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og:title: Life's a Rollercoaster

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og:title: Tonight's Hot Chip show at the El Rey cancelled

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og:title: $50,000-worth of Nasty Shoes Stolen

og:description: Apparently thieves broke into a truck and stole $50,000-worth of Taryn Rose shoes destined for the designer's Beverly Hills boutique. $50,000? I went to...

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og:title: It'll Put Hair On Your Brow

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og:title: The Old Testament: Fela Kuti

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

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

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

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og:title: In The Hood

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

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og:title: Juicy Bits from the LACMA Search Warrant

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og:title: Road Trip: Day 1

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

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og:title: Queer Town: Tom Whitman Presents... Wonderland

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

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

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og:title: Kifune You Up

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

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

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

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og:title: I Just Shit My Pants

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og:title: FOLAR's L.A. River Cleanup

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

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og:title: Coachella Sunday Photos

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og:title: Gas Snaps Four Bucks

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og:title: Jean Genie Lets Herself Go

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

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og:title: Last Night: The Office Night, UCB Theatre, 12/18

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og:title: Villaraigosa Density Hawks Vs. Angry Valleyites

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og:title: Confronting food shortages in Mexico

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

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

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

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


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og:title: Community Farm on Sunset in Silver Lake

og:description: For the past several years the empty lot near el Pollo Loco on Sunset and Sanborn has been a little community farm growing flowers, tomatoes and vegetab...

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og:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

og:description: I wish I could tell you to head down to Meltdown's Sunset Blvd. location to check out the Truxtapoz show that debuted Saturday night, but it's over: One...

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og:title: Material Girl Returns

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og:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

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og:title: Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls

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

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

og:title: Morrissey, Hollywood Palladium, 10/1

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og:title: Scientology is Gay

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

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

og:title: 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: Buying Billboards, Bugging Bloggers

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og:title: Stroke My Orb

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og:title: XOXOXO

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og:title: Linda Immediato

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

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og:title: Detour Band Schedule

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

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og:title: Gettin' My Groove Back

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og:title: The Frames, 9/6

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og:title: Tonight's Hot Chip show at the El Rey cancelled

og:description: Bummer to start Monday off with bad news, but, alas, this news from Hot Chip's people: "Hot Chip have been forced to cancel tonight's show at the El Rey...

og:title: Damien Hirst, Tom Waits, the Beatles, and the birth of the ubiquitous contemporary persona. PLUS, some cool shit I saw while I was in London and some thoughts on the Amerindie aesthetic vs. the Anglophile aesthetic.

og:description: This post RIYL: Damien Hirst, Amerindie record labels, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Islington's Union Chapel, pretentious statements about life.

og:title: Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview

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

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og:title: MBW on MLK

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og:title: The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007

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og:title: Smashbox: Day One: Nicky Hilton's Chick

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og:title: Radiohead: Rainbows in Curved Air

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

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

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og:title: Heavens to Betsey

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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...

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og:title: Rock the Bells '07

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

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

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og:title: BIG PIMPIN

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og:title: Tibet Protest at Chinese Consulate

og:description: Members of the Los Angeles friends of Tibet held a "die-in" outside the Chinese Consulate on Monday afternoon to protest the recent Chinese crackdown on...

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

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

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og:title: Juicy Bits from the LACMA Search Warrant

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

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og:title: Euro Flava

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og:title: Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

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og:title: Any Given Sunday

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

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og:title: 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.

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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: Mixner for Obama

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og:title: Material Girl Returns

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og:title: Black Mountain's Stormy High

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og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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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...


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og:title: Ekundayo on Melrose

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og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

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

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og:title: Murakami Revoked

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twitter:title: Murakami Revoked

og:title: Clementine Takes Grilled Cheese Month Very Seriously

og:description: No restaurant in L.A. takes this month-long holiday more seriously than Century City’s Clementine, where it’s not just about cheesy sandwiches, it’s abo...


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

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

article:tag: Experience Music Project

og:title: Into the Groove

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

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

og:title: Red Carpet Patrol

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og:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

twitter:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)


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og:title: KHAAN! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told

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

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og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up


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

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

og:title: 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: Gorilla in East Hollywood

og:description: This is visible on the south side of Melrose (I lost my notes. I don't know what E/W street this on. Beverly?) if you're heading west through East Holly...

