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og:title: Echo Park Chickens - 2 & 3

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og:title: Editors, Wiltern, 9/24

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

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

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og:title: Spoon at the Henry Fonda, 9/10

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og:title: RIP: Bingo

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og:title: Let the Barney's Battles Begin...

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og:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

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og:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

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

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og:title: Anthony Pellicano’s Female Trouble

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og:title: Live in L.A.: Editors at Jimmy Kimmel

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

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

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

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...

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


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og:title: Remembering the Time: Minor Epiphanies Gleaned Upon Re-Watching Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" Video 17 Years Later

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

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

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og:title: Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

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og:title: Marc Cooper in Iowa: Zero Hour

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og:title: Last Night: Architecture in Helsinki

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og:title: Neil Hamburger, Spaceland, 3/30

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og:title: Get this Muthaf***ing Toupee Off My Mutha****ing Head

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

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og:title: Tonight in LA: Le Switch at the Echo, Harvey Sid Fisher at Pehrspace and Mezzanine Owls at Spaceland

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og:title: Joe Strummer Tribute, Key Club, 12/22

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og:title: In The Hood

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og:title: Morphine Generation Goes Country Club

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og:title: James at Spaceland Friday night

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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: Folking Around

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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...

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og:title: Glen and Marketa at the Oscars

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

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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: RIP: Bingo

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og:title: Giant Joystick Lands in Echo Park

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

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

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og:title: Elizabeth McGrath: Incurable Disorder

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

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og:title: Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

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

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og:title: Anti-gang Founder Marroquin Gets Prison

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og:title: Good Reads List / Good Reads Website

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og:title: Any Given Sunday

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


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og:title: Xmas Xcess

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og:title: Clinton Street Art in NYC

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og:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

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

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og:title: Coachella: Saturday

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og:title: Another Free Download from NIN

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og:title: Naked Ambition at the Art Walk

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og:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

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og:title: Material Girl Returns

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og:title: Starstruck

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og:title: The Little Radio NYE Fallout

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

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og:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

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

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og:title: Lovin' Cups

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og:title: Coachella Day Two: Yo! Majesty and Rilo Kiley

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og:title: Sink or Swim

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og:title: The Old Testament: Fela Kuti

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og:title: Beirut at Avalon, 10/10

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

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

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og:title: Tee-For-All

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

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og:title: The whole shootin' match

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og:title: Rolling on the Coachella Express to Indio

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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...

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og:title: Gas Snaps Four Bucks

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

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

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og:title: Clementine Takes Grilled Cheese Month Very Seriously

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

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og:title: Bike Chicks on Melrose

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

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

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

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

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twitter:title: Happy Skull Hair Clips

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

og:title: The Other Side of Cordon's Market

og:description: It was interesting that while one side of Cordon's Market had some stunning work on it (click here to see it), the opposite side, which wasn't even fenc...

twitter:title: The Other Side of Cordon's Market


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

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


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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: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed

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

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

og:description: Obama wins the Democratic Caucus in Iowa, with 37 percent of the vote, leaving Edwards and Hillary to battle it out for second. On the Republican side, ...

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: “Nikki Finke Is a Badass” ... and Other Judgmental Comments

og:description: It’s the season for journalism awards, and over the past two weeks L.A. Weekly has emerged with a significant number of fresh honors in four diffe...


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og:title: Desanka Pops Her Catwalk Cherry

twitter:title: Desanka Pops Her Catwalk Cherry

og:title: The Police at the Hollywood Bowl 5/27: Once More Gentlemen Please, But This Time With Bad Feeling

og:description: The Police at Hollywood Bowl, May 27, 2008 By Paul Rogers Sting’s ego alone could fill the Hollywood Bowl, but on Tuesday night his band’s p...

og:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

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

article:tag: Business

twitter:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

og:title: 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."


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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: Sink or Swim

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

twitter:title: Sink or Swim


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og:title: SXSW Postmortem...but first a word from our sponsors

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

og:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

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

twitter:title: Mex-Emo News Coverage Explodes

og:title: 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...

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: STYLE WARS TONIGHT!

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

twitter:title: STYLE WARS 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: 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: Coachella Sunday Photos

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

twitter:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

og:title: More Books Than You Can Shake A Dead Indie Bookstore At

og:description: The Book Expo America convention has come and gone. Here are 12 things I saw on the last day, in absolutely no order whatsoever. 1. The Independent Publ...


