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

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

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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.

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

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og:title: SXSW Day 3-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude

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og:title: Slash Appeals For Lost Kittie on Get The Fuck Up Radio

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

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og:title: The Empire (Waist) Strikes Back

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og:title: CBS Crew Rat Fink

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og:title: Retna, Chaz, Axis at Zero One Gallery

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og:title: Memorial Daze

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og:title: Heads or Tails

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og:title: Flooding in Hancock Park and Larchmont

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

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

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

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og:title: Coachella line-up: Lots of Everything (and Danny Tenaglia and Roger Waters, too)

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

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


og:title: Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes

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

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og:title: Bearded Insanity

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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: Nomadaz: Street Art from Spain and Italy at Scion

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

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og:title: Girl School/Hell Ya! Night at the Viper Room

og:description: Timothy Norris checks out the Viper Room on a Thursday Night. Lady Tigra, Wallpaper and Buddy Akai perform. Click here for more photos from Timothy Norr...

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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: 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...

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og:title: Strikers March Through Hollywood

og:description: Thousands of strikers and supporters made their way down Hollywood Blvd. this afternoon as the WGA strike continued. All photos by Steven Mikulan...

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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...

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

og:description: "What does it taste like to you?" ask the promo advertisements for the new soft drink Pepsi Retro on bus stations and billboards in Mexico City. Clearly...

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

og:title: 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: 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 ...

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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...

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twitter:title: Sometimes It Sucks To Be A Woman

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

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


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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? ...

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og:title: School of Rock

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

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og:title: Here's Mud in My Eye

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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: Kinky at Detour

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og:title: That's The Indie Spirit

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og:title: Trent Reznor's Awesome Package

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og:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21

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og:title: Maude!

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

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og:title: Evenings Become Eclectic

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og:title: Bitch Please

og:description: What's gayer than Jeffree Star turning up at the Abbey on Friday with a Tarina Tarantino haircut and Perez Hilton on his arm? Or gayer than the parents ...

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

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

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

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

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

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og:title: Daedalus endorses Obama! Hot MP3!

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

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og:title: G-Funk Week Concluded: 10 Qualities Highly Sought After in a Regulator As Gleaned From Warren G & Nate Dogg's "Regulate"

og:description: 1. Not being just any geek off the streets How To Avoid Being A "Geek Off the Streets: Learn how to how be to handy with the steel and earn your keep. B...

og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

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

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og:title: Little Boxes

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og:title: Japanese Art Behind Zen Sushi

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

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og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

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og:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

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

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

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og:title: Grammy Stylin'

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

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og:title: Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender

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og:title: Conde Anarchists

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

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

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og:title: The streets are screaming at you

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og:title: Veggin' with Alicia

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og:title: Beauty Mark(et)

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twitter:title: Beauty Mark(et)

og:title: Where Bling Never Dies

twitter:title: Where Bling Never Dies

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

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og:title: Folk Yeah! to Big Sur

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og:title: Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

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og:title: You Should Listen to Mr. Fish

og:description: And by "listen," I mean "look" or "read." LA Weekly's political cartoonist and equal opportunity offense machine Mr. Fish was listed by Best Life magazi...

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twitter:title: You Should Listen to Mr. Fish

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

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og:title: Happy Skull Hair Clips

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

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

og:title: 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 ...

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

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

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og:title: Down below in the Metro

og:description: Millions of passengers use the Mexico City metro daily. It is one of the largest and most used systems in the world, a crowning achievement of the capit...

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og:title: For Joe Donnelly

twitter:title: For Joe Donnelly

og:title: SXSW Thursday night: Le Loup rocked my world, the Playboy party rocked my privates.

og:description: Okay, so I actually cried tonight. Not sobbed, not wept, not got all blustery and snotty. But about five songs into Le Loup's remarkable, thrilling set ...

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

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


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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: Picture this

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

twitter:title: Picture this

og:title: 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...


