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May 25, 2012
Food Network Alumni Bruce Seidel and Duff Goldman to Launch YouTube Channel HUNGRY
July 2 will mark a the emergence of a new platform for food television, thanks to former Food Network and Cooking Channel veteran Bruce Seidel. The Associated Press reports that Seidel, the creator of Food Network Star and Iron Chef America, will spearhead the launch of HUNGRY, a specialized YouTube ... More >>
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May 24, 2012
Invasion of the Beauty Bloggers
Erika Brechtel's kid is only 3 years old, but she knows the perils of being raised by a fashion blogger. "Mom, put your iPad down," she'll say. Or rather, scream: "Mom! Put! Your! iPad! Down!" Brechtel, 38, is a mom, homeowner and full-time graphic designer married to "a workaholic architect husban ... More >>
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May 24, 2012
The Pharcyde - The Roxy - 5/23/12
See also: *The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later:  An Appreciation *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List The Pharcyde The Roxy 5/23/12 Better than ... listening to the album. The city's been a little tense lately, honking on the freeway, power drinking, and tra ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later:  An Appreciation
See also: *J-Swift Made Big Hits  With the Pharcyde  Before Tragedy and Drugs  Nearly Took Him Down *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List To fully appreciate the impact of The Pharcyde's "Ya Mama," you had to be in a junior high lunchroom in the spring of 1993. It w ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
Trampled By Turtles - The Fonda Theatre - 5/22/12
Trampled By Turtles The Fonda Theatre 5/22/12 Better than...your daddy's bluegrass band. We've seen some weird things in our time, everything from artists meltdowns to near riots and young punks playing their instruments with their private parts. But never did we imagine a mosh pit at a bluegrass ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
Benjamin Millepied: Ballet's His Lady
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Choreographer Benjamin Millepied favors Silver Lake's Sunset Junction for interviews. There's Intelligentsia for a cappuccino and the croissant that he gobbles (politely) befor ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Hit Boy: Whatever Kanye Wants ...
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "Ni**as in Paris," last year's most popular song, exploded in roughly the same amount of time that its producer spent creating it. "It took me probably 15 minutes to make tha ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Cannes Film Festival: Did Berlusconi Turn Italy Into a Reality Show?
Today in unexpected Cannes headline news: a convicted felon turns in one of the best performances at the festival thus far (and it's not Roman Polanski -- rimshot! -- who was the subject of a softball vanity documentary which screened here earlier in the week, and isn't really worth talking about). ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Tim McGraw's Not Country and He's Not Pop. He's Just Awesome
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] For a true country aficionado, mentioning Tim McGraw in the same breath as Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, or any country ... More >>
Music
May 17, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] For a true country aficionado, mentioning Tim McGraw in the same breath as Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, or any country ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio
Also, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Simon Stokes, Sonnymoon, and others
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May 17, 2012
Adrian Grenier Defends Paparazzi as Storytellers, and Other Revelations From Getty Panel
I just emailed my photo to Adrian Grenier. He asked me to. Me, and about 200 others in the audience last night at Zócalo Public Square's event, "Are We All Paparazzi Now?" at the Getty Center. It was an experiment, so he said. More like a little trick. Per his instruction, we all had our phones ou ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Beyond Avenue Q
I just emailed my photo to Adrian Grenier. He asked me to. Me, and about 200 others in the audience last night at Zócalo Public Square's event, "Are We All Paparazzi Now?" at the Getty Center. It was an experiment, so he said. More like a little trick. Per his instruction, we all had our phones ou ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced
See also: Our review of Rock the Bells 2011 Last night Guerilla Union announced this year's Rock the Bells 2012 dates, headliners and lineup. Beginning in 2010, the hip-hop festival's headliners -- famous acts whose first few albums often outshine their later work -- have performed their classic ... More >>
Film+TV
May 10, 2012
Dark Shadows and God Bless America Reviewed
The latest from Tim Burton and Bobcat Goldthwait
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May 10, 2012
Dance to the Future
The latest from Tim Burton and Bobcat Goldthwait
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May 9, 2012
Latino Journalists Losing USC Office Space
