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May 26, 2011
Waiting for Gaga: Lady G's Fans Dress Up for Fun Haus' Born This Way Release Party
Lina Lecaro Rhea Litre- 'Pose This Way'It's official: the "paws-up" hand-sign has kicked the ubiquitous "devil horns" hand-sign to the curb. Last night at Fun Haus, the official Lady Gaga "Born This Way" record release bash at the Belasco Theatre, nearly every photo we shot featured fierce c ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Nicki Minaj Shakes Her Jelly for a Celly, The Kills Te-Kill-Ya
Lina Lecaro Darling Nicki sung for Samsung. Nicki Minaj for cell phones, The Kills for tequila ... it was another winning week on the Hollywood party circuit. If you read Nightranger posts regularly you know we rarely miss an opportunity to cover LA's money bags-backed promotional bashes. An ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Charo Gets 'Sexy-Sexy' at Mr. Black
Lina Lecaro Mr. Black Birthday boy Andres Rigal and Charo. Cher, Barbra, Dolly, Madonna, Gaga... What makes certain music divas demand adoration -- and one word mention-- particularly from gays? Sex appeal, flamboyance, stirring musicality and most importantly, a mouth. The wailing women who ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
'Re-Animator The Musical,' Now With Ravaging Rock Band Openers
Lina Lecaro Head bangers welcome at Re-Animator- The Musical. From Alice Cooper to GWAR to Marilyn Manson, sinister schlock and rock have always gone hand in (severed) hand. Music artists embellishing their stage show with theatrical thrills will never cease (even Lady Gaga's got monsters and ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Hollywood Nights: Nylon Magazine Party Nymphs, Burlesque Babes and the Amazing Macy Gray
Lina LecaroHowling and humping with Macy. The stars were aligned in more ways than one last night in Hollywood... Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood" bash was a trendy pretties-packed affair that saw hordes at the door from the get-go (paparazzi and hispteratti). At this point, we'll give pro ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Freaks and Frocks at the 34th 'Occasional' Doo Dah Parade
Lina LecaroWord bubble bunch at Doo Dah 2011 Uniformed marching bands, ma$$ive floats, robotic waving beauty queens... snooze. Parades can be so predictable. But Doo Dah is different (and we mean that in more ways than one). The self-proclaimed "twisted sister" to Pasadena's other more famou ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
The Surreal World of ASCAP's Pop Awards: Where Adam Lambert and Ke$ha Honor the Guys Who Made Them Famous (and Train is the Best Rock Band)
Lina LecaroKe$ha and Adam Lambert hold Luke and Martin's plaques.Haters might say that Dr. Luke and Max Martin are responsible for the downfall of music. After all, manufactured pop has killed it for other genres, especially harder and more experimental ones. But at ASCAP's Pop Music Awards ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Prince at The Forum Friday, 4/22: Short On Encores, Big On Surprises
Lina LecaroAt this point, fans planning to attend any of Prince's 21 shows at the Los Angeles Forum (5 in, he's got 16 to go) can count on a few things: flashy/foxy get-ups, celeb guests (dancing and/or singing), plenty of purple people in the crowd, exquisite hit medleys, and a crazy-ass, e ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
The Strokes "Last Night" At T-Mobile Sidekick Party
Lina Lecaro The Strokes set the room on fire. We knew it! Bumming out over missing music at Coachella does not last long in LA as there is always so much to do the week afterward, often featuring bands or DJs who were at the fest. From legit gigs (Lauryn Hill last night at Nokia) to unannou ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Coachella Party Report 2: After Dark Desert Debauchery at Oasis Beach Club and Neon Carnival
Lina Lecaro Sexy/shady at Oasis. Fun in the sun is one thing, but Coachella parties at night are an entirely different animal. For one, the people you will encounter are way more blitzed out of their minds (a combo of too much sun at the fest or parties all day, drinks, drugs(?) and general ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Lady Miss Kier's New Groove In the Heart at Mustache Mondays
Lina Lecaro The Lady is a vamp. The hedonistic mystique of '90's New York club kid culture has been slowly bubbling beneath the surface in Los Angeles for a couple years now, and after last night, it's fair to say it's officially exploded into a full blown resurgence. Influential dance diva ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Can Reality TV Ever Really Rock?