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

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

og:title: Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

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

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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...

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og:title: The 10 Rules of Pimpology According to the Video for Do or Die's "Po' Pimp"

og:description: 10. The ability to acquire flaming pennies (these were also reportedly Shaquille O' Neal's last words upon leaving Orlando). Such magic coins will give ...

article:tag: Joliet

og:title: MBW All Over LA

og:description: Mr Brainwash is on fire. His solo art show opens in just two weeks, and he's been pasting and painting his icons all over LA. So which gallery is he sho...

twitter:title: MBW All Over LA

og:title: Resolved: If a greying man promises you he's going to revolutionize the music industry, be skeptical.

og:description: Allan Klepfisz, CEO of Qtrax, telegraphs the company's death spiral. Lesson: Do not trust graying, comfortable men when they tell you they've seen the f...

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

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og:title: Girl School/Hell Ya! Night at the Viper Room

og:description: Timothy Norris checks out the Viper Room on a Thursday Night. Lady Tigra, Wallpaper and Buddy Akai perform. Click here for more photos from Timothy Norr...

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: 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...

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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: Kyoto Decadence

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

twitter:title: Kyoto Decadence

og:title: 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: 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 ...


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og:title: Obama (and Clinton) Rally in Hollywood

og:description: Hours before the Democratic debate takes takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, hundreds of supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fille...

twitter:title: Obama (and Clinton) Rally in Hollywood

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

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og:title: Coachella Wrap-Up: Is Santogold This Year's MVP?

og:description: If there was one transformative performance at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, I'd say it was Santogold's Friday night statement-o...

og:title: Treat Yourself: Head To Bittersweet Butterfly

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

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

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

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og:title: I Just Shit My Pants

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

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

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

og:title: Going to the Grammys...

og:description: Considering I may be tone deaf, can't sing to save a life, it's pretty safe to say performing at the Grammy's is a dream out of reach. That is until I w...

twitter:title: Going to the Grammys...

og:title: Bo Knows Death

og:description: Like many people my age, I learned about Bo Diddley not from any unremembered nostalgia for British Invasion swipes of the ancient bluesman's slippery g...

twitter:title: Bo Knows Death

og:title: Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams

og:description: Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal) By Ben Westhoff The long awaited fifth Wu-Tang Clan album, 8 Diagrams, just leaked, and it’s fucking ...

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og:title: Daft Punk at Vegoose

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

twitter:title: Daft Punk at Vegoose

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

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

article:tag: Barack Obama

og:title: These Clowns Are With Me

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

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og:title: ELLEN'S GAY

og:description: Two frosted haired ladies walk stiffly through the ebbs and flows of sidewalk traffic on West Alameda Avenue in Burbank. The street is lined with WGA st...

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og:title: Dethklok at the Wiltern, June 6

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

twitter:title: Dethklok at the Wiltern, June 6


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og:title: SXSW Day 3-The Unifying Power of Devin the Dude

og:description: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-Hunter S. Thompson "What you gonna do when the people go home/ and you wanna smoke weed but the reefer'...


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og:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs

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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: Shit List

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

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

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

article:tag: Classic Rock

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


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og:title: Oscars Overall

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

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

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

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

og:title: Former Developer of Sunset Skyscraper Files for Bankruptcy

og:description: A few weeks ago, the LA Weekly first reported about Molasky Pacific, a Las Vegas-based real estate firm, selling its share of the old CBS TV-and-radio c...


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

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

og:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

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

twitter:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

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: Saturday Eve of Destruction

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

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og:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

twitter:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

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

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

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: Viva la Taxi!

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

article:tag: Empire State Building

twitter:title: Viva la Taxi!

og:title: Paul, Prince and Paris

twitter:title: Paul, Prince and Paris

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

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

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

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

article:tag: Arts, Entertainment, and Media

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

og:title: Glen and Marketa at the Oscars

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

twitter:title: Glen and Marketa at the Oscars


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

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

og:title: Trees stripped down in Venice

og:description: Los Angeles Unified School teacher Michael Zeno was sickened when he pulled into his regular shopping area at Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue in Venic...

article:tag: Venice (California)

twitter:title: Trees stripped down in Venice

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,...

