits


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og:title: Bitter Sweet

og:description: Psych... The slide show of Project Runway's final five designer collections at Bryant Park on Bravo.com may have led us to believe there were 5 finalist...

twitter:title: Bitter Sweet


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og:title: Got Balls?

og:description: "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...

twitter:title: Got Balls?


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og:title: Bearded Insanity

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Bearded Insanity

og:title: It'll Put Hair On Your Brow

og:description: I'm not sure what Frida Kahlo was doing in her grave last night as a hundred or so people gathered in a real estate tycoon's backyard to sample tequilas...

twitter:title: It'll Put Hair On Your Brow

og:title: Alan McGee says "No Need" for Record Shops Anymore

og:description: Alan McGee, legendary British record exec, (referenced in an earlier post about the LA version of his Death Disco club night), posted the following...

og:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House

twitter:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House


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og:title: Louis Verdad: Modness of Love

twitter:title: Louis Verdad: Modness of Love

og:title: Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

twitter:title: Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

og:title: Talladega Shoes

twitter:title: Talladega Shoes


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og:title: An Open Letter to the Men of LA

og:description: Dear Men of Los Angeles, I am declaring a moratorium on the knit skull cap. I'm talking about the little beanie things seen on the likes of Wilmer Valde...

article:tag: Celebrity News

twitter:title: An Open Letter to the Men of LA

og:title: Paddle On

og:description: 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....

article:tag: Climatology

twitter:title: Paddle On

og:title: Tonight in LA: Berlin techno from Apparat, performed with live band

og:description: Berlin-based techno artist Sascha Ring, who records under the pseudonym Apparat, has recorded some of the most beguiling and adventuresome electronic mu...

og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up


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og:title: I Am...Doll Parts

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twitter:title: I Am...Doll Parts

og:title: Kanye West goes to space, sees weird lady mannequin there

og:description: Kanye West with Rihanna and N.E.R.D., April 21, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live If you're going see Kanye West's second of two shows at the Nokia tonight, you s...

og:title: Fashion Week, Take 1: Paola Hernandez dolls it up

og:description: It's Fashion Week Mexico right now, a week-long fair of new moda showcasing the fall and winter collections from many of Mexico's established designers ...

article:tag: Fashion and Style

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#25-21)

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twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#25-21)

og:title: Myspace Taste of the Week

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twitter:title: Myspace Taste of the Week


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og:title: Manu Chao Sits Down with Falling James

og:description: Here's a link to an extended version of Falling James' interview with Manu Chao appears on L.A. Weekly's website this week.  They cover his first L...

twitter:title: Manu Chao Sits Down with Falling James

og:description: !!! Avalon, Sept. 26 Reviews and pictures by Jonah Flicker !!! lived up to its punctuation at its Hollywood appearance last night, delivering an exclama...

og:title: 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).

og:description: 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...

og:title: The Magic of David Lee Roth's voice, naked

og:description: Attention producers: I defy any of you to listen to this vocal track of David Lee Roth singing "Runnin' With the Devil" and not stumble across some samp...


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

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


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og:title: New John Mellencamp Album Unveiled with Fancy New T-Bone Burnett-developed High-Def Process

og:description: It's going to take a lot for me to forgive John Mellencamp for 2007 and that the whole Ford Chevrolet commercial nightmare. While it's true that maybe I...

article:tag: T-Bone Burnett

og:title: M.I.A. – Kala

og:description: She proposes in her new disc that this is the Third World Democracy, and there’s no arguing here. M.I.A. did a lot of jumping from continent to co...

article:tag: Oscar Pascual

twitter:title: M.I.A. – Kala


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og:title: Jenna Jameson New Face to Fashion Week

og:description: 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...

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og:title: SXSW Day 5-The Triumph of the Blogosphere...High Times at High Times...Why in God's Name Am I At The Perez Hilton Party?

og:description: Bloggers are every journalist's favorite whipping boy. If a shitty band gets too popular, blame the bloggers. If the standards of professional journalis...

og:title: Jared Gold's Not-So-Quiet Army

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

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og:title: Auto Repair art on Santa Monica Blvd. and Ardmore

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


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og:title: Live in L.A.: The Decemberists and Andrew Bird at The Hollwyood Bowl

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og:title: Bravo Bebe!

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!

og:title: The Black Lips at the Troubadour, 10/19/07

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


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og:title: Gay and Happy at a West Hollywood Candle Shop

og:description: The phone started ringing at Timothy Jay Candles a little bit after ten o’clock in the morning, and it didn’t stop for the rest of the morni...

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og:title: The Goddess Provides

twitter:title: The Goddess Provides


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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Social Issues


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og:title: Black Keys at LA Weekly Party at SXSW

og:description: Mark your calendars if you're making the trip to Austin for South by Southwest this year. The LA Weekly party is Friday, March 14 from noon to 5:00, at ...

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og:title: Off to a Smashing Start

twitter:title: Off to a Smashing Start

og:title: The Lipstick and The Damage Done

og:description: 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...

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og:title: OZER and SEVER on Hollywood Blvd. and St. Andrews

og:description: I don't know why I thought this was on Santa Monica. It's on Hollwood. Sorry. And it's OZER, not Revok as we originally had it titled. Sorry again. More...


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og:title: Studebaker near Staples

og:description: Here's a little relic that won't be around long. It's been 42 years since a Studebaker rolled off the line. Yet, almost right across the street from the...