Lina Lecaro Reality's realest rockin couple (from Cali): Millionaire Matchmaker's Rachel Federoff and Destin Pfaff at Svedka party.This past weekend, LA played host to the "Reality Rocks Expo," a two-day celebration of "reality, unscripted, factual, and lifestyle" television at the LA Convent ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
Mad Crushin' For Diplo At Departure
Lina Lecaro Diplo tears it up at Vanguard. Remember when everyone was comparing DJs to rockstars? Sometimes the comparison was warranted, but most of the time it was not. Paul Oakenfold is no Mick Jagger and Tiesto is no Bono, right? Rockstar eminence is about swagger and attitude, and even t ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
City of Industrial: Exploring the Dark World of Das Bunker
Lina Lecaro Bunker bodacious.Industrial kids are a committed bunch, and we're not just talking about the fashion: painful colored contacts, scalp-stretching cyber-dreads or 8 inch high stacks that make some of 'em tread like Herman Munster on the dance floor (though these looks are ominous an ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
La Cita In The News: Mustache Mondays Leaves A Void, Adam Lambert Punches A Hole and Punky Reggae Fills It All Up
Lina Lecaro Doing damage on La Cita's dance floor. We might have been worried about La Cita in downtown after the announcement last week that our favorite club there, Mustache Mondays, was moving to a new location (more on that below), but after having a smokin' time at the jam-packed, red-l ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Tuesday Twofer: The Sounds at Avalon, Punk Rock Karaoke at The Dragonfly
Kirsti Anna UrpaThe Sounds' Maja Ivarsson Tuesdays are always teeming with possibility when it comes to live music in Los Angeles. Of course, the toe-to-toe hipster hoedowns that are Dim Mak Studios and Check Yo Ponytail dominate the night most of the time, but other venues big and small seem ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
The Night a Duran Duran Show Got the David Lynch Treatment in LA: Live Review
Lina Lecaro From left: Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Simon Lebon and DD's newest member? Few bands have placed as much emphasis on the visual package as Duran Duran. Their good looks, sense of style and glossy, often provocative videos made them innovators during MTV's heyday, a time when the be ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
LA Fashion Week- Boho Style at Vibiana, Bangin' Bods at Viper Room & St. Patty's Day Prancing
Concept FW's arty cool cluster of events and installations and Project Ethos' massive (made for mass appeal) event at Avalon; The Gallery LA's lineup this weekend at Sunset-Gower Studios and countless boutique bashes celebrating designer creations in more intimate spaces (Sue Wong in a Hollywood est ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Nightlife: Face Time at Austin Young's PoptART Unveiling Exhibit
Lina Lecaro Portraits that Pop. Sly and the Family Stone sung "Everybody is a star" and Saturday night, it sure felt like it, as revered celebrity/drag queen/art star photographer Austin Young unveiled the shots he's been working on for the past several weeks as part of "Your Face Here, ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
David J. at Part Time Punks- Life (And Death) After Bauhaus and Love & Rockets
Lina Lecaro A ghostly image of J. David J. has always had a flair for the theatrical, and the busy ex-Bauhaus/Love & Rockets songwriter/musician brought it last night to Part Time Punks, presenting a dark cabaret-styled set with Portland's Adrian H and the Wounds as his backing band. The sho ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
These Dolls Are Not For Children: Sexy Adult Role-Play at the Valley Of The Dolls Bash (Exclusive Photos)
Lina Lecaro Muse Zon ready to play.There are parties and then there are experiences, events that go beyond the usual DJs, drinks and festive decor. Elizabeth Fraines (known by many in the downtown art scene as "Muse Zon") definitely creates the latter. In fact, she deserves a mention in this ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Lady Gaga Opening Act Semi Precious Weapons Dish about Working with America's Top Diva (plus their Guide to LA Hot Spots, Including their New Club Night)
Lina Lecaro Tranter's face graces everything at Empire, from tables to tatas. "You either really love them or really hate them," said an excited fan as he waited for NYC's SemiPrecious Weapons to take the stage at Empire, the band's tarty new party featuring sexy dance installations from the ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
No Babysitter? No Problem! Top Five Rockin' L.A. Events You Can Bring Your Kid To
Got a kid? LA can still be your playground, and we're not talkin' about the park or those germy indoor jungle gyms. Whether you're a music lover, an art tart or a scenester who simply likes to be out and about, there are options that don't require a sitter or sitting out on grown-up fun. Read on for ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Why Britney Spears' New Video Will Do It Again (Plus Scenes from Club Tigerheat's Britney Night at the Palladium)
MTV.comFrom "Hold It Against Me" The hype machine behind Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" has overshadowed everyone and everything else, but come this Thursday, the popster zeitgeist will, at least for a day, shift to another embellished (if less outrageous) video diva. You know who we're talking ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Grammy Party Report #2: Model DJs at Colony, MSTRful Turntablism at Roxbury, and an Un-Friendly Reception at Paramount