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: Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

twitter:title: Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

og:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends

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

twitter:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends

og:title: End of the Arroyo

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

twitter:title: End of the Arroyo

og:title: Animal radicals banned from UCLA profs' homes

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


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og:title: Shout Out Louds

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

twitter:title: Shout Out Louds


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

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

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

og:title: 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: 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: “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


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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: Bacon Bras & Other Meat Accessories

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

article:tag: Food and Cooking

twitter:title: Bacon Bras & Other Meat Accessories

og:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

og:description: Five hundred Los Angeles Laker fans swarmed the Hollywood Billiards Sports Bar & Grill on Thursday night to watch Kobe Bryant and the boys take on Kevin...

twitter:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood


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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


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og:title: Banksy Back in LA?

og:description: Bobby S. saw and snapped this on Melrose near the New Beverly on the site of a previous Banksy piece. Check out his bigger picture and write-up here on ...

article:tag: Street Art

twitter:title: Banksy Back in LA?


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og:title: Paint It Black

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

twitter:title: Paint It Black


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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: 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: UNMASKED

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

twitter:title: UNMASKED


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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...

og:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

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

twitter:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

og:title: The Glamorous Life

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

twitter:title: The Glamorous Life

og:title: Folk Yeah! to Big Sur

og:description: I just got back from the Folk Yeah festival up in Big Sur this weekend, having journeyed up the PCH with my man to attend the two-day gathering in the r...

twitter:title: Folk Yeah! to Big Sur

og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

twitter:title: Is Don Henley Dead?


og:title: Peaches and Cream

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

twitter:title: Peaches and Cream

og:title: Scientology is Gay

og:description: Politically incorrect as it may be, I have to say it. I am a full on "fag hag." BTW, I asked my gay boyfriends if it was okay for me to say it or if the...

twitter:title: Scientology is Gay

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: Neil Hamburger, Spaceland, 3/30

og:description: Neil Hamburger Spaceland, March 30 Walking on stage cradling three drinks in his arms, Neil Hamburger makes his first impression on the audience by spil...

twitter:title: Neil Hamburger, Spaceland, 3/30


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

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

article:tag: Celebrity News

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

og:description: 10. Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Sasha Frere-Jones is a joke and Spoon can prove it. I mean, if all I had to judge indie rock on was the Arcade Fire and the Dec...

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

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

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

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

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


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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: Kevan Hall Kicks off Fashion Week

twitter:title: Kevan Hall Kicks off Fashion Week

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

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

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

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

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

og:title: Cinespia Returns to Hollywood Cemetery

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

twitter:title: Cinespia Returns to Hollywood Cemetery


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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: Richard Edson's Beyond the Valley of the Micro-Bops Show

og:description: The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art opens a new show tonight by photographer Richard Edson. Here's the info: It's tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at 107 Wes...

article:tag: toys

og:title: Pity Party People

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

twitter:title: Pity Party People


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

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

og:title: Eagles of Death Metal Play Loudly

og:description: Right now, this very exact second, I am listening to the Eagles of Death Metal playing "I Only Want You" as they perform live on top of the ...

twitter:title: Eagles of Death Metal Play Loudly

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


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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: Vampire Weekend, Amoeba, 2/4

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

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


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

og:description: 50. Redman-Red Gone Wild Other than M.O.P., Redman is the only East Coast rapper able to conceptually re-make the same album since 1992 and get away wit...

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


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og:title: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

og:description: FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. Viper Room There was a lively and fashionable crowd at the Viper Room Friday night for MSO PR's soiree celebrating the launch of their...

twitter:title: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

og:title: A Style Councilette is Born!

twitter:title: A Style Councilette is Born!

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.


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

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

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

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

og:title: Back in Black

twitter:title: Back in Black

og:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends

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

twitter:title: LA Weekly Pulitzer Streak Ends


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og:title: Local Theater Leader Suffers Major Heart Attack

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

og:title: Sometimes It Sucks To Be A Woman

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

article:tag: Botox

twitter:title: Sometimes It Sucks To Be A Woman


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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...

article:tag: Entertainment

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

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

og:description: You may not know who Jay Electronica is yet, but I'm willing to bet that you would had he chosen a better name. Jay Electronica does not sound like the ...

og:title: The Goddess Provides

twitter:title: The Goddess Provides

og:title: Muggs-ing for the Camera

twitter:title: Muggs-ing for the Camera


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: Lady Madonna, Festival at Your Feet