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og:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor

og:description: Nine days ago, PolitickerCA.com wondered aloud if former Daily News editor Ron Kaye, who had just left the Valley newspaper, would be running for city c...

article:tag: Government and Politics

twitter:title: Kaye Rebuffs Rumor

og:title: Strikers March Through Hollywood

og:description: Thousands of strikers and supporters made their way down Hollywood Blvd. this afternoon as the WGA strike continued. All photos by Steven Mikulan...

twitter:title: Strikers March Through Hollywood

og:title: Gen Art Turns 10

og:description: (Gen Art's fresh faces) There it was— the Peterson Automotive Museum splayed out along the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire. I could see part of its...

twitter:title: Gen Art Turns 10


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...

twitter:title: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

og:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'

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

twitter:title: Brows, blowouts and Oscar bloggin'


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

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


og:title: Fashion Week

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

twitter:title: Fashion Week


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

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

og:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

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

twitter:title: Truxtapoz at Meltdown Gallery

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

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


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og:title: Takin' it Higher

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

twitter:title: Takin' it Higher

og:title: The King of France Can't See The Helio Sequence

og:description: The fact that it was Friday the 13th and there was a full moon only compounded the creepiness of certain co-incidences I found myself entangled in last ...

og:title: Dueling Dungarees

twitter:title: Dueling Dungarees

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

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


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og:title: Photos: Christmas Day in Santa Monica

og:description: "Ho ho ho, Bush must go! Santa wants peace for Christmas!" shouts the jolly guy on roller blades as he zips by the Hotdog on a Stick stand. A nice lady ...

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twitter:title: Photos: Christmas Day in Santa Monica

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.

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...


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og:title: Brewer hires Cortines

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

twitter:title: Brewer hires Cortines

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: Lil Wayne to Play House of Blues on June 16

og:description: I'll post Lil Wayne's incendiary anti-Bush song, "Georgia Bush," any chance I get, as most people don't know one of the best protest songs of the 21st c...


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

og:description: Wired Magazine brings a bunch of futuristic goodies to the Henry Fonda Theater to entertain the folks between sets by Kool Keith and Spoon. Click here t...

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


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og:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

og:description: Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly fr...

article:tag: Josh Glazer

twitter:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

og:title: Bukowski's Bungalow Saved

og:description: Charles Bukowski’s bungalow is safe – at least for now. On Thursday morning the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted three-to-one ...

twitter:title: Bukowski's Bungalow Saved


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og:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

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

twitter:title: Get The Fuck Up Goes Bonkers

og:title: Grammy Stylin'

twitter:title: Grammy Stylin'

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: 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: 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: KooKoo for Coco

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

twitter:title: KooKoo for Coco


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og:title: How PM Dawn Could’ve Avoided Getting Set Adrift On “Memory Bliss”

og:description: Maybe instead of wallowing in unchecked misery over "the girl with the fat diamond ring" (really, the fat diamond ring is the main thing that you rememb...

article:tag: P.M. Dawn

og:title: Biggie Smalls Shuts Down Sunset Boulevard

og:description: Ah, if only. But shooting has commenced in LA for Notorious, the Biggie Smalls biopic slated to be released in 2009. Earlier today, the crew was working...

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...

