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og:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

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

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og:title: Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

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og:title: Shields at Club Violaine, 9/15

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

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og:title: Another Tastes Like Gold

og:description: Here's a stunning new wall up on Santa Monica near the recently closed Sears store. There were at least four spots along there that had some new writing...

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og:title: Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon, Troubadour, 12/3

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og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

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

og:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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twitter:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

og:title: 10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

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

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og:title: Every Week is Fashion Week...

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og:title: Live in L.A.: Roger Waters

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

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


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og:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

twitter:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

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

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...

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og:title: Schlockgirl

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og:title: Anthony Pellicano’s Female Trouble

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

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og:title: Scientology is Gay

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og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 3 (#14-10)

og:description: Mental Note: Avoid guys with the nickname "Mad Dog." 14. Redman-"Blow Treez" Why did we have to wait until 2007 for Redman, the man who taught a generat...


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og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

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og:title: Christmas Charity Shows

og:description: There are several Christmas charity shows (and just plain Christmas themed shows) around time this month, like Snoop Dogg's Smokin' Christmas Party at t...

twitter:title: Christmas Charity Shows

og:title: Eureka! (I have found it.)

og:description: (photo from Oreskaband.com) So it happened: That magical, transportive moment of which I have heard rumors.... the moment when you discover a band at So...

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twitter:title: Eureka! (I have found it.)

og:title: Laurence Tribe Tangles with CBS and L.A. City Hall

og:description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s Courtroom 3 - a miniature auditorium with comfortable, smoked salmon-colored seats - wa...

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

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og:title: I Am...Doll Parts

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og:title: The Block Is Hot: Hot Chip Take Over the Jimmy Kimmel Show

og:description: The Green Room backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel Show is one of the more supremely wonderful places on earth. It's Xanadu--a place specifically designed to ...

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og:title: The staggering idiocy of Bob Lefsetz boiled to its essence

og:description: As long as we're on the subject of Bob Lefsetz, let's talk Bob Lefsetz. I've stayed away from mentioning Santa Monica-based music biz prognosticator Bob...

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

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

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

og:description: The Kooks, Morning Benders, The Troubadour, February 7 It's been two years to the day that The Kooks' first (and so far only) album Inside In Inside Out...

og:title: Red Carpet Patrol

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og:title: The Fab Five

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

twitter:title: The Fab Five

og:title: Flier of the Week: Becky Stark and Ron Rege as The Mystical Unionists

og:description: This should be a cool opening. It features singer Becky Stark and drummer/comic artist Ron Rege (both of Lavender Diamond) as The Mystical Unionists. He...


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og:title: Clementine Takes Grilled Cheese Month Very Seriously

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og:title: The Frames, 9/6

og:description: The Frames Henry Fonda Theater, Sept. 6 By Mark Mauer Two crowds showed up to see Dublin's The Frames Thursday night. First there were the die-hards, li...

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og:title: Saturday Eve of Destruction

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og:title: It's Record Store Day!

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twitter:title: It's Record Store Day!

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

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og:title: LAPD Motor Pool, Under the 101

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

twitter:title: LAPD Motor Pool, Under the 101

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

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...

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twitter:title: Hipster Olympics


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og:title: The Bravery, Avalon, 9/18

og:description: The Bravery At the Maxim Style Awards The Avalon, Sept 18th By Tatiana Simoneon I always feel bad for bands playing at big sponsored parties, which is i...

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og:title: Chick Power

og:description: I heart the Dixie Chicks. I know, I can't believe it either. If you'd told me a week ago that I would be saying this, I wouldn't have thought it was pos...

twitter:title: Chick Power

og:title: Prince added to Saturday's Coachella Line-Up

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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...

twitter:title: Baby Love

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


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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 ...


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og:title: Good Reads List / Good Reads Website

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

twitter:title: Good Reads List / Good Reads Website

og:title: Live in L.A.: Ferraby Lionheart, Great Lake Swimmers, Marissa Nadler and Eleni Mandell

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og:title: Charmed, I'm Sure

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

twitter:title: Charmed, I'm Sure

og:title: The Year of the Dog

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: White Light, Hot Chocolate

twitter:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

og:title: Rule Brut-annia

twitter:title: Rule Brut-annia


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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: Construction Site on Santa Monica and Wilton

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

article:tag: Santa Monica

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

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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...

twitter:title: Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#15-11)

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

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#15-11)


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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: She Ra Woman Hater

og:description: I'm relatively new to the whole blogging thing, and today I learned a lesson —never delete a post because you got a bad comment. I had posted "My ...

article:tag: Holidays

twitter:title: She Ra Woman Hater

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: 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...

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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...

twitter:title: Editors, Wiltern, 9/24

og:title: Tonight at Family: Gary Panter, Who True Punkers Know as Illustrator for Slash Magazine

og:description: If you're looking for something cool to do after the BBQs or naps or hangovers or bender-continuations or whatever it is you're doing this afternoon, th...

og:title: The Three Shamans Vek, Om and Cobra

twitter:title: The Three Shamans Vek, Om and Cobra

og:title: Let the Grieving Process Begin: Pink Floyd's Inflatable Pig Found Dead

og:description: It's a hard time for everyone, I know. But we have to get through this together. The LA Weekly would like to open the comments section so you, the reade...

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: Scientology is Gay

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twitter:title: Scientology is Gay

og:title: Rilo Kiley at the Santa Monica Civic

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twitter:title: Rilo Kiley at the Santa Monica Civic

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


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og:title: Siren Music Festival in NYC

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

twitter:title: Siren Music Festival in NYC

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...

