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og:title: Last Night: Architecture in Helsinki

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

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og:title: When a Succubus Makes You Talk About Your Sex Life

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

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

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og:title: Metro 7: Wal-Mart's Debut

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og:title: SXSW: One perspective from an official representative of the Music Industry

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

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og:title: Best Shows in LA, 2007

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

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

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og:title: Coachella by the Numbers

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

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

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og:title: Deadly Syndrome at Detour

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

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

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

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

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

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og:title: Hairs Looking at You: Backstage at Shay Todd

og:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

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og:title: Rail Yards Downtown

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

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og:title: Seattle's Bumbershoot

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og:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

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og:title: Crystal Castles: Not Total Hipster Bullshit

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

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og:title: The Old Testament: Fela Kuti

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og:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

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

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

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og:title: "smashing" "pumpkins" "reunite"

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

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

og:title: Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer

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og:title: We Heart Denim...Honest

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og:title: Rock With Me

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twitter:title: Rock With Me

og:title: Live: Pearl Jam, Copenhagen

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og:title: Not worn out (yet)

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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?...

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twitter:title: American Apparel Branches Out

og:title: Barry Bold

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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...

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twitter:title: Fashion Week

og:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs

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

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og:title: Advance Warning: David Bowie's Classic 1972 Bootleg, Live Santa Monica '72, To See the Light of Day

og:description: David Bowie in Santa Monica in 1972 (photo by Jon Levicke) We just received an advance of the soon to be issued Live in Santa Monica '72 disc, the first...

og:title: Trent Reznor's Awesome Package

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og:title: How Phil Elverum keeps mystery alive Pt 2: the uncoolest song

og:description: Our topic: Smokin. Our debaters: Motley Crue vs. Mt. Eerie.

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og:title: Donita Sparks' Mushroom Mullet

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

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og:title: No Data Found

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og:title: Nightwatchmen tonight at The Hotel Cafe with .... Counting Crows?

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og:title: ESPN Puts New Orleans Back Underwater

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og:title: Willie Nelson, Nokia, 2/13

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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: Red Carpet Patrol

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

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

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og:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

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og:title: She Must Be My Lucky Star

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

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

og:title: 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.


og:title: Manifesto in Echo Park: Scorn Joy, Scorn Tragedy

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

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

article:tag: Manu Chao

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

og:title: Memorial Daze

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og:title: MAD FOR PLAID

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

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

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og:title: Kifune You Up

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og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

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og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 1

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

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

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

og:title: My Little China Hurl

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og:title: Coachella Day Three: Neil Diamond's Amazing Performance Opening for Justice

og:description: Sunday at the Empire Polo Field is softer than Saturday, more like Seurot than the previous day's Van Gogh, a little hazy and lazy and everybody's sleep...

og:title: Pellicano Trial Bombshell

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

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og:title: Metallica and Scars on Broadway Unload at Benefit for Silverlake Conservatory of Music

og:description: Metallica / Scars on Broadway: Benefit for Silverlake Conservatory of Music The Wiltern, May 14. By Paul Rogers Metallica, with Flea, at last night's be...

og:title: Can't Go to Your Friend's Birthday Party? Hire Someone

og:description: Last week, the site TaskRabbit — where you can hire people for various personal assistance tasks — launched a social media contest to determine the best...

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

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: Confronting food shortages in Mexico

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

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

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og:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

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og:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

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og:title: Brain Candy and the Karma of Art

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

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

og:title: Marc Cooper in Iowa: Obama Strategist "Optimistic"

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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: Remembering LA Firefighter Brent Lovrien

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og:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

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og:title: Meghan Where's The Love?

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og:title: Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

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og:title: Pellicano Trial Bombshell

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og:title: Babes in Oi-land

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og:title: Sink or Swim

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og:title: Birthday Perez-ants

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og:title: ELLEN'S GAY

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og:title: Show Me The Oscars Correction

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og:title: Tennie Pierce’s Legacy

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og:title: Goriest album covers

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og:title: Viva la Taxi!

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twitter:title: Viva la Taxi!

