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To Join the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard, You Must Drink 78 Cocktails at Tonga Hut

See also: *4 a.m. Last Call for Alcohol Proposed For Calif. Clubs by Sen. Mark Leno *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. *10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A. The rules state you have a calendar year to complete the task. Amos Clarke is nine months in, "but I've only been making serio ... More >>

Budweiser Allegedly Watered Down Beer 5 California Craft Alternatives

Anheuser-Busch InBev is being sued by consumers in Pennsylvania, California and New Jersey with companion suits coming from Ohio and Colorado, Bloomberg reports. The complaint filed in Philadelphia alleges that the alcohol content in a variety of Anheuser-Busch products is overstated, which would vi ... More >>

Top 7 Ways To Ruin a 4th of July Barbecue

The beery, cheery assemblage of friends and family that typifies the traditional Fourth of July grill-side hang is usually loose and easy-going. There may be burgers and potato salad. There may be a game of catch. There will certainly be fireworks. However, that giddy sparkler-lit spirit of free ... More >>

Lower Dens - The Troubadour - 6/30/12

Lower Dens, No Joy, Alan Resnick The Troubadour 6-30-12 Saturday night at the Troubadour, Lower Dens showed they aren't easily classified. Fronted by singer Jana Hunter, the Baltimore band first introduced their inimitable strain of hazy, experimental indie rock on the 2010 full-length Twin Hand Mo ... More >>

Fidlar Are Drunk, Reckless and Proud of It

The garage punks are about to blow up. Either that, or crash and burn

I'm on a Boat: Why So Many Places in Koreatown Have Nautical and Pirate Designs

At the center of the city, there is a 100-foot-long ocean liner dry-docked in a parking lot. It would seem out of place in many if not most L.A. neighborhoods. Except here. Landlocked Koreatown is bobbing with nautical-themed restaurants, and you can't walk the length of a plank without stumbling in ... More >>

Buzzkills on Bikes: Rose Bowl to Deploy Green-Shirted 'Tailgating Ambassadors' in Parking Lot

pubclub.comNo smiling.​A little piece of Jimmy Buffet dies every time the word "tailgating" is paired with the word "guidelines" in a city document; so, by our calculations, tonight's agenda report for the Rose Bowl Operating Company meeting has left 15 little pieces of Jimmy Buffet in need of ... More >>

Music Picks: Katy Perry, Phish, Deerhunter, Sia, Warped Tour

Also, Big Audio Dynamite, Jill Scott, Cypress Hill and others

Anticon MC Serengeti: The Quirkiest, Deepest Rapper

X, The Blasters and Kris Kristofferson Turn In a Ring of Fiery Performances at Johnny Cash Music Festival

Lina Lecaro Exene Cashes in.​ Few music icons (dead or alive) come close to the enigmatic spirit of Johnny Cash. He may have been a country fella, but he was a whole lotta rock n' roll, too. His outlaw swagger, black attire and risky, rebellious choices (from jail jamborees to Nine Inch Nails ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Yeah, You Want To Hunt, Gather, Cook With Hank Shaw

​Hank Shaw is one of those people whom you really, really hope can pull off a truly great cookbook in his just-released Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast. If you don't know him, Shaw is the man behind Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, a blog that is about Shaw living out those four ... More >>

Duff Beer from The Simpsons is Real

Duff beer is real! Homer Simpson's favorite libation is actually available for purchase, but only in South America -- and nobody will talk about it. According to the Miami Herald: The makers of Duff in South America say they aren't allowed to talk to the U.S. media. Duff Mexico... would not resp ... More >>

Best Brewery in the Southland: The Bruery

The Bruery Sets the Local Standard for Excellence​ California is king when it comes to American craft beer. Maybe Oregon would argue, but they would lose. In the Golden State of craft brew heaven, Nor Cal and San Diego County have long reigned supreme. That era is over. The best brewery bet ... More >>

Los Angeles Celebrates Photographer Gary Leonard's 60th Birthday

Gary LeonardSee more photos in "Gary Leonard: Selling Out @ 60"​ When asked to identify himself at photographer Gary Leonard's 60th-birthday-party photo sale two weeks ago, a tall man with a large camera hanging from his neck refers to himself as "the other Gary Leonard." He is Gary McCarthy, ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Criticized for Promoting 'Blast' Malt Liquor in Letter by Law Officials That, Ironically, Puts The Drink on The Map For Kids

PabstIt's a Blast.​The Snoop Dogg-promoted Blast malt liquor is being targeted by law officials across the land for being a "binge in a can." The fruity, 23.5 ounce concoctions contain 12 percent alcohol, about three times the amount in a 12-ounce can of Budweiser. Maryland Attorney General ... More >>

Happy Hour: The Glendon Bar & Kitchen in Westwood

Caroline on CrackThe Glendon's $5 Rumrise cocktail.​ The Place: The Glendon Bar & Kitchen, 1071 Glendon Avenue, Westwood; (310) 208-2023. The Hours: Weekdays 4-7 p.m. and 10 p.m -12 a.m. The Deals: $5 beer, specialty cocktails, well drinks; $6 select wines; and half price appetizers.

