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og:title: Led Zeppelin, O2 Arena, London, 12/10

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

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og:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21

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og:title: The David Lynch Tribute Show Was Stolen by... Duran Duran?

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

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og:title: Product Placement - The Striker Gourmets

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og:title: Veggin' with Alicia

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og:title: Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest

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og:title: It's A Wrap- LA Fashion Week Trend Report

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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#50-46)

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og:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

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og:title: Rogue Wave, El Rey, 10/11

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

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og:title: Pause & Rewind-Rhyme & Reason

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

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og:title: Prince Is Coming!

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og:title: The Editors on Jimmy Kimmel live

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og:title: The Atkins Advantage

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og:title: Another Free Download from NIN

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

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og:title: Conflict!

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og:title: Get The Fuck Up Gets Its Stripes

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og:title: Bo Knows Death

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og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

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

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article:tag: P.J. Harvey

og:title: Skullphone hacks Clear Channel electronic billboards

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og:title: Buddhas

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twitter:title: Buddhas

og:title: Calling All Label Whores: Intermix opening in LA

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og:title: Screw Yourself for Charity

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og:title: “Cold Desolate Places”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 1 of 4

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

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og:title: Guess What - Another Music Festival This Weekend!!!


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

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article:tag: Joliet

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article:tag: Robin Williams

og:title: Wolf Parade and Holy Fuck, El Rey, 9/13

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og:title: Naked Raygun, Knitting Factory, 12/7

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og:title: Sara Lov, Silverlake Lounge, 4/12

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og:title: The Kooks, Morning Benders, Troubadour, 2/7

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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#10-6)

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og:title: Elisha Cuthbert in Captivity or Free 2 B?


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og:title: ELLEN'S GAY

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og:title: Pixies and Mission of Burma Movies - Free Screening This Weekend

og:title: Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

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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: Shiny, Happy People: El-P's Weareall goingtoburninhell megamixx 2

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og:title: Fashion Week

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og:title: SXSW Day 2-Formed a Band, Everyone Formed A Band

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

og:title: FASHION NIRVANA?

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og:title: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers announce two area shows

og:description: Hot on the heels of LA Weekly's map of Tom Petty's Los Angeles, and a few days prior to their appearance at the Super Bowl, Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker...

article:tag: Hollywood Bowl

og:title: Nekromantix, Fangoria Convention, 4/25

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og:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

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og:title: Leslie and the Lys, Devon Williams at the Echoplex, 3/7/2008

og:description: The Church of Glitter. Photos by Rena Kosnett. For the rest of this review, body glitter = sweat. Iowa’s mainframe zaftig-white-female hip hop sta...

og:title: Last Night: The Klaxons at the El Rey

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og:title: Queens of the Stone Age, Nokia Theater, 10/29

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og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

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og:title: Villaraigosa's Mini-Me, John Perez

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og:title: Bonnaroo 2007 Slideshow

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og:title: Making Eyes At Sir Paul, Chatting Up Rodney B

og:description: 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...

og:title: White Williams, Magic Bullets, Echo 1/27

og:description: White Williams, Magic Bullets The Blakes, Tribal Tats The Echo, Jan. 27 How do people in Seattle do it? It's downright cold tonight, and raining so much...

og:title: Narco war update: El Chapo's son goes down

og:description: Fresh off a staggering surge of killings of high-profile anti-narco agents and investigators in Mexico, the latest big-time victim in the country's wild...


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og:title: I Am...Doll Parts

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og:title: Hyperion Ave. and Sunset Blvd.

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og:title: Bravo Bebe!

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og:title: KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheater, 12/8

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og:title: Nightwatchman, Wayne Kramer, Perry Farrell, Hotel Cafe, 12/6

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og:title: These Shoes are Made for Walkin

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og:title: Hillary Wins Massachusetts but Loses Her Alma-Mater Wellesley

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og:title: Live in L.A.: Qui, the Bronx, Circle Jerks, Melvins and the Locust at the Echoplex

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og:title: Musicians Get In Free At Safari Sams

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og:title: Remembering LA Firefighter Brent Lovrien

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og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

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

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og:title: Heavens to Betsey

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og:title: The Little Radio NYE Fallout

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og:title: Rilo Kiley at the Santa Monica Civic

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og:title: Talladega Shoes

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og:title: Feist's video is just the cutest thing

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og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 4 (#9-6)

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og:title: Outer Spaceland

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

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og:title: Billboard Case Slated for Federal Court of Appeal

og:description: Oral arguments will be heard in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal on June 4 in the case, Metro Lights, LLC vs. City of Los Angeles. The federal b...

article:tag: Crime and Law

og:title: Last Night: Pearl Jam in Düsseldorf

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Last Night: Pearl Jam in Düsseldorf


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...

twitter:title: The March That Got Away

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

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

article:tag: Entertainment

og:title: Sara Lov, Silverlake Lounge, 4/12

og:description: Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up sh...

twitter:title: Sara Lov, Silverlake Lounge, 4/12

og:title: Stevie Wonder at the Greek 9/5

og:description: All photos by Timothy Norris...

article:tag: Celebrity News

twitter:title: Stevie Wonder at the Greek 9/5

twitter:description: All photos by Timothy Norris...


