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og:title: CBS Yard Behind Melrose

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

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

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

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

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

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og:title: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

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og:title: Björk's brass band, Amy's do-do, Rufus' caftan: Coachella, Day One

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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: Guser Gets a Year

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og:title: Paul McCartney Played Lots Of Beatle Songs

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og:title: Jon Spencer, Jail Weddings at the Echo, 11/10

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og:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

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

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og:title: Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow & Aesop Rock-"Dirt"

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og:title: Heads or Tails

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og:title: The Little Radio NYE Fallout

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og:title: Rail Yards Downtown

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

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

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og:title: Sink or Swim

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og:title: Who Shot Tupac At The Quad: The LA Times teaser press release

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og:title: Insane in the Brain

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og:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

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og:title: Peter Pan to Finally Fuck Wendy in New Larry Clark Movie?

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

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

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

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

og:title: Ima Robot and the Myth of the MC Hammer Pants

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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...

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

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og:title: Skullphone may have bought time?

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og:title: Beirut at Avalon, 10/10

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og:title: Louis Verdad: Modness of Love

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og:title: Day One in Photos

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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 ...

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og:title: Jon Spencer, Jail Weddings at the Echo, 11/10

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

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

article:tag: Games

og:title: The Hills Were Alive

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

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

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og:title: Along the 101 - Naut and Auger

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og:title: Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

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

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

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

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

og:title: My City May Be Gone, But...

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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: Arthur Mag Dead

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og:title: Elf-ing cute!

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

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

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

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

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og:title: Banksy in Bethlehem

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og:title: Last Night: DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist

og:description: DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist Hollywood Bowl, June 25 By Carlie Armstrong What began as an interestingly ethnic, slightly gimmicky evening at the Hollywood Bow...

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og:title: Maude!

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og:title: Fashion Week

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og:title: Sam Slovick's Skid Row Documentary

og:description: Between December 2005 and March 2006, Sam Slovick did a stunning series of cover stories for the LA Weekly that took readers deep inside the everyday tr...

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og:title: Amazon's MP3 Bargains

og:description: Amazon.com launched their new MP3 store today to go head to head with Apple's iTunes store. In a nice bit of irony the #1 selling song on Amazon was "12...

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og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

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og:title: Best Books of 2007

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og:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja

twitter:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja

og:title: Kyoto Decadence

og:description: When it opens this weekend, Rob Marshall's adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha will already be trailing a long stream of scandal: the Japanese community i...

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


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og:title: The Brothers Factor

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


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og:title: Down The Rabbit Hole at Petro Zillia

og:description: I skipped out on the St. John show Thursday night, leaving Caroline to man the post, and followed Lina and Steffie (fellow council members) down the str...

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og:title: TV Eye Yi Yi

og:description: Ah summer TV. It's really shititlicious fun aint it? Painting the town is what I do, but that doesn't mean I don't love my tube time. My DVR always gets...

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

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

article:section: Restaurants

og:title: For Joe Donnelly

twitter:title: For Joe Donnelly

og:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

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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: 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: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus

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og:title: Would You Wood?

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og:title: Xmas Xcess

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og:title: Arcade Fire buddies at the Bowl

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og:title: Where's the Guacamole?

og:description: The first annual Guacamole Festival, though light on the green stuff, was a good-spirited and relatively well-attended community fundraising event to be...

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twitter:title: Where's the Guacamole?

og:title: Before the Hyenas

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og:title: The Greatest TV Love Story of My Time

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og:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

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

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og:title: Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

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

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

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og:title: Bike Chicks on Melrose

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

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

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og:title: Romance Not Dead At Chulo Pony

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og:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat

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og:title: Milking It

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og:title: Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

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og:title: The Problem With Oscar

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og:title: Crystal Castles: Not Total Hipster Bullshit

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

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og:title: Brain Candy and the Karma of Art

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og:title: REVOK and AUGER in Hollywood

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og:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

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og:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

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og:title: Braving 'New Worlds' at the Jumex Collection

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og:title: These Clowns Are With Me

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og:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

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

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


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og:title: Grammy Lemons

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og:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

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og:title: Shary Boyle tonight at Hammer: Visual collaborator with Will Oldham and Swan Lake

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

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

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

og:title: 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.

