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How Bob Marley's Legend Has United My Family

[Editor's Note: Best Album Ever is a column where critics talk about their favorite records and what was happening in their lives when they got into them.] When I was in fourth grade my family lived in a small apartment a block from the ocean in Hermosa Beach. At night we kept the windows open and ... More >>

Fanatics! All You Have To Do Is Let the Music Play

RADIO BROADCAST #228 08-11-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Wacken 2013 or Bust Fanatics! I can't believe our good fortune. Tonight, we have an awesome line up and all you have to do is let the music play. The first song I had planned was Johnny Dollar's version of "Action Packed" and went from there. ... More >>

Diamond Bar: Beef Rolls, Lots of Boba Bistro Indian Food

The strangest things will bring you out to a strip mall -- a GIGANTIC strip mall known as Diamond Hills Plaza -- in Diamond Bar. Sometimes it's a whisper, a notion that somewhere in the great abyss of low-slung restaurants and hidden eateries you can find the flavors you've been chasing. In this cas ... More >>

Lina's Party Pick of the Week: China Club Projam Monday

UPDATE: We have just been notified by the club that due to construction difficulties and delays, the grand re-opening of China Club has been pushed back to July 18. TRU NIGHTCLUB 1600 Argyle St., Hlywd., 8 p.m., Mon., June 24, and every Mon. thereafter Yes, you can go home again -- at least, you ... More >>

Q & A With Soul of a Banquet's Wayne Wang: Cecilia Chiang Why the Best Chinese Food in the World is in the SGV

Back in 2011, when it seemed like the entire Bay Area was seized with Chez Panisse 40th anniversary fever, Hong Kong-born, San Francisco-based filmmaker Wayne Wang (Chan Is Missing, Joy Luck Club, Smoke) asked Chez Panisse's founder, Alice Waters, if there was a role he could play. Waters suggested ... More >>

The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 20-11

Sure, you had the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal, OJ, Pakistan and India going nuclear, mad cow disease, the Rodney King decision, and Titanic. But what made the '90s truly awful was its music. That's not to say that there weren't bright spots -- early Beck, say, or Ok Computer and much of hip-hop's g ... More >>

Cavalia's Odysseo

100 Favorite Dishes: The Whole Menu

Over the past few months, you've watched us catalog our 100 Favorite Dishes. Catalog being a lovely term meaning eating our way across this town, well, even more than usual. And because we thought you might want a better way to access these, we've collected all one hundred into one piece, a menu if ... More >>

Touche Amore's Southeast Asian Tour Diary: "I Cannot Put Into Words How Terrifying the Drive Was"

Los Angeles hardcore group Touche Amore is sharing their tour diary from their recent trip to Southeast Asian. Yesterday vocalist Jeremy Bolm described their wild times in Singapore and Malaysia, and for part two today he talks on their time in Indonesia. See also: Touche Amore's Southeast Asia Tou ... More >>

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From China to Pompeii: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event movies to see this week: Friday, Oct. 12 Dying to take that long-overdue visit to the Getty Villa? The museum's outdoor film series, presented in conjunction with its exhibition "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection," might just be the great ... More >>

Three L.A. Designers Who Do Green Fashion Right

More stories from our 2012 Fashion Issue on dressing ethically: *West Hollywood's New Fur Ban *Does L.A. Still Have Sweatshops? *Yael Aflalo's Reformation Makes Vintage Cool *Santa Monica's Main Street, a Green Fashion Hub *Three L.A. Designers Who Do Eco-Fashion Right It's not easy being green. Bu ... More >>

Khia's "My Neck, My Back": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Khia's "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" History: "My Neck, My Back" was recorded in 2002. It's still mostly memorable for two lines: (1) "All you ladies pop t ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Hands Are Groping Me, Breasts Are Pushed Into Me

[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.] Time becomes fluid and is then smashed, compressed, elongated by miles and then slammed into a ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/23-1/27

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm not sure that what you're looking for exists." Bouillabaisse: Meant for the Poor, Now for the Rich. "And so, he borrowed the three-inch rock from an 'American collector' and tossed it in a barrel full of Cabernet Sauvign ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Diggin' Dax

Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes 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 week and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday eveni ... More >>

Timur Bekbosunov: The Reform Tenor

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

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AWAY IN A DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

Interview: Punk Photographer Ed Colver On Angels, Assholes and Anarchists (Plus Legendary Album Cover Outtakes)

edward colverblack flag's damaged and damaged outtakes​ For about five years, five nights a week, Edward Colver was there to see L.A.'s punk scene erupt through a small viewfinder, snapping photos with black and white Kodak Tri-X film, a 35mm camera with a 50mm lens and "no fucking auto-focus ... More >>

New Video: ASKA "Almost There" (dir. Ariana Delawari)

Desolate solo acoustic version of the already "Almost There" from Aska Matsumiya, Moonrats singer/keyboardist, L.A. Ladies Choir co-founder and collaborator with Spike Jones and Flea and David Scott Stone and now Ariana Delawari, whose own story leads from Kabul to L.A. to David Lynch's new label. ... More >>

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Branded

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Hitched

Our Man in Pyongyang: Our Intrepid Reporter Henry Rollins Ventures Into North Korea

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 >>

Free Maluca Mix Tape Give Away Before the Mad Decent Block Party

Free Maluca Mix Tape Give Away Before the Mad Decent Block Party

Movie Reviews: Mugabe and the White African, Peepli Live, Animal Kingdom

Also, Eat, Pray, Love, Mundo Alas, Tales From Earthsea

The California International Theatre Festival

Purl's pearl in Calabasas

Randall Roberts' LA Weekly Feature Following Ozomatli into Burma Wins Prestigious AltWeekly Award

​An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>

Last Night: Why you can't get a second-hand guitar in China and other thoughts on the "China Invasion Tour"

Daiana FeuerPK-14​The China Invasion tour made it all the way from Beijing to Eagle Rock's American Legion Hall, a community center that doubles as a venue for little rock shows. Carsick Cars, PK-14, and AV Okubo arrived from Beijing via Austin with press clips from Spin, Time and The Economis ... More >>

Bob Dylan Banned in China Because of Bjork

LiuzhouLaowai​The Guardian reports that Malibu-resident Bob Dylan has had to cut his Asian tour short because the Chinese government prevented him from playing in Beijing and Shanghai. According to the UK paper (quoting Hong Kong's South China Morning Post): Dylan's planned tour of east Asia ... More >>

Indo Café: Out of the Ashes

... and into the urap

Philippe Is Not Your Daddy's Chinese

It's Diddy's

LACMA's Sixth Annual Muse Costume Ball

FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, PART 2

'MATLI CREW

Dishing Up Mexican

Sacred Sounds

Dancing Waters

Can't Stop the Music

Farewell My Concubine

Where to Eat Now

Where To Eat Now

Where To Eat Now

West L.A. and Culver City

From Hollywood to Bollywood

Green Eggs and Pan

Pioneer Boulevard

India in Artesia

The Pie's the Limit

This is what happens when the world goes to pizzas

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