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


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og:title: Presets Preview

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

twitter:title: Presets Preview

og:title: Crazy Antiks

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

twitter:title: Crazy Antiks

og:title: CBS Yard Behind Melrose

og:description: I was still posting some shots taken in the alleys south of Melrose where CBS crew puts up a lot of new work when I made a return trip and found a few n...

twitter:title: CBS Yard Behind Melrose


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

og:title: We Heart Denim...Honest

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

twitter:title: We Heart Denim...Honest

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: OBEY Your Thirst?

twitter:title: OBEY Your Thirst?

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

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

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: 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: The Editors on Jimmy Kimmel live

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

twitter:title: The Editors on Jimmy Kimmel live


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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: Hot Week at Dublab: Live Neil Hamburger, Peanut Butter Wolf, Anticon, Lucky Dragons and others

og:description: Our favorite local music collective/studio/radio station/creative non-profit/record label/DJ team/inspiration to us all, Dublab, is offering an amazing ...

article:tag: Peanut Butter Wolf


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

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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?


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og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

twitter:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

og:title: Harry Nilsson Tribute, Bordello, 1/15

og:description: Harry Nilsson Tribute Bordello, Jan. 15 "Happy Birthday, Harry," one of the band's singers said into his mic before a bandmate whispers in his ear. "Wha...

twitter:title: Harry Nilsson Tribute, Bordello, 1/15

og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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twitter:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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: Tonight at Family: Gary Panter, Who True Punkers Know as Illustrator for Slash Magazine

og:description: If you're looking for something cool to do after the BBQs or naps or hangovers or bender-continuations or whatever it is you're doing this afternoon, th...


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

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

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


og:title: Lily Allen Rumored to Be Next Face of Chanel

og:description: Just yesterday I was talking to Lily Allen's manager Neale and he mentioned something "big and fashiony" was about to happen with Lily, but decli...

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 ...

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?

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


og:title: M.B.W. on Melrose

og:description: Some older ones,some new ones. There's a huge Britney/Madonna piece up that's getting a lot of talk, but I haven't been able to drive down there yet thi...

twitter:title: M.B.W. on Melrose

og:title: Grammy Lemonade

og:description: I had the good fortune of meeting these three, Laura, Heather, and Ariel on the bus on the way to the Grammys (we're in full costume at this point). The...

twitter:title: Grammy Lemonade


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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?


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og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

twitter:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

og:title: Crystal Castles: Not Total Hipster Bullshit

og:description: You'll have to forgive me this one. I know I'm late. Ian Cohen tossed a 7.8 to Crystal Castles' in his Pitchfork review of their eponymous debut back in...


dest: IN

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


dest: VE


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og:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'

og:description: I love movies. I love fashion. And of course, I love free shit, but after attending the annual pre-Oscar "GM Ten" fashion show and soiree on Tuesday (re...

twitter:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'


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og:title: My Fashion Week Haute List

og:description: Between all the schmoozing and the boozing, the cruising and the perusing (someone stop me, please), it was near impossible to find the time to do any a...

twitter:title: My Fashion Week Haute List


dest: MX

og:title: 10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

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

og:title: Presets Preview

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

twitter:title: Presets Preview


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dest: MZ

og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

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

og:title: Hair Today, Still Freakin' Hair Tomorrow


dest: US

og:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh

twitter:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh


src: CA

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...

twitter:title: Florida 2000 Hits The Grove

og:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

twitter:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

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: Germs, Adolescents, Key Club, 12/28

og:description: The Mae Shi jump start the night with some fresh blood. They'll be at the Smell in downtown Jan. 3rd, 2008. The Adolescents get the pit rockin! The hard...

article:tag: The Adolescents

twitter:title: Germs, Adolescents, Key Club, 12/28


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og:title: Sticky Fingers

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

twitter:title: Sticky Fingers

og:title: Dethklok at the Wiltern, June 6

og:description: Photos by Pandora Young Sweet blowjobby metal! Dethklok are legend. They are so metal they once played a show in an active volcano. It was so brutal the...

twitter:title: Dethklok at the Wiltern, June 6

og:title: Queer Town: Good Fun at the Cock Ring Toss

og:description: It is six o'clock on a warm Saturday evening, and the Christopher Street West Gay Pride Festival on San Vicente Boulevard is jammed. Nothing much is hap...

article:tag: Consumer Electronics

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

twitter: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...


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

og:title: Snow Angels at ThinkSpace

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

article:tag: Cardiovascular Medicine

twitter:title: Snow Angels at ThinkSpace

og:title: Sonic Youth at Urban Outfitters, July 21

og:description: Walking through Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade mall, on my way to see Sonic Youth perform at Urban Outfitters, sponsored by Toyota’s Fr...


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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?...

twitter:title: American Apparel Branches Out

og:title: Smokey What's Got in Your Eyes?

twitter:title: Smokey What's Got in Your Eyes?

og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

og:description: Missed the Red Carpet pre-Oscars coverage this year (think we may have still been in bed when E! started airing its tedious fawning sessions with Ryan S...

twitter:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

og:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!

twitter:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!

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


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og:title: Echo Park Chickens - 2 & 3

og:description: Once again, it's Cache/K4P's impossible to miss chickens along Sunset and on the occasional side street. All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

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twitter:title: Echo Park Chickens - 2 & 3

og:title: 944 Magazine - Los Angeles Revealed

twitter:title: 944 Magazine - Los Angeles Revealed

og:title: The streets are screaming at you

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

twitter:title: The streets are screaming at you

og:title: ESPN Puts New Orleans Back Underwater

og:description: It's BCS Championship Game time and, two years after Katrina, New Orleanians are no doubt ecstatic to have the Sugar Bowl back in their fair city. They ...