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

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

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og:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

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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: Headless Chicken and TLG

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twitter:title: Headless Chicken and TLG

og:title: Last Night: Architecture in Helsinki

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: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party

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

twitter:title: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party

og:title: Lovin' Cups

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og:title: Krist Novoselic Says Flipper Still Rules, OK???

og:description: If you're going to listen to any aging punk rocker wax nostalgic for a cult-band like Flipper - and we've all probably heard more than we need to - is t...

og:title: Rolling on the Coachella Express to Indio

og:description: On the Coachella Express, there are a few distinct types of people: the media, which was invited to document the maiden voyage of the Amtrak line that d...

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!...

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

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

article:tag: Mel Schwartz

og:title: Matthew Barney's Big (No) Show

og:description: Some New York Times art critic called multi-media artist Matthew Barney the most important artist of our generation, and Los Angeles believed him. Upper...

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og:title: Product Placement - The Striker Gourmets

og:description: Today was Bring-Your-Kid-to-Picket Day at the WGA strike, and the three-foot-and-under marchers were in abundance proudly waving their signs. A favorite...


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og:title: California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage!

og:description: Citing the 60-year-old landmark case Perez v. Sharp, which struck down California's ban on interracial marriage, the California Supreme Court ruled toda...

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...

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og:title: Hank and the Masked Angelenos

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

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

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

og:title: Crank that Crunk

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og:title: Youth Gone Wild

og:description: The MisShapes: style revolutionaries or hipster hair/skinny jeans/80’s revisionists simply in the right place at the right time? I’m not sur...

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

og:description: Lollapalooza in a Living Room Nightwatchman and Friends Hotel Cafe, Dec. 6 Photos and Text by Scott Amateur Tom Morello, A.K.A. The Nightwatchman hosted...


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og:title: No Shit, Sherlock

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: A BILLBOARD WE'D LIKE TO SEE

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

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og:title: Alias Hair

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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...


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og:title: Final Check Yo Ponytail tonight starring Dan Deacon and Erol Alkan

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

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og:title: Anthony Pellicano’s Female Trouble

og:description: Cheetahs never prosper In a Dickensian twist, Anthony Pellicano was confronted this past week by women whose lives he had touched over the years –...

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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...

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og:title: PJ Harvey, Orpheum, 10/15

og:description: With only two shows in the US currently slated around the release of her new album, White Chalk, PJ Harvey's concert at the Oprheum downtown had even mo...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

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og:title: Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell

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

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og:title: RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

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

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

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

og:title: Beards, Blazers & Glasses or How Hot Chip Prove that My Sense of Rhythm Isn't Racist

og:description: It happened again. The dancing thing. I'm not quite sure how and I'm not sure why. I know we talked about this the other day but I'm not ready to move o...

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

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

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og:title: NY Hates Jack. Does LA?

og:description: Jack is Dead; Radio Listeners Rejoice The Village Voice reports that their version of Jack FM, which is probably very close to our version of Jack FM on...

twitter:title: NY Hates Jack. Does LA?

og:title: Someone needs to take a poo on Diddy's Clorox white suit

og:description: A modest proposal to sully Diddy's Hollywood Star.

article:tag: Celebrity News


og:title: Got Balls?

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

twitter:title: Got Balls?

og:title: Simpsonize Yourself!

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

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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...

og:title: Life's a Rollercoaster

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

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og:title: Rise of the writers

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

og:title: Sunset & Sanborn in Silver Lake

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

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

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


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og:title: This Weekend in LA: Foghat, AMC, Naked on the Vague, Robyn, Dirtbombs, Noisy People

og:description: Remember, it’s still technically bike to work week, so if you’re working the clubs this weekend and feel like saving the earth, maybe you sh...

og:title: Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy

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

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og:title: Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square

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

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

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

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

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og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

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og:title: 10 Questions Raised By Mista Grimm's "Indo Smoke" Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008

og:description: 1. Is it ever a bad idea for rappers to open their video with shots of them buying 40's at the liquor store? 2. Nate Dogg> a lump of aluminum foil> Akon...

og:title: Hellbilly Poetry

og:description: I went to Sunset Junction on Sunday and while I found headliners The Cramps to be quite boring, I was truly moved by the hellbilly thrash of Hank...

