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    May 18, 2012

    Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani: Nerds of a Feather

    Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Kumail Nanjiani was 18, he came halfway around the world from Karachi, Pakistan, to one of the whitest places on Earth, Grinnell College in Iowa. Appropriately, at 34, he' ... More >>

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    April 26, 2012

    Whatever Happened to Us Festival Stories?

    Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Kumail Nanjiani was 18, he came halfway around the world from Karachi, Pakistan, to one of the whitest places on Earth, Grinnell College in Iowa. Appropriately, at 34, he' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Laugh Factory's Dot Comedy: Can the Stodgy Venue Draw an Alt-Comedy Crowd?

    It's an unusual but exciting time for the L.A. comedy scene. For the most part the Big Three Hollywood clubs (The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and The Improv) continue chugging along with more traditional shows and mainstream audiences, while younger, subjectively hipper, and more "alternative" t ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    He Was a Nerd Before You Were a Nerd

    It's an unusual but exciting time for the L.A. comedy scene. For the most part the Big Three Hollywood clubs (The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and The Improv) continue chugging along with more traditional shows and mainstream audiences, while younger, subjectively hipper, and more "alternative" t ... More >>

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    September 22, 2011

    The Funniest Man in Highland Park

    It's an unusual but exciting time for the L.A. comedy scene. For the most part the Big Three Hollywood clubs (The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and The Improv) continue chugging along with more traditional shows and mainstream audiences, while younger, subjectively hipper, and more "alternative" t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2011

    The Doctor is IN (OMFG!): Nerdist Podcast Live @ Comic-Con 2011

    Dianne GarciaKaren Gillan and Matt Smith​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." You will all have to forgive me for breaking the fourth wall of blogger "voice" for this one. The third person just wo ... More >>

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    October 21, 2010

    YOU MELT ME

    Dianne GarciaKaren Gillan and Matt Smith​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." You will all have to forgive me for breaking the fourth wall of blogger "voice" for this one. The third person just wo ... More >>

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    April 15, 2010

    THE MELT GOES ON

    Dianne GarciaKaren Gillan and Matt Smith​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." You will all have to forgive me for breaking the fourth wall of blogger "voice" for this one. The third person just wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Meltdown's Throwdown: Show Us How YOU Kick-Ass, Hollywood!

    Nicole CamposDustin David aims his propeller limbs at Jonah Ray's recycling.​ Just one week from today, geek brethren: Matthew Vaughn's much anticipated, controversial, madder-than-a-hatter and -- judging by the early reactions -- all-but-assured cult classic adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage

    Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    I WAS A NERD BEFORE YOU WERE A NERD

    Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

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    January 7, 2010

    Holy F*ck! Free Comedy!

    Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

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    September 24, 2009

    MAKE US LAUGH FUNNYBOY!

    Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Nerdy in LA: Comedy Meltdown - Won't Get You Laid, But Will Get You All the Free Beer You Can Pour Past Your Braces

    I am a nerd. I am also a stand-up comic. With this information it should be no surprise that one of my favorite comedy venues in town is not actually a comedy venue, but rather a comic book store. Once a month, the legendary Meltdown Comics shines like a nerdly beacon in a sea of hesher-filled guita ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Man Man's Echoplex Fiesta: Meltdowns and Melted Cheese

    Philadelphia-based group Man Man has played Los Angeles enough to develop a taste for horchata, but not not so frequently that they can claim to have ordered 2 a.m. tacos from a truck parked off of Sunset Blvd. And so the band was welcomed back with a fiesta held in a rope-guarded corner of the Ech ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    Sean Carlson Announces LA installment of F Yeah Fest, and it features a Scavenger Hunt (and, er, Insane Clown Posse)!

    There is so much to be excited about the F Yeah Fest that I don't know where to begin. Let's start with Negative Approach, one of the great old school dirt punk bands. Or Toronto's Fucked Up, whose "Year of the Pig" EP from last year was an absolute epic marriage of hardcore punk and rock opera th ... More >>

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    June 26, 2008

    Comedy, Freewheeling and Free

    There is so much to be excited about the F Yeah Fest that I don't know where to begin. Let's start with Negative Approach, one of the great old school dirt punk bands. Or Toronto's Fucked Up, whose "Year of the Pig" EP from last year was an absolute epic marriage of hardcore punk and rock opera th ... More >>

  • LA Life

    June 26, 2008

    Jazzed? But Not Motivated?

    The week in fun, June 27-July 3

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Comics Amongst the Comics

    Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there’s an option to pick up a Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus and a maquette of Sub-Mariner before the show? Arguably LA’s best recurring comedy show ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    They Might Be Giants

    Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there’s an option to pick up a Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus and a maquette of Sub-Mariner before the show? Arguably LA’s best recurring comedy show ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2005

    Snakebites

    Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there’s an option to pick up a Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus and a maquette of Sub-Mariner before the show? Arguably LA’s best recurring comedy show ... More >>

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