Bettie Page

Lenora Claire: P.T. Barnum With Boobs

Inside the Nickerson Garden Projects with Rapper Jay Rock: "They can call anyone a terrorist, a gangbanger, and put cameras in your neighborhood."

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

The Black Thing

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

KINK WITH A WINK

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

Nightranger: CHRISTMASSIVE

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

Empire Burlesque

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

Fairwell to World of Wonder, Hello Bettie Page Clothing Store

Sam SlovickJay Rock​Papa Dad didn't make the big Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on MLK Boulevard. He was shot dead on Jan. 3 at 103rd and Crenshaw. Jay Rock and Punch didn't attend, either. It's a turf thing. They want to stay alive. So on the day of the parade, they hung out in Nickerson Garde ... More >>

World of Wonder Turns a Page

OliviaAll things must pass and, this Saturday, Hollywood's World of Wonder Storefront Gallery willclose out its "Bettie Page: Heaven Bound" exhibit with a load of exhibitionists. That is to say, there'll be a Betty Page Lookalike contest (Black Dahlia lookalikes need not apply), judged by the show's ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Bettie Page Tribute, World Tea Expo, Pablove Foundation Benefit, Exotic Cars & Lolitas at the D1 Grand Prix

While April was a great month for events in Los Angeles (see our April '09 Month in Photos slideshow for proof), we have to admit we're pretty exhausted. After Coachella, exploring Michael Jackson's Neverland, two non-stop days at the L.A. Weekly L.A. Weekend festival and more, we decided to take it ... More >>

LA People 2009: Art-Tart Barbie — Kari French

While April was a great month for events in Los Angeles (see our April '09 Month in Photos slideshow for proof), we have to admit we're pretty exhausted. After Coachella, exploring Michael Jackson's Neverland, two non-stop days at the L.A. Weekly L.A. Weekend festival and more, we decided to take it ... More >>

Movie Reviews: An American Affair, Phoebe in Wonderland, 12

Also, Between Love & Goodbye, Toyo's Camera and more

Movie Reviews: New in Town, Taken, The Uninvited

Also, The Class, Of Time and the City, Sam's Lake, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

The Beefcake Factory

The passing of Bettie Page brings to mind how, last fall, Antinous Press released Bruce of Los Angeles: Inside/Outside, a collection of images by gay-beefcake photographer Bruce Bellas from the "Bettie" modeling era of the 1950s and '60s. The book, besides presenting images of Bruce of L.A.'s nude a ... More >>

Bettie Page Dance Lessons: A Quick Primer from an Expert (May She Rest in Peace)

Bettie Page died yesterday in Los Angeles. Though she wasn't a musician, her look, her 'tude, her abandon, inspired many a budding artist, like the Cramps, below. Thanks for the stripteases, Ms. Page. 

American Music Awards Fashion Mini-Notes

Just a couple of things that came to mind while alternately watching the 2008 American Music Awards and doing laundry last night. 1. Queen Latifah in Skinny JeansHere is proof that big women CAN wear skinny jeans and look hot, hot, hot. What makes it work are (1) the long sleek hair with a bit of ... More >>

Anus Horribilis: Vodka tumblers & women in caves

Britny O is 18 and a dead ringer for Bettie Page, even if it looks as though she outgrew the hound’s-tooth jacket and striped slacks ensemble she wore to court today about 10 years ago. Hers was a harrowing story of how, as a 17-year-old during January and February of 2007, she’d been contacted ... More >>

Selene Luna

Pocket Venus

Using Your Illusions

Pocket Venus

Waisted

The corset and the art of Exquisite Restraint

Go, Speed Dater!

Fashion adventures in the online hookup

Dutch Auction

Lowbrow relics on the block; RIP, Fausto Vitello

It Takes All Types

Mary Harron celebrates the ambiguities of The Notorious Bettie Page

Bettie Boob

The tame tale of a scandalous ’50s icon

The Strokes

The Strokes The Troubadour, January 6

Where the Balls Are

Bowling with L.A.’s alley cats

Behind the Blue Door

Legs McNeil gatecrashes the Other Hollywood

Forever Then

Legs McNeil gatecrashes the Other Hollywood

Empty Glasses

Legs McNeil gatecrashes the Other Hollywood

Ass You Like It

A Show for Posteriority

Bass of Operations

Edited by Kateri Butler

20th -Century Cruise

Tom Carson on television, American history and his new novel, Gilligan’s Wake

Getting Along: Pipe Dreams

Tom Carson on television, American history and his new novel, Gilligan’s Wake

The Hummable Revolution

Tom Carson on television, American history and his new novel, Gilligan’s Wake

The Coffee Table

Tom Carson on television, American history and his new novel, Gilligan’s Wake

Springboard for Hitler

Anaheim's Shack has become Nuremberg- Rally Central for O.C. Racists

Mope Springs Eternal

Anaheim's Shack has become Nuremberg- Rally Central for O.C. Racists

Total World Domination

Anaheim's Shack has become Nuremberg- Rally Central for O.C. Racists