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When Enuff Z'Nuff's eponymous debut hit in 1989, the stars seemed perfectly aligned. For beneath the Illinois outfit's then MTV-requisite androgynous attire, DayGlo videos and masturbatory guitars beat a heart of near-perfect, slightly psychedelic pop (notably in harmony-stacked singles "New...
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Out of Town
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We all should be familiar with Philadelphia's famed Mutter Museum, the country's best-known cabinet of medical curiosities, which has been gathering specimens since the founding of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1787. Those with a fetish for moldering human cyclopses, 50-pound...
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USC to South L.A.
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Joss Stone and Dave Stewart have been thick as thieves lately: Last year he produced her fifth studio disc, LP1, then recruited her to join SuperHeavy, the supremely goofy world-beat supergroup they share with Mick Jagger, Damian Marley and A.R. Rahman. Now the U.K. retro-soul star and the...
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West Hollywood
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Key Club :
Thu., February 9, 8:30pm
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This English pop-soul lass is finally set to release the follow-up to her 2008 U.S. debut, Shine. Perhaps to remind folks of her existence before All of Me arrives Feb. 28, Estelle is on the road this month headlining the latest edition of BET's Music Matters Tour. (Curiously, last year's trek...
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West Hollywood
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Douglas Trumbull has directed one of the saddest films of all time. OF ALL TIME! Silent Running is the 1972 science-fiction film about how Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) and a group of short robots — insightfully played by double-amputee actors — rescues the last remaining flora from...
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West L.A.
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The Satellite :
Fri., February 10, 9:00pm
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These are good years for L.A.'s Spindrift — it's been 10 good years, actually, with the 10th anniversary of the band tonight — but these cosmic cowboys (and girl) have really been on the ride of their life lately. They released the formidable and imaginative Classic Soundtracks Vol....
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Silver Lake
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Woodley Park :
Sat., February 11, 9:00am
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If a pricey, heart-shaped box of chocolates and a dozen red roses are out of the question for your sweetie this Valentine's Day, do the next best thing: Take a hike. No, don't leave the relationship. Go on the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Bird Walk for a romantic trek through the...
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San Fernando Valley
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Valentine's Day, Outdoors, Nature |
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It's a Venezuelan invasion. Two of the Caribbean nation's biggest acts were nominated for Grammys in the Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album category this year, and they're giving L.A. a preview before Sunday's awards show. La Vida Boheme are the young'uns. The dancy punkers like to show audiences a...
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Downtown
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The Love Goddess socks it to Valentine's Day.
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San Fernando Valley
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Valentine's Day, Comedy |
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When you round up the best and brightest of L.A.'s cutting-edge pianists and hook them up with People Inside Electronics, aka PIE, aural visions abound. Founded by pianist-composer and USC prof Aron Kallay and composer Isaac Shankler, PIE has been presenting concerts focusing on innovative uses...
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West L.A.
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Roxy Theatre :
Sat., February 11, 8:00pm
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The utterances of these splatter-lovin' San Jose death-metal vets are easy to describe yet deceptively challenging to deliver with their degree of embitterment. In short, venomous noise emanates from every instrument, multiple times per beat, all the time, while founding vocalist/guitarist Matt...
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West Hollywood
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Music |
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The Smell :
Sat., February 11, 8:30pm
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Pop-pop-indie-guitar-pop (yes, that much pop) sister duo Summer Twins have just released their self-titled LP, which starts with beautiful Phil Spector–like production (courtesy John Dust and the Germs' Don Bolles) and blooms into a happily daring and carefully detailed set of songs....
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Downtown
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The Echo :
Sat., February 11, 9:00pm
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It may have taken some time — several decades, in fact — for Syl Johnson to get the respect and musical credit he deserves. In typically sluggish fashion, the slow-moving folks behind the Grammys are only now getting around to acknowledging the Chicago soul singer for the rich...
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Echo Park
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You may have eyeballed this happening lady at any number of hep arts and music events around town, an ethereal, statuesque blonde clad all in white, playing the part of the Oracle. Perhaps you've popped into the House of Intuition in Echo Park and found this expert in Oriental medicine, alchemy...
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Hollywood
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Valentine's Day, Talks |
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Aero Theatre :
Sun., February 12, 7:30pm
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Amy Poehler's steady rise from the only female member of the O.G. Upright Citizens' Brigade, to cult comedy mainstay, to longtime SNL lynchpin and now the star of one of TV's most critically acclaimed sitcoms has rarely seen her deliver a performance where she was off her game. Hell, she was...
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Santa Monica
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Talks, Comedy |
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The Echoplex :
Sun., February 12, 9:00pm
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It sounds like pure bolts of liquid sunshine pouring out of the sky when the Rebirth Brass Band's horns start blowing together. The New Orleans icons take their high school marching-band roots and blast them to the heavens, mixing jazzy insinuations within their nimbly funky rhythms on their...
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Out of Town
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A fearless artist and performer whose voice inhabits a room like a choir of ghosts, this Echo Park native cuts an unexpected swath through the respective oeuvres of Tom Waits and Nina Simone. Many will have witnessed Dorian Wood as the accordion-toting soul of L.A.'s finest left-field street...
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Out of Town
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How about some magic for your sweetie?
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Hollywood
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Valentine's Day, Comedy |
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These perpetually wounded, well-known-at-home Anglos are tackling two major career crossroads simultaneously: Three albums in (and now firmly out of their teens), they're gingerly transitioning from boyish pop-punk to "credible" rock and attempting — as all serious U.K. bands must at...
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West Hollywood
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The Edison :
Tue., February 14, 7:00pm
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A very steampunk Valentine's Day, with "style, decadence and intrigue" from eras gone by. Plus music by The Queen of Hearts All-Star Band and DJ Daisy O'Dell.
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Downtown
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Valentine's Day |
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Love is in the air in Blake Edwards' 1961 romantic comedy, adapted from Truman Capote's best-seller. George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn star, to the tune of Henry Mancini's score ("Moon River").
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Hollywood
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Valentine's Day, Film |
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Kevin Nealon wants to spend Valentine's Day with you. He's even named his show "King of Love" to get you in the mood.
LA WEEKLY: How much of a romantic are you?
KEVIN NEALON: I am very romantic. In fact, I just renewed my vows ... although it was with another woman.
Is your wife a...
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West Hollywood
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Valentine's Day, Comedy |
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The Echoplex :
Tue., February 14, 8:30pm
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As their names implies, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour have a glittery, sparkling sound, with their euphoric pop songs glazed with a stellar shine. On the Danish band's just-released second album, Out of Frequency, sleek keyboards and a festive horn section pump up singer Mette Lindberg's kittenish...
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Out of Town
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Valentine's Day, Music |
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The Improv :
Tue., February 14, 8:30pm
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Mr. Williams gets you in the mood.
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West Hollywood
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Valentine's Day, Comedy |
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All your favorite Rod Stewart tunes, from early Faces to 2010's Fly Me to the Moon...The Great American Songbook, Volume V, courtesy impersonator Alexander.
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Out of Town
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