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og:title: Just Another Night On The Strip

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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...

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og:title: El-P, Dizzee Rascal, El Rey, 5/22

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og:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

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

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og:title: Steve Aoki Has a Blog

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og:title: Unicorns Need Not Apply

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og:title: Yagman to Feds: No Surrender

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og:title: Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

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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...

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og:title: Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#15-11)

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og:title: The Kills, El Rey, 5/21

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

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og:title: Metaform-Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

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og:title: Tamil Twofer: M.I.A. at the Echoplex

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og:title: Conflict!

og:description: Perhaps no show on television is more suited to the wonders of TiVo, or in my case, an Adelphia DVR/cable box, than the Academy Awards. Way too many com...

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

og:description: Seriously, I don't understand. It's not like he was publishing fake stories about how P. Diddy offed Tupac.

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?

og:title: Kelly to Play LA!

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


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og:title: Linda Immediato

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

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

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og:title: Billboard Case Slated for Federal Court of Appeal

og:description: Oral arguments will be heard in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal on June 4 in the case, Metro Lights, LLC vs. City of Los Angeles. The federal b...

article:tag: Crime and Law

og:title: Cuckoo for Haiku

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og:title: For Joe Donnelly

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og:title: Paul, Prince and Paris

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og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 3 (#14-10)

og:description: Mental Note: Avoid guys with the nickname "Mad Dog." 14. Redman-"Blow Treez" Why did we have to wait until 2007 for Redman, the man who taught a generat...

og:title: We Get A Round. Ers.

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og:title: Rule Brut-annia

twitter:title: Rule Brut-annia

og:title: NY Hates Jack. Does LA?

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

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og:title: Florida 2000 Hits The Grove

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og:title: Portraits of a Lady...and a Tramp

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og:title: And I'm Telling You...

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

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

og:title: 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: Meghan Where's The Love?

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

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

article:tag: Brown University

og:title: SXSW Flashback: Even Jandek is a SXSW whore

og:description: It's quite possible that Jandek -- more than any artist in history -- has milked the obscurity thing for all that it's worth.

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: 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...

article:section: Restaurants

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 ...

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og:title: Concessions on a Dance Floor

og:description: Perhaps, the Material Girl (see post below for back story) had another reason for creating the temporary Madonna Gallerie— to sell her wares outsi...

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twitter:title: Concessions on a Dance Floor

og:title: Coachella, Day One: The National, the Sunset, and the Masses

og:description: The National at Coachella, Day One. By Chris Martins Photos by Timothy Norris The National were off to a strong start, but something wasn't right. The w...

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: Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls

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


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og:title: Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

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

og:title: Jenna Jameson New Face to Fashion Week

og:description: One thing keeps puzzling me...Why was Porn Star Queen Jenna Jameson at so many LA Fashion Week shows? She got a lot of front row action this fashion wee...

twitter:title: Jenna Jameson New Face to Fashion Week

og:title: Rivers Run Dry

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og:title: Heavens to Betsey

og:description: We love retro fashion references as much as (maybe more than) the next wear-bear, but the regurgitation coming out of New York Fashion week this season ...

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twitter:title: Heavens to Betsey

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

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

og:title: Out of their "L"ement

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og:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

og:description: Coming down from the Grammy lemonade high, I was faced with the fact that the requests I had made to be added to lists for post Grammy parties had never...

twitter:title: Grammy Parties: Me and Cinderella

og:title: Pink Kink

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

twitter:title: Pink Kink


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og:title: Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

og:description: If nothing else Obama's candidacy is at least inspiring people to make music. Alas, for the most part the songs haven't been very good. Will.i.am's mess...

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og:title: SXSW Flashback: Interview With Del Tha Funky Homosapien

og:description: It was my third night in Austin. Devin had just blazed through an epic set that had been celebrated in the appropriate fashion , El-P was currently on-s...

og:title: Rockin' in the Tree World

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

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og:title: No Age Plays in the River

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twitter:title: No Age Plays in the River

og:title: Peaches and Cream

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twitter:title: Peaches and Cream

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

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

og:title: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy

og:description: One down. Two to Go! Coachella Friday was actually very easy breezy. Okay, we left Thursday night thereby avoiding most traffic and we spent a big chunk...

twitter:title: Coachella Friday: Easy Breezy

og:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!

twitter:title: Bright Eyes video needs extras!!