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

twitter:title: Lady Madonna, Festival at Your Feet

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: Ink N Iron Festival

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

article:tag: Mike Stinson

twitter:title: Ink N Iron Festival


og:title: 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

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

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

article:tag: Electronic Music

og:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi

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

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi

og:title: Street art in Tokyo

og:description: By Shelley Leopold Not much street art found on a recent trip to Japan, but what was there was conveniently located in a compact area. EVIL deconstructs...

twitter:title: Street art in Tokyo

og:title: Folking Around

og:description: Flight of the Conchords Amoeba Records in-store, April 24 Clement (left) and McKenzie There’s a lot of l’amour in this room tonight. The rac...

twitter:title: Folking Around


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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

og:title: XOXOXO

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

twitter:title: XOXOXO

og:title: Coachella: Sunday

og:description: Coachella: Day Three 10:00 a.m. I can barely wake-up, I'm in complete denial that there's another full day to go. The press band and the ID bracelet tha...

twitter:title: Coachella: Sunday

og:title: Portishead at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Scotland 4.12.08

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

article:tag: Edinburgh


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: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Orpheum Theatre, 11/09

og:description: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals November 9, 2007 Orpheum Theatre By Ryan Colditz On a night when everything was still all too complicated and lack...

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


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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...


src: PK

dest: CD

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

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

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


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

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

article:tag: James Rockwell

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: 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: Coachella Sunday Photos

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

article:tag: Coachella

twitter:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

og:title: Ernie Krivda at Catalina Tonight

og:description: By Brick Wahl Ya gotta love my buddy Dean, he's a nut. And inspired, brilliant, funny, knows everything and everybody Sicilian motormouth of a musician ...

twitter:title: Ernie Krivda at Catalina Tonight


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

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

article:tag: Clothing and Accessories

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

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

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!


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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

og:title: Wale Realizes the Full Potential of the Mixtape

og:description: Last November, Zeus wrote a post dissecting the differences between albums and mixtapes for the benefit of crits and fans who had been mistakenly confla...


src: TR

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...

twitter:title: 15 More Minutes

og:title: Takin' it Higher

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

twitter:title: Takin' it Higher


dest: BD

og:title: Don't Stop Believin'

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

twitter:title: Don't Stop Believin'


dest: JO

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

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

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

og:title: The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back

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

article:tag: The Viper Room

twitter:title: The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back

og:title: End of the Arroyo

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

twitter:title: End of the Arroyo

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

og:description: You may not know who Jay Electronica is yet, but I'm willing to bet that you would had he chosen a better name. Jay Electronica does not sound like the ...


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og:title: Got Balls?

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

twitter:title: Got Balls?

og:title: STYLE WARS TONIGHT!

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

twitter:title: STYLE WARS TONIGHT!

og:title: Saturday Eve of Destruction

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

twitter:title: Saturday Eve of Destruction


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og:title: Van Halen, Staples Center, November 20

og:description: Van Halen Staples Center, November 20 By Randall Roberts Jack and Coke? Check. Bic lighter? You know it. Rocker passed out on sidewalk, girlfriend exasp...

twitter:title: Van Halen, Staples Center, November 20

og:title: His Cortship

twitter:title: His Cortship


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og:title: Guantanamo Detainee Mysteriously Contracts AIDS

og:description: Fresh air for prisoners at Guantanamo Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi, a Libyan meteorologist currently designated an "enemy combatant" and imprisoned by the U....

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: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

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

twitter:title: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

og:title: 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: Dave Navarro Wants The Style Council Naked

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


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og:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

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

twitter:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers


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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: 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'...

article:tag: Business


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

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

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

og:title: Tonight in LA: Le Switch at the Echo, Harvey Sid Fisher at Pehrspace and Mezzanine Owls at Spaceland

og:description: Big ass night for Los Angeles music. If you're in from out of town, you picked a good frickin' Monday to be here. Fortify with a big dinner cuz there's ...

article:tag: Harvey Sid Fisher

og:title: Grammy Nominations

og:description: If you are the kind of person that actually pays attention to this kind of thing, then here's a full list of this year's Grammy nominees . Yes, Amy Wine...

twitter:title: Grammy Nominations


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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

og:title: Hipster Olympics

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

article:tag: Sports

twitter:title: Hipster Olympics

og:title: Burning Man Burns Early

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

article:tag: Judith Lewis

twitter:title: Burning Man Burns Early

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

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

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


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og:title: The Weekend in Music: Quiet Storm Action with Keith Sweat, Abe Vigoda, Punky Reggae and The Parson Redheads

og:description: If you're looking for some nookie this weekend, as in: your special one has been hesitatin', and you've been motivatin' but there is no reciprocatin', w...