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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: 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: Yagman to Feds: No Surrender

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

twitter:title: Yagman to Feds: No Surrender


og:title: License to Ill

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

twitter:title: License to Ill

og:title: Like Father Like Son

twitter:title: Like Father Like Son


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

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


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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: Mountain Goats, The Annuals, Natural History Museum, 6/6

og:description: The Mountain Goats, The Annuals, Natural History Museum, June 6 It's packed again for First Fridays at the Museum. There's a line of people waiting to g...

og:title: Shields at Club Violaine, 9/15

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

twitter:title: Shields at Club Violaine, 9/15

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...

og:title: Sub Pop One Hummer

og:description: By Randall Roberts He’s out there somewhere. I know it. He apparently comes every year. At least that’s what they tell me up in Seattle, whe...

twitter:title: Sub Pop One Hummer


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

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

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

og:title: Detour Videos

og:description: Some performances from last year's Detour Festival... Beck - Mixed Bizzness Basement Jaxx Beck - Clap Hands Oh No! Oh My! The 2nd annual Detour Festival...

article:tag: Turbonegro

twitter:title: Detour Videos

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: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy

og:description: One down. Two to Go! Coachella Friday was actually very easy breezy. Okay, we left Thursday night thereby avoiding most traffic and we spent a big chunk...

twitter:title: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy


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og:title: Red Carpet Patrol

twitter:title: Red Carpet Patrol

og:title: Burning Man, Day One

og:description: he ring of the bell is the first thing you hear once in range of the Burning Man Festival in bumfuck Nevada. Two of them, the size of logs, hang from po...

article:tag: Festivals and Parades

twitter:title: Burning Man, Day One

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


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og:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort

twitter:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort


og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

twitter:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls


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og:title: Grammys from the Press Room

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

twitter:title: Grammys from the Press Room

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

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


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og:title: RIP: Bingo

og:description: I didn't know Charlton Heston, but I knew Bingo. And I'm sorry to say that Jenny Burman has posted that Bingo was hit by a car and killed last Sunday. B...

twitter:title: RIP: Bingo

og:title: Sonic Youth at Urban Outfitters, July 21

og:description: Walking through Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade mall, on my way to see Sonic Youth perform at Urban Outfitters, sponsored by Toyota’s Fr...


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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: Manson Dig Officially Over

og:description: Inyo County sheriff investigators officially called off the dig for human remains Wednesday at remote Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of Charles Ma...

article:tag: Law Enforcement

twitter:title: Manson Dig Officially Over

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

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

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


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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: Black Mountain, Troubadour, 2/5

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

twitter:title: Black Mountain, Troubadour, 2/5

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: Mr. T

twitter:title: Mr. T

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: 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

og:title: Amanda Demme - She Nice

og:description: I just got back from interviewing Amanda Demme, the so-called Queen of LA Nightlife, and marketing brain behind 'hot' nightlife venues like Teddy's and ...

twitter:title: Amanda Demme - She Nice


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og:title: The Weekend Report: Robyn at the Wiltern

og:description: Robyn: built to last (Photos by Timothy Norris) Swede pop darling Robyn capped off her spring 2008 tour at the Wiltern on Saturday night with a propulsi...

og:title: Alive at the D!ve

twitter:title: Alive at the D!ve


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

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

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

og:title: They're Back!

twitter:title: They're Back!


og:title: Obama and Tool. Two stages. One night.

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

twitter:title: Obama and Tool. Two stages. One night.


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og:title: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25

og:description: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25 By Randall Roberts Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Fuck you Johnny Rotten for wasting most of your No Fut...

twitter:title: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25

og:title: Stroke My Orb

twitter:title: Stroke My Orb

og:title: Colin Farrell- A Style Council fan?

og:description: I got some flack a while back after dissing (does anyone say dissing anymore? we probably shouldn't) the knit skull cap, a co-worker even wore one in de...

article:tag: Celebrity News

twitter:title: Colin Farrell- A Style Council fan?

og:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

og:description: The prognosticators have been speculating for weeks on who LA-based producer Daedalus was going to endorse for president. We had our money on Ron Paul, ...

twitter:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!


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og:title: Strap-a-licious

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

article:tag: Caroline Ryder

twitter:title: Strap-a-licious

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.

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

og:title: Joe Joe's World

twitter:title: Joe Joe's World


og:title: Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Prehistory

og:description: Artists giving away their music for free, a chronology. 1906, Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Sailors off the coast of the Atlantic hear an eerie, otherworld...

twitter:title: Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Prehistory


og:title: Shit List

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

twitter:title: Shit List

og:title: Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

og:description: Tonight (Wed, 10/4) kicks off the month-long Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) charity event at Beauty Bars across the nation. The Council of Fashion...

twitter:title: Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

og:title: Queer Town: June Weddings For Gays

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

article:tag: Social Issues

twitter:title: Queer Town: June Weddings For Gays

og:title: Madonna playing Coachella

og:description: Madonna, clearly incensed that fellow music icon Robert Plant got to hang with the Style Council in the desert, is now planning a little sandy excursion...

twitter:title: Madonna playing Coachella

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


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og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

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

twitter:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

og:title: Would You Wood?

og:description: How do you feel about wall art? I have conflicted feelings about decorative stuff on walls. It's so easy to get sick of posters, even if they're neatly ...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

twitter:title: Would You Wood?

og:title: Mr. T

twitter:title: Mr. T


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og:title: Laurence Tribe v. City of Los Angeles

og:description: It looks like the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office may have its hands full on June 4 when it goes up against leading First Amendment attorney La...

twitter:title: Laurence Tribe v. City of Los Angeles

og:title: Eskimohunter at Spaceland 7/9 Slideshow

twitter:title: Eskimohunter at Spaceland 7/9 Slideshow

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...


