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Bono (Musician)

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Jason Russell, Invisible Children Co-Founder, Reportedly Detained for Public Masturbation, Vandalizing Cars in Underwear

    Updated on second page with exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.) Also, Invisible Children responds. According to NBC San Diego, cops caught the "storyteller and dreamer" behind the Kony 2012 campaign running around ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    A Spider-Man That Doesn't Bite

    Updated on second page with exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.) Also, Invisible Children responds. According to NBC San Diego, cops caught the "storyteller and dreamer" behind the Kony 2012 campaign running around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    50 Most Ridiculous Vanity Plates in L.A.

    Forget 140 characters: try eight! In a city full of networking self-promoters and wannabe celebs, it's no surprise that ridiculous vanity license plates abound. That little space on the back of your car represents a precursor to the away message and the Facebook status, albeit a near-permanent one. ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 10, 2011

    Killing Bono

    Forget 140 characters: try eight! In a city full of networking self-promoters and wannabe celebs, it's no surprise that ridiculous vanity license plates abound. That little space on the back of your car represents a precursor to the away message and the Facebook status, albeit a near-permanent one. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Eleven Weirdo Rock Star Alter Egos

    ​Something about achieving major fame in music seems to drive creative artists to assume new personae. Whether it be fodder for an epic concept album, a stab at a different genre or just plain boredom, many of our favorite stars have conjured up characters in order to explore and indulge their fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Porn Star Karaoke at Sardo's: A Valley Industry Tradition, Also Featuring Fake Bono

    Paul T. BradleyNicki Hunter and her superfan: a night's expectations achieved.​ We'll get to (Fake) Bono in a minute. Ok, you know that one where the librarian loses the glasses and becomes the master of all things sexual? All it takes is a change in music and a little lighting...and voila! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Mad Crushin' For Diplo At Departure

    Lina Lecaro Diplo tears it up at Vanguard.​ Remember when everyone was comparing DJs to rockstars? Sometimes the comparison was warranted, but most of the time it was not. Paul Oakenfold is no Mick Jagger and Tiesto is no Bono, right? Rockstar eminence is about swagger and attitude, and even t ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 3, 2011

    Spider-Man on Broadway; La Traviata at the Met

    Big loves in Gotham

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Mick Rock's Top 10 Iconic Rock Images, with Running Behind-the-Lens Commentary (and a Few Surprises)

    Mick Rock (c)​ Mick Rock has shot some of the most recognizable portraits in rock music history and he's got, hands down, the best name in shutterbugdom. But with a candor and style that's as palpable as any of his subjects, he is also just as cool. In LA this weekend for a couple of events ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    FOUR DAYS OF "MY WAY"

    Mick Rock (c)​ Mick Rock has shot some of the most recognizable portraits in rock music history and he's got, hands down, the best name in shutterbugdom. But with a candor and style that's as palpable as any of his subjects, he is also just as cool. In LA this weekend for a couple of events ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Top 10 Popstar Clothing Lines that Put Madonna and Lourdes' New "Material Girl" to Shame!

    In this week's Nightranger column, we cover last week's Macy's Passport "Glamorama" event at the Orpheum Theatre downtown. The event was scaled back from years past live music-wise (Macy Gray and Eric Hutchinson performed short sets in between the runway looks) but the production was still top-notch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Mystery Man Who Escaped From LAPD Gets A Menu Of New Charges

    ​The mysterious man who eluded authorities this spring after they visited his downtown residence only to find an alleged counterfeiting operation was charged Thursday with an additional seven felonies, including drug sales and forgery, authorities said. Brian Alexik had already been charged wi ... More >>

  • Music

    March 6, 2010

    Nightranger: Steppin' Out

    ​The mysterious man who eluded authorities this spring after they visited his downtown residence only to find an alleged counterfeiting operation was charged Thursday with an additional seven felonies, including drug sales and forgery, authorities said. Brian Alexik had already been charged wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere

    CNNAnderson Cooper.​A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    In NYT Op-Ed, Bono Worries on the Destruction of Creativity (Never Mind That Whole Negativland Thing)

    Bono penned an Op-Ed for the New York Times yesterday morning listing his "Ten for the Next Ten," and one of his ten predictions concerns the future of creativity. Specifically, in a section called "Intellectual Property Developers," Bono warned of the catastrophe facing the TV and movie business ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Kids’ Rock

