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Happy Hour: Duck Wings and Sangria at Blue Cow Kitchen in Downtown L.A.

Place: Blue Cow Kitchen, 350 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles; (213) 621-2249. Hours: Weekdays 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (drinks); 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (food) Deals: A two-sided, postcard-sized menu begins with $5 well cocktails -- vodka, rum, gin, whiskey or tequila -- with a choice of mixer. There are ... More >>

Ariel Rechtshaid Is the Indie Super-Producer

He's not in bands, but he makes them sound a hell of a lot better

Lil Poopy Is the Next Mozart

We seem to be awfully excessively protective of 9-year-olds recently. The Onion ate a shit ton of crow. And barely hours later another brilliant 9-year-old became the center of an unnecessary moral panic. We are, of course, talking about hip-hop phenomenon Lil Poopy. The pint-sized rapper Luie Riv ... More >>

Bizarre Ride: Jeff's Humorous Predictions and Most Anticipated Albums for 2013

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Half of January has elapsed and we've survived. There was no collapse due to fiscal cliff, Central American apocalypse or dubstep deluge. A new year unfu ... More >>

$ellebrity: Photographer Kevin Mazur Discusses His New Film About Gossip, Paparazzi and the Cost of Fame

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage It's possible that the price of fame has never been higher -- and not just in the tried-and-true Hollywood storylines of fame, fortune and the tragic falls from grace. In his new documentary $ellebrity, seasoned celebrity and event photographer Kevin Mazur ... More >>

Swatting Celebrities, Political Enemies Is High-Tech Vengeance

Swatting is officially a thing. It made the front page of the Los Angeles Times today. Not that the Times hasn't covered the phenomenon before, but this time it's real. The report on people who call the police and say horrible crimes are in progress at the homes of celebrities like Simon Cowell, J ... More >>

Madonna Impersonator Nadya Ginsburg Chats With Us (as Madonna)

Actress, writer for E!'s Fashion Police and Madonna impersonator Nadya Ginsburg (she does a hilarious, spot-on Cher, too) will be doing her one-woman show, Madonnalogues, at the Cavern Club tonight and Oct. 23. Ginsberg, in perfect character as Madonna, sat down to talk with us about the pop diva's ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, September 10 Katisse Buckingham Oddsemble SEVEN GRAND Trendy downtown whiskey bar Seven Grand has quietly become a late-night, early-week music hang over the last couple of years under the direction of booker/trombonist Justin Kirk. While seating is at a premium, the jazz and blues offered ... More >>

2 Chainz Has The Year's Funniest, Creepiest Sexual Boast

[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Formerly known as "Tity Boy," Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is best known as a member of Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace crewand ... More >>

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" History: "Call Me Maybe" is the first single from Jepsen's Curiosity EP. It was actually released last year. She made i ... More >>

Grove Suicide at Parking Structure Shocks Weekend Shoppers

A 29-year-old man jumped to his death in front of shocked shoppers at a Grove shopping center parking structure in the Fairfax District last night, police said. It was a busy day at the center, and some Twitter users reported that Justin Bieber sightings had caused some commotion earlier in the day ... More >>

Top 10 Jukeboxes in Los Angeles

For all the best of L.A. music, download our free Best Of Mobile app. See Also: Best Hip Hop Jukebox in a Dive Bar An amazing jukebox will tell exactly how connected bartenders and their bosses are to their patrons and the moods they want to create. This list is composed of those heroes that wou ... More >>

Best Coast on Designing Clothes for Urban Outfitters, and Other Subjects

See also: *The Branding of Best Coast *Our Best Coast cover story from 2010 Our music feature this week focuses on indie-pop duo Best Coast. They're a band with a lot of fans and a lot of critics -- some of whom don't approve of their increasingly-symbiotic relationship with Urban Outfitters, and ... More >>

Big Sean, Kid Ink - Club Nokia - 3/27/12

Big Sean, Kid Ink Club Nokia 3/27/12 Better Than... hanging out with the people who went to the Lady Antebellum show at Staples Center. Since 2008, XXL Magazine has anointed a group of up-and-coming rappers as their freshman class in order to show fans what the future of hip-hop will look like. M ... More >>

'Weird Al' Yankovic Chats About Justin Bieber, Lynwood and Career Longevity, at Gallery 1988

The line stretched out the door and onto the balmy L.A. streets on Friday at Gallery 1988: Melrose, one of the two spaces set up by Jensen Karp to showcase pop culture-inspired art. Fans waited patiently for a chance to look at and buy work from "Is This Thing On? 2, The Weird Year," with with artis ... More >>

