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MySpace Inc.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Dejon 'Danger' Miller, North Hollywood Trainer, Allegedly Tortured, Beat, Sexually Abused 'Fitness Models' He Met on Craigslist

    A North Hollywood personal trainer who called himself Dejon "Danger" Miller has been in jail since the middle of December for allegedly torturing, beating and sexually/emotionally abusing at least two women he met on Craigslist. (The suspect's real middle name is Allan; not quite as sexy.) Detecti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Areceli Luisjuan, Former Miramonte Aide: Did She Write 'Love Letters' to 11-Year-Old, or Has Media Witch Hunt Gone Too Far?

    Every L.A. media outlet from KNX news radio to HuffPost has picked up the Los Angeles Times' latest Miramonte Elementary reveal this morning, in which one mother claims that a former teacher's aide at the beleaguered campus wrote numerous "love letters" to her 11-year-old son. There are certainly s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Facebook for Prisoners? California Officials Crack Down After Inmates Use Social Networking For Crime

    CDCRHello, friend.​California is cracking down on prisoners who use Facebook from behind bars, especially if they turn to social networking to threaten people or to run criminal enterprises. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the effort this week, stating that it "has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    The Long Tail Of Lil B: Why The Based God Is A Genius

    Some people say quantity is not quality ... but what if someone came along and rewrote all the rules? It's no secret that rap's resident weirdo, Berkeley's Lil B The Based God is a new media powerhouse.  Until recently, he existed almost more online than in the real life. That's because the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Top Ten Things You Need To Know About Snoop Dogg's New Album "Doggumentary"

    ​Just a few days after being mourner-of-honor at the funeral of former associate Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg hogged the hip-hop limelight once again by releasing all the tracks of his much-awaited album Doggumentary two days before the official release via moribund social network oddity MySpace. 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Lisa Nguyen, Long Beach Graphic Designer, Murdered By Suicidal Father At 27 Years Old

    MySpaceLong Beach's Lisa Nguyen was home on a two-week vacation when her father snapped​Updated after the jump: One of Lisa's professors remembers how fellow students used to call her "WikiLisa." Originally posted on Jan. 10. The youngest victim of a bizarre Harbor City murder-suicide on Sun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Top Ten Ways to Make Your Band an Epic Fail in 2011

    Our Epic Fail Band could be your life! Here's how.​ We're gonna start 2011 by being servicey. We have seen too many talented bands (and the PR people they pay) squander opportunities and/or generally make our lives in the music press difficult. We thought we'd give you our (100% unsolicited) ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    Music Picks: Tift Merritt, Clinic, Microscopic Septet

    Also, J. Cole, the Crazy Squeeze, Wild Flag and others

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    LAPD Fears MySpace Rendezvous Behind Case Of Missing 13-Year-Old Sylmar Girl

    LAPDKarina Valencia.​Updated with upcoming news conference about possible connection to a gang-related shooting. Originally posted at 10:08 a.m. Police this week were searching for a missing 13-year-old girl who they fear might have met a male on MySpace and possibly fled with him. The girl's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Feds Bust MySpace Gang With Ties To Mexican Mafia

    ​Federal agents cracked down members of a Latino Riverside gang that allegedly uses MySpace to communicate about gang business and rap videos to promote itself as it also trafficks methamphetamine and attacks random African-Americans. Six members of Riverside's Eastside Riva (ESR) gang were a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Nightranger Looks Back at '09 Fashion and Music

    ​Federal agents cracked down members of a Latino Riverside gang that allegedly uses MySpace to communicate about gang business and rap videos to promote itself as it also trafficks methamphetamine and attacks random African-Americans. Six members of Riverside's Eastside Riva (ESR) gang were a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Nacional Records on Fire: The Ten Best Spanish-Language/Latin Albums 2009

    By Christopher Lopez It's been a year of surprises in "Latin music," (whatever that catch-all genre term for Spanish-language music means in 2009). Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2009

    Disco Winter

    By Christopher Lopez It's been a year of surprises in "Latin music," (whatever that catch-all genre term for Spanish-language music means in 2009). Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Halloween Costumes Go Viral

    Los Angeles is a social media capital (Beverly Hills is home to MySpace headquarters) and epicenter of Hollywood's tweet-crazed narcissists. So we thought we'd take a look at the hottest, social-media-inspired costumes for the quasi-holiday that's tailor-made for L.A.Twitter's dreaded Fail Whale.​ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Riding the Dreamwave with Binary Entertainment

    The Binary Family​ It was only eight years ago that Josh Legg and Kyle Petersen moved to Los Angeles to attend USC. They met on a sailing trip and, after a few years of friendship and many discussions over the current state of the record industry, they decided to launch a management company/re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Haiku Review: Dead Man's Bones

    West Coast Sound reviews Dead Man's Bones debut album though the lens of the 17th century Japanese poetic form, the Haiku.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    INCHES007: New Wax from EELS, Widow Babies, Night Horse, Eternal Tapestry ( MP3s, video)

    In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Bank Moves to Downtown L.A.