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

og:description: Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramou...


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og:title: Myspace Taste of the Week

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twitter:title: Myspace Taste of the Week

og:title: Ask And You Shall Receive

twitter:title: Ask And You Shall Receive

og:title: New Beck song, "Chemtrails," streaming at Beck.com

og:description: photo by Autumn Dewilde It starts off lightly with Beck Hansen in soft, sad falsetto mode, his moan high lonesome and sounding like a missing Beach Boys...


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: Dueling Dungarees

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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: Pigs on Beverly, West of Echo Park

og:description: And here's some body shop art on 1st St. Another big set from the CBS yard coming soon. All photos by Mark Mauer...

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Pigs on Beverly, West of Echo Park

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

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

og:title: Phone Talk at Pellicano Trial

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

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dest: BD

og:title: Well-Spent Youth

twitter:title: Well-Spent Youth

og:title: Bayou Buh-bye

twitter:title: Bayou Buh-bye

og:title: Fashion Week Warrior

twitter:title: Fashion Week Warrior


dest: NG

og:title: Pigeon Poop Blamed for Safari Sam's Sign Spontaneous Combustion

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: Tee-For-All

og:description: Oh boy oh boy! 1 Million (or as Dr. Evil would say, ONNE MILLLION) garments are supposed to be available for the pickin' this Sunday at the American App...

twitter:title: Tee-For-All

og:title: Damn You Kids and Your Hip Hop Music

og:description: (Photo of Brother Reade by day19.com)  Things went from "totally awesome!" to "way less than rad..." in mere seconds after cops shut down the Broth...

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

twitter:title: Damn You Kids and Your Hip Hop Music


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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: 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


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

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

og:title: Siren Music Festival in NYC

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

twitter:title: Siren Music Festival in NYC

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

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

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


dest: JP

og:title: Jesus Made Matt Taibbi Puke

og:description: In need of a good weekend read? Check out this excerpt from Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi's new book The Great Derangement, in which he ...

article:tag: Ike Turner

twitter:title: Jesus Made Matt Taibbi Puke

og:title: Coachella Day One: Walk the Line

og:description: I hate lines. They're somewhere in the lower rungs of my own personal inferno along with club kids in fedoras, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the abstract ...

twitter:title: Coachella Day One: Walk the Line


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

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

og:title: Sweet Emotions

twitter:title: Sweet Emotions

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: How Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” Explains Why (Many) Women Like Assholes

og:description: One of the most common complaints I hear from my female friends is that they always seem to fall for "assholes." Quite mistakenly, they ask for advice o...

og:title: California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage!

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

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

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


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

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

og:title: Tonight's Hot Chip show at the El Rey cancelled

og:description: Bummer to start Monday off with bad news, but, alas, this news from Hot Chip's people: "Hot Chip have been forced to cancel tonight's show at the El Rey...

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


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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: These Shoes are Made for Walkin

twitter:title: These Shoes are Made for Walkin

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

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

article:tag: Cat Power

og:title: Fashion Week

twitter:title: Fashion Week


dest: KH

og:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1

og:description: Black Keys, Jay Reatard The Wiltern, April 1 By Jonah Flicker We’ll get to the white-boy blues-rock in just a sec, but first we have a very seriou...

twitter:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1

og:title: 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


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dest: TH

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


og:title: Love it or Leave it

twitter:title: Love it or Leave it


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@tags: error security

og:description: !!! Avalon, Sept. 26 Reviews and pictures by Jonah Flicker !!! lived up to its punctuation at its Hollywood appearance last night, delivering an exclama...

og:title: Coachella by the Numbers

og:description: Who are these 128 bands, collectively? As one big amalgam, what are they? Click here to read Randall Roberts' essay on this year's festival, then check ...

twitter:title: Coachella by the Numbers

og:title: Cuckoo for Haiku

twitter:title: Cuckoo for Haiku

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


dest: CA

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


dest: US

og:title: "Talking Heads are the Enemy" (aka Dirty Projectors as Black Flag, Jeffrey Lee Lewis as Crass)

og:description: Has the post-modern condition taken hold to the degree that all artists have left is the ability to comment on what has come before?