10 Things I Learned From Working in a Porn Store

Before becoming a writer, I had many trades: Steelworker, warehouse clerk, advertising salesman, boutique manager. But the most educational job was clerking at a porn store across the street from a middle school in Portland, OR. It wasn't just a porn store. It also featured an arcade in the back - ... More >>

Top 5 Music Documentaries the Academy Should Consider This Year

Tomorrow the Academy will announce the nominees for the 2012 Oscars. Best documentary has always been one of the most controversial categories, from the snubbing of Hoop Dreams to Michael Moore's loudmouth acceptance speeches to Banksy's denial a year ago. In hopes that they get things right this ye ... More >>

The Gold Standard 2012: Save The Date, Start Fasting

Anne Fishbeinglasses at the 2011 Gold Standard​It's that time of year again. No, not movie award time -- note to foodists: you may want to bring a bag of macarons to The Artist, just to keep yourself awake -- but time to gear up for the 2012 Gold Standard, that glorious event in which Jonathan ... More >>

Michael Downs, High-School Senior From Santa Clarita, Charged With Raping 14 Girls He Met on Facebook, at Parties

Michael C. Downs via FacebookThat Justin Bieber haircut isn't fooling anybody.​Updated at the bottom with creepy details from Downs' Facebook and Formspring profiles. No, this is not a scene from that Clive Owen movie about what your tween daughter is really doing on her smartphone all day. ... More >>

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

Christmas Rapping: Jim Carrey, Busta Rhymes, And Eazy-E Bring The Ho, Ho, Hoes

​While visions of sugarplum fairies might be dancing in your head this time of year, it's going to take a little more to bring your Christmas party to the next level. While the traditional seasonal standards are... standard, the surefire way to put the star on your tree -- or the eggs in you ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's Phone Number is 310-954-7277 (or at Least it Used to be) ...

TwitterTechnolosing.​Charlie Sheen's phone number is 310-954-7277. At least it used to be. You see, if the actor is "winning," it sure doesn't seem like it, at least when it comes to using social media. It appears that Sheen intended to send a direct message to the teen "bro" Justin Bieber, ... More >>

Arthur Christmas Review

Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others

Mariah Yeater, L.A. Concertgoer, Claims Justin Bieber Fathered Her Backstage Baby

Adam SundanaHe shoots, he scores (allegedly).​Despite scientific evidence that young men with hair like his are impotent, a 20-year-old woman named Mariah Yeater has filed a paternity suit against Justin Bieber, claiming the singer impregnated her behind the scenes at an L.A. concert and fathe ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Eighth Street Soondae

Over The Weekend: Best Coast, Cops and the Cheesecake Factory at Make Music Pasadena

Sam BlochBest Coast, Assembled Multitudes​ STORY BY SAM BLOCH At the dawn of the Napster age, sociologist Tia DeMora wrote eloquently of the relationship between commerce and pop music. "Consumption behavior can be understood as a kind of dance," she wrote. And in a retail environment, it's ... More >>

What The President Ate For Dinner Last Night

Tavern's website​ Even if you're a Republican, you may secretly want to know what chef Suzanne Goin served President Obama -- and 60 other seriously rich people -- last night at Tavern. And although we do not care one bit what Justin Bieber and Rhianna and Lindsay Lohan and every other celebri ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl: Judy Tenuta

Time's 140 Best Twitter Feeds: Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Harry Reid Lord Voldemort

If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>

Perez Hilton Grows Up: Chats About New Music Projects, His New Attitude. Plus, A Peek Inside His Blue Ball Birthday Bash

Lina Lecaro Selena Gomez and Perez Hilton are true blue. ​ With live performances by Macy Gray, Dita Von Teese, Prince Poppycock, and Greyson Chance to name a few and Debbie Gibson, recorded greetings by Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber, and an in person Happy Birthday serenade from ... More >>

Justin Bieber's Fans Create Creepy DIY Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for their Lord and Savior

​In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; ... More >>

Oscar Night Marred by Big Sinkhole on Highland Avenue in Hollywood

oceanUPJustin Bieber and Selena Gomez at the Vanity Fair party Sunday.​Update: The water-main break was fixed and traffic was reopened in time for the morning rush -- about 6 a.m. -- the DWP reports. The eyes of the world are on L.A. Sunday night and we give them ... ... a giant sinkhole. Y ... More >>

Is the NPR Music Blog Trying to Be More "Low-Brow" Than Us? How Dare They?