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og:title: Blogolicious

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og:title: Style Council Modfather Gets His Props

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og:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

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og:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

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og:title: The streets are screaming at you

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og:title: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus

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og:title: LA Brew Co Is For Sale After Most Expensive Failed Bar Rescue In History

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

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

og:title: 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: Single Show, No Single Theme

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og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

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og:title: Land of the Lost

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og:title: Getting to the Gala...

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

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og:title: Crazy Antiks

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

article:tag: Celebrity News

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

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

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


og:title: Grammy Stylin'

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

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

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og:title: 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: What I'll Miss About Hollywood

og:description: And so begins LA Weekly's last day in Hollywood. Sunny, 72 degrees... 12 minute commute. As of Monday LA Weekly will be run out of offices nestled into ...

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og:title: Headless Chicken and TLG

og:description: These were seen recently in the area of Melrose and LaBrea near Gallery1988, PInk's and Babeland. "Death to the Normals" and then a headless chicken. We...

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Headless Chicken and TLG

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

og:description: One of the pleasant little surprises of this year's festival is the arrival of Jamaican born, British-bred poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. He made his mark b...


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

og:description: Markie appears to have had a Homer Simpsonian sense of delusion. Had he looked at himself in the mirror? The guy was 30 lbs. overweight, rapped like Cor...

article:tag: Biz Markie

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

og:description: Reminder from NYC: It kind of sucks here now. Our favorite placard from the protesters: "One small loss of a music space, one giant leap for pants."

og:title: New Daedelus Video for "Make It So" is One of the Best Things You'll Watch Today

og:description: Sometimes something arrives that, while small on the surface -- "What, another YouTube clip to watch?" -- manages to overjoy your heart and eyes with it...

article:tag: World History

og:title: Dan Monick - Very Good Photographer, Looks Pretty in Wigs

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: 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: 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: Echo Park Chickens - 2 & 3

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

twitter:title: Echo Park Chickens - 2 & 3


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: 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: Radiohead not playing L.A. until late summer at the earliest

og:description: The bad news: we're gonna have to wait until the fall. The good news: we've got frequent flier miles. RADIOHEAD CONFIRMS MAY 2008 U.S. DATES & VENUES RA...


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

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

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


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og:title: Morphine Generation Goes Country Club

twitter:title: Morphine Generation Goes Country Club

og:title: Universal Fire Triggered by Worker's Blowtorch

og:description: Los Angeles County Fire investigators found that three employees repairing a roof on one of the studio’s back lots caused the Universal Studios fi...

og:title: Manu Chao Sits Down with Falling James

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

twitter:title: Manu Chao Sits Down with Falling James

og:title: 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

og:title: Evenings Become Eclectic

og:description: I love those nights that don't feel planned or forced in any way, but just become brilliantly memorable, seemingly of their own accord. That's kinda wha...

article:tag: Caroline Ryder

twitter:title: Evenings Become Eclectic


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: Thinking Bluer

twitter:title: Thinking Bluer


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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: 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, ...

twitter:title: Rime Show at Ghettogloss

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...

og:title: Lollapalooza Photos

og:description: Roving photographer Timothy Norris was in Chicago for Lollapalooza - the non-traveling festival now firmly anchored in the Midwest.

twitter:title: Lollapalooza Photos

og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

twitter:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's


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

og:description: In honor of Nate Dogg (who's currently recuperating in a rest home after somehow having a stroke at 38)) and because I really just want to watch old G-F...


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

og:description: Reminder from NYC: It kind of sucks here now. Our favorite placard from the protesters: "One small loss of a music space, one giant leap for pants."

og:title: Children of a Richer God

og:description: It was a night of music, fashion, charity and...children of celebrities. Express launched their new Spring line during a runway show at Smashbox studios...

twitter:title: Children of a Richer God


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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: South, The Echo, 5/15

og:description: South, The Echo, May 15, 2008 Photos by Timothy Norris Once upon a time, near the dawn of this decade, James Lavelle's Mo'Wax label ruled the record sto...

