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    April 8, 2013

    What Your Favorite Restaurant Says About You

    We all have our favorite things that, implicitly or otherwise, reveal a little bit of ourselves. Thus it makes sense that Fraulein Maria would love whiskers on kittens and bright copper kettles, and that Oprah would have many, many favorite things. Which brings us to restaurants that you may consid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2013

    Venice Drum Circle Goes Digital

    The popular Venice Beach Drum Circle has done away with the bongos and embraced the digital age. This week the group, which meets every Sunday just before sunset, announced that it has replaced traditional instruments with a collection of smartphones and Rock Band drum kits. Ariel Coriander, who de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2013

    The Crucial Mistake Most Bands Are Making With Facebook

    Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2013

    Top 5 Places to Eat in L.A. if You Couldn't Make it to SXSW

    While everyone from musicians and comedians to tech bloggers, indie filmmakers and anyone with frequent flier miles was traipsing around Austin last week for the annual South By Southwest, there's a good chance you were stuck at home, avoiding all social media. Otherwise, you would have been inundat ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2013

    Reading Can Be Grand

    While everyone from musicians and comedians to tech bloggers, indie filmmakers and anyone with frequent flier miles was traipsing around Austin last week for the annual South By Southwest, there's a good chance you were stuck at home, avoiding all social media. Otherwise, you would have been inundat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2013

    8 L.A. Stores for Alternative Valentine's Day Gifts

    "You always buy me the same shit." If you haven't heard that before, consider yourself amongst the lucky lovers whose significant others keep their thoughts to themselves. That one year your girlfriend ooh-ed and aww-ed over the flowers and cleverly-packaged chocolates you gave her? She might have ... More >>

  • Music

    January 31, 2013

    Laura Escude Is Oz Behind the Curtain

    The music programmer makes blockbuster tours pop

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2013

    Why Are L.A. Places So Popular on Instagram?

    See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America Just before the end of Instagram's wild year — bought by Facebook for $1 billion, publicly eviscerated by its community for new privacy policies — ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2013

    Drunk and Possibly Crazy: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Friday, Feb. 1 Alcohol and social media come together for a special screening of Pixelschatten -- a German movie about a blogger, Pixel, who writes a life-changing post when he realizes he's the last of his friends to move on after their local fame fizzles out. Pixel represents all of us who tweet, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2013

    We're Partnering with Foursquare: A Badge More Fun With Mario Batali!

    So you know how you check in on Foursquare to tell us all where you are and thus what you're probably eating, or at least what you're about to take a picture of. (Which is how Mario Batali seems to spend an inordinate amount of time. Cheers, Mario.) And you know how we publish all kinds of Best Of l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2013

    Hostage Situation Reported At Nordstrom Rack At Howard Hughes Center In Westchester

    Latest info is at the bottom: Police confirm a sexual assault and stabbing. 14 victims were led to safety. Headline has changed. First posted at 11:55 p.m. Thursday A hostage situation was underway at The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center near Westchester, police told LA Weekly. Details were sketc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2013

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2013

    DineLA's Restaurant Week Starts January 21: Decisions, Decisions

    It's the beginning of January, and you know what you should be doing -- no, not making questionable resolutions, but, rather, spending an inordinate time perusing dineLA's website. Because it's that time of year: DineLA's winter Restaurant Week kicks off on January 21 and runs until February 1, givi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2013

    Instagram's Most-Popular Photo Locations? Los Angeles Dominates

    Last month we told you about how Southern California locations dominated the year-end list of top Facebook location check-ins. Along comes Instragram with its own year-end list of "most popular locations" for photos uploaded to the social-networking service. Once again ...