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og:title: Not worn out (yet)

twitter:title: Not worn out (yet)

og:title: The Hives, Wiltern, 2/19

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

twitter:title: The Hives, Wiltern, 2/19

og:title: Into the Groove

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

twitter:title: Into the Groove


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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

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

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

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: Why to Love This Song: The Dodos "Fools"

og:description: How does Pitchfork.tv stack up against YouTube? ALSO, let's just talk about how rad this song is, okay?

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: 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!

og:title: Flea's Bitten

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

twitter:title: Flea's Bitten

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: Paxilback - It's An L.A. Story

og:description: Here's how the story goes. A boy moves to L.A. from Brooklyn. Let's call him Daniel. Daniel Stessen. Why not. And let's imagine he looks something like ...

twitter:title: Paxilback - It's An L.A. Story


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og:title: Viva la Taxi!

og:description: Last night I went to a party thrown by Ian Gerard, co-founder of Gen Art with my friends Ildiko, a prolific and amazing writer; Jenn, a singer, the voic...

article:tag: Empire State Building

twitter:title: Viva la Taxi!

og:title: KooKoo for Coco

twitter:title: KooKoo for Coco

og:title: Fashion Week

og:description: Welcome to  LA Weekly's coverage of Fashion Week. Our Style Council is ready to fuck you up -- kicking it off at the Gen Art show tonight at Barker...

article:tag: Clothing

twitter:title: Fashion Week

og:title: DJing on EastVillage Radio.com right now!

og:description: Go clickity-click at EastVillageRadio.com if you want to listen in, okay?

article:tag: Beverages

og:title: Cashmere Alert! Sale Tomorrow!

og:description: Wearing cashmere makes me feel validated. Empowered. Like a big girl. So when I noticed my roommate floating around the house in beautiful knitted wraps...

twitter:title: Cashmere Alert! Sale Tomorrow!


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

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

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

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

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: Muggs-ing for the Camera

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

twitter:title: Muggs-ing for the Camera

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, ...


og:title: Stars of the Lid interview outtake. ALSO, Donald Trump makes a pass at Rudy Giuliani.

og:description: Brian McBride: "I discovered the less that was involved kinetically speaking, the more I was interested. I used to describe it as islands of song, and e...

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: Queer Town: Good Fun at the Cock Ring Toss

og:description: It is six o'clock on a warm Saturday evening, and the Christopher Street West Gay Pride Festival on San Vicente Boulevard is jammed. Nothing much is hap...


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og:title: Phone Talk at Pellicano Trial

og:description: Tuesday was Ray Turner’s day in court, although he elected not to take the witness stand on his own behalf. Turner, the “phone guy” co...

twitter:title: Phone Talk at Pellicano Trial

og:title: Live in L.A.: Roger Waters

og:description: Roger WatersVerizon Wireless, Irvine – June 15, 2007 After making it late to the Roger Waters show (thanks to the 405/133 interchange), I had my l...

twitter:title: Live in L.A.: Roger Waters

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


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og:title: Rapper Pimp C's Death Ruled An Accident

og:description: Rapper Pimp C, one of hip-hop's most influential figures, died accidentally due to a combination of cough medicine and his prior history of sleep apnea,...

twitter:title: Rapper Pimp C's Death Ruled An Accident

og:title: Friday Video: Ozark Jubilee

og:description: The Ozark Jubilee: Li'l Liza Jane and more clips from the 1950s TV show

twitter:title: Friday Video: Ozark Jubilee

og:title: Oscars Overall

twitter:title: Oscars Overall

og:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'

og:description: I love movies. I love fashion. And of course, I love free shit, but after attending the annual pre-Oscar "GM Ten" fashion show and soiree on Tuesday (re...

twitter:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'

og:title: 10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

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


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og:title: Detour Band Schedule

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twitter:title: Detour Band Schedule

og:title: DUI Crackdown Greets the First Weekend of April in L.A.

og:description: Los Angeles police and sheriff's deputies have DUI checkpoints and patrols planned for the weekend.


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og:title: Welcome to the Dollhouse

og:description: Walking into the shopping mall with the big pink cherry blossom on the corner of Alameda and 3rd at 8pm on Saturday night, it didn't seem possible that ...

twitter:title: Welcome to the Dollhouse


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og:title: Another Free Download from NIN

og:description: Yet another free download from Trent Reznor is available from the Nine Inch Nails website. No new full-length LP this time - in fact no new NIN music at...

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twitter:title: Another Free Download from NIN


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og:title: Piece of the Pink Floyd Pig Perhaps Found in La Quinta

og:description: There are very few breaking news stories in the music biz, and Pink Floyd's escaped flying pig ranks pretty high up there. Sources tell us that there ar...

article:tag: Classic Rock

og:title: Mr. Cartoon Mural Downtown

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

article:tag: Painting

twitter:title: Mr. Cartoon Mural Downtown

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: The Ugg-ly Truth About Shopping

og:description: I accompanied Miss Steffie to the annual Billion Dollar Babes sale yesterday, and just so ya know, it was only pure guilt that kept me from doing the sa...

twitter:title: The Ugg-ly Truth About Shopping


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og:title: Claremont Folk Festival

og:description: By Ryan Colditz Get the folk out of the city on Saturday and mosey on over to Clarmont (just a few miles past the Glass House in Pomona) for the 28th An...

twitter:title: Claremont Folk Festival

og:title: Harry Nilsson Tribute, Bordello, 1/15

og:description: Harry Nilsson Tribute Bordello, Jan. 15 "Happy Birthday, Harry," one of the band's singers said into his mic before a bandmate whispers in his ear. "Wha...

twitter:title: Harry Nilsson Tribute, Bordello, 1/15

og:title: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy

og:description: One down. Two to Go! Coachella Friday was actually very easy breezy. Okay, we left Thursday night thereby avoiding most traffic and we spent a big chunk...

twitter:title: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy

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

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: Just Cause She Dance the Go-Go

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


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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: 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...


