Johnny Cash

Petty Cash Taqueria Opens Tonight

There was a lot of speculation about what would become of the space formerly known as Playa on Beverly Boulevard when the restaurant closed earlier in March. About a week and a half ago, restaurant partners Bill Chait and chef Walter Manzke -- with assists from food blogger Bill Esparza and chef Gui ... More >>

Gibson Amphitheatre To Shut Down

Gibson Amphitheatre, the mainstay mid-size concert venue at Universal City, will close its doors in September, according to its operator Live Nation Entertainment. As announced in December 2011, the 6,200-capacity amphitheatre is expected to be demolished to make way for The Wizarding World of Har ... More >>

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 >>

Animal's Chefs Have Badass Taste in Music

[Editor's note: Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. Be sure to also check out the archives.] You really haven't heard Kanye West and Jay-Z's "H.A.M." until it plays while you dig into a slab of Animal's balsamic pork ribs, delicata squash, arugula and p ... More >>

Ray Charles Tribute - Hollywood Bowl - 7/11/12

Ray Charles: Genius Soul = Jazz Hollywood Bowl 7-11-12 Better than... hanging out at the Ray Charles Post Office on Washington Boulevard. Last night, a parade of marquee-ready names hit the stage of the Hollywood Bowl in tribute to the "Genius of Soul," Ray Charles. Featuring Babyface, Martina M ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know about Edna St. Vincent Millay?

​Edna St. Vincent Millay​​In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always made important contributions to many different societies. One such person is Edna St. Vincent Millay, the playwright, feminist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. At the time of her death in 1950, the New Y ... More >>

John Barry, Legendary Film Music Composer, Dead at 77

David BaileyJohn Barry (with then-wife Jane Birkin)​ Oscar-winning composer for James Bond films, John Barry died today. He was 77. As the man behind the sound of the swinging Sixties 007 era and beyond, he presented the big band extravaganzas for the Bond films. He won Oscars for his work on ... More >>

Rock & Roll, Entry Level

What does the perennial L.A. dream of stardom look like circa 2010?

'Venice Poo Poo Blues' Video Criticizes City For Allowing 'Mobile Homeless' RV Dwellers In Beach Community

YouTubeWould founder Abbot Kinney "hang himself and die" if he saw Venice today?​The battle over the "mobile homeless" in Venice hit a high note Monday when a resident opposed to the constant and perhaps growing presence of RV dwellers posted a YouTube video called "Venice Poo Poo Blues" (afte ... More >>

Stage Raw: Pasadena Playhouse Emerges from Bankruptcy

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEARCAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER ​CAPT presents a special event tonight (Friday) night, Hooray for Hollywood Extravaganza, celebrating the legends of Our Fair City, In a style mixing radio and vaudeville. The Galler ... More >>

Today in Artists Sticking It to the Record Industry: Liz Phair Self-Releases Weird New Album, Tom Jones Delivers Christian Hymns Record Instead of "Sex Bomb, Part 2"

Stuff MagazineNot a Photoshop: The actual Liz Phair​Remember Liz Phair? And Tom Jones? Sure you do--they're both adult artists with a sizable fanbase who still buy records and have the income to pay for concert tickets. They might not be making Bieber or Bublé moolah, but the right record ind ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

Tributefest: Food, Beer & U2

It's safe to say that the first-ever Tributefest in Santa Clarita on Saturday, May 1, was a success, and not just because of the eight tribute bands to take the stage. With almost twenty food trucks and dozes of beers on tap, the wide selection of mobile cuisine might just have been the real highlig ... More >>

Review: Amanda Jo Williams @ Echo Country Outpost

​Strumming a small child's guitar and tapping a giant bass drum that rattles like an earthquake, Amanda Jo Williams spins country-fried yarns about growing up in Georgia, hitchhiking to Woodstock, the men she's loved and the cosmos she abides by, with a voice somewhere between Minnie Mouse and ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Wooster Group's "North Atlantic"

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSECHO CHAMBERS Resonances from The Wooster Group's North Atlantic​Ground Control to Major Tom Photo by Paula Court If you drive through the San Gabriel Mountains, where radio reception is already dodgy, set ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Browning Version

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK THE BROWNING VERSION​Photo by Victor MartinsThough not as widely known or acclaimed as his contemporary British playwrights, Terence Rattigan was a superb dramatist and chronicler of hum ... More >>

Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

GO LA: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Young Frankenstein and Other Horrors

Plus, Doug Stanhope, Fake Radio, Oliver Sacks and more, April 17-23

GO LA: Louis C.K., Cupcakes for AIDS Research and Jokes for Old Jews

Plus various other events to help you forget this cruel world, March 27-April 2

Now We Sample the Season's Picture Books ...

The Coffee Table

Van Morrison Once Again Ventures Into the Slipstream

Rockabilly Singer Glen Glenn: 50 Years of Classic Jump Music

From the Hometown Jamboree to the Santa Monica Pier Swing Shift dance party, Glenn has left his mark on L.A.

Josh White

Documenter

Jean Nouvel Unveils Century City Condo Plan

If you lived there, you'd be home by then

Indienomics 101

Writing romantic indie pop doesn’t insulate Stars from the business of music

Trash and Vaudeville

Heavy Trash, Power Solo, Jail Weddings The Echo, November 10

Lee Hazlewood: A Stranger in This Land

The renaissance cowboy cut a wide swath through the West, and inspired a generation of songwriters

Rock Picks

For the week of July 5 - 11

War by any Other Name Sounds Just as Sweet

Take that pearl

Rock Picks

For the week of June 7 - 14

Rock Picks

For the week of Jan 12 – 18

Over the Hills and Far Away

The Mars Volta’s burden of dreams

To Live and Die (But Not Show) in L.A.

Jason Rhoades, 1965–2006

Bow Down!

Nine Inch Nails, with Bauhaus and Peaches at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, July 7

The Beat Goes On

Rick Rubin

A Common Man, Once More

Music Picks

For March 3 - 9

How Gay Will Oscar Go?

Handicapping who’ll win, who’ll lose, and who’ll just jerk off

Blue Moon

After 20 years, Bobby Bare emerges with the year’s most beautiful album

Rebel Yelp

Al Bruno: Poetry on Six Strings

And Merle Haggard’s media war

Street Action

Marc Moreland 1958-2002

Wiggin' Out

Edited by Kateri Butler

Creation Myth

Drugs and musicians, together forever

Oldies But Goodies

The television event

Gary Gilmore, Meet Harry Houdini

Matthew Barney on his film Cremaster 2

For a New Love Song

Walter Clevenger in the heart of pop