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Microbiology

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    10 Sickened by Raw Milk in California

    Ten California residents have come down with food poisoning -- Campylobacter bacteria infections, to be exact -- after consuming raw milk produced by Fresno County-based Organic Pastures. Raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat), raw cream and raw butter produced by the dairy have been recalled and are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Best Food Poisoning Remedy May Be Garlic

    For garlic-lovers, there's a new reason to love those cloves even more, and it doesn't have much to do with flavoring your food. A study out of Washington State University found that garlic is 100 times stronger than antibiotics when it comes to killing bacteria that causes food poisoning. Garlic co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Record Store Day 2012: Our Comprehensive Guide to Steals and Deals, Free Grub and Live Performances

    Record Store Day is this Saturday. Because there are almost as many record stores in L.A. as there are donut shops, we compiled a handy guide to help you get your hot little hands on as much vinyl as possible. We called every record store in a 40-mile radius and made a list of all the day's deals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Amoeba Music's 10th Anniversary: When You're Broke and Need a Fix, This Legendary Hollywood Store Has Had Your Back

    Ted SoquiAmoeba Records: 10 years on Sunset Boulevard​"I just needed to get well," explains Frank Humphries, a 36-year-old punkabilly musician-turned-junkie who, since kicking the habit, works as an archaeologist. "My story is sad, but it's true. I used to have to take CDs and records to Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Live From Amoeba

    ​KCRW Broadcast #140 for Saturday, November 12, 2011 Fanatics! Tonight, we are live at the rekkid sto! We will be broadcasting live from Amoeba Records at 6400 Sunset Blvd. Like I would need to tell you that address. Anyway, I will be there doing my shift from 8-10 live at the store. Any excu ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Mark Thompson and Pete Majors: Vinyl Curators

    ​KCRW Broadcast #140 for Saturday, November 12, 2011 Fanatics! Tonight, we are live at the rekkid sto! We will be broadcasting live from Amoeba Records at 6400 Sunset Blvd. Like I would need to tell you that address. Anyway, I will be there doing my shift from 8-10 live at the store. Any excu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Amoeba Talks Henry Rollins and Record Store Day Special Events!

    ​ You all know Amoeba Music--that towering Mecca of music on Sunset Blvd filled with rows of vinyl, precious vinyl. We love Amoeba so much we stay the f*ck away from it, lest it drain our wallets and impoverish us because we can't help but want every last record in the place. They were sat do ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    First Fridays

    ​ You all know Amoeba Music--that towering Mecca of music on Sunset Blvd filled with rows of vinyl, precious vinyl. We love Amoeba so much we stay the f*ck away from it, lest it drain our wallets and impoverish us because we can't help but want every last record in the place. They were sat do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Larry Flynt's Hustler Video Cited by State For Failing to Require Condoms on L.A. Porn Sets

    Hustler​Larry Flynt's Hustler Video was slammed by the state this month for -- get this -- failing to require condoms for its adult performers. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which filed a complaint against Hustler, a.k.a. LFP Video Group LLC, planned to cheer on the state's enforcement at a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Sonic Nigeria

    Hustler​Larry Flynt's Hustler Video was slammed by the state this month for -- get this -- failing to require condoms for its adult performers. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which filed a complaint against Hustler, a.k.a. LFP Video Group LLC, planned to cheer on the state's enforcement at a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    ATM Keypads Are As Dirty As Toilet Seats (And Charlie Sheen's Sheets)

    You dirty girl. Now where's my money?​Here's something you didn't need to know: ATM keypads are as dirty as public toilet seats, according to British researchers. The enterprising scientists put their gloves on and took swabs from England's cash machines and finest porcelain and found both to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Ecce Sour: Beyond Malt and Hops, or A Meditation on Sour Beer

    J. BernsteinA selection of sour beers​ It was pretty much a regular birthday for me. It will likely stay in my friends' minds more than mine. My friend and business partner brought a rare bottle of beer: Lost Abbey Veritas VII. It was a beer that I tasted a few months back. I was blown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    LA Punk Revival Show: Tonight Redd Kross and Scream join Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Raymond Pettibon's OFF! EP Release Party

    ​Here's a little last-minute communication from Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and his new band OFF!: TONIGHT at CLUB LINGERIE in Hollywood! Surprise guests are RED CROSS (performing the early punk hits) followed by SCREAM (original lineup)! OFF! is on first at 10pm so hurry across t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    What Records Did LA Buzzband Best Coast Get at Amoeba?

