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April 17, 2013
Porn's L.A. Condom Mandate To Be Defended In Court By AIDS Group
The battle over condoms in porn just got real. Well, actually, it's been real for a while. But the group behind the effort to make condoms mandatory in adult video, the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, is claiming victory this week. A judge said the organization could defend L.A. county's con ... More >>
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April 16, 2013
Porn Pulls Out Of L.A.
After you, the L.A. County voter, decided in November to mandate condom use in local porn production, the adult industry has nearly pulled out of town, so to speak. FilmLA, which processes permits for the city and county of Los Angeles, says it has received only two adult film applications this yea ... More >>
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March 14, 2013
Porn-Site Search Terms Reveal California's Kink
In California, we love Asian people. Maybe a little too much. We have more Asians -- 5.5 million of them -- than any other state in America. So maybe there's some self-love there too. And that brings us to ... ... California's favorite porn-site search terms:
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October 11, 2012
Why the Time to Get High in L.A. Is Now
See also:*10 Awesome Photos of L.A. Pot Shops*A Pot Brownie Marijuana Entrepreneur There needs to be something wrong with me. That's the only way you can buy pot legally, even in Venice Beach.And so I sit in the doctor's office and ponder the form I've been told to fill out: What am I suffering from ... More >>
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August 29, 2012
Porn Production Back This Weekend as New Syphilis Test Saves The Day
The porn industry has a new syphilis test that just might save the day. After a nearly two-week ban on production, adult video shoots are clear to restart this weekend, an industry official told the Weekly. Following a syphilis scare that L.A. county health officials say has infected as many as 9 p ... More >>
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June 25, 2012
L.A. Weekly Wins Big With 6 SoCal Journalism Awards, 3 AltWeeklies Awards
Last night's SoCal Journalism Awards -- an annual affair put on by the L.A. Press Club -- were more star-spangled than usual. Among the presenters and honorees were Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman (so much shorter in person, but with an even bigger voice), Daniel Pearl's extended family and every journal ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
LA Weekly Nominated for Over 20 National, Regional Journalism Awards: Read the Stories That Got Us Here
It's award season again for America's journalists, and LA Weekly is racking up the noms like a fat chick on Pinterest. On a national scale, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia just released its list of finalists for the annual AltWeeklies Awards, the most coveted alt-plaques around. At that Ju ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
Porn is Rick Santorum's Enemy: Should L.A.'s Adult Video Industry Be Concerned?
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is, ironically, well known to fans of kinky sex because of the alternative identity that has been attached to his name. Ironic because Santorum, a conservative among conservatives vying for the Republican nomination, is a known homophobe and outspoken prude. If ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
LA Weekly Writers Win Big at L.A. Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards
Last night at the Biltmore Hotel, the Los Angeles Press Club handed out glass stars for the National Entertainment Journalism Awards, and LA Weekly walked away with quite a few. Steven Leigh Morris won Print Critic of the Year for his theater reviews. Gendy Alimurung nabbed second place in ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Top 10 Simpsons Food Episodes: Tomacco Ribwich with a Side of Guatemalan Insanity Peppers Skittlebrau
Food writers have been stoked this week about the The Simpsons' upcoming episode on gastro culture. Our own Margy Rochlin interviewed Simpsons Executive Producer Matt Selman, who admits he's a big fan of Jonathan Gold. "We kind of make fun of foodies," he says, "but in real life we actually l ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
L.A. Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards Names 14 Finalists From LA Weekly, More Than All Other Publications
Photo from Gustavo Turner's interview with Insane Clown Posse, a finalist for L.A. Pres Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards
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October 14, 2011
50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best Effing City in America
Timothy NorrisJohn Lennon once said of Los Angeles, "That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco." Pretty rough stuff from a supposedly nice guy. Clearly, the Eggman (or was he the Walrus?) missed the endless taco stands, the pupusas, the pho, the don ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Conrad Murray Trial: Six Characters You'll Find Outside the Trial of Michael Jackson's Doctor
Yesterday was the second day of Dr. Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial for administering the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson, and it proceeded without sad revelations like Day One's audio of MJ talking, very slowly, about future concert plans. This didn't stop the characters from hanging ou ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Chuck D, RZA, Shavo Odadjian, Page Hamilton, Angelo Moore and SceneFour "Come Together" at Andrew Weiss Gallery
Keith PlocekShavo Odadjian stands in front of Shavo Odadjian in Nocturnal Art"They put me next to Dali, and I'm like, Yeah!" said System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian, standing between Salvador Dali's Triumphant Elephant and his own Nocturnal Art. Odadjian's work featured the Armenian genocide o ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Rancid - House of Blues Anaheim - 9/7/11
Keith PlocekTim ArmstrongRancid, Agnostic Front House of Blues Anaheim Downtown Disney September 7, 2011 Better than: Knocking down brews with your bros at ESPN Zone. Sing the song of shirtless guy, he's sweating all over you... The House of Blues is smack-dab in Downtown Disney: no smoki ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Warren Furutani and Paul Koretz: Separated at Birth? Why do People Who Parrot One Another Run for Los Angeles City Council?
Keith PlocekWarren Furitani, separated at birth from ... Paul Koretz?Lots of folks want to run for the Los Angeles City Council District 15 seat being abandoned by Janice Hahn, recently elected to Congress. Voters will probably soon realize that several of the CD 15 candidates sound exactly t ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons and Yoko Ono Become 'Party Animals' at Royal/T. Woof!