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

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

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


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og:title: The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Homelessness

twitter:title: The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

og:title: Black Rock City Hit Parade

og:description: By Randall Roberts Top Songs (that aren’t trance or prog house) heard last night kicking out of any of the hundreds of rolling sound systems (or s...

twitter:title: Black Rock City Hit Parade


@tags: success login

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: REVOK and AUGER in Hollywood

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

twitter:title: REVOK and AUGER in Hollywood

og:title: Goriest album covers

og:description: Dallas Observer has a nice set of disgusting album covers on their site worth checking out. Above, an image from one of John Zorn's projects. Ahh, John ...

twitter:title: Goriest album covers

og:title: Still Waters

og:description: I got 5 minutes. That's it. 5. To ask John Waters whatever I could. But you may have to wait for the LA Weekly "list issue" to read what he had to say, ...

article:tag: Christmas

twitter:title: Still Waters

og:description: Hey it happens. I guess. Agent Provocateur's got your areolas covered with their nipple balm, called Titillation. The "nipple refresher" also comes with...

article:tag: Cosmetics

og:title: Leslie and the Lys, Devon Williams at the Echoplex, 3/7/2008

og:description: The Church of Glitter. Photos by Rena Kosnett. For the rest of this review, body glitter = sweat. Iowa’s mainframe zaftig-white-female hip hop sta...


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og:title: Murals of Estrada Courts

og:description: "EL CHAVO!" has an excellent post up at Metroblogging Los Angeles about Estrada Courts in Boyle Heights. This picture is my favorite, covering all the b...

article:tag: Painting

twitter:title: Murals of Estrada Courts

og:title: Coachella Day 3-Never Underestimate How Long It Takes to Blow Up An Inflatable Pig

og:description: By the third day, we were knocked out, loaded. Hungover, weary, wandering the festival grounds like lethargic lemmings, queuing in lines off instinct, j...

og:title: Grizzly Bear make mustaches actually cool rather than ironically cool.

og:description: When the mustache meme became a thing.

twitter:description: When the mustache meme became a thing.

og:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat

og:description: Look for full, juicy coverage of GenArt's fashion week kick-off bash in Thursday's paper. In the meantime, a couple snap shots to whet your whistle... T...

article:tag: Sophia Loren

twitter:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat


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dest: NG

og:title: Foo Fighters, The Forum, March 5

og:description: Foo Fighters The Forum, with Against Me!, Serj Tankian March 5, 2008 Photos and text by Timothy Norris More photos here. What can be said about the Foo ...

article:tag: Serj Tankian

twitter:title: Foo Fighters, The Forum, March 5


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og:title: QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

og:title: Land of the Lost

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

twitter:title: Land of the Lost

og:title: It's A Wrap- LA Fashion Week Trend Report

og:description: Another LA Fashion week has ended and now that we’ve recovered –from the clothing cacophony and that nasty cold that’s been going arou...

og:title: Billboard Inspection Program Still a Bust

og:description: “It is the Los Angeles dodge and delay program,” said a frustrated Marilyn Cohon, the Vice President of Westwood South of Santa Monica Homeo...


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dest: CS


og:title: Weed Patch

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Weed Patch

og:title: Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Becky Stark, Mia Doi Todd and Others

og:description: Our favorite sprightly happy-cake, Becky Stark, presents a "first glimpse" screening of her band Lavender Diamond's new film, Imagine Our Love, tonight ...

og:title: Isis meets Quetzalcoatl

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

article:tag: Cultural Institutions and Parks

twitter:title: Isis meets Quetzalcoatl


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og:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

og:description: Missed the sold out Beirut shows? Ahh, lucky you. They're playing at 6:30 tonight at Amoeba Records. Go on over and check it out or read Rena Kosnett's ...

twitter:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

og:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

og:description: Mass Murder in Winnetka takes life of popular SWAT officer, a former Villaraigosa bodyguard An LAPD SWAT officer was shot to death and another was wound...

twitter:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath


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dest: MM

og:title: Guser Gets a Year

og:description: Cops are mad he didn't get more time. From the Daily News: Tagger gets year for damaging dozens of buses Deputy, prosecutor decry judge's ruling in case...

article:tag: Criminal Sentencing and Punishment

twitter:title: Guser Gets a Year

og:title: Devendra Banhart jumps the shark

og:description: The headline, if you can't read it, is: "Topanga's Hippest Hippie Devendra Banhart Plus More Cali Madness." I mean, come on...

article:tag: Topanga

twitter:title: Devendra Banhart jumps the shark


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dest: UA

og:title: The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back

og:description: 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...

article:tag: The Viper Room

twitter:title: The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back

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

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

og:title: Discovering Jandek: his oeuvre & some typical Jandek jams

og:description: The sounds Jandek documents on his records are clearly intentional, yet it'd be nearly impossible to argue those sounds provide anything more than a voy...

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Concerts and Tours


og:title: Comments from around the Web: Chuck Philips' debunked Tupac story

og:description: Among the hundreds of responses to this week's debunked LA Times story on the murder of Tupac Shakur, and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' alleged involvement in ...

og:title: Hootenanny Photos

twitter:title: Hootenanny Photos

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: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

og:description: For a few weeks anyway... Roth, the director of Hostel, Cabin Fever and others, is programming two weeks worth of movies at the New Beverly. Roth will b...

twitter:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema


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og:title: Murals of Estrada Courts

og:description: "EL CHAVO!" has an excellent post up at Metroblogging Los Angeles about Estrada Courts in Boyle Heights. This picture is my favorite, covering all the b...

og:title: American Apparel Workers Defect as Layoffs Hit the Hipster-Clothing Firm

og:description: Layoffs have hit Los Angeles clothing maker American Apparel. Workers are starting to organize.


dest: MG

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

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

og:title: My Huffington Post

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: My Huffington Post

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

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

article:tag: Mel Schwartz

og:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

og:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends

og:description: This year marked the first time since 2006 that LA Weekly didn't win a Pulitzer, effectively ending our current streak (at one). UCLA professor of histo...