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

og:title: 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


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og:title: Lots of Yucks Tomorrow Night at the Echo: Eugene Mirman, Marc Moran and Andy Kindler

og:description: We usually leave the comedy tips to the obsessive freaks who follow the scene, but we've been kind of focused on Eugene Mirman for the past, uh, forever...

article:tag: Marc Moran

og:title: Clinton Street Art in NYC

og:description: After posting a couple of different Obama art pieces (Iron Man, Obey and Kofie'One), I said that I would happily post photos of pro-Clinton art if only ...

twitter:title: Clinton Street Art in NYC


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

og:description: 1. Who made the decision to have an Asian Bjork clone perform a feather dance for one of the video's main plot threads? Okay fine, we all know the answe...

og:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

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

twitter:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey


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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: Weed Patch

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

twitter:title: Weed Patch

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

article:tag: Fashion and Style

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

og:title: Mermaids at Deborah Lindquist

twitter:title: Mermaids at Deborah Lindquist


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og:title: My Little China Hurl

twitter:title: My Little China Hurl

og:title: Where Bling Never Dies

twitter:title: Where Bling Never Dies

og:title: Sexy Mamas

twitter:title: Sexy Mamas

og:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

twitter:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

og:title: Euro Flava

twitter:title: Euro Flava


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

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

og:description: Joe Strummer Tribute, Key Club, December 22 Words and photos by Aimee Candaleria Three Bad Jacks pay tribute to Strummer. This evening a packed house ca...

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

og:title: Along the 101 - Naut and Auger

og:description: Too many gallery posts, not enough grimy street art. Sorry. I've been trying to figure out how to get photos of pieces I see along our freeways, particu...

twitter:title: Along the 101 - Naut and Auger

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: Asylm, Ruets, PDB on Santa Monica

og:description: Not a new piece, but a well-hidden gem a little south of Santa Monica Blvd. in an alley off of Heliotrope or Edgemont. I've been sitting on this for a w...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Asylm, Ruets, PDB on Santa Monica

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


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

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

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


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og:title: 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...

og:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

og:description: I drove by the Ambassador last night inadvertently, trying to find some way to shave a couple of minutes off of my commute. The last bit of the hotel's ...

twitter:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

og:title: Caetano Veloso, Pasadena Civic, 11/14

og:description: Caetano Veloso Pasadena Civic Auditorium, November 14 By John Payne At age 65, sweet-voiced singer-composer Caetano Veloso represents perhaps the ultima...

twitter:title: Caetano Veloso, Pasadena Civic, 11/14


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og:title: Where's the Guacamole?

og:description: The first annual Guacamole Festival, though light on the green stuff, was a good-spirited and relatively well-attended community fundraising event to be...

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

twitter:title: Where's the Guacamole?

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

og:description: The film that ended the Cold War. 9. Hi-Tek Ft. Talib Kweli & Dion-"Time" "People get caught up in a time and what that song represents to them at the t...

og:title: Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls

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

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

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

og:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

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

twitter:title: Tryptophan-tastic!


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

og:title: Where Bling Never Dies

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

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

article:tag: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety

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...

twitter:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi

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

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


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og:title: Madonna Finds Xanadu

og:description: Talk about hot wheels: look who channels ONJ in the new video for her song "Sorry." I guess that makes it official - roller disco is back, baby! Not tha...

article:tag: Crime and Law

twitter:title: Madonna Finds Xanadu

og:title: GOLDEN GIRLS

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

twitter:title: GOLDEN GIRLS

og:title: Shary Boyle tonight at Hammer: Visual collaborator with Will Oldham and Swan Lake

og:description: Shary Boyle at the Hammer Museum By Casey Henry No one has better appropriated the image of the chain-smoking single mother than Shary Boyle. Her expans...

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: 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...


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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: 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...

article:tag: Christianity

og:title: Murals of Estrada Courts

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

article:tag: Painting

twitter:title: Murals of Estrada Courts

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

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

og:title: About

twitter:title: About


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

og:description: How long has it been since Mick Jones played L.A.? He said on stage he hadn't been here in 12 years, which would put us back into Big Audio Dynamite ter...

og:title: Children of a Richer God

og:description: It was a night of music, fashion, charity and...children of celebrities. Express launched their new Spring line during a runway show at Smashbox studios...

twitter:title: Children of a Richer God


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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: Trent Reznor's Awesome Package

og:description: Love or hate the music, I'll argue with you for hours (if we've got beer), that the physical album cover of Radiohead's In Rainbows sucks. And love or h...