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og:title: Sooo Trashy!

twitter:title: Sooo Trashy!


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 ...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Xmas Xcess

og:title: Last Night's Love-in

og:description: "Everybody knows I give the best blowjobs in Hollywood, but there's gotta be something in it for me too," said a fairly subdued Courtney Love at her not...

twitter:title: Last Night's Love-in

og:title: Label Whores and Logo Wars

og:description: When news of Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers lawsuit against our favorite cheapie chic mall chain Forever 21 got some buzz last week, I couldn&rsqu...

twitter:title: Label Whores and Logo Wars

og:title: Lefsetz vs. Hilton?

og:description: A new odd couple is born.

twitter:title: Lefsetz vs. Hilton?

twitter:description: A new odd couple is born.

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


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dest: RS

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: Crass chose iconography and dissed photography

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


dest: KG


dest: US

og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

twitter:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

og:title: Detour Band Schedule

og:description: Saturday, October 6. Gates are at noon. Here are the stage lineups: City Hall East Bloc Party 10-11:30 Teddybears 8:30-9:30 Satellite Party 7:10-8:00 Ki...


dest: CM


og:title: Girls In Films

twitter:title: Girls In Films

og:title: Its The Oscars and I'll Cry If I Want To

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

og:title: Melrose Misplaced

og:description: Once the epicenter of all that was hip and cutting edge in fashion, Melrose -at least the part between La Brea and Fairfax- is now just a mish-mash of k...

twitter:title: Melrose Misplaced


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

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

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: 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: Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Prehistory

og:description: Artists giving away their music for free, a chronology. 1906, Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Sailors off the coast of the Atlantic hear an eerie, otherworld...

twitter:title: Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Prehistory


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og:title: American Art Core: Behind the Orange Curtain

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

og:title: Christmas Charity Shows

og:description: There are several Christmas charity shows (and just plain Christmas themed shows) around time this month, like Snoop Dogg's Smokin' Christmas Party at t...

twitter:title: Christmas Charity Shows

og:title: Boys Town - Not Safe for Girls?

og:description: I've always thought of West Hollywood as a shiny, happy sort of place - but apparently Boys Town isn't always as fabulous as you'd think. I got an email...

article:tag: Che Guevara

twitter:title: Boys Town - Not Safe for Girls?

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

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

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

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


dest: ZW

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: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

twitter:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy


src: 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.


dest: VN

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

og:title: Beauty Mark(et)

og:description: They put Cahuenga on the clubber map, made manicures and martinis a classic combo (wish we could always sip a cocktail while getting clipped and dipped!...

article:tag: San Francisco

twitter:title: Beauty Mark(et)


og:title: Friday Video: Ozark Jubilee

og:description: The Ozark Jubilee: Li'l Liza Jane and more clips from the 1950s TV show

twitter:title: Friday Video: Ozark Jubilee

og:title: 17th Annual Divas Simply Singing featuring Natalie Cole, Linda Hopkins, RuPaul and others

og:description: 17th Annual Divas Simply Singing Wilshire Ebell Theater, October 6, 2007 By Ernest Hardy When former choir nun Darlene Koldenhoven let loose a piercing ...

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: 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


src: TZ

dest: ID

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...

article:tag: West Hollywood

twitter:title: Pre-Primary Political Posters

og:title: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25

og:description: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25 By Randall Roberts Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fuck you. Fuck you Johnny Rotten for wasting most of your No Fut...

twitter:title: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25


dest: NG

og:title: Oh What a Feelin'

twitter:title: Oh What a Feelin'

og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 1


src: ID

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

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


src: RU

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: Beards, Blazers & Glasses or Jens Lekman, This Charming Man

og:description: Every time I write about Jens Lekman, I'm tempted to compare him to Morrissey, even though I know I shouldn't. After all, both songwriters specialize in...

article:tag: Entertainment

og:title: Coroner Chronicles: Homicides Down

og:description: It sure seems like there has been an awful lot of murders in Los Angeles County since January. Every time I look at the newspaper or check out the night...

article:tag: Crime and Law

twitter:title: Coroner Chronicles: Homicides Down


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dest: HK

og:title: Fashion Week(S) ! BoxEight Kicks It Off

og:description: Every year LA Fashion Week seems to get a little longer. It has been pushed to nearly a month long string of shows and satellite parties. Today BoxEight...

twitter:title: Fashion Week(S) ! BoxEight Kicks It Off

og:title: Shit List

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

twitter:title: Shit List


og:title: Live: Pearl Jam, Copenhagen

og:description: Pearl Jam, Copenhagen, Denmark June 26, 2007 By Ryan Colditz This show was 7 years in the making... While playing at the nearby Roskilde Festival in Den...

twitter:title: Live: Pearl Jam, Copenhagen


dest: ET

og:title: The Kills, El Rey, 5/21

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

article:tag: Robin Head

twitter:title: The Kills, El Rey, 5/21

og:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

og:description: Missed encounters: You—driving a white BMW with "CA Bunny" vanity plates, didn't use your turn signal. Me—aggro driver on my morning commute...

article:tag: Commuting

twitter:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

og:title: Fierce!

og:description: For those of you wondering if I ever made it to the Cavalli collection's opening day at H&M in the Beverly Center, the answer is no. Just to be safe, I ...

twitter:title: Fierce!