    LA buzzband Best Coast bring their buzz to Amoeba and choose buzzworthy alt-artifacts​Best Coast is a buzzworthy LA buzzband featuring Bethany Cosentino, who sometimes is referred to as "Best Coast" in the same way Carlos Santana from the band Santana is often referred to as Santana. Bobb Bru ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    PUT A BID ON IT

    LA buzzband Best Coast bring their buzz to Amoeba and choose buzzworthy alt-artifacts​Best Coast is a buzzworthy LA buzzband featuring Bethany Cosentino, who sometimes is referred to as "Best Coast" in the same way Carlos Santana from the band Santana is often referred to as Santana. Bobb Bru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    What Did Die Antwoord Get at Amoeba?

    YoLandi and Marshall Mathers: Separated at Bleach?​ We're big fans of Amoeba's "What's In My Bag" web video series, where the massive music and DVD retailer gives musicians a big gift certificate and encourages them to engage in acts of conspicuous consumption before a digital video camera. T ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 20, 2010

    Katrina Edwards: Mistress of the Dark World

    YoLandi and Marshall Mathers: Separated at Bleach?​ We're big fans of Amoeba's "What's In My Bag" web video series, where the massive music and DVD retailer gives musicians a big gift certificate and encourages them to engage in acts of conspicuous consumption before a digital video camera. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    EXCLUSIVE Interview: The Mighty Boosh's Rich Fulcher on His New Book and YouTube Hit "Rapper With a Baby"

    Rich Fulcher is a hugely successful, immediately recognizable American comedian. The thing is, he is hugely successful and immediately recognizable in the UK, where he's one of the main supporting characters in the cult hit series The Mighty Boosh, and one of the two creators of even more cultish, b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    INDEPENDENT'S DAY

    Rich Fulcher is a hugely successful, immediately recognizable American comedian. The thing is, he is hugely successful and immediately recognizable in the UK, where he's one of the main supporting characters in the cult hit series The Mighty Boosh, and one of the two creators of even more cultish, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    County Supervisor Threatens To Banish Porn Industry Over Condoms

    ​After a county health official said requiring condoms on porn shoots in Los Angeles County would simply drive them outside L.A., Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said let them leave. "I don't give a damn if they leave L.A. County,'' he said. "This is not an industry that we want to protect and enha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Group Says Rules Already Exist To Force Condoms On Porn Industry

    Vivid​The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a petition last week with the state Occupational Safety and Health Standards board asking it to enforce condom use at porn-industry shoots and noting that the state already regulates the transmission of blood-borne pathogens in medical settings. "In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    New Thavius Beck Album Arrives Three Months Early (MP3)

    Even if you haven't heard of Thavius Beck, you've probably run into him or his work. In fact, used to be you couldn't enter Amoeba's rap aisle without physically running into the natural-sporting, facially pierced producer/emcee. But when he wasn't stocking hip-hop at the record store, Thavius was s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Duran Duran Goes Record Shopping at Amoeba [Video]

    Duran Duran recently landed at Amoeba Records in SF to go record shopping, and it's a pretty informative little tidbit. Why are we posting this in LA? Dunno. Maybe because John Taylor lives in LA? He gives a shout-out to the LA Amoeba store? Because we can? Simon LeBon buys Neu and Patti Smith, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound 10 Year Anniversary

    Saturday, the Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound celebrates its 10 years with a day-long series of experiments and sonic art pieces by Dublab and L.A.'s finest alchemists of sound.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Jamming on Hump Day with Michel Gondry @ Amoeba

    It takes a certain je ne sais quoi to get the go-ahead to get your friends together to drink some beers and have a jam session right in the middle of Amoeba Music on a Wednesday summer night. Mind you, if you're Michel Gondry, you're just about clever and French enough to pull that off, and major b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Mothers Against Drunk Deputies? L.A. County's Office of Independent Review has issued a report raising warnings about a growing culture of alcoholism in the Sheriff's Department. L.A. TimesPathogens? What Pathogens? USC's student affairs veep announced that an alarm about airborne viruses on campus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Aisle Be Seeing You at Amoeba!