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

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og:title: First Name Basis

og:description: Last night I went to see Wendy & Lisa. Remember them? After Prince ended his Revolution, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and keyboardist Lisa Coleman, co-wrote ...

twitter:title: First Name Basis

og:title: Looks Good Enough to Eat

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og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

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og:title: Prince added to Saturday's Coachella Line-Up

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og:title: Editors, Wiltern, 9/24

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

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og:title: Kanye West goes to space, sees weird lady mannequin there

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og:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

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

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


og:title: SXSW Flashback: Even Jandek is a SXSW whore

og:description: It's quite possible that Jandek -- more than any artist in history -- has milked the obscurity thing for all that it's worth.

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

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


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og:title: Hurray for Tar-jay: Rogan Roars

og:description: Its bastardization of The Beatles in those relentlessly dizzying TV commercials aside, we still pledge undying love for Target. Where else can you buy m...

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

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

og:title: El Dud

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twitter:title: El Dud

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

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og:title: 10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

og:description: Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam Sounds Like Bad Acid Trip At arcade in New Jersey Let Panda roam solo. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible Right now in heaven Toole...

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og:title: Style Council Modfather Gets His Props

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og:title: Nightranger Show and Tell

twitter:title: Nightranger Show and Tell

og:title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reunion Photos

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

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

og:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity

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twitter:title: Stop, in the Name of Vanity


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

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

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

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

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

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

og:title: Where Bling Never Dies

twitter:title: Where Bling Never Dies

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

og:description: Above: Monsters Are Waiting's lead creature, Annalee. The Oohlas also played the sold out concert. Click the link to see Timothy Norris' full slideshow ...

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

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


og:title: 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: Would You Wood?

og:description: How do you feel about wall art? I have conflicted feelings about decorative stuff on walls. It's so easy to get sick of posters, even if they're neatly ...

twitter:title: Would You Wood?

og:title: Paint It Black

twitter:title: Paint It Black

og:title: The Frames, 9/6

og:description: The Frames Henry Fonda Theater, Sept. 6 By Mark Mauer Two crowds showed up to see Dublin's The Frames Thursday night. First there were the die-hards, li...

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

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article:tag: Internet Music Services


og:title: Corey Lynn Calter: Pretty Persuasion

twitter:title: Corey Lynn Calter: Pretty Persuasion

og:title: Fuck Saint Patrick

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article:tag: Eating Out

twitter:title: Fuck Saint Patrick

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

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og:title: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus

twitter:title: Ray La Montagne and Morpheus


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

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og:title: Breeders for Coachella '08 + New Album?

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

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article:tag: Queens of the Stone Age

og:title: Coachella, Day One: The National, the Sunset, and the Masses

og:description: The National at Coachella, Day One. By Chris Martins Photos by Timothy Norris The National were off to a strong start, but something wasn't right. The w...

og:title: A Style Councilette is Born!

twitter:title: A Style Councilette is Born!

og:title: Meghan Where's The Love?

twitter:title: Meghan Where's The Love?


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og:title: Seventh Letter "Letters First" Show

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twitter:title: Seventh Letter "Letters First" Show

og:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

twitter:title: Hipster Flu Update - Cure Discovered

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

og:title: The Hills Were Alive

og:description: "Hippie chicks with boob jobs." That's how a (male) pal inaccurately described the annual Topanga Days fest in the Santa Monica hills this past memorial...

twitter:title: The Hills Were Alive


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

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

og:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!

twitter:title: Damn that Jonathan Gold!


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og:title: Workin It

og:description: Happy Labor Day lovelies! Party hearty but don't drink and drive or you may be forced to rock one of these with your fiercest footwear. The shoes are fr...

twitter:title: Workin It


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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...

article:tag: Weird Al Yankovic

twitter:title: Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview

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

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


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og:title: Beauty Bars Across America- TONIGHT!

og:description: Tonight (Wed, 10/4) kicks off the month-long Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) charity event at Beauty Bars across the nation. The Council of Fashion...