America's first journalism group for Latinos will celebrate its 40th year in existence during its annual banquet June 1 at downtown's Biltmore Millennium Hotel. Unfortunately, this might also be its last year. The director of CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California (where this writer is a board me ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Let's Not Reduce Adam Yauch's Career to a Single Lyric
See also: *Our Adam Yauch Obituary *Adam Yauch, RIP: A Life in Photos Adam Yauch, better known as MCA of the Beastie Boys, died last week. His group was a big deal in hip-hop, not just because they were the first white act to break through, but because they helped establish both the sample-based pr ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop
Hip-hop is nearly 40, but many still find this slightly-disorienting world of beats, rhymes and oversize personalities a bit daunting. So consider this our hip-hop Cliff's notes; here are the albums you should know about if you don't want to look silly at cocktail parties. We're not saying these a ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Fellowship!: the musical parody of Lord of the Rings Returns to the Steve Allen Theater, Plus the Latest New Theater Reviews
Bryan Harnetiaux's new play, Holding On -- Letting Go is difficult to watch for the way it captures the realistic agonies of a wife slowly losing her husband to liver cancer. It is nonetheless a tender drama, well rendered under James Reynold's direction at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasade ... More >>
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May 7, 2012
Top Ten Metal Frontmen (and Women) Under 30
See also: The Top Five Metal Guitarists Under The Age of 30 Many of the most famous metal bands -- not to mention many of our favorites -- have been around for decades. (Some of them are even still putting out strong material.) For this reason it's easy to forget about the newer bands on the rise, ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
Toni Monroe Is a Big Beautiful Rapper
See also: Top Ten Sexiest Fat Chicks in Music Toni Monroe is beautiful. She has a powerful stage presence, and doesn't need a hype man. But yet, she's something of a hard sell. For one thing, she's white. For another, as her press release says, she is rap's "biggest" new artist -- a reference to he ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
DJ Justin Martin, at Avalon Tonight, Says West Coast is Best Coast
The West Coast was a shining beacon for American dance music. It was where Kaskade, Miguel Migs, Mark Farina, DJ Dan, Doc Martin, Donald Glaude, Marques Wyatt, Hardkiss and so many others fostered a special sound. While this is still the place to be for massive festivals like Coachella and Electric ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Bluegrass Situation: Ed Helms Can Pick The Shit Out of a Banjo
This year's incarnation of the L.A. Bluegrass Situation features comedians Steve Martin, Ed Helms and John C. Reilly. But they're not telling jokes -- they're doing some serious picking. The annual event has been a hot ticket since it began in 2010; this year it goes from May 3-6 at Largo, conclud ... More >>
Music
May 3, 2012
Still a Malcontent
A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off!
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May 3, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Bite Me!
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Fabled Footwork
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Shedding Light on the Dark Side
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
Author Jeff Chang: Hip-hop Predicted the L.A. Riots
[Editor's note: Over the past week West Coast Sound has been speaking with rappers and writers whose work has been influenced by the L.A. riots, to coincide with their 20th anniversary yesterday.] Jeff Chang is the author of Can't Stop Won't Stop, perhaps the most important book about hip-hop ever ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
Ice Cube - KDAY Krush Groove - April 28, 2012
Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Mystikal and others KDAY Krush Groove Gibson Amphitheater April 28, 2012 An invitation to Ice Cube's gangsta nation is tough to decline, even for those on the right side of the law. Which is why at one point during the Krush Groove hip-hop concert on Saturday a yellow-shirte ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
Lord of the Rings Parody Musical Fellowship! Returns to L.A., With Superfans
You might say that Fellowship! The Musical Parody of The Fellowship of the Ring has gone there and back again. After originating at NoHo's El Portal Theatre in 2004 and winning L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for Best Comedy Ensemble and Best Musical of 2005, Fellowship! played to great acclaim in San D ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Want to Start a Food Blog? Food Blogging for Dummies Could Be Just What You Need, Depending on Your Pie Expectations
We were bound to get a food-blogging edition of the endless "Dummies" series (we must not be getting any smarter) one of these days. With Food Blogging for Dummies, the days of "Branding Your Food Blog Through Consistency and Frequency" chapter headers has arrived. The author is Kelly Senyei, an as ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost - Gibson Amphitheatre - 4-26-12
