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The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 6 Anticon 15th-Anniversary Party featuring Baths, Daedelus, Doseone, et al. ECHOPLEX Tip your hat to 15 years of Anticon greatness: The label/collective founded by Oakland's Adam "Doseone" Drucker has champ ... More >>

Which Coachella Stages Have the Best (and Worst) Sound?

It's the last day of Coachella. Your last chance to smuggle in drugs, possibly get caught, possibly make things easier on yourself in court later, and possibly be out on bail in time to see some more good shows. But which stages are the best? The sound quality varies widely, so much so that where ... More >>

Five Great Hang-Out Spots at Coachella

Have you heard of Coachella? We've been writing a lot about it! Though most of you are there to, um, see the music (and, of course, smuggle in drugs) sometimes you want to take a break from all that and roam around. So here are five spots you might not have yet hit up, to cool off, people watch and ... More >>

We Attended the KCRW Pledge Drive - And Lived to Tell the Tale!

It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Nov 12-15

Monday, November 12 In The Valley Below BOOTLEG BAR Looking like Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman walk-ons, and with an eye-contact connection to rival Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in their good times, Echo Park hubby-and-wife Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob patchwork together love-in-ready bluesy ro ... More >>

EDC Raver's Craigslist Ad Claiming She Got Pregnant by Anonymous Guy Goes Viral

Updated at the bottom: The poster got back to us and admitted it's a hoax. First posed at 3:11 p.m. Death and destruction seem to follow Electric Daisy Carnival almost wherever it goes, through no fault of its own: L.A. organizers did a nice job of putting on America's biggest festival stage in Las ... More >>

Top 7 Ways To Ruin a 4th of July Barbecue

The beery, cheery assemblage of friends and family that typifies the traditional Fourth of July grill-side hang is usually loose and easy-going. There may be burgers and potato salad. There may be a game of catch. There will certainly be fireworks. However, that giddy sparkler-lit spirit of free ... More >>

Georgia Anne Muldrow Is the Most Soulful Woman in the Western States

To invoke Bobby Byrd, Rakim and Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, soul is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it. It can't be calculated, borrowed or bought. The idea is more ancient than Scripture, and its effects are equally ineffable. "Soul" is pure cliché and an unavoidable as ... More >>

Best of Coachella: Saturday, April 21

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage Saturday at Coachella meant tributes, tributes, tributes. From Levon Helms to Biggie, everyone got a shout-out. In between all that, some nasty partying and a little recreational drug use. Read our highly-trained writers as they tell you the the best things ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Soledad Goats' Eggs

Thinking of eggs as a seasonal crop might be a paradigm line some seasonal eaters aren't ready to cross. But consider for a moment the current state of the egg. We've been conveniently and cheaply inundated with mass-produced ova for decades, and all of them are predominantly produced from static ... More >>

Coachella: The Black Lips' Cole Alexander Goes Full Monty, Plays Guitar With His Ding-Dong

No pickle shot in this video. But expect the YouTube soon. See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Day One *"What My Spirit Hood Means To Me": Coachella-Goers Explain *Coachella Preview 2012: Everything You Need to Know About the Performers The Black Lips started off Saturday at Coachella with a bang. T ... More >>

Graveface Records No. 1: The Loose Salute

Jo Babcock Makes Pinhole Cameras with a Band-Aid Tin, Lucky Strike Pack and Mailbox (Pics)

Tucked beneath a veil of vines at the quaint Duncan Miller Gallery, photographer Jo Babcock's 22-piece first ever solo exhibition is more than just your average picture show. Under the framed photographs neatly hanging across the cream colored walls lie typewriters, ancient coffee machines, a letter ... More >>

Q & A With Fred Eric, Part 2: Chefs Who Fast, The Cost of Tuna Salad The Importance of David Bowie

A. ScattergoodFred Eric at Tiara​ When we left off our conversation with Fred Eric (Fred 62, Tiara Cafe), the chef was discussing his eating habits. Or lack thereof, as Eric was in the middle of a two-week fast when we interviewed him. A fast is one thing if you're an ascetic in the Mojave, qu ... More >>

The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada dishes about prostitutes' "sweet jellyboxes" and johns' "wank-wank sack bags"

​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada Date: 2002 Publisher: Straight ... More >>

Captain Beefheart: The Legendary 1980 Profile by Lester Bangs

Captain Beefheart artwork for Doc at the Radar Station album ad (1980)​[As we reported this afternoon, Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, died today at 69. We already posted a list of the "Top 14 Reasons Why Captain Beefheart Was a True American Genius" by Beefheartologist Rob Chalfen. You can ... More >>

Day 3: Sly & the Family Codependent

Gustavo Turner​Somewhere under that wig and that Halloween cop uniform there's a wonderful, talented human being named Sly Stone. Sadly, he didn't show up at Coachella this year. Instead, a 1/3 full Mojave tent witnessed the absolutely sad spectacle of a bunch of hanger-ons pretending everyth ... More >>

Day 3: Coachella WINs and FAILs (featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, etc.)!