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

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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: Laurence Tribe Tangles with CBS and L.A. City Hall

og:description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s Courtroom 3 - a miniature auditorium with comfortable, smoked salmon-colored seats - wa...

og:title: Paul, Prince and Paris

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

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

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...

og:title: More bands added to Coachella. But their names don't start with Radio and end in head

og:description: Ordinarily announcing a SoCal date for Aphex Twin would be pretty damn cool. In fact, I was just wondering recently if the guy was ever going to come ou...

og:title: She's Got the Wicked Style

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: Well-Spent Youth

twitter:title: Well-Spent Youth


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og:title: Thinking Bluer

twitter:title: Thinking Bluer

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: 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: Live in L.A.: Entrance at Safari Sam's, 8/3

og:description: Entrance are not who you think they are.  They are not a quiet, mellow trio nipping at the heels of the psych-folk pack mule, despite their long hair, s...

og:title: HIllary Clinton, Working Class Heroine

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

twitter:title: HIllary Clinton, Working Class Heroine

og:title: Disneyfied Big Oil Hyenas in E. Hollywood

og:description: This has to be the most directly political wall mural I've seen. Near the intersection of Heliotrope and Melrose on the wall of a laundry, is this excel...

og:title: SWAT Officer Simmons' Final Farewell

og:description: A police officer guards SWAT Officer Randal Simmons' white hearse in front of the Crenshaw Christian Faith Dome on Vermont Ave. Dozens of colorful wreat...

twitter:title: SWAT Officer Simmons' Final Farewell


og:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery

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

article:tag: Sports

twitter:title: Os Brasileiros at Carmichael Gallery

og:title: The staggering idiocy of Bob Lefsetz boiled to its essence

og:description: As long as we're on the subject of Bob Lefsetz, let's talk Bob Lefsetz. I've stayed away from mentioning Santa Monica-based music biz prognosticator Bob...

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

og:description: The rise of classically informed indie music, one awesome photograph of MC 62 Foot Jesus, and my thoughts on "conflict of interest" in music criticism t...


og:title: It Ain't Like That Anymore

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

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dest: JP

og:title: Crackdown on Gigantic Ads

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

twitter:title: Crackdown on Gigantic Ads


og:title: The Return of The Watch

og:description: I know, I know - ever since God invented cell phones that can tell the time, no-one wears watches anymore. Watches are annoying. You have to put them on...

article:tag: Caroline Ryder

twitter:title: The Return of The Watch


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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: Grilled Cheese Invitational

og:description: How often have I had blissful dreams like the picture above? In the dream, I am hungry. Then some kind stranger appears from nowhere and smilingly hands...

article:tag: Rosemary's Baby

twitter:title: Grilled Cheese Invitational


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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...

article:tag: Local Politics

twitter:title: Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!

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: M.I.A. – Kala

og:description: She proposes in her new disc that this is the Third World Democracy, and there’s no arguing here. M.I.A. did a lot of jumping from continent to co...

article:tag: Oscar Pascual

twitter:title: M.I.A. – Kala


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og:title: Gen Art Gets Glam

article:tag: Suzy Yun

twitter:title: Gen Art Gets Glam


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og:title: My Little China Hurl

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

twitter:title: My Little China Hurl

og:title: Peaches and Cream

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

twitter:title: Peaches and Cream


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og:title: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

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

twitter:title: Erasure and Smashing Pumpkins News

og:title: 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: K Fed Gets Axe'd

twitter:title: K Fed Gets Axe'd

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


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

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

article:tag: Magazines

og:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

twitter:title: Where Are You Hollywood?

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: Is Don Henley Dead?

twitter:title: Is Don Henley Dead?


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og:title: Oscars Overall

twitter:title: Oscars Overall

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: Gettin' My Groove Back

og:description: I've been missing in action for a week and you don't wanna know why. It aint glamorous or seedy or anything, but let's just say I've been in a post-NYE ...

twitter:title: Gettin' My Groove Back


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og:title: Frontiers at Eleven

og:description: (Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party ...

article:tag: Ultimate Fighting Championship

twitter:title: Frontiers at Eleven


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dest: ET

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...

twitter:title: Prince Is Coming!

og:title: Flea's Bitten

og:description: On Saturday night the Diane von Furstenberg store in West Hollywood hosted a benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, the non-profit music scho...

twitter:title: Flea's Bitten

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

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

og:title: Shit List

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

twitter:title: Shit List

og:title: No Data Found

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

twitter:title: No Data Found


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og:title: Meeting of Styles, 5th Batch

twitter:title: Meeting of Styles, 5th Batch

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: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

twitter:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview


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og:title: Treat Yourself: Head To Bittersweet Butterfly

