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Mariah Carey

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    How to Keep Kids From Swatting the Butterflies at the Natural History Museum

    I've never been the kind of girl who was into butterflies. Somewhere between Mariah Carey's insipid song, those ugly-ass hair clips and the proliferation of tramp stamps, I got the message that butterflies represent a certain precious, feminine flightiness that I'm loath to be associated with. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Wild Belle 
Find Inspiration in Nowhere, Michigan

    Elliot Bergman remembers his sister Natalie running around their family's kitchen in cowboy boots, belting out Mariah Carey tunes. She was 4. Nowadays they're known as the brother-sister duo Wild Belle, and their just-released first single, "Keep You," is a deliriously catchy confluence of organic e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11

    ​See also: Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 15. Pretty Ricky Emerging with their mid-aughts hit "Grind With Me," Pretty Ricky somehow managed to lower the bar when it came to heartthrob groups with baby-oil-smeared chests. It's excellent that they've got great abs, and they certainly ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012

    Eric AndrèThey've got the talent, the credits and the buzz, and all are poised to make the leap to the comedic Big Leagues in 2012. Here are the individuals, groups and projects that will have Los Angeles talking -- and more important, laughing -- next year. Some are our picks, but some are selecti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2012

    Kevin Eastman's Studio: See What's Up for Auction

    Shannon CottrellKevin Eastman at Meltdown Comics.​Read more in "Kevin Eastman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator, Takes Over Meltdown Comics for 35 Days." See more photos in "Kevin Eastman @ Meltdown Comics." When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman took over a portion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Kim Kardashian Reportedly Paid $600K to Party in Vegas on NYE

    You know you've done something right, in life, when you find yourself sorting through half-million dollar offers just to show up and do a little V.I.P. shimmy at some cush Vegas hotspot on New Year's Eve, while the rest of the world panics over which miserable laser pit is worth a week's wages. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Funky Homosapiens: The Best Rapper Names Of All Time

    Busta Rhymes​See Also: The Worst Rapper Names Of All Time, Besides Shorty Shitstain Last week we ran down the world's corniest MC names, and on Haterade Monday this week we complained about the worst albums by the best L.A. rappers, as well as the most ridiculous Beach Boys songs (including o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    9/11 Changed Everything For The Music Industry

    ​By Chaz Kangas September 11th brought irrevocable change to our society, and the music industry was no exception. It was also a very strange time; both rap group The Coup and metal band Dream Theater released album covers with the World Trade Center in flames. Radio DJs across the country, m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs

    Take that​This Friday, the Stokely Williams-fronted Mint Condition will be taking the stage at Club Nokia. The group came to prominence in the '90s with the huge hit ballad "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" But beyond Mint Condition's slick soul moments, the band also embraced the mid-'90s trend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Tedeschi Trucks Band at the El Rey Theatre, 7/18/11

    Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.​Tedeschi Trucks Band July 18, 2011 El Rey Imagine a woman swallowed Mariah Carey and a chainsaw, and then belted out all the rough, raw power notes that got shredded up inside. Susan Tedeschi is something like that; a raspy, thunder ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Dance Club Pick: Designer Drugs Within Reach

    Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.​Tedeschi Trucks Band July 18, 2011 El Rey Imagine a woman swallowed Mariah Carey and a chainsaw, and then belted out all the rough, raw power notes that got shredded up inside. Susan Tedeschi is something like that; a raspy, thunder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    LA's Coolest Producers (Daedelus, Schlomo, etc.) Do Prince, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Soulja Boy and More (Free Download of Entire Album)

    ​ Los Angeles' Friends of Friends Music has spent 2010 figuring out how to reinvent the way music is released and as a thank you for a successful year, FoF is giving fans a free download of its Pop Massacre compilation. FoF gave its favorite producers simple instructions: "choose a song from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Top 5 Metal Christmas Songs (Now With More Manowar!) \m/

    TK Top 5 Metal Christmas Songs Ever (Now With More Manowar!)

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Eight L.A. City Councilmembers Give Up Potential Control Of DWP -- Bowing To Mayor Villaraigosa, Powerful DWP Union

    City Councilman Paul Krekorian changed his position on DWP power play since last week​Updated throughout. Originally posted at 2:34 p.m. Jesus, guys -- we thought the vote would at least be close. Then again, we should have known. Caving to a long history of bullish pressure from the Departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Listen: James Poyser, Karriem Riggins and Madlib Collaborate on 'Funky Butt'

    Madlib's "High Jazz" on LP​Current L.A. Weekly cover star Madlib is working his way through an incredibly prolific 2010 neatly bulleted by his album-a-month series, The Madlib Medicine Show. His label, Stones Throw, has just announced the seventh installment in that record chain, High Jazz, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    For Chow Hounds Seeking Flea Market Finds

    Flickr/ricardodiaz11The Dosa Indian food truck will be at the new L.A. Flea Market next month. ​ Next month, some of L.A.'s finest gourmet food trucks will offer their mobile meals at a venue normally associated with the Dodger Dog. The L.A. Flea Market, celebrating its grand opening at Dodger ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    THE LAND OF GIANTS: PMK-HBH AND BNC