twitter:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends


og:title: Queer Town: Big Gay Night at Armani

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: West Hollywood

twitter:title: Queer Town: Big Gay Night at Armani

og:title: Veggin' with Alicia

twitter:title: Veggin' with Alicia

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: Shootin' At The Walls of iTunes (bang bang)

article:tag: Internet Music Services


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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


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dest: ID

og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 2

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 2

og:title: UNMASKED

og:description: "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...

twitter:title: UNMASKED

og:title: Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams


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og:title: School of Rock

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: School of Rock

og:title: Godlike Geniuses! Jane's Addiction to reunite, solve the mystery of "dark matter"

og:description: Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Hildegard von Bingen, Albert Einstein, Susan Sontag, Manic Street Preachers: the smartest of our breed, humans whose brains te...

og:title: Cupcake Challenge Winners (We Called It)

og:description: Cupcake Challenge took place Saturday in Hollywood. Read about the overload of sugar, butter, chocolate, frosting and wine here. The winners have finall...

article:tag: Cupcakes


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og:title: The Justice League

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: The Justice League


og:title: Pre-Primary Political Posters

og:description: Above and below in Silver Lake on Sunset Blvd. Below, found in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd...

twitter:title: Pre-Primary Political Posters

og:title: DAY 2: Mr. Nobody and Other Fashion Week Friends

og:description: 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...

og:title: Bonde Do Role - Solta O Frango - excellent summer morning music

og:title: Silver Daggers @ Part Time Punks, The Echo 5.11.08

og:description: The Silver Daggers were on the bill to play at the Part Time Punks' Third Anniversary show Sunday night. This is what they did for 20 minutes instead (a...

article:tag: Kevin Smith

og:title: Portraits of a Lady...and a Tramp

twitter:title: Portraits of a Lady...and a Tramp


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src: IR

og:title: These New Puritans

og:description: "We do like to keep it quite elusive. I really like the aesthetics of terrorist videos - how grainy and far-off yet immediate they seem - there’s ...

twitter:title: These New Puritans

og:title: Medical Drama House Gets Its Own T-Shirt

og:description: 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...


dest: JP

og:title: Detour DJ Pix: Ed Banger, Justice, DJ Medhi

og:description: Detour's over, but I just got sent a link to a ton of great shots from the DJ stage, including the Ed Banger set, including DJ Medhi and Justice. Great ...

og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

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

twitter:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

og:title: The David Lynch Tribute Show Was Stolen by... Duran Duran?

og:description: Moby, Donovan, Lykke Li, Jim James, that lady who sang a cappella in "Mulholland Drive" and David Lynch himself were all there. But the night belonged t...

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: Road Trip: Day 4 (still in Santa Fe)

og:description: It dawns on me this groggy, windy morning that Santa Fe Time (SFT) is one hour ahead of Los Angeles Time (LAT). I rationalize a lazy day to acclimate to...

article:tag: Santa Fe

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 4 (still in Santa Fe)


dest: BR

og:title: Screw Yourself for Charity

twitter:title: Screw Yourself for Charity


src: AF

og:title: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 2: "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" And the Importance of "Branding"

og:description: Whether consciously or not, rappers have understood the concept of branding since the on-and-on-to-the-break-of-dawn days. You can listen to everything ...

og:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

og:description: Seventh Letter crew member RIME, aka Jersey Joe, will be showing new work at Ghettogloss this Friday, March 7. The show will run for a couple of weeks, ...

article:tag: Business

twitter:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

og:title: Heavens to Betsey

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: Fashion and Style

twitter:title: Heavens to Betsey

og:title: Coachella: Saturday

og:description: Lessons Learned Day One: Don't be a hero and fuck fashion. I'm in flip-flops. Fuck it, that half inch of high density foam is better than having to trod...

twitter:title: Coachella: Saturday

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


dest: BJ

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: Bravo Bebe!

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!

og:title: Last Chickens in Echo Park

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Last Chickens in Echo Park

og:title: Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Becky Stark, Mia Doi Todd and Others

og:description: Our favorite sprightly happy-cake, Becky Stark, presents a "first glimpse" screening of her band Lavender Diamond's new film, Imagine Our Love, tonight ...


src: IL

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


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dest: CL

og:title: Smashing Pumpkins, San Diego, 9/19

og:description: Smashing Pumpkins SDSU Open Air Theatre, Sept. 19 By Carlie Armstrong As far as southern California nights go, Wednesday night was alarmingly chilly. Ho...

twitter:title: Smashing Pumpkins, San Diego, 9/19

og:title: Grizzly Bear and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall, March 1

og:description: Grizzly Bear and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, March 1 photos by Timothy Norris You knew Saturday night was turning ma...


dest: CN

og:title: Buddhas

og:description: The Buddhas can be seen at the corner of Western and Marathon A map to the hidden Buddhas: More on RETNA, one of the Buddha's creators, here...

twitter:title: Buddhas

og:title: DAY 2: Mr. Nobody and Other Fashion Week Friends

og:description: 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...

og:title: Playin' With the Queen of Hearts: Susan Cianciolo Show


og:title: Obama (and Clinton) Rally in Hollywood

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

twitter:title: Obama (and Clinton) Rally in Hollywood

og:title: Coachella, ah the memories

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

twitter:title: Coachella, ah the memories

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: American Apparel Branches Out

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

article:tag: Dov Charney

twitter:title: American Apparel Branches Out


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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...

og:title: Michael Hurley tonight, December 20, at The Bordello

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

article:tag: Cat Power

og:title: Tastemakers Class of 2008

og:description: Cute brunette girl invites people to sample the hors d'oeuvres at the Tastemakers "Class of 2008" public exhibition, spearheaded by style-guru Laurie Pi...