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og:title: Banksy Elephant Set to Star in Christina Aguilera Video

og:title: Blek le Rat Stencils up in Silver Lake

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

twitter:title: Blek le Rat Stencils up in Silver Lake

og:title: Candice Held: Eco Fashion Gets Sexy

twitter:title: Candice Held: Eco Fashion Gets Sexy


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

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

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og:title: Cool New Parking Signs to Debut in DTLA Today

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


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og:title: ReLAX... Don't Do It

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

twitter:title: ReLAX... Don't Do It

og:title: The Other 70s Show

twitter:title: The Other 70s Show

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

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

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...


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

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

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...

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

og:title: XOXOXO

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

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og:title: Tee-For-All (The Aftermath)

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

article:tag: Dov Charney

twitter:title: Tee-For-All (The Aftermath)


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


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og:title: Unwanted Neighbors for Hollywood Sign?

og:description: By Casey Henry The Hollywood sign may soon have unexpected neighbors. Today, Teles Realtors held a press conference declaring the 138 acres of hillside ...

twitter:title: Unwanted Neighbors for Hollywood Sign?

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

og:description: Phil Elverum: "It's so weird here right now. It's snowing but the sky is blue and it's not really that cold. I don't know where the flakes are coming fr...

article:tag: Donald Judd

og:title: Neil Hamburger Spins Bing Crosby Live at Dublab.com NOW!

og:description: No, really, you should listen to Neil Hamburger's guest DJ slot at Dublab right now...

article:tag: Bing Crosby


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og:title: Villaraigosa Density Hawks Vs. Angry Valleyites

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

article:tag: Studio City

og:title: The Eyes of Don Bachardy...On Me

og:description: Sitting still has never been one of my strong points, unless, of course, it involves nodding off with a work of literature delicately balanced on my nos...

twitter:title: The Eyes of Don Bachardy...On Me

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

og:title: About

twitter:title: About

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

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

og:title: Point-Counterpoint: The Pros and Cons of Steve Aoki

og:description: The Daily Swarm collects an argument currently consuming the web regarding the relative merits of L.A.'s reigning superstar DJ, Steve Aoki. A few days b...

og:title: Magicians, Neil Patrick Harris & a Hula-Hooping Corpse

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


twitter:title: Magicians, Neil Patrick Harris & a Hula-Hooping Corpse

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

og:title: Prince Is Coming!

og:description: As LA Weekly readers already know Prince will be performing a string of dates at the Roosevelt Hotel in H-Wood, just around the corner from the LA Weekl...

article:tag: Eating Out

twitter:title: Prince Is Coming!


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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: MBW and MLK Get Greywashed

og:description: It's a fact of life for street artists that their work is going to get covered up, torn down, painted over, or if you're Man One, billed for tens of tho...

article:tag: National Public Radio

twitter:title: MBW and MLK Get Greywashed

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

article:tag: Cosmetics

og:title: 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


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og:title: Giant Joystick Lands in Echo Park

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

twitter:title: Giant Joystick Lands in Echo Park

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: 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: The whole shootin' match

og:description: So, I need to tell you about the show of the festival. My mind is blown, dude! I'm sitting in this bar, reading my Archies comics, because I am desperat...

twitter:title: The whole shootin' match

og:title: Rock With Me

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

article:tag: Malibu Creek State

twitter:title: Rock With Me


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

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

og:title: Another Clintonite Bites the Dust

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

twitter:title: Another Clintonite Bites the Dust


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og:title: Ask A Ninja and Patton Oswalt, El Rey, 12/5

og:description: Another Day of the Ninja has come and gone, leaving us all a bit sad for its passing, as this holiday season can sometimes do. Hundreds of budding young...

og:title: Yagman to Surrender

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

twitter:title: Yagman to Surrender

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...