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

og:description: Canadian indie rockers Wolf Parade and Holy Fuck played a sold-out show at the El Rey Thursday night. Timothy Norris was there and shot it. Click here f...

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

og:title: The bad rap on the 'death' of the boompa beat

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


src: RO

og:title: David Beckham Joins LA Galaxy (it's a soccer team)

og:description: Becks is coming to LA in July to start a five year contract with LA Galaxy! He will be paid around $1million a week! LA will become the soccer ep...

og:title: Bob the Lefsetz vs. Antony & the Johnsons. ALSO, some words about Coachella.

og:description: Why we love Antony and why we hate Coachella.

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


dest: UA

og:title: The Vest of the Grammys

twitter:title: The Vest of the Grammys

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: Mistakes Were Made

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

twitter:title: Mistakes Were Made


dest: PH

og:title: Into the Groove

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

twitter:title: Into the Groove


src: SA

dest: CN

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


src: IN

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: 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...

twitter:title: Editors, Wiltern, 9/24

og:title: To The Max

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

twitter:title: To The Max

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...

twitter:title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion Photos

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

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


src: CL

dest: MX

og:title: Love it or Leave it

twitter:title: Love it or Leave it

og:title: Nightclubs of Hollywood, Ballrooms of Mars


dest: RU


dest: IN


src: ZA

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: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: 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: Paint It Black

twitter:title: Paint It Black


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: 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...


src: MA

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: 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

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: Braving 'New Worlds' at the Jumex Collection

og:description: The Jumex Collection art museum is located at a industrial plant in the rough-edged northern outskirts of metropolitan Mexico City, in the municipality ...

og:title: The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines

og:description: Something's slightly skewed inside King Khan's skull. Pause to look at his press photos, where he's either dressed for beach season in Nice or simply in...


dest: CD

og:title: The Worst Kept Secret in LA: Foxburo Hot Tubs are Green Day, and They Play the Roxy Tonight

og:description: The best kept secret, though, is that the Hot Tubs are way better than Green Day, and sound to us more like the product of Estrus Records than Warners. ...

article:tag: Roxy Tonight

og:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

og:description: Coming down from the Grammy lemonade high, I was faced with the fact that the requests I had made to be added to lists for post Grammy parties had never...

twitter:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

og:title: The Style Council After Hours

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

twitter:title: The Style Council After Hours


src: PH

og:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs

twitter:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs


src: US


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 ...

og:title: Echo Park Murals & the Chickens

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

twitter:title: Echo Park Murals & the Chickens

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...

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

og:description: Hillary Clinton may have dominated the Massachusetts Democratic primary last Tuesday, weathering the endorsements of both Ted Kennedy and John Kerry for...

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

og:description: In truth, part of me wants to be like, "Yo, El, why don't you just chill out, smoke a blunt, take a deep breath, even if it's not going to be okay, why ...


src: PE

dest: PE

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

og:title: No Human Remains Found yet at Manson Dig

og:description: So far…nada. Inyo County sheriff investigators reported today that they have not found any bodies yet at Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of ...

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: El Dud

og:description: Quelle bummer! On Friday night I'd just enjoyed a lovely meal with a group of friends at the Sunset Junction French bistro Cafe Stella (I ...

twitter:title: El Dud


dest: BR

og:title: Jesus & Mary Chain, Wiltern, 10/23

og:description: "Hiya. How ya doing?" Well, hey! Someone's in a talkative mood tonight. In the first five seconds of coming out on stage the Jesus & Mary Chain have alr...

article:tag: The Jesus and Mary Chain

twitter:title: Jesus & Mary Chain, Wiltern, 10/23

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

og:description: Fergie Cuilda deserves a benefit show just to honor his drumming, but last night's benefit at the Echoplex was bittersweet. While on a summer U.S. tour,...


src: VE

og:title: Alan Del Rosario: What About Prom?

og:description: Hmmm...Hmmm...I am trying to think of something nice to say, so I don't get death threats this season. But I could sum up this collection by saying I fe...

twitter:title: Alan Del Rosario: What About Prom?


og:title: Pellicano Briefs: Keith Carradine's Blues

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

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

og:title: L.A. River

og:description: This post starts a look at a few miles of the L.A. River going north from Atwater Village to the 134 that will continue for the next week or so. Because...

article:tag: Local Politics

twitter:title: L.A. River

og:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

twitter:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

og:title: Rapper Pimp C's Death Ruled An Accident

og:description: Rapper Pimp C, one of hip-hop's most influential figures, died accidentally due to a combination of cough medicine and his prior history of sleep apnea,...

twitter:title: Rapper Pimp C's Death Ruled An Accident


dest: GR

og:title: Skullphone hacks Clear Channel electronic billboards

og:description: UPDATE: Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear channels billboards, but actually bought time on them. And while that's kind of sad, it'...


dest: LT

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og:title: Welcome to the Jungle

og:description: Speaking of Project Runway (below post), this will come as no surprise to those you’ve read our past posts: we actually kinda liked drag designer ...

twitter:title: Welcome to the Jungle


src: CN


og:title: Fashion Week Warrior

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

twitter:title: Fashion Week Warrior


src: NG

dest: BD

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: Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am!