twitter:title: Tastemakers Class of 2008

og:title: Searching for real resistance on May Day

og:description: 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...

og:title: Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square

og:description: Molasky Pacific, a real estate development firm based in Las Vegas, will no longer take part in the effort to build a 40-story skyscraper on Sunset Boul...

twitter:title: Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square


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og:title: Pretty Baby

og:description: A movie about a 12-year old prostitute in jazz-age New Orleans may seem like an unlikely inspiration for a new spring line of clothing, but when the pre...

twitter:title: Pretty Baby

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...


dest: CD

og:title: Best Books of 2007

og:description: But don't take our word for it. The National Book Critics Circle launched its inaugural Best Recommended List, compiled by polling its members, former b...

twitter:title: Best Books of 2007

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


dest: NE

og:title: The Parson Redheads-”Got It All”

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Apple iPod

twitter:title: The Parson Redheads-”Got It All”

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...


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og:title: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 2: "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" And the Importance of "Branding"

og:description: Whether consciously or not, rappers have understood the concept of branding since the on-and-on-to-the-break-of-dawn days. You can listen to everything ...

og:title: Underworld, Hollywood Bowl, 9/10

og:description: Underworld Hollywood Bowl, September 9, 2007 By Jonah Flicker Underworld’s recent appearance at the Hollywood Bowl felt strangely momentous. No de...

twitter:title: Underworld, Hollywood Bowl, 9/10

og:title: RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

og:title: Babes in Oi-land

twitter:title: Babes in Oi-land

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

article:tag: Hiking and Backpacking


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dest: EG

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...

twitter:title: Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

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

twitter:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

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

og:title: Ink N Iron Festival

og:description: Saturday, June 7th Queen Mary, Long Beach The greasers, rockers, 'billies and Betties couldn't ask for a better summer shindig than Saturday at the Ink ...

article:tag: Mike Stinson

twitter:title: Ink N Iron Festival

og:title: Alvarado in Echo Park - REVOK, AUGOR

og:description: The sun was already going down fast by the time I noticed this gem on retaining walls going up a hill in Echo Park. I took some shots anyway and decided...

twitter:title: Alvarado in Echo Park - REVOK, AUGOR


dest: PL

og:title: The Vest of the Grammys

twitter:title: The Vest of the Grammys

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: Florida 2000 Hits The Grove

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: Florida 2000 Hits The Grove

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...

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


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dest: MW

og:title: Conflict!

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Conflict!

og:title: New Retna & Dame Wall - in Action.

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: New Retna & Dame Wall - in Action.


dest: TR

og:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor

og:description: Nine days ago, PolitickerCA.com wondered aloud if former Daily News editor Ron Kaye, who had just left the Valley newspaper, would be running for city c...

article:tag: Government and Politics

twitter:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor

og:title: A Real Monster Mash

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: A Real Monster Mash


og:title: Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender

og:description: Several hours after I heard Robert Nudelman had died at the age of 52 at his father’s home in Tucson, Arizona, I was driving on El Centro Avenue, ...

article:tag: Tucson

twitter:title: Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender

og:title: What Number Are You? More Macca at Amoeba

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...

og:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

twitter:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

og:title: Get The Fuck Up Gets Its Stripes

og:description: Caroline and I swung by Get The Fuck Up Radio last night, check her blog, coming soon, I'm eating leftovers, working, drinking cheap red wine, and blogg...

article:tag: Technology

twitter:title: Get The Fuck Up Gets Its Stripes


og:title: Paint It Black

twitter:title: Paint It Black

og:title: SMASHIN' FASHION

og:description: Last night's Paul Smith store opening bash on Melrose was a rousing and rosy affair befitting its pink exterior and attracting a huge crowd full of fash...

twitter:title: SMASHIN' FASHION

og:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort

twitter:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort


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og:title: Screw Yourself for Charity

twitter:title: Screw Yourself for Charity

og:title: The Queering of Cosmo

twitter:title: The Queering of Cosmo


dest: ZA

og:title: RIP Ike Turner

og:description: It seems that just about everybody, at one time or another, hated Ike Turner (hell, even the Black Panthers once beat his ass onstage at the Oakland Civ...

article:tag: Tina Turner

twitter:title: RIP Ike Turner

og:title: How Phil Elverum keeps mystery alive Pt 1: creative booking

og:description: Phil Elverum does which other artists don't. Consider this particular stretch of tour dates.

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,...

og:title: Portraits of a Lady...and a Tramp

twitter:title: Portraits of a Lady...and a Tramp


src: PK

dest: CZ

og:title: Art Brut - Considering another Trip to LA

og:description: I love Art Brut as though they were my own children. This band has it all - the wit, the hair, the affable cockney charm...they also have tickets and bo...

article:tag: Eddie Argos

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

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Celebrity News

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: Grilled Cheese Invitational

og:description: How often have I had blissful dreams like the picture above? In the dream, I am hungry. Then some kind stranger appears from nowhere and smilingly hands...

article:tag: Rosemary's Baby

twitter:title: Grilled Cheese Invitational

og:title: Rogue Wave, El Rey, 10/11

og:description: Rogue Wave El Rey, October 11, 2007 When the red curtains parted, Zach Rogue stood on the drum riser pumping both fists in the air like a prize fighter,...

twitter:title: Rogue Wave, El Rey, 10/11


dest: IN

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

og:description: 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 ...

og:title: Marc Cooper on the Primaries in NC and IN

og:description: 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 ...

og:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

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

article:tag: Coachella

twitter:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

og:title: Ryan Adams, Royce Hall, 1/30

og:description: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Royce Hall UCLA, Jan. 30 By Timothy Norris There’s something inspiring about visiting college campuses. The architectu...

