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Silver Lake Millennials War With Boomers in America's "Most Livable" Community

Iheartcomix Throws Some of the Best Parties In Town

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] The Iheartcomix offices aren't short on symbolism. For one, the Echo Park event production company and record label operates out of an unfinished undergr ... More >>

No Age Makes a Record for an Era When Records Don't Matter

In Jobs, Ashton Kutcher Almost Reveals the Man Beyond the Devices

Franklin Leonard, the Man Behind the Black List

By Adam Popescu Franklin Leonard sits in a plush seat high above the Sunset Strip at Soho House. Snug in a cardigan and plaid shirt, sporting glasses and the cleanest dreadlocks in town, the 34-year-old types away on his MacBook. A stone's throw away, big-screen faces parley over cocktails and coff ... More >>

Colleen Green: DIY Rocker, Unemployed Stoner

By Art Tavana Colleen Green can boast an impressive list of reviews for her second LP, Sock it to Me, out earlier this year. She can also boast of a propensity to roll joints atop copies of Artie Lange's Too Fat to Fish. There's a picture of this online if you look hard enough. At her apartment i ... More >>

The Six Types of Transplants Ruining L.A.

See also: Fear and Loathing of Los Angeles: Let Them Keep Hating. We Know Better. Every day, hundreds (just to go with a nice round number) of hard-working, diverse, interesting people come to Los Angeles and feed our desperately sluggish economy, buying tacos and facial treatments and what have yo ... More >>

30-Minute Lunch: Egg Slut Truck

Place: Egg Slut Truck. (Note: At its current schedule, the truck can be found at Handsome Coffee Roasters Mondays through Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) Atmosphere: Your best option is to pair your order with an espresso with milk from Handsome Coffee Roasters just a few steps away. The barista ... More >>

NationBuilder, a Downtown L.A. Startup, Explodes onto Scene in Los Angeles Mayoral, City Council 2013 Elections

Also see "Emanuel Pleitez, the Most Amazing Person Who Won't Win the March 5 L.A. Mayoral Primary." By Amanda Lewis Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel isn't using it, but candidates Eric Garcetti and Emanuel Pleitez are. So are five of 12 candidates vying for City Council District 13, and ... More >>

Why EDM Is Thriving While Other Genres Are Sinking

DJs are the new rock stars? Maybe. (Although chefs are already the new rock stars.) Still, the big name DJs do seem to be living pretty large, what with the constant travel to exotic locations, goofily-clad fans, eager women, drugs and parties. Just swap MacBooks for guitars and it doesn't look so d ... More >>

Aaron Axelrod's Music and Painting Performances Light Up Downtown's Vortex Dome

The Man Who Smelled Too Much

William Nowell got a windfall and got off the streets. The only problem were his neighbors -- and his foul odor

Alex Isley Has Her Own Thing

Alex Isley is the daughter of Ernie Isley, longtime member of soul legends The Isley Brothers. In the '70s and '80s, the group had hits like "Footsteps in the Dark," "For the Love of You," and "Between the Sheets." For Isley growing up in Los Angeles in the '90s, however, those revered voices were ... More >>

Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

Trade You My Painting for a 15" MacBook Air: Barter Night at Barney's Beanery

A little girl in ballet slippers, a jean jacket and a tulle tutu began an art collection Tuesday night at Barney's Beanery. It was barter night there, and the room with the pool tables in it had been corded off and art works hung above each booth. The idea was that those who wanted the art would com ... More >>

Music Picks: Andrea Bocelli, Carina Round, A Hero A Fake

Also, Norma Jean, Jonathan Richman, Jay-Z and Kanye West and others

Jose Miguel Ramirez Jailed After Tracking App on Stolen Laptop Reveals His Facebook Page, Cops Say

​November has brought us two stories of stolen laptops that were recovered with the help of tracking software. Looks like hot computers are the "it" gift for the recessionista. Read all about the guy who was allegedly caught red-handed, with screenshots of his face as he used a USC student's ... More >>

Stolen MacBook's Software Lets Cops Know Where it is, Gives LAPD Screen Shots of Suspect Abimael Garcia Using it, Police Say

Oops, looks like this suspect forgot to wipe.​A 29-year-old who allegedly bought a stolen MacBook computer was busted ... by the computer, cops say. Abimael Garcia was arrested by the LAPD after tracking software installed by the notebook's owner captured him using the machine and came up wit ... More >>

Skrillex: L.A. DJ, Producer Is Boy King of Electronic Dance Music

Leads the mashed-up, remixed generation

Top Five Moments from The Game's Hoodmorning (No Typo)