twitter:title: Trent Reznor's Awesome Package

og:title: Cave Singers at the Echo 12/4

og:description: Cave Singers Echo, Dec. 4 To call a spade a spade: I’ve been listening to the Cave Singers album Invitation Songs an appreciable amount over the l...

twitter:title: Cave Singers at the Echo 12/4


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

og:description: Markie appears to have had a Homer Simpsonian sense of delusion. Had he looked at himself in the mirror? The guy was 30 lbs. overweight, rapped like Cor...

article:tag: Biz Markie

og:title: Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium

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

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

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


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og:title: More Seventh Letter Time Elapse Videos

og:description: Seventh Letter time elapse film for May: RIME, SEVER, and RUETS REYES Art Show...

twitter:title: More Seventh Letter Time Elapse Videos

og:title: Where Bling Never Dies

twitter:title: Where Bling Never Dies

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: Germs, Adolescents, Key Club, 12/28

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

article:tag: The Adolescents

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

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...

og:title: Rockin' in the Tree World

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

article:tag: Holidays

twitter:title: Rockin' in the Tree World

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

og:description: Lost somewhere in the shuffle of the 43,214 stories on the potential impact of Obama's ex-pastor's crack-pot comments*, was the news that Albert Hoffman...


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og:title: 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...


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og:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

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

twitter:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?


og:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

twitter:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

og:title: Want A Front Row Seat At The Oscars?

twitter:title: Want A Front Row Seat At The Oscars?


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

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

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

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

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

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

og:description: If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigu...

article:tag: The Addams Family


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

og:description: Reminder from NYC: It kind of sucks here now. Our favorite placard from the protesters: "One small loss of a music space, one giant leap for pants."

og:title: 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...

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

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

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

og:title: Universal Fire Triggered by Worker's Blowtorch

og:description: Los Angeles County Fire investigators found that three employees repairing a roof on one of the studio’s back lots caused the Universal Studios fi...

og:title: The Kidz In the Hall Demonstrate the Power of A Good Rolodex

og:description: When ex-Just Blaze proteges, Kidz in the Hall released their debut album, School Was My Hustle on the newly revived Rawkus Records, I didn't listen to i...

article:tag: Brown University


dest: TW

og:title: I Am...Doll Parts

og:description: So, I was bored one evening (tonight, as it happens) and as we do in the digital age I decided to google my name and find out what other Steffies exist ...

twitter:title: I Am...Doll Parts

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

og:description: How long has it been since Mick Jones played L.A.? He said on stage he hadn't been here in 12 years, which would put us back into Big Audio Dynamite ter...

og:title: Alive at the D!ve

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

twitter:title: Alive at the D!ve

og:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

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

twitter:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

og:title: Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer

og:description: Margaret B. Plagiarizin'? A little over two years ago, in the midst of the Oprah/James Frey fiasco, I wrote an expose called Navahoax that outed award-w...

twitter:title: Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer


og:title: Love it or Leave it

twitter:title: Love it or Leave it

og:title: Babe in Black

og:description: So I've been thinkin' a lot about babies. Yes, I've been grappling with the pressure and possibility of taming my wild life to make room for a family so...

twitter:title: Babe in Black

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...

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: It's not the technology stupid!: Romantic & pragmatic thoughts on what consumers want from recorded music

og:description: CDs are kind of fucked, but so are radical new models of music consumption. The key to selling music is still not about convenience, price, or practical...


dest: UZ

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: Ghostland Observatory, Henry Fonda, 11/30

og:description: Ghostland Observatory Henry Fonda, Nov. 30 The moment the curtains opened, lasers blasted over the crowd's heads to the back walls while smoke machines ...

og:title: Beyond Thunderdome

og:description: Yanuk featured models in denim corsets, skinny jeans, and wild frayed coats. And remember the tuck and roll of the 80s? You know where you folded your j...

twitter:title: Beyond Thunderdome

og:title: Amy Winehouse's Cocktail Recipe

twitter:title: Amy Winehouse's Cocktail Recipe


dest: JP

og:title: Old Crow Medicine Show - A Disssenting Opinion

og:description: Old Crow Medicine Show Avalon, August 8 By Ryan Colditz Having grown up in the boonies of Northern California, far from the smog and street lights, "Cou...

og:title: Batteries Not Included

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

twitter:title: Batteries Not Included

og:title: Gen Art Gets Glam

article:tag: Suzy Yun

twitter:title: Gen Art Gets Glam

og:title: Day One in Photos

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

twitter:title: Day One in Photos

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...

twitter:title: Tastes Like Gold!


