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Midget Zombies and Black Republicans: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 22 Help celebrate two (non-mutually exclusive) minority groups by attending the 10th Annual Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival, which starts its two-day run on Friday. The fest will open at 7 p.m. at REDCAT with the documentar ... More >>

Mayor's Race: Harold Simmons, Kevin James' Super PAC Backer, Called Obama "That Socialist"

If former radio host Kevin James was counting on his super PAC to carry him to victory in the L.A. mayor's race, he may have to think again.The Better Way L.A. committee, which had announced plans to raise $4 million, disclosed today that it had brought in just $200,000 as of Dec. 31.Half of that ca ... More >>

Los Angeles Isn't On Top 10 List Of America's Most Diverse Cities?

L.A. is crazy international. USC has the most foreign students of any university in the nation. There are people in L.A. from island nations you've never even heard of. There are people here whose names are spelled with chemical-element symbols! (We kid. Sort of). So, after Forbes did an "America's ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Sandy, the Incredible Mood Swing of Mother Nature

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] 10/29/12: As I sit here in Boston on a night off, I can see Hurricane Sandy-powered sheets of ... More >>

Cast Your "Beer Votes" at Barney's Beanery Tomorrow Night

It's that time of year again. Months of handshaking and politicking are about to coalesce into a single sweeping turn of the cogs of democracy. Yes, we are referring to Barney's Beanery's quadrennial "Beer Vote," which allows customers to vote for the candidate of their choice by choosing the beer t ... More >>

10 Political Things to Do in L.A. Before (and After) the Election

This year's election has the public voting for everyone from Roseanne Barr to Hello Kitty, with Mitt Romney's Binders of Women the projected costume-winner for Halloween. While the 2012 presidential election is the biggest reason people are hitting the polls, we all know that local campaigns can be ... More >>

El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, Is Running for President

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in L.A. We're only days from the election, and there's only one choice for president: El Vez. L.A.'s own international sensation, Mexican Elvis, is campaigning his little culo off with El Vez for ... More >>

Gays Could Win Presidential Election for Barack Obama, Says Gallup Report

Guess ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and taking a strong pro-gay marriage stand could help President Barack Obama's re-election effort. According to the Gallup Report, with the presidential race running so tight, gays and lesbians overwhelming support for Obama could help him edge out Republican ca ... More >>

Robert Kovacik Cockroach Video: Pest On Reporter's Shoulder On Live TV

Sometimes you have to wonder how some folks on local television news can even claim to be journalists. Not to diss some of the great ones out there who work the streets faithfully, but we once witnessed an anchor stumble as she was unable to identify City Hall during a live shot. Really. Then along ... More >>

Jimmy Kimmel: Folks Describe Watching Presidential Debate Before It Aired (VIDEO)

We gloated a little when, earlier this month, the latest World University Rankings out of the U.K. said Caltech is the best school on the planet and UCLA is No. 13. L.A. is a smart place, innit? Well, not exactly. Last night Jimmy Kimmel Live aired a segment on street reaction to the presidential ... More >>

Top Halloween Costumes of 2012: Fifty Shades of Grey vs. Big Bird

Whoever declared a few years back that Halloween has basically turned into Dress Like A Hooker Day was indeed a prophetic genius. It won't be long until we simply go out as walking genitalia. Until then, the viral success of the kink-infested book Fifty Shades of Grey has at least kept a small laye ... More >>

"My Name Is Joe Biden and I'll Be Your Server"

It is difficult to capture the hyper-sincere flim-flammery that is our good ol' crazy Uncle Joe. Doesn't he seem like the kind of well-meaning yet obtuse relative who'd ask you to reach into his pocket for some sticky gumdrops covered with lint? Like someone on the autism spectrum, Vice President ... More >>

6 Great Food Museums: Food as Art, Or Not

Last week, the Carpigiani Gelato Museum opened in Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy, just outside Bologna; the first in the world, it says, to "delve into the history, culture, and technology of artisan gelato." Inside, you'll learn about the history of the frozen treat, from an 11th century recipe for pom ... More >>

How Wall Street and Washington Conspired to Spike Gas Prices

By Pete Kotz On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break loose. The country's largest banks had already begun to implode through arrogance and ineptitude. Now t ... More >>

How Drunk Would You Be If You Actually Followed the Presidential Debate Drinking Game?

