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Comic Seth Front: Using Deli Foods To Explore Jewish American History One Nosh At A Time

While many comics get their material from headlines, L.A. comedian Seth Front draws his inspiration from another source: deli menus. For the past two years, Front has crisscrossed the country giving talks on the culinary history of American Jews of Eastern European descent, using delicatessen foods ... More >>

In Defense of Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear Greek Theatre 10-10-12 See also: Our review of Animal Collective and Flying Lotus at Hollywood Bowl, 9/23/12 Grizzly Bear, the musical emblems of Williamsburg, played a solid, nearly two hour set at the Greek Theater last night. The quartet, boosted by a Phantom of the Opera-esque key ... More >>

Raconteurs of Ages

Awesome Craigslist Ad For Crappy Apartment Written So Well it Makes Us Want to Move In

When LA Weekly music writer Drew Tewksbury posted this Craigslist ad on Facebook, we just had to check it out. It's the best ad ever for what amounts to an East Hollywood apartment that appears quite dumpy by this Westsider's stuck-up standards. But it was written so persuasively that we're ready t ... More >>

VIDEO: Stephanie Pratt's BF Julien Chabbott Runs Over Cop's Foot

New Yorkers say L.A. is the home of the shallow, vacant, star-struck millionaire. Well, Manhattan is starting to look a lot like Beverly Hills. Over the weekend the boyfriend of The Hills star Stephanie Pratt was videotaped making a douche fool of himself as he ran over the foot of a New York City ... More >>

Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later

Blake Robin is a nu-disco producer and DJ who performs under the name Baron von Luxxury. In the summer of 2007, his close friends Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, a glamorous couple who were fixtures in the New York art scene, both committed suicide. She died from an overdose of Tylenol PM combined ... More >>

The Amazing Spider-Man Review: The Spider Becomes a Man — and a Joy

The Law & Order & Food Tumblr: Justice, with a Side of French Fries

Last month, we introduced you to The Chewing, in which New York magazine hilariously spliced together scenes of the The Killing's characters chewing on gum, chewing on chips, chewing on burgers -- well, you get the idea. To this growing list of Internet compilations dedicated to television characte ... More >>

The Chewing: A Very Funny Video from New York Magazine

If you've been watching The Killing -- you know, that impossibly dark and rain-sodden police procedural on AMC that airs before Mad Men -- you'll know that there has been a price to pay for following the show into its second season. We've had to put up with the WTF moment of the first season's absur ... More >>

Big Book of Pussy: New Taschen Tome Celebrates the Hole Truth (Photos NSFW)

​There are more pet names for the vagina than for any other part of the female anatomy. True, you've got your various badonks and cahuengas -- but inversely proportionate to the insecurity women have about their vaginas is the number of nice names by which they refer to them when no one els ... More >>

Dodgers Suitor Steven Cohen Has Been Through His Own Bitter Divorce

​Hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen, who is bidding for the L.A. Dodgers, has at least one thing in common with Frank McCourt: Both have been through an ugly divorce.Cohen divorced his first wife, Patricia, more than 20 years ago. But the two have been locked in a bitter struggle ever since, acco ... More >>

Atwater Village Farm: Now Open How To Farm in a Gold Lamé Dress

Patrick O'DonnellPiper Goldstein and products​There's a new wave of urban farmers, but Piper Goldstein takes it to the next level. She likes to farm in a gold lamé dress and work boots. A native to Los Angeles, she actually has Woodland Hills tattooed across her stomach. But she's not your ... More >>

Music Picks: Joan Osborne, Tears for Fears, the Cute Lepers, J. Cole, Low

Also Bon Iver, Cerebellion, Surfer Blood and others

Music Picks: Agnostic Front, the Latebirds, Def Leppard, Jay Rock

Also, Kristeen Young, Diego Garcia, the Human League and others

Pantry Debate: The Shell Pasta Dilemma Chef Suzanne Goin's Anti-Clumping Tips

JGarbeeAn Unfortunate Orecchiette Torpedo​For some, the never-ending grocery store debate involves which shortcut ingredients will actually mean getting dinner on the table at a reasonable hour. For us, there is but one question (okay, two, as olive oil is always involved): Is it worth it to s ... More >>

Are Young People Acting Out Hardcore Porn Scenes? One Prof Thinks So

Merrick MonroePorn and you.​Does watching porn make young people want to act it out -- in a bad way? After all, modern adult video isn't exactly a romance novel. It can border on violence and it's certainly often degrading toward women. Role playing? Sure, but the role is almost always the sa ... More >>

Everyone Loves a Troll: How Christwire Fooled Rachel Maddow, Howard Stern, 3 Million Coachella Heads and Counting

ChristwireThe mega-trollers, in costume as Bryan Blake and Mike Watson​Christwire.org is a joke. IT'S NOT REAL. Not a genuine bone in its blogroll. (Except for when they also fool their Christian freelancers.) Every day, the two dudes who run Christwire read hundreds of your angry comments a ... More >>

Porn Convention in Los Angeles This Weekend (Yay!)

adultcon​Rough year for porn. And we're not just talking about whips and chains. Following a recent HIV-positive scandal, New York magazine reported what we all know -- that everyone's getting their adult material online for free now. What has happened to music and film is happening to porn. ... More >>