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dest: PK

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: 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: Oscars Overall

twitter:title: Oscars Overall

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: “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


dest: VN

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: Mistakes Were Made

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

twitter:title: Mistakes Were Made


og:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

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

twitter:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

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

og:description: In honor of poor Teddy Riley. Nothing says "epic video" more than a hourglass filled with shifted sands. Nothing. I'm fairly certain that "Remember the ...

article:tag: Michael Jackson

og:title: Make Hip-Hop Not War

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: Make Hip-Hop Not War

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: The Other 70s Show

twitter:title: The Other 70s Show


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dest: NE

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: Tokyo Hardcore Starring Davey Havok and Jeffree Star

og:description: No, it's not the name of some Japanese bukkake film, Tokyo Hardcore, is a series of clips presented by Tarina Tarantino to launch her latest collection....

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: Cordon's Market - Sunset near Normanide

og:description: Across from the closed down Cordon's Market they are playing backgammon in front of a coffee shop. With very tiny dice. More after the jump...

article:tag: Games

twitter:title: Cordon's Market - Sunset near Normanide

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...


dest: PH


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dest: ID

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: 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: Fashion Week

twitter:title: Fashion Week


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

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

og:title: Single Show, No Single Theme

twitter:title: Single Show, No Single Theme


src: FR

og:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

og:description: I drove by the Ambassador last night inadvertently, trying to find some way to shave a couple of minutes off of my commute. The last bit of the hotel's ...

twitter:title: The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK


src: MM

og:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery

og:description: The first showing of 2008 for the Carmichael Gallery featured over thirty street and outsider artists from Brazil. Shelley Leopold was at the opening Ja...

article:tag: Sports

twitter:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery

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

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

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

og:title: 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: Von Bondies, Safari Sam's, 5/23

og:description: Bondies Battle On It’s been nearly 4 years since The Von Bondies breakthrough Pawn Shoppe Heart helped them pierce the indie-rock bubble of obscur...

twitter:title: Von Bondies, Safari Sam's, 5/23

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: Why I Wore Flip-flops to the Grammys

og:description: Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 7...

twitter:title: Why I Wore Flip-flops to the Grammys


src: ID

og:title: No Data Found

og:description: I'm digging these multi-layered pasted posters around Hollywood and Silver Lake of video cameras, radios, and other techno-objects. They tend to be plac...

twitter:title: No Data Found

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

og:description: The fate of the Pellicano Gang of Five rests with the jury, now that closing arguments have concluded. Attorney Mona Soo Hoo began the morning by announ...

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

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


src: MG

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: The Best Free L.A. Art Parties This Week

og:description: This week’s edition of our art-party picks is all about music and photography. We’ve got two free nights of sonic artistry combined with art-centric sou...


src: IN

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

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

article:tag: Justin Poree

og:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

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

twitter:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

og:title: Melrose Tour

og:description: Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographe...

article:tag: Tourism

twitter:title: Melrose Tour

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

og:description: Editors Jimmy Kimmel Live! July 25, 2007 By Timothy Norris OK, so we’ve all heard about it and Jimmy’s Green Room really is the best. I was ...

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


src: CN

og:title: Fierce!

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

twitter:title: Fierce!

og:title: School of Rock

og:description: The LA Weekly's "Class of 05" music issue is out now (check out my local class favorites piece here) and the yearbook-themed edition sure took me back t...

twitter:title: School of Rock

og:title: Catalina Dreaming

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

twitter:title: Catalina Dreaming

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: 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


dest: BD

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: 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: Eureka! (I have found it.)

