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May 17, 2012
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Tim McGraw's Not Country and He's Not Pop. He's Just Awesome
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] For a true country aficionado, mentioning Tim McGraw in the same breath as Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, or any country ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
If You Don't Like Country Music You're a Blue State Elitist
See also: Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup": Why This Song Sucks Asking people what kind of music they like can be a loaded question. People want to seem open-minded, yet cool, which for some reason tends to inspire this insipid response: "I like pretty much everything. Except country." (The hipster var ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Occupy Karaoke: 25 Days of Drunken Lyrical Lunacy (No 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Please)
Karaoke maxim: There's more to life than karaoke, you know, but not much more. --Occupy Karaoke participant Ti, with help from Morrissey "So, have you heard of these kids who are doing karaoke for 25 days in a row? Occupy Karaoke?" we ask a fellow bar patron. We're in the Atwater Village watering ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Blue Note Records' Troubling New Direction
Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Eleven Weirdo Rock Star Alter Egos
Something about achieving major fame in music seems to drive creative artists to assume new personae. Whether it be fodder for an epic concept album, a stab at a different genre or just plain boredom, many of our favorite stars have conjured up characters in order to explore and indulge their fan ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
The LA Times Uncovers Echo Park Gentrification with Insane, LULZy Trend Piece!
Echo Park: Gentrifying itself since 1984It's generally a bad idea to mock our fellow old-media LA institution the LA Times too much because a) it's too easy and b) they've been known to hire LA Weekly music editors after their stint in our gleaming Culver City cube (hi Randall!) However, ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Today in WTF: Smells Like Teen Usher!
For some unfathomable reason, celebrities often partner up with ginormous cosmetics cartels and release fragrances. These stunts are usually accompanied by some press conference and junket where, say, Britney, Kim Kardashian, the tattoed guy from Buckcherry who loves da cocane, or whoever is ... More >>
Music
July 16, 2009
Buddyhead Redux
L.A.'s most loved and feared music Web site is back, leading the never-ending quest for music that doesn't suck
Music
April 3, 2008
Silver Lake's CMH Label Strikes Gold With Two Oddball Ideas
L.A.'s most loved and feared music Web site is back, leading the never-ending quest for music that doesn't suck
Blogs
November 30, 2007
Shows and Tickets Coming Up
Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tendencies - San Diego Sports Arena, Dec. 7 - All ages Andrew Bird, Handsome Family - Orpheum, Dec. 7 Black Ghosts, Mezzanine Owls, Tweak Bird, more ... More >>
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May 3, 2007
Jailhouse Rock
Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona
Music
August 17, 2006
Microsoft Wants to Kill Your iPod, Summer Goes Pop!
Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona
Music
November 17, 2005
Blue Moon
After 20 years, Bobby Bare emerges with the year�s most beautiful album
Columns
May 15, 2003
George of the Jungle
After 20 years, Bobby Bare emerges with the year�s most beautiful album
News
March 27, 2003
Full Metal Jeer
God, the Marines and American Idol
Music
January 24, 2002
Septic Infection
Stanton Warriors� break-step-tococcus
Stage
July 13, 2000
Something for (Nearly) Everyone
Stanton Warriors� break-step-tococcus
Music
February 17, 2000
Skull Skratchers
System of a Down�s cure for metal illness
Art+Books
December 9, 1999
California Country
It ain't what it used to be
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November 11, 1999
Us and Them
The Code of the Cop Bar
News
October 28, 1999
Rock & Roll Jinx
The Code of the Cop Bar
Columns
August 26, 1999
Jobberwacky
The Code of the Cop Bar
Music
June 4, 1998
Back to the Country
Randy Travis comes full circle (almost)

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