    A new Hollywood PR merger and best-ever box office

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Fool's Gold & Mariah Carey - Love at First Screech (MP3)

    ​A handful of remixes of the Fool's Gold single "Surprise Hotel" have surfaced over the past couple of months, but so far none have managed to meet that track's funky soulfulness eye-to-eye. Well, leave it to Wallpaper, the Teddy Riley-loving beatsmith behind the viral megahit "Combination Piz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Right Said Fred Cancels Halloween, Will Not Dance on King Tut's Tomb

    By Daiana Feuer King Tut might rise from his fake tomb at the Egyptian Theatre, but Right Said Fred will not be dancing on his head. Richard and Fred Fairbrass were scheduled to perform "I'm Too Sexy" live during the King Tut's Tomb Halloween spectacular on Saturday night in Hollywood. An email ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    BOMBS AWAY!

    By Daiana Feuer King Tut might rise from his fake tomb at the Egyptian Theatre, but Right Said Fred will not be dancing on his head. Richard and Fred Fairbrass were scheduled to perform "I'm Too Sexy" live during the King Tut's Tomb Halloween spectacular on Saturday night in Hollywood. An email ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Michael Jackson's Memorial Participants Announced: Kobe, Mariah, Stevie, Berry G., Brooke, John Mayer (?!), Jennifer Hudson, Magic, Rev. Al, Usher, More.

    Okay, this is an odd list. Is this not an odd list? Most specifically, John Mayer. Right? That's a left-field pick. Is he not the Leonard Zelig of our time? And Shaheen Jafargholi? Hmm. The rest is fascinating and spot-on. The participants for Michael Jackson's memorial tomorrow have been announced, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    Rock Picks: Dan Auerbach, Primal Scream, Lyrics Born

    Also, the Von Bondies, Tindersticks, Dave Rawlings Machine & Gillian Welch, and others

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Pushed to the Brink

    By the mid-point of Sundance 2008, the standout film of the dramatic competition was Lance Hammer's Ballast, which mined unexpected poetry from the story of a poverty-line black family making ends meet in the Mississippi Delta. This year, it's a film that casts an equally penetrating gaze on the tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Sundance Film Festival 2009: Pushed to the Brink

    By the mid-point of Sundance 2008, the standout film of the dramatic competition was Lance Hammer's Ballast, which mined unexpected poetry from the story of a poverty-line black family making ends meet in the Mississippi Delta. This year, it's a film that casts an equally penetrating gaze on the tr ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    December 4, 2008

    Movie Reviews: Hunger, One Day You'll Understand, A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy

    Also, Frost/Nixon, The Black Balloon and more

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Touched By A Tranny

    We've been calling plus-size punny (lad)y Jackie Beat our "favorite drag queen" for years (and that's saying something... we know a lot of crossdressers!) and once again, the droll diva proves she's got bigger balls than all the rest with this brilliant parody of Mariah Carey (Cannon)'s "Touch My ... More >>

  • Music

    January 10, 2008

    Here Comes the Sin

    The start of a spicy new year

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Fall Harvest

    While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Music

    Fall Harvest While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

  • Film+TV

    October 4, 2007

    Movie Reviews: Kurt Cobain: About a Son, Michael Clayton

    Also Beyond Hatred, Blade Runner: The Final Cut and more

  • Music

    May 24, 2007

    The World According to Björk, Aoki, Tweedy and a Gaggle of Teenage Guitar Girls

    Also Beyond Hatred, Blade Runner: The Final Cut and more

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Rolling With Big Boy

    The voice of Power 106 What’s a few hundred pounds between friends?

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    My New Radio Crushes

    Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For the week of Jan 12 – 18

  • Music

    August 17, 2006

    Rippin' & Dippin'

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Diana Ross: O.G. Diva Sings the Blues

    A long-lost ’71 jazz album smashes imitators, from Madonna to Beyoncé

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    Smokin!

    Leaked single from long-awaited Guns N’ Roses’ album rocks hard

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    grammy diary

    Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Blogs & iPods & Jay-Z & (non-ironic) Metal

    The Hipster’s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Live in LA

    The Hipster’s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis

  • Music

    May 5, 2005

    I Gotta Be Mimi!

    On The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey flaunts seven octaves, three races, a bundle of nerves, and one king-hell identity crisis

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    The Beater meets the Swan

    On The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey flaunts seven octaves, three races, a bundle of nerves, and one king-hell identity crisis

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    The Contemporaries

    On The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey flaunts seven octaves, three races, a bundle of nerves, and one king-hell identity crisis

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Time of the Session

    When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

  • Music

    January 30, 2003

    The Diva in Ms. Houston

    When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    The Cute Ones

    When the music was fast, and the players anonymous

  • Music

    June 6, 2002

    Hang Him on the Wall

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Ballerina Bon Voyage

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    June 17, 1999

    Soul Catchers

    What ever happened to R&B?

  • Calendar

    March 4, 1999

    Going to Hell for Fun and Profit

    A primer

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