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2012

    Top 7 Ways to Avoid a DUI on New Year's Eve

    We've survived the election, the holidays and the apocalypse, so there's even more to celebrate come New Year's Eve. Not only is it almost 2013, but we're all still here -- so let's keep it that way. Given the vast amount of liquor that comes with NYE, operating heavy machinery isn't feasible, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    The Porchetta Truck: Evan Funke's Mobile Holiday Miracle

    There I was, around 10 p.m. on a school night, driving up and down Fairfax Boulevard, squinting to spot a food truck that I had only learned the whereabouts of earlier that day, hoping that the kitchen's supplies hadn't run out, the cops hadn't chased everyone off, or the location hadn't been switc ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2012

    Readers Take on the Sheriff, Our Theater Critics -- and Our Treatment of Kristen Stewart

    There I was, around 10 p.m. on a school night, driving up and down Fairfax Boulevard, squinting to spot a food truck that I had only learned the whereabouts of earlier that day, hoping that the kitchen's supplies hadn't run out, the cops hadn't chased everyone off, or the location hadn't been switc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2012

    S.S. Coachella: Getting My Nails Did Like Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss

    By Liz Tracy Fashion and music are the funniest-looking twin sisters. They're always together, always kinda sloppy. Sometimes they dress up like a swan or wear a big mouse head. Together, they're always looking to make a bold statement. If you follow Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss on Instagram (@Kra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    Why This Songs Sucks: The Worst Rap Tracks of 2012

    Welcome to another installment of the worst rap songs of the year, brought to you by Why This Song Sucks. See also: Why This Song Sucks: The Worst Rap Tracks of 2011 They are all here this year: The all-the-way aged king, the suddenly mortal demigod, the former darling, the current darling, the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2012

    Alt-J - Fonda Theatre - 12/12/12

    Alt-J Fonda Theatre 12/12/12 Better Than: open apple anything The primary challenges Alt-J faced during their show at the Fonda last night were improper sound mixing (not their fault), and simply not having enough material to pull from to satisfy their audience (also not really their fault). De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2012

    110 Freeway Shut Down, SWAT Called Out As Potential Jumper Climbs Sign On Bridge

    Updated at the bottom: The man was apprehended and the freeway is reopening. A "possible jumper" over the 110 freeway downtown has prompted police to call out a SWAT team, the LAPD tells the Weekly. The situation on the 7th Street bridge was reported by the L.A. Fire Department at 2:13 p.m. Police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2012

    Meet Loot Crate, a New Hollywood Startup That Sends You Video Game Swag

    Birchbox for geeks. Dollar Shave Club for techies. Gamer swag. Interested? Meet Loot Crate, a Hollywood-based startup that's a subscription service for boxes of tech and video game-themed stuff. For less than $20 a month (shipping and handling included) you get six to eight hand-picked items, like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2012

    Top 10 Los Angeles Chefs to Follow on Instagram

    Sure, you can see the beautiful dishes that your favorite chefs spend hours making in real life. When, perhaps you go to their restaurants and actually eat their food. But since we often spend more time looking at pretty pictures of dinner than we do consuming it, the tech gods have given us Instagr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Twilight Fans Freeze In LA Live Tent City As They Wait For Premier (PHOTOS)

    Despite a "freeze warning" overnight Twihards camped out for days for a chance to see tonight's premier of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 at LA Live. Weirdos People came from as far away as England to pitch tents and geek out in the cold. Estimates had ...

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    Your Post-Presidential Election Food Guide: If Your Candidate Won

    First, take a moment to sigh with relief. No, laugh. Because if there was ever a time to hoot and cheer as if you and your friends just narrowly averted death by trash compactor in the basement of the Death Star, this would be it. Maybe it wasn't as close as the pollsters predicted it would be, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    Deadmau5 - Sonos Studios - 10/19/12

    Deadmau5 Sonos Studios 10/19/12 Better Than: The cheap seats On Friday night, Deadmau5, née Joel Zimmerman, played for a crowd of 200 people at acoustic gallery space Sonos Studios. This is a guy who played four nights in a row at the Palladium last August and was the first electronic artist to h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    Happy Anniversary: Il Grano Celebrates 15 Years Free Oysters and Caviar

    In a town where attention is often galvanized by temporary things -- pop-up restaurants, the small explosions of sudden food trends, your dinner as Instagram -- it's far too easy to forget that there are some restaurants that have been going, and going strong, for years. Then they have anniversaries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2012