og:title: Brian Setzer Christmas, Gibson, 12/22

og:description: All photos by Timothy Norris. More after the jump...

article:tag: Timothy Norris

twitter:title: Brian Setzer Christmas, Gibson, 12/22

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.

twitter:title: The Year of the Dog


og:title: Not worn out (yet)

twitter:title: Not worn out (yet)

og:title: Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

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

twitter:title: Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

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

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

og:title: 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: Here's Mud in My Eye

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

twitter:title: Here's Mud in My Eye


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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...


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

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

article:tag: Nashville

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

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: 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: Jumpin Jack Flashed

og:description: The "ugly beautiful" model trend goes in a groovy new direction with these new Louis Vuitton ads starring Keith Richards. Of course, our man Keef is alr...

article:tag: Martin Scorsese

twitter:title: Jumpin Jack Flashed

og:title: Cat Scratch Fever

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

twitter:title: Cat Scratch Fever


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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?...

article:tag: Dov Charney

twitter:title: American Apparel Branches Out

og:title: Raiders of the Lost Art

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

twitter:title: Raiders of the Lost Art

og:title: FASHION NIRVANA?

og:description: LA Fashion week is in full swing, and though it's too early to make judgments about the season as a whole, some definite trends are already emerging. He...

twitter:title: FASHION NIRVANA?

og:title: Pink Kink

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

twitter:title: Pink Kink


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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...

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

og:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

og:description: PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theatre, October 15 By Randall Roberts Polly Harvey waltzed onto stage last night looking like Emily Dickinson after a rough wr...

article:tag: Polly Harvey

twitter:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre


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dest: PK

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

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

article:tag: Fashion and Style

twitter:title: Every Week is Fashion Week...

og:title: Shows and Tickets Coming Up

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

twitter:title: Shows and Tickets Coming Up


og:title: STYLE WARS TONIGHT!

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

twitter:title: STYLE WARS TONIGHT!

og:title: Tastes Like Gold!

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

article:tag: Painting

twitter:title: Tastes Like Gold!

og:title: LACMA Raided! Updated With Search Warrants

og:description: County Museum board members busted in illegal art sting The L.A. County Museum of Art got some unexpected visitors this morning, when federal agents arr...

og:title: Doll Parts

twitter:title: Doll Parts


og:title: Whitley Kros, Beck and Juliette Lewis

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

twitter:title: Whitley Kros, Beck and Juliette Lewis


og:title: Feist and Spoon, Gibson Amphitheatre, 11/12

og:description: Feist, with Spoon At the Gibson Amphitheatre, November 12 By Sophia Kercher A few years back among hundreds of urbanite Canucks, I stumbled upon Leslie ...

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

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


og:title: Not worn out (yet)

twitter:title: Not worn out (yet)

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: No Age Plays in the River

og:description: ...and then the cops came. Jay Babcock of Arthur Magazine, the recently re-launched counter-cultural journal, sent out a hush-hush e-mail Saturday, Nov....

article:tag: No Age (Band)

twitter:title: No Age Plays in the River


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

og:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

twitter:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

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: 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)


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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

og:title: Jessie Evans with Toby Dammit at Bordello, 1/31/08

og:description: “Are we ready?” was the question Jessie Evans put to her drummer Toby Dammit right before she dropped her heavy, black winter coat to the Bo...


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

og:description: Obama wins the Democratic Caucus in Iowa, with 37 percent of the vote, leaving Edwards and Hillary to battle it out for second. On the Republican side, ...

og:title: Calendar Girls

og:description: 2008 is around the corner and you need a new calendar doncha? Forget about The Girls Next Door and check out this foxy bunch, all whom happen to be awes...

twitter:title: Calendar Girls


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...


og:title: Barry Bold

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

twitter:title: Barry Bold

og:title: Portishead mow us down

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

twitter:title: Portishead mow us down

og:title: Kelly to Play LA!

twitter:title: Kelly to Play LA!


