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

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, October 7 Fiona Apple & Blake Mills WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL Singer Fiona Apple and guitarist Blake Mills are calling their current tour of a dozen North American cities Anything We Want, after the surreally hopeful ... More >>

Now Open: Twist Eatery in Hancock Park

At Twist Eatery, the new bakery café that opened on La Brea Boulevard this past Monday, the menu covers Morocco, California and the Mediterranean, in the form of sandwiches, bowls and salads. The mix of influences is a map of owner Joelle Bercovitch's upbringing. "I'm from several different places ... More >>

Mafia Cocaine Ring Ran Through Beverly Hills?

A mob-connected drug trafficker was living right under our noses in Beverly Hills, helping to stash kilos of cocaine, make deals with the Sinaloa drug cartel and move millions of dollars worth of drugs for the Rizzuto organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra. Those are the facts of the case for 39- ... More >>

5 Creative Things to Do in L.A. This Week

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. For those constantly churning minds looking for inspirational artists and events, this week proves a treasure trove of creative happenings. From a pop-up Etsy shop to a wacky parade to a ... More >>

Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Offshoot of Cirque du Soleil

This week's dance events include the arrival of nouveau circus Traces and the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival wraps up. 5. Pasadena does festivals besides the Rose Parade The week-long Pasadena Dance Festival peaks with a series of jam-packed shows. Up-and-coming dancemakers and their companie ... More >>

Half-Pipe, With a Twist

One Woman's Super Annoying, Super Lazy Quest to Meet Moby

Moby will hang out with anyone. It's practically written in the Constitution. Short only perhaps, of Bill Murray, everyone has their "hanging out with Moby" story: "Oh, my sister's college roommate's best friend's cousin made out with Moby last year" or "My neighbor sent him an email once and he jus ... More >>

5 Archaic Food Words That Should Be Revived (Or That Would Make Great Restaurant Names)

Last month, we brought you 5 archaic booze words that should be revived. Boy, that was fun. So, this month, we thought we'd repeat the fun with food words. Here are 5 words we'd like to see brought back into usage, if only perhaps as the name of some hipster restaurant (in Silver Lake, of course).

Luka Magnotta, L.A. Gay Porn Star, Wanted by Interpol for Mailing Bloody Foot, Hand to Canadian Capital

L.A. weirdos really don't get any weirder than this. Luka Rocco Magnotta, formerly a Los Angeles-based gay porn star (or, according to his Facebook profile, a "male model" who's had plastic surgery to look like James Dean), is now on Interpol's international watch list, reportedly on suspicion of c ... More >>

Ready, Set, Laug

Cassette Tapes Are Back. Ask Your Mom to Mail Your Old Jambox.

"I grew up collecting and listening to cassette tapes and records," said Phil Shaheen, drummer for Los Angeles indie band Tijuana Panthers. "I like the fact that cassettes are in again and that cool little labels are putting them out." The band released its album, Max Baker, as a limited-edition tap ... More >>

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 >>

When it Comes to Pro Sports Championships, L.A. is Not #WINNING

We're beginning to think L.A. is the Rodney Dangerfield of cities -- you know, no respect. Despite our celebrity, natural beauty, and second-only-to-New York size, we suck in so many ways. Our traffic is the worst. Our roads are almost the worst. Our do-nothing City Council gets paid more than any o ... More >>

Chromeo

Cirque Du Soleil's Gymnasts and Dancers on Their Work and Lives In L.A.

Mr. Boston's Official Bartender's Guide: How's The 75th Anniversary Edition? A Headless Horseman Halloween Cocktail Recipe

JGarbeeMr Boston's Then (Left) And Now​With more editions than we can guesstimate, the 75th anniversary edition of Mr. Boston's Official Bartender's Guide arrived on our desk with little fanfare (on our end, at least). After all, the book's signature minimalist layout and no-frills recipes are ... More >>

Criticism of Porn's HIV Scare Sparks Outrage at Manwin, the Adult Video Juggernaut That Employed Performer in Question

mofos.com​Updated at the bottom with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's response. First posted at 5:09 p.m. The company that employed a porn star who might be HIV-positive today said the man did not continue to work, nor did he work with other performers, after a test indicated he might have th ... More >>

Music Picks: Prince, Amanda Jo Williams, Kendrick Lamar, Xzibit, Civet,

Also, Miguel, L.A. Bluegrass Situation, Heidecker and Wood, the Ditty Bops and others

Addictive Music Website Alert: The Ambient Genius of "You Are Listening to L.A."

​One of the most annoying things about the current state of the Internet is it's lack of elegance. When Mark Zuckerberg wiped the floor with the cluttery, vile thing MySpace had become, his mantra was "make a product that is useful and doesn't suck" (Facebook has struggled, with different degr ... More >>

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THEM

Severed Limbs, The Font: Mimi Traillette's Twisted Typeface

​ Mimi Traillette, 29, is an artist living in Montreal, Canada. She made this font, inspired by severed limbs. It was for a design contest at DesignSponge. She did not win. Why aren't the limbs dripping blood? Did you think about blood at all?

It's Official: Study Finds Mary Jane Eases Pain

​Yeah, we know. You stoners have already done the research and, yeah, Mary Jane, she take away all the pain man. But new research gives renewed scientific validity to the use of cannabis to treat pain. A Canadian study found that patients who were given high-potency pot reported less pain tha ... More >>

Catch a Risen Star

Best Coast Extends Headlining Tour, Offers Free 'Boyfriend' MP3

Best Coast Extends Headlining Tour, Offers Free 'Boyfriend' MP3

Cirque du Soleil: Kooza

BEST YET ANOTHER CRAZED, HIP MOM WHO GOT A BOOK DEAL

Grace Jones at the Hollywood Bowl

She's Jaw-Dropping, Eye-Opening, and, Well, Just Different.

LA People 2009: Tech's Popular Girl — Shira Lazar

She's the human manifestation of the convergence of tech and entertainment — the stepsister of American Apparel's Dov Charney, Shira causes a commotion just by showing up

THE NICE DREAM MAN

Just Don't Say "Jew Zealand"

LA Weekly Music Podcast, Volume One: Fight on, Your Time Ain't Long

You know how some weekends you have the best intentions in the world and then they all fall to shit? Well, mine didn't exactly fall to shit -- it's just that the live music that I was hoping to see either didn't pan out, conflicted with scenes/events that I wanted to attend (like LA Weekly's anniv ... More >>

Coachella And the Cure for the Common Festivalitis

Super Fun Music Hour Podcast #7

A Valentine's Day Special podcast, full of love.

Tickled Pink!

Rock Picks

for the week of January 25 – February 1

Rock Picks

For the week of November 10–16

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

Best place to make the morning last

Accident at Sea

Unicorns become Islands

Funeral for a Friend

How the Arcade Fire died and went to heaven

Think Globally, Act Santa Monically

One city’s attempt to cool down global warming

Nightranger

Live at Coachella ’05

After this, we promise we won’t even mention Coachella for a year

Actual Music

Ask Mr. Gold

The Anti-Courtney

Melissa Auf der Maur: lucky to be free

Fashionation

Gloria Ohland on the dog days of fashion

A Dossier of Desperate Measures

Godspeed offshoots light the fuse.

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

Rufus Wainwright poses as rock star, makes an imperfect-summer record

Notes From the Front

The Wall defines two Americas in Quebec