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Apple iPod

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    iPod-Powered Vibrators: We Masturbate To Jack White's Music

    ​Music-powered vibrators. What a concept! The original, from a company called OhMiBod, has a cigar-shaped design that you plug into an iPod; the vibrating stimulus matches the beat of the song playing. But now there's a pair of fancier new wireless versions, and, guess what? We test drove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    9 Best High-Tech Vibrators to Buy for Your Valentine, Reviewed by our Experts

    See more from L.A. Weekly's Sex Issue: "Condoms Suck," "The Swingers' Story: How Two Married People Found True Love While Swapping Partners," "10 Condom Reviews for the Well-Endowed Man," "Twelve Tales of Sexual Mortification," and "UCLA vs. USC Sex Survey 2012: Who's Sluttier?" As told to L.J. Wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    D3, an Artist Collective That Will Destroy the '90s Mixtape Your Ex-Boyfriend Made You

    Ever find yourself toting around boxes of unknown childhood memories? Hey, sentimentality can be burdensome. Maybe that's why those New Year's Eve celebrations where people just chuck things into the garbage are so popular. The names of ex-boyfriends and other heartstring-ripping past-year traumas h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Masochism Has Its Benefits

    ​[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 am in Bristol, England. The cold outside has permeated the walls of the utilitarian bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Let's Be Honest: Concerts Are Too Fucking Loud

    Chris Reed​By Gabrielle Canon Everyone likes to argue about which bands are the best. But there's one thing everyone agrees on - louder is better. At the end of the day, we all seem to want amps that go to 11. Concerts these days are louder than just about anything else in daily life, unless ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    LinA In LA Party Picks: Sweat Like It's Still Summer

    Chromeo; see Sunday. ​ Thankfully, sweater weather has been scarce, because sweaty soirees have been plentiful so far this fall. Two anniversaries offer celebratory haps to hop into, and we recommend some old standbys, too. With a double dose of Dublab and two very different discos on the pic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Don't Panic at the Disco

    Chromeo; see Sunday. ​ Thankfully, sweater weather has been scarce, because sweaty soirees have been plentiful so far this fall. Two anniversaries offer celebratory haps to hop into, and we recommend some old standbys, too. With a double dose of Dublab and two very different discos on the pic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Your Snarky Branding Comment Here

    Chromeo; see Sunday. ​ Thankfully, sweater weather has been scarce, because sweaty soirees have been plentiful so far this fall. Two anniversaries offer celebratory haps to hop into, and we recommend some old standbys, too. With a double dose of Dublab and two very different discos on the pic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Top 5 Songs That Will Sabotage Your Office Holiday Party

    5 Songs That Will Sabotage Your Office Holiday Party

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Turnovers & Turntables: Taking A Spin at The Redbury Hotel

    Lina Lecaro At Redbury, turntables come with directions, iPod docks don't. ​Chocolates on the bed, fruit baskets, iPod docks, free porn... yada, yada. Special little touches like these are nice when staying in a hotel, but after our tour of grand new Redbury in Hollywood last week, we think it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Top 10 Country Radio Songs to Open Your Mind (Even if You Think You Hate Country Music)

    Eazylanish/Flickr​We've seen it over and over on Facebook profiles. Music: "I like just about anything...except COUNTRY, of course!" As if admitting to liking mainstream country music (because, sure, everyone likes Johnny Cash) is like admitting to having a Beanie Babies collection. It's sham ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    Sally Seltmann, Jasmine Ash

    Eazylanish/Flickr​We've seen it over and over on Facebook profiles. Music: "I like just about anything...except COUNTRY, of course!" As if admitting to liking mainstream country music (because, sure, everyone likes Johnny Cash) is like admitting to having a Beanie Babies collection. It's sham ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Watch: The Amazing El Guincho Plays in Rainforest [MP3]

    El Guincho in different climes.​The good folks at L.A. audio institution Dublab have finally released this excellent clip of Barcelona's El Guincho performing in the viney wilds of South Los Angeles. The rainforest in question is actually one of the life-size dioramas found at the Natural Hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    School Board to Cut $1.6B The LAUSD has voted to make deep cuts in a three-year budget, almost guaranteeing further layoffs and the elimination of summer school. L.A. TimesHollywood Denies Murder Former pot dealer and fugitive Jesse James Hollywood told a Santa Barbara jury he did not order the murd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    12 Consumer Products That Should Not Have Exploded But Did: Recall-a-rama

    In honor of April Fools, I give you a dozen consumer products (and one nuclear battleship) that should not have exploded but unfortunately did. Or, in the case of the ship, could. These are all true. (Except for the last one.) As usual, the joke is on the hapless consumer. 1. Electrolux Vacuum Cle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    The Day the Muzak Died

    Muzak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection -- but it doesn't put the blame on illegal downloads of its marzipanny melodies. Instead, the company pointed to longstanding debt and the cancellation of contracts by companies put out of business during the recession. A New York Times notice men ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    East Side Stories

    The Eastsider L.A. blog mixes up some nice ruminations on the effect of the economy on housing developments, as well as an alert on Tweaker Tom. The site notes that the new Durbin condos going up on Echo Park Avenue and Delta are due to be shown to prospective buyers (at $400k and up) in April -- ev ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Slapping Skins and Sins at Cinespace; Guitar Center's Drum-Off; Dragstrip 66

    The Eastsider L.A. blog mixes up some nice ruminations on the effect of the economy on housing developments, as well as an alert on Tweaker Tom. The site notes that the new Durbin condos going up on Echo Park Avenue and Delta are due to be shown to prospective buyers (at $400k and up) in April -- ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Foot Village Releases New Friendship Nation on State of the Art "Cassette" Technology