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

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

og:title: 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...


src: PK

dest: MZ

og:title: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

og:description: Election cross-over dreams become a nightmare Last Friday members of the nonpartisan election group, CourageCampaign.org, were surfing the Web when they...

article:tag: Government and Politics

twitter:title: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

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

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

article:tag: Timothy Norris

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

og:title: The mysterious case of the Microphones who climbed away to Mt. Eerie

og:description: Our newest musical voices who, a decade a ago, might have been tempted to call themselves Moon Flower or Dog Park proudly go by their given names: Sufja...


src: IQ

dest: IT

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

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


src: TR

dest: CN

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

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

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

og:title: Wilco & Gogol Bordello

og:description: Photos of Gogol Bordello at the Henry Fonda Theater. Photos of Wilco at the Greek Theater Photos by Timothy Norris...

twitter:title: Wilco & Gogol Bordello

og:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

twitter:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy


src: GT

dest: CM

og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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

twitter:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

og:title: Bast Art Opening

og:description: Brooklyn-based street artist Bast opened a rare LA show at New Image Gallery in West Hollywood this past weekend. Click here to see more photos from the...

twitter:title: Bast Art Opening

og:title: Bonnaroo 2007 Slideshow

og:description: Photos from the four day festival in Tennessee.  Above, Black Angels helped kickoff this year's festival with a Thursday night set at This Tent. Ph...

article:tag: Bonnaroo

twitter:title: Bonnaroo 2007 Slideshow

og:title: Jonathan Gold meets N.W.A.

og:description: On May 5, 1989 the L.A. Weekly printed a cover story, written by Jonathan Gold, about N.W.A., the most notorious band in the U.S., let alone in Los Ange...

twitter:title: Jonathan Gold meets N.W.A.

og:title: Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air

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

twitter:title: Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air


src: HT

dest: US


src: CD

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: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

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

twitter:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!


og:title: Rilo Kiley at the Santa Monica Civic

og:description: With Under the Blacklight , their first major label album out in August, the L.A. band played a sold out show Monday night at the Santa Monica Civic Aud...

twitter:title: Rilo Kiley at the Santa Monica Civic

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...


src: RU

dest: IR

og:title: Rule Brut-annia

twitter:title: Rule Brut-annia

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

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


dest: DE

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: 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


src: BD

dest: VE

og:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced

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

twitter:title: Coachella '08 Set Times Announced


og:title: A Guide To the LA Bands At SXSW

og:description: So I'll be covering SXSW next week for the LA Weekly. I have never been nor do I have any idea of what to expect. I'm pretty excited to go though. I've ...

twitter:title: A Guide To the LA Bands At SXSW


src: IE

og:title: Fierce!

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

twitter:title: Fierce!

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

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

og:title: Madame X

twitter:title: Madame X


dest: CO

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

og:description: Crystal Antlers Safari Sam's, Jan. 21, 2008 The sparkling reputation of Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers drew me out to the High Voltage Magazine part...

article:tag: Jonny Bell

og:title: Vince McMahon Gets Star on Hollywood Blvd.

og:description: Well, he is an entertainer... Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment's head honcho, and the man who turned regional pro wrestling into a multi-bil...


src: BG

og:title: Introducing Teenage Kicks + A Moment of Rock Crit Glory

og:description: Welcome to Teenage Kicks...

twitter:description: Welcome to Teenage Kicks...


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

og:description: MONDAY AT SMASHBOX STUDIOS, CULVER CITY, CA: PHOTO 1: So it's like, raining and stuff, everyone's late for the shows, PR people are all upset - but this...

og:title: Still Waters

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

article:tag: Christmas

twitter:title: Still Waters

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

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


src: ZA

og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up

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: 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: BIG PIMPIN

og:description: "It's Hard Out There for A Pimp" from Hustle and Flow won for Best Song tonight. Hip hop hooray!!! Though it's not the first rap tune to win (Eminem's "...

twitter:title: BIG PIMPIN

og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

twitter:title: She's Got the Wicked Style


src: MX

og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

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

twitter:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

og:title: 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


dest: KP

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

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

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

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

og:description: In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a ...

og:title: Treat Yourself: Head To Bittersweet Butterfly


src: AR

og:title: Sweet Emotions

twitter:title: Sweet Emotions

og:title: Watch this now: new Radar Brothers video

og:description: The new video for "When Cold Air Goes to Sleep," from the Radar Brothers' upcoming Auditorium, does exactly what a clip should: sent me racing to the CD...


src: IT

dest: AO

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

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

og:title: 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: Any Given Sunday

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

twitter:title: Any Given Sunday


og:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

twitter:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

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...

article:tag: Christianity

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


dest: NG

og:title: The (Once) Great Pumpkins

twitter:title: The (Once) Great Pumpkins

og:title: Keef DID NOT snort his Daddy ok?

og:description: Okay, I may be the biggest Rolling Stones fan I know (except for maybe Falling James) but I'd defend my hero on this one regardless. Snorting his pops? ...

twitter:title: Keef DID NOT snort his Daddy ok?

twitter: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...


