Harry Nilsson

Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry and the Band of L.A. Architects Who Changed Everything

'Confederacy of Heretics' ahow at SCI-Arc re-examines the 1979 exhibits that introduced Los Angeles architecture to the nation

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>

Music Picks: Lloyd Price, Leni Stern, Amon Tobin and The Residents

Henry Diltz, the Man Who Shot The Doors

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Entering rock photographer Henry Diltz's North Hollywood house feels like stepping into Merlin's cottage, if the wizard carried a Canon rather than a cau ... More >>

Music Picks: Diana Krall, Concrete Blonde, Herbie Hancock

Also Echo Rising, Shlohmo, Divine Fits and others

Pablo Ferro at Cinefamily: Batshit Genius and YouTube Predecessor Whose Dr. Strangelove Trailer Was Better Than the Movie, Kubrick Said

Pablo who? You've seen his work. You've seen people ripping off his work. He's the artist / mastermind behind the Dr. Stranglove title sequence...you know that one, right? The one that visually summarizes the Cold War with a sexually suggestive mid-air refueling; an explicit casual encounter between ... More >>

Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator: The Musical and B. Walker Sampson's Alceste

WE'RE JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY

Movie Review: Who Is Harry Nilsson?

Music Picks: The Chapin Sisters, Pink Martini, Freestyle Fellowship, Mark Kozelek

Also Shonen Knife, the Vibrators, Karnivool and others

Rock Picks: Van Dyke Parks, Chicago Underground Duo, Rickie Lee Jones

Also, Clipse, Imaad Wasif, Josh Charles and others

Rock Picks: Gabriel Andruzzi, DANNY B. HARVEY, RIOT GRRL XMAS CARNIVAL

Also, Boogie Nazis, the Growlers, Good Old War and others

Boxes in Flux: Where the Action Is!

Rhino Records’ landmark volume captures an important moment in L.A. music history. But does it also mark the end of an era?

First Listen to Essential Rhino Box: 'Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets, 1965-1968'

​Times are tight, for sure. A box set is a luxury that few can afford these days. Given the choice between a 4 cd collection and paying the phone bill or buying a bottle of Scotch, well, let's just say you can't download a bottle of Scotch. But if you're at all curious about the history of th ... More >>

Richard Swift's One-Man Genre

The prolific singer, whose music defies categorization, creates sounds in his own, Swiftian style

Harry Nilsson Tribute, Bordello, 1/15

Harry Nilsson Tribute Bordello, Jan. 15 "Happy Birthday, Harry," one of the band's singers said into his mic before a bandmate whispers in his ear. "What? Oh. It's not his birthday." No, it was 14 years ago today that Harry Nilsson's heart gave out. It's appropriate though that tonight's celebra ... More >>

Music Picks: Black Heart Procession, Vandelles, Minnie Driver, Ronnie Mack

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Rock Picks: Puffy AmiYumi, the Dickies, the B-52's, Fear, Van Halen

For the week of November 16 - 22

Jerry Hopkins on Fred Neil

Thanks to the suggestion of my friend Nacho Genzon, I have been listening quite a bit lately to Fred Neil, the American singer-songwriter of the 60's & 70's most regarded for penning the tune “Everybody's Talkin',” popularized by the use of the Harry Nilsson version in Midnight Cowboy. And than ... More >>

Robots, Mods, Rockers

And one shining Prince

Super Fun Music Hour Podcast #7

A Valentine's Day Special podcast, full of love.

Love, Love, Love

The romantic songs that shape our hearts: A special Valentine�s Day report

Drake Bell, Mick Jagger & Me

Happy Thanksgiving, Beautifuls!

L.A. Discgrace

Local (and universal) jazz CDs

Bedazzled

or, why do Midwesterners make such a freaky racket?

Backyard Sex

White Man With Attitude

How Randy Newman went from pop music�s reigning schlub to movie-music royalty

I Will Be Absorbed

Homage to Catatonia

A history of drugs and the movies

'N' Is for Nowhere

A Short Story by Aimee Bender, Wanda Coleman, Janet Fitch, Peter Gadol, Hillary Johnson, Jim Krusoe, Rubén Mendoza, Nicole Panter, John Rechy, Nancy Rommelmann, Greg Sarris, Jerry Stahl, Diana Wagman and Benjamin Weissman

Sleepless in Hamtramack

Letters

The Song Remains the Same

Stephen Frears and John Cusack�s High Fidelity

For You Blue