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GLOW Festival in Santa Monica: The Trials of Creating an Art Show on the Beach

Happy Birthday W. Axl Rose! You're Amazing, and Chinese Democracy Gets a Bad Rap

Axl Rose's birthday was yesterday, but one thing has not changed since last year: Chinese Democracy remains the most expensive album ever produced. Fifteen years and $13 million went into making the 14-track album; about a million bucks and a year, for each song. No record has been as anticipated ... More >>

5 Summer Gin Cocktail Recipes: Using Jams Vinegars in Cocktails

So many artisan ingredients, so little time. And only so many slices of toast slathered with even the best jam one can eat. But there's always cocktail hour. Cocktails are also an affordable way to extend the serving life of pricier small batch ingredients, as you're only using a teaspoon of that ... More >>

10 Best Milkshakes in Los Angeles

David Lynch has written at some length about his creative meditations and the fact that for many years they were fueled by little more than the chocolate milkshake at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. We're big Lynch fans. We think his films are beyond brilliant. Still we can't help but wonder at the height ... More >>

Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Line-ups

In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the two venues. This year features everything from Latin alternative to folk, indie and world music. Highlights ... More >>

He's Randall

Mark Berndt, Miramonte Elementary School Teacher, Reportedly Took Photos of Kids Bound, Gagged, Crawling With Cockroaches in Sick 'Sex Game'

Update: "'Sex Game' Teacher Mark Berndt Went Free for Over a Year: How Did LAUSD, L.A. Sheriff Let This Happen?" Updated at the bottom: DNA tests show that Berndt spoon-fed the students his own semen. A longtime South L.A. elementary school teacher was fired about one year ago, in January 2011, wh ... More >>

Guns N' Roses - The Forum - December 21, 2011

Timothy Norris"Do you know where you are?"​See also: *Our slideshow of the concert *True Story: Axl Once Threatened To Skip A Concert, So Barry Fey Got His Gun *Tommy Stinson Interview: Guns N' Roses' Bassist Compares Axl Rose And Paul Westerberg *Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time: The Comp ... More >>

Now Open: Paradis's Danish-Style Ice Cream in Los Feliz

T. Nguyen​ A great number of great things have come from Denmark. Hamlet. The Killing. Legos. To this we add: ice cream. Now open in Los Feliz, Paradis Ice Cream replaces the space vacated by Pinkberry on Vermont and brings Danish-style ice cream to the neighborhood. Paradis actually is ... 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 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Year of the inner child

Oscar Shorts: Brief Encounters

A showcase for Academy-anointed bite-size cinema

Should Celebrities Boycott Koi Restaurant After Owners Sued By State For 'Worker Exploitation?'

Koi's dining room, via Facebook.​Koi restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard has become an A-list restaurant, if not in the minds of critics, at least in the minds of celebrities. Along with the Ivy and Mr. Chow, It's a go-to spot to get snapped by paparazzi. Except that its owners, the Sikder Fam ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

Kitten Walk

On the Road to Burma

Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats

L.A. People: Phil LaMarr, the Voice

He's Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack, Green Lantern and Futurama's Hermes Conrad

Guns N' Roses: Why Chinese Democracy's Fine Print Is Way More Fun Than the Record

Amuse your delusion

Heading into the Holidays

Fur goes big, Bond goes missing, girls go vamp and Dark Knight just goes

Movie reviews: House, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Also, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Also, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Dear Zachary and more

Where to Find Frozen Custard

Soft serves

Queen Week

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Whirled Music

Nawal whips African, Arabic and Indian sounds into Brazilian-tinged jazz

Betting On Bond

Casino Royale gambles with Daniel Craig

Best Sweet-Tooth Fix

Over the Hedge and Under the Radar

Mapping today’s kiddie-movie landscape

Breaking Glass

Nazis do lunch after Kristallnacht

Monkey News

2005 was a big year for primates and the primatologists who study them

Film Reviews

For the week of April 14 - 20

(I Belong to The) Blank Generation

Ask Mr. Gold: Cinammon and Spice

Monkey News

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection

Trois La La

Essentials for the Season

Little Treasures

Heroes, Villains and the Rest of Us

Now playing at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival

Monster Rap

An ex-gangbanger’s take on stemming the violence

Speed Freaks

On the road with Dave Eggers

Urban Naturalist: The $5.5 Billion Bird

Aging to Perfection

A Guide to Our Advertisers Part Two

Alternative Destinations

A guide to our advertisers