Right now, there are at least three music-themed photo exhibits going on in L.A., and a few celebrity-themed ones, too. Peter Fetterman Gallery is showing "Forever Young: The Art of Music Photography" through September 8, while Kana Manglapus Projects is exhibiting "Factory 77" through September 10, ... More >>
Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others
Timothy NorrisThe Kills The Wiltern September 10, 2011 Better than... a date with Jack Daniel's. Opening their nearly-sold out show with their song "No Wow" served as a palette-cleanser for Brit-American duo The Kills: Forget that singer Alison "VV" Mosshart fronts The Dead Weather with Ja ... More >>
Also, Ray LaMontagne, Kissing Cousins, the Kills and others
© Walter IoossDoes this challenge our traditional notions of beauty? Be quiet, you're distracting me. The Annenberg Space for Photography has been pulling out all the stops to promote its latest exhibit, "Beauty Culture" -- a collection of images that aims to explore "how feminine beauty is ... More >>
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Top 10 Music Videos Featuring Models (Featuring Evan Voytas' Kate Moss Cameo)
These lovely ladies aren't fashionistas, they are "fatshionistas." They were out in force when Full Figured Fashion Week came to Los Angeles for the first time this past weekend. They gave me some tips on how to survive stylishly in a thin person's world. 1. Love your body the way it is. ... More >>
Make no mistake, Hollywood's biggest political players are lining up behind the 2010 re-election bid of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, The Hill has reported.Film director Steven Spielberg​From David Geffen to Barbra Streisand to Steven Spielberg, the liberal/entertainment establishment gave Boxer bar ... More >>
By Barbara Celis David Bowie, U2, Madonna, and the Rolling Stones. What could they possibly be doing together in the Meatpacking district of New York yesterday? Just hanging out at a party with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Damien Hirst and Barack Obama. Kind of. Slash, by Mr. Brainwash They we ... More >>
Slowly, my brain is slinking its way towards sensible shape. Three days of Coachella are not for the faint of heart -- if nothing else it requires a quarter-ounce of weed, an array of narcotic edibles from potcorn to cannabis cakes, several brightly colored pills of indiscriminate origin, copious ... More >>
Almost as soon as it began, sponsors and magazines have tried to find ways to promote themselves to Coachella's massive audience (as well as its performers), and there's no better way to do that than a party. Booze, food, DJs and other amusements are laid out at some swank Palm Springs/Indio pad, an ... More >>
Because playing these albums in flagrante delicto is the only romantic gesture lamer than offering a woman a fish sandwich. 10. Cornball Stevie Wonder Songs (I.E. "You are the Sunshine of My Life." "I Just Called to Say I Love You") I'm not going to tell you that these songs don't serve a ... More >>
Also, Paper's trail and Punk Rock Karaoke
All photos by Timothy Norris. Click image for entire slideshow. Two hours inching along Sunset Blvd. to Dodger Stadium from our Silver Lake abode only blocks away, and another one waiting amid bright lights and rabid camera phone-clicking star-mongers who literally cheered like someone hit a home ... More >>
Painful stilettos, accreting around Mandy Moore, and more
The other night was more Gen Art. Again at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Eight new designers showed collections, six womenswear (Nanushka, Quail, Peonie, Wayf, Laeken, Maxine Dillon) and two menswear (Wayne Hadly, KZO). My favorites were KZO and Laeken. This is KZO. It's designed by a bashful y ... More >>
And other May 15-22 shows
Unlike Sasha Frere-Jones, my main gripe with indie rock don't stem from it's lack of blackness. More than anything, I have trouble dealing with the idea that Jenny Lewis is indiedom's official pin-up girl. No joke, I think she won first in the 2006 Stereogum poll and came in second in 2007. The w ... More >>
20. Jens Lekman-Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] On first listen, Jens Lekman reminds you of Morrissey. Like the ex-Smith's frontman, the 26-year old Swede's got a rich baritone warble, a sly wit and a penchant for moony-eyed romanticism. But that's where the similarities stop. Lekma ... More >>
If home is where you hang your hat then Silver Lake is rapidly turning into the world's largest hat rack. Over the past 12 months, it has become de rigueur in hipster courting rituals for male hipsters (homo habilus hipstericus) to trot out increasingly ridiculous pieces of vintage head-ware in an ... More >>
The ever-evolving photo booth
A writergame designer and her boyfriend commit suicide, and a façade falls away
Where to stitch ’n’ bitch in L.A.
Ex-Libertine Carl Barât settles a score with Dirty Pretty Things
Sloughing it off for summer
Subversive promotional activities with Jim Jarmusch
Revelations from a plus-size life
Our annual capitulation to last-minute, support-your-local-bookstore holiday commercialism
Karyn Kusama’s girl boxer
Titillation, titillation, titillation and Julius shulman