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og:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

twitter:title: Meghan's Secret Rendezvous

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

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

og:title: Billboard Inspection Program Still a Bust

og:description: “It is the Los Angeles dodge and delay program,” said a frustrated Marilyn Cohon, the Vice President of Westwood South of Santa Monica Homeo...

og:title: Live in L.A.: The Swell Season

og:description: Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...

twitter:title: Live in L.A.: The Swell Season


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og:title: Life's a Rollercoaster

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

twitter:title: Life's a Rollercoaster

og:title: Yagman to Surrender

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

twitter:title: Yagman to Surrender

og:title: THE URGE TO PURGE

twitter:title: THE URGE TO PURGE

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: 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


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og:title: Kelly Clarkson New Face of NASCAR

og:description: That's right the American Idol winner was just chosen to be the "it" girl for the racing sport. But you're not really surprised are you? (Not that there...

twitter:title: Kelly Clarkson New Face of NASCAR

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: 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


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

og:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

twitter:title: Pearl Jam - Nijmegen, Holland

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: 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: 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


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og:title: Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

og:description: Autechre - 4/14, Echoplex Bad Religion - 3/4,5,11,13, House of Blues Bamboozle (All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore) - 4/5, Verizon Amphithe...

twitter:title: Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

og:title: Naked Ambition at the Art Walk

og:description: Put horror king Clive Barker in a room with some naked people and some body paint, and you've got an enraptured crowd of "art lovers" in your gallery. T...

twitter:title: Naked Ambition at the Art Walk

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...

twitter:title: TV Eye Yi Yi

og:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort

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

twitter:title: Southern (Cali) Comfort

og:title: Marfa Film Fest Dispatch: World Premiere of Heath Ledger-directed music video

og:description: (photo by Randall Roberts) Today's a travel day for me, having just experienced the best little festival I've ever attended, the first annual Marfa Film...


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og:title: Siouxsie Sioux, The Music Box at the Fonda, February 15

og:description: Siouxsie Sioux The Music Box at the Fonda February 15, 2008 By Steve Baltin The calendar may have read as the day after Valentine’s Day, but insid...

og:title: Tiger Army, Wiltern, 11/17

og:description: Tiger Army Wiltern, 11/17 I love the stand-up bass. It's a ridiculously big, bulky instrument that looks cool as hell, especially when painted dark blue...

twitter:title: Tiger Army, Wiltern, 11/17

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

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

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


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

og:description: Wired Magazine brings a bunch of futuristic goodies to the Henry Fonda Theater to entertain the folks between sets by Kool Keith and Spoon. Click here t...

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


dest: NG

og:title: FASHION NIRVANA?

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

twitter:title: FASHION NIRVANA?


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og:title: Bukowski's Bungalow Saved

og:description: Charles Bukowski’s bungalow is safe – at least for now. On Thursday morning the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted three-to-one ...

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og:title: Pellicano Trial’s Restless Defense

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

twitter:title: Pellicano Trial’s Restless Defense

og:title: Philanthropist Daphna Ziman's War for Foster Kids

og:description: Sacramento's politicians created a fat budget deficit. Then, local bureaucrats misspent state funds meant for foster kids. Now, foster kids might pay de...

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: Stroke My Orb

twitter:title: Stroke My Orb


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

og:description: Baby's first words: "You're fired." I've seen dogs in Chanel. I've seen cats with diamond collars, but I never thought I'd see this— Baby Toupee. ...

article:tag: Christmas

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: Rain Rain Go Away Charlize Theron Wants To Play

article:tag: Celebrity News

og:title: Road Trip: Day 20(ish)

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 20(ish)

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...


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

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

og:title: Before the Hyenas

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

twitter:title: Before the Hyenas

og:title: Rock the Bells '07

og:description: Public Enemy, EPMD, Mos Def, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan and a reunited Rage Against the Machine played in San Bernadino over the weekend. Timothy Norris wa...

twitter:title: Rock the Bells '07

og:title: The Police: Arrested Development

og:description: Dodger Stadium, June 23 By Siran Babayan Dodgers Stadium. Never Again. I had an easier time getting through the birth canal than I did zigzagging in and...