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: 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

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

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


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

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

og:title: 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: UTLA: This election wasn't about change

og:description: By Max Taves Anybody hoping to see some change within UTLA—L.A.’s powerful teachers union—will probably have to wait another three yea...

twitter:title: UTLA: This election wasn't about change


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dest: EG

og:title: Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

og:description: Not one but three people I went to high school with were nominated for Oscars last night (Matt Dillon, Dan Futterman, and Bennett Miller) ...

twitter:title: Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

og:title: Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

og:description: The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away ...

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: Jared Gold's Not-So-Quiet Army

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

twitter:title: Jared Gold's Not-So-Quiet Army

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: 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: 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 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...


src: AO

dest: VN

og:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

twitter:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

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

article:tag: Internet Music Services

og:title: A Christmas Caroline

og:description: This Christmas, I had hoped to fly back to London, gorge myself on Mum's turkey and sip sherry with my long lost Brit posse. But Fate, it turned out, ha...

twitter:title: A Christmas Caroline

og:title: Tids and Bits

twitter:title: Tids and Bits

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


src: TD

og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

twitter:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

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: da ramones. da clorox girls. and da jazz.


src: RU

og:title: Snake Shoe-ter

og:description: It's a match made in hipster heaven. Disheveled shutterbug du jour Mark "The Cobrasnake" Hunter (with whom I still proudly share space with in the paper...

twitter:title: Snake Shoe-ter

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

og:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

twitter:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

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: 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: Jesus Made Matt Taibbi Puke

og:description: In need of a good weekend read? Check out this excerpt from Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi's new book The Great Derangement, in which he ...

twitter:title: Jesus Made Matt Taibbi Puke


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dest: PH

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: 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

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: 944 Magazine - Los Angeles Revealed

twitter:title: 944 Magazine - Los Angeles Revealed

og:title: Spirit Army at Spaceland 2/29/2008

og:description: Spirit Army like bubbles. Photos by Rena Kosnett If you were concerned about local dynamic duo Dante Adrian and Jeff Ehrenberg vanishing from the music ...

article:tag: Rena Kosnett

twitter:title: Spirit Army at Spaceland 2/29/2008


src: ZM

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: Silver Daggers @ Part Time Punks, The Echo 5.11.08

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

article:tag: Kevin Smith


src: IN

dest: HN


src: MX

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

og:title: The One Am Radio's "Brittle Filament" and some feedback on Elv(e)rum

og:description: The One AM Radio's video "A Brittle Filiment" was a recent YouTube hit, and a wonderful introduction to Hirway's thing.

article:tag: Media

og:title: Rise of the writers

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

twitter:title: Rise of the writers

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


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src: TR

og:title: Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes

twitter:title: Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes


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og:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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

article:tag: Commuting

twitter:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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

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

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


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: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

twitter:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland


src: ES

og:title: Material Girl Returns

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

twitter:title: Material Girl Returns

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: Rime Art Opening at Ghettogloss

og:description: New works by Jersey Joe aka RIME went on display at Ghettogloss on Friday. More photos after the jump. Check out the art in person at Ghettogloss on Gle...

twitter:title: Rime Art Opening at Ghettogloss


src: CD

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

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

og:title: Little Boxes

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

twitter:title: Little Boxes

og:title: SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying

og:description: A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That's like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the Ri...


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

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

article:tag: Ghostface Killah

og:title: Bravo Bebe!

twitter:title: Bravo Bebe!

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: Land of the Lost

twitter:title: Land of the Lost

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...

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...

twitter:title: Sometimes It Sucks To Be A Woman

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


src: ZW

dest: GB

og:title: Britney and Ray Charles on Melrose

og:description: Some shots here of various Melrose paste-ups, many by MBW. The Ray Charles and Britney ones are gone by now...

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: Britney and Ray Charles on Melrose


src: BR

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

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: Courtney's Love In

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

article:tag: Sexuality

twitter:title: Courtney's Love In

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

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

og:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 2

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: CBS Yard, Melrose, Part 2


src: CN

og:title: Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

og:description: The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away ...