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

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

article:tag: Tupac Shakur

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

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

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

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

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

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: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

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

twitter:title: Ray Cortines: Friend or Foe?

og:title: Ghostland Observatory, Henry Fonda, 11/30

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

og:title: Mermaids at Deborah Lindquist

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

twitter:title: Mermaids at Deborah Lindquist

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

og:description: Welcome to Teenage Kicks...

twitter:description: Welcome to Teenage Kicks...


og:title: 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: Guser Gets a Year

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

article:tag: Criminal Sentencing and Punishment

twitter:title: Guser Gets a Year

og:title: Raiders of the Lost Art

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

twitter:title: Raiders of the Lost Art

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

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

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

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

article:tag: Concerts and Tours

og:title: Muggs-ing for the Camera

twitter:title: Muggs-ing for the Camera


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

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

og:title: Queer Town: The Fat is in the Fire

og:description: The court has not only ignored the will of the people and imposed a redefinition of marriage on Californians, it has inflicted years of legal chaos, qui...

twitter:title: Queer Town: The Fat is in the Fire


og:title: So Domestic It's Scary

twitter:title: So Domestic It's Scary

og:title: What Number Are You? More Macca at Amoeba


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@tags: warning security

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: Chick Power

og:description: I heart the Dixie Chicks. I know, I can't believe it either. If you'd told me a week ago that I would be saying this, I wouldn't have thought it was pos...

twitter:title: Chick Power

og:title: Beyond Thunderdome

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

twitter:title: Beyond Thunderdome


dest: PL

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

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

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

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...

article:tag: Buddy Akai


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dest: MA

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: 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: 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.

article:tag: Celebrity News

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


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dest: BR

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: Bald and Er, Bald

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

twitter:title: Bald and Er, Bald

og:title: DESERT DOs AND DONTs

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

twitter:title: DESERT DOs AND DONTs

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: Here's Mud in My Eye

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

twitter:title: Here's Mud in My Eye


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og:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

twitter:title: Laughing All The Way To The Banksy

og:title: Bishop Lamont-The Next Great West Coast Hope?

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


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dest: PK

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: 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...

article:tag: Entertainment

twitter:title: The Editors on Jimmy Kimmel live


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: Flooding in Hancock Park and Larchmont

og:description: Storm drains in the ritzy Hancock Park area couldn't handle an inundation of water from a storm the National Weather Service says dumped 4.2 inches on B...

article:tag: Ted Soqui

twitter:title: Flooding in Hancock Park and Larchmont

og:title: The Return of The Watch

og:description: I know, I know - ever since God invented cell phones that can tell the time, no-one wears watches anymore. Watches are annoying. You have to put them on...

twitter:title: The Return of The Watch


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...

twitter: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...


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dest: KR

og:title: More Grammy Week Gossip

twitter:title: More Grammy Week Gossip

og:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

twitter:title: Frankie B. Jeans & Genes


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

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

article:tag: Clothing and Accessories

og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up


og:title: Meghan Fabulous— The Name Says It All...

article:tag: Meghan Fabulous


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og:title: Headless Chicken and TLG

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

article:tag: Mark Mauer

twitter:title: Headless Chicken and TLG


og:title: McCartney Vetoed Weird Al's Chicken Pot Pie

og:description: Well, it's been a quiet few days, involving mainly indigestion and a marathon L Word viewing session (seven episodes, back to back). So here's a funny s...

og:title: Eagles of Death Metal Play Loudly

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

twitter:title: Eagles of Death Metal Play Loudly

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

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

article:tag: Jonny Bell


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

og:description: I've resisted the Muxtape meme that's been spreading across the blogosphere over the past month, but when Goathair of the very excellent Blowtorc...

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

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

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og:title: Fashion Weeklings? LA Observed Notices Our Abscence

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

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: 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: Starstruck

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

twitter:title: Starstruck


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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...

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

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

og:title: Coachella Envy: Why did the artist formerly known as the unpronounceable symbol guy have to ruin it for all of us curmudgeons?

og:description: Video of Prince performing a cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella 2008.

article:tag: Beth Gibbon


og:title: SMASHBOX final days

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

article:tag: Jeremy Scott

twitter:title: SMASHBOX final days

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: Let the Barney's Battles Begin...

