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Abraham Lincoln

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Seth Grahame-Smith's New Book Unholy Night Asks: What the Hell Were the Three Wise Doing There?

    After mixing the Victorian era with the world of the undead in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith has become the highly profitable king of literature's mash-up genre. Lionsgate is developing P&P&Z into a movie, while the film version of ALVH, prod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! We Are the Aliens, Everyone Else Is Earthling

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Coming to you from a small room offstage in the very cozy and cool Belly Up in Aspen, Colo., t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    WonderCon's Big Hollywood Movie Panels: Did Fans Fall for the Prometheus Hype?

    Last weekend was WonderCon, the large, three-day pop culture convention organized by the same people who bring us San Diego Comic-Con every year. Normally, WonderCon takes place in San Francisco. Due to remodeling at their hometown convention center, however, this year's event moved to Anaheim. It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    What Happens When Public Art Falls Apart?

    It's been over 20 years since artist Tony DeLap built one of the first public artworks in Santa Monica. The Big Wave, an arching sculpture greeting visitors to the city's gateway on Wilshire Boulevard, had suffered greatly in its first two decades from rust and deterioration. Last year, restoration ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 26, 2012

    Breakfast in Los Angeles: Top 10 Spots

    Sweet, savory and in between

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/17-1/20

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Ike-san was never a flashy sushi chef, but he was beloved for his skill at the early-morning fish markets, and his ability to less cut fish than to coax it into its ideal form." Sushi Kimagure Ike: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Just the Ticket: Cain and Paterno?

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] We are heading toward the holiday season. Retailers are steeling themselves for what might be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! How Music Has Enacted Social Change: A Primer

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I spoke recently at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. I was mercifully brief ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Henry Speaks On His Consciousness-Expanding Trip to the Library of Congress With Ian MacKaye

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    And the Photoplay Goes to ...

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    The Real Meaning of Tricky Dick

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 14, 2011

    The Conspirator

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool I have just wrapped o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Henry Rollins Column: Download the Secret Rollins Xmas Radio Show KCRW Won't Be Broadcasting Tomorrow

    Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    POT STICKLERS

    Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    "My associate has a wife whose submissiveness is unparalleled": The only self-published love guide blurbed by the producer of Saw

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Spread Some Love: Relationships 101 Author: John A. Andrews Date: 2008 Publisher: Books That Will Enhance Your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Love means never having to pay a proofreader: Amazing self-published romantic advice from Sherman Oaks

    ​Good news! You know love, that surge of feeling most of us feel once in a while that somehow is still so complicated that poor Foreigner doesn't even know what it is? This week's Studies in Crap post presents Spread Some Love, the world's most helpful book on the subject! It's full of thought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Top Ten Instant Covers of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You": Ukuleles, Teenyboppers and White People Awkwardly Singing "I Though You Should Know, Nigga"!

    Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" was "leaked" a few weeks ago with an instantly popular lyrics-only video, soon followed by a much less interesting official video (and official t-shirts!). The first version spread around the Internet like wildfire and it wasn't long until several enterprising musicians, both pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Holy Ghost

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Armed Robbery at Pink's Hot Dogs: How Much Do You Think Was In That Tip Jar?

    Flickr user Kristin Tsafos ​ Breaking News: Despite gastrointestinal evidence indicating otherwise, the chili dog is not invincible. According a Los Angeles Times report, Pink's Hot Dogs was robbed at 3:35 yesterday morning. Thankfully no injuries were reported, presumably no customers were a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2010

    HONESTLY, GABE, YOU LOOK DASHING IN THAT HAT

    Flickr user Kristin Tsafos ​ Breaking News: Despite gastrointestinal evidence indicating otherwise, the chili dog is not invincible. According a Los Angeles Times report, Pink's Hot Dogs was robbed at 3:35 yesterday morning. Thankfully no injuries were reported, presumably no customers were a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Stage Raw: Impacted Wednesday

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeIMPACTED WEDNESDAY​ Equivocation: Photo by Michael Lamont Three big openings on Wednesday: The  U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. (Polish director Grzego ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Stage Raw: Does Your Acting Career Have That Sinking Feeling?

