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Hurricane Sandy

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2013

    Wicked Writer Winnie Holzman and Her Husband Paul Dooley Wrote and Star in a Play Together. It Only Took Them 28 Years

    Television and theater writer Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life, Wicked) and her husband, character actor Paul Dooley (i.e. your go-to when casting the consoling dad or grandfather), seem to have one of those enviable long-term marriages. They know how to crack each other up, finish each other's sen ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    March 7, 2013

    Stencil Artist Logan Hicks Returns to L.A. With a Three-Day Show at LACE

    Television and theater writer Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life, Wicked) and her husband, character actor Paul Dooley (i.e. your go-to when casting the consoling dad or grandfather), seem to have one of those enviable long-term marriages. They know how to crack each other up, finish each other's sen ... More >>

  • Music

    January 31, 2013

    Laura Escude Is Oz Behind the Curtain

    The music programmer makes blockbuster tours pop

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2013

    Dave Grohl On His Film Tribute to the Studio That Gave the World Nevermind

    By Whitney Friedlander The lobby of Dave Grohl's Northridge-based 606 Studios has a Joan Jett book on the coffee table and a row of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong Jr. against one wall. On top of a photo booth sits an iconic "Moonman" MTV Video Music Award, festooned with a roll of toilet pap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2012

    Stand Back: These Los Angeles Bands Are About To Blow Up

    The new year couldn't come at a better time. Forget Superstorm Sandy, school shootings, Snooki's baby, Rihanna and Chris Brown's reconcilliations. Let's start fresh, and let's do it with some new music. Here are eight fantastic local bands, all of whom are set to break big in 2013. The best part? Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    Jon Hamm and Adam Scott Host Sandy Benefit, With Performances by Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman and More

    See also: *Dick Jokes for Jesus at Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant *10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in L.A. *5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week "Ladies, please prepare your vaginas," announced actor/comedian Aziz Ansari Monday night at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, introducing masters of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, December 7 Black Mambas THE REDWOOD The Black Mambas -- along with The Neumans and The Hurricanes -- are L.A. label Wild Records' newest signees. But instead of building into the label's Sun Records-style sound of '56, the Mambas stagger into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk vel ... More >>

  • Music

    December 6, 2012

    Music Picks: Bloc Party, Metric, KROQ Acoustic Xmas

    Friday, December 7 Black Mambas THE REDWOOD The Black Mambas -- along with The Neumans and The Hurricanes -- are L.A. label Wild Records' newest signees. But instead of building into the label's Sun Records-style sound of '56, the Mambas stagger into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk vel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2012

    Jenny Slate

    Friday, December 7 Black Mambas THE REDWOOD The Black Mambas -- along with The Neumans and The Hurricanes -- are L.A. label Wild Records' newest signees. But instead of building into the label's Sun Records-style sound of '56, the Mambas stagger into 1976 with gutter-glam songs and dawn-of-punk vel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen - Honda Center - December 4, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen Honda Center December 4, 2012 Having castigated myself during presidential season for missing Bruce Springsteen's show at the Sports Arena in April, I resolved to see him this time around, Orange County traffic be damned. Because the Greatest Rock and Roll Show One Will Ever Exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2012

    Food GPS Hosts Ceviche Nights with Ricardo Zarate, Bryant Ng, Josiah Citrin Kris Yenbamroong

    Only in Los Angeles could you get away with two ceviche dinners at the start of December. Fresh off recent events such as the Fried Chicken Fest and the Beer Float Showdown, Food GPS' Josh Lurie is teaming up with chef Ricardo Zarate and business partner Stephane Bombet for two chef-stacked nights o ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    November 29, 2012

    Disney's Tomorrowland Inspires an Art Show

    Only in Los Angeles could you get away with two ceviche dinners at the start of December. Fresh off recent events such as the Fried Chicken Fest and the Beer Float Showdown, Food GPS' Josh Lurie is teaming up with chef Ricardo Zarate and business partner Stephane Bombet for two chef-stacked nights o ... More >>

  • Music

    November 15, 2012

    Music Picks: Tame Impala, Deftones, DJ Quik

    Only in Los Angeles could you get away with two ceviche dinners at the start of December. Fresh off recent events such as the Fried Chicken Fest and the Beer Float Showdown, Food GPS' Josh Lurie is teaming up with chef Ricardo Zarate and business partner Stephane Bombet for two chef-stacked nights o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2012

    Ray Bradbury-Themed Art Exhibit Opens in a Gallery Located Where the Sci-Fi Master Once Lived

    Ray Bradbury, the fantasy-fiction mastermind who wrote Fahrenheit 451 and really did believe man would make it to Mars sooner than later, moved to L.A. from Illinois in 1934 as a teenager. His family first lived around Western Avenue. Then, in 1942, they moved into a Craftsman bungalow at 670 South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Sandy, the Incredible Mood Swing of Mother Nature

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] 10/29/12: As I sit here in Boston on a night off, I can see Hurricane Sandy-powered sheets of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2012

    Great Dane

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] 10/29/12: As I sit here in Boston on a night off, I can see Hurricane Sandy-powered sheets of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    Presidential Winner 2012: Obama Beats Romney

    President Obama's reelection campaign took Ohio and thus the election shortly after 8:13 p.m., NBC News reported. Mitt Romney won in contentious and important states such as North Carolina and Arizona, but once the projections had Ohio and its potent electoral votes in Obama's corner, it appeared t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2012

    Tony Kushner Explains How He Adapted Lincoln for the Age of Obama

    Tony Kushner isn't shy about politics. He's opinionated, and he stirs up controversy. In his own words, he's a "man of the left." His 1992 Tony Award-winning play Angels in America tackled AIDS at the height of its epidemic. In 2005, he co-wrote Steven Spielberg's Munich, which took heat for its po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2012

    How Ozwald Boateng Helped Invent the Suits Men Wear Today

    Ozwald Boateng barely made it to L.A. from Hurricane Sandy-ravaged New York. He got stranded at a strange time -- just days before the premiere of his documentary film, A Man's Story, which chronicles both his professional and personal life, and is nearly 15 years in the making. But he's here, sitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Claudene Christian: HMS Bounty Crew Member Was USC Grad, South Bay Local

    A crew member whose body was found after the HMS Bounty sunk in hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina coast was a local woman who attended USC and co-owned a defunct Hermosa Beach bar. Claudene Christian's body was recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after the vessel, a Hollywood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2012

    Frankenstorm: LAX Flights To East Coast Canceled

    Sure, we're safe from harm as the East Coast braces for "Frankenstorm." But that doesn't mean it won't affect Los Angeles, even as we bask in 80-degree temperatures. LAX, for one, is being turned into a giant parking lot as flights to the Eastern Seaboard were grounded last night. Here's what LAX ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2012

    HMS Bounty, Pirates of the Caribbean Tall Ship, Sunk By Hurricane Sandy; 2 Missing (VIDEO)

    Updated at the bottom with a body recovered. First posted at 12:22 p.m. A Hollywood treasure known for its roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Treasure Island and Mutiny on the Bounty has sunk off the coast of North Carolina, a victim of hurricane Sandy. Two crew members were missing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2012

    Hurricane Sandy vs. Southern California Disasters: A Comparison

    East Coast people sometimes like to say that with our earthquakes, wildfires and occasional uprisings, who would want to live in Southern California? With a disastrous hurricane Sandy looming near Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City, we took a look at the claim, putting the East Coast ... More >>

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