    Bono penned an Op-Ed for the New York Times yesterday morning listing his "Ten for the Next Ten," and one of his ten predictions concerns the future of creativity. Specifically, in a section called "Intellectual Property Developers," Bono warned of the catastrophe facing the TV and movie business ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    Stuck in a Moment: U2 at the Rose Bowl

    Safe sex with Bono and the boys

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    U2 at the Rose Bowl: Concert Porn for the Masses

    It was cool. It was a big Happening with flashing lights, lots of color, inspiration, 100,000 people screaming along in unison, moved by the pure ... spectacle of it. If we were in North Korea, these songs would have been about the Supreme Leader and we would have all been flashing colored placards ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Echo and the Bunnymen Play Ocean Rain in its Entirety at the Nokia

    Echo & the Bunnymen at the Nokia Theater, Oct. 24. Seeing a maddeningly underrated and undervalued band like Echo & the Bunnymen is a good way to keep the ears and soul in check, especially the day before a cold front from Dublin swoops in to take over all of SoCal, and to remind us who pays for Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Shirley Manson Interviews U2 in Front of Small Audience at Capitol Studios in Hollywood

    Shirley Manson, sitting on a stool in a sound room at Capitol Studios, confessed something in front of the 200 or so people cross-legged on the floor and in rows of chairs behind them as she awaited for the four members of U2 to arrive. Four bar stools, each with a microphone placed on the seat, sat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2008

    From Cool Kids to Kanye: Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

    By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2008

    LAFF 2008: Gardening at Night

    Scott Hamilton Kennedy is one of the whitest looking white guys you’ll meet, and yet he makes movies about South Central L.A. that come from a real place of knowing. Of course, OT: OUR TOWN was on one level just a movie about his girlfriend (now wife), but she also happened to be a drama teacher i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Music Sales Sink to 1985 Levels. Did 1985 Really Suck or Something?

    Sure, the papers are full of stories of gas prices shooting up and housing prices plummeting, but those are new phenomena compared to the steady declines in the fortunes of the record industry. The latest sales numbers show a decrease of 11% over last year - and that includes legal digital downloads ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Meat Loaf

    Do you love me?

  • LA Life

    January 10, 2008

    Free-food Alert!

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • Film+TV

    November 22, 2007

    Movie Reviews: Enchanted, August Rush, Hitman, Holly

    Also This Christmas, What Would Jesus Buy? and more

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Record Reviews: Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

    Burial, Wu-Tang Clan and Kenna

  • Film+TV

    September 13, 2007

    Across the Universe: Help!

    Julie Taymor’s ’60s-set musical is a bust

  • Film+TV

    August 16, 2007

    Film Reviews: Delirious, Death at a Funeral, 7 Dias

    Julie Taymor’s ’60s-set musical is a bust

  • Music

    July 19, 2007

    Femi Fatale

    Son of legendary Fela Kuti carries on the revolutionary beat

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    Aaron Cohen: Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

    In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar.

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Across an Alternate Universe

    A Beatles cover-music movie needs straitjackets for all involved

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of March 15 - 22

  • Music

    February 22, 2007

    Can You Feel It?

    Having some “me time” with Explosions in the Sky

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    Steal This Look: The Other Lil Kim

    Kim Jong-Il, North Korean Dictator is straight up gangsta style, he admits to lovin many bitches and he's had way more people killed than Shug Knight. He drives a Benz and has a penchant for extravagances like lobster and Hennessy. He's big fan of the NBA (he even has a signed ball by Michael Jord ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 10, 2006

    Detours

    A lost highway and roads not taken

  • Film+TV

    May 25, 2006

    70 Million and Counting

    The clash of politics and morality in The Age of AIDS

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    T. Rex, Baby.

    A love song to the immortal Marc Bolan, and critical guide to the new T. Rex reissues

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    grammy diary

    Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

  • Music

    January 12, 2006

    Is This It?

    Rap metal is still dead. The Strokes are still cool. And your point is . . . ?

  • Music

    January 12, 2006

    More Drama

    On The Breakthrough, Sister Mary J. Blige of the Perpetual Survivorhood finds “happiness,” blonder wigs

  • Art+Books

    December 22, 2005

    The Coffee Table

    All things bright and beautiful

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    ''Do Not Hesitate''

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    June 2, 2005

    The Psychic Hipster’s Pop 10

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Live in L.A.

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Snake Bites

    All things bright and beautiful

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Notable Scene Stealers

    (In a Good Way)

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Have You Noticed That . . .

    (In a Good Way)

  • Columns

    October 4, 2001

    Crown Thy Good

    (In a Good Way)

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    Fog Heart

    New discs

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