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83DOES YOUR ACTING CAREER HAVE THAT SINKING FEELING?​Captain Smith looks out over oceans of opportunity There's still hope of a rescue! Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, seeks an actor to play the Titani ... More >>

  • Stage

    November 5, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Bleeding Through, Answer the Call, Exit Strategy, The Changeling

    Also, Growing Up With Uncle Miltie, No Man’s Land, Saturn Returns and more

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Stage Raw: Bleeding Through

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Crime and Punishment and The Conquest of the South PoleNEW REVIEW GO BLEEDING THROUGH ​Photo by Theresa ChavezAdapted from Norman Klein's novella of the same title, this world premiere, co-written and co-directed by Theresa Chavez a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Just Released: More Tickets to The Edison's All Hallows Eve Party

    Hawt!​Though pre-sale tickets to The Edison's All Hallows Eve party were reportedly sold out over a week ago, and all of the tables have now been claimed, the downtown basement bar has just released a small number of remaining tickets on their website. So buy yours fast (they're priced at $15 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    GOD BLESS OUR PARKS

    Hawt!​Though pre-sale tickets to The Edison's All Hallows Eve party were reportedly sold out over a week ago, and all of the tables have now been claimed, the downtown basement bar has just released a small number of remaining tickets on their website. So buy yours fast (they're priced at $15 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Handsoap Shaped Like Hands

    Marie Gardeski is a 29-year-old maker of soap shaped like hands. The handsoaps are weird, but cute, and have caught the attention of brides and celebrities and other people who are looking for something unusual but useful to give as presents, or to display in the bathroom. The hands are keeping he ... More >>

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    General Petraeus: Designated Manure Spreader

    Pie charts, benchmarks, "phased" redeployment; 30,000 wounded, 5,000 dead

  • Film+TV

    January 31, 2008

    by the Grace of Ford

    American Cinematheque revisits the American master in his prime

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    Brick's Picks: Swinging in the Season

    Jazz picks around L.A.

  • Art+Books

    March 22, 2007

    Shooting Low, Aiming High

    The strange trajectory of Mark Ryden

  • Stage

    October 19, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including Sweet Charity, Autobahn and The America Play

  • Stage

    October 19, 2006

    Weekend Theater Reviews

    Reviews of The America Play, Man.gov and Nightingale

  • Film+TV

    February 23, 2006

    New Film Reviews

    For week of February 24 - March 2

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Art Pick: Abo Ovo, Tue., Feb. 7

    For week of February 24 - March 2

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2005

    A Tale of Two Top Hats

    I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the biggest fashion trends on my radar were of the turtleneck onesie and snap-crotch corduroy pants variety (very chic, I thought; very Vivienne Westwood). ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 28, 2005

    Return of the Winged Hussar

    I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the biggest fashion trends on my radar were of the turtleneck onesie and snap-crotch corduroy pants variety (very chic, I thought; very Vivienne Westwood). ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 10, 2005

    Outisde Looking In

    I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the biggest fashion trends on my radar were of the turtleneck onesie and snap-crotch corduroy pants variety (very chic, I thought; very Vivienne Westwood). ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    Grilled Cheese Salvation

    I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the biggest fashion trends on my radar were of the turtleneck onesie and snap-crotch corduroy pants variety (very chic, I thought; very Vivienne Westwood). ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Letters

    I just got back from New York, New York, and since I spent much of my winter holiday hanging with my nieces Flora and Ava, twins aged 18 months, the biggest fashion trends on my radar were of the turtleneck onesie and snap-crotch corduroy pants variety (very chic, I thought; very Vivienne Westwood). ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    Was Abe Lincoln Gay?

    The blockbuster book that will change America’s history

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    George Bush and the Treacherous Country

    The blockbuster book that will change America’s history

  • Film+TV

    January 30, 2003

    Students Against Old Ladies

    And Man vs. Beast

  • LA Life

    June 6, 2002

    City Without a Story

    Quick, Now: What's L.A.'s Story?

  • Art+Books

    May 3, 2001

    Explaining John Ford

    The definitive account of America’s greatest filmmaker

  • Film+TV

    January 27, 2000

    High Culture, Low-Def

    The definitive account of America’s greatest filmmaker

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Burning Man

    Getting in Touch with One's Inner Churl

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Faith Made Visible

    Believers take divine inspiration to tasks

  • Stage

    June 18, 1998

    Mr. Booth Goes to Washington

    An actor prepares for hell

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