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: Spiritualized, Vista, 11/12

og:description: Spiritualized the Vista Theater November 12 By John Payne Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate. No, no, no, that’s bitter, I know. But th...

twitter:title: Spiritualized, Vista, 11/12

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

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

og:title: 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

og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up

og:title: Who wants their P TV?

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

twitter:title: Who wants their P TV?


dest: BR

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...


src: SD

dest: CN

og:title: To Live And Try In LA

twitter:title: To Live And Try In LA

og:title: Fun in the Sun

og:description: This is what I woke up to this morning. In my inbox, in between press releases about Josh Homme's new side project called 5:15 (how many side projects c...

twitter:title: Fun in the Sun

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

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

og:title: The Queering of Cosmo

twitter:title: The Queering of Cosmo

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


dest: MX

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: 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: 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: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

twitter:title: Rock Anthem, Part Deux

og:title: Meghan Finds The Love

twitter:title: Meghan Finds The Love


dest: ID

og:title: It's a Mr. Funky Christmas at my place

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

twitter:title: It's a Mr. Funky Christmas at my place


src: NG

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

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

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: 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


src: EG

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

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

article:tag: Coachella

og:title: Van Halen to Play LA in November

og:description: Which Van Halen? The Diamond-Dave fronted VH, of course. The band is slated to play the Staples Center on November 20. As previously speculated, the ban...

twitter:title: Van Halen to Play LA in November

og:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

twitter:title: Shay Todd and Hot Bods

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

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

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

og:title: 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


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

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

og:title: Amanda Demme - She Nice

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

twitter:title: Amanda Demme - She Nice

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

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...


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og:title: Coachella Day One: Walk the Line

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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: Fishbone and Slightly Stoopid, Wiltern - 12/01

og:description: Fishbone, Slightly Stoopid Wiltern, Dec 1 Strange and depressing things were afoot in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Up until arriving at the Wiltern wi...

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:description: !!! Avalon, Sept. 26 Reviews and pictures by Jonah Flicker !!! lived up to its punctuation at its Hollywood appearance last night, delivering an exclama...


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og:title: Marilyn Manson 08/25

og:description: Janine Kahn at OC Weekly took her camera to the Marilyn Manson / Slayer show at Verizon Amphitheater on Friday, Aug. 25. More of Janine Kahn's photos at...

twitter:title: Marilyn Manson 08/25

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

og:description: One of the more frustrating things about hip-hop heads*, specifically those old enough to remember the first two Golden Ages, is the general groupthink ...

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

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

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og:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:description: Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitat...

twitter:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:title: Dodos, Akron/Family, Natural History Musuem, 5/2

og:description: Akron/Family, The Dodos, Natural History Museum First Fridays May 2, 2008 By Mark Mauer For the past couple of years, one of the best venues in town to ...

og:title: Push and Retna in Koreatown

og:description: Yeah, I originally had this posted this morning as Push & Ayer - Sorry. It looked like a Retna piece, but I saw the Ayer in there and thought that must ...

article:tag: Shelley Leopold

twitter:title: Push and Retna in Koreatown

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...

og:title: Another Hollywood El Mac / Retna

og:description: I'm not purposefully trying to focus on these guys, but their pieces really do jump out at you when you see them. All photos by Mark Mauer More after th...

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

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

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

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


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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...


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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...

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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

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...

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og:title: Presets Preview

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

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og:title: The Burning Man Returns

og:description: By Randall Roberts The Burning Man, which was prematurely torched by burner-assassin Paul Addis on Tuesday morning, has returned. This morning at about ...

twitter:title: The Burning Man Returns

og:title: Devendra & Natalie sitting in a tree. But are they K-I-S-S-I-N-G?

og:description: Is Devendra Banhart a starfucker or just a star?


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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...

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

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

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

og:title: Valentine's Day is for the Birds

twitter:title: Valentine's Day is for the Birds


og:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja

twitter:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja

og:title: DESERT DOs AND DONTs

twitter:title: DESERT DOs AND DONTs

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

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

og:title: The Man Behind The Tan

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og:title: Yagman to Feds: No Surrender

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

twitter:title: Yagman to Feds: No Surrender


og:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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

twitter:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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

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

og:title: 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: 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: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

twitter:title: The Kidz Are Alright, Mate!

og:title: Queer Town: Tom Whitman Presents... Wonderland

og:description: Twelve hours before the Big Gay Parade in Boys Town, I decide to hop into the Chevy, pick up my pals Tyle and Ted, and visit gay nightlife uber-promoter...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

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

og:title: NY Hates Jack. Does LA?