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og:title: Location of Most Awesome New Bar in LA Revealed

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

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

og:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

og:description: These pictures are from late '07, and never got posted. The plan was to go back at another time, and get over the fences to get more pictures. Unfortuna...

twitter:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone


og:title: The Glamorous Life

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

twitter:title: The Glamorous Life

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


src: US

dest: IQ

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: Old Crow Medicine Show, Avalon, 8/8

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

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

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

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

og:title: Revok Saber and others on Virgil

og:description: Pictures of these two pieces have been sitting on my computer for a while now. I took them when I started noticing more and more gang tags appearing on ...

twitter:title: Revok Saber and others on Virgil


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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)


dest: BF

og:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

og:description: The only thing that really stands out about the debate in Hollywood between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is that the softball questions and heavy fo...

twitter:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far


src: IQ

dest: ET

og:title: The Fug Girls on Rock & Republic in New York: "72 separate, skanky looks!"

og:title: Steve Aoki Has a Blog

twitter:title: Steve Aoki Has a Blog


src: CD

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: Oh, Ya-Ya

twitter:title: Oh, Ya-Ya

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

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

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

og:title: Seventh Letter "Letters First" Show

og:description: Above painting by RETNA. All images copyright of the respective artists. From a show earlier this month in Barcelona, "Letters First," check out the sli...

twitter:title: Seventh Letter "Letters First" Show

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

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


dest: AZ


src: CA

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: 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: Architecture in Helsinki, Troubadour, 11/6

og:description: Architecture in Helsinki November 6, 2007 Troubadour By Jonah Flicker Architecture in Helsinki is an ever-changing animal. Every show I’ve seen th...

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

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


dest: ER

og:title: Lou Reed is a complete maniac and he will probably kick your ass in hand-to-hand combat...

og:description: Tai Chi Lou Reed & other Lou Reed combat madness. 'Nuf said.

og:title: The Glamorous Life

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

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: 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: Before the Hyenas

og:description: The wall full of Hyenas wearing oil company bling was previously a Seventh Letter wall covered in a lot of complex, almost dizzying, writing. These pict...

twitter:title: Before the Hyenas


dest: NP

og:title: Best Bar In LA - And I'm Not Telling You Where It Is

og:description: I had a real-life Cheers moment last Friday night when some friends and I happened upon a  cool, unpretentious and non-douchey new bar in LA. Crazy...

article:tag: Turbonegro

og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 1

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 1


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dest: AR


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og:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

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

twitter:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

og:title: 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: 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...

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: Hellbilly Poetry

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


src: KE

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: UG

og:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced

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

twitter:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced


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dest: IN

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...

article:tag: Clothing

twitter:title: BOXeight: Louis Verdad

og:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

og:description: PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theatre, October 15 By Randall Roberts Polly Harvey waltzed onto stage last night looking like Emily Dickinson after a rough wr...

twitter:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

og:title: Retna, Revok and Frida Kahlo

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

twitter:title: Retna, Revok and Frida Kahlo

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


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dest: CN

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

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

article:tag: Social Issues

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

og:title: New Free Gobbledigook (and Naked People) from Sigur Ros

og:description: We're getting spoiled with all of these free albums, right? Just one song for free? Oh well - for a Wednesday morning it will have to do. Click on over ...

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


src: DE

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

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

og:title: Musicians Get In Free At Safari Sams

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

twitter:title: Musicians Get In Free At Safari Sams

og:title: So Domestic It's Scary

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

twitter:title: So Domestic It's Scary

og:title: Joe Joe's World

twitter:title: Joe Joe's World

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...


dest: RU

og:title: HIllary Clinton, Working Class Heroine

og:description: By Marc Cooper It was far too beautiful a day in Southern California to have spent much time following the West Virginia primary. Taking a late afternoo...

twitter:title: HIllary Clinton, Working Class Heroine

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

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

article:tag: Gloria Molina


og:title: Chris Anderson + Wired explain the business of free.

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

article:tag: Magazines

og:title: Arroyo Art Project Whitewash Hits AP

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

twitter:title: Arroyo Art Project Whitewash Hits AP

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


src: TZ

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

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: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

og:description: FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. Viper Room There was a lively and fashionable crowd at the Viper Room Friday night for MSO PR's soiree celebrating the launch of their...

twitter:title: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

og:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

twitter:title: We Get A Round. Ers.