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


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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: Romantic Pic O' The Day - Alien Rape Fantasy

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

article:tag: Linda Immediato

og:title: Killer Fashion Instincts

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

twitter:title: Killer Fashion Instincts

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

twitter: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: Pedro Guzman Suing Government for Wrongful Deportation

og:description: By Daniel Hernandez Pedro Guzman, the Lancaster man who was wrongfully deported from the L.A. County jail system, filed suit against the federal governm...


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og:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

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

twitter:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

og:title: Crackdown on Gigantic Ads

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

twitter:title: Crackdown on Gigantic Ads

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

og:title: Who wants their P TV?

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

twitter:title: Who wants their P TV?

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

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


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og:title: Home Sweet Home

og:description: I just woke from a food coma. I went home for the holidays to see my family in NY. For us Christmas means lobster, shrimp, crab, lasagna, and proscuitto...

article:tag: Stuyvesant Town

twitter:title: Home Sweet Home

og:title: Seymour Stein Loves The Flairz

twitter:title: Seymour Stein Loves The Flairz


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og:title: BOLLES SOAP OPERA OVER

og:description: He might be a crazy character, but it aint from GHB! All charges against Germs drummer Don Bolles will be dismissed after additional testing of the pepp...

twitter:title: BOLLES SOAP OPERA OVER


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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og:title: Nightclubs of Hollywood, Ballrooms of Mars


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

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

article:tag: Ghostface Killah

og:title: G-Funk Week Continued: 10 Things An Alien Would Conclude About Mankind After Watching the Video For "Girls All Pause"

og:description: 1. If one were ever to try to lure a human woman back to one's spaceship for a late-night probe, it is highly advisable to try to find women dancing in ...

article:tag: Entertainment


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og:title: My first and last Coachella: Photos and notes from Saturday

og:description: Arguably the most interesting part of the Coachella experience is the drama of getting there and back, and what happens at night when the gates are clos...

og:title: Delta of Urine

twitter:title: Delta of Urine

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

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

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

og:title: Bravo Bebe!

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!


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og:title: These Clowns Are With Me

og:description: I didn't mean to blow off all my responsibilities yesterday, but when a schmoozy Hollywood luncheon turns into a full-on party by 3pm, and...

twitter:title: These Clowns Are With Me

og:title: Devendra Banhart jumps the shark

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

article:tag: Topanga

twitter:title: Devendra Banhart jumps the shark

og:title: un:armed at the Echo, 8/27

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

twitter:title: un:armed at the Echo, 8/27

og:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs

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

twitter:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs


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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


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og:title: SXSW: One perspective from an official representative of the Music Industry

og:description: Van Morrison + Lou Reed: 2 points. SXSW festival: ZERO.

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

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

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: Get Off My Shuz Or I'll Betch Slap You

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

twitter:title: Get Off My Shuz Or I'll Betch Slap You


src: IN

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

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


src: ID

dest: NL

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

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

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

og:title: The Night Marchers, All Star Lanes, Feb. 10

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

og:title: Kings of Leon, Greek Theatre, 9/7

og:description: Kings of Leon The Greek Theatre, September 7, 2007 By Jonah Flicker When did the Kings of Leon hire a rock stylist? As they took the stage at the Greek ...

twitter:title: Kings of Leon, Greek Theatre, 9/7

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

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

article:tag: Celebrity News

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


og:title: 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,...

og:title: Starstruck

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

twitter:title: Starstruck

og:title: The Style Council After Hours

twitter:title: The Style Council After Hours

og:title: Crazy Antiks

twitter:title: Crazy Antiks

og:title: Pause and Rewind: The Show

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

twitter:title: Pause and Rewind: The Show


og:title: Low Brow Art and a "Fucking Smorgasbord of Lynchness"

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


src: PS

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

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

article:tag: Eddie Argos

og:title: Lucinda Williams, El Rey, 9/9

og:description: Lucinda Williams El Rey, September 9 By Tom Cheyney Lucinda Williams kept a firm grip on her joy during the Sweet Old World night of her ambitious &ldqu...

