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The Top Ten Awesomely Absurd and Absurdly Awesome Clutch Lyrics

Throughout two decades and ten albums, D.C. rock outfit Clutch has evolved into one of the mightiest blues-rock bands around. One of the tangibles that make Clutch stand out is the lyrical output and delivery of vocalist Neil Fallon, whose lyrical output reflects his obsessions with conspiracy theor ... More >>

Club 33: Disneyland's Secret $25,000 Dining Club

Club 33 may just be Disneyland's worst kept secret. In fact, depending upon who you ask, there are staff that will give you directions to the "hidden" entrance and others that still adamantly deny its existence. Try calling Disneyland for an official comment on the club and you will be told that the ... More >>

Five Good Reasons to Not Visit Los Angeles as City Boosters Brag of a Record 41 Million Tourists

The Los Angeles Tourism Board announced that a record 41.4 million people flew, drove, took the train or otherwise traveled to Los Angeles for work and play in 2012. Los Angeles is celebrated as the place to be, with lots of new visitors -- in particular, the Chinese -- streaming into the city. We ... More >>

Koreatown: America's Hippest Neighborhood

Reality show K-Town unmasks the liquid rituals fueling Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood

Proposition 36 Three Strikes

In South L.A., former prisoners hope voters will soften law

Music Picks: Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Low End Theory Anniversary

10 Awesome Photos of Space, From 'The History of Space Photography' Show in Pasadena

Four hundred years ago, stargazing was practically illegal. The Roman Inquisition sentenced Galileo for supporting Copernican astronomy, and most people still believed the earth was flat. Fortunately, science has since come a long way, and now, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena has made space e ... More >>

Val Kilmer's Citizen Twain and Matthew McCray's Eternal Thou

Oprah Beats Obama To L.A. For High School Appearance

​Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale announced this week that it is one of six national finalists, and the only one west of the Mississippi River, competing to host President Barack Obama for spring commencement. School boosters are asking Angelenos to vote for the campus in the Whit ... More >>

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide

Frog of the South

Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks

Exene Cervenka: Exile in the Ozarks

Away from the treasures and trappings of L.A., punk's godmother finds her muse in small-town Missouri

Theater Reviews

The Adding Machine, Gamblers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and more

The Brand New Grind

Choc Nitty’s All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour... starring Six Reasons, DJ Ayah, Fleshless, Jay Rock, Jay Ridah, Fatso Fasano, Grown Mo and many more

Stormy Weather

Getting Out

Scenes from the overture to a modern reconstruction

The Ground You Fall Through

Environmental and social neglect left New Orleans on dangerous footing

Katrina Blues

The displaced musicians of New Orleans

Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down

R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005

The Fat Lady Still Isn’t Singing

One month after the election, the progressive PACs have one word for you: Recount

Water Torture

Flooding and the future of the world

Tiny Sparks

Brendan Benson's pop nutrition

High Water Blues

The life and times of Charley Patton

Thank$ a Million

Uncomfortable questions about the outpouring of disaster donations

Speed Sells

A tale of methamphetamine, drug cartels and an amateur chemist named Fester.

Gone North

Tom Waits, upcountry

The Balding Soprano

From antipasto to antidepressants: a Mafioso's midlife crises

Convict Cowboys

The barbaric rodeo of Angola Prison

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