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og:title: About

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

twitter:title: About

og:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

og:description: Urb magazine's website is reporting that Portishead will be one of Coachella's 2008 headliners. Read the full story (reported by occasional LA Weekly fr...

twitter:title: Portishead to headline Coachella

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

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

og:title: Obama Iron Man

og:description: Photo by Shelley Leopold. Spotted on LaBrea over the weekend - Iron Man posters retooled. If there was any pro-Hillary or McCain street art we'd post th...

twitter:title: Obama Iron Man

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 ...

article:tag: Entertainment


dest: CN

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: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

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

twitter:title: Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

og:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's

twitter:title: Smokin' Safari Sam's


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og:title: The Editors on Jimmy Kimmel live

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

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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 ...

og:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!

twitter:title: Absolutely FAB-ulous!

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

og:description: The Office Night Upright Citizens Brigade, Theater, 12/18 Review and photos by Nicole Campos (Right, Brent Forrester) What nuggets of Dunder Mifflin-esq...


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og:title: Ink N Iron Festival

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

article:tag: Mike Stinson

twitter:title: Ink N Iron Festival


dest: GR

og:title: The Justice League

og:description: Stewart Copeland, Slash, Flea, Pete Yorn, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Travis Barker, Steve Vai, Cypress Hill and more come out for Tom Morello at The T...

twitter:title: The Justice League


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dest: IR

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, ...

twitter:title: Still Waters

og:title: Marfa Film Fest Dispatch: World Premiere of Heath Ledger-directed music video

og:description: (photo by Randall Roberts) Today's a travel day for me, having just experienced the best little festival I've ever attended, the first annual Marfa Film...

og:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

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

article:tag: Polly Harvey

twitter:title: PJ Harvey Live at the Orpheum Theatre

og:title: “Preachy Songs”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 3 of 4

og:description: Elverum on Crass: "I don't really like that music of Crass, but I love the band, and I love their way, and their presentation."

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


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dest: US

og:title: Pimp C Dies in L.A.

og:description: According to this TMZ report, Pimp C was found dead in his bed in a Sunset Strip hotel room this morning. The rapper, born Chad Butler, had just perform...

twitter:title: Pimp C Dies in L.A.


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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


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og:title: Crazy Antiks

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

twitter:title: Crazy Antiks

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

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


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dest: MG

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

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

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: Clear Channel Messed with LA Weekly and Lost!

og:description: Recently, reporter Christine Pelisek asked the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety for a list of all legal and illegal billboards in L.A. - an...


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

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

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

og:title: 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


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dest: IN

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

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

article:tag: Jesus Rock


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og:title: K Fed Gets Axe'd

twitter:title: K Fed Gets Axe'd


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og:title: The Old Spaghetti Factory in Hollywood

og:description: The recently shuttered Old Spaghetti Factory on Sunset east of Vine didn't take long to get a new paint job. These pieces went up within the past week. ...

twitter:title: The Old Spaghetti Factory in Hollywood


dest: TR

og:title: Alanis Morissette Gets Really Ironic

twitter:title: Alanis Morissette Gets Really Ironic


dest: FR

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: Un-Fashion Week

twitter:title: Un-Fashion Week


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og:title: Catalina Dreaming

twitter:title: Catalina Dreaming


og:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

twitter:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

og:title: “Preachy Songs”: Phil Elverum (aka The Microphones aka Mt. Eerie) Interviewed: Part 3 of 4

twitter:description: Elverum on Crass: "I don't really like that music of Crass, but I love the band, and I love their way, and their presentation."


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og:title: Coachella Fashion: Sundress Mess, (No On) Neon and The Headband's Last Hurrah (We Hope!)

og:description: Props to those who actually managed to write coherant blog posts from Coachella on a daily/nightly basis. After spending about 1 1/2 hours in traffic le...