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

twitter:title: NY Hates Jack. Does LA?


og:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

twitter:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

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: Daedalus and TI$A team up for Obama video

og:description: Well, in case you were wavering on whether to vote for McCain or Obama, this should help you decide. Sa-Ra's front man Taz Arnold (TI$A) wanders through...

article:tag: Taz Arnold

og:title: Black Celebration

twitter:title: Black Celebration


og:title: Banksy in Bethlehem

og:description: BBC has a video report posted on Youtube about Banksy pieces showing up in Bethlehem. There's even a brief phone interview with the artist and a couple ...

twitter:title: Banksy in Bethlehem

og:title: BRIAN LICHTENBERG

og:description: There was something that made me feel sexy about the unveiling of Brian Lichtenberg’s Spring and Summer Collection at the Museum of Architecture a...

twitter:title: BRIAN LICHTENBERG

og:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:description: Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitat...

twitter:title: The Great Rap Swindle

og:title: 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...

twitter:title: Getting to the Gala...


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og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

twitter:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

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

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


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og:title: 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

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

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


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og:title: Rivers Run Dry

og:description: Gorgeous getups or no, I just can't sit through another 3 hours of E! pre-Emmy red carpet coverage this year-- even if Ryan Seacrest has moved from kiss...

twitter:title: Rivers Run Dry

og:title: Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

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

twitter:title: Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

og:title: 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


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dest: US

og:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:description: Above: Avenged Sevenfold Above and below: Paramore cracks it open! Above and below: Serj Tankian Rise Against rocked it! Gave props to Naked Raygun Show...

twitter:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:title: Kelly to Play LA!

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

twitter:title: Kelly to Play LA!

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

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

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

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


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og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

twitter:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

og:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

twitter:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

og:title: Johnossi and The Noisettes

og:description: "Yea Sweden!" Someone from the crowd yelled at John Englebert from Johnossi, "You've got good health care!" "Yeah - California loves Sweden," he replied...

article:tag: Noisettes

twitter:title: Johnossi and The Noisettes

og:title: Youth Gone Wild

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

twitter:title: Youth Gone Wild

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

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

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


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

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


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og:title: In Da Club Belamar

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

twitter:title: In Da Club Belamar

og:title: Prince Is Coming!

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

article:tag: Eating Out

twitter:title: Prince Is Coming!

og:title: Euro Flava

twitter:title: Euro Flava


og:title: New Beck song, "Chemtrails," streaming at Beck.com

og:description: photo by Autumn Dewilde It starts off lightly with Beck Hansen in soft, sad falsetto mode, his moan high lonesome and sounding like a missing Beach Boys...

og:title: The Goddess Provides

twitter:title: The Goddess Provides

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

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


og:title: Graffiti and Monsters and Bears - Oh My

og:description: Heading a couple of blocks south of HK Super on Western near 3rd Street, you can make a left and see a beautiful piece in reds and blues along the side ...

twitter:title: Graffiti and Monsters and Bears - Oh My

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: 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: The Burning Man Returns

og:description: By Randall Roberts The Burning Man, which was prematurely torched by burner-assassin Paul Addis on Tuesday morning, has returned. This morning at about ...

twitter:title: The Burning Man Returns

og:title: Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

og:description: The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away ...

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

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

og:title: Style Council Modfather Gets His Props

og:description: Last night at the Brit Awards, Paul Weller was honored for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Now 47, the Original Style Councilor (OSC, lik...

twitter:title: Style Council Modfather Gets His Props


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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: Killer Fashion Instincts

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

twitter:title: Killer Fashion Instincts

og:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1

og:description: Black Keys, Jay Reatard The Wiltern, April 1 By Jonah Flicker We’ll get to the white-boy blues-rock in just a sec, but first we have a very seriou...

twitter:title: Black Keys, Jay Reatard, Wiltern, 4/1


og:title: Fishbone and Slightly Stoopid, Wiltern - 12/01

og:description: Fishbone, Slightly Stoopid Wiltern, Dec 1 Strange and depressing things were afoot in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Up until arriving at the Wiltern wi...

og:title: Billy Childish at London's Dirty Water Club, 4.11.2008

og:description: Photos by Rena Kosnett Taking 4 late night buses from Camden down to Brockley, yelling at one stranger who sneezed into my hair, standing for 45 minutes...

