Boy George

Gay Old Times

Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: The Complete List

​See also: *Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums One day I was sitting around thinking I want to write a song about ménage a trois...and the line 'love in stereo' came into my head. Inspiration can happen anywhere at any time. -Jani Lane, Hit Parader magazine History has not been ... More >>

The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #20-16

See also: *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #15-11 *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #10-6 *The Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: #5-1 *Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums One day I was sitting around thinking I want to write a song about ménage a trois...and the l ... More >>

Top 10 Rejected Titles for Britney Spears' New Single (Before They Settled for "Hold It Against Me")

​ We all know Britney Spears luuuuuuuuvs lame sexual puns as names for her singles--remember "IF U Seek Amy"? ZOMG--if you say it out loud it spells out "F.U.C.K. Me", you guys!!! Well, the bitch is back with a new single and this time, yup, she went for another lame sexual double-entendre. ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Decision Points, the Dreamosphere and the Voice-Over Cliffhanger

Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a 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 in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Medea, A Wolf Inside the Fence, Topdog/Underdog

Also, Becoming Norman, Speak of Me As I Am and more

Stage Raw: A Wolf Inside the Fence

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlNEW REVIEW GO A WOLF INSIDE THE FENCE ​Photo courtesy of Open Fist Theatre Company "You can't lose your way in a history class. You can only go backwards," says Linus McBride (Arthur Hanket), a history teacher who seems to be losin ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Wooster Group's "North Atlantic"

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSECHO CHAMBERS Resonances from The Wooster Group's North Atlantic​Ground Control to Major Tom Photo by Paula Court If you drive through the San Gabriel Mountains, where radio reception is already dodgy, set ... More >>

Theater Reviews: All in the Timing, Hair, Life Could Be a Dream

Also, 7DS, Cannibal! The Musical, Fernando and more

Stage Raw: Cannibal! The Musical

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS plus the LATEST NEW REVIEWSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsNEW REVIEW GO CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL ​Photo by Jami JohnsonHumankind can be said to be divided into two, mutu ... More >>

Michael Jackson: 1958-2009

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS plus the LATEST NEW REVIEWSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsNEW REVIEW GO CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL ​Photo by Jami JohnsonHumankind can be said to be divided into two, mutu ... More >>

How PM Dawn Could’ve Avoided Getting Set Adrift On “Memory Bliss”

Maybe instead of wallowing in unchecked misery over "the girl with the fat diamond ring" (really, the fat diamond ring is the main thing that you remember about her?), you should just step to one of the mermaids swimming around the set of your music video. Granted, mermaid human/relations have al ... More >>

Asha Bhosle: Queen of Bollywood

75-year-old has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Black-Eyed Peas and Michael Stipe

Laser-Guided Melodies and a Boy Named George

75-year-old has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Black-Eyed Peas and Michael Stipe

Halloweekend

75-year-old has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Black-Eyed Peas and Michael Stipe

Web Exclusive Culture Lists

75-year-old has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Black-Eyed Peas and Michael Stipe

Beauty and Madness

How I learned to love L.A.�s Fashion Week

Boys Do Cry

Antony and the Johnsons� uncut emotions

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

Our Big Fat Gay Year

Now playing in the big town

Dress-up

Ron Athey on Making a fashion statement

A Mythic Thing

Tony Wilson on the city of Manchester, the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Factory Records, New Order, the Hacienda Club, Happy Mondays . . . had enough yet?

The Dating Test

Tony Wilson on the city of Manchester, the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Factory Records, New Order, the Hacienda Club, Happy Mondays . . . had enough yet?

Still Cyco

Mike Muir frees his soul and saves his mind

Slush

Edited by Kateri Butler

Polka Dot Uptown Girl

Making it

Giant Steps

Anatomy of a dance superclub

Letters

Anatomy of a dance superclub

Stronger Than Pride

With Sade at your side

Power to the People

Why David Freeman is smarter than Dick Riordan

Bore and Gush

America�s nominees

Primary Considerations

On John McCain, Bill Bradley and Wally Knox

On The Eve of Super Tuesday

The presidential hopefuls � and hopeless � do L.A.

Endorsements

The presidential hopefuls � and hopeless � do L.A.

New Hampshire Scramble

The McCain firestorm, the Bush bust and the new Democratic divide

Life Force

Jacques Heim and La Comedie Humaine

Hymn & Her

Modern devotional music, Virgin voices

Home of the Brave

Alone together with P.M. Dawn

Devoted

Reconstructing Depeche Mode