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

og:description: American Music Club, circa 2008 American Music Club’s new album, The Golden Age (Merge), begins with what seems to me two perfect Southern Califor...

og:title: Confronting food shortages in Mexico

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

twitter:title: Confronting food shortages in Mexico

og:title: The Fab Five

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

twitter:title: The Fab Five

og:title: Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!

og:description: Will the long-overdue billboard fee inspection program start at long last? Don’t count on it. On May 27, Los Angeles’ Department of Building...

article:tag: Local Politics

twitter:title: Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!


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

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

og:title: 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

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


dest: ZA

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: 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: 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: 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: 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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dest: IN

og:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort

twitter:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort


src: IN

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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dest: PH

og:title: Blogolicious

twitter:title: Blogolicious

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: Madonna playing Coachella

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

twitter:title: Madonna playing Coachella

og:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

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

twitter:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!


dest: MX

og:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

twitter:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

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

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

og:title: Add three more SXSW bands from L.A. to the list

og:description: Last week we offered an extensive list of L.A.-based bands hitting South by Southwest in Austin this year (March 13-16). Alas, we missed three of them, ...


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dest: MG


src: CN

og:title: The Weekend's Music in LA: Jonathan Richman, Simone White, Billy Bragg, free vegan pancakes (and No Age) at The Smell

og:description: FRIDAY, JUNE 6 There are many immortal words in rock and roll, but one of the great expressions of untethered joy was originally uttered by Jonathan Ric...

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: Candice Held: Eco Fashion Gets Sexy

twitter:title: Candice Held: Eco Fashion Gets Sexy

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


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

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

article:tag: Beverages


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dest: CF

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

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

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


dest: CN


og:title: The LA Times Retracts Its Tupac Shakur Story

og:description: In this morning's Times, and an apology to Puffy Diddy Daddy...

article:tag: Tupac Shakur

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

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

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

og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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

twitter:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

og:title: 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


src: MG

og:title: Sonic Youth: They Are Not Rock. They Curate Rock.

og:description: Marc Jacobs asked Sonic Youth to leap. Their response was "How high?"


dest: ES

og:title: Snow Angels at ThinkSpace

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

article:tag: Cardiovascular Medicine

twitter:title: Snow Angels at ThinkSpace


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

og:description: If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigu...

article:tag: The Addams Family

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

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

og:title: 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...


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: Skullphone may have bought time?

og:description: Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies d...

twitter:title: Skullphone may have bought time?


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og:title: Arresting Citizens land in the City of Angels

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


og:title: Oh, Ya-Ya

twitter:title: Oh, Ya-Ya

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...

article:tag: Entertainment

og:title: Tastemakers Class of 2008

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

twitter:title: Tastemakers Class of 2008

og:title: 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 ...


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dest: US

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

og:description: I ran into Tammie Brown at the John Water's Meet & Greet before the mustachioed director's Christmas show tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall. Tammie is a long...

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

og:title: 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: Mixner for Obama

og:description: David Mixner, a gay politico who was an integral part of former Bill Clinton’s kitchen cabinet during his successful 1992 run for the White House,...

twitter:title: Mixner for Obama

og:title: 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: She & Him, Vista, 4/28

og:description: She & Him The Vista Theatre, 4/28/08 By Jonah Flicker At 7pm, there was already a long line winding around the corner outside the Vista Theatre in Los F...

twitter:title: She & Him, Vista, 4/28


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


src: CM

dest: GB

@tags: error security

og:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!

twitter:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!


og:title: RIP Ike Turner

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

article:tag: Tina Turner

twitter:title: RIP Ike Turner


src: PH

og:title: Photo LA Your One Stop Art Shop

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

twitter:title: Photo LA Your One Stop Art Shop


dest: ID

og:title: Unicorns Need Not Apply

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

twitter:title: Unicorns Need Not Apply


og:title: Gas Snaps Four Bucks

og:description: Sure we've seen gas for four-and-change in Cambria and other places up the coast. But this Chevron, with the spankin' new slightly-altered logo signage,...

twitter:title: Gas Snaps Four Bucks

og:title: Coachella: Friday

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

twitter:title: Coachella: Friday