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Iceage - The Echoplex - 3/29/13

Iceage The Echoplex 3/29/13 Better Than... Throwing elbows to meet Joy Division's Peter Hook at his book signing in Silver Lake a couple weeks ago. To say that the lads in Copenhagen band Iceage don't give a fuck would not be entirely accurate, but it goes a ways in expressing the group's effortl ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, March 15 The Black Ryder THE ECHO The Black Ryder come from Australia but sound like they're from 13th Floor Elevators' own personal Texas, a land of endless desert where the guitars echo to eternity and where it's too hot to move fast. The Black Ryder concoct psychedelia that bleeds and bo ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, March 8 Nickodemus SUBSUELO AT KOBO'S Nickodemus' multicultural Turntables on the Hudson compilations and New York City-based events have brought together flavorfully funky house and Latin-based sounds from around the world. The DJ then took the series global with his creation of the ongoin ... More >>

Los Angeles Club Kids: Where Are They Now?

On the west coast, the club kids popped up around 1991, the local counterparts of the New York City Party Monster types, attending the types of underground raves your parents explicitly forbade. It wasn't all about drugs, but there were certainly plenty: ketamine, acid, cocaine, ecstasy, and more, s ... More >>

Shepard Fairey Street Art Mural Defaced on La Brea -- and This Goes on Globally

Everyone is a critic. Even taggers. Shepard Fairey, a widely known street artist who often garners mixed reviews, has been panned with graffiti spray-painted over a fifty-foot wall piece on 2nd Street and La Brea Boulevard. At the scene, a property manager was noticeably disturbed by the tagging ov ... More >>

Why Are So Many International DJs Moving to Los Angeles?

Los Angeles has recently experienced a heavy influx of international dance music producers, DJs, and label chiefs. Brits like Michael Cook and Mark Lewis were throwing raves in the Southland in the late '80s and early '90s, while French dance royalty Daft Punk arrived at some point in the late '90s ... More >>

Eva Restaurant Rallies for Help to Solve Parking Debacle

In an unique move, and in light of recent parking related issues, Mark Gold, chef/owner of Eva restaurant, made a plea via his newsletter and Facebook fan page, asking friends of the restaurant to help them raise money towards appealing to the city for a variance on their parking situation. The vari ... More >>

Eats at the London 2012 Olympics

LONDON -- Game on for eating well during the Olympics, which begins today, July 27, and run through August 12. Already one of the best dining cities in the world, London has been spiffed mightily up for the Olympic games. Billions have been spent on new athletic venues; streets have been reconfigur ... More >>

Top 12 LGBT Movies You Need To See, as Picked by Film Fest Organizers

Outfest, L.A.'s gay and lesbian film festival, ended on Sunday, reminding us that films about the LGBT experience serve an important role in the community, from teaching teenage boys and girls that it's alright to kiss other boys and girls, respectively, to connecting social activists with images su ... More >>

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Exclusive: Unearthed Photos of the Beatles in the Mid-'60s

In 1964, U.K. photographer Harry Benson was headed to Africa on assignment for the Daily Express when he got a call from his editor, saying the plans had changed. He was now going to Paris to photograph the Beatles. Benson was less than thrilled. "I thought of myself as a serious journalist," he say ... More >>

Restaurant Openings: How Long to Wait Before Writing a Review?

I've had a ton of great mail since soliciting reader feedback in my first Fork Lift column, including an amazing letter that began "Dear Sir! Thank you for your article in the LAWeekly about working as an restaurant critic. I think you have the very right approach, when you go to test the food at a ... More >>

Otto Jensen, Legendary 101-Year-Old Burbank Photographer, Killed While Crossing Street

Updated on Page 2: Jensen, a former Danish boxer, meets Manny Pacquiao. A living piece of Burbank history was killed while crossing Olive Avenue around 8:15 p.m. last night. Otto Jensen, who was still running his nearby photography studio at the ripe age of 101 years old, has shot everything from ... More >>

The World's 50 Best Restaurants List: Noma, Again (And Again)

Everyone loves a list, particularly a ranked list. We do. David Letterman does. Water companies do. Thus S. Pellegrino has just announced their list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. For the third consecutive year, Noma in Copenhagen comes in at the number one spot. (Congratulations to Rene Redzep ... More >>

Rick Steves, Famed Travel Writer and Pot Advocate: 20 Questions

"I'm a travel writer, and for me, high is a place"

Henry Rollins: The Column! Alone in My Man Box, Listening to Al Green

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I came back to Los Angeles a few days ago with 32 shows behind me on this tour, in England, Ir ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Top 10 Films of 2011

From Margaret to Moneyball

Bäco Mercat: An Exam in Culinary Poststructuralism

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​Some new small-plates restaurants are content to serve you hamburgers and fries. Others bring in influences from Singapore, Copenhagen or Tokyo. But the menu at Bäco Mercat, the new restaurant from Joseph Centeno of Lazy Ox, reads almost like a graduate exam in culi ... More >>

Rock Out with Your Lock-Out: Five Awful Athlete Songs

See also: Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like If there's one thing most professional athletes are good at, it's sports. Unfortunately, the recent NBA lockout stemming from millionaires failing to come to terms with billionaires left many players with an unprecedente ... More >>

