Frank Sinatra

Alicia Keys - Staples Center - 3/12/13

Alicia Keys Staples Center 3/12/13 Not many New Yorkers who could march onto the Staples Center stage to Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York," ahead of a quick snippet of "Empire State of Mind" without getting the crowd fired up. (Even Jay-Z gave a semi-apologetic intro before performing the latter ... More >>

From Opera to the Terminator: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, Feb. 22 USC will be showing a free advance screening of Phantom, starring Ed Harris as the captain of a Cold War Soviet submarine who faces off against a rogue KGB agent (David Duchovny) trying to seize control of a nuclear missile. The film start ... More >>

Lifestyles of the Rich and Nefarious

Frank Sinatra's "The Lady Is a Tramp": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Frank Sinatra, "The Lady Is A Tramp" History: Apparently "The Lady Is A Tramp" comes from a '30s musical*. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recorded their own ... More >>

What Makes the Hollywood Bowl So Perfect?

Is the Hollywood Bowl southern California's most beloved performance space? Quite possibly. Where else do folks brag not just about seeing an act, but about attending a venue itself? Seating 17,376 patrons, it hosts shows six-out-of-seven nights a week --Tuesdays and Thursdays are classical, Wednesd ... More >>

Luke Bryan's "Drunk On You": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] See also: If You Don't Like Country Music You're a Blue State Elitist Song: Luke Bryan's "Drunk On You" History: "Drunk On You" is a song by country musician ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live With a Ton of New Records

KCRW Broadcast #166 for Saturday, May 26, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! South Africa's Present and Future Fanatics! What a show! So many new tracks! Besides that, we give our thanks to some great musicians who have recently passed away. The last few weeks have been very tough with all ... More >>

10 Best Reasons to Visit Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley (Besides Coachella)

The Coachella Valley was once known as a fantastic spot for a getaway from L.A., especially during its high season in winter, when it features almost-certain sunshine and better temperatures. In recent years, Coachella has become synonymous with just one thing: Coachella. But this year, the music f ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Three for the Price of One -- Engineer X, the Young Will Bentley, and Henry

KCRW Broadcast #147 for Saturday, January 7, 2012 Fanatics! Just so you know, this set was specifically engineered and put together with great care in order to bring you the maximum enjoyment as we gather together live for the first time this year. 2012 promises to be interesting to say the least ... More >>

Top 3 Weekend Food Events: Oshogatsu Festival, Wine Camp Dead Celebrity Cookbook Signing

Oshogatsu Festival As part of JANM's Oshogatsu New Year's Festival, the museum will host an onigiri-making contest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See who can shape a lifeless mound of rice into the most appealing and elegant form. At 2:30 and 4 p.m. Kodama Taiko will lead a mochitsuki, the traditional rice ... More >>

Fall in Love With Frank All Over Again

In Honor of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Jacket Selling for Almost Two Million: The Most Insane Music Memorabilia Someone Out There Would Buy

Peter BrookerThe Jacket​Somehow a person with a shitload of money decided to plunk down $1.8 million (think Dr. Evil voice) for Michael Jackson's iconic "Thriller" jacket this past weekend, which marked the two year anniversary of his death. We won't speak on the fact that the proud new owner, ... More >>

Peter Falk Dies of Alzheimer's: Remember His Hilarious 'Columbo' Roast of Frank Sinatra

In his heyday, Hollywood legend Peter Falk was sharp as hell -- parading through "Colombo" with a Bogart lisp, red coat and dashing curl, pulling Emmys like they were weeds. Sadly, though, he was overtaken by dementia in the last years of his life (some speculated it was caused by an anesthesia OD a ... More >>

Jersey Grub Truck Hits L.A. Streets This Weekend

Jersey Grub Truck​ Some say the only good things to come out of New Jersey have been Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, and more recently, the MTV-driven trainwreck/cultural phenomenon that is Jersey Shore. But come this weekend, another East Cost transplant -- The Jersey Grub Truck -- plans t ... More >>