L.A. Beer Experts Mythbust 5 Complaints of Amateur Beer Drinkers

Caroline on CrackFor Beer Chick Christina Perozzi glassware plays a key role in how beer is properly served.​ With the popularity of gastropubs and craft beer bars in our city, you can't just walk into a beer-serious bar and order a tall, cold one anymore. Now there are many factors to consid ... More >>

Top 10 Places To Watch the FIFA World Cup

​Tomorrow begins the the most widely watched sporting event in the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And for the next month, from June to July 11th, even Laker mania will take a back seat to soccer. The World Cup, held for the first time in Africa, showcases 32 countries. And while you can of co ... More >>

Top 10 Video Game Food References

It takes a powerhouse blend of stamina and strength to plant yourself on the couch and nudge a thumbstick back and forth for hours at a time. Why else would gamers require a dedicated line of "performance snacks?" Ok, every collaboration between gamer and grub doesn't need to be farcical and insulti ... More >>

Chaos in the Casitas

Lawless, south of the border-style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.

What's Really at Stake: Villaraigosa Bets Budweiser and Giant Burrito on Dodgers vs. Cardinals

So, St. Louis mayor Francis Slay and our own mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, have a friendly bet going on the series. If the Dodgers win, Tony V. gets some toasted raviolis (I assume that passes for cuisine in St. Louis), a Build-a-Bear critter (what the hell?!), and a Twitter T-shirt (ditto). If the ... More >>

GO LA: Dead Poets, Dead Writers and Denis Leary

Plus lots more to mourn and celebrate in town (not necessarily in that order), April 3-9

The Martini Doctor Is In: Manny Aguirre

Bartender icon, whose bar-side manner has soothed generations of Hollywood's elite at Musso and Frank and beyond, turns 75

Eating for the Adrenaline Rush at Hengyang and Hunan Chilli Kings, plus Yunnan Garden

More Hunan than Yunnan

The Cure Tear Up the Troubadour at Surprise MySpace Show

(Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for MySpace)If you're anything like the freakazoid Cure fans who one way or another managed to secure a wristband for last night's surprise Cure show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, you should probably stop reading this right now. If you weren't at the show and opt ... More >>

C.R.A.N.K Mob Does Not Go Gentle Into The Night

Rock Picks: Supersuckers, Bloc Party, Melvins

Dec. 27 - Jan. 3

Rock Picks: Hank III, Joe Strummer Tribute, Wu-Tang Clan

For the week of Dec. 21 - 27

Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#50-46)

50. Redman-Red Gone Wild [Def Jam] Other than M.O.P., Redman is the only East Coast rapper able to conceptually re-make the same album since 1992 and get away with it. The only difference is that where Billy Danze and Fizzy Womack are concerned with curb-checking you if you wander into Browns ... More >>

Bedroom Confidential: New Crop of Boutique Record Labels in Town

Corporate counterparts may want to study this model

King Eddy Saloon – Still Serving in the Morning

Down 'n' out at dawn

Flying High With the Vicious Ladies

Drugs, death, drama, gangs... how’s a teenage, all-girl party crew supposed to stay on top?

It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World

Selling tomorrow in The Futurist

A Mexican and an Irishman Walk Into a Bar...

Everything but the Bird

Dumplings

Letters

Surf Report: Billabong Threatens an International Incident

Preaching the Booze

Drunk Horse rocks, dammit

TRIBES: Kittens and Puppies and Birds, Oh My

Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

Mick Farren on the Deviants, fantasy fiction and blowing shit up

Social Acts: All Dressed Up on Halloween and Someplace Too Cool To Go

Titty Titty Bang Bang

Edited by Kateri Butler

Landscapes

New works from Boston Teran, Ana Menéndez and Deanne Stillman

Wish Upon a Popstar

Hoop Dreams

Ian Frazier on SuAnne Big Crow, Sherman Alexie and life on the rez

Return to J-351

Cantos del Corazón

Home, the world and Huayucaltia

Highway 61 Visited

The Delicate Delinquent

Wes Anderson’s sublime Rushmore