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

og:title: Vegoose, Day 1

og:description: Vegoose Music Festival, Las Vegas, Saturday, October 27. By Randall Roberts Back and forth we walk, through fairway-cut grass, soft and padded on practi...

twitter:title: Vegoose, Day 1


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

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

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

og:title: Uncle George's Diary

og:description: Few directors in any genre draw as loyal, faithful and loving a crowd as the maestro of the undead, George Romero. And they turned out in droves - the b...

article:tag: EI School of Professional Makeup

twitter:title: Uncle George's Diary


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og:title: BOXeight: Eco Nouveau

og:description: We arrived back at Vibiana Saturday well into the all-day BoxEight Eco-Nouveau event which included spoken word, a couple of films and a music performan...

twitter:title: BOXeight: Eco Nouveau

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

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

article:tag: The Adolescents

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

og:title: Shopping Daze

twitter:title: Shopping Daze

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

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

article:tag: Electronic Music


og:title: Down The Rabbit Hole at Petro Zillia

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

twitter:title: Down The Rabbit Hole at Petro Zillia

og:title: No Shit, Sherlock

twitter:title: No Shit, Sherlock

og:title: Beachwood Sparks to reunite for Sub Pop anniversary party

og:description: Amidst all the hoo-ha about Jane's Addiction getting back together next week because apparently they're geniuses or something, another reunion's getting...

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

og:description: Rock overlord Slash called for listeners of Get The Fuck Up Radio to keep an eye out for his poor lost kittie-cat Habib, who has been missing since Apri...


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

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

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

og:title: KHAAN! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told

og:description: It's funny the first time Shatner yells it out. It is, after all, the named-turned-curse heard throughout a galaxy. That one word - that one syllable - ...

twitter:title: KHAAN! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told

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

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

twitter:title: L.A. River Along the Golden State - Two

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?

og:title: The Ugg-ly Truth About Shopping

og:description: I accompanied Miss Steffie to the annual Billion Dollar Babes sale yesterday, and just so ya know, it was only pure guilt that kept me from doing the sa...

twitter:title: The Ugg-ly Truth About Shopping


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og:title: Arcade Fire buddies at the Bowl

og:description: Hot off the email MEDIA ALERT ** MEDIA ALERT ** MEDIA ALERT LA PHIL PRESENTS ARCADE FIRE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT 7 PM LCD SOU...

twitter:title: Arcade Fire buddies at the Bowl

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 ...


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

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

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: Truckin’ Down the ‘Vard with Papa Joe

og:description: "Dante's Inferno": Hollywood Boulevard & Truck Turner The New Beverly Cinema, April 11 The New Beverly Cinema's runaway-hit series of director-programme...

twitter:title: Truckin’ Down the ‘Vard with Papa Joe

og:title: Paul McCartney Played Lots Of Beatle Songs

og:description: Ok, I got in to see Paul at the free Amoeba in-store show. The crowd was a buzz wondering if he would play any Beatles songs or mostly stuff off the new...


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og:title: It Ain't Like That Anymore

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

twitter:title: It Ain't Like That Anymore

og:title: Kinky at Detour

og:description: Up until now, it's been a lot of pleasant surprises: bands that maybe a lot of people hadn't been too familiar with, but ended up digging. Not so with K...

article:tag: Mexico City

twitter:title: Kinky at Detour

og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

og:description: Somehow, I doubt that Paul Thomas Anderson is going to love this so much that he'll grab it to hang in his house the way Murakmai did with Augor and Rev...

twitter:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood


og:title: Cobrasnake

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

twitter:title: Cobrasnake

og:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

og:description: Obamanation Photos and text by Shelley Leopold A mural appeared in Mid-Wilshire on a recent morning — not on a rooftop or an overpass, but at the ...

twitter:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

og:title: Ask And You Shall Receive

twitter:title: Ask And You Shall Receive

og:title: Laurence Tribe Tangles with CBS and L.A. City Hall

og:description: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s Courtroom 3 - a miniature auditorium with comfortable, smoked salmon-colored seats - wa...


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og:title: Meghan Where's The Love?

twitter:title: Meghan Where's The Love?


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: LA Weekly Interviews Mark Eitzel of American Music Club

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

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

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


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og:title: 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: From BIM to "BOOM!"

og:description: The Apple and Stunt Rock @ The New Beverly Cinema, March 25th Little gives an LA cinephile greater joy than to see the New Beverly Cinema booming at the...

twitter:title: From BIM to "BOOM!"