    World's Best Father Photo Series (and Calendar): Dad Baby Food

    A new father snaps baby thumbing knowingly through an applesauce-smeared copy of Ada or Ardor. Another day, he tucks a Budweiser into the crook of her soft little arm as she sleeps, drooling and burbling away, and, with a few iPhone heroics, updates his Instagram to the applause of family members a ... More >>

  • Music

    September 27, 2012

    The Gaslamp Killer Confronts Tragedy and Finds His Way Forward

    A new father snaps baby thumbing knowingly through an applesauce-smeared copy of Ada or Ardor. Another day, he tucks a Budweiser into the crook of her soft little arm as she sleeps, drooling and burbling away, and, with a few iPhone heroics, updates his Instagram to the applause of family members a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2012

    LA Weekly Web Awards 2012: The Winners!

    So the center of the tech universe is still in Northern California. Big deal. Facebook's in freefall; the iPhone 5 is a snooze. Yes, innovation continues to matter, but these days, it's less about the platform and more about the content. On that front, L.A. is king. The top YouTube stars live here. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2012

    LA Weekly Web Awards 2012: Javier Guillen, Best Instagram Account

    Best Instagram Account Javier Guillen @goeastlos Javier Guillen didn't set out to become a social media maven. The 31-year-old East L.A. native was just fooling around with his iPhone — and trying to finish his degree at Cal State Northridge after a seven-year hiatus. But it didn't take long t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    Kreayshawn On Her New Album and the Worst Assholes on Twitter

    When her "Gucci Gucci" video dropped last summer, Kreayshawn found herself in the middle of a maelstrom. Some people thought she was a breath of fresh air and that "Gucci Gucci" was a much-needed middle finger to the label-obsessed materialism that's run unchecked in hip-hop for a very long time. Ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    'Gangnam Style' Flash Mob at The Grove Today; Psy Tells El Monte to Rehire Lifeguards

    As the whole world has gone "Gangnam Style," even Saturday Night Live over the weekend, a flash mob featuring the song's rapper, Psy, was planned for 2 p.m. at The Grove shopping center today. (Kind of takes the "flash" out of flash mob when you know all the deets hours ahead of time). But the big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Carlos Salas, O.C. Skateboarder, Killed and Dragged Through Street by Hit-and-Run Driver

    Tragedy struck the seaside town of Laguna Niguel in the wee hours this morning, when friends tell the local Patch that 20-year-old Carlos Salas was killed just 400 feet from his house. Orange County Sheriff's investigators say the young victim was skateboarding home from a friend's place around 3:4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2012

    The Best EDM Shows to See in L.A. This Month

    Wednesday, September 5th Digitalism Yost Theater Only Germans would call themselves "Digitalism." On the other hand, EDM production duo Jens Moelle and Ismail Tüfekçi did title their second album I Love You Dude. That duality between clinical zeroes-and-ones and hug-it-out-bro emotionalism is ref ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    Put Down That Cell Phone: Eva Restaurant Pays Customers to Leave Phones At Door

    How attached are you to your phone? Mildly? Or pathologically? That's the question you really need to answer when confronted with Eva Restaurant's new discount: You get 5% off if you leave your phone at the door. Chef-owner Mark Gold tells KPCC "it's really not about people disrupting other guest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    Meet Your Food Blogger: Nastassia Johnson of Let Me Eat Cake

    Nastassia Johnson, blogger behind Let Me Eat Cake, has picked out several items to try at downtown's Semi Sweet Bakery on a recent afternoon: A croissant flecked with chocolate, an Almond Joy Doughnut, and a cookie called "Triple Chip" -- chocolate, butterscotch, and potato. She wanted a slice of 7- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    The Best L.A. Albums 
So Far This Year

    We are impeccable thieves, transplanting artists both from burgs bearing but a single Waffle House and metropolises where they measure the cold in Celsius. Biggie credited the centripetal pull of L.A. to the weather, the women and the weed. The ability to work was implied. The city has been a music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2012

    Milo & Olive: Saturday, June 2, 1:17 p.m.