Did you play the presidential drinking game on Wednesday night? Well, even if you think you did, you probably didn't -- mainly because if you're reading this then chances are you're still alive and not the victim of massive, massive case of alcohol poisoning. I mean, we get it, no one really plays ... More >>

Marijuana Group NORML Holds Convention at Nonsmoking DTLA Hotel, Hilarity Ensues

Welcome to contemporary Los Angeles, where worlds collide. In this instance we have the Nanny State that brought us the second-hand-smoke-kills movement versus the liberal, pro-medical marijuana faction. The two have come together this week at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, where the grand ... More >>

Villaraigosa Spins Presidential Debate, Calls Romney 'Chipper' (VIDEO)

See, we told you Antonio Villaraigosa was a good Democrat. Despite a faux pas reported by the New Yorker magazine in which our mayor is said to have given his personal phone number to a billionaire enemy of the Obama campaign, Villaraigosa is earning his stripes with the White House. What many desc ... More >>

Murs and Fashawn On Their Kinship and Their New Album

California-bred rappers Murs and Fashawn have much in common. They're both former graffiti writers, skateboarders and independent-minded rappers who have affinities for collaborating with one specific producer per album. But they're also more than a decade apart in age -- Murs is 34, Fashawn 23. *M ... More >>

Mitt Romney Says U.S. Failing Like California ... While Asking For Cash Here

Mitt Romney has been a great giver of gaffe in the last few weeks. Shortly after video showed him dismissing nearly half the nation as a bunch of non-taxpaying moochers he sported a fresh tan during an interview aimed at Latino voters last week. The latest: Over the weekend, the Republican presiden ... More >>

Richard Serra, Ed Ruscha and Others Created Artwork to Help Obama. But Is it Any Good?

Richard Serra, the sculptor whose maze-like steel cylinders take up half the first floor of LACMA's Broad Contemporary building, made an uncharacteristically overt political drawing in 2004. In heavy, rough black crayon, he drew that disturbingly hooded Abu Ghraib prisoner with arms outstretched. He ... More >>

Marijuana Advocates Plan Anti-Obama Protests at Presidential Campaign Offices

Mitt Romney's embrace of the Republican right wing (via his choice of running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan) would seem to have put most of the left firmly in the hands of Team Obama. Not so fast, apparently. Many in the marijuana nation are still fuming over the president's crackdown on weed dispensaries ... More >>

Sarah Palin Porn Lookalike Lisa Ann, L.A. Adult Star, Rocks GOP Convention: VIDEO, PHOTOS

Some Republicans might not like abortion for victims of rape unless, you know, it's "legit rape." Likewise some of those on the far-right side of the GOP aren't really big on birth control. Or "sluts" who want to speak out about the right to contraception, for that matter. But don't get us wrong. R ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Targeted in Protest of Burlington Coat Factory, Low-Wage Jobs

Pro-labor organizers were outside a Bain Capital-owned Burlington Coat Factory store in Inglewood today to protest what they say are its non-living-wage jobs and a corporate system that benefits the rich at the expense of more poverty in America. Bain, as you know, is the venture capital firm found ... More >>

Disruption, Rebellion and Resistance: Activists Call for Action

Caroline Roman and Lauren Brokaw: Gossip Girls

Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Before she ended up milking cows at a boarding school in Vermont, Caroline Roman cycled through the doors of numerous prestigious schools in Los Angeles: Buckley, John Thomas D ... More >>

Marijuana: Republican Dana Rohrabacher Wags Finger at Democrat Obama

Much has been made lately of the Republican party's move to the right and its stubborn refusal to work with Democrats even on issues that some of them it once championed (such as Mitt Romney's Massachusetts health care plan). Well, welcome to opposite land, California, where a conservative Orange ... More >>

Natasha Leggero Has Words With Friends

Silicon Beach: 5 People Making L.A. a New Tech Industry Capital

Los Angeles may be 350 miles south of Silicon Valley, but it's making strides to close the distance between the two in terms of sheer brain power and inventiveness (with a little bit of entertainment thrown in for good measure). Here are five people from our People issue helping to make that happen.