​On his new mixtape, Hoodmorning (No Typo), Game insults his haters' geographical acumen. "I'm in Cannes, France," he barks. "You don't know where that shit is." This might not be the strongest diss ever, but there's much to like on the tape; his voice is plaintively expressive, and he has an ... More >>

Jerime Anderson, UCLA Basketballer, Arrested for Grand Theft of Student's MacBook Pro; Anderson-Hosted Party Still on

Aw, shucks.​Sports nuts are declaring the final downfall of UCLA basketball's recruiting class of 2008 today, after reserve point guard Jerime Anderson was arrested for allegedly stealing a fellow student's MacBook Pro. (The rest of the '08ers have either dropped off the team or been drafted b ... More >>

Live Review: Butterclock with oOoOO at Killing Spree

Liz OhanesianButterclock with oOoOO at Killing Spree​Friday night, Butterclock and oOoOO stopped by Killing Spree, the monthly party at Medusa Lounge dedicated to dark, electronic music. The event was a good chance for local to check out two incredibly interesting, up-and-coming artists perfo ... More >>

The Merchant of Venice and God of Carnage

(Video) Miley Cyrus Smokes Salvia From Bong, Everyone Gives A Shit

Somebody get this girl a drink of water​Updated after the jump: One college kid traded Miley's reps his copy of the SHOCKING salvia vid for a new MacBook pro. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only one who needed paying off. Originally posted on Dec. 10 at 11:50 a.m. OK, we know, we're part of the ... More >>

Greens Vs. Big Oil and Prop. 23

To save California's global-warming law, a 23-year-old finds his rage — and 60,000 friends

Intelligentsia Coffeehouse Opens in Pasadena

A. ScattergoodIntelligentsia Pasadena​ As of 10 a.m. this morning, Old Town shoppers, itinerant off-duty baristas, embedded Pasadena food writers and refugees from the Rose Bowl now have a place to order an excellent macchiato on Colorado Boulevard. Intelligentsia Coffee, Doug Zell's Chicago-b ... More >>

The Death By Caffeine Calculator: Or, How Many Espressos Are Just Too Many

The next time you're sitting at the beautiful caffeine lab that is Intelligentsia, your MacBook open, your dog at your feet, your hands shaking as you happily knock back your fifth double espresso, consider this hilarious Death By Caffeine calculator. Energy Fiend is a site that allows you to calcul ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Hot Pants, Cold Feet, Liberty Inn, Side by Side by Sondheim

Also, Rock 'n Ridicule, The Story of My Life, Tales of an Urban Indian and more

Extropia

Stage Raw: Extropia

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO EXTROPIA ​ Photo by Keith Roenke Imagine how sonically colorless a world without traditional music would be. Actually, not very, accor ... More >>

Disguise Your Laptop As An Old Book: TwelveSouth's "Book Book" Cover

​ This is neat. A hardback leather case from TwelveSouth for your MacBook or MacBook Pro. It kind of reminds me of Penny's "computer book" in Inspector Gadget. Penny's book was so ahead of its time. ​ ​ ​ ​

Steven Severin Scores Silent Films at Cinefamily

For two nights in a row, I headed down Fairfax to Cinefamily to sit cramped inside a sold-out movie theater of the pre-stadium seating variety and watch a small handful of silent films scored by former Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist/co-songwriter Steven Severin. Though Severin's reputation certai ... More >>

Pedraza vs. Macintosh: Worms in the Apple

Dopplereffekt in West Hollywood: Lunkheaded Dudes in Crowd Got No Patience for Slow Build Electro

Timothy NorrisThe Mysterious Duo from Detroit or Germany or Outer Space called Dopplereffekt You knew things were getting out of control last night at the Roxy when a few young men -- excuse me, let's call them 'douchebags' -- started chanting "Let's go Lakers! Let's go Lakers!" during Detroit tech ... More >>

Whither the Econocalypse? Scenes From L.A. Tech Month

On the precipice of a tech revolution

When Cute Isn't Pretty: "Cute With Chris," the Web Show for Misfit Teenage Girls and Women in Their 30s Who Like to Knit

A ride-along on satirist Chris Leavins' Internet highway

iTunes to Go DRM free, Drop Some Prices, Raise Others

A few weeks ago after a visit to the Mac repair shop for my ailing MacBook, one of my favorite albums of the year, the soundtrack to Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, stopped working on my iTunes because I apparently had used the music on too many computers. Which was a load of crap, of course. I had ... More >>

The Year That Anticon Became a Label

After nearly a decade of innovation, an influential hip-hop cooperative goes legit, relocates to L.A.

Mavis Staples Joins the Fight

Anger can be power