John Travolta Denied Table at KFC

John Travolta stars as Terl in Battlefield Earth.​In this town, stories about John Travolta and food are as ubiquitous as threadbare casting couches and sitcoms about schlubby Neanderthals married to improbably hot women. Still, this tidbit should have a place of honor in the annals of Travolt ... More >>

Shepard Fairey Sticker-Bombs L.A. Department of City Planning

Los Angeles City Planning - Code Studies via Facebook"Shepard Fairey sticker bombs City Hall," writes the department.​Update: LA Weekly speaks with the recipient of the package, who is positively tickled. Interview at the bottom. Uh-oh -- the fight between muralists and the L.A political mach ... More >>

A Recipe from the Chef: Sean Ehland's Pennsylvania Summer Salad

​If you read Part 1 and Part 2 of our interview with Sean Ehland, the executive chef-turned-stagier who's not only worked at Noma but among the farms surrounding a rural Danish castle, you would have learned that the man loves foraging. To that end, he's created a recipe for a grilled summer s ... More >>

Sex Lives Can be Ruined by Drugs, Smoking, Overeating (Surprised?)

Charlie's got his sexual health under control.​This should come as no surprise to anyone except maybe Charlie Sheen. But researchers concluded recently that being on drugs, smoking, drinking and overeating is bad for your sex life -- especially for men. Now, we know the cocaine makes you feel ... More >>

Op-Ed: Against Communal Tables

Warner Bros.the great hall at Hogwarts​ These days, every pretentious newly opened Los Angeles boîte seems determined to prove how casual and unpretentious it is with the de rigueur decorative accent of the day: a communal table. When Los Angeles had only a handful of communal tables, they ... More >>

Bocuse d'Or Begins Accepting Applications for 2013 Competition

gastros on tourDenmark's Rasmus Kofoed's 2011 winner​ Though Americans have a long history of full-on dominations and come-from-behind victories at the Olympics, when it comes to the Bocuse d'Or -- the culinary equivalent of a world championship -- we haven't even sniffed bronze. Fresh off ... More >>

S. Pellegrino Names Anne-Sophie Pic World's Best Female Chef

Jeff Nalin/Maison PicAnne-Sophie Pic​Every year S. Pellegrino names the world's 50 Best Restaurants, and in advance of this year's awards, the water company has announced a new award: the World's Best Female Chef. The winner, unsurprisingly, is Anne-Sophie Pic, whose restaurant Maison Pic is i ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins' Predictions for 2011 (Protip: It Gets Better)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly 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 week and make sure to tune in to Henr ... More >>

Best Cookbooks of 2010 That Double As Cultural History Studies: Cook Learn

Luis Manuel GuaidaDiana Kennedy Has So Many Things To Teach You About Oaxacan Cooking​For those who complain there is simply no time to do it all, that these days you must choose between cooking and reading (in that precious weeknight window of time between your last Tweet and lights out), thi ... More >>

Fighting Childhood Obesity, One Cloudberry at a Time

Creative Nation/FlickrClaus Meyer on the set of "New Scandinavian Cooking"​ The author of over a dozen cookbooks, a cooking show host, and a part-time professor at the University of Copenhagen, Noma co-owner Claus Meyer has started a passel of successful food-related businesses over the past 2 ... More >>

A World of Cake Cookbook: Where To Get Your Global Cherry Blossom Friendship Cake On

​Back cover cookbook accolades usually offer little more than a glimpse into the author's connections, be them personal or professional, though it's no secret they're typically chosen for their relevance to the book. In Krystina Castella's A World of Cake: 150 Recipes for Sweet Traditions From ... More >>

Villaraigosa Tours Like A Rock Star

If you were surprised to read that City Hall has once again put off the issue of whether to ask the owners of Staples Center to reimburse taxpayers for its ​Michael Jackson memorial show, or if you're angered after finding out that after two years of deliberations at least one City Council mem ... More >>

Who Do You Love: Spleen United Vs. Mr. Oizo

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Name that Pastry Chef No. 2: Jonna Jensen of Josie Restaurant A Recipe for Almond Biscotti

We are all mourning the loss of Gourmet (particularly now knowing we'll be able to "look forward" to doubling up on Bon Appétit until our Gourmet prescription subscription ends). In the meantime, we must move forward with Name That Pastry Chef and the rolling out of flaky pie crusts. If you've nos ... More >>

PDA, DANCiSM, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

AFI Fest: A to W

Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

Troubadour Theater Company Spins Shakespeare Like a Copper Penny

Political clowning, from Bono to Barack

AFI Fest, A to Y

How Some Birds Changed Sibelius and My Life

Class Honors

HONOR ROLL

The World Chokes

Days 5 & 6: The Midpoint

Halfway through this year's Toronto Film Festival, gossip about the festival's hits and misses has reached something of a fever pitch. As far as I've been able to gather, a few movies — Bennett Miller's Capote, Michael Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain among them ... More >>

Fear of Music

South by Southwest 2005, as told by its survivors

Film Editor's Choice

Unobstructed

Game and match to The Five Obstructions’ Jorgen Leth

Dangerous Liaison

From mathematics to war

Thou Art Slain

Denmark's Raveonettes crack the whip

Curtain Calls, Stage Frights

The year in theater

New York, New York

Actoids, lockdowns and double rainbows

Icelandic Blues

Filthy Lucre

And stirring conscience