twitter:title: Lucinda Williams, El Rey, 9/9


dest: SD

og:title: Elizabeth McGrath: Incurable Disorder

og:description: It's hard not to love Liz McGrath. There's the art, the music she make with her band Miss Derringer, heck, the very building that she lives in is so coo...

article:tag: Dogs

twitter:title: Elizabeth McGrath: Incurable Disorder

og:title: Lovin' Cups

og:description: As usual, there were a bevy of bare boobies on the runways during LA Fashion Week a couple weeks ago, and it got me thinking- why does anybody get boob ...

article:tag: Clothing and Accessories

twitter:title: Lovin' Cups

og:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

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

twitter:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

og:title: Girls In Films

twitter:title: Girls In Films

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: BR

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: Pellicano Trial’s Restless Defense

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

twitter:title: Pellicano Trial’s Restless Defense

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.

og:title: Shower Power

twitter:title: Shower Power


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dest: CN

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

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

article:tag: Justin Poree


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dest: BD

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

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

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


src: EG

dest: FR

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: Fanatics! A Brand-New Song From VUM's Forthcoming Album, Cryptocrystalline

og:description: Rollins fires up another two hours of adventurous music from VUM, Wand, Rites of Spring, Suzuki Junzo, Ty Segall, Pere Ubu and many more.

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

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

og:title: Bravo Bebe!

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!

og:title: My New Radio Crushes

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

twitter:title: My New Radio Crushes


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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


dest: TR

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

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

article:tag: Angus Khan


og:title: MBW on MLK

og:description: Brand new MBW stuff up in remembrance of the 40th anniversary of MLK's assassination.* Strong thanks to the artist for marking the day. And of course to...

twitter:title: MBW on MLK

og:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

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

twitter:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

og:title: Weed Patch

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

twitter:title: Weed Patch


dest: PE

og:title: Burn these get-ups!

twitter:title: Burn these get-ups!

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


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

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

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

og:title: Hootenanny Photos

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

twitter:title: Hootenanny Photos

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

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

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

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

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

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


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: The Kids In the 'Secret Show' Hall

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

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

og:title: 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: Local Theater Leader Suffers Major Heart Attack

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


dest: PH

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

og:title: Bald and Er, Bald

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

twitter:title: Bald and Er, Bald


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@tags: error security


og:title: Low Brow Art and a "Fucking Smorgasbord of Lynchness"

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

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: Ain't We Lucky We Got 'Em

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

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

og:title: Coachella 08: A glimpse at Prince's soundcheck

og:description: At last night's cool Filter party at the Corona Yacht Club, I ran into sculptor Christopher Janney, whose Sonic Forest installation will once again appe...

og:title: Notes from indie and punk shows, and Kristoff in translation

og:description: The punks had their day here on Saturday, railing against Mexico City's peace-loving emos in what amounts to at least a psychological escalation of the ...


src: PH

og:title: Amy Winehouse's Cocktail Recipe

twitter:title: Amy Winehouse's Cocktail Recipe


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

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

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

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

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

og:title: Jeffrey Lewis (Interviewed) & Crass (Covered): Part 1 of 3

og:description: Jeffrey Lewis: "For myself it's not so much that there's been a resurgence because...don't call it a comeback I've been here for years."

og:title: Neurologist Conclusively Proves Snoop Dogg Has Smoked Himself "Retarded"

og:description: After an intense scrutiny of the video for "Sensual Seduction" confirmed what a battery of MRI exams had already hinted at, neurologist Gerald Schwartz ...

og:title: Cobrasnake

twitter:title: Cobrasnake


dest: US

og:title: un:armed at the Echo, 8/27

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

twitter:title: un:armed at the Echo, 8/27

og:title: BOLLES SOAP OPERA OVER

og:description: He might be a crazy character, but it aint from GHB! All charges against Germs drummer Don Bolles will be dismissed after additional testing of the pepp...

twitter:title: BOLLES SOAP OPERA OVER

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: Chris Rock Guest-Stars at the Pellicano Circus

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

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


dest: SA

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 ...


dest: DE

og:title: Sooo Trashy!