    Mothers Against Drunk Deputies? L.A. County's Office of Independent Review has issued a report raising warnings about a growing culture of alcoholism in the Sheriff's Department. L.A. TimesPathogens? What Pathogens? USC's student affairs veep announced that an alarm about airborne viruses on campus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Franz Ferdinand Playing Free Show at Amoeba Next Friday

    The band has been in LA a lot lately (word is they were spotted filming a video on an off-day at the Echoplex a few weeks back), and now comes word that Franz Ferdinand will perform a free gig at Amoeba Records next Friday, January 30. Expect a madhouse, for sure, especially after they dropped Uly ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best L.A. Record Store: Amoeba Records

    The band has been in LA a lot lately (word is they were spotted filming a video on an off-day at the Echoplex a few weeks back), and now comes word that Franz Ferdinand will perform a free gig at Amoeba Records next Friday, January 30. Expect a madhouse, for sure, especially after they dropped Uly ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    The Toxic Mold Rush: California Mom Helps Fuel an Obsession

    Ed McMahon is among those caught in paranoia over fungus' supposed perils

  • Art+Books

    April 17, 2008

    Lothar Schmitz, Lauren Bon

    Ed McMahon is among those caught in paranoia over fungus' supposed perils

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Jim White, Amoeba, 3/24

    Jim White Amoeba, March 24 Jim White's songs depend on a good deal of atmosphere, and no doubt when he plays tonight (Tuesday) at the Silent Movie Theater, the ghosts of the venue's decades of mute comedies and tragedies will do wonders for his music. You should go see him play there if you can. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    Beirut free show at Amoeba tonight

    Missed the sold out Beirut shows? Ahh, lucky you. They're playing at 6:30 tonight at Amoeba Records. Go on over and check it out or read Rena Kosnett's review to convince yourself not to miss it. Photo by Rena Kosnett Amoeba will have a webstream of the performance on their website, but come o ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Drinking in Wisdom (and Reishi Spores) With Captain Truth

    The Tonic Bar at Erewhon Natural Foods Market

  • Columns

    May 17, 2007

    P.S. I Don't Love You, Patti. Smith, not Smyth

    Goodbye to you

  • Columns

    October 26, 2006

    A Good Spore

    Goodbye to you

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2006

    Bedtime Stories

    D.T. Max’s and Jonathan Franzen’s mental disorders

  • Art+Books

    September 21, 2006

    Bedtime Stories

    D.T. Max’s and Jonathan Franzen’s mental disorders

  • Columns

    April 13, 2006

    Gut Reactions

    How the contents of a termite’s stomach may revolutionize your car

  • Music

    January 26, 2006

    A Love Song for Aron's

    Darwinian days for indie L.A. record stores — but maybe that’s okay

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Lover Come Back

    Darwinian days for indie L.A. record stores — but maybe that’s okay

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Gen-X On Ice

    Darwinian days for indie L.A. record stores — but maybe that’s okay

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    From Baghdad to Buffalo

    The saga of Steven Kurtz’s bacteria

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Big Beef’s Dirty War

    Meat industry has resisted cleaning up its act for decades

  • Columns

    May 15, 2003

    The Beasts Within

    Taming SARS and other pathogens

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Letters

    Taming SARS and other pathogens

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Queasy Sick Wonderful

    What it means to love records

  • Music

    December 6, 2001

    The Raw and the Cooked

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Frankenfoods

    Should genetically modified produce frighten you?

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    It Would Be a Suicide Mission for Iraq To Use These Weapons

    Should genetically modified produce frighten you?

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