Opeth, Mastodon, and Ghost Gibson Amphitheatre 4-26-12 Better than...being stuck in a Tenth Avenue Freeze Out. We had a bit of trepidation about seeing Mastodon live last night. We've seen them put on a great show, we've seen them put on a lackluster show; you never know for sure which Mastodon yo ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Radiohead's Artist Stanley Donwood's New Work Pictures L.A. in Flames
Stanley Donwood doesn't have the slightest objection to the term "commercial artist." Often considered the sixth member of the band Radiohead, the 44-year old Essex native is responsible for all of the band's artwork since 1994 and has the commercial marketplace to thank for part of his success. "It ... More >>
Music
April 26, 2012
Esther Wong: Her Flawed Legacy
Contrary to revisionist history, her club Madame Wong's did not propel L.A.'s punk scene
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April 26, 2012
Phife Dawg Is Down With Posthumous Holograms, Likes Funyons
See Also: Michael Rapaport's A Tribe Called Quest Documentary A lazy reader of the internet would believe that since A Tribe Called Quest's 1998 breakup, Q-Tip has a platinum album and Grammy wins, while Phife Dawg has done little more than gotten a kidney transplant and eaten a bag of Funyons. Of ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Overkill
See Also: Michael Rapaport's A Tribe Called Quest Documentary A lazy reader of the internet would believe that since A Tribe Called Quest's 1998 breakup, Q-Tip has a platinum album and Grammy wins, while Phife Dawg has done little more than gotten a kidney transplant and eaten a bag of Funyons. Of ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
The Best Supergroups in Metal
Bereft's debut album, Leichenhaus, was released this week. Featuring members of Abysmal Dawn and Intronaut, and an ex-member of The Faceless, the group plays snail-paced doom-metal inspired by 90's U.K. acts like Paradise Lost and Anathema. Since it came out just this week, it is still too early to ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Tupac on the L.A. Riots: "I Hate to Say I Told You So, But I Told You So"
See also: Our coverage of the 15th anniversary of Tupac's death Tupac Shakur was a gangsta rapper of the old mold; he called himself a thug, sure, but he was also quite conscious when it came to social issues, particularly those impacting the black community. The rare video below -- taken one wee ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Best of Coachella: Sunday, April 22
See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.
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April 23, 2012
10 Interpretations of Legendary Monsters at Hyaena Gallery
Hyaena Gallery is a small, Burbank shop dedicated to dark art, outsider art, pop surrealism and other unusual styles. Every year, the gallery hosts an exhibition at the annual horror convention Monsterpalooza. It's a different from the shows you'll normally see at the gallery, "more of a fun show," ... More >>
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April 21, 2012
James' Tim Booth On Why Coachella Kicks (The Old) Lollapalooza's Ass
See also: *Our complete Coachella coverage *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs For much of their 30 year existence, alternative Manchester Britpop rockers James have been severely underrated. Having toured across the globe and played some of the biggest festivals in the world, frontman Tim ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Here Is a Children's Cartoon About Snoop Dogg's Murder Trial
See also: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tupac's Hologram at Coachella, April 15, 2012 Before kids' programming was relegated to cable, the major networks competed for young viewers. With the relatively new Fox network's penchant for cutting edge programming, their block of '90s shows for kids was no exce ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Quiara Alegria Hudes wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Good People at the Geffen, and More New Reviews...
David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-nominated play about class rifts in America, Good People, now playing at the Geffen, is this week's Pick of the Week, by Neal Weaver. Paul Birchall was also taken with Doug Knott's autobiographical solo show at the Asylum Lab Theatre, Last of the Knotts Find all the lates ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
L.A. Times Festival of Books: Star Chefs, Cooking Demos Books
Cook on television; nab a book deal. That could be one of the takeaways of the Cooking Stage lineup at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books happening this weekend at USC. Of eight chefs who will give cooking demonstrations, speak, and sign books, five are known for appearing on food shows, includ ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Ivy Queen, Plan B, Alexis y Fido - Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash - 4/14/2012
Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash Gibson Amphitheater 4/14/12 Better than... Listening to 96.3 on crummy car speakers in traffic. It was ladies' night at Universal Citywalk on Saturday. The girls worked the runway from the parking structure to Gibson Amphitheater, elbows locked and dodging tourists wh ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List
*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Everything's Coming Up Woody
*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
A Whole Lotta Dance
*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>
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