    The Eastsider L.A. blog mixes up some nice ruminations on the effect of the economy on housing developments, as well as an alert on Tweaker Tom. The site notes that the new Durbin condos going up on Echo Park Avenue and Delta are due to be shown to prospective buyers (at $400k and up) in April -- ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Queer Town: Apple Donates to No on 8

    Apple, the company that created the iPod and the iPhone, has given $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign, Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Dish reports. Apple very publicly stated its position on its start page today, which may make a whole bunch of gay men wear their iPods in the gym with a little more prid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2008

    Capitol's Vinyl Series: A Storied Label Digs in its Crates, Uncovers Some Gems

    Yeah, it's easy to pile on the major labels these days for all their foul-ups and foibles, for their lawsuits and their protectionism, for single-minded focus on money at the expense of dignity (see below blurry photo of Coldplay banner sullying the roof of the majestic Capitol Building of this su ... More >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Confessions of a Promo-CD Junkie: Who Will Stop the Music Industry Gravy Train?

    With so much music available at the click of a mouse, do tastemakers really need hard copies anymore? Is it worth the waste?

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2008

    Pitchfork Festival Day 1-The Airing of Grievances

    A Pitchfork seems like the appropriate emblem. After all, it's been a hellish last two days, culminating with this moment right now, my friends already having set off for the festival at the absurdly early crack of noon, abandoning me to pump Fela on my iPod in a Chicago Barnes and Noble, spitting ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2008

    Staycation? Go to the Bowl Instead

    A Pitchfork seems like the appropriate emblem. After all, it's been a hellish last two days, culminating with this moment right now, my friends already having set off for the festival at the absurdly early crack of noon, abandoning me to pump Fela on my iPod in a Chicago Barnes and Noble, spitting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    Bacon Bras & Other Meat Accessories

    What’s with the meat? Our web editor brought in his bacon wallet a few days ago. Then one of our computer guys said that he had a bacon wallet, too. He muttered something about “bringing home the bacon.” There are all kinds of meat-themed accessories to be had these days. (1) Here’s a Ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    It's not the technology stupid!: Romantic & pragmatic thoughts on what consumers want from recorded music

    CDs are kind of fucked, but so are radical new models of music consumption. The key to selling music is still not about convenience, price, or practicality. It is about obsession and possession and most of all object fetish.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    The Parson Redheads-”Got It All”

    The Parson Redheads make sunny day music. I noted this in my Stylus review for last year's King Giraffe. It is now springtime in Los Angeles and everything is 85 degrees and radiant and glowing and even dedicated cranks such as myself have trouble being unhappy in these moments. This is when the P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    SXSW Day 4-Pitchfork Party Gets a 6.4, Due to Highly Derivative Partying

    A Pitchfork party without Sparks? That's like Eliot Spitzer without whores: fatigued, thirsty and miserable. And rest assured, Sparks flowed like the River Ganges, even going as far to sponsor the bash, which wasn't really as bad as it was boring. A bunch of people sitting in bleachers trying t ... More >>

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    Bedroom Confidential: New Crop of Boutique Record Labels in Town

    Corporate counterparts may want to study this model

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Summer Lovin', Happened So Fast

    Corporate counterparts may want to study this model

  • Music

    July 19, 2007

    Hot off the Grill

    And CHOLO a go-go

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Sucking in the '70s

    How deep is your love?

  • Eat+Drink

    March 1, 2007

    Mood Indigo

    Blue Velvet’s Kris Morningstar cooks for the night

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2007

    Feb. 16, 2007

    Choc Nittys All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour by Sam Slovick and Glow: photographs and text by Matthew Pillsbury

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    G L O W

    Photographs and text by Matthew Pillsbury

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Phone Sex, Kiss-offs and Showmances

    Hollywood starts new year with a bang

  • Columns

    January 11, 2007

    Erased

    Hollywood starts new year with a bang

  • Stage

    December 28, 2006

    More or Less

    Hollywood starts new year with a bang

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Sunken Lair For Techno-Geeks

    Hollywood starts new year with a bang

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    The Teddybears' Picnic

    Meet Swedens newest black-metallers-turned-pop-tarts!

  • Columns

    August 24, 2006

    Driven to Sew

    Meet Swedens newest black-metallers-turned-pop-tarts!

  • Stage

    July 6, 2006

    Looking on the Dark Side

    Meet Swedens newest black-metallers-turned-pop-tarts!

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Soul Love

    Ten questions with Soul Sides creator and album curator Oliver Wang

  • News

    April 20, 2006
  • News

    April 6, 2006

    L.A. Theater 2006: The Thinning Gray Line

    Past: Is theater facing an audience die-off?

  • Art+Books

    February 16, 2006

    Natural History Gogo

    Breaking the museum sound barrier

  • Stage

    January 12, 2006

    The Muses on the Tube

    Breaking the museum sound barrier

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2006

    Another stroke of bad luck

    I found out about Ariel Sharon's second stroke on Thursday morning, just as I was leaving Los Angeles for a three-day trip to Philadelphia.  The circumstances necessitating my trip were sad.  They involved the terminal illness of my father-in-law whose sickness seemed to disprove the exist ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Blogs & iPods & Jay-Z & (non-ironic) Metal

    The Hipsters musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Of Mice and Gorillaz

    Panoramic producer Danger Mouse orchestrated some of 2005s most memorable moments. Hes just warming up

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