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Donald Freed's Play Tomorrow Interlinks Macbeth, George W. Bush and a Theatrical Dynasty

John Lithgow Discusses The Magistrate, His Hit British Play You Can Watch in an L.A. Movie Theater

It has been said that actors are born, not made. And though it may be more accurate to say that they are born and then made, there are certain performers whose will to act seems to be singularly touched by destiny. Consider John Lithgow. The son of an itinerant Shakespearian actor-manager and liter ... More >>

Where Chefs Eat: The Hardcover Version Where Michael Voltaggio Goes for "Stoner Sushi"

Where Chefs Eat, a new book from Phaidon, is a compilation of the eateries worldwide where 400 chefs like to dine (David Chang, Rene Redzepi Eric Ripert, Daniel Boulud, Anita Lo, Fergus Henderson, among them) what they order, and when they like to go (very early, or very late, most likely). Sound fa ... More >>

Croissant Food Fight: B1 Breadshop vs. Bread Lounge vs. Maison Giraud

In his 1989 novel The Great Fire of London, renowned french author Jacques Roubaud spends a rather large section expounding the features of the ideal Parisian croissant, told in the kind of deliberate detail you'd expect from a professor of both poetry and advanced mathematics: [T]he croissant that ... More >>

Krapp's Last Tape and Blue/Orange, Reviewed

The xx are Grown Up and Still Lovesick on 'Coexist'

The xx were a rising young, Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band. After nearly three fast years on and off the road they had one thing left to do: move out and grow up. It's easy to forget that the London trio were still teens when this thing started, crafting whispery broodings on love won and los ... More >>

10 Great Cookbooks for Summer

Sure, you may have a dozen newly opened gastropubs within Yelp distance from where you live. Or food trucks. Or, arguably best of all, neighborhood taquerias. But in summer, when L.A. farmers markets are loaded with gorgeous produce, sometimes it's more fun to cook your own dinner. Just to prove you ... More >>

Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

Kutmah's 
Deportation Blues

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] You can't sort 30 years of life in 30 seconds. But that's what confronted Kutmah on the morning of May 5, 2010. Except that he didn't know it at the time ... More >>

Photek: Veteran EDM Producer Is Not Glossy, Not Flossing

Last November, Rupert Parkes was having coffee when KCRW's Jason Bentley called to congratulate him. "For what?" asked the Hollywood electronic music producer and DJ, known as Photek. Turns out his remix of a Daft Punk Tron: Legacy track called "End of Line" was nominated for a Grammy. Skrillex eve ... More >>

Q & A with Wolfgang Puck: The Hotel Bel-Air Interview

For anyone who's lived in Los Angeles longer than a decade, it's impossible not to feel caught in some sort of time-warp pulling up to the recently reopened Hotel Bel-Air. The swans still float serenely on the pond and wander the lush grounds, but the first thing you notice aren't the Cygnini, it's ... More >>

Dae Bok: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Q & A With Katherine Tidy: Buttering Up the Food Stylist From BBC Films Toast

BBC Films' coming-of-age food comedy Toast, which is directed by S.J. Clarkson and opens at the NuArt today, might have trouble plucking heartstrings as effortlessly as it did when it aired in the UK last Christmas as a made-for-TV movie. In the first place, it's based on Toast: The Story of a Boy's ... More >>

Tim Robbins Interview: How Crawling Through Shit Made Him A Musician

​Interview by Dan Hyman Tim Robbins has crawled through feces before, while making his escape toward freedom in Shawshank Redemption. But that was fiction. The past few years, however, were not. "I had a rough period," says the 52-year-old actor, noting the collapse of a movie he was puttin ... More >>

Oscar Wilde's Salome and a Pair of Plays by J.M. Barrie

Turning Heartbeats into Art, One Person at a Time: Interview with Japanese Artist SASAKI

Masayuki Saito​ Japanese artist Makoto Sasaki, a.k.a. SASAKI (he goes by his last name only, in all caps) has perfected repetition in art. He's been drawing the same motif for sixteen years -- the heartbeat. For the first ten years, he drew only his own. Since then, he's branched out a bit, a ... More >>

Top 10 Pool Party Hotel Restaurants: Welcome to Summertime in L.A.

Jeff KirshbaumSmall plates from Gordon Ramsay's kitchen at The London WeHo's pool​ Despite the June gloom, summer is officially here and that means Los Angeles hotels go a bit Vegas when hosting poolside parties. Although people don't always go into the pool (and there's no European-style sunb ... More >>

Christian Marclay's The Clock Starts Ticking at LACMA: No Lines Down the Block but 24-Hour Film is, Believe it or Not, a Crowd Pleaser

Christian Marclay, Detail from The Clock, 2010, single channel video, purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch through 2011 Collectors Committee. The Clock © Christian Marclay, courtesy White Cube Gallery, London, and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York​ When Christian Marclay's The Clock, a ... More >>

DJ of the Week is Back! DJ De Kutt (a.k.a French Kiss) Talks L.A. Pride, Paris, Boobytraps, and Miss Kittin