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

twitter:title: Sooo Trashy!

og:title: Vegoose: This is How they Dance

og:description: Random observations on dancing at Vegoose and elsewhere: photographs by Timothy Norris Shins fans don't dance. I know this because it was at the beginni...

twitter:title: Vegoose: This is How they Dance

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

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

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


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dest: CD

og:title: Rabbit Season

twitter:title: Rabbit Season

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: Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”

og:description: I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of...


og:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

twitter:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

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

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


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: Veggin' with Alicia

twitter:title: Veggin' with Alicia

og:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

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

twitter:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

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 ...


src: NE

dest: ZA

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: Gay and Happy at a West Hollywood Candle Shop

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

article:tag: West Hollywood

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: Back in Black

twitter:title: Back in Black


src: MX

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: 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...


dest: AR

og:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat

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

article:tag: Sophia Loren

twitter:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat

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


src: IQ

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: Pause & Rewind-Rhyme & Reason

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

twitter:title: Pause & Rewind-Rhyme & Reason

og:title: Juan McLean at Avalon

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

twitter:title: Juan McLean at Avalon

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: Vote Finke in '08!

og:description: Time magazine has just published their list of finalists for "The 2008 Time 100." What's that you ask? It's the magazine's list of the world's most infl...

twitter:title: Vote Finke in '08!

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

og:title: Bjork at the Nokia Theatre, 12/12

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

twitter:title: Bjork at the Nokia Theatre, 12/12


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dest: UZ

og:title: The Goddess Provides

twitter:title: The Goddess Provides

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

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


dest: MX

og:title: Jeffrey Lewis (Interviewed) & Crass (Covered): Part 1 of 3

og:description: Jeffrey Lewis: "For myself it's not so much that there's been a resurgence because...don't call it a comeback I've been here for years."

og:title: Daft Punk at Vegoose

og:description: You can almost see their personality in this shot photographs by Timothy Norris The only notation I have from the Daft Punk show last night is in this i...

twitter:title: Daft Punk at Vegoose

og:title: How Phil Elverum keeps mystery alive Pt 2: the uncoolest song

og:description: Our topic: Smokin. Our debaters: Motley Crue vs. Mt. Eerie.

article:tag: Motley Crue

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

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

og:title: Star Me Kitten: Can LA Handle Another Fashion Week?

og:description: This just in: The Standard Downtown will be hosting Kitten Fashion Week, created by designer and publisher Mike Vensel to allow designers who don't have...


og:title: Sweet Emotions

twitter:title: Sweet Emotions


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

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

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

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

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

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

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

og:title: No Shit, Sherlock

twitter:title: No Shit, Sherlock

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

og:title: Villaraigosa's Pico-Olympic One-Way Plan Killed

og:description: It's got to come under the category of "what was City Hall thinking?' that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa kept insisting his plan to funnel commuters onto P...


dest: BR

og:title: Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”

og:description: I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of...

og:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

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

twitter:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

og:title: 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: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

twitter:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods


dest: CN


og:title: Letting the Days Go By

og:description: And you may find yourself in a Motel 6 in Van Nuys, And you may find yourself eating a Tommy burger at 2 am And you may find yourself in another part of...

twitter:title: Letting the Days Go By

og:title: Grupo Fantasma, Echoplex, 2/14

og:description: Grupo Fantasma Echoplex, Feb. 14 A musical question -- when was the last time you saw dueling trombones? Personally, I've seen dueling pianos in Memphis...

twitter:title: Grupo Fantasma, Echoplex, 2/14

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

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

og:title: The Old Testament: Fela Kuti

og:description: I haven't wanted to listen to anything but Fela Kuti for weeks. It's getting a little weird. In the car, Expensive Shit/He Miss Road has monopolized my ...

twitter:title: The Old Testament: Fela Kuti

og:title: My Bloody Valentine announces two LA shows in the fall

og:description: That would be Wednesday and Thursday, October 1 and 2 at the Santa Monica Civic Center. My Bloody Valentine's high-water mark: "Soon."...


dest: RU

og:title: Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy

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

twitter:title: Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy


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dest: ID

og:title: 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: Little Boxes

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

twitter:title: Little Boxes

og:title: Rail Yards Downtown

og:description: Lots of great stuff can be found walking around the railroad tracks downtown along the LA River. It is, however, off limits, and can lead to some twiste...

twitter:title: Rail Yards Downtown

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...