twitter:title: Ryan Adams, Royce Hall, 1/30

og:title: LA Fashion Week Buzz

og:description: I heard from a Smashbox freelancer yesterday that traipsing back and forth through leaky tents in Culver City may be a thing of the past. Smashbox merge...

twitter:title: LA Fashion Week Buzz


src: HN

og:title: What would Crass do about this?

og:description: "U.S. imprisons one in 100 adults, report finds," sez NY Times. What would Crass do? Don't matter. Punk. Is. Dead.

twitter:title: What would Crass do about this?

og:title: A BILLBOARD WE'D LIKE TO SEE

og:description: From www.weaknights.com...

twitter:title: A BILLBOARD WE'D LIKE TO SEE

twitter:description: From www.weaknights.com...

og:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

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

twitter:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

og:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

og:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21

og:description: A little rain fell, but no damage done. Air, whose new one, Pocket Symphony, is their best in a while, played the usually dry Greek Theatre along with N...

article:tag: Timothy Norris

twitter:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21


og:title: On the List?

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Tom Anderson

twitter:title: On the List?

og:title: Queer Town: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Obama

og:description: The Human Rights Campaign, the ultimate Washington D.C. lobbying group for gays and lesbians, has officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president...

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: OBEY Your Thirst?

twitter:title: OBEY Your Thirst?

og:title: Fashion Week

twitter:title: Fashion Week


dest: CU


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

og:description: 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...

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...

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

og:title: Conde Anarchists

twitter:title: Conde Anarchists

og:title: Voodoo Knife Holders and Other Holiday Gift Ideas

og:description: Looking for the perfect holiday gift for your cheating boyfriend or sleazy boss? Well here's one that says it all - the Voodoo Knife Holder. Made in Ita...


src: JP

og:title: K Fed Gets Axe'd

twitter:title: K Fed Gets Axe'd


src: MX

dest: RU

og:title: My New Radio Crushes

og:description: Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with t...

twitter:title: My New Radio Crushes

og:title: KooKoo for Coco

twitter:title: KooKoo for Coco

og:title: Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

twitter:title: Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

og:title: The Other 70s Show

twitter:title: The Other 70s Show


dest: IE

og:title: It's A Wrap- LA Fashion Week Trend Report

og:description: Another LA Fashion week has ended and now that we’ve recovered –from the clothing cacophony and that nasty cold that’s been going arou...

og:title: Marka27's Echo Park Mural: Libertad Poder Revolucion

og:description: This is simply one of my favorite street art wall murals in Los Angeles. Done by MarkA27 The face of César Chávez has gotten some ugly tag...


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: SXSW Day 2-Formed a Band, Everyone Formed A Band

og:description: Hey, Aren't You Juliette Lewis? Walking down 6th street yesterday, you had to wonder if everyone in the world somehow heard that Art Brut song, "Formed ...

og:title: The Vest of the Grammys

twitter:title: The Vest of the Grammys

og:title: Disneyfied Big Oil Hyenas in E. Hollywood

og:description: This has to be the most directly political wall mural I've seen. Near the intersection of Heliotrope and Melrose on the wall of a laundry, is this excel...


dest: TM

og:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

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...

twitter:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:title: Meeting of Styles, 3rd Batch

twitter:title: Meeting of Styles, 3rd Batch

og:title: Jeffrey Lewis (Interviewed) & Crass (Covered): Part 2 of 3

og:description: Jeffrey Lewis: "Whereas the Sex Pistols you might hear that played in any given venue. They probably get played in the Gap or something... The Fugs and ...


dest: CN

og:title: Queer Town: Big Gay Night at Armani

og:description: 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 ...

article:tag: West Hollywood

twitter:title: Queer Town: Big Gay Night at Armani

og:title: Grammy Stylin'

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

twitter:title: Grammy Stylin'

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...


dest: PH

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: 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: Bodies moving at MX Beat

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Bodies moving at MX Beat

og:title: Chino Prison Guard Accused of Nazism on Hunger Strike

og:description: It was a surprise to get another letter from Shayne Allyn Ziska, a former correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino, who has c...

article:tag: Criminal Sentencing and Punishment


twitter:description: 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 ...

og:title: Meeting of Styles, L.A. River

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Meeting of Styles, L.A. River


src: RO

og:title: Liars, El Rey, 2/22

og:description: Liars El Rey, Feb 22, 2008 By Jonah Flicker Liars are a constantly shifting band, taking a new tack on dark post-punk, experiments in early industrial m...

article:tag: Electronic Music

twitter:title: Liars, El Rey, 2/22

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: Arresting Citizens land in the City of Angels


src: ZM

og:title: Golden Globes Bitchfest

og:description: Ok, so I guess I'm supposed to comment on who wore what, if they looked good or not, yada yada... since this is a style blog. But I was so pissed off al...

twitter:title: Golden Globes Bitchfest


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: Camera Eye - Santa Monica and Myra

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Camera Eye - Santa Monica and Myra

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


src: CD

dest: TJ

og:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

og:description: Missed the sold out Beirut shows? Ahh, lucky you. They're playing at 6:30 tonight at Amoeba Records. Go on over and check it out or read Rena Kosnett's ...

twitter:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

og:title: Out Today in Stores: Larry Norman, "The Father of Jesus Rock," Gets Anthologized

og:description: You don't get a head of hair like that without a little divine intervention, and Larry Norman, who, beginning in the late 1960s, started singing about h...

article:tag: Jesus Rock


dest: IR

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: 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: BIG PIMPIN

og:description: "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 "...