​ After the madness of Coachella and Record Store Day, DJ of the week is back. This time, it's DJ De Kutt, a formidable DJ, producer, and promoter who originally hails from Nice (that's in France). At the age of 20 she headed to London, working as a manager for one of London's most notorious ... More >>

D*Face Comes to L.A.: British Street Artist Talks Advertising, Skating and Punk Rock

See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "D*Face in Los Angeles." Saturday night at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, "Going Nowhere Fast," the latest show from D*Face, will open. It is the British street artist's first solo show in Los Angeles. He had previously appeared in group shows ... More >>

[Updated] I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Breast Milk Ice Cream

Updated, 03/01, 7:37 a.m.: The nectar of life flows no longer at Iceacreamists in London. After receiving two anonymous complaint about "whether a shop should be selling edibles made from other people's bodily fluids," British government authorities have seized the shop's breast milk ice cream, re ... More >>

THE HARDER THEY CORE ...

MADE IN DAGENHAM

Q & A With Madhur Jaffrey: She Cooks, She Acts, She Writes, etc.

When Madhur Jaffrey arrived at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she was a Delhi-born 19-year-old from a wealthy family and so accustomed to being waited on that even the most rudimentary cooking skills eluded her. In the end, it was her inability to find authentic Indian food in 1950s En ... More >>

Move to London, Read, Hear Voices

The Rain Makes LA More Analog Than Digital: Henry Rollins on the Weather, Alyssa Milano's Charity Work (Yes, Alyssa Milano) and Shaking Booker T's Hand

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Free MP3s: Local Natives Get Remixed by West Coast Sound Favorites Superhumanoids

Superhumanoids remix Local Natives. Also, they're touring together.​On a pair of new remixes, Echo Park bedroom popstars Superhumanoids give L.A.'s Local Natives the chillwave treatment. The Supes (as we affectionately call them -- we've made no attempts to hide our enthusiasm) take on two so ... More >>

Obikà Mozzarella Bar Opening in Century City & Second L.A. Location Coming Soon

Obikà Mozzarella Bar, originally a European and Asian brand with 13 stores in Rome, Milan, Tokyo, London and most recently New York, is opening its first California location in Century City's Westfield Shopping Center on September 15. Obikà, on the second floor of the mall between the food court a ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/21-6/25

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Do I ever feel like giving alternative advice, suggesting you pick up Thai barbecued chickens at Sapp Coffee Shop, an armful of barbecued goat ribs at Phong Dinh or a sackful of barbecued quail at Marouch? Sure, all th ... More >>

Dubstep Is ... Bang!

Today Los Angeles, tomorrow the world for U.K. bassman Rusko

Volcano Fallout: Cribs Cancel Coachella Slot, Other Stranded UK Acts Iffy

​ Contact Music reports that The Cribs, the UK indie group that has Johnny Marr embedded with it, has cancelled their Coachella appearance after being pulled off the plane that was going to take them from London to California: The Cribs were due to fly to Los Angeles on Thursday (15Apr10) fro ... More >>

The Nonsound of IAMSOUND

An L.A. label ditches the cheeseballs, signs some bands and celebrates a city with a 7-inch-single series

Rainy Sunday

The dark gem of the Rialto British Noir series at the Nuart

Ten Techno Jams We Still Love

Whether it's IDM, minimal, electro, acid or whatever other name you want use to pinpoint a sound, we love techno. We love the way it forces us to dance, even when we're sitting in front of a computer in an office trying to finish a story. We love the way it affects our walk when we enter a party. W ... More >>

WATTS NEW

Stage Raw: The Walworth Farce

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeNEW REVIEW GO THE WALWORTH FARCE​Photo by Pavel AntonovModern Irish theater is filled with three things: people holding other people hostage, people making up crap, and play ... More >>

The LA Deathrock Starter Guide

Liz OhanesianBurning Image live at The Wolfpak​ On Halloween, I stopped by Roberto's in Chinatown for The Wolfpak's holiday party featuring a live performance from Burning Image. The Bakersfield band first formed in the wake of California's early-'80s deathrock explosion and then reformed earl ... More >>

Brendan Mullen the Writer: Highlights of his Work for the Weekly

In addition to opening punk club the Masque, LA DIY music giant Brendan Mullen, who died at age 60 yesterday after suffering a stroke on Saturday, was a longtime LA Weekly music writer whose prescient insight and in-the-trenches curiosity captured the experience of being a music head in LA in the 8 ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Shopping

Rock Picks: Pink, the Grates, Doug Paisley, Ooh La L.A. Festival

Also, Slavic Soul Party, Pet Shop Boys, the Humpers and others

Somers Town: Truth in Advertising

Shane Meadows’ latest gets at the heart of working-class London

It's High Time!

Mercury Fur

Where to Drink Now: The New Cocktailian's Guide

Best Undercover Cafe: Psychobabble Coffee House

Betrayal

Compleat Female Stage Beauty

Annihilation Man

How Darby Crash lost control. Of the Germs. Of Circle One. Everything.