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

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

og:title: Bitter Sweet

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

twitter:title: Bitter Sweet


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

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

article:tag: Hollywood Bowl

og:title: 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: Paris Cuffed

twitter:title: Paris Cuffed


og:title: Live in L.A.: Peter Bjorn & John

og:description: To kick off their North American tour, Swedish indie-poppers Peter Bjorn and John started at The Henry Fonda. And, to start the night off right, they in...

twitter:title: Live in L.A.: Peter Bjorn & John

og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

twitter:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

og:title: Chuck Phillips should not resign from being a reporter, but it would be fantastic if the LA Times resigned from being a newspaper

og:description: The funniest thing about this scandal is that Philips is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise blighted, stupid, and irrelevant publication.

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?


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og:title: Where's The Good Dance Music in LA?

og:description: Can someone please tell me where the good music is to be found in this city? Last night I went to Dance Right at La Cita downtown which was bursting at ...

twitter:title: Where's The Good Dance Music in LA?

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

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

og:title: I’m Only Five Foot Two

og:description: Tonight, a trifecta of punk with the Saints, Buzzcocks and Stooges. But first, another panel (I think I am the only one interested in these things). Chu...

twitter:title: I’m Only Five Foot Two


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

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

og:title: Gulity Pleasures at Ghettogloss

og:description: Ryan Graeff, Sharktoof and Pingping at Ghettogloss This is what's going on in Los Angeles right now: You drive to an art gallery having a show. On the w...

twitter:title: Gulity Pleasures at Ghettogloss

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: 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...

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

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


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og:title: Death Cab for Cutie to play secret show at Spaceland at 5 p.m. today

og:description: It's a KROQ show, so there's no chance of getting in at this point. But you never know. I'm on my way over there now, though with LA Weekly's recent mov...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

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: Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender

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

article:tag: Tucson

twitter:title: Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender


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

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

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

og:title: Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW

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

twitter:title: Another guide to LA Bands at SXSW

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 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


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

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

og:title: Prince William's killer two-step

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

twitter:title: Prince William's killer two-step


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og:title: Pity Party People

twitter:title: Pity Party People

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...

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

og:title: The Atkins Advantage

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

twitter:title: The Atkins Advantage


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og:title: Euro Flava

twitter:title: Euro Flava

og:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

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

twitter:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

og:title: A Little Pee(ve)

twitter:title: A Little Pee(ve)

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: Bishop Lamont-The Next Great West Coast Hope?

og:description: I...listened to all that Death Row stuff....and Lords Of The Underground, Busta Rhymes, Redman and Keith Murray, where your takes had to be so clean and...


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og:title: The Lipstick and The Damage Done

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

twitter:title: The Lipstick and The Damage Done

og:title: Jerry Hopkins on Fred Neil

og:description: Thanks to the suggestion of my friend Nacho Genzon, I have been listening quite a bit lately to Fred Neil, the American singer-songwriter of the 60's & ...

twitter:title: Jerry Hopkins on Fred Neil

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: 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: Coachella, ah the memories

twitter:title: Coachella, ah the memories

og:title: Billion Dollar Belle

twitter:title: Billion Dollar Belle

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...

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

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


og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 5 (#5-1)

og:description: Even if you are a jewel thief, it is never wise to mess with a man whose name is Sgt. Larvell Jones. 5. Jay-Z ft. Nas-"Success" These two. Thing is, thi...

og:title: Lisa D'Amato Likes Balls, Jason Bentley "Not Sure" About Elephants

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

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

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: Deadly Syndrome at Detour

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

twitter:title: Deadly Syndrome at Detour

og:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

twitter:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

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

og:description: Pasted on a box coming off the 101 offramp into Echo Park is this bi-lingual manifesto. There's something very honest in the frustration voiced here: An...

og:title: SMASHBOX final days

og:description: Check out next week's LA Weekly for continued Smashbox coverage: including, Evidence of Evolution, JEREMY SCOTT and PETRO ZILLIA! www.laweekly.com...

article:tag: Jeremy Scott

twitter:title: SMASHBOX final days


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og:title: UNMASKED

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

twitter:title: UNMASKED

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

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

og:title: Signing On: Massive WGA Strike at Fox Plaza

og:description: Yesterday, one of NBC’s head writers marching on the picket gripped his high-tech cell phone and waved it in frustration. “Someone at NBC sc...


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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...


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og:title: It Ain't Like That Anymore

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

twitter:title: It Ain't Like That Anymore

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: Beirut at Avalon, 10/10

og:description: Beirut Avalon, Oct 10, 2007 Words and photos by Rena Kosnett Zach Condon has the voice of a champion. Hearing Condon, the 21 year-old high school drop-o...

article:tag: Rena Kosnett

twitter:title: Beirut at Avalon, 10/10


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