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

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

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


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dest: UG

og:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

twitter:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

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

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


dest: DE

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: Bearded Insanity

og:description: A Whiskerino competitor in his natural habitiat. Sweet Jesus I've waited so long and now it's finally here. Whiskerino, the amateur beard growing compet...

article:tag: Culture and Lifestyle

twitter:title: Bearded Insanity

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

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

og:title: 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...


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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: SXSW Round-Up: The Kills Put On The Best Show Of SXSW By A Band Not Named My Morning Jacket…And Why Jenny Lewis Isn't the Hottest Woman In Indie Rock

og:description: Unlike Sasha Frere-Jones, my main gripe with indie rock don't stem from it's lack of blackness. More than anything, I have trouble dealing with the idea...

og:title: We Heart Denim...Honest

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

twitter:title: We Heart Denim...Honest

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

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

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


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dest: TZ

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

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

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


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dest: MX

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

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

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

og:title: Last Night: Hot Chip at the Fillmore

twitter:title: Last Night: Hot Chip at the Fillmore


og:title: Two Cats and a Screamer

og:description: Two cats in Hollywood: The yellow one near the Roosevelt Hotel on a parking sign, and other near the shuttered Fox Theater in Hollywood And a damsel in ...

twitter:title: Two Cats and a Screamer

og:title: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus

twitter:title: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus

og:title: It's Record Store Day!

og:description: Go out and visit your local independent record store today, if there is still one within 100 miles or so. You know your business model is in trouble whe...

twitter:title: It's Record Store Day!

og:title: 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


src: CG

dest: CN

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

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

og:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

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

twitter:title: Tryptophan-tastic!

og:title: Last Chickens in Echo Park

og:description: One last group of Cache's chickens, along with Eyeone and Mear, on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump...

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Last Chickens in Echo Park

og:title: SXSW Day 2: Songs That No One In Their Right Mind Should Cover

og:description: There are a lot of sacred songs in the rock and roll canon, songs that are so connected with their composer that any attempt to replicate them, to put y...

article:tag: South by Southwest Festival

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


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dest: VN

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

og:description: The nights go nearly sleepless, but the last day of Gay Pride Week is no time to flake out. Promises are made and need to be kept, so I head over to the...

article:tag: Social Issues

og:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh

twitter:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh

og:title: Resolved: If a greying man promises you he's going to revolutionize the music industry, be skeptical.

og:description: Allan Klepfisz, CEO of Qtrax, telegraphs the company's death spiral. Lesson: Do not trust graying, comfortable men when they tell you they've seen the f...

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 ...


og:title: Techno and Technology: An Interview with Richie Hawtin

og:description: By Liz Ohanesian For Richie Hawtin, 2008 began with silence, ten weeks without so much as a 12-inch single or live engagement from the producer/DJ and h...

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

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


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og:title: I Play Joan Rivers

og:description: Yeah, it's that time again. Hollywood is all closed up, and hundred of movie fans have begun to line up outside the Kodak Theater, hoping to catch a gli...

twitter:title: I Play Joan Rivers

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: 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: Obama Iron Man

og:description: Photo by Shelley Leopold. Spotted on LaBrea over the weekend - Iron Man posters retooled. If there was any pro-Hillary or McCain street art we'd post th...

twitter:title: Obama Iron Man


dest: BR

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

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


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

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

og:title: 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: 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

og:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

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

twitter:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

og:title: Is Don Henley Dead?

twitter:title: Is Don Henley Dead?


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og:title: Live in L.A.: The Swell Season

og:description: Everyday there are songs and musicians that attempt to do what they believe is meaningful. Pseudo-laureates and full-on liars buzz around our heads on a...

twitter:title: Live in L.A.: The Swell Season


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

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


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dest: ET


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

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

article:tag: Concerts and Tours


src: VN

og:title: The Chic and the "Eek!"

twitter:title: The Chic and the "Eek!"

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: Yeasayer at the Ukranian Culture Center 4.25.08

og:description: I can’t freakin' wait until Yeasayer come back to Los Angeles. I feel itchy knowing that last Friday's show at the Ukranian Culture Center on Melr...