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og:title: The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 3 (#14-10)

og:description: Mental Note: Avoid guys with the nickname "Mad Dog." 14. Redman-"Blow Treez" Why did we have to wait until 2007 for Redman, the man who taught a generat...

og:title: Pellicano Trial's Freaky Friday

og:description: Pellicano Defense Finishes Its First Week It’s a crime to lie to the FBI, so I won’t: The courtroom was bored to tears with Friday's appeara...

twitter:title: Pellicano Trial's Freaky Friday

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: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

twitter:title: Introspection: An Illustrated Overview

og:title: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party

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

twitter:title: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party


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

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

og:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs

twitter:title: Yeah, Yeah, FUCK Yeahs


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

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

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

og:title: Evenings Become Eclectic

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

article:tag: Caroline Ryder

twitter:title: Evenings Become Eclectic

og:title: Too Trendy Tykes

twitter:title: Too Trendy Tykes

og:title: Augor: There Will Be Blood

twitter:description: Somehow, I doubt that Paul Thomas Anderson is going to love this so much that he'll grab it to hang in his house the way Murakmai did with Augor and Rev...

og:title: Let the Grieving Process Begin: Pink Floyd's Inflatable Pig Found Dead

og:description: It's a hard time for everyone, I know. But we have to get through this together. The LA Weekly would like to open the comments section so you, the reade...


og:title: Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

twitter: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...

og:title: Beachwood Sparks to reunite for Sub Pop anniversary party

og:description: Amidst all the hoo-ha about Jane's Addiction getting back together next week because apparently they're geniuses or something, another reunion's getting...

twitter: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...


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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...

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

og:title: Maria Shriver for Obama

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

twitter:title: Maria Shriver for Obama


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

og:description: By the third day, we were knocked out, loaded. Hungover, weary, wandering the festival grounds like lethargic lemmings, queuing in lines off instinct, j...

og:title: Coachella, Day One: The National, the Sunset, and the Masses

og:description: The National at Coachella, Day One. By Chris Martins Photos by Timothy Norris The National were off to a strong start, but something wasn't right. The w...

og:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

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

twitter:title: Democratic Debate Love Fest - So Far

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

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

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

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

og:description: With The National, I traveled to the never fashionable north London district of Wood Green to visit the home and studio of Southern’s founder John...

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


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...

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, ...


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

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

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


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og:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

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

twitter:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone


dest: ET

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

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: 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...

twitter:title: Last Night: Pearl Jam in Düsseldorf

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: 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


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dest: NL

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

twitter: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...

og:title: Today and tomorrow

twitter:title: Today and tomorrow

og:title: Grilled Cheese Invitational

og:description: How often have I had blissful dreams like the picture above? In the dream, I am hungry. Then some kind stranger appears from nowhere and smilingly hands...

article:tag: Rosemary's Baby

twitter:title: Grilled Cheese Invitational


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

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

og:title: 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...

article:tag: Weird Al Yankovic

twitter:title: Neil Hamburger: The LA Weekly Interview

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: Stone Temple Pilots, Jimmy Kimmel Show, 5/1

og:description: Stone Temple Pilots Jimmy Kimmel Live, May 1 By Ryan Colditz "One time a thing occurred to me What's real, and what's for sale? Blew a kiss and tried to...


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dest: ZA

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

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

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

og:title: Sex crimes investigator assassinated in Juarez

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

og:title: She Ra Woman Hater

og:description: I'm relatively new to the whole blogging thing, and today I learned a lesson —never delete a post because you got a bad comment. I had posted "My ...

article:tag: Holidays

twitter:title: She Ra Woman Hater

og:title: The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007

og:description: 10. Sea Wolf-Leaves in the River At times, Leaves In the River reads a little predictably quirky, but Alex Church's pop heart salvages this from being t...

twitter:title: The 10 Best Local Albums Of 2007


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og:title: Grammy Nominations

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

twitter:title: Grammy Nominations

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: Grammy Friends and Family: Spankrocked and A Change of...Pace?

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


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

og:description: The rise of classically informed indie music, one awesome photograph of MC 62 Foot Jesus, and my thoughts on "conflict of interest" in music criticism t...


