Dance Dance Revolution

5 Arcade Classics for Your iPhone

See also: *Family Fun Arcade Prepares to Close After Four Decades *10 Best Arcades in L.A. Ever get the hankering to play some classic arcade games, but, alas, you're nowhere near your arcade? Or your go-to place is Granada Hills' Family Fun Arcade, which is set to close? If you have an iPhone, yo ... More >>

Nire Alldai Peers Into the Pop Abyss

"You know it is a machine, there are the same song writers, the same producers getting the bulk of the work," Niré Alldai says. She's a lifelong L.A. resident and recent Virgin Records signee, and sits across from me in a café in West Hollywood, attempting to explain the inner workings of the pop ... More >>

Top 10 Photo Booths in Los Angeles

See also: Our coverage of the 2012 International Photobooth Convention. Japanese sticker-printing photo booths may satisfy shopping tweens, and passport office photo booths can spit out images as if from a cheap computer printer, but for the true connoisseur, only a dip-and-dunk booth will do. Th ... More >>

VIDEO: Hundreds of Fitness Dorks Turn Out for Massive 'Zumba' Flash Mob at L.A. Live

What appeared to be hundreds, if not thousands, of Zumba® fans in their finest Latin-flavored workout getups crowded the Nokia Plaza yesterday afternoon, forming the most chaotic mob at L.A. Live since the Lakers riots. If you haven't heard of Zumba yet, here's what you're missing: It describes it ... More >>

Catching Up With Grandmaster B

Porter Robinson: The Libertarian Dubstep Guy

See also: *In Defense Of "Fratstep:" An Open Letter To James Blake *Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! It's fair to say that most political nerds don't know what dubstep is. But last month libertarian sites like The Daily Paul and Lew Rockwell got geeked up about Porter Robinson's track "The State." ... More >>

Arcade Infinity, the Final Round: Video Game Hot Spot Closes

At first glance Arcade Infinity seemed nothing more than a noisy and dimly-lit hole in the wall room full of obscure Japanese arcade machines. In truth, Arcade Infinity was the heart and core of the gaming community in Southern California for more than a decade. Dianne Garcia​Saturday February ... More >>

Jpop and Purikura: The Next Wave in Nighttime Fun?

When we heard that Tune in Tokyo was throwing their holiday bash in City of Industry, we were a bit perplexed. After all the San Gabriel Valley city is a good half-hour drive from the monthly Jpop/Jrock party's Little Tokyo digs. Then we found out that it was to be held at purikura studio Kira Kira ... More >>

Tune in Tokyo: Where Jpop and Jrock Rule

Inside Second Street Jazz Club on December 18, a floor full of dancers cleared to make way for a spritely trio who took their places in a straight, horizontal line in front of the stage. As DJ Yuki mixed hyper Eurobeat-style music, similar to what one might hear during a game of Dance Dance Revoluti ... More >>

Rock Picks: Tegan & Sara, Patti Smith, Stereolab

Also, Pinback, the Quarrymen, Kris Kristofferson and more

A Hero for Our Time

Are rocker video games the new MTV — and will they help save the music universe?

Little Boxes

I'm a karaoke slut, but just like most real ladies of the night, I have to be properly liquored up before I give it up (on the mic). Brass Monkey, Smog Cutter, Amagi.... they're all fun and I've drunkenly crooned up a storm at each a bunch o' times, but a couple weeks ago I discovered a new realm o ... More >>

Breaking the Trance

The unexpected Burning Man soundtrack

Dance Into the Fire

By Randall Roberts If it's true, as many haggard hipsters have dismissively opined, that 'Nobody goes to Burning Man anymore,' then who the hell are all these people? The unofficial verdict among many regular burners is that this year is going to be huge, and although population estimates are n ... More >>

7 Ways To Waste Time

Inside Your Xbox (or Playstation 2)

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