twitter:title: Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am!


dest: CM

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)

og:title: RIP Anna Nicole Smith

og:description: I met Anna Nicole Smith last year when she showed up at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood with her now-deceased son Daniel. It was Bingo night, and Dan...

twitter:title: RIP Anna Nicole Smith

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: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

twitter:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

og:title: Earth Day Events Around L.A.

og:description: All day long at 3700 Wilshire Blvd., between Oxford and Serrano Aves. there will be live music on a solar-powered stage, as well as a bike raffle. Micha...

article:tag: Earth Day

twitter:title: Earth Day Events Around L.A.


dest: KZ

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

og:description: Kitson is about to get some fierce competition... Intermix, the über popular NYC fashion boutique has announced it will open its first West Coast s...

og:title: Brewer hires Cortines

og:description: The press release, whether deliberate or not, was sent out late in the news cycle on a Friday evening--6:43 p.m. to be exact. 17 months after officially...

twitter:title: Brewer hires Cortines

og:title: HOOCHIEWOOD

og:description: Heidi Montag may be the most annoying person on television (and that includes Donald Trump, Dr. Phil and the entire cast of every dating/singing/dancing...

twitter:title: HOOCHIEWOOD

og:title: Milking It

twitter:title: Milking It

og:title: Daft Punk Photos

og:description: The Cobrasnake was at the Daft Punk show at the Sports Arena on Saturday, July 21. Click here for a slideshow of more from the concert, as well as a tri...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

twitter:title: Daft Punk Photos


src: YE

og:title: Insane in the Brain

og:description: Happy 4-20 friends! Yes, it's the unofficial toker holiday known as Four Twenty (which hardcore stoners actually celebrate every day, at 4:20 p.m.). We ...

article:tag: The Wizard of Oz

twitter:title: Insane in the Brain


dest: TH

og:title: Who's That Girl?

twitter:title: Who's That Girl?

og:title: Glen and Marketa at the Oscars

og:description: Once upon a time, Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann were nominated for Oscars, and despite the KCRW-ness of it all, it still felt good to watch them up there...

twitter:title: Glen and Marketa at the Oscars

og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

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

twitter:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

og:title: Crank that Crunk

twitter:title: Crank that Crunk


dest: RO

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


src: IR

dest: TD

twitter:description: Once upon a time, Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann were nominated for Oscars, and despite the KCRW-ness of it all, it still felt good to watch them up there...

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


src: FR

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

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

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

og:title: The Special Technique of 5 O' Clock Shadowboxin'

og:description: You'd be hard-pressed to find two rappers more diametrically opposed than Zilla Rocca and the man known as Weezy F. (Scott Fitzgerald) Baby. The two pra...

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

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

og:title: June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

og:description: If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was hoping for a quick injection of gay dollars into California's ailing economy this summer, it may not happen. Oppon...

article:tag: Same-Sex Marriage

twitter:title: June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

og:title: Kevan Hall Kicks off Fashion Week

twitter:title: Kevan Hall Kicks off Fashion Week


src: TZ

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: John Loder, the "ninth" member of Crass

og:description: With The National, I traveled to the never fashionable north London district of Wood Green to visit the home and studio of Southern’s founder John...

twitter:title: John Loder, the "ninth" member of Crass


dest: MO

og:title: Cashmere Alert! Sale Tomorrow!

og:description: Wearing cashmere makes me feel validated. Empowered. Like a big girl. So when I noticed my roommate floating around the house in beautiful knitted wraps...

twitter:title: Cashmere Alert! Sale Tomorrow!

og:title: Weiss' Muxtape #1-Science and Metaphors Will Slow Up the Dough

og:description: I've resisted the Muxtape meme that's been spreading across the blogosphere over the past month, but when Goathair of the very excellent Blowtorc...

article:tag: Entertainment


og:title: Old and new Sever and Dame on Santa Monica and Hobart

og:description: When buildings come down in Hollywood it does a couple of things. It exposes older pieces that may have been well hidden before hand, and it usually fre...

article:tag: Mark Mauer


og:title: GOLDEN GIRLS

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

twitter:title: GOLDEN GIRLS


src: CD

og:title: Fierce!

og:description: For those of you wondering if I ever made it to the Cavalli collection's opening day at H&M in the Beverly Center, the answer is no. Just to be safe, I ...

twitter:title: Fierce!

og:title: Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

og:description: Tonight (Wed, 10/4) kicks off the month-long Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) charity event at Beauty Bars across the nation. The Council of Fashion...

twitter:title: Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

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: 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...

twitter:title: Weiss' Muxtape #1-Science and Metaphors Will Slow Up the Dough

twitter:description: I've resisted the Muxtape meme that's been spreading across the blogosphere over the past month, but when Goathair of the very excellent Blowtorc...


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og:title: Paper Trail Blazers

og:description: The East Coast vs. West Coast beef is so jerky now, baby. Paper magazine has invaded LA, and its founders Kim Hastreiter and David Herskovitz have plann...

twitter:title: Paper Trail Blazers

og:title: Thousands Predicted To Attend Fallen SWAT Officers Funeral

og:description: Thousands of mourners and a swarm of media are expected at Friday morning's funeral for fallen Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Officer Russel Simmons...

og:title: More on Sunset in Silver Lake

og:description: Opposite the huge exposed wall in the old Silver Lake community garden is a more hidden, smaller wall with some very nice work on it. You may have to ju...

twitter:title: More on Sunset in Silver Lake

og:title: Hillary Clinton projected winner in California

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

og:title: Skullphone hacks Clear Channel electronic billboards

og:description: UPDATE: Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear channels billboards, but actually bought time on them. And while that's kind of sad, it'...