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?


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og:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

twitter:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

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: Louis Verdad's flirty 1950's-themed

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

og:title: Fashion Week

twitter:title: Fashion Week

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

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


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twitter: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 ...

og:title: The Vest of the Grammys

twitter:title: The Vest of the Grammys

og:title: Nomadaz: Street Art from Spain and Italy at Scion

og:description: Pablo Aravena curated the new show at Scion Space in Culver City. Nomadaz brings together eight street artists from Italy and Spain, including Microbo, ...

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

og:description: That's the rumor, anyway, and I'm trying to confirm it right now. But it makes sense: the Crows' new album, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, dropped l...


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

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

og:title: HK Super on Western and 1st

og:description: All photos by Mark Mauer The side of the Korean supermarket "HK Super" hasn't changed much in a the past couple of years, which is pretty wild consideri...

twitter:title: HK Super on Western and 1st


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dest: RU

og:title: Oh What a Feelin'

twitter:title: Oh What a Feelin'

og:title: Gen Art Turns 10

og:description: (Gen Art's fresh faces) There it was— the Peterson Automotive Museum splayed out along the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire. I could see part of its...

twitter:title: Gen Art Turns 10

twitter:title: Yeasayer at the Ukranian Culture Center 4.25.08

twitter:description: I can’t freakin' wait until Yeasayer come back to Los Angeles. I feel itchy knowing that last Friday's show at the Ukranian Culture Center on Melr...

og:title: Strikers March Through Hollywood

og:description: Thousands of strikers and supporters made their way down Hollywood Blvd. this afternoon as the WGA strike continued. All photos by Steven Mikulan...

twitter:title: Strikers March Through Hollywood

og:title: Last Night's Love-in

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

twitter:title: Last Night's Love-in


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dest: IN

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: Christmas Charity Shows

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

twitter:title: Christmas Charity Shows

og:title: Kyoto Decadence

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

twitter:title: Kyoto Decadence

og:title: 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: HOOCHIEWOOD

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

twitter:title: HOOCHIEWOOD


og:title: Pink Kink

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

twitter:title: Pink Kink


src: CN

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

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

article:tag: Beverages

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

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


og:title: Banksy Back in LA?

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

article:tag: Street Art

twitter:title: Banksy Back in LA?

og:title: Pretty Baby

og:description: A movie about a 12-year old prostitute in jazz-age New Orleans may seem like an unlikely inspiration for a new spring line of clothing, but when the pre...

twitter:title: Pretty Baby

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...


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og:title: Life's a Rollercoaster

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

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og:title: El Dud

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

twitter:title: El Dud

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

og:description: Wired Magazine brings a bunch of futuristic goodies to the Henry Fonda Theater to entertain the folks between sets by Kool Keith and Spoon. Click here t...

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

og:title: Coachella Wrap-Up: Is Santogold This Year's MVP?

og:description: If there was one transformative performance at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, I'd say it was Santogold's Friday night statement-o...


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og:title: Santa, That's Not a Chimney!

og:description: I went to Metal Skool at the Key Club again last night. I've had three hours sleep and feel like an Anne Rice vampire with a hair band fetish. I knew Li...

twitter:title: Santa, That's Not a Chimney!

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

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

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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: CBS Crew Rat Fink

og:description: Near a couple of auto body shops (and a sharp new Space Invader mosaic that we'll post soon) near Temple and Westmoreland is a CBS wall with a nice Rat ...

twitter:title: CBS Crew Rat Fink

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

og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#45-41))

og:description: 45. Joe Buhdha Presents Klashnekoff: Lionheart: Tussle With the Beast Exactly three British rappers have managed to "break" the American market in this ...

twitter:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#45-41))

og:title: San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

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

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og:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

twitter:title: New Orleans Jazzfest

og:title: Crank that Crunk

twitter:title: Crank that Crunk

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

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

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


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og:title: Auto Repair art on Santa Monica Blvd. and Ardmore

og:description: Two very different styles across the street from one another on Ardmore just south of Santa Monica Blvd...

og:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

twitter:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

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: 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 ...