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og:title: 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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og:title: No Age Plays in the River

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

article:tag: No Age (Band)

twitter:title: No Age Plays in the River


og:title: 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: Seymour Stein Loves The Flairz

twitter:title: Seymour Stein Loves The Flairz


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

article:tag: Cosmetics

og:title: International Anthem

twitter:title: International Anthem

og:title: Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!

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

article:tag: Local Politics

twitter:title: Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!


dest: PH

og:title: Kasim Patton

og:description: We get mail at Lurker! Today we're posting a batch of pictures sent in by Kasim Patton Kasim sent in a nice variety pack of stuff: Some shots of the LA ...

article:tag: Kasim Patton

twitter:title: Kasim Patton

og:title: Road Trip: Day 2 (still in Sedona)

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 2 (still in Sedona)

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

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

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


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og:title: Spoon Fed... Up

twitter:title: Spoon Fed... Up


src: NG

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

og:description: I got some flack a while back after dissing (does anyone say dissing anymore? we probably shouldn't) the knit skull cap, a co-worker even wore one in de...

article:tag: Celebrity News

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


src: BD

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


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dest: TM

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: Paddle On

og:description: Where are the ginormous Lotus flowers of years past? I wondered as I strolled about the Echo Park Lake this past Saturday for the annual Lotus Festival....

article:tag: Climatology

twitter:title: Paddle On

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...

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


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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

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

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

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


dest: BD

og:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

twitter:title: Herrrre's Jennifer!

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

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

article:tag: Timothy Norris

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


dest: DZ


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: 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 ...


src: ID

og:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones

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

twitter:title: Sticks + Skin + Bones


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

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

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

twitter:description: From www.weaknights.com...


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og:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

twitter:title: ROCK ROYALTY, ANYONE?

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

og:description: With The National, I traveled to the never fashionable north London district of Wood Green to visit the home and studio of Southern’s founder John...

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


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: 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: Children of a Richer God

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

twitter:title: Children of a Richer God


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dest: NE

og:title: Tamil Twofer: M.I.A. at the Echoplex

og:description: Before you even start reading this, open a new browser window and head to http://www.myspace.com/mia. After a few seconds, M.I.A.'s recent single, &ldqu...

article:tag: M.I.A. (Musician)

twitter:title: Tamil Twofer: M.I.A. at the Echoplex

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: 10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

og:description: Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam Sounds Like Bad Acid Trip At arcade in New Jersey Let Panda roam solo. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible Right now in heaven Toole...

og:title: Beards, Blazers & Glasses, Or Yeasayer, The Indie Spin Doctors

og:description: Yeasayer are a jam band, they just aren't aware of it yet. At one point during the Brooklyn four-piece's set Saturday night at the Echoplex, lead singer...

og:title: Sexy Mamas

twitter:title: Sexy Mamas


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og:title: Magic Moments with Merlin

twitter:title: Magic Moments with Merlin

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

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

og:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh

twitter:title: Sue Wong Gets Fresh

og:title: Pity Party People

twitter:title: Pity Party People


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

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


src: ET

dest: UG

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: Last Night: Hot Chip at the Fillmore

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

og:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

twitter:title: It's A Jungle Out Here

og:title: See and be Zine

og:description: Still recovering from Paper mag's slew of events last week at Acme gallery, though I missed the Saturday night fevah of Los Super Elegantes (which I hea...

twitter:title: See and be Zine


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

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

og:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

twitter:title: White Light, Hot Chocolate

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

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

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

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

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


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og:title: 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

og:title: Make Hip-Hop Not War

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

twitter:title: Make Hip-Hop Not War

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: 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: Concessions on a Dance Floor

og:description: Perhaps, the Material Girl (see post below for back story) had another reason for creating the temporary Madonna Gallerie— to sell her wares outsi...

twitter:title: Concessions on a Dance Floor

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

og:description: It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams' opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of "God is Amazing," punctuated with sista ...

og:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja

twitter:title: Heavenly Creatures at Saja


dest: CA

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

og:title: These Shoes are Made for Walkin

twitter:title: These Shoes are Made for Walkin

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: 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


dest: BF

og:title: Manson Dig Officially Over

og:description: Inyo County sheriff investigators officially called off the dig for human remains Wednesday at remote Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of Charles Ma...

article:tag: Law Enforcement

twitter:title: Manson Dig Officially Over

og:title: Frontiers at Eleven

og:description: (Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party ...

article:tag: Ultimate Fighting Championship

twitter:title: Frontiers at Eleven

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

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: Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, Claremont Folk Festival, 5/3

og:description: Ben Harper, Jackson Browne Claremont Folk Festival, Sycamore School May 3, 2008 Photos and Text by Ryan Colditz Nestled neatly inside the Inland Empire ...