Lina LecaroDance floor fatales at Colony One of the best things about Grammy Party Weekend? Getting to check out the velvet roped dens du jour one might not frequent in Hollywood in fell swoop. Most pre-Grammy events this year were at the newest and nicest swankpits in town (Roxbury, Supper ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Grammy Party Report #3: Relentless Rhythms at Roots Jam and The Black Keys on Deck at Hemingways
Lina LecaroRoots' Capt. Kirk Douglas and Jimmy Fallon- less talkin,' more rockin.' You never know who might pop up on stage at the Roots Jam, which was, with the exception of Clive Davis' A(ss)-list kiss/croon-a-thon, the most buzzed about bash Saturday night. It was wishful thinking of cour ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Foo Fighters' Secret Shows: NEWER UPDATE Next Show Was Going to Be at the Echo/Echoplex, Keith Morris' OFF! Was to Be Opening Act But Apparently It's Been Cancelled: Original Guess The Troubadour Also Being Mentioned
[UPDATE 2/11/2011: It goes like this: Tomorrow (Saturday)'s night Secret Foo Fighters show was going to be at the Echo (or the Echoplex) and the opening act was going to be the Keith Morris/Raymond Pettibon LA punk supergroup OFF!, but it apparently has been cancelled due to the fact that, ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
This Week in LA Nightlife: Characters, Cannibals, and Horny German Impersonators
Lina LecaroClub Alchemy Characters. Personalities. Genuises. This week, we couldn't help but think about the people in LA who always seem to stand out, even in the most audacious of crowds. It's not just how they dress or who they know or even what they do. It's a combination of these and so ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Pop tART Pose Party at Austin Young's "Your Face Here"
Lina LecaroKelly Mantle contemplates picture placement. It's not unusual for a colorful crowd to garner as much attention as the art at some openings, especially when curvalicious club personality/curator Lenora Claire is involved, but at Claire's latest, the crowd was the art. She and scene ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Witch House Alchemy: Sexy Scenes From Last Night's Be-Witch-ing New △ L ☾ Ħ ƹ ṃ ¥
Lina LecaroAlchemy visuals by Cosmotropia de Xam Goth atmospherics Industrial aggression heavy hip-hop-ish grooves = sexy-hexy music. Whether we're talking about Dark Wave, EBM, and gloom or more recent sub-genres such "Witch house," "drag" (not this kind), or "screw gaze," sounds falling ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Inspires Gays, Again. Plus, Hottest Pics From Dragstrip 66's Reunion Class
The buzz on Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" has been deafening since pretty much the first time she uttered those three little words (during her meat dress-garbed acceptance speech at the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards). The unicorn tattoo, the Mugler "Zombie Boy" video, and on Monday, the ravenou ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Cirque Berzerk at Club Nokia: Steampunk Circus in Hell
Lina Lecaro [For behind the scenes coverage of Cirque Berzerk, see Liz Ohanesian's "Behind the Scenes with Cirque Berzerk".] What: Cirque Berzerk Where: Club Nokia When: 1/22/2011 Suggested attire for attendees of the wonderfully decadent and deranged Cirque Berzerk is "circus fabulous" so ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
RuPaul's Drag Race 3 Shows Off New "Girls": Vanessa Williams, Adam Lambert & Fans Fill Up Rage In WeHo
Lina LecaroRDR3 contestant Yara Sofia works it (and skirts it)It may be all about illusion, but ironically, we find RuPaul's Drag Race to be one of the "realest" reality/competition shows on television. Behind the big wigs (and quips), inch-long lashes, and sequin slew, these dynamic drag per ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Nightranger: Adam Lambert Parties with Bare-Bottomed Boys (and Other Hollywood Night Tales)
Lina Lecaro Mr. Black's Luke Nero and man in black, Adam Lambert [UPDATE: More, exclusive pics of Adam Lambert with his new long hair at the "bottom" (get it?) of the piece.] Are we a glutton for punishment? Nah, just a glutton! Last night, we returned to Hollywood for Syndicate Hospitality ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Top 5 Music Blog Words To Hate On in 2011 ("Viral" Isnt One Of Them)
Lina LecaroThe word "cocks" did not make this list. LSSU's annual list of "words that should be banished" for the new year, always goes "viral" (ironically, this word tops the list). We agree that "epic," "fail" "I'm just sayin," are so 2010 (yeah, using "so" as an adjective is as well). We'v ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
2010's Top 10 Fashion Trends In LA: Tranimals, Feathered Femmes, Wonderland Wares, And More
Lina LecaroWe Heart 2010 Fashion. Well, some of it... For many, 2010 was a year for dressing to express, often in excess. Blending in, for the most part, was not an option when out on the town in LA. Inspired by everything from music and movies to retro style and well, we don't know what, her ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Top 10 WTF LA Nightlife Moments of 2010
Lina Lecaro(T)hat's All Folks! at Dragstrip 66 What a year. Looking back as we always do around this time, one thing was very clear, LA be crazy after dark! Was it end-(or beginning?)-of-decade (yup, look it up) dementia, all the mercury in retrograde activity or something else that gave th ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Suck it, GWAR!: 6 (.66) Reasons Why Rosemary's Billygoat Still Rule (In Pictures)
Lina Lecaro This past weekend's Frightmare Before Xmas show at the Dragonfly thrown by Batcave Hollywood was quite a morbid yet merry mash-up, but the horrific highlight of this holiday massacre was LA's own Rosemary's Billygoat. If you've ever caught the local schlock-rock lunatics on stage ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Yo Gabba Gabba's 'Party In My City' Entertains Breeding Hipsters and their Kids ("Kidsters"?)
