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December 15, 2008
America Without Chevys?
Driving down Vermont Avenue, you might spot, next door to the Islamic Center of Southern California, one of those alarming signs of the times that are multiplying as the economy cartwheels to a crash. It's an anonymous-looking building with a huge parking lot, whose facade simply bears the number 44 ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Boombox and Lucky 7 Celebrate Anniversaries
Driving down Vermont Avenue, you might spot, next door to the Islamic Center of Southern California, one of those alarming signs of the times that are multiplying as the economy cartwheels to a crash. It's an anonymous-looking building with a huge parking lot, whose facade simply bears the number 44 ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
Rock Picks: The Ting Tings, The Fratellis, Rilo Kiley
Also, Nico Vega, Martha Wainwright and more
Music
July 29, 2004
Electromash
Also, Nico Vega, Martha Wainwright and more
Music
June 5, 2008
Rock Picks: Dethklok, Billy Bragg, Erykah Badu, Mr. Gnome
Also, shows by Listing Ship, Detroit Cobras and more
LA Life
December 13, 2007
¡Ask a Mexican! Catholic Distastes
Dear Mexican: I’m sad that there aren’t more Mexicans here in the Detroit area.
News
December 7, 2006
Great American Garageland
Dear Mexican: I’m sad that there aren’t more Mexicans here in the Detroit area.
Music
October 19, 2006
Rock Picks
For the week of October 20-26
LA Life
October 19, 2006
Vodka, Vampires & Vikings
What's to do in Los Angeles this week
News
April 20, 2006
The Two Scott Sterlings
Scott Sterling
News
May 13, 2004
The Capital of Car Design
L.A. is, once again, where the action is
LA Life
January 15, 2004
Hair�s Looking at You
L.A. is, once again, where the action is
Music
November 27, 2003
Saved by the Light
L.A. is, once again, where the action is
News
April 3, 2003
Curb Your SUV
Laurie David put celebrity activism in the driver's seat
Music
February 27, 2003
Tiny Sparks
Brendan Benson's pop nutrition
Music
December 12, 2002
Motor City Madness
A garage full of Detroit rock
News
November 8, 2001
Music of the Heart and Other Organs
You can�t dance to everything
News
November 8, 2001
Black to the Future
Juan Atkins on the vision thing
Music
December 28, 2000
Peppermint Twist
The White Stripes� blues in the red zone
Music
December 7, 2000
Paid in Full
The White Stripes� blues in the red zone
Music
December 17, 1998
Dance Kontrol
Let�s have sex on the beach. Or not.
Music
November 12, 1998
Rocket Reducer
Wayne Kramer on the MC5
Film+TV
October 15, 1998
Hot Shit
The higher virtues of blaxploitation
Blogs
May 19, 2009
Dopplereffekt: Mysterious Electro Legend Makes First LA Appearance Tonight (MP3)
For fans of Detroit electro, the mere fact that Dopplereffekt is performing in LA is something of mindblower. A brilliantly executed art project/synthetic-beat-music concern whose member(s) remain anonymous, the group and/or person behind Dopplereffekt has crafted some of the funkiest and propella ... More >>
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May 30, 2008
Techno and Technology: An Interview with Richie Hawtin
By Liz Ohanesian For Richie Hawtin, 2008 began with silence, ten weeks without so much as a 12-inch single or live engagement from the producer/DJ and his cohorts at Minus Records. It was a time of reflection for the team upon the tenth anniversary of the label and also a time of preparation for ... More >>
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May 28, 2008
Elzhi's Europass: The Best Rap Album of the Year Thus Far
One of the more frustrating things about hip-hop heads*, specifically those old enough to remember the first two Golden Ages, is the general groupthink that no hip-hop album made today can possibly be as great as anything made during 88-96. This is just how it goes. Nostalgia is a motherfucker and ... More >>
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June 9, 2009
Detroit Metal City Arrives Stateside Today: Manga About Indie Kid Who Transforms Into Death Metal Icon
Soichi Negishi might just be the sweetest indie rocker in Tokyo. He loves Swedish pop and Shibuya-kei artists like Cornelius and Kahimi Karie and the movie Amelie. He brings people gifts from his parents' farm, talks to his mom often and seems to like being a role model for his brother. Sometimes, d ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2009
Rock Picks: Electric Daisy Carnival, Explosion in the Sky, Rodriguez
Also, DAT Politics, Mika Miko, Etta James and others
Blogs
July 23, 2009
Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: It Came from Detroit, A Film About Motor City Garage Rock
Tonight at the Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax: The great Don't Knock the Rock series will present It Came from Detroit, a documentary about the Motor City's garage rock scene. The new film traces the rise of the raw, in-yr-face sound generated by a bunch of delinquents like the ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Wings, Polish Food and Lebanese Tartar
Another week, another episode of No Reservations. Bourdain, inspired partially by HBO's critically acclaimed series "The Wire", (a fact that seemed to concern some locals), set out on a Rust Belt episode, highlighting the local fare of Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit. Baltimore "lake trout", which i ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
Peanut Butter Wolf's Got Shows (In Different Area Codes): Nine Gigs, Nine SoCal Codes, All 90s Music
Following on the heels of his two previous marathon DJ gigs (eight gigs in a row last year, seven the year before), Peanut Butter Wolf has announced a nine-night tour of the nine area codes stretching from Los Angeles, Orange County to the Inland Empire. Each night the resident Stones Throw DJ will ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
DJ Magda Gigs the Standard, Talks Techno
Magdalena Chojnacka was born in Poland but grew up in the original techno city, Detroit. She started DJing in 1996 and was spotted by techno star Richie Hawtin in 1999. He tapped her to open for him at clubs, festivals and tours. DJ Magda plays the Standard downtown on Saturday night It was ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
An Interview with Techno Kingpin Juan Atkins: "L.A. is Still Behind the Curve Three or Four Years"
Cybotron's "Clear," from 1983 More than any other person, Detroit's Juan Atkins is credited with creating techno. Of course, electronic dance music, which fills clubs, warehouses and festivals each weekend, provides sounds for car commercials, movies and public radio, and fuels the technology of c ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Has L.A.'s Auto Show Overshadowed Detroit and Tokyo?