    Cream (the Eric Clapton band, not the dairy product) blasts; two pretty girls in their late teens bop self consciously and mouth the words as they stand in the pastry line; the wait for a table has just gone from 30 minutes to an hour. From the blonde wood bar set up along the front of the room wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Mysterious Case of the Downtown L.A. Sunbathers Solved!

    An anonymous tipster (who we would totally bear-hug if he weren't so damn anonymous) has lifted the veil on yesterday's big street-art mystery: Who planted three paper-mache sunbathers in the abandoned lot at 1st and Broadway? Curbed LA, the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly and LA Observed all joined i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Coachella Tickets Are Really Fucking Cheap Right Now

    See also: *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers *Going to Coachella? Bring This Gear or You're Effed! Things are looking up for the procrastinators and the broke-ass. Now they, too, will have the opportunity to Instagram Coachella: turns out that ticket prices h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    World War II Movie Prop Sets off Massive Bomb Scare in Hollywood

    Right around noon today, Hollywood 311 reported a "huge police response to the area of Lexington and Seward." The LAPD bomb squad rushed to a warehouse in the 6600 block of Lexington, reportedly declaring a "Code Five Edward situation" and evacuating nearby office buildings. What could have caused ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    The Great Los Angeles Hailstorm of 2012, in Instagrams

    Los Angeles and its outskirts got the closest thing SoCal gets to snow yesterday: a hailstorm of epic (or at least dime-sized) proportions. But we're going to put aside the "L.A. weather wussies" jokes for now, so dumbstruck are we by the gorgeous, hail-themed Instagrams that inundated Twitter on M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Updated: Via Instagram: Steven Arroyo to Close Cobras & Matadors

    Updated: Steven Arroyo just confirmed to us via cellphone that, yes, he's closing his restaurant, and that Cobra & Matador's last service will in fact be Valentine's Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14. As for his plans for the space (long lease) and a new project, he said he'd like to keep that to himself for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Tyler, the Creator Arrested for Trashing the Roxy's Sound Equipment; Fans Riot on Sunset Boulevard

    Mike Rosenstein via Instagram"@fucktyler immediately after the "assault". Look how sad the sound guy is."​Didn't take long for "FREE TYLER" to become relevant again. Last night, at the tail end of a packed show at the Roxy on Sunset Strip, Tyler Okonma -- better known as "Tyler, the Creator" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Odd Future Riot: Roxy Owner Nic Adler Explains What The Hell Happened

    Mike Rosenstein via Instagram​As reported earlier by our sister blog The Informer, Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator was arrested last night after losing his temper during the collective's performance at the Roxy. The sound was cut during their last song, at which time Tyler lunged at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    'L.A. Is the Future' of the Tech Revolution, Says NYC Media Guru

    Kerry TribeWelcome to the future, New York.​The Neiman Journalism Lab at Harvard is running a nice 2011-ending series on what the next year will look like for journalism, by an esteemed fleet of think-piecers who've braved this rocky field for the last few. You've got plenty of your usual far ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/28-12/2

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So there are big, drippy hamburgers, including an oversized In-N-Out-style creature named for Suzanne Tracht's daughter Ida; an herbed turkey burger named for Pressman; and a bacon-avocado-laced Nancy's Backyard Burger, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pasadena Closes All Schools, Declares 'State of Emergency' -- Insane Winds, Downed Trees, Power Outages

    Updated at the bottom with water issues in Northeast L.A. Also, photos of Oscar De La Hoya's driveway. Not pretty. Meteorologists say the storm will be back in full force tonight. Originally posted at 9:35 a.m. This is the closest Pasadena kids will ever get to a snow day: KNX news radio is report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Bacon Wrapped Hot Dog Food Fight: Echo Park Street Vendor vs. The Stand

    There is so much fuss over new baconized products (bazookas, salt, alphabets) that we sometimes forget that street vendors were outfitting hot dogs with bacon long before anyone knew how to tweet or Instagram. The vendors wheel out their carts like clockwork, punching in just as you're punching out ... More >>

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