Lina LecaroThe biggest show -and wildest crowd- Nokia Theatre may have ever seen. Kiddie faux-hawks, fashionably mismatched tutu ensembles and tattoos (fake on tykes, real on moms and dads) swarmed upon L.A. Live in downtown this past weekend, when the trendster tyke sensation Yo Gabba Gabb ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Nerding Out For Hello Kitty And Her Pals at Sanrio's Small Gift Celebration
Lina LecaroRevenge of the Bubble Punch babes. When we think about the ultimate Sanrio fan, it's usually an adorable little Japanese girl or a punky, pink-haired grown-up Amercian girl, not a boy in broken glasses, suspenders and argyle socks. So we didn't quite get the "I Heart Nerds" theme ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Frontier Records Dirty Thirty at the Echoplex Proves Old Punk Still Aint Out Of Vogue
It's been 30 years since Frontier Records first began to expose an indelible roster of local punk rock bands to hardcore fans, forever leaving its mark on the music scene in LA and beyond. After last night's sweltering 8-hour-plus gathering at the Echoplex to celebrate the milestone with some of the ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Feline Fun and School Girl Rock at Royal T's Emily the Strange Masquerade
Lina Lecaro Kittens come out for Emily the Strange According to her creators, Emily the Strange has become "an internationally known icon for individualism, empowerment and do-it-yourself style," but for many, particularly teen girls, she just looks really cool and dark and different, how ma ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
LA Fashion Week Report: Julia Clancey's Fairytale Frocks
Lina Lecaro The fairest of them allThere is no well-defined LA Fashion Week anymore, which means the series of style events in our city straggles into the entire month. Maybe not such a bad thing, as each collection gets to soak up more solo spotlight. Last week saw perhaps some of LA fashion ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Creeps and Cramps: Haunted Rockin' At HM 157
Lina Lecaro The Human Flys When it comes to Halloween haps (there are so many this year, it truly is frightening!), nothing beats a house party. Better still, a haunted house party. Lincoln Heights arts and music hub, HM (Historical Monument) 157 has always had a creepy-cool vibe, and on Sat ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Who Needs The Concert? LCD Soundsystem and Rye Rye After-Parties End Show Nights With A 'Bang'
Lina Lecaro Rye Rye Rocks The Shocker Yep, it's all about after-concert shindigs for Nightranger lately. They've become a frequently more-fun alternative to sitting through an entire arena spectacle, not to mention the disco nap factor. We were tempted to go see M.I.A. and Rye Rye at the Ma ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Eagle Rock Music Fest Flies High With Low End Theory DJs, Pay The Man, Ollin and Egyptian Lover
Lina Lecaro [For more exclusive images, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010"] We're surely not the only LA native who wistfully recalled Sunset Junction Street Fairs of yore while stomping along Colorado Blvd. at the Eagle Rock Music Fest Saturday evening. Like ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Fuck Yeah Fashion: From Fugly to Fabulous
Lina Lecaro Women in warpaint during Warpaint. We'll say this now about this past weekend's FYFest: even though we kinda wanted to hate on all the beard boys and mismatched chick cliques who played on stage, we didn't. Sonically, nearly every band we saw slayed it. Most were noisy yet catchy, ... More >>
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September 3, 2010
Nightlife: Wonderland LA Opening featuring Kat Von D & Jesse James' "Love," Lemmy's Head, and Some Seriously Mad Art
Lina Lecaro Kevin Llewellyn, Kat Von D and Jesse James in Wonderland Tabloid culture met tattoo culture in an over the top, somewhat curious (and curiouser!) fashion last night at the grand opening of Wonderland, the new art gallery from LA Ink's Kat Von D (adjacent to her shop) featuring the ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Over the Weekend: Flashing Back with Slash, Smashing Pumpkins, Headbangers and Felines at the Sunset Strip Music Festival
Lina Lecaro Fergie gets skankalicious performing with Slash at SSMF [See also Timothy Norris' slideshow "Sunset Strip Music Festival 2010"] Whether you're 20, 40 or 60 years old, grew up in Los Angeles or hopped right off the bus ala Axl Rose in "Welcome to the Jungle," if you're a music fan ... More >>
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