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Don Jon Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Impressive Writing-Directing Debut Examines Porn Addiction

Air Guitar National Finals - House of Blues - 8/17/13

U.S. Air Guitar National Finals House of Blues 8/18/2013 Neon spandex, fake blood, dick bulges, and such luminaries as "Cold Steel Renegade" and Peter "Stiff" Dickens were all in effect at the U.S. Air Guitar National Finals on Saturday night. There was also plenty of head banging, jumping in the ... More >>

Top 5 Snacks to Emerge After the New Taco Bell Doritos Loco Taco

Last year's unleashing of the Doritos Locos Nacho Cheese beef taco was Taco Bell's biggest product launch ever, shaking the earth and forever changing what we mere mortals thought was possible in the fast food game. Turns out, Taco Bell may even win an award for their culinary black magic. Now, wi ... More >>

This Is What It Feels Like In My Stomach Right Now

There is an evil inside of me. It is brooding and malevolent and vicious. It is absolute darkness. It is rotting my body on a cellular level. And it is there because I thought a bad idea (getting a burrito at the mall right before it closed) was a good idea ("HEY, LET'S GET A BURRITO FROM THE MALL B ... More >>

Here Are the Songs They Play at a Middle School Dance

1:04 pm: In about 25 minutes, I'm going to be chaperoning a middle school dance. The dance is for the school's graduating 8th graders, of which there are several hundred. I've probably chaperoned fifteen of these things already. It's like being a bouncer at a night club, except this party will take ... More >>

Q & A With Christina Machamer: Hell's Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay, Heading to Napa Her Anti-Establishment Wine Tasting Tips

After winning season four of Hell's Kitchen, Christina Machamer became sous chef at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the London West Hollywood. But these days, she's traded the rapid-fire kitchen life to become the wine educator and resident chef -- albeit one with limited kitchen opportunities -- at B ... More >>

Why This Song Sucks: Beyonce's "Party (Remix)" Featuring J. Cole

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Beyonce's "Party" featuring J. Cole History: "Party" is the fourth single from Beyonce's fourth studio album, 4. That's three fours in a row, bro. Three ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Luggage Room

First Bite: Luggage Room Unpacks in Pasadena

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ La Grande Orange, the Phoenix-based bar-and-grill octopus, has been poking its tentacles into all kinds of places lately, including the majestic Anisette space in Santa Monica, where it has just installed a gastropub called The Misfit. Its expansion also has extende ... More >>

Squid Ink's Most Beloved Discontinued Products: Well, A Few of Them

DSL in Jaz/flickrWe hardly knew you.​ Our favorite convenience foods are like friendly co-workers holed up in the next cubicle over. We meet them, like them, grow accustomed to their presence in our lives, and then, just as soon as we realize we can't quite imagine life without them, they di ... More >>

Bankrupt Businessman James Agate Angles for a Slice of Billionaire Ted Forstmann's Riches

Marijuana Soda Introduced by California Entrepreneur Clay Butler: Look for Refreshing Canna Cola in California This Spring

Canna ColaDon't spark it, sip it.​Marijuana is a little like sex. Its fans can't get enough of it -- any which way. There are pipes, bongs, joints, pills, vaporizers, candy, brownies and now ... Canna Cola. That's right. It was only a matter of time before a Californian said it's time to have ... More >>

Epic Meal Time's TurBaconEpic

"Bacon strips. Bacon strips. Bacon strips." Uttered in clipped Canadian patois, as this trussed Frankenbeast is swaddled before entering the oven, these repeated words sound like a call to arms. In some sense, they are. The Epic Meal Time dudes have garnered a dash of Internet fame dropp ... More >>

Brand New Dr. Dre Track Leaks: "Turn Me On"

​By now it's become a commonplace to say that Dr. Dre's third album Detox is hip-hop's Chinese Democracy (hopefully we'll all get some free Dr. Pepper when it finally comes out...). So anytime Dre stops his busy schedule of guest-productions, headphone peddling, claiming he's making an instru ... More >>

Hundreds Turn Out For Walking Man Memorial Stroll In Silver Lake

Walking Man.​Several hundred people turned out Sunday for a walking tour to memorialize Silver Lake's omniscient Walking Man, who was found dead in a hot tub Wednesday night. The walkers took the path that 58-year-old Marc Abrams, often shirtless and in neon running shorts, was well-known for ... More >>

Walking Man: Death Of Silver Lake's Marc Abrams Ruled A Suicide

Monkey Fish via Flickr​The death of Silver Lake's "Walking Man," Marc Abrams, was ruled a suicide, county coroner's officials said Monday. "The cause of death was drowning, noted as a suicide," coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie told the Weekly. Abrams was found Wednesday in a hot tub. The lid wa ... More >>

Are You Between 24 and 34? Prepare to Be Rebranded as "Generation Mix"! (and to Be Treated Like a Moron)

Bill JensenGeneration Mix in da house!​So, if you're between 24 and 34, the people who are trying to sell you stuff you don't need in order to get the money you don't have have just decided to start calling you a member of Generation Mix. What defines Generation Mix? Well, VH1 apparently got ... More >>

Next Iron Chef Eric Greenspan: Will The Foundry's Cuisine Reign Supreme?

After stints in the kitchens of Alain Ducasse, Rocco Despirito, David Bouley and Ferran Adria, the jocular Eric Greenspan made a quick leap from sous chef to executive chef at Joachim Splichal's Patina, then opened a place of his own, The Foundry on Melrose, two years ago at age 32. Now the culinar ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Happy Hour

Guns N' Roses: Why Chinese Democracy's Fine Print Is Way More Fun Than the Record

Amuse your delusion

TRS-80: Tron on Acid

Jay Rajeck founded TRS-80 in Chicago in 1997, and while the line-up and location have changed over the past 11 years, he's remained consistent in his delivery of relatively minimalistic, predominantly instrumental electronic music, which he often mixes with bizarre retro samples. The result is a s ... More >>

So Happy I Could Punch Myself

Inconspicuous Consumption

The Life of the Party

Gendy Alimurung keeps a diary as she stalks Jeffrey Best, Zen planner of L.A. parties

The Back Story

A reading list

Latter-day Speedwagon

From a to Tea

A guide to ready-to-drink iced teas

South By Shut Up

Dispatches from a SXSW neophyte

Forget Trendy

here's what's truly hot in L.A.