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og:title: 15 More Minutes

og:description: Fashion week is officially over, but that doesn't mean the strutting has stopped completely. Thanks to a power outage in my area, I missed the David Yur...

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og:title: Magicians, Neil Patrick Harris & a Hula-Hooping Corpse

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

og:title: Can't Go to Your Friend's Birthday Party? Hire Someone

og:description: Last week, the site TaskRabbit — where you can hire people for various personal assistance tasks — launched a social media contest to determine the best...

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

og:description: KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheater, December 8, featuring Linkin Park, Bad Religion, Serj Tankian, Angels & Airwaves, Avenged S...


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

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

og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

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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....

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og:title: Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square

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

twitter:title: Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square


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og:title: 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 ...

og:title: Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

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

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

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

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...

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

article:tag: Great Lake Swimmers

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...

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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

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...


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og:title: Courtney's Love In

og:description:
Courtney Love
The Roxy, July 17
By Lina Lecaro
"Everybody knows I give the best blowjobs in Hollywood, but there's gotta be something in it for me too,"...

article:tag: Sexuality

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og:title: Peter Bjorn & John at the Henry Fonda, 7/31

og:description: If you missed Peter Bjorn & John's sold out show last night, worry not. They'll be returning to the Wiltern Monday, Sept. 17th with the Clientele. Click...

article:tag: Timothy Norris

og:title: Picture this

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

twitter:title: Picture this

og:title: L.A.'s Lush Lawns Are in the Crosshairs as Officials Tackle Drought

og:description: The city of Los Angeles is considering an ordinance that would limit lawn watering to two days a week.

og:title: Naughty Girls, Dirty Knickers

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

twitter:title: Naughty Girls, Dirty Knickers

og:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

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

twitter:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?


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og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 2

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

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og:title: QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

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

twitter:title: QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

og:title: PJ Harvey, Orpheum, 10/15

og:description: With only two shows in the US currently slated around the release of her new album, White Chalk, PJ Harvey's concert at the Oprheum downtown had even mo...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

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og:title: About

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

twitter:title: About

og:title: Burn these get-ups!

twitter:title: Burn these get-ups!


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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: Maria Shriver for Obama

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

twitter:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

og:title: Road Trip: Day 3

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 3


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

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

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

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

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

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

og:title: 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


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

og:title: Guser Gets a Year

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

article:tag: Criminal Sentencing and Punishment

twitter:title: Guser Gets a Year

og:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

twitter:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux


og:title: Maude!

og:description: SXSW or no SXSW, my first sign of Texas pride was the Texas-shaped gravestone in the Texas State Cemetery I noticed outside the airport shuttle. Landed ...

twitter:title: Maude!

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

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

og:title: Pellicano Trial’s Restless Defense

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

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

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

og:title: Meeting of Styles, 3rd Batch

twitter:title: Meeting of Styles, 3rd Batch

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: L.A. residents slam Special Order 40, Clear Channel shakedown

og:description: Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Cou...


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og:title: Waiting For Bowiedot

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

twitter:title: Waiting For Bowiedot


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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


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og:title: Juan McLean at Avalon

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

twitter:title: Juan McLean at Avalon

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

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

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


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

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

article:tag: Queens of the Stone Age

og:title: Eddie Vedder, Solo at the Wiltern, 4/13

og:description: Photos by Timothy Norris. Text by Ryan Colditz Eddie Vedder is taking it solo. Pearl Jam has broken up and all that is left is Eddie Vedder. Just kiddin...

twitter:title: Eddie Vedder, Solo at the Wiltern, 4/13


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: Smokin' Safari Sam's

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

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