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

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

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

og:title: 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 ...

og:title: Coachella to Rage

og:description: "Rage Against the Machine, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork to headline Coachella" - just announced today. It's a bit too early to start planning our...

twitter:title: Coachella to Rage


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og:title: RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

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

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twitter: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...

og:title: Last Night: Pearl Jam in Düsseldorf

og:description: Pearl Jam Düsseldorf, Germany, ISS Dome June 21, 2007 By Ryan Colditz The German crowd at the ISS Dome Germany was more reminiscent of a fütbo...

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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: 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: Love It To Death!

og:description: After four hours at this afternoon's Billion Dollar Babes media/celebrity preview sample sale, I felt a bit like the Babes' patron saint A...

twitter:title: Love It To Death!

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

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

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

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...

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og:title: Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

og:description: Elbow, Air Traffic Avalon, May 9, 2008 Photos and words by Timothy Norris Shortly before Elbow took the stage Friday night for the final show of their l...

twitter:title: Elbow, Avalon, 5/9

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: Whoreson Bitches and Coincidence

og:description: So I finally got round to seeing Brokeback Mountain, on Sunday at the movie theatre on Vermont in Los Feliz. I went with two girlfriends, one of whom ha...

twitter:title: Whoreson Bitches and Coincidence

og:title: Underworld, Hollywood Bowl, 9/10

og:description: Underworld Hollywood Bowl, September 9, 2007 By Jonah Flicker Underworld’s recent appearance at the Hollywood Bowl felt strangely momentous. No de...

twitter:title: Underworld, Hollywood Bowl, 9/10


og:title: Keep Your VD (Valentine's Day) to Yourself

og:description: I won't be joining my fellow Councilors at Taix Lounge tonight. Sorry, I love them, but I am a little sore around the aorta right now. I had met this du...

og:title: About

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

twitter:title: About

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

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

og:title: Guilty As Charged: Anthony Pellicano trial ends with prosecution victory

og:description: Anthony Pellicano, onetime “P.I. to the Stars,” was convicted today of 76 of the 77 counts he faced for racketeering, wire fraud and identit...


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og:title: The Chic and the "Eek!"

twitter:title: The Chic and the "Eek!"


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og:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

twitter:title: Buffalo Gals & Bond Girls

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: Daft Punk at Vegoose

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

twitter:title: Daft Punk at Vegoose

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

og:description: A rough patch of the river here, but there will be some better looking stuff coming up tomorrow, though we get a couple glimpses of the massive pieces, ...


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

article:tag: Entertainment

og:title: Studebaker near Staples

og:description: Here's a little relic that won't be around long. It's been 42 years since a Studebaker rolled off the line. Yet, almost right across the street from the...

twitter:title: Studebaker near Staples

og:title: Paris Cuffed

twitter:title: Paris Cuffed

og:title: Sexy Mamas

twitter:title: Sexy Mamas

og:title: Barry Bold

twitter:title: Barry Bold


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og:title: Resolved: If a greying man promises you he's going to revolutionize the music industry, be skeptical.

og:description: Allan Klepfisz, CEO of Qtrax, telegraphs the company's death spiral. Lesson: Do not trust graying, comfortable men when they tell you they've seen the f...

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


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og:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

twitter:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

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

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

og:title: Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell

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

twitter:title: Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell

og:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21

og:description: A little rain fell, but no damage done. Air, whose new one, Pocket Symphony, is their best in a while, played the usually dry Greek Theatre along with N...

article:tag: Timothy Norris

twitter:title: Air at the Greek Theatre, 9/21


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og:title: Cuckoo for Haiku

twitter:title: Cuckoo for Haiku

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...