    Just when it seemed that downtown's urban renaissance was sliding back into the recessionary dark ages, Blog Downtown notes that City National Bank is moving both its headquarters and City National Bank subsidiary from Beverly Hills to Sixth and Flower streets. Bloggers Eric Richardson and Rich Alos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Techcrunch Crunchup: L.A. Does it in Realtime

    SoCal native and the "Golden God of Tech" Michael Arrington was born and raised in Huntington Beach so it came as no surprise that the L.A. contingent was out in full-force at this year's Techcrunch Crunchup Real Time Conference and summer party at the August Capital offices in Palo Alto. There for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    DIY Promotion Team Minimal LA Hits Internet Radio

    Ladytron "Runaway" Looking for a good, weekly dose of obscure tunes, then tune into Radiocore.org tonight from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. for Minimal LA. Hosted by Eden Saiga, founder of the DIY promotion group of the same name, and friends, the show focuses on minimal wave, noise, post-punk and whatever el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    The Happy Hollows: Old Song a New Favorite, New Song a New Favorite, Too

    This is an old video from Happy Hollows, from 2006, but it's kinda my new favorite song. In it, singer Sara Negahdari keeps running: from a Mullah, through the jungle, from the Hessians, from the Russians (rhyming Hessians and Russians is particularly inspired). We stumbled across this video, whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    I Wanna Be Elated: Meghan McCain's Ramones Connection

    Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain, has been emoting about her post-election blues lately on her blog and at the Daily Beast, from which CNN.com has been quoting at length this week. One of Meghan's pet peeves, we learn is other people -- not just those who "openly voted for Barack O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Last Night: Digital Drinks @ Digital L.A. - When Swank and Tech Collide

    Alexia TsotsisApparently the best way to get to Coco de Ville, the location of this month's Digital Drinks @ Digital LA, is to "just look for the paparazzi out front and you'll find it." When you spend most of your time at networking events it's very easy to forget that "the paparazzi" exists. I hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Weiss' 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (#50-26)

    Over the next two weeks, myself and a very talented cadre of contributors will be emulating the book above. Unlike said tome, it won't cost money and you'll get free MP3s--which, presumably, serve a tangible purpose. Now go cry into your near-beer, Phillip Ardagh, you lovable rogue. 50. Redman ft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Plushies & Furries, The Cure's Secret Show, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, Idealist Propaganda and Unique L.A.

    For those of you who barricaded yourselves indoors with Netflix because of this weekend's "storm watch," let me just say -- damn, you missed out on some amazing events. Here at the L.A. Weekly, we tossed our umbrellas in the back seat, took our chances with the drizzle and hit up everything from Ric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2008

    The Cure Tear Up the Troubadour at Surprise MySpace Show

    (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for MySpace)If you're anything like the freakazoid Cure fans who one way or another managed to secure a wristband for last night's surprise Cure show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, you should probably stop reading this right now. If you weren't at the show and opt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Bulletin: MySpace Mom Beats Worst Charges

    Just before 11 a.m. this morning Federal District Judge George Wu spoke the words that ended the weeklong MySpace Trial: "All right, let's bring the jury in." Lori Drew (R) and her daughter Sarah Drew who was Megan Meier's best friend leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse. Photo by Ted Soqui. Click ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2008

    Glamour Shots

    Shameless self-promotion alert: Yours truly will be deejaying tonight at the 5th Annual All Girl Hang the DJs event at the Echo. Peep the flyer below. An illustrious roster of mix mamas indeed, three of whom will also be manning the decks at the LA Film Fest's Target Red Room, the place to party i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    MySpace Suicide Mom in Court

    Although July approaches, it’s still not too late for a first-time criminal defendant to make her spring debut in federal court. Media Village of the Damned: Press waiting for Lori Drew

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    City Gritty

    Unfulfilling Sex; sex and the porn star; art Hopping; N.E.R.D. night

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    Fury Over Jamiel's Law

    Should a movement to protect kids be named after an alleged gangbanger?

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    Factory Made

    Bad Boys

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    Record Reviews: Badd Santa, Beanie Sigel, Regime Noir

    Holiday music that doesn't suck, unhinged thug talk and a MySpace page

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geek

    Agents 2.0: The new generation of dealmakers at UTA Online

  • LA Life

    September 27, 2007

    Shoot to Thrill

    The ever-evolving photo booth

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Hipster Olympics

    Sure, this is Brooklyn, but couldn't it easily be Silverlake? Echo Park? Ah, hipsters making the world a smaller place, one MySpace profile picture at a time...

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    X-ers and Exes

    Nightranger paints the town

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    They Must Be High

    Spacing out with Ben, Chris, Tom and Tom

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    In the Kodak, in the Pink

    And in the dollhouse

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    “This boy’s not quite right . . .”

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2007

    Sweet Emotions

    Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Pleasant princess Castle

    Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Space Lost in Time

    Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Emmery’s Mysterious End

    Did the 14-year-old’s killer meet her at a party?

  • LA Life

    September 28, 2006

    Not for Shrinking Violets

    Local designer gets off on MySpace

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Supra Dupra

    Local designer gets off on MySpace

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Underground Flier

    Tequila Mockingbird

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    The Five Stages of South by Southwest

    Tequila Mockingbird

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    High ’05 in Clubland

    Webs of intrigue, Crackberries, ironica — Nightranger surveys the year in nightlife

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