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Rolling Stones - Staples Center - May 3, 2013 (With Photos and Set List)

Rolling Stones Staples Center May 3, 2013 The Rolling Stones still put in the work, as was demonstrated by their stint here in Los Angeles over the last two weeks, which included a series of rehearsals in Burbank -- Falling James lurked outside -- and their secret show at the Echoplex. See also: ... More >>

Smoking Wax Weed With Rapper Demrick

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with Demrick, aka Young De, a rapper and songwriter who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Kurupt and Xzibit. Als ... More >>

Jimmy Buss Says "Screw You" to Phil Jackson -- and "Screw You" to Lakers Nation

It was the biggest "Screw You" in hoops history. Phil Jackson is not coaching the Lakers today because Jimmy Buss and Jackson do not like each other and never have. It's that simple and that complex.

Mike D'Antoni Is Lakers' New Coach

Phil Jackson was the man everyone seemed to want. But it was former Suns coach Mike D'Antoni who got the job as the next coach of the Lakers following the abrupt firing of Mike Brown at the team's dismal 1-4 mark this season. According to a team statement Lakers spokesman John Black ...

A Drive-Thru Guy Insulted Me so I'm Slimming Down

I used to work out a lot. I never wanted to be super big -- like, I didn't care to look like an Olympic weightlifter, or even a sprinter, for that matter. I just wanted it to not hurt that much if someone punched me in the stomach. I wanted an Olympic diver build, which, in retrospect, is a semi-wei ... More >>

Steve Nash's Secret Diet NBA Eating Habits

Yesterday came the news that the Lakers had landed future Hall of Fame point guard (and all-around amiable Canadian dude) Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for a boatload of future draft picks. Despite being 38 years old (the fifth oldest active player in the NBA), Nash last year had on ... More >>

Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco vs. A Crunchy Taco and a Bag of Doritos

"Consumers said that's more than just interesting, it's like 'where have you been my whole life,'" Taco Bell's Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer Brian Niccol told Forbes recently, about the public's reaction to the Doritos Locos Taco. This taco concoction is exactly what you might think it is: ... More >>

The Oscars (Who Live in Your Neighborhood)

As a native East Coaster, it's easy to claim that you miss the seasons as you enjoy your forever tan and non-water-damaged Uggs here in Los Angeles. While it may not snow, it barely rains, flowers bloom all year, and people wear parkas when encountering weather around 50 degrees, L.A. has plenty of ... More >>

LeBron James' $3,000 Cake Left Uneaten and Unpaid For

Only the best for the King. So went the line of thinking when a $3,000 birthday cake was deemed unworthy of Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James and promptly discarded. And now no one's left to pick up the tab. The Miami Herald reports that Boca Raton baker Alethea Hickman had received a frant ... More >>

Blue Note Records' Troubling New Direction

Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>

Katy Perry - Staples Center - 11-22-11

Timothy Norris​Katy Perry Staples Center 11-22-11 See also: *Our Katy Perry Slideshow *Why This Song Sucks: Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" Better Than...Playing a game of Candyland with 20,000 of your closest friends and Kobe Bryant. When you look behind you and up from the floor in ... More >>

Why This Song Sucks: Beyonce's "Party (Remix)" Featuring J. Cole

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Beyonce's "Party" featuring J. Cole History: "Party" is the fourth single from Beyonce's fourth studio album, 4. That's three fours in a row, bro. Three ... More >>

Nude Charlize Theron at Comic-Con? Look-a-Like Adrianne Curry Kicked Out For Sexy Costume (Photos)

TwitpicCurry with fans.​Updated at the bottom: San Diego police say it's a lie! First posted at 12:54 p.m. Monday. San Diego Comic-Con, in some respects, has turned into an early Halloween or, as many have called the October fright night, "Dress Like a Hooker Day." Which is totally fine with ... More >>

Machete's Danny Trejo: From Inmate to Icon

Danny Trejo: Who's Your Badass

Morton's Puts a Laker Cocktail on the Menu The Recipe

Morton'sLaker cocktail​If you're the sort of person who will be watching the NBA finals out in a public venue, you may have your seat at ESPN Zone -- conveniently located a few blocks away from the Staples Center -- reserved and waiting. You may already be sitting at your favorite sports bar, ... More >>

Lakers Win: Thanks to Ron Artest & Artichoke Dip

The Lakers won at the buzzer last night on a Ron Artest put-back off of a Kobe Bryant air ball. But that, it turns out, is not what made Suns coach Alvin Gentry sick to his stomach. In fact, Gentry threw up in the first half, and claimed to feel much better afterward. So what was the cause of his il ... More >>

Manny Mania

Franz Ferdinand at the Palladium: Let Some Professionals Show You How It's Done

Franz Ferdinand is my uncle's favorite band. They might be your uncle's favorite band. About five years ago, they were my sister's favorite band -- probably yours too. That was when Franz Ferdinand released "the song." You know -- "THE SONG." That moment of leyden jar lightning when circumstance and ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Liquid, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, The New Testament/Helter Skelter

Also, This Is My F-Ing Wedding, Influences of the Spirit and more

Stage Raw: Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the latest NEW REVIEWS and the current STAGE FEATURE on Adeline's Play at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa MonicaNEW REVIEW PICK ANITA BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS ​Photo by Ty DonaldsonThe title of Brian Christopher Williams play suggests a slick, sassy gay com ... More >>

Jimmy On the Edge of Town

A Homeless Christian-Muslim From Palestine Pitches a Tent Behind Bed Bath & Beyond in Northridge. Then Come the Railroad Men and Feral Cat Activists.

The B-Sides: Bishop Lamont Interview

Q: What was it like for you growing up in Los Angeles during the 80s? A: It was the LA of the Reagan administration. Drugs were really heavy in the streets at that time…more crack addicts…crack babies. It was a good time simultaneously because there was more creativity within the music and it ... More >>

The Brief, Wondrous Tournament of Books

Is the Novel Prize Dead?

Pau Gasol

King Pau

Where to Eat Now: New to the List

Restaurants for Wine Lovers

Breaking Free: L.A. Wine Culture

Shattering the stereotypes

Counter Intelligence

Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Borat

Where to Eat Now

Quest for Fire: Out of the Flames

L.A.'s best roasted, grilled sizzled and wood-baked cooking

Return of the Shot Maker

The Meta-Media Madness Top 10

Seeing Red

Breathing While Black

Confessions of a 'post-Negro'

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

Photo Essay

A Considerable Town

The Electric Battery Acid Test

Paradise Terminated

Building California’s new government amid sniping and groping

Behind Enemy Lines

Joe Scarborough goes to the trenches of Hollywood

Mr. Fantastic, Superduper Star

Chris Jackson is a Backyard wrestler. All he wants from this media-saturated world is a little bit of glory, a little bit of fame. Even if it takes blood. Or having a fluorescent-light tube jammed

All Gates Open

Art Talk: Mass vs. Class, Chapter 3,827

A Few Things You Should Know About the World Cup

Boy-Oh-Boy

A burgeoning art movement or something

Hogwarts’ Webmistress

Power Player

Ed Roski Jr. owns a piece of the Kings and the Lakers. But his favorite game is hardball