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: 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: Elisha Cuthbert in Captivity or Free 2 B?


og:title: My New Radio Crushes

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

twitter:title: My New Radio Crushes

og:title: In Defense of Da Vinci Hair

og:description: Let me first say, I have always loved Tom Hanks. We both stuffed our bras, though for him, that was during a spell as Buffy on Bosom Buddies, and not be...

twitter:title: In Defense of Da Vinci Hair

og:title: da ramones. da clorox girls. and da jazz.

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

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


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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...


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: Monsters Ball

twitter:title: Monsters Ball


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

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

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

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

og:title: 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: 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: 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...

twitter:title: Sam Slovick's Skid Row Documentary

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: 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...

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


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og:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:description: Above: Avenged Sevenfold Above and below: Paramore cracks it open! Above and below: Serj Tankian Rise Against rocked it! Gave props to Naked Raygun Show...

twitter:title: KROQ Acoustic Christmas - Day One

og:title: Part of Arroyo Art Project Destroyed

og:description: Talked to Man One at the very cool Festival de la Gente on the 6th Street Bridge downtown Saturday. He told me that much of the artwork from the histori...

article:tag: Visual Arts

twitter:title: Part of Arroyo Art Project Destroyed

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

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


og:title: (Really) Undressing LA

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

twitter:title: (Really) Undressing LA


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og:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

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

twitter:title: Eli Roth Takes Over New Beverly Cinema

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

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

article:tag: Bing Crosby


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og:title: Girls In Films

twitter:title: Girls In Films


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dest: MY

og:title: Valentine's Day is for the Birds

twitter:title: Valentine's Day is for the Birds

og:title: Graffiti and Monsters and Bears - Oh My

og:description: Heading a couple of blocks south of HK Super on Western near 3rd Street, you can make a left and see a beautiful piece in reds and blues along the side ...

twitter:title: Graffiti and Monsters and Bears - Oh My

og:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

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

twitter:title: Greatest Hits on Earth

og:title: 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...

twitter:title: Amazon's MP3 Bargains

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

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

article:tag: Cat Power


dest: JP

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: Who needs booze when there's Maca in the house?

og:description: Silverlake's own ever-revolving ashtanga yoga studio celebrated its one-year anniversary as Ashtanga Yoga Los Angeles (AYLA) Friday night. The usually m...

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

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


dest: LA

og:title: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro!

og:description: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro, for being the only member of the Style Council sober enough to actually write anything on Oscar night. We had such...

twitter:title: And the Oscar Goes To....Lina Lecaro!


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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: Coonskin of My Yellow Country Teeth: The Hipster Davy Crockett?

og:description: “You may all go to Hell...I will go to Texas”-Davy Crockett Davy Crockett's tombstone reads: "Davy Crockett, Pioneer, Patriot, Soldier, Trap...

article:tag: Billy Bob Thornton

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...

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og:title: It Doesn't Kill Germs

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og:title: BOXeight: Cosa Nostra

og:description: (a beaming Jeffery Sebelia after his epic 52-look show at Vibiana) COSA NOSTRA BOXeight festivities were off to a slow start last night. When we arrived...

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og:title: New John Mellencamp Album Unveiled with Fancy New T-Bone Burnett-developed High-Def Process

og:description: It's going to take a lot for me to forgive John Mellencamp for 2007 and that the whole Ford Chevrolet commercial nightmare. While it's true that maybe I...

article:tag: T-Bone Burnett

og:title: Coachella: Saturday

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

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

og:description: On last year's None Shall Pass tour, Aesop tabbed Pittsburgh psych weirdos Black Moth Super Rainbow to open for him. It was an inspired move and one tha...

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...

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og:title: Meeting of Styles, 3rd Batch

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og:title: Material Girl Returns

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

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

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


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og:title: Happy Valentine's Day

og:description: This will be the second Valentines Day in a row I have no official object of affection. But this year, February 14th singledom feels perfectly OK, ...