twitter:title: BIG PIMPIN

og:title: Back in the Style Saddle

og:description: From grungey Southern comfort to saucy high glamour, my world has been one of extremes the past weeks. Just got back from Texas' South By Southwest Musi...

twitter:title: Back in the Style Saddle

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)


src: AZ

og:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

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

twitter:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

og:title: K-Cars lot on Santa Monica Blvd.

og:description: The K-Cars auto lot on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood is a bit of a landmark, though if you're like most people, you've probably only ever just driven ...

twitter:title: K-Cars lot on Santa Monica Blvd.

og:title: Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Becky Stark, Mia Doi Todd and Others

og:description: Our favorite sprightly happy-cake, Becky Stark, presents a "first glimpse" screening of her band Lavender Diamond's new film, Imagine Our Love, tonight ...

og:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

twitter:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

og:title: Coachella line-up: Lots of Everything (and Danny Tenaglia and Roger Waters, too)

og:description: Questions to ponder: Will they give Tenaglia his own stage to do a ten hour set, and if that's the case why didn't they book Villalobos? How the hell di...


og:title: His Cortship

twitter:title: His Cortship

og:title: SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien

og:description: 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...

og:title: My Conversation with Charles "Cookie" Thornton

og:description: I don't remember much about the conversation, but enough of it to know that this morning when I heard NPR report that a lone gunman had walked into a ci...

og:title: Live from Seattle: A bunch of geeks talking about music

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

article:tag: Experience Music Project


src: IN

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: Fox's Tail - Assistants March

og:description: “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 ...

twitter:title: Fox's Tail - Assistants March

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

og:description: What happens in Anacortes, stays in Anacortes.

og:title: Coachella Day One: The Raconteurs Stomp the Bejeesus Out of Vampire Weekend

og:description: Coachella, Day One It was hard to watch, honestly. There was blood all over the place. The security guys kept pulling Jack White off of Vampire Weekend ...


dest: FR

og:title: Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

twitter:title: Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

og:title: Flooding in Hancock Park and Larchmont

og:description: Storm drains in the ritzy Hancock Park area couldn't handle an inundation of water from a storm the National Weather Service says dumped 4.2 inches on B...

article:tag: Ted Soqui

twitter:title: Flooding in Hancock Park and Larchmont

og:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

og:title: Kyoto Decadence

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Kyoto Decadence


src: BR

dest: AU

og:title: Live in L.A. Very Be Careful

og:description: At Club Bahia, May 25 By DANIEL HERNANDEZ There's always an element of danger at a Very Be Careful show. They tend to play venues and in neighborhoods w...

twitter:title: Live in L.A. Very Be Careful

og:title: Kushcush: Electric Youth

twitter:title: Kushcush: Electric Youth

og:title: Just Cause She Dance the Go-Go

twitter:title: Just Cause She Dance the Go-Go

og:title: Disneyfied Big Oil Hyenas in E. Hollywood

og:description: This has to be the most directly political wall mural I've seen. Near the intersection of Heliotrope and Melrose on the wall of a laundry, is this excel...


src: MA

dest: US

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

twitter:description: What happens in Anacortes, stays in Anacortes.

og:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

og:description: Once again, the name of Ray Cortines is buzzing around the halls of Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters, according to today's LA Times. The...

twitter:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

og:title: Dina Bar-El: Red Carpet Safe

twitter:title: Dina Bar-El: Red Carpet Safe

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


src: SY

dest: BD

og:title: Clinton Street Art in NYC

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Clinton Street Art in NYC


src: CM

dest: PK


og:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

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

twitter:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

og:title: Pellicano Trial's Freaky Friday

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Pellicano Trial's Freaky Friday

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 1


src: RU

dest: MM

og:title: On Weezer, the Numa Numa dance, and Internet Fame

og:description: Weezer reminds us of all the internet fads we tried so hard to forget. ALSO, my exit, screen left.

article:tag: Numa Numa

og:title: Louis Verdad: Modness of Love

twitter:title: Louis Verdad: Modness of Love

og:title: Xmas Xcess

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Xmas Xcess


src: CH

dest: NG

og:title: Maywood Hires a Convicted Ethics Professor as Interim Police Chief

og:description: For a town looking to repair its police department's reputation as corrupt and brutal, Maywood took the unusual step Friday of holding an emergency sess...

og:title: Vampire Weekend, Amoeba, 2/4

og:description: Vampire Weekend Amoeba Records, Feb. 4 It's packed. You maybe thought of coming down yourself, but if you did, you were way back in one of the clearance...

twitter:title: Vampire Weekend, Amoeba, 2/4

og:title: Joe Joe's World

twitter:title: Joe Joe's World

og:title: James at Spaceland Friday night

og:description: At the end of James' rather excellent live set this morning on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, Nic Harcourt let slip a little leak that the band would ...

twitter:title: James at Spaceland Friday night

og:title: Stew's Passing Strange Receives Seven Tony Award Nominations

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

article:tag: Entertainment


src: TZ

og:title: Slash Appeals For Lost Kittie on Get The Fuck Up Radio

og:description: Rock overlord Slash called for listeners of Get The Fuck Up Radio to keep an eye out for his poor lost kittie-cat Habib, who has been missing since Apri...

og:title: Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls

og:description: "Black girls just want to get fucked all night I just don't have that much jam" I just want to put that out there because it's a funny, mean, maybe even...

og:title: 24 Hour Party Princess

twitter:title: 24 Hour Party Princess


src: ER

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.

article:tag: Celebrity News


src: AR

dest: BO

og:title: F YEAH FEST Announces Summer Tour

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: F YEAH FEST Announces Summer Tour

og:title: Old Crow Medicine Show, Avalon, 8/8

og:description: It pains me to say this about Old Crow Medicine Show, because the Nashville quintet just seem so nice.  Kind.  Smiley.  Like the good country boys they ...

