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The Rolling Stones - Staples Center - 5/20/13

The Rolling Stones Staples Center 5-20-13 If last night's concert at Staples Center really was the Rolling Stones' final show in Los Angeles after nearly 50 years of faithful pilgrimages to the Southland, it revealed that the British warhorses are still capable of major gasp-inducing surprises. Whe ... More >>

The Fugliest Motel in Los Angeles? Best Western Royal Palace, 2528 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A.

Road-weary tourists and business travelers know it's hard to find an affordable place to get some shut-eye in this town, which is why visitors to the Best Western Plus "Royal Palace" Inn & Suites are fair to judge the rooms here as they are: fine, quiet enough and clean enough, for the low price tag ... More >>

Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody Opens Just in Time for Valentine's Day

If you've read Fifty Shades of Grey and think it's about as thought-provoking as the parody cookbook Fifty Shades of Chicken, then you're sure to laugh -- intentionally -- at Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody, which opens at the Grove of Anaheim, followed by Club Nokia, just before Valentine's Day, on ... More >>

Le Fugly: The Hideous French Pastiche of the Versailles Apartments, 918 S. Oxford Street, Koreatown

Finally a building style that will please everyone: Rapunzel, her prince, Dracula, the Wicked Witch of the West and Pepe Le Pew (but maybe not his lady cat friend). The Versailles apartments at 918 S. Oxford between James M. Wood boulevard and San Marino Street are sort of like that castle you pay 8 ... More >>

Adam Fleischman Takes Over L.A. Creamery Introduces Bizarro Flavors

Umami Burger owner Adam Fleischman has added another asset to his ever-expanding food empire, which includes 800 Degrees Pizza and Red Medicine, acquiring an ownership stake in the 2-year-old, Chatsworth-based L.A. Creamery. Fleischman plans to expand distribution (the ice cream is already availab ... More >>

Rock Bottom Remainders, the Literary All-Star Band With Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan and Dave Barry, Plays Its Last Show

The Rock Bottom Remainders -- that all-star band made up of the country's most beloved, best-selling literary luminaries, including Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, Matt Groening and even, yes, Stephen King -- wouldn't exist but for Kathi Kamen Goldmark.The noted "author schlepper" ... More >>

Sun Araw, Eagles of Death Metal, Lil' Kim

Also, Harry Partch's Bitter Music, Jonneine Zapata, Alan Pasqua Trio and others

Waiter-Free Dining? Umami Expands to the Grove and Westwood With "U-Mini"

Adam Fleischman is a busy man with seven Umami locations throughout California, the launch of Umamicatessen downtown and recent announcements of the chain's expansion to Westwood (this summer) and the Grove. With the restaurateur's roots already established in Westwood Village, 800 Degrees opened ... More >>

Flying Fugly: Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport

Between Frank Gehry's house, the Bergamot Station complex and countless other condo developments, parking structures and strip malls around Santa Monica, the city could stand to implement a 10-year ban on corrugated metal-clad buildings.

M&M Donuts: Is This Doughnut Worth a Two Hour Wait?

Anaheim's M&M Donuts is about two and a half miles west of Disneyland Park, but the line that snakes outside it each night has been known to rival the switch-backing queue for Space Mountain. Some Yelpers claim to have waited as long as two hours for a box of the much-buzzed about blueberry glazed d ... More >>

Angelique Deleon: Mountain High Snowboarding Session Ends in Freak Death For 23-Year-Old UC Riverside Student

A 23-year-old snowboarder died riding at the Mountain High resort near Wrightwood over the holiday weekend. The San Bernardino County coroner's office reports that Angelique Deleon of Riverside Anaheim fell while snowboarding yesterday about 3:55 p.m. The office states that the rider was taken to ... More >>

John Sedlar Worries About the Future of Mexican Food

Barbara HansenChef John Sedlar (left), his corn flan with fish in curry sauce (right).​John Sedlar, chef/owner of Rivera and Playa, once thought that Mexican food would take over the world. Now, the world is taking over Mexican food, he says. And this is not a good thing. Today's hot young Me ... More >>

