Email Author Lina Lecaro

2011 Stories by Lina Lecaro

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  New Year's Eve Los Angeles: Lina's Picks for What to Do on December 31, 2011

  published Dec 29, 2011

  See also: *Ten Mystical Songs For Making Out With Your Hippie Boyfriend on New Year's Eve *Top 10 L.A. Club Nights of 2011 We love L.A. We love the nightlife. We always will. It was a tough year f... More >>

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  Top 10 Badass L.A. Parties of 2011

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Also see 10 Ways to Get Past a Bouncer and Top 10 L.A. Club Nights of 2011. At the risk of referencing LMFAO again, LA knows its party rockin' and we do it bigger and better than any other city in t... More >>

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  Top 11 Fashion Trends of 2011

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The barrage of blogs tallying the year in trends and fashion has begun, and of course, we are totally participating. We do it every year, after all. And while we try to note the obvious, we also stri... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: Have Yourself a Swingin' Triple-Xmas

  published Dec 23, 2011

  A drink- and dance-filled little Christmas is assured with these pre- and post-holiday happenings! Even if you don't get what you want under the tree this year, these parties will bring you cheer ... ... More >>

• Top 10 L.A. Club Nights of 2011

  published Dec 21, 2011

  10. Part Time Punks Part Time Punks has been going strong for several years, and in 2011 the indie/punk party offered plenty of relevant bands (both new and old), a memorable vaudevillian-style perfor... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: SNL's Stefon Ain't Got Nothin' On Us

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Anybody's who's ever watched Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" and reads this column knows the flamboyant nightlife reporter, Stefon (played by Bill Hader), and yours truly have similar sensibili... More >>

• Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Lisa D'Amato Could Be America's Next Top Rap Chick

  published Dec 14, 2011

  [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Lisa D'Amato won the ... More >>

• Oghr - El Rey Theatre - 12/11/11

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Oghr El Rey Theatre 12/11/11 Better than: Trent Reznor scoring a horror film. Like so many industrial artists, collaboration fuels the fiendish sounds of Nivek Ogre. The same is true of his latest ... More >>

• Top 5 Ridiculous But Awesome Christmas Shows In L.A.

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Need a break from all the credit card-maxing, house-lighting, bad party-attending and general seasonal stressingr Why not try something outside of the gift box this yearr Here, five festive, somewhat ... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: Merry Funking Christmas!

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Our mixed bag of holiday treats this week features soul, art noise, Russian-themed revelry, Prince sounds and retro-electro raving. Fri., Dec. 9 Blackeyed Soul Club moves to a groovy new locale, The... More >>

• Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstepr! Here Are Five Other Nu-Metal Groups Who Could Also Make Dubstep Comebacks

  published Dec 06, 2011

  See also: *Our review of Korn at Hollywood Palladium, 12/6/11 *Porter Robinson: The Libertarian Dubstep Guy *In Defense Of "Fratstep:" An Open Letter To James Blake It's been a controversial week on ... More >>

• Lady Gaga - KIIS Jingle Ball At Nokia Theatre - 12/3/11

  published Dec 04, 2011

  KIIS Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Gym Class Heroes, Flo Rida, Nick Canon, Karmin and others KIIS Jingle Ball At Nokia Theatre 12-3-11 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but the annual blizzard... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: Sexy Elves and a 40 of Olde English Malt Liquor

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Don't shop til' you drop, bop til' you drop! European electronic dance dynamos, a hip-hop master (DJ Quik) and wax-wielding women (in hottie holiday garb!) round out the dance offerings for the first ... More >>

• Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro - Avalon - 11/30/11

  published Dec 01, 2011

  See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Drank The Sweat From My Socks Onstage Drop in the Bucket benefit Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro and others Avalon 11/3... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: Our Post-Thanksgiving Workout Plan

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Forget about cornbread. We've got the recipe for the kind of stuffing that won't leave you comatose after consumed, unless you want to be. Stuff your weekend with the following ingredients: '70s disco... More >>

• Club Runway - Circus Disco - 11/19/11

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Club Runway Circus Disco 11/19/11 Call it '90s club kid redux, compare it to the wacky, avant-garde fashion popularized by Lady Gaga, or simply marvel at the strange beauty of it all. But there's no ... More >>

• Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Is Exile The Best Stones' Albumr Nope, It's Some Girls

  published Nov 21, 2011

  [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Today marks the re-re... More >>

• Drake, Maroon 5 and Busta Rhymes - Google Music Launch Party - 11/16/11

  published Nov 17, 2011

  See also: *Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Drake Is An Incredible Lyricist *Funky Homosapiens: The Best Rapper Names Of All Time "Today the climate changes!" proclaimed Busta Rhymes to a horde of Hollywood h... More >>

• LinA In LA Party Picks: Be Grateful While You Grind

  published Nov 17, 2011

  It's almost Thanksgiving, y'all! Here are a few things to be thankful for while clubbing this week in Los Angeles: 1) the diversity and sheer magnitude of party offerings here, 2) the great DJs bred a... More >>

• Showgirls in Drag at the Dragonfly: The Classic Elizabeth Berkley Film, With Cross-Dressing

  published Nov 15, 2011

  The glitzy getups. The awesomely ridiculous dialog. The impassive sex. The cringe-worthy acting. And, it's set in Vegas, baby! If any film is rife for theatrical parody, it's Showgirls. (One of its st... More >>

• GWAR - House of Blues - 11/12/11

  published Nov 13, 2011

  See also: Gwar guitarist Cory Smoot found dead on tour bus this morning following show in Minneapolis GWAR House of Blues, Sunset Nov. 12, 2011 A piece of sad news threatened to cast a pall over las... More >>

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  10 Ways to Get Past a Bouncer

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Summer time sees an increase in club hopping for obvious reasons, but there's something about Fall and Winter nights that beckon as well. Sultry months may bring out skimpier clothing, but cold ones ... More >>

• La Luz De Jesus Gallery's 25-Year Retrospective Exhibit (Part 2)

  published Nov 10, 2011

  So expansive was the exhibit celebrating Billy Shire's legendary -- don't call it lowbrow! -- L.A. art gallery's 25th anniversary, it had to be split into two separate shows, one featuring work from ... More >>

• Dim Mak Studios, Room 86, And Los Globos Announce Their New Line-Ups

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Defying the flighty fickle tendencies of Hollywood nightlife for nearly 10 years, the second story club at Ivar and Hollywood Blvd. originally known as Cinespace has found unique ways to stay in the g... More >>

• LinA In LA Picks: You Only Get to Party Like This Once in a Century

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Is 11-11-11 a date to fear, anticipate or get amped up forr Psychologists say it might bring about cases of "apophenia" (the human tendency to find meaning or patterns in randomly occurring data). We ... More >>