article:tag: Nashville

twitter:title: Old Crow Medicine Show, Avalon, 8/8


dest: ID

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: A Rant in Remembrance

twitter:title: A Rant in Remembrance


og:title: LA Times Polls Gays, Not the Opposition

og:description: 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--...

article:tag: Social Issues

twitter:title: LA Times Polls Gays, Not the Opposition


dest: BR

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

og:description: 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. ...


src: ID


src: CN

dest: RU

og:title: Siouxsie Sioux, The Music Box at the Fonda, February 15

og:description: Siouxsie Sioux The Music Box at the Fonda February 15, 2008 By Steve Baltin The calendar may have read as the day after Valentine’s Day, but insid...

og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

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

twitter:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

og:title: Ten or so from Jonathan Gold in 2007

og:description: There will be an official 2007 wrap-up from Mr. Gold himself, but with the year drawing to a close, we wanted to do a quick re-cap of some of your favor...

twitter:title: Ten or so from Jonathan Gold in 2007


dest: IN

og:title: Mika, Superhero in Red Levis

twitter:title: Mika, Superhero in Red Levis

og:title: Buddhas

og:description: The Buddhas can be seen at the corner of Western and Marathon A map to the hidden Buddhas: More on RETNA, one of the Buddha's creators, here...

twitter:title: Buddhas

og:title: Spiritualized, Vista, 11/12

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Spiritualized, Vista, 11/12

og:title: Kids Get Retarded at City Hall, Make Out in Confessionals

og:description: Thousands of urban urchins took hits on bowls and marveled at their shroom trails while sitting on the steps of City Hall during the LA Weekly's Detour ...


og:title: South, The Echo, 5/15

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: South, The Echo, 5/15

og:title: What Happend to My Piece of The Cake?

twitter:title: What Happend to My Piece of The Cake?

og:title: Coachella: Friday

og:description: (Brief note regarding Lina's very complete Do and Don't list: I'd like to add one thing: DO bring your tickets! I overheard someone saying they got with...

twitter:title: Coachella: Friday

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

og:description: 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...


src: TR

og:title: UCLA hits back at animal rights terrorists

og:description: 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...

og:title: Hyperion Ave. and Sunset Blvd.

twitter:title: Hyperion Ave. and Sunset Blvd.


og:title: A Real Monster Mash

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: A Real Monster Mash

og:title: Bacon Bras & Other Meat Accessories

og:description: What’s with the meat? Our web editor brought in his bacon wallet a few days ago. Then one of our computer guys said that he had a bacon wallet, to...

article:tag: Food and Cooking

twitter:title: Bacon Bras & Other Meat Accessories

og:title: Murakami Revoked

og:description: By Shelley Leopold n the early morning hours in mid-December, an amazing masterpiece of epic pink proportions appeared above the Melrose strip. Not MOCA...

article:tag: Coups

twitter:title: Murakami Revoked


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

og:description: 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...

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

og:title: Seattle's Bumbershoot

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Seattle's Bumbershoot

og:title: Ghostface Killah has 115,000 MySpace Friends But No Sales

og:description: Watch as Ghostface comes face to face with the new math reality of the downward death spiral that we call the recorded music industry. You got to love h...

article:tag: Ghostface Killah

og:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor

og:description: Nine days ago, PolitickerCA.com wondered aloud if former Daily News editor Ron Kaye, who had just left the Valley newspaper, would be running for city c...

article:tag: Government and Politics

twitter:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor


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og:title: Get Your Book On: Book Expo America 2008

og:description: It was so deserted at the Book Expo America at the Convention Center today, I was beginning to despair about the state of the book industry. But it turn...

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#35-31)

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#35-31)

og:title: XOXOXO

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: XOXOXO

og:title: Vice Magazine's Tales of Colt 45 at King King

og:description: Photos and text by Guelda Voien While Vice magazine represents many things, most prominent is the value on stupid, constant debauchery. Crystal Antlers ...

article:tag: Pabst Blue Ribbon

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: Live in L.A.: Spoon at Little Radio

og:description: Spoon Little Radio, downtown, July 16 By John Curry Photos by Timothy Norris It was at least 100 degrees in the slam-packed, converted, downtown warehou...

article:tag: Timothy Norris

twitter:title: Live in L.A.: Spoon at Little Radio

og:title: Coachella Offers Reward for Return of Inflatable Pig

og:description: I wish I could say that this was a joke, but I saw the damned pig float away myself Sunday night during Roger Waters' set at Coachella. As it drifted up...

article:tag: Coachella


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og:title: Monsters Ball

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

twitter:title: Monsters Ball

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...

og:title: Cock-a-Doodle Doo Doo

og:description: After "the otherroom," half the Style Council headed across the street to the gay bar called Roosterfish. Once again I had to wait for the white-haired ...

twitter:title: Cock-a-Doodle Doo Doo


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og:title: Fashion Week Warrior

twitter:title: Fashion Week Warrior

og:title: Anti-gang Founder Marroquin Gets Prison

og:description: “No Guns” leader peddled guns while City Hall paid him to fight gangs Hector Marroquin founder of the gang intervention group No Guns, was s...

twitter:title: Anti-gang Founder Marroquin Gets Prison

og:title: Doncha Wish Your Girlfriend Was A Reality Slut Like Me?

article:tag: Relationships

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


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og:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

twitter:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

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: The Islands' "Arms Way," Islands' Kona Pie and The Pros of "Miscenegenation"

og:description: Last year when Sasha-Frere Jones wrote his now-infamous piece on the whiteness of indie rock, he repeatedly included the phrase "miscenegation" to descr...

