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May 7, 2012
James Beard 2012 Award Winners
The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition
Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced
Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
NYC Cracks Down on Kimchi
Bureaucrats stomp in where angels fear to tread. Health inspectors in New York City have recently cracked down on how kimchi is stored, penalizing many Korean restaurants with violation points and fines. Health inspectors view the fermented cabbage dish as a cold food, which means it must be store ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
LinA In LA Party Picks: Be Grateful While You Grind
Life is a Runway; see Sat. It's almost Thanksgiving, y'all! Here are a few things to be thankful for while clubbing this week in Los Angeles: 1) the diversity and sheer magnitude of party offerings here, 2) the great DJs bred and based in the city and the great DJs always stopping through on ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Drysdale & Gausas
Life is a Runway; see Sat. It's almost Thanksgiving, y'all! Here are a few things to be thankful for while clubbing this week in Los Angeles: 1) the diversity and sheer magnitude of party offerings here, 2) the great DJs bred and based in the city and the great DJs always stopping through on ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Be There Then
Life is a Runway; see Sat. It's almost Thanksgiving, y'all! Here are a few things to be thankful for while clubbing this week in Los Angeles: 1) the diversity and sheer magnitude of party offerings here, 2) the great DJs bred and based in the city and the great DJs always stopping through on ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Video: Greek Guy Raps About Feta
Bread cheese may be God's perfect food, but building a career rapping about it? That's another level of obsession. (Thank god our early mix tape, Squiddy D: Outta The Pan & Into Tha Deep Fryer, is long out of print. No one needs to hear us rhyming "manchego" with "Anza Borrego.") Thanks to our ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Goes to New York City
Anne Fishbein This week's Counter Intelligence goes bi-coastal, as our critic travels to New York City -- there for the James Beard awards, of which he picked up a few more to stash in his overstuffed Altadena closet -- to check out the dinner scene. Man, or some of them, cannot live in San G ... More >>
Music
February 24, 2011
Brick's Picks: Esperanza's Victory Lap
Anne Fishbein This week's Counter Intelligence goes bi-coastal, as our critic travels to New York City -- there for the James Beard awards, of which he picked up a few more to stash in his overstuffed Altadena closet -- to check out the dinner scene. Man, or some of them, cannot live in San G ... More >>
Music
February 17, 2011
The Column!: Postcard From NYC
Anne Fishbein This week's Counter Intelligence goes bi-coastal, as our critic travels to New York City -- there for the James Beard awards, of which he picked up a few more to stash in his overstuffed Altadena closet -- to check out the dinner scene. Man, or some of them, cannot live in San G ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Henry Rollins: The Column! Rollins on Being an Angeleno in New York (and Missing Joey Ramone)
Timothy Norris[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
New York Bees OD On Nasty Maraschino Juice, Poop Out Red No. 40 Instead Of Honey
Gray & CompanyGood for chick drinks, not honey beesBeautiful, sweet-smelling nature as we know it is all but lost on New York City. We accepted long ago that the only animals who can survive NYC's hateful human nesting grounds are bedbugs and rodents -- well, and the occasional brave-hearted ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Tonight: Odd Future, Faith No More, Eve 6, Train, John McLaughlin, the Grouch
Brook Bobbins via Village VoiceOdd Future with Mos Def in NYC earlier this monthThe headline earlier this month in the New York Times read: "Young, Gifted and Outrageous: Can Odd Future Survive Popularity?" Which is a fair question. The outrageous L.A. hip-hip crew whose unabbreviated monik ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Bedbugs Finally Outnumber Hipsters In New York City, Shoot For Total (High-Brow) Infestation At Carnegie Hall
You can run, but you can't hideIn the month since we last reported on New York City's booming bedbug epidemic, the situation's gotten worse than we ever could have hoped. It was embarrassing enough when the nasty little vamps invaded fashion palaces like Niketown and Elle Magazine. (Turns ou ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
Village Voice's 'Best-Of' New York Will Lead You Straight To Downtown Los Angeles
villagevoice.comNYC's "best-of."Our colleagues at the Village Voice, our sister paper, handed us this steaming-hot edition of "New York Shitty" on a platter (thanks guys): Brooklyn blogger Joshua Baldwin notes (via LA Observed) that a background image used for the Voice's "Best of NYC" cover ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
NYC College Kids Outted As Human-Sized Bedbugs With Bad Haircuts
In September, the Weekly began a hard-hitting investigation of all the ways New York City sucks compared to Los Angeles. Our findings were atrocious: Hordes of bedbugs, rats, possums and snakes ran rampant through NYC streets -- infesting backyards, toilet boils, Niketown and beyond. But if ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
New York City's Plan To Use Opossums To Kill Off Its Rat Population Fails Spectacularly
Opossum.infoContinuing our series on why New York sucks compared to L.A.: In a truly genius plan, New York City let loose a hoard of opossums to kill the rat population in Brooklyn. To begin with, why are opossums any better than rats? They're furry and beady-eyed and have tails. But nev ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
NYC Niketown Closes Due To Bedbugs -- Another Reason L.A. Is Better Than NYC
Thousands of these suckers at Niketown -- that's NYC for you.There's been a lot of smug talk coming from back East about how New York City continues to thrive and evolve and is home to lots of movie sets and cool TV shows and bands and art and authors, while L.A. has hit a funk, with the goof ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Law And Order Coming To L.A.: What Ripped-From-The-Headlines Stories Will They Tell?