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og:title: Fashion Week Warrior

twitter:title: Fashion Week Warrior

og:title: Coachella Day One: Walk the Line

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og:title: Welcome to the Dollhouse

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

twitter:title: Welcome to the Dollhouse

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

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

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og:title: eMC's The Show: The First Great Rap Album of 2008

og:description: "This is the number one rule for your set/In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets/And through our travels we get separated, never forget/I...

og:title: Ashley Paige Rocks The House

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

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

og:title: Five Songs About Thanksgiving

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

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og:title: Treat Yourself: Head To Bittersweet Butterfly


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og:title: Detour Band Schedule

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

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og:title: 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: da ramones. da clorox girls. and da jazz.

og:title: LA Weekly Detour Festival: A Race for the Prize

og:description: LA Weekly Detour Festival Downtown Los Angeles, October 6. By Randall Roberts You can tell a good music festival by the number of sprinters, joggers, an...

og:title: Another Hollywood El Mac / Retna

og:description: I'm not purposefully trying to focus on these guys, but their pieces really do jump out at you when you see them. All photos by Mark Mauer More after th...

twitter:title: Another Hollywood El Mac / Retna

og:title: 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


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og:title: Black Lips, El Rey, 2/14

og:description: Black Lips, El Rey, February 14 By Jonah Flicker Reports of Black Lips’ onstage antics have apparently been greatly exaggerated. The Atlanta quart...

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twitter:title: Black Lips, El Rey, 2/14

og:title: June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

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

article:tag: Same-Sex Marriage

twitter:title: June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

og:title: Calvin Harris, Henry Fonda, 4/23

og:description: Photos from the Calvin Harris show, Wednesday night, at the Henry Fonda Theater by Timothy Norris More after the jump. All photos by Timothy Norris...

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twitter:title: Calvin Harris, Henry Fonda, 4/23

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


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og:title: Un-Fashion Week

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og:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

twitter:title: BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

og:title: Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl: August 24 and August 25

og:description: Yep, just announced: Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl on August 24 and 25, which is a little weird because it's a Sunday and a Monday. Presales begin Apr...

og:title: Oh What a Feelin'

twitter:title: Oh What a Feelin'

og:title: BOXeight: Cosa Nostra

og:description: (a beaming Jeffery Sebelia after his epic 52-look show at Vibiana) COSA NOSTRA BOXeight festivities were off to a slow start last night. When we arrived...

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

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


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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: 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: His Cortship

twitter:title: His Cortship

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


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og:title: ESPN Puts New Orleans Back Underwater

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

twitter:title: ESPN Puts New Orleans Back Underwater

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: Los Angeles area well represented at South by Southwest 2008

og:description: Want proof that L.A.'s in the middle of an astoundingly fertile period of musical expansion? See the list below. We're going to have our hands full this...

article:tag: Austin (Texas)

og:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

twitter:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

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: 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: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba, 2/28

og:description: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba Records, Feb. 28, 2008 By now, I hope that most people reading this know who the Kids of Widney High are, so I'll only brief...

twitter:title: Kids of Widney High, Amoeba, 2/28

og:title: Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

og:description: The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away ...


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og:title: LA Weekly Detour Festival: A Race for the Prize

og:description: LA Weekly Detour Festival Downtown Los Angeles, October 6. By Randall Roberts You can tell a good music festival by the number of sprinters, joggers, an...


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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: 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: Beds That Follow You Around

og:description: Hell yeah! Sleeping bags that you can walk around in. We like these. You need never buy a bed again because your bed will follow you wherever you go. Ac...

twitter:title: Beds That Follow You Around

og:title: 10 Musicians Definitely Not on Steroids

og:description: From the New York Times: "When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids...

twitter:title: 10 Musicians Definitely Not on Steroids


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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#5-1)

og:description: 5. Dungen-Tio Bitar Dungen did not tour this record in America. This is because the band's mastermind, Gustav Estjes was rumored to be alone in the snow...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#5-1)

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

og:description: On the afternoon of Friday, March 14, the LA Times' Stephan Pechdimaldji, senior manager of media relations, tossed out an email to his media list annou...

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

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

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

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

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

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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