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Studebaker near Staples

og:title: LA Weekly Interviews Mark Eitzel of American Music Club

og:description: 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...

og:title: Keep Your VD (Valentine's Day) to Yourself

og:description: I won't be joining my fellow Councilors at Taix Lounge tonight. Sorry, I love them, but I am a little sore around the aorta right now. I had met this du...

og:title: Actor Slaying Rattles Local Theater Company

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


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og:title: Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

og:description: 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...

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og:title: Dance Into the Fire

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Dance Into the Fire

og:title: KooKoo for Coco

twitter:title: KooKoo for Coco

og:title: Where Do You Get Off?

og:description: "I'm gonna tell you what my friend told me-- never expect a man to be able to do this for you," my friend says as she hold up a model that gyrates, as p...

twitter:title: Where Do You Get Off?


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og:title: Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy

og:description: Tuesday Night's main event was such a producer's nightmare I almost* wanted to volunteer to help. Due to a major communication breakdown, the headsetted...

twitter:title: Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy

og:title: Clinton & Obama's Good Ship Lollipop

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Clinton & Obama's Good Ship Lollipop

og:title: "Air Guitar Nation" Rocks L.A.

twitter:title: "Air Guitar Nation" Rocks L.A.

og:title: Girl In A Coma, Knitting Factory, 2/21

og:description: Girl In A Coma Knitting Factory, Feb. 21 By Scott Schultz Girl in a Coma’s Thursday night set at the Knitting Factory demonstrated the growth the ...

twitter:title: Girl In A Coma, Knitting Factory, 2/21

og:title: Sea Wolf at Natural History Museum, 1/4

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: Cultural Institutions and Parks

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og:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

og:description: L.A. Weekly blogger and former staff writer Daniel Hernandez uncovered a wild story about attacks on "emo" youths in Mexico City on LA Daily and his own...

twitter:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: P.M. Dawn

og:title: Deadly Syndrome at Detour

og:description: I managed to miss the Aggrolites, which sucks, cuz they're mean and fun. I caught them at the Getty Museum courtyard earlier in the summer and they were...

twitter:title: Deadly Syndrome at Detour


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og:title: “My Megalomania”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 2 of 4

og:description: Elverum on Elverum: "I think I'm trying to one-up my megalomania [pauses] -- or however you pronounce that" - "I am trying to get old people interested ...

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og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 1

og:description: All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

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og:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

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twitter:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

og:title: Billy Childish at London's Dirty Water Club, 4.11.2008

og:description: 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...

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

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

article:tag: Beth Gibbon

og:title: Steven Leigh Morris Responds to "Bitter Homes and Gardens" Comments

og:description: March of the Phony Progressives Who's on first, when the right pretends to be left? Among the smarter reactions in the comments section of my cover stor...

og:title: Johnossi and The Noisettes

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

article:tag: Noisettes

twitter:title: Johnossi and The Noisettes


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og:title: Going to the Grammys...

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Going to the Grammys...

og:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

og:description: LA Weekly is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Los Angeles.

twitter:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

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

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

article:tag: Electronic Music


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og:title: A Tale of Two Top Hats

og:description: I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the big...

twitter:title: A Tale of Two Top Hats

og:title: HK Super on Western and 1st

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: HK Super on Western and 1st

og:title: No No No...

og:description: Maybe it was payback from the hater gods for being too happy and too much in love on Valentines Day, but the romantic dinner I  bragged about havin...

article:tag: Eating Out

twitter:title: No No No...

og:title: End of the Arroyo

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: End of the Arroyo

og:title: International Anthem

twitter:title: International Anthem


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og:title: Alias Hair

twitter:title: Alias Hair

og:title: Angelina on Angelina, Jennifer and Celebrities These Days


og:title: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

twitter:title: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

og:title: Billion Dollar Belle

twitter:title: Billion Dollar Belle

og:title: The (Once) Great Pumpkins

twitter:title: The (Once) Great Pumpkins

og:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

twitter:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

og:title: Hipster Olympics

og:description: Sure, this is Brooklyn, but couldn't it easily be Silverlake? Echo Park? Ah, hipsters making the world a smaller place, one MySpace profile picture at a...

article:tag: Sports

twitter:title: Hipster Olympics


og:title: David Bazan, Spaceland, 12/11

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: David Bazan, Spaceland, 12/11

og:title: Retna, Chaz, Axis at Zero One Gallery

og:description: Huge columns painted by Retna stood throughout Zero One's downtown gallery. The multi-artist show Dysmorphic Visualization Syndrome, opened Saturday nig...

twitter:title: Retna, Chaz, Axis at Zero One Gallery


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og:title: Last Night: The Office Night, UCB Theatre, 12/18

og:description: The Office Night Upright Citizens Brigade, Theater, 12/18 Review and photos by Nicole Campos (Right, Brent Forrester) What nuggets of Dunder Mifflin-esq...

og:title: Burning Man Burns Early

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: Judith Lewis

twitter:title: Burning Man Burns Early

og:title: Tee-For-All

og:description: Oh boy oh boy! 1 Million (or as Dr. Evil would say, ONNE MILLLION) garments are supposed to be available for the pickin' this Sunday at the American App...

twitter:title: Tee-For-All


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og:title: Smashbox: Day One: Nicky Hilton's Chick

og:description: A few changes at the tents in Culver City this year, for one no VIP tent, which was a better place to hang out, a little more removed from the lobby sle...

twitter:title: Smashbox: Day One: Nicky Hilton's Chick


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dest: RU

og:title: Coachella Day Three: The Dangers of Chromeo

og:description: Chromeo at Coachella By Chris Martins Roger Waters was neck-deep in pyrotechnics and paisley. The Gobi Tent was done, abandoned 'til next year, and the ...


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