​We thank commenter Toby (on today's Strokes post) for pointing us in the direction of NPR's music blog The Record, which apparently called us out for, are you ready? "Going low-brow" while discussing the demise of revered alt-legends The White Stripes. This would be amusing enough--after all ... More >>

Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations: Still Ridiculous after All These Months

Grammys: they're nuts!​ [Originally published December 2010] It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago ... More >>

Top 10 Under-the-Radar Grammy Artists You Should Know

​Sure, you may secretly dance to Justin Bieber in your Wonder Woman undies or fantasize about Drake making you a hot fudge sundae, but there's a lot more talented, relatively unknown musicians hiding in the Grammy nominee list. The Grammys, on the most part, are about the awards gifted to peo ... More >>

L.A. Power Couple Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom Seriously Creeping Us Out With Unisex 'Unbreakable' Ad (VIDEO)

YouTubePlease stop​In what is possibly the most god-awful truly madly deeply-style celebrity fragrance commercial since Britney Spears' fairyland "Fantasy," Valley entrepreneur Khloe Kardashian enlists her otherwise pretty bad-ass boyfriend, thoroughly whipped Lakers star Lamar Odom, for a uni ... More >>

Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne in Matching TRON Outfits (WTF Pic of the Week)

​There used to be a big football game called the Super Bowl. Then that got overshadowed by the TV ads played during the Superbowl. Then that got overshadowed by trailers and ad campaigns for the TV ads that played during the Super Bowl. Now apparently all of that is being overshadowed by "Maki ... More >>

Dr. Phil To Ted Williams: Time To Take Your Golden Ass To Rehab

Columbus Dispatch / YouTubeSEO star of the century​Why are we all so obsessed with Ted Williams, Ohio bum turned hottest item on the vocal-chord market since Justin Bieber? Unlike the Biebs, we're thinking his long, flowing (dread)locks couldn't have much to do with it. But the two YouTube s ... More >>

NIGHTRANGER: 2010

Two Cheers for Anonymity

Red Medicine panicked in outing Times' Virbila, but did no lasting harm

Best Music of the Year Lists: Do Pitchfork, Billboard, NME, Vibe Have A Certain Gender Bias?

"Hey bro, we hear you like bros, so we put some bros in your End of the Year Best Music Lists so you can bro while you bro!"​Well, 'tis the time of year for lists and charts! Several mags and blogs attempted to answer the question you've been dying to ask: Who had the best album/"new music"? ... More >>

Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations

Grammys: they're nuts!​It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>

Kid-Friendly Tacos

On four wheels, no later than 7 p.m.

Ask Mr. Gold: Kid-Friendly Tacos On Four Wheels, No Later Than 7 p.m.

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: As a mother of two kids young enough to still like noodles but old enough to make fun of Justin Bieber, I find myself in search of a kid-friendly taco truck. Good old-school tacos: no fusion, no Kogi lines. Anywhere from Venice to Pasaden ... More >>

Top 10 Popstar Clothing Lines that Put Madonna and Lourdes' New "Material Girl" to Shame!

In this week's Nightranger column, we cover last week's Macy's Passport "Glamorama" event at the Orpheum Theatre downtown. The event was scaled back from years past live music-wise (Macy Gray and Eric Hutchinson performed short sets in between the runway looks) but the production was still top-notch ... More >>

Live in L.A. This Weekend: Flying Lotus, Carole King & James Taylor, Bajofondo, Patti LuPone, Sonny Rollins, Metalfest, Wavefest and enough indie rock to start a blog

Flying Lotus​Avant-garde beatmaker Flying Lotus is the toast of the town right now, the release of his new album "Cosmogramma" having hit the shores of electronic music like a tsunami and folks still buzzing over his eye-popping set at Coachella. For the man born Steve Ellison, this weekend's ... More >>

SENIOR MOMENTS

April Fool's Gold! New Video and Remix from L.A.'s Multiculti Troupe

April Fool's Gold! New Video and Remix from L.A.'s Multiculti Troupe

WTF Is Vince Vaughn Doing in the 'We Are The World II' Video?

The new version of "We Are the World" recorded by Quincy Jones and a galaxy of stars will be unveiled tonight during that big Olympics brouhaha on NBC, but MTV News has already been offering up a torrent of videos, photos, and tasty news morsels. For example, look at this picture here: Photo by Ke ... More >>