A huge red ball on the streets of downtown? Is it a stray from Coachella? Did the beach just move east? No, it's an art project from New York called RedBall. And it's here through Thursday:
Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>
See also: *L.A. Art History Lessons on Twitter, in Emoji Form *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week, an array of icons -- cowboys, the president, an unforgettable AIDS activist -- appear in art on view and three performers laugh all afternoon at LACMA. 5. Art det ... More >>
The term "electronic dance music" means so many things to so many people, and this year things only got more complicated. Dubstep continued its dance floor takeover, mainstream pop-oriented EDM ruled the radio, and the beat scene pushed on. Although divergent in style and ethos, here are the ten dan ... More >>
Drinking nonalcoholic red wine might help lower blood pressure in men at high risk for heart disease, according to a small new study by Spanish researchers. (They make nonalcoholic red wine?) Middle-aged and older men who drank moderate amounts of de-alcoholized red wine daily for four weeks had si ... More >>
It's a widely accepted notion in the marketing world that using numbers instead of words in titles is an easy way to increase "edginess." The blockbuster smash and Vin Diesel vehicle 2 Fast 2 Furious is one notable example; and did you know that the working title for TRON: Legacy was TR2N? So when ... More >>
Tilda, Tsvian and Don Johnson
On a sunny but breezy Saturday, 10-year-old Diego Grijalva of Gabriella Charter School in Echo Park found himself at 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, seated at a piano designed by local artist Evan Skrederstu. Diego, who has played on his school's piano, was intrigued by the street piano and playing a simpl ... More >>
Damsels in Distress, and a director in distress
If the movie Beerfest was real and it happened to take place in Los Angeles, it would probably be a lot like Bockfest. The second annual beer festival took place at The Vanguard in Hollywood and reeled in hundreds last Saturday, January 14. The newish event was organized by the Marketing firm, Barce ... More >>
Matador y TorosBoa-dacious at Club AM/FMCosmic rave-like excursions, fetishistic extravaganzas, undead dance orgies, Chinatown birthday blowouts... it's another week in party picks. Enjoy! Fri., Aug. 12 A decade ago Club Underground opened its doors at Tempest on Santa Monica Blvd. Unlike m ... More >>
Andrea DomanickBig Boi at 2 a.m., BFFs 4 lyfe: the party don't stop at Barcelona's Primavera SoundThe past couple of years have seen a proliferation of summer festivals in the U.S., but many have been accompanied by a proliferation of financial swindles, musical shortcomings and logistical fo ... More >>
Andrea DomanickDo you remember the first time?Love! Lust! Violence! Dissent! Come one, come all to the return of Britpop heroes Pulp. "This evening is not about ancient history, we are going to make history," frontman Jarvis Cocker declared as the band took to the stage Friday night for the ... More >>
Who else could that be onstage?: Pulp, 2011There are those who think of Pulp as a 1990s Britpop band that duked it out (and continues to duke it out) with the likes of Oasis and Blur for the dubious title of "Best Britpop Band of the 1990s." Those people, of course, are very, very wrong. Pu ... More >>
The legal battles of Eli Roth's "litmus test for dates"
fyf's sean carlson and keith morris FYF Fest promoter Sean Carlson's L.A. Scavenger Hunt turns a bizarre list of items--like life-size cut-outs of Freddie Mercury--into charity goodness for downtown's Union Rescue Mission and the L.A. Food Bank almost every year. So if you're the guy wonderi ... More >>
DeloreanDelorean's chipper set of dance music was one of the highlights of September's FYF Fest in downtown L.A. -- the Barcelona-born quartet's four-on-the-floor beats proved an exhilarating finish to what, for some, was a frustrating festival experience. With its layered vocals, keening sy ... More >>
A feast of bad-is-funny spaghettisploitation at Cinefamily
Ted SoquiMeg Whitman​The head of a state law enforcement union predicted Tuesday that Meg Whitman won't cut police pensions if she is elected governor."I wouldn't think that would be on her radar," said Alan Barcelona, president of the California State Law Enforcement Association, which is backing ... More >>
Alex NoriegaWe couldn't resist this journalism humor from Barcelona-based artist Alex Noriega. Do yourself a favor and check out his illustration blog "Stuff No One Told Me (but I learned anyway."
In the first part of our interview with LOU chef D.J. Olsen yesterday, Olsen talked about life in the small kitchen of the Hollywood wine bar. Today, he discusses the relative happiness of strip mall food, the problem of culinary foams and the occasional hazards of eating in Taipei. And check back l ... More >>
Katherine SacksThere's no better way to celebrate the arrival of cool autumn days then by walking around downtown L.A. in a pair of lederhosen and drinking a strong German beer. This year, instead of paying for the expensive flight to Munich (or driving to Alpine Village in, umm, Torrance), c ... More >>
Michael O'Malley remembers every detail of the wood-fired pizza he ate in Barcelona. The Pomona College art professor was there to study Gaudi, but it was the dough that really moved him: "The tender, chewy crust. The hint of ash. The dryness of the oven embedded in the crust. I made a pact right th ... More >>
Trends in spirits can move fast or slow, depending on which alcoholic beverage you're talking about. When some people think of sherry, for instance, the associations might be dated, even unkind. One friend describes her parents' drink of choice from the late 1970s as "cheap [expletive], which they t ... More >>
By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>
In the spirit of Halloween (and the severed chocolate arm) and Mexican sugar skulls, here are some chocolate skulls. Will Thanksgiving bring the rest of the chocolate body? Only time will tell. From top left: (1) Vosges has a Red Fire Skull with ancho chiles, a Barcelona skull with hickory smoked a ... More >>
He lived the young man's dream in Spain; next, he directs Larry David in NYC and Puccini for L.A. Opera
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Props to those who actually managed to write coherant blog posts from Coachella on a daily/nightly basis. After spending about 1 1/2 hours in traffic leaving the fest Saturday night (which we hear is actually on the short side compared with others and would have been longer if not for some extremely ... More >>
Who's your barber?
Who's your barber?
Sitting down with the Out of Time Man
Providences night of happy endings
The Long Blondes are here to satisfy your Elastica craving (assuming you still have one)
Local shops become once-a-month art galleries
Sampling Scott Foundas’ Cannes 2006, the Blog
Sampling Scott Foundas’ Cannes 2006, the Blog
Sampling Scott Foundas’ Cannes 2006, the Blog
AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call
AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call
AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call
Brendan Mullen on spin city
Brendan Mullen on spin city
Anti-Americans abroad and Bumble Ward's meta-PR
Anti-Americans abroad and Bumble Ward's meta-PR
Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother
Remembering Claude Bessy, a.k.a. Kickboy Face
Remembering Claude Bessy, a.k.a. Kickboy Face
Breaking the fever in Whit Stillman's
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