Brick's Picks: The Brat Pack, Literally

FOUR DAYS OF "MY WAY"

Music Picks: Dr. John, Herbie Hancock, Sunset Strip Music Festival

Also, Funkfest, Chromeo, Slayer and others

Eat Cake for Elvis Presley's Birthday in Palm Springs at the King and Priscilla's Love Nest

If you want to go where the REAL action was vis a vis Elvis Presley, it was in his loins, and nowhere did he exercise and employ his loins more than in Palm Springs, where his Honeymoon Hideaway house served as The King's love nest. The bathtub at Elvis and Priscella's Palm Springs house.​ ... More >>

Hamburger Sinatra Jr.

Johnny Mercer Tribute

"Wait! Who's That Singing????": Top Ten List of Major Stars Covering Other People's Music

Bowie also waited for his man​Pitchfork reports that Peter Gabriel will be releasing an album of covers, in which he will tackle hits and more obscure cuts by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Elbow, Bon Iver, Talking Heads, The Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, Lou Reed ("The Power of the Heart" ... More >>

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . . . LIZZIE BORDEN!

Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

LA People 2009: Beryl and Lisa Davis — Sibling Revelry

The sisters performed and cavorted with Walt Disney, Glenn Miller and Django Reinhardt — oh, the stories they can tell

Theater Reviews: Photograph 51, Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara, Ghosts

Also, The School for Wives, Tragedy: A Tragedy and more

Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara

Stage Raw: Photograph 51

THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

Louis & Keely at the Geffen

TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS FOR A 1958 LOUNGE ACT.At your fingertips: This week's THEATER FEATURE on Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Fr ... More >>

Honoring Alan W. Livingston: Capitol Records' Kingmaker Signed the Beatles, Beach Boys, the Band (and Bozo the Clown)

Alan Livingston is said to have come up with the initial idea for the design of the iconic Capitol Building The legendary longtime Capitol Records president Alan Livingston died yesterday, and with the loss comes the end to a remarkable Los Angeles story. Among his other accomplishments, Livingston ... More >>

Last Night: Jay-Z Reopens the Palladium

Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek on stage at the Palladium. Click on image to view entire slideshow. Photo by Timothy Norris. The irony of Jay-Z being asked to open the revamped Hollywood Palladium wasn’t lost on the man who calls himself “the black Frank Sinatra.” After all, it was 68 years ago las ... More >>

John McCain's Favorite Songs of the Past 100 Years

Blender recently posted a list of John McCain's favorite songs. Sure, you could make fun of him for choosing kinda gay stuff like Perez Hilton did, but the more telling fact is that the most recent song on this list is more than thirty years old. Think about that. Thirty-one years have come and ... More >>

The Wrecking Crew: Behind the Music

Movie retrieves rock history from the cutout bin

Theater Reviews: Astroglyde2007, Polaroid Stories, Tango

Also The Rat Pack: Live at the Sands, A Christmas Carol and The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Theater Reviews

Including Corpus Christi and Marat/Sade

Jon Brion's Amazing Musicquarium

The Nowhere/Everywhere man on Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, quantum physics, Roxy Music, acoustic alchemy, God and extreme coffee drinking

Clusterfucked

Fry Me to the Moon

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio

Then you must know Art Laboe

Paranoia Strikes Deep

As The Manchurian Candidate creeps back into our lives

Solo Sax

Plas Johnson and his eight-bar miracles

All That Jazz

Talking about my generation

Bubble Wrap

The Nation vs. The Weekly Standard

A Tough Guy�s Tears

Hidden gems from the Sinatra vaults

Tiresome Things: 2001 and Beyond

Homage to Catatonia

A history of drugs and the movies

Grand Expectations

Traveling with Sweetie and Sinatra

Dive In

The Drinkin’s Fine

Frank

An homage to Sinatra

1998 Timeline