Chuh-Chung! New York City has always had an unfair monopoly on "Law and Order." One year at the height of the franchise's powers, there were more homicides on the various "Law and Order" series during one calendar year than actual murders committed in New York City. So, now, with Terrence H ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Streetsblog L.A. To Shutter And Then Come Back Anew
Los Angeles has been lucky to be part of the Streetsblog family, along with New York City, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. As in the other cities, the local version here is an important source of news and advocacy around the general proposition that streets don't just belong to cars. I ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated
James BeardTwitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Top Chef Masters Season 2: Chef Contestants Announced
Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Just Pho Fun: Top Ten Phở Restaurant Names
Phở might be the fastest, cheapest, most exotic, late-night fix that you can't order at a drive-thru window (not in L.A., at least). It also might be the most frequently mispronounced three-letter word. We rounded up some of our favorite phở restaurant names. Broward Palm Beach
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December 3, 2009
BabyCakes NYC Opening Downtown: Homemade Video is Icing on the Cake
Twitter and cupcake food blogs are abuzz with news of BabyCakes NYC heading west to open a new location in downtown Los Angeles, on 6th Street. Following up from Squid Ink's BabyCakes NYC update in April, the day is nearly here, as the bakery is set to open its doors by the end of this month, and at ... More >>
Music
September 10, 2009
Twofer Tuesday: Mr. Black and re-Sessions
Twitter and cupcake food blogs are abuzz with news of BabyCakes NYC heading west to open a new location in downtown Los Angeles, on 6th Street. Following up from Squid Ink's BabyCakes NYC update in April, the day is nearly here, as the bakery is set to open its doors by the end of this month, and at ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
Lazer Sword, Rainbow Arabia, and Hecuba Tonite at Echo
Lazer Sword, Rainbow Arabia, and Hecuba unleash avant hip-hop, herky-jerky beats, and skronkin' siren vocals at the Echo tonight.
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September 3, 2009
Blackbird
Lazer Sword, Rainbow Arabia, and Hecuba unleash avant hip-hop, herky-jerky beats, and skronkin' siren vocals at the Echo tonight.
Blogs
September 2, 2009
Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Who's Your Phantom?
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
THE GREAT WHITE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
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October 23, 2008
David Said, "Dare Us."
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Music
September 4, 2008
Midnight Juggernauts, Holy Ghost and Disco Legend Nicky Siano
SapphireBlue22stack of newspapersWhat's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2008
Local Theater News: The Taper, Galatea and Paul Brennan
Theater News: The Mark Taper Forum's $30 Million Face Lift; Galatea aims for Fringe NYC festival; Company of Angeles former president Paul Brennan dies. TAPER FACELIFT On Tuesday morning, Center Theatre Group rolled out its $30 million re-design of the Mark Taper Forum, that has been dark for t ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2008
Queer Town: Stonewall Riots Remembered
The big neon sign at the Stonewall Inn is gone now, and the world famous gay bar has undergone a complete renovation. But it will always be the sacred ground where an angry bunch of drag queens and effeminate gay men pushed back after New York City police officers raided the place, and subsequently ... More >>
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May 8, 2008
Office Sonata
The big neon sign at the Stonewall Inn is gone now, and the world famous gay bar has undergone a complete renovation. But it will always be the sacred ground where an angry bunch of drag queens and effeminate gay men pushed back after New York City police officers raided the place, and subsequently ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2008
Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls
"Black girls just want to get fucked all night I just don't have that much jam" I just want to put that out there because it's a funny, mean, maybe even important line. It's the very antithesis of the Beach Boys' categorization of females in "California Girls," and it's proof that at least into th ... More >>
Eat+Drink
January 24, 2008
New Pork City: Eating Everything but the Squeal
Big Apple Pigs
Music
September 27, 2007
Festival Beating
Day of the Drum and Watts Towers Jazz Festival
Blogs
September 13, 2007
Calling All Label Whores: Intermix opening in LA
Kitson is about to get some fierce competition... Intermix, the über popular NYC fashion boutique has announced it will open its first West Coast shop on Wednesday, September 26th (despite what you may have heard from Daily Candy). When I lived in NYC, Intermix was THE place to go for up-to-t ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2007
Arresting Citizens land in the City of Angels
New York City's most glamorous political cabaret troupe, the Citizens Band, is marching into the Avalon this Thursday for their Los Angeles debut (a lucky few caught their act at a private party at the Roosevelt last year). The show's theme is "Masquerading in Paradise," and you can expect a fanta ... More >>
Music
January 18, 2007
A Sax Supreme
Jazz picks for the week of January 19 � 25
Music
December 8, 2005
Snakebites
Jazz picks for the week of January 19 � 25
Music
December 1, 2005
Snakebites
Jazz picks for the week of January 19 � 25
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October 6, 2005
The Big Rub
Massage, L.A. style
Music
September 29, 2005
Tricky!
Massage, L.A. style
Music
July 28, 2005
Nightranger
Massage, L.A. style
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July 21, 2005
No Finer Place for Sure
Everything�s waiting for you downtown
Music
February 3, 2005
Snakebites
Everything�s waiting for you downtown
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April 1, 2004
The Fuzz and the Fury
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