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

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

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: Zero Hour in Pennsylvania

og:description: By Marc Cooper Zero hour in Pennsylvania. Or is it? We've had to somehow fill the gap of the six weeks since the last primary, so we've sort of convince...

twitter:title: Zero Hour in Pennsylvania

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


dest: US

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

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

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

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

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

og:description: By the third day, we were knocked out, loaded. Hungover, weary, wandering the festival grounds like lethargic lemmings, queuing in lines off instinct, j...

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


og:title: Grammy Stylin'

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

twitter:title: Grammy Stylin'


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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

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

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

og:title: 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


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src: TJ

og:title: Rail Yards Downtown

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

twitter:title: Rail Yards Downtown

og:title: Bodies moving at MX Beat

og:description: M.I.A. delivered once again at the MX Beat fest on Saturday night, scoring more direct hits on the ears and hips of thousands of Mexican fans who braved...

twitter:title: Bodies moving at MX Beat

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

og:description: The rise of classically informed indie music, one awesome photograph of MC 62 Foot Jesus, and my thoughts on "conflict of interest" in music criticism t...


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og:title: I Just Shit My Pants

twitter:title: I Just Shit My Pants

og:title: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party

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

twitter:title: Justice, Teddybears, Satellite Party

og:title: Stop Making Sense

og:description: Last night I attended a party at my friend Zoe's teeny-tiny adorable Silver Lake cottage on a hill, which comfortably holds a maximum of maybe fifteen p...

twitter:title: Stop Making Sense

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: Kofie'One's Obama Mural

og:description: Obamanation Photos and text by Shelley Leopold A mural appeared in Mid-Wilshire on a recent morning — not on a rooftop or an overpass, but at the ...

twitter:title: Kofie'One's Obama Mural


og:title: Crank that Crunk

twitter:title: Crank that Crunk


dest: CO

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

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

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

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: Germs, Adolescents, Key Club, 12/28

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

article:tag: The Adolescents

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


dest: AR

og:title: Snoop Goes Country! Snoop Dogg Live at Fox Studios, March 6

og:description: photos by Timothy Norris Snoop Dogg gigged with an 18-piece backing band in a Fox Studio sound room last night for the Nissan Live series shown on Yahoo...

twitter:description: Last night I attended a party at my friend Zoe's teeny-tiny adorable Silver Lake cottage on a hill, which comfortably holds a maximum of maybe fifteen p...

og:title: Road Trip: Day 3

twitter:title: Road Trip: Day 3


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dest: AE

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

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

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

og:title: Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

og:description: If nothing else Obama's candidacy is at least inspiring people to make music. Alas, for the most part the songs haven't been very good. Will.i.am's mess...

twitter:title: Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

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

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

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

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


src: NG

dest: BG

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

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

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

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

og:description: This should be a cool opening. It features singer Becky Stark and drummer/comic artist Ron Rege (both of Lavender Diamond) as The Mystical Unionists. He...

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

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


og:title: 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: Mika, Superhero in Red Levis

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

twitter:title: Mika, Superhero in Red Levis

og:title: The Hives, Wiltern, 2/19

og:description: The Hives, Donnas Wiltern, Feb. 19 Photos by Timothy Norris It's been eight years since the Hives started telling us they were going to take over the wo...

twitter:title: The Hives, Wiltern, 2/19

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...


src: RU

dest: PK

og:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women

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

twitter:title: Phenomenal (Grammy) Women


src: IT

dest: GE

og:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

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

twitter:title: Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

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

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

article:tag: Tupac Shakur

og:title: Don't Stop Believin'

twitter:title: Don't Stop Believin'

og:title: Fox's Tail - Assistants March

og:description: “Every place has a completely different personality, like, Sony is kinda angry, Fox is where all the really cool people hang out and Radford gets ...

twitter:title: Fox's Tail - Assistants March

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

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


dest: PL

og:title: Sooo Trashy!

twitter:title: Sooo Trashy!

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

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


dest: PH

og:title: GOLDEN GIRLS

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

twitter:title: GOLDEN GIRLS

og:title: 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: 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 ...