In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>
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November 27, 2009
Interview: Claude VonStroke Says U.S. Doesn't Get Enough Respect In Dance Music
Claude VonStroke is the prankster of dance music, a provocateur whose tracks ("Who's Afraid Of Detroit," "Deep Throat") are cantankerously groovy. While many DJs set their watches to the latest movements in club-land (minimal, nu electro, tech-trance), VonStroke is a rare spinner who has created an ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2009
Security Tightens At LAX As Feds Assess Threat In The Wake Of Detroit Plane Bombing Attempt
After we put shampoo in little bottles, took off our shoes before check-in and endured long lines at airports in the wake of 9/11, Americans have to be asking if it has all been for naught. After all, a Nigerian who had recently been in the terrorist-rich nation of Yemen allegedly got on boar ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2009
'Our System Did Not Work' In Detroit Terror Attempt, Admits Napolitano
DeltaFile photo.As you or loved ones prepared to get on planes at LAX, Long Beach or Burbank over the holiday weekend, you likely faced long lines, trepidation, perhaps even that fatalistic thought: Will I make it to the other side? This after a Nigerian man with ties to Yemen allegedly tried ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Hooters' Waitress Told To Join Gym & Lose Weight, Files Lawsuit
Hooters Many of us have been put on some sort of probation, official or otherwise. Maybe we partied too much in college and neglected our studies. Perhaps our employer noticed our penchant for oversleeping and gave us a warning. But being put on probation for being too fat? Cassandra Smith, ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
THERE'S NO BEAT LIKE A FREE BEAT
Hooters Many of us have been put on some sort of probation, official or otherwise. Maybe we partied too much in college and neglected our studies. Perhaps our employer noticed our penchant for oversleeping and gave us a warning. But being put on probation for being too fat? Cassandra Smith, ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Los Angeles Is Ranked 2nd Most Stressful City In The Nation...Again
Another survey yet again confirms that Los Angeles may be one of the worst places to live in the nation. L.A. is ranked the 2nd most stressful city among the 50 largest metropolitan areas, according to Portfolio.com. These results follow last month's findings by Forbes, which also gave L.A. ... More >>
Music
October 28, 2010
Music Picks: Ornette Coleman, Gary Numan, Natacha Atlas
Also, Marnie Stern, Kristian Hoffman, Elton John & Leon Russell
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Just in Time for Thanksgiving: The New Yorker's Food Issue
If you haven't checked your mailbox for the most recent New Yorker, you might want to. The November 22nd issue is the magazine's food issue, conveniently in time for Thanksgiving, the one day when most of us are even more obsessed with food than usual. Something to read while you're waiting f ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, "Alive and Resting at Home"
Aretha Franklin The Detroit Free Press reports that, although "Twitter and Facebook were abuzz Monday night with rumors and confusion about whether Aretha Franklin, 68, had died, [...] a Free Press source says Aretha Franklin is alive and resting at home." Here are some tweets from the CRAZY ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Country Ham vs. City Ham
That the visionaries at Found Footage Festival discovered this "Mastering the Art of Carving" video in a Detroit thrift store isn't so strange. Scavenging and repurposing campy video treasures is their-stock-in-trade. That they had the fortitude to transform ham-master Merle Ellis' earnest educatio ... More >>
Music
March 17, 2011
Insane Clown Posse: Exclusive Interview
Down (and out) with the Clown
Blogs
April 22, 2011
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Kaoru Abe, Acid King, Pontiak
Timothy NorrisKCRW BROADCAST #111 for Saturday, April 23. Fanatics! It is Friday, early afternoon and I am just now getting a chance to write these brief notes up for you. One of these days I'm going to get some sleep. Just back from Ann Arbor, Michigan where we had a major blast at the Stoo ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Late Night Eats: Coney Dog's Loose Burger
G. SnyderLoose BurgerIt's fair to say that the 2 a.m. crowd of Los Angeles has never truly been in want of suitable venues for late night noshing. Yet, even with this vast selection: the ham-fisted mutant burritos at Oki Dog, the artery-straining Tommy Burger spackled with brown roux, the end ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Jason Williams (aka Revok)'s 'Perseverance' at Known Gallery: Street Artist Sends Regards from Detroit
K.C. OrtizOne of Revok's 3-D collages This week in our arts section, Shelley Leopold interviews the street artist Jason Williams, a.k.a. Revok, who served 44 days in jail earlier this year for unpaid property restitution and then left town to work from Detroit, to get away from cops and vario ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Monday Morning Food News Roundup: It's National Bologna Day!
SpecialKRB / FlickrNot Oscar Mayer bologna.It's National Bologna Day. Not the day we honor the Northern Italian city famous for its ragù, but a day to honor pressed, sliced tubes of meat. Let the lunchmeat reign -- and rain. It's also National Food Day! [LA Weekly] Drinking whiskey in the ... More >>
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January 22, 2012
Sundance Film Festival 2012: Detropia
The first image in Detropia, the excellent new documentary about the decline of Detroit from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp), is of a conductor raising his baton to lead an orchestra. It's a clue that what we're about to see is a city symphony film, in the tradition of ... More >>
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