Gustavo TurnerThe Great Thom Yorke in the Sky​ Sunday was the hottest day of the Coachella weekend and it felt like the most crowded, a change from previous years when (thanks to the one-day passes) the last day had shown a welcome self-weeding-out of the masses. In terms of festival logisti ... More >>

SCHEDULE UPDATE: Gary Numan Still Stranded in the UK; 'Amelie' Soundtrack Guy to Play His Slot

​Yann Tiersen has been moved ahead to the 7:55-8:45 slot at the Mojave tent that would have featured Gary Numan. Tiersen is a respected composer and multi-instrumentalist, but most of you probably know him as "the 'Amelie' soundtrack guy." Numan is still unable to leave the UK because of vol ... More >>

Day 1: Volcano, Disorganization Can't Stop the Music

We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

The Thin Blue Pencil The LAPD union, which has $30 million invested with the new owners of the San Diego Union-Tribune, wants some editorial changes made at the paper. L.A. TimesA Wing and a Prayer A military T-38 Talon training jet crashed north of Edwards Air Force Base, outside Mojave, Thursday a ... More >>

No Age's Coachella Debut: Packed Tent in the Early Afternoon, Side-Stage Filled with Musicians

Timothy NorrisThe pit at the Mojave Tent on Sunday; keep in mind it hit 100 degrees that day. Sunday was a good day for the noiseniks. Coachella-goers who arrived early enough were greeted by boxes of complementary earplugs as they piled through the gate -- vital accessories for a My Bloody Valent ... More >>

Coachella Day 2: On Mastodon, Metal, Moshing and Men's Briefs

It's an image that will be ingrained in our memory till our dying day. It's nearly midnight. Mastodon, one of America's greatest metal bands, is playing the Mojave tent. The guitars are fucking loud, the bass is in your bones. The pit, in front of the stage and about the size of a boxing ring, is ... More >>

Coachella Day 1: I Carpathians and the Amazonian Assault of Warrior Queen

Randall RobertsAll hail the Queen Bret Easton Ellis once pointed out that the inhabitants of Los Angeles never stop babbling about the freeways. Then again, he penned, Less than Zero during the comparatively halcyon Tom Bradley days, prior to the total arteriosclerosis of the 405 and 101. Nowadays, ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Alien Trespass, Paris 36, Sugar

Also, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Who Does She Think She Is? and more

Union Station Makes Photographer Erase Pictures

The Photo Police have struck again! According to Discarted (via L.A. Observed) a photog known as ShutterBuda was merrily snapping pictures inside L.A.'s highly photogenic Union Station when two Amtrak employees and an irate traveler ("I'm an ex-Guarian Angel!") told ShutterBuda to shut it down -- an ... More >>

The Tortoise and the Tank: August 21, 2008

Relocated tortoises are dying in large numbers, next phase of Fort Irwin expansion put on hold

The Tortoise and the Tank Face Off at Fort Irwin

A battle in the desert over territory and resources, starring hard-shelled refugees, burger-loving insurgents and a couple of dazed road warriors

Space Race Two: SoCal Loses Fight for Private Space Terminal to New Mexico

State turns instead to manufacturing ships, suits, even diapers

At the Integraton With Vibrational Healer Don Estes and Friends

Breaking the sound barrier, or, soaking up the oogie-boogie of natural harmonics

Coachella Day Two: The Accidental Tourist, or Can We Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase “Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella”

I ran into a guy I knew from high school standing in line for the restrooms in the VIP area. I hadn't seen him in a decade but was about four glasses of $7 wine deep and feeling good. No reason not to be friendly, after all, I no longer harbored a grudge from that time in the 11th grade when he tr ... More >>

Can David Nahai Keep the Lights On?

L.A.’s man to watch in 2008. Talking water and power and history with the city’s new DWP head

Prospecting for Beauty

Treasure map to the best park bench in Southern California

Rock Picks

For Sept. 28 – Oct. 5

Fuel to the Fire

A smoldering argument over the causes of the Sawtooth fire. Did the wildflowers do it?

Clusterfucked

Puttin' the Hella in Coachella

A festivalgoer’s diary

Missing El Lay

Eating the culture of resistance

What�s Killing Joshua Tree National Park?

Fire, smog, golf courses . . . and maybe even coffee-loving, rock-climbing hipsters like you

Space Commodity

Earth and Sky

Miss Exotic World: Dixie's Chicks

Letters

If It Happened Here

A bioterrorism attack on Los Angeles might look a lot like this

Blinded With Really Big Science

Talking to L.A.'s burning men of comedy

Playtime

Land and LAPD Scapes

Photographs by Warren Neidich, Laurie Brown, Anthony Hernandez. Plus, 100 years of crime and punishment

Early Times With Julie Andrews in Fishland

The Road Wes Traveled

Fourteen hours riding shotgun with the director of Rushmore

Riding Out the Apocalypse

the best place to bike when the big one hits