og:title: Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW


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og:title: Brain Candy and the Karma of Art

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Brain Candy and the Karma of Art

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: Leslie and the Lys, Devon Williams at the Echoplex, 3/7/2008

og:description: The Church of Glitter. Photos by Rena Kosnett. For the rest of this review, body glitter = sweat. Iowa’s mainframe zaftig-white-female hip hop sta...


og:title: Nekromantix, Fangoria Convention, 4/25

og:description: Nekromantix / FreakShow Deluxe LA Convention Center April 25, 2008 Could there be a less spooky place for the Nekromantix to play? Even late at night, w...

twitter:title: Nekromantix, Fangoria Convention, 4/25

og:title: Girl School/Hell Ya! Night at the Viper Room

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Buddy Akai

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

og:description: 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...

og:title: The Year of the Dog

twitter:title: The Year of the Dog

og:title: Saturday Eve of Destruction

og:description: (photo credit: 2005 SRL show by Mack Reed, see new post,  )Nothing could have prepared me for what I was going to experience on Saturday night. Whe...

twitter:title: Saturday Eve of Destruction


og:title: R. Kelly Trial: Set It To Music, and It's Trapped in the Closet, Pt. 23

og:description: In its ongoing coverage of the R. Kelly trial currently under way in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times has been diligently reporting the details of the pro...

og:title: Photo LA Your One Stop Art Shop

og:description: Is it Sunday already? Well, I attended the Photo LA opening reception last week. It was hosted by Diane Keaton but I didn't see "Miss-I'm-Gonna-Milk-Thi...

twitter:title: Photo LA Your One Stop Art Shop

og:title: Tom Waits' Anti-Scalping Plan

og:description: There's no L.A. date, so don't get too excited, but the video itself is pretty funny: And oh yeah - He's going to play some dates in Europe too, though ...

article:tag: Tom Waits

twitter:title: Tom Waits' Anti-Scalping Plan

og:title: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 3: Why "1st of Month" is the Greatest Song Ever Written About Welfare

og:description: Sometimes, I feel sorry for the 13-year olds of today. I can't even begin to imagine how disgruntled my adolescence would've been had I been forced to l...


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og:title: Coachella to Rage

og:description: "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...

twitter:title: Coachella to Rage

og:title: Last Night: Unsane, 400 Blows, Mouth of the Architect

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: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

og:description: yeah, yeah, yeah, The Police reunited and it felt so good (and Sting still looks so good). But the best thing about this year's Grammy Awards was the ho...

twitter:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

og:title: Gary Baseman, Vincent Gallo, and the Curse of Numerology

og:description: I have a confession to make - I sat next to the rather famous LA artist Gary Baseman on Saturday night and I had no clue who he was. He mentioned his Em...

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#20-16)

og:description: 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 ...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#20-16)

og:title: It's Record Store Day!

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: It's Record Store Day!


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og:title: Lily Allen Attracts Gwen, Orlando, Lohan, Lennon - and Taylor Dane


og:title: Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

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

twitter:title: Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

og:title: Live in L.A.: Feist and Grizzly Bear at The Wiltern

og:title: Bad Brains, House of Blues, 9/26

og:description: Bad Brains House of Blues, Sept. 26 By Matthew Flesicher “The bourgeoisie had better watch out for me. All throughout this so called nation, we do...

twitter:title: Bad Brains, House of Blues, 9/26


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og:title: Nomadaz: Street Art from Spain and Italy at Scion

og:description: Pablo Aravena curated the new show at Scion Space in Culver City. Nomadaz brings together eight street artists from Italy and Spain, including Microbo, ...

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


og:title: 'Billy Babes in da Hood

twitter:title: 'Billy Babes in da Hood

og:title: Juicy Bits from the LACMA Search Warrant

og:description: You can download the entire search warrant issued to Los Angeles County Museum of Art here, but these two pages provide the most details of LACMA's invo...

article:tag: Crime

og:title: The Old Spaghetti Factory in Hollywood

og:description: The recently shuttered Old Spaghetti Factory on Sunset east of Vine didn't take long to get a new paint job. These pieces went up within the past week. ...

twitter:title: The Old Spaghetti Factory in Hollywood

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: A BILLBOARD WE'D LIKE TO SEE

og:description: From www.weaknights.com...

twitter:title: A BILLBOARD WE'D LIKE TO SEE


og:title: Conflict!

og:description: 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...

twitter:title: Conflict!

og:title: The Vegan Beer Festival Returns This May With a Swanky New Location

og:description: Now in its 6th year, the Vegan Beer Festival will take place this May with more animal-free food and drinks at a much improved location.

og:title: Elisha Cuthbert in Captivity or Free 2 B?


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og:title: The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

og:description: 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...

article:tag: Homelessness

twitter:title: The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

og:title: Silver Daggers @ Part Time Punks, The Echo 5.11.08

og:description: The Silver Daggers were on the bill to play at the Part Time Punks' Third Anniversary show Sunday night. This is what they did for 20 minutes instead (a...

article:tag: Kevin Smith

og:title: Happy Rocktober!

twitter:title: Happy Rocktober!

og:title: Sunset & Sanborn in Silver Lake

og:description: The last of the shots of the graffiti playground going on behind the El Pollo Loco on the south side of Sunset Blvd near Sanborn, as well as some commis...

article:tag: Staten Island

twitter:title: Sunset & Sanborn in Silver Lake

og:title: Make that 129 bands: Swervedriver to reunite at Coachella, and again at the Fonda

og:description: Swervedriver was the roughest, heaviest, least wistful of the early 1990s British guitar-band invasion. Yeah, like their compadres, the Oxford-born band...