Bela Lugosi

Haunting Guitar for Spanish Dracula

Here's Where Five Jazz Legends Are Buried in L.A.

Everyone's always saying that jazz is dead -- at least since the fuzz shut down New Orleans' Storyville in 1917 -- but jazz will never die. Musicians on the other hand can, do and have. And quite a few jazz legends are buried in L.A. In fact, it's pretty surprising how many pivotal stars have thei ... More >>

How to Become a Music Snob In Four Simple Steps

I'm not going to begrudge anyone for not knowing who Coachella headliners The Stone Roses are. The simple fact is that their first album, (the only one that really matters), came out in 1989. If you're in college now, you most likely weren't even born then. Plus, The Stone Roses were a bigger deal i ... More >>

Gangster Squad Retells the Stories of Better Movies

Horror Movies to See in October That You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Jonny Edwards: Ax in the Box

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When in character as his alter ego, Jonny Coffin, Jonny Edwards sports a black trench coat, gloves and a top hat. With his flowing dark hair, chiseled features and dramatic mak ... More >>

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More vampires, noir and Tarr

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 >>

The Vault: Bankrupt

Tim Burton and Ed Wood at LACMA

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David J's Black Dahlia

The brains behind Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, conjures up his own L.A. noir

Live at SXSW: Gary Lucas Scores Dracula, the Lusty Latin Version

Wendy Gilmartin​What: Gary Lucas Plays Spanish Dracula Where: Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX When: March 15 Escucha a ellos. Los hijos de la noche. What better place to watch a movie about a blood-sucking vampiro and his howling children of the night than on holy ground? With its re ... More >>

Music Picks: Julieta Venegas, Deicide, Yefim Bronfman, Chick Corea and Gary Burton

Also Conspiracy of Beards, Lykke Li, Khaira Arby and others

They Walk Alike, They Talk Alike, Sometimes They Even Think Alike

Alice in Chains: Tim Burton in La-La Land

"I'm misperceived as a dark person: I'm not dark"

Club Hypothetical: What's the One Album That a New Goth Fan Should Own?

Trends may come and go, but there will always be young people gravitating towards music that's dark, dramatic and a little raw around the edges. Though the kids dressed in black now might be more into Interpol, The Killers and AFI than Joy Division, The Cure and Sisters of Mercy, they're probably re ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE!: FREE New Ray Davies MP3 of LA Classic "Celluloid Heroes"

​Do we have a treat for you this morning! When we first received the new Ray Davies record here at our swanky Culver City offices, we loved the new version of "Celluloid Heroes" so much that we just had to ask our friends at Decca Records if we could give it to our readers for FREE as a legal ... More >>

Bauhaus' David J. Wants To Be Your Wedding DJ (When Not Busy Helping Buddies Black Francis and Alan Moore)

Jenine De Shazer/www.davidjonline.com​Hey brides! We know you've been preparing your wedding for over a year, that everything is just like you imagined through your princessy girlhood, and that you've successfully altered yourself so you don't have to alter the Vera Wang. Still, wanna make you ... More >>

Eight Great Reasons Why Goth Clubs Are the Only Place to Spend Halloween

Check out more photos in Erin Broadley's "Grimm Fairytale Ball" slideshow. Some photos are NSFW. Erin Broadley​You can pack thousands of scantily clad party people into a theater and give them Deadmau5 and Justice, but no mega-party can compare to goth clubs during this spookiest of holiday ... More >>

Ten Creepy Cool '80s Songs to Get You Through Halloween

​Now that you're probably engaged in the almost-last minute Halloween costume cram session, you might be in the need for some tunes to get you through the hours of skirt-hemming and wig-styling. At the same time, though, we figured you might be a little tired of hearing Ministry's "Every Day i ... More >>

What Do David Bowie and the Boys of Shojo Manga Have in Common?

After developing something of an addiction to shojo manga, Japanese comics written specifically for a female audience, this past year I became consumed by a nagging thought: Why is it that the male characters, particularly those who serve some sort of romantic purpose, all remind me of David Bowie? ... More >>

The Horror! The Horror! 'Halloween II' Prop Auction Saturday

Premiere PropsMichael Myers' clown suit​It wasn't that long ago that props from horror or science fiction films went on the auction block only after the deaths of veteran collectors, or whenever retired prop managers, grips, gaffers or movie construction carpenters who'd salvaged vampire capes or ... More >>

How to Survive Vampire Con Without Getting Bit (Plus, Faking It at Vampirella's Ball)

View more photos in the "Vampire Con" slideshow. ​These are things you should know when going to Vampire Con, or the convention dedicated to vampires. It happened this weekend at the Music Box Theatre along with Vampirella's Ball. It was the first event of its kind. 1. Wear black. Duh. For ... More >>

Birth of a Zombie Nation: The Undead in the Movies

From Bela Lugosi's zombie love slave to George Romero's Living Undead through the soulless corporate workers of more recent films

Forry, We Hardly Knew Ya: Forrest J Ackerman Tribute to Be Held Sunday at Egyptian Theater

When Forrest J Ackerman passed away last December science fiction lost a tireless, shameless promoter who helped transform the genre from a suspect niche market into a thriving industry. A true Los Angeles original, Ackerman grew up when the town really was just that -- a place that was as big as a ... More >>

Gods and Monsters: Forrest J Ackerman, 1916-2008

Forrest J Ackerman, who passed away last week from heart failure at the age of 92, may  end up best remembered as the man who coined the term "sci-fi." That's no small legacy in a culture often chronicled in shorthand - Jack Kerouac's "beat generation," comes to mind, or Herb Caen's more reduc ... More >>

The Doors? Black Flag? The Chili Peppers? Nope. L.A.'s Best Band Was Love.

The more things change . . .

Bauhaus' David J. Talks Silver for Gold

His Edie Sedgwick musical opens March 6 at the Met Theatre

Rock Picks

For the week of Feb. 15 - 22

Film Reviews: Norbit, Hannibal Rising

Including Norbit, Hannibal Rising,Traffic Signal, and the Ralph Nader documentary, An Unreasonable Man

Vodka, Vampires & Vikings

What's to do in Los Angeles this week

Inner Sanctum Mysteries The Complete Movie Collection

Get Your Cover On

On rock-tribute albums by Nouvelle Vague and Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, old is the new new...

Bow Down!

Nine Inch Nails, with Bauhaus and Peaches at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, July 7

Music Picks

For the week of July 6 -13

Exquisite

Unembarrassed and undestroyed, Leonard Cohen at 71

Far From Savory Dock

Live in L.A.

Bauhaus at the Wiltern, October 30

Nightranger

Live at Coachella ’05

After this, we promise we won’t even mention Coachella for a year

Like Goths to the Flame

Undead Do Dance

Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and Guy Maddin’s Dracula

Look What the Bat Dragged In

Edited by Kateri Butler

Homage to Catatonia

A history of drugs and the movies

Heathen Angel

The gospel according to Simon Stokes

Noodle-Noodle Soup

Tightwad City

80% free, 20% cheap

Her Name Is Nina Foch

Wise Blood