Keith PlocekYoshitomo Nara's Your DogPulling works from an art collector's private cache and organizing them around a theme is often a tricky affair, where capitalized nouns such as Transgression or Race or Patriarchy wind up applying to just about anything a curator hangs on the wall. Maybe ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Adultcon Porn Convention Pulls Two Shows From L.A. Convention Center Next Year Over Copycat Gatherings
Keith PlocekVisions of Adultcon.See a quasi-NSFW slideshow of the last Adultcon here. When is there too much porn in this here adult video capital of America? When it interferes with business, says the man who runs the seven-year-strong Adultcon gatherings at the L.A. Convention Center. Th ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Wikipedia Live! The Great American Wiknic Comes to L.A.
Keith PlocekA QR Code? What the heck is a QR Code? We know exactly where you can find out. It has all the makings of a crappy YouTube skit: "What if the internet was, like, in reality and like, what if Wikipedia articles were people that you could talk to!?" Too wacky to handle, we know. But, ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
El Pollo Loco Commercial: Where There's Smoke and No Giant Fire
Keith Plocek"Don't smile," a guy in a straw hat barks through a megaphone. "You're not supposed to be having fun." Mr. Straw Hat is directing 16 people decked out in orange and red El Pollo Loco shirts. A diverse group, they're tugging on a rope connected to a 25-foot bow drill. Their putat ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
No "Art in the Streets" for Brooklyn Museum: New York Changes Mind About Street Art Show
Art in the Streets, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Photo by Gregory Bojorquez, Courtesy of MOCAWe've just been forwarded an email sent by the Brooklyn Museum to a street artist in the "Art in the Streets" show, currently on view at the MOCA. The Brooklyn Museum was scheduled to be the next ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Inside Christian Audigier's House: The Five Gaudiest Choices from the Ed Hardy Designer
RedfinWhen we heard Christian Audigier's Hancock Park house was back on the market, our first thought was, Gross. But our second thought was, Oh cool, that means there's pictures. The listing's 16 photos offer a unique perspective on what the man behind Ed Hardy looks at behind closed doors. ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Emo Juan Uribe: Dodgers' Utility Infielder Gets His Own Meme
All it takes is one sad-sack photo (and a career of middling output) to create an online meme, and Emo Juan Uribe is the latest to step to the plate. The Dodgers' utility infielder huddles against the wall, staring a thousand yards into the sad distance. For the online world, that picture i ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Exclusive: Smashing Pumpkins' New Song "Owata" Debuts on West Coast Sound
The Smashing Pumpkins have been releasing their 44-track opus, Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, one song at a time, and West Coast Sound has the exclusive first listen of track no. 10, "Owata." The song's release comes on the cusp of big news from lead singer Bill Corgan, who tells his Facebook ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Star Wars Street Art: Free Humanity Talks Barack Obama, Akira Kurosawa and Mr. Brainwash
Keith PlocekSee more posters at "Star Wars Street Art: The Works of Free Humanity."Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb, stenciled on top a page of the Wall Street Journal with the words "Greed is good." Boba Fett, standing alone with "I'm sorry for the deaths of the innocent but that happen ... More >>
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April 17, 2011
Day 2: Coachella's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs (feat. The Kills, Animal Collective, Paul Van Dyk, Arcade Fire and Mariachi El Bronx)
Without road trips lingering or looming, and with just the right amount of hangover, the Coachella crowd attacked the grounds on Saturday, and the bands fought along heroically. The only real loser was the grass, which is starting to get sticky, but more on that in a little bit. Let's take a look a ... More >>
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April 16, 2011
Day 1: Coachella's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs (featuring Paul McCartney, Black Keys, Chemical Brothers and Craigslist)
Colin Young-Wolff Compared to last year's problems with wristbands and overcrowding, the first day of Coachella 2011 was smooth sailing. Greasy even. Let's take a look at yesterday's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs.
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April 16, 2011
Coachella 2011: This Year's Fashion on the Field
photo by Wendy Gilmartin Last year it was the dainty white fedoras with black bands and 80s Ray Ban knock-offs. In 2004 it was peacock feather earrings, and then there was that other year everyone had those lace-up moccasin boots. This year's fads are sure to blaze out fast too, check em ou ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Trollface Artist Carlos Ramirez Talks 4chan, Incredible Hulk and Viral Fame
This face launched a thousand trolls.Like many memes, Trollface was conceived in the online bowels of 4chan and after-birthed all over the Internet. The squiggly, smiling face is the perfect mascot for /b/, the dank basement of 4chan notorious for racist drawings, homophobic slurs, juvenile p ... More >>
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March 27, 2011
Adultcon by the Numbers: Porn, Stuffed Animals and Masculinity
Keith PlocekView more photos at "Adultcon: Porn Stars and Amateur Photogs" We saw all kinds of attendees at Adultcon yesterday - groups of men, groups of women, male-female couples, lone wolves - but the most common configuration was what we'll call Two Straight Dudes. Just what is it about ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
'LA Weekly' Names Underachiever Keith Plocek as New Web Editor
Keith Plocek comes to LA Weekly.True story: An acquaintance of ours wanted to go for this job. We said, sure, if you can waive a wand and make six-figure traffic appear instantly, you're in. The shoes of LA Weekly's former web honcho Erin Broadley are huge (like Ru Paul size). She was nothin ... More >>

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