Lalo Alcaraz: Most Mexcellent

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Shortly after it was revealed that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico, a mysterious alter ego cropped up on Twitter: Mexican Mitt Romney (@MexicanMitt), who wears a huge s ... More >>

3 Out of 4 Americans Want Obama Off Medical Marijuana's Back

Obama's flip-flop on medical marijuana last month might seem like a political ploy meant to appease Middle Americans for whom legit cannabis dispensaries aren't even an option, let alone a right. After all, if you don't like it, who are going to vote for? Mitt Romney? Yeah right. But it turns out ... More >>

Porn's Mortal Enemy, Santorum, Has Bailed, But L.A. Industry Now Frets Over Romney

What do you do when you're an industry targeted for annihilation by a presidential candidate who is dropping out? If you're the porn industry, and that candidate is the anti-gay, anti-smut Rick Santorum, you head on over to Porn Star Karaoke at Sardo's in Burbank and celebrate. Right? Well, not so ... More >>

Is Rick Santorum Gay? New Study Says Homophobes May Dig the Same Sex

Do you hate gays and lesbians with all your heart and soul? We've got news for you: a new scientific report says you may actually have same-sex desires yourself. Does this mean that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is gay? Hmmmmmm... Conducted by a research team from the University o ... More >>

Porn Stars Allie Haze, Chastity Lane Call For Mass Wank-Off Against Santorum: VIDEO

Porn stars Allie Haze (of Star Wars XXX fame) and Chastity Lane are asking good Americans everywhere to, um, reach down and touch themselves to oppose the presidential hopes of one Rick Santorum. This week the L.A.-based Vivid Entertainment performers unleashed a cheeky video (after the jump) aski ... More >>

Cookbook Review: What Exactly Is A Mormon Cookbook? We're Still Not Sure

What exactly is a Mormon cookbook? Yeah, we wondered, too. And so we requested a copy of The Essential Mormon Cookbook by Julie Badger Jensen from the Deseret Book Company, a publisher in Salt Lake City (the book was originally published in 2004; the Kindle edition was just released earlier this yea ... More >>

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VIDEO: L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Debates Romney Republican on 'Which Party Better Suits Latino Voters,' Loses

Despite the increasing, oft-hilarious attempts of Republican candidates to convince the crucial Latino voter base that its interests are best served by the red party (including a fugly new outreach website), Latinos still swing Democrat more often than not. Because name-dropping Sen. Mario Rubio (R ... More >>

The Most Popular Music Posts Of 2011

Josh "CuriousJosh" ReissPeople are freaking psyched about this post​Man, y'all did some clicking this year. You must have had, like, a lot of time on your hands, or not been interested in advancing in your professions or hanging out with your family. Well, we at West Coast Sound salute you! We ... More >>

Corporations Are Not People, L.A. City Council Unanimously Declares (Stephen Colbert Begs to Differ)

Colbert is going to be mad at the L.A. City Council.​The L.A. City Council today voted to support the idea that corporations do not share the rights of individual Americans under the U.S. Constitution. Occupy L.A. demonstrators were in the house when the council took its vote. The move come ... More >>

Providence: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

Presidential Wrestling Christmas Tree Ornaments

Fifteen presidential candidate ornaments for your very own tree. In this, an election year, perhaps consider doing a White House themed tree. I'm all for themed Christmas trees. I did a Goth tree one year with skeletons and spiders, essentially repurposing the decor I couldn't let go of from Hallowe ... More >>

Election '08: Governor Gidget -- Sorry, Sarah Palin -- Speaks . . . Once I Was Blind

BY MARC COOPER Governor Gidget appeared on screen melting my heart and conquering my soul. That was after The Mayor of America softened me up. Once I was blind. But now I can see. I agree with every one of their points. Black is white. Up is Down. Slavery is Freedom. Arbeit Macht Frei. We ar ... More >>

Outside Lands Day 2-When Dinosaurs Attack

The crowd was older and tamer yesterday. No wholesale destruction of chain link fences, no claustrophobic clusterfucks trying to get across the endless expanse of festival ground, no scofflaws streaming into the VIP section to taunt the fools that squandered $700 a ticket for nicer bathrooms and a ... More >>

Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

If nothing else Obama's candidacy is at least inspiring people to make music. Alas, for the most part the songs haven't been very good. Will.i.am's mess of a song can't be saved by snippets of Scarlett Johansson, and the Daedalus track posted yesterday... Well, that's not going to sway any delegat ... More >>

Discovering the Candidates Through Their Playlists

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

Worst Campaign Tricks of 2007

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