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2010 Stories by Lina Lecaro

• Which Flamboyant LA Underground Characters Are Infiltrating the Mainstreamr And Which One is the Next Cross(dressing)over Starr

  published Oct 13, 2010

  In this week's Nightranger column (out tomorrow), we cover some of LA's most flamboyant polysexual characters and performers (nothing new), but ya know what isr Many of them are suddenly infiltrating ... More >>

• A-Trak Talks DJ Hero 2's Shock And Awe, Plus Full Song And Mixer Mashup List

  published Oct 11, 2010

  DJ Hero 2 comes out October 19 and, at an exclusive sneak leak listening party inside Hollywood's My Studio Thursday night, we got to chat with super DJ A-Trak (Fools Gold, Kanye West, etc) who contri... More >>

• Saturday Night Fever: Soul Clap Gets Sweaty, Don Bolles' Drums Get Stolen and The Show Cave Goes On

  published Oct 05, 2010

  After stomping the streets at ERMF on Saturday, we gave our feet a much-needed rest and watched others sweat it up for a change, as part of a judging panel for the LA version of New York Night Train... More >>

• Eagle Rock Music Fest Flies High With Low End Theory DJs, Pay The Man, Ollin and Egyptian Lover

  published Oct 04, 2010

  [For more exclusive images, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010"] We're surely not the only LA native who wistfully recalled Sunset Junction Street Fairs of yore while s... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: Vitalicious

  published September 30, 2010

  Niteshift joins forces with Jellybean Recordings and Nitty Gritty for a good-to-the-last-drop deep-house and disco sweatfest... More >>

• Nightranger: Pop Smart

  published September 30, 2010

  When Andy Warholsaid that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, it was before reality TV, photo blogs, social media sites... More >>

• Warriors of Mock: Thrashing With Soundgarden In Guitar Hero's Fake CBGB's

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Video games may have helped heavier music's standing in the flailing recording industry, but for those of us who grew up wanting a real guitar for Christmas versus a plastic thing with color-coded but... More >>

• What Are Your Favorite Magic Mountain Live Show Memoriesr: Music, Mayhem and Man Candy

  published Sep 28, 2010

  In this week's Nightranger, we hiked out to Valencia for "Out On The Mountain" the wild gay dance jamboree at Six Flags Magic Mountain thrown by DJ Ray Rhodes (Tigerheat). The GBLT gathering took over... More >>

• Vice's Fall Vibes Party At El Cid A "Do" With "Secret" Guest DJ

  published Sep 23, 2010

  If we ever start a band, we're gonna call it "secret special guest." Okay that's probably about as lame as "Barenaked Ladies," but there's no denying the frequency of the words "surprise" and "secret"... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: "Euphoric," Not "Ecstatic"

  published September 23, 2010

  Will the change from "all ages" to "18 and over" make a difference in vibe at the Nocturnal Festival this Saturday? Only party... More >>

• Nightranger: Star Bright

  published September 23, 2010

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• Top 10 Popstar Clothing Lines that Put Madonna and Lourdes' New "Material Girl" to Shame!

  published Sep 22, 2010

  In this week's Nightranger column, we cover last week's Macy's Passport "Glamorama" event at the Orpheum Theatre downtown. The event was scaled back from years past live music-wise (Macy Gray and Eric... More >>

• Live Mash-Up Mayhem: Bootie LA and Beyond

  published Sep 20, 2010

  Mash-ups continue to be an often misunderstood, even maligned music form by some, and admittedly the genre can be frustrating sometimes. The currently-hot Robyn meets AC/DC mix, which DJ Paul V spun... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: Endless Summer

  published September 16, 2010

  Good news. Summer may be over, but Sunday afternoon's best dance party, The Do-Over, is extending its mixed bag of sangria... More >>

• Nightranger: Outta-Sight Night

  published September 16, 2010

  Not sure if we buy the whole Mercury in retrograde theory, but life (night and otherwise) sure has been pretty kooky lately. Apparently the... More >>

• Nightlife: The Dandy Warhols Get Acoustic for Fashion's Night Out at Fred Segal/Ron Herman

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Fashion's Night Out, the self-proclaimed "splurge-inspiring event" that took over major citties all around the world, including LA for the first time this past Friday, presented some notable music an... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: Hot-Mess Body Rock

  published September 9, 2010

  The major club event of the week takes place Friday at Control, when Major Lazer (the reggae-humping,... More >>

• Nightranger: Tatted and Torn

  published September 9, 2010

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• Fuck Yeah Fashion: From Fugly to Fabulous

  published Sep 07, 2010

  We'll say this now about this past weekend's FYFest: even though we kinda wanted to hate on all the beard boys and mismatched chick cliques who played on stage, we didn't. Sonically, nearly every ban... More >>

• Nightlife: Wonderland LA Opening featuring Kat Von D & Jesse James' "Love," Lemmy's Head, and Some Seriously Mad Art

  published Sep 03, 2010

  Tabloid culture met tattoo culture in an over the top, somewhat curious (and curiouser!) fashion last night at the grand opening of Wonderland, the new art gallery from LA Ink's Kat Von D (adjacent t... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: Slutty the Clown

  published September 2, 2010

  Labor Day weekend always lives up to its name, doesn't it? Figuring out what to do is truly laborious, at least in L.A., where there's so much to... More >>

• Nightranger: Studs and Poses

  published September 2, 2010

  View more photos in Lina Lecaro's slideshow, More >>

• Over the Weekend: Flashing Back with Slash, Smashing Pumpkins, Headbangers and Felines at the Sunset Strip Music Festival

  published Aug 30, 2010

  [See also Timothy Norris' slideshow "Sunset Strip Music Festival 2010"] Whether you're 20, 40 or 60 years old, grew up in Los Angeles or hopped right off the bus ala Axl Rose in "Welcome to the Jung... More >>

• Dance Documentary 'The Electro Wars' Nearly Neglects Los Angeles Scene for a NY-Centric View

  published Aug 27, 2010

  If the frustrating new documentary The Electro Wars gets any kind of notable media attention (it gives major shout-outs to the significance of music blogs, so we're guessing it will), we guarantee "t... More >>

• Dance Club Pick: Don't Stop Till You Get Enough Questlove

  published August 26, 2010

  For the second year in a row, Victor Duplaix presents Remember the Time, a night celebrating the musical legacy of Michael... More >>