Music Picks: Shelby Lynne, Marsha Ambrosius, John Scofield Quartet, Wiz Khalifa

Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others

Kanon Wakeshima Plays Solo and with kanon x kanon at AM2

kanon x kanon​Japanese singer and cellist Kanon Wakeshima, who plays convention AM2 in Anaheim this weekend, is an anime fan. She watches "all kinds of anime" she said in a recent email interview with LA Weekly. And anime has been good for Wakeshima. Her first two singles-- "Still Doll" and "S ... More >>

Green Lantern: First Flight Roller Coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, the LA Weekly Review: In Hottest Day, The Wackest Flight

PR NEWSWIREIn Briefest Flight​ Just in time for July 4, Six Flags Magic Mountain has opened their record-breaking 18th roller coaster in the serpentine form of Green Lantern: First Flight. Inspired by the animated direct-to-DVD movie that dares to offer more than just Ryan Reynolds and Blake L ... More >>

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NorCal Teen Does Time in O.C. Juvenile Hall for Dirty Dancing at Disneyland's ElecTRONica

Watch it, buddy.​If only we'd known, through the many excruciating grind seshes of youth, that we had the power to send those randy 17-year-olds -- boners pressed painfully into our backsides -- straight to juvie for one long, cold weekend of regret. Alas. At least now we can live vicariously ... More >>

5 Food Events for Memorial Day Weekend: Beer, Food Trucks Ice Cream

Guzzle & Nosh​It's Memorial Day weekend. You've got three days off. (We do!) Here are a few ways you might want to celebrate. Turn the page for 5 food and beer events held over the long holiday weekend...

Green Lantern Goes Samurai at Anaheim Comic Con

Shannon CottrellSef Harding posing with Alexander Lam, aka Shogun Vader, who we featured at Anime LA 2010​See more of Shannon Cottrell's photos in "Anaheim Comic Con 2011." Also, check out, "Southern California Ghostbusters Turn up at Anaheim Comic Con." "Green Lantern is just an awesome char ... More >>

Southern California Ghostbusters Turn up at Anaheim Comic Con

Shannon CottrellSouthern California Ghostbusters at Anaheim Comic Con​See more of Shannon Cottrell's photos in "Anaheim Comic Con 2011." Crewes Kime says he's been a fan of Ghostbusters "from birth." "I came out wearing a Ghostbusters uniform and have been wearing one ever since." We met th ... More >>

French Bulldog Thief Strikes Again, Running Off With $3,000 Orange County Purebred

Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentDuarte resident Darryl Cole stole one French bulldog too many​Updated after the jump with the dog thief's "obsessive compulsive" history. Originally posted at 12:53 p.m. French bulldogs are super cute, we'll admit. Especially in holiday sweaters. But 20-year- ... More >>

Tonight: Black Mountain/Black Angels, Talib Kweli, Take, Too Rude, Fantasia

Black Mountain​Just in time for Black Friday, Black Mountain and the Black Angels hit the El Rey Theatre tonight. It's one of the stops on something called the "Dropout Boogie Tour" that pairs the Vancouver psych-rock quintet with the Austin psych-rock quintet, and, cosmically speaking, the s ... More >>

Tonight: Gorillaz, Reigning Sound, White Sea, Bullet for My Valentine, VersaEmerge, Onra

Gorillaz​The festival-closing Coachella set by Gorillaz back in April was as memorable for what it wasn't as what it was. The Damian Albarn-fronted collective went it without its typical big-screen animations and played unmasked -- with the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon joining for a se ... More >>

Nightranger: Pop Smart

Music Picks: Dr. John, Herbie Hancock, Sunset Strip Music Festival

Also, Funkfest, Chromeo, Slayer and others

Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle Takes All-Star Tickets, Pay Taxes On Them

Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle.​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa isn't the only big-city leader in Southern California who takes tickets to big events: Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle is heading to Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game in his city, and he's taking three people with him. The differe ... More >>

Officials To Consider Four High Speed Rail Stations In The Valley

​According to the Burbank Leader, officials are set to meet next week to hear reports on possible high-speed rail locations in the San Fernando Valley. California's planned 800-mile high-speed rail system will include one station in the Valley. Representatives of the California High-Speed R ... More >>

LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: The Perfect Espresso Shot

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, a shot of Intelligentsia espresso being pulled at the recent SCAA show in Anaheim, comes to you courtesy of photographer R. E. ~. A perfect shot, so to speak. LA Weekly Flickr pool/R. E. ~espresso at the SCAA show​

Earth Day Round Up, Part 2

With Earth Day just around the corner, Squid Ink is sending out another reminder about the L.A. restaurants paying homage to Mother Nature tomorrow. And what better way to celebrate than with hand-crafted organic cocktails with happy hour prices. If you're not big on boozing, there is also discount ... More >>

San Diego Proposes $753 Million Convention Center Expansion To Keep Comic-Con, Other Shows

An image from Comic-Con.​A $753 million expansion of San Diego's convention center aimed at holding on to Comic-Con and other shows has been proposed by that city's port and convention officials, with approval by the Port Commission expected Tuesday. The move would sweeten the pot for a capac ... More >>

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others

Java Man, 2010: Pete Licata Named Western Regional Barista Champion

The Western Regional Barista Championship was held this past weekend at Siren Studio in Hollywood. MCing the event were Heather Perry, of Klatch Coffee in San Dimas, two-time United States Barista Champion and current Chair of the SCAA Barista Guild of America Council, and Kyle Glanville, the 2008 U ... More >>

Does San Diego's Comic-Con Want To Move Closer To Hollywood?

​San Diego's homegrown Comic-Con convention has grown from a meet-up of comic-book-obsessed nerds-in-costume to a must-stop pop culture phenomenon with influence that reaches the top echelons of franchise-crazed Hollywood. As such, there are rumblings that the summer gathering could leave S.D. ... More >>

Today In WTF: L.A. Tornado Warning Issued (UPDATED

​A tornado warning for south central Los Angeles County has been canceled Tuesday afternoon, but another was issued for southeastern Orange County, southwester Riverside County and northwestern San Diego County. This as the second of three successive winter storms hit the Southland Tuesday. T ... More >>

Techno Geeks Party at Downtown Independent Theater for Wham Bam Thank You NAMM

Check out CuriousJosh's latest column for more photos from Wham Bam Thank You NAMM. Josh "CuriousJosh" ReissPeter Kirn​Last weekend, thousands of musicians, DJs, producers and other assorted gearheads headed out to Southern California for NAMM, the annual industry trade show. While most of the ... More >>

More Food in Cars: Sonic Drive-In Opens in Duarte

If you get hungry on Monday and are driving anywhere near Duarte, Sonic Drive-In officially opens its new store in that town at 6 a.m. Cherry limeades, extra-long chili cheese Coneys, whatever. The new Duarte location is the closest of the chain's drive-ins to the actual city of Los Angeles, so live ... More >>

Rock Picks: Amy Millan, Dirty Projectors, Chip Taylor, LA 101

Also, Pixies, Justice, the Happy Hollows and others

Disney Expo Channels Peter Pan

Disney Park Getting Upgrade, But Might Need More Realism

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo today added details to announced plans to upgrade the Disneyland-adjacent California Adventure. The biggest part of the plan is to add a 12-acre theme area, Cars Land, named for the animated hit Cars.A real California adventure: Taco trucks​ W ... More >>

AC/DC in Los Angeles: Fan Footage from the Forum

Tonight, AC/DC plays Honda Center in Anaheim, which is about as close to Los Angeles as they will get on this tour. In case you're going and want an idea of what's in store, we've found some fan footage of the band's concert at The Forum from last December. "Back in Black"

Was Disney a Spaniard? Did Beck Used to Use a Leafblower?

Seasoned Sexpots, Rock Sirens and Frugal Fashionistas

On Pleasant Gehman and Maggie Barry

Rock Picks: The Kooks, Neil Young, Jerry Cole Memorial

Also, Kaki King, The Notwist and more

Best and Phunnest Phallic Phoods at Disneyland: Corn Dogs and Pickles

Exene Cervenka: Exile in the Ozarks

Away from the treasures and trappings of L.A., punk's godmother finds her muse in small-town Missouri

Rock Picks: Coachella, Lynda Carter, Hot Chip

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