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Asian-Chasing Creeps Make L.A. The International-Dating Epicenter Of America

Seeing that we're the jumping-off point for the Asian Pacific, Latin America and, for whatever reason, Ethiopia and Bangladesh, it should be no surprise that Los Angeles is the "international dating" capital of America. That, at least, is the word from a rep for the website AnastasiaDate, which tol ... More >>

Sugary Drinks Linked to 180,000 Deaths Annually

Now we know you were all really mad at NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for trying to ban large-sized sodas. But the man may have had a point. Sugary beverages are linked to more than 180,000 deaths worldwide annually, according to new research presented this week at an American Heart Assn. conference. ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Takes Narrow Fundraising Lead Over Wendy Greuel In Race For L.A. Mayor

Councilman Eric Garcetti has edged into a narrow fundraising lead over his top rival, Controller Wendy Greuel, in the race for L.A. mayor.The two candidates have been neck-and-neck all year. But in reports disclosed this afternoon, Garcetti announced that he had brought in $664,000 over the last thr ... More >>

Sweatshops Are Fashion's Dirty Little Secret. But They Don't Exist in L.A. -- Do They?

Gays, Asians Fight for Own City Districts in Los Angeles Redistricting Battle

Redistricting is so hot this season! California's doing it; L.A. County 's doing it; and, because the city charter requires we do it once per decade, L.A. proper is jumping on the redistricting train in 2012, too. Literally. Tomorrow at 9 a.m., the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission ... More >>

The Many Travels of Henry Rollins

Exclusive: Pusha T and Tyler the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" Video Shoot

Andrea DomanickThe father becomes the son...​Reported by Andrea Domanick and Rebecca Haithcoat. This is for the critics who doubted the chemistry Two different worlds, same symmetry. -"Trouble on My Mind," Pusha T Leaning on a sticky table in a hotel room stained the color of urine, direct ... More >>

Best Impress The Guests Books of 2010 (That You'll Be Hoarding When They Leave)

​Sometimes, the size of the book really does matter. And so we're bringing you the Best Impress the Guest Books of 2010. You know, the big boys with photography budgets beyond the average cookbook's entire balance sheet. But with a caveat, of course, as no one needs another flip-through-and-fo ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Madhur Jaffrey's Salmon in Bengali Mustard Sauce

KnopfMadhur Jaffrey's salmon in Bengali mustard sauce​ If you read the many, many year-end best cookbooks of 2010 lists, you will doubtless be very familiar with Madhur Jaffrey's latest book, At Home With Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ... More >>

Q & A With Madhur Jaffrey: She Cooks, She Acts, She Writes, etc.

When Madhur Jaffrey arrived at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she was a Delhi-born 19-year-old from a wealthy family and so accustomed to being waited on that even the most rudimentary cooking skills eluded her. In the end, it was her inability to find authentic Indian food in 1950s En ... More >>

Henry Rollins' 'Rare Cuts And Conversation': Records And Stories You've Never Ever Heard ... Live!

Maura Lanahan​ Just announced: KCRW DJ, L.A. WEEKLY columnist (and soon-to-be-published interviewer) and all-round musicologist Henry Rollins will host a KCRW-sponsored night at the Echoplex on Thur., Dec. 9, where he'll share stories and--most crucially--play the records he says are too rare ... More >>

You Can't Go Home Again: Henry Rollins on Being Back in the USA, Autumnal Feelings and his Favorite Thomas Wolfe Passage!

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 >>

Music Picks: Liz Phair, the Weepies, Tom Tom Club, Evan Voytas

Also, the Lee Boys, Klaxons, Macy Gray, Eels and others

Book Review: What I Eat: Around The World In 80 Diets (Hardly That Kind of Diet Book)

​What I Eat: Around The World In 80 Diets is the sort of coffee table book you have to remove before the guests come over -- at least if you want them to leave after that final bottle of Pinot has been polished off. The latest photo-journalism book from husband-wife authors Peter Menzel and Fa ... More >>

Mark Casanova: The Rescuer

Free Screening: 'The Bitter Taste of Tea' Exposes Not So Fair Trade

Bitter Taste of Tea​As part of its International Institute Human Rights Film Series, UCLA's James Bridges Theater will host a free screening of The Bitter Taste of Tea: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade tonight at 6:30. A documentary by Danish journalist Tom Heinemann--named "Best Investi ... More >>

YouTube Wildcard: Los Angeles Music Clips from Around the Web

There's no way we can cover it all. We try, but, as you well know, West Coast Sound misses a lot of music events every week. We just can't cover them all. But YouTube can, and it's got its own beautifully random tastes. Herewith, stuff that happened recently that we missed, but others caught. Wil ... More >>

Sympathy for the Devil: Crime Stats Say L.A.'s Streets Are Safer Than Ever, So Why Are Gang Hoods Still So Bloody?

Top dogs Da Brat, Zen Baca and Tony V weigh in, along with street players D-Black, Marky-D and Mauricio

Best Ape Hoots and Howls: Gibbon Conservation Center

Visions of Radiohead

Celebrating the 21st century's most interactive band

Lil Wayne The Carter III

Eclectic giddy fun

Gettin' Giddy With Lil Wayne

Few contemporary rappers are more fun to listen to

A Rocky Landscape

The cathouse afire

The World According to Sesame Street

The Clay Bird

Village Muse

Monica Ali on her new novel, Alentejo Blue

Music Picks

For the week of June 15 - 22

Fatwas of 2005

(I Belong to The) Blank Generation

Fatwas of 2005

Green to the Core? — Part 2

A Drop in the Ocean

The Shrimp Factor

Did disappearing mangrove forests contribute to the tsunami’s severity?

Losing Our Shirts

An unhappy New Year looms for American apparel makers

Water Torture

Flooding and the future of the world

The Cheney Connection

Tracing the Halliburton money trail to Nigeria

Escape Artist

The triple life of Louis Kahn

The Making of a Designer

Monah Li on creation, transformation,faith — and garmentos

Letters

A Letter From Pakistan

Paying for past wrongs

Thank$ a Million

Uncomfortable questions about the outpouring of disaster donations

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Kissinger

Christopher Hitchens’ indictment of the former secretary of state

The Bereaved

L.A.’s lost its chance to reform its police. Hooray.

Say It Loud

We’re Green and we’re proud

The Chai Life

In search of real Indian tea

Sweating It Out

UC’s ban on sweatshop products may be hard to enforce

Who Were Those Kids?

And other questions about the meaning of Seattle answered here!

40 Bucks and a Dream

The lives of a Hollywood motel

Tijuana maquiladora labor strike deepens

Weapons of Mass Distraction

U.S. arms dealing leads Project Censored’s list of the Top 10 underreported stories of 1997