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Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhaps, joined the band in the first place for the pu ... More >>

5 Most Fashion-Forward Muppets (Sorry, Miss Piggy)

As you know, in fashion, one day you're in and the next day you're out. How then to explain the cheerful ubiquity of Miss Piggy? Last August, the porcine mop/puppet turned up at Opening Ceremony to promote a muppet-themed apparel line. This month, she graces a spread in InStyle magazine sporting J ... More >>

Sarah Palin & Captial Punishment in New Films By Broomfield and Herzog in Toronto

Werner Herzog​ Friday was Foreign-Born Documentary All-Stars Tackle Powerful Symbols of America day at TIFF. The scarily prolific Werner Herzog (whose first foray into 3D, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, premiered at this festival last year before its blockbuster theatrical run this summer) is back ... More >>

Satanica Batcakes: Fire Eater to Hat Maker

Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock (Only Three Call Themselves Groupies!)

Jena Ardell​ Everyone has had a crush on rockstar before, but these woman actually pursued and conquered rockstars. In order to make our Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock list, these ladies had to have dated (or bedded) six or more famous musicians. There's one musician who appears on four o ... More >>

From the Archives: Jonathan Gold's "13 Ways of Looking at Nirvana" (Kurt Cobain, RIP 17 Years Ago Today)

Kurt Cobain, RIP (1967-1994)​Today, on the 17th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's untimely death, we reprint the following reflections from Jonathan Gold, originally written seven years ago. 1. A friend's East Village studio somewhere in July 1989. Nirvana, who had slept on the floor, are pissed, ... More >>

Music Picks: She Wants Revenge, Nilbog, Lady Gaga

Also, Men, Ice Cube, OMD, the Aussie BBQ and others

The Dirt Master: Neil Strauss Talks Rockers, Hookers, Drugs and Getting Hate Mail from his Ultimate Nemesis, Phil Collins

​You'll be seeing a lot in the blogosphere and beyond about Neil Strauss' revealing new book, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, (out this week). The tome reveals shocking things about -and intimate moments with- the author's vast array of interview subjects over the years: Lady Gaga bawling ... More >>

Miller's Time

COUNTRY STRONG

The L.A. Weekly Interview: Best Coast

A few songs about her crazy, lazy, hazy L.A. world turned Bethany Cosentino into a global icon of cool. Yeah, she's as surprised as you are

WHERE'S THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A NEW WACKY COMEDY

ODE TO JUMBO

Live in L.A.: Sweethead, War Tapes, the Like, Spirit Animal, Square on Square

Teren OddoSerrina Sims and Troy Van Leeuwen of Sweethead​Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen's new project Sweethead, which has the Spaceland residency this month, milks every ounce out the arguable (in this day and age) notion that rock 'n' roll is a dangerous, decadent beast. ... More >>

Courtney Love Covers Obscure Leonard Cohen Song

Courtney takes you down to her place near the river​We have it on pretty good authority that when she was a young lass Courtney Love hated traditional rock'n'roll (including the Stones) and was obsessed with two things: Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and ... Leonard Cohen. Well, she seems to ha ... More >>

This Week In Nightranger: Perez Hilton's Three Bling Circus at Paramount Studios

In this week's column (out Thursday) we rejoice over The Hills' cancellation and survey LA's newest upscale hotspots: Drai's, Trousdale and Industry. But the circus of celebs at Perez Hilton's Saturday night Carn-Evil birthday party at Paramount Studio almost outshined 'em all. If the notion that ... More >>

Jessica Simpson <3's Billy Corgan and Wants to Have His Baby (Maybe)

Jessica Simpson <3's Billy Corgan and wants to have his baby (maybe)

Campy Divo Juan Gabriel Hijacks the Latin Grammys

Last night the 2009 Latin Grammys--a consistently far more entertaining and classier (and Kanye-free!) event than its gringo counterpart--were celebrated in Las Vegas. The highlight of the evening was a crazy-ass performance by Mexico's legendary Juan Gabriel. The flamboyant veteran performer, belo ... More >>

Re-Tweet Legal: New Media Libel and the Law

Courtney Love and Mark Cuban gave Twitter an unwanted credibility boost last month. The ever problematic stars each found themselves on the wrong end of defamation claims and fines respectively, filed by angry Twitter users who believe they've been unfairly "tweet-ed" by Courtney and Mark.* Twitter ... More >>

Nightranger Does Fashion Week

Stephen Sprouse, Lady Gaga and Box 8

Rockers at Morrison Hotel Gallery with Legendary Music Photographer Bob Gruen

To be honest, I never thought I'd be standing in legendary photographer Bob Gruen's teenage bedroom. The unkempt bed covered by a Led Zeppelin blanket, the shelves of rock memorabilia, the walls plastered with photos and cutout articles from vintage rock magazines like Creem and Rock Scene... it is ... More >>

Fortinbras

FASHION NIRVANA?

LA Fashion week is in full swing, and though it's too early to make judgments about the season as a whole, some definite trends are already emerging. Hello again grunge! Yes, the plaid flannel is flapping in the breeze once again, along with Chris Cornell hair, motorcycle boots, Indiana Jones-styl ... More >>

Makin' It Work

Style Wars, Divine Design and Kitchen 24

Fabulously Phony

System at the Knitting Factory, James St. James' Freak Show and more

Is There Anybody Out There?

What to do in Los Angeles from January 5 – 11

Black Fag Is a Cover Band

Where Are You Hollywood?

Last season we had Charlize. Jack Nicholson. Lara Flynn Boyle. Courtney Love. Tommy Lee. Gina Gershon. Anthony Keidis. Mena Suvari. Mike Tyson. Er...Sporty Spice. And of course there was Paris. Aahhh, we'll always have Paris...or so LA Fashion Week thought. But so far this season, and with only ... More >>

Summer Songs, Blues Hollers and Genre Actions

We Heart Denim...Honest

I'm not sure if any of us Style Council gals were at the denim shows last night... Buffalo, Yanuk and Taverniti were the designers showing, and even though denim and sportwear are LA's greatest exports - or at least most lucrative - how exciting can a pair of jeans get, right? Maybe that's why I ... More >>

Save the Lap Dance

Jumbo's best stripper retires

Happy Endings With The Suicide Girls

"More boobies, RIGHT NOW!" roared the crowd at the El Rey theatre as alternaporn starlets the Suicide Girls jiggled their pastied jubblies during the final show of their burlesque tour of the US. Despite recent Suicide Girl defections (the girls apparently ge ... More >>

Cult Fiction, Pulp Nonfiction

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Diving into the newest scenester abyss

They’re Back!

Why the new Backstreet Boys album should be killed gently

Snakebites

The Curse of Buddyhead

The Anti-Courtney

Melissa Auf der Maur: lucky to be free

Letters

Fear of a Black Titty

Treating Janet like you don’t love her

The Boldface Life

Covering the clubs

Killing the Angel in the House

With a major-label contract and a spot on the Lollapalooza tour, the Distillers are set to become big rock stars. How will Brody Armstrong tolerate the fame?

San Francisco and/or Bust

Edited by Kateri Butler

Slushed in 2001

Eidted by Kateri Butler

Burning Man

Getting in Touch with One's Inner Churl

The Burning Question

Style Counsel

The way we wore

Creme Brulee

And the sweetness of selling out