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og:title: Fashion Week

og:description: Welcome to  LA Weekly's coverage of Fashion Week. Our Style Council is ready to fuck you up -- kicking it off at the Gen Art show tonight at Barker...

article:tag: Clothing

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og:title: It's Hip To Care

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

twitter:title: It's Hip To Care

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: 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...

og:title: Any Given Sunday

og:description: It's friggin Sunday, I want to finish the book for my book club (Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Garcia-Marquez), I want to finish painting my livin...

twitter:title: Any Given Sunday


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og:title: Detour Videos

og:description: Some performances from last year's Detour Festival... Beck - Mixed Bizzness Basement Jaxx Beck - Clap Hands Oh No! Oh My! The 2nd annual Detour Festival...

article:tag: Turbonegro

twitter:title: Detour Videos

og:title: Laurence Tribe v. City of Los Angeles

og:description: It looks like the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office may have its hands full on June 4 when it goes up against leading First Amendment attorney La...

twitter:title: Laurence Tribe v. City of Los Angeles


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og:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

twitter:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered


og:title: A Nip Driver remembered: Mike Webber's Legacy

og:description: Remembering Mike Webber of the Nip Drivers By Jula Bell Being an underground musician in L.A., I'm inundated with music. Everyone is up there rocking ou...

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: Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

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

twitter:title: Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls


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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...

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

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: 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: Pellicano Rebooted

og:description: “I was the coder, the implementer. The client was the designer.” So says coder-implementer Kevin Kachikian, private eye Anthony Pellicano&rs...

twitter:title: Pellicano Rebooted


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og:title: Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview

og:description: Interview by Jonah Flicker Comedian Neil Hamburger released the musically excellent and thoroughly funny Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners (Drag City...

article:tag: Weird Al Yankovic

twitter:title: Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview


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og:title: 5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week

og:description: This week's dance shows include a festival with an impressive gathering of local troupes, a 5th and 35th anniversary celebration, a dual debut and Brazi...

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

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

og:title: To Live And Try In LA

twitter:title: To Live And Try In LA

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

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


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

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

og:title: The Best True Crime Stories of 2007

og:description: They are the modern versions of monster stories. True Crime writers seek out such tales every day, finding them in two sentence-long police blotter blur...

twitter:title: The Best True Crime Stories of 2007


og:title: Bravo Bebe!

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

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!

og:title: Camera Eye - Santa Monica and Myra

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

twitter:title: Camera Eye - Santa Monica and Myra

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

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: Material Girl Returns

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

twitter:title: Material Girl Returns


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


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og:title: Highland Ave. South of Sunset Blvd.

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

twitter:title: Highland Ave. South of Sunset Blvd.

og:title: Was the Universal Studios Fire an accident?

og:description: Early reports are calling the fire that gutted three acres of Universal Hollywood's back lot an accident. However, it is unclear what caused the June 1 ...


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og:title: Sue Wong Goes Wrong

twitter:title: Sue Wong Goes Wrong


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

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

twitter:title: L.A. River Along the Golden State - Six

og:title: Rabbit Season

twitter:title: Rabbit Season


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og:title: Eureka! (I have found it.)

og:description: (photo from Oreskaband.com) So it happened: That magical, transportive moment of which I have heard rumors.... the moment when you discover a band at So...

twitter:title: Eureka! (I have found it.)

og:title: Earth Day Events Around L.A.

og:description: All day long at 3700 Wilshire Blvd., between Oxford and Serrano Aves. there will be live music on a solar-powered stage, as well as a bike raffle. Micha...

twitter:title: Earth Day Events Around L.A.


og:title: Zero Hour in Pennsylvania

og:description: By Marc Cooper Zero hour in Pennsylvania. Or is it? We've had to somehow fill the gap of the six weeks since the last primary, so we've sort of convince...

twitter:title: Zero Hour in Pennsylvania

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

article:tag: Life Sciences

og:title: Daft Punk Photos

og:description: The Cobrasnake was at the Daft Punk show at the Sports Arena on Saturday, July 21. Click here for a slideshow of more from the concert, as well as a tri...

twitter:title: Daft Punk Photos

og:title: In Da Club Belamar

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

twitter:title: In Da Club Belamar

og:title: BOXeight: Louis Verdad

og:description: LOUIS VERDAD Louis Verdad's show didn't really have a theme. There was no through line for the collection, other than all of the pieces being really pre...

twitter:title: BOXeight: Louis Verdad


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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#15-11)

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

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#15-11)

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: No Yana K "Butt" Plenty Karl Giant

twitter:title: No Yana K "Butt" Plenty Karl Giant

og:title: Wake for Authur Mag, Come Pay Your Respects


og:title: Oh baby baby

twitter:title: Oh baby baby

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

og:description: Who needs voters? The fix was in on the Eastside last night By Max Taves Waiting for a full vote count didn’t get in the way of a good time at the...

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

og:title: Hair Today, Still Freakin' Hair Tomorrow


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og:title: Laurence Tribe Tangles with CBS and L.A. City Hall

og:description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s Courtroom 3 - a miniature auditorium with comfortable, smoked salmon-colored seats - wa...


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: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 4: Searching For the Elusive Identity of the "Ghetto Cowboy"

og:description: I actually own this on CD-single, which is either keeping it real, or keeping it really retarded. From the first moments of the reel, one can immediatel...

article:tag: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

og:title: Tids and Bits

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

twitter:title: Tids and Bits

og:title: Andy Pratt, Mika, Pitchfork, and the anti-poppers

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


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