2011 JBF Journalism Awards Nominees: Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh

James Beard Foundation​Less than half an hour ago, the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 JBF Journalism Awards, and the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold earned two nods (for Food-Related Feature and for the M.F.K. Fisher award) as did Los Angeles magazine restaurant critic ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Texaco-Mex, Bacon Toothpaste Rich People Discover Fast Food

-- Bacon toothpaste. If you needed more evidence that the bacon trend has peaked. [The Food Section] -- Taco Bell defends its beef in a new $3 million ad campaign. Imagine if they spent that much on sourcing. [Nation's Restaurant News] -- Rich Americans discover the joys of fast food. Finally. ... More >>

Gregory Slattery Named Publisher of La Cucina Italia

​La Cucina Italia last week named Gregory Slattery as its new publisher. Slattery previously oversaw First for Women, Woman's World, Soap's in Depth and ID Magazine for Bauer Media Group, reports MediaPost. Slattery takes over for 76-year-old George Hirsch, a publishing industry veteran (and ... More >>

Is Los Angeles The Douche Capital Of The Nation?

Bottle Service is for TouristsThis guy's dress shirt is untucked, so you know he's casual yet dressy.​It's a fair question: Is L.A. the nation's douche capital? After all (and despite what New York magazine thinks) bottle service started here after migrating from the Asian-American club scene. ... More >>

Meg Whitman Parrots Arnold Schwarzenegger In New Jerry Brown Ad

Update at 6:23 p.m. Arnold Schwarzenegger: plagiarism victim​Jerry Brown's campaign has posted a new TV spot (after the jump) that shows how much of Meg Whitman's rhetoric has been ripped off from Arnold Schwarzenegger. No word on how much money is behind the ad, but at a minute long, it seems unl ... More >>

American Apparel Finance Deal Good News For Dov Charney's Hipster Label: Federal Lawsuit Is Not

Dov Charney's American Apparel gets good financial news.​Updated after the jump with info on the employee involved in the lawsuit. Originally posted at 4:11 p.m. American Apparel is in much better shape financially today after one of its major lenders agreed to revise the terms of its loan to ... More >>

Tonight: Jimmy Eat World, Surfer Blood, UB40, Buck 65, Deakin, the Hounds Below

Jimmy Eat World​Jimmy Eat World shouldn't get dinged for the ostensibly presumptuous title of their new album and first in three years, Invented. In the minds of the many, the Arizona quartet did pioneer its brand of radio-friendly emo-rock -- taut and anthemic guitar music with an honesty th ... More >>

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 >>

The L.A. Weekly Interview: JD Samson and MEN

Talking visibility and utopias with the Le Tigre icon and her new band

Awful: Bed Bugs Infest Entire Building In Arlington Heights

​ Much of the frightening coverage of the return of the bed bug has been focused on New York City. See, for instance, this New York magazine piece on bed bugs infesting upscale apartments on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But the bed bug is here, in all of its awfulness.

The Tyranny of the New

Why the future of books might be old books

Erin McKenna: Hot for Oven

Kevin ScanlonErin McKenna, with cupcakes​ Eighties rock music blares on the video as blonde bombshell Erin McKenna, 34, strolls into her small New York City bakery, BabyCakes, in black knee-high boots, a short, pinstriped dress and an apron. Tucked under her arm is a newly released cookbook sl ... More >>

Erin McKenna: Hot for Oven

Former LA Weekly Classical Music Critic Alan Rich Dies

​Former LA Weekly classical music critic Alan Rich died Friday, apparently of natural causes, the Orange County Register reports. LAObserved reported on the writer's death earlier. Rich's age would have been about 86. Via Twitter, the Weekly's Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold ... More >>

New York Magazine Picks Up Blog Editor From L.A.'s TheWrap.com

​New York Magazine's well-read blog Vulture announced Wednesday that it has hired Joe Adalian as its West Coast editor in Los Angeles. He'll be responsible for much entertainment coverage and analysis of television, according to the mag. "Joe is a big hire for us in terms of rounding out our ... More >>

Cuttle Bone: Cuttlefish, A Tasting Menu The Cuttlefish Mating Ritual

Jonathan Gold​If you've ever tried the Insalatina Tiepida Di Polipo e Seppia Arrostita Con Carciofi, Asparagi e Fave at Vincenti Ristorante in Brentwood, and we sincerely urge that you make a reservation today, then you are familiar with the exquisite tenderness of cuttlefish, the way its fles ... More >>

Cook's Illustrated Cupcake Tasting: They Hated Them All Their Solution

Flickr user tednmikiDoes Your Cupcake Measure Up?​Sprinkles fans, you might want to step away from the computer for a cupcake break. The June issue of Cook's Illustrated, the Consumer Reports of test kitchens, features a chocolate cupcake tasting challenge. They've dubbed Sprinkles' version th ... More >>

West Coast Sound: A Stroke Chokes (And Nearly Goes Broke)

Poor Little Rich Stroke: Julian Casablancas "Broke" After Ruinous LA Gigs, Glad to Be Out of Here

Soon busking for grocery money at a subway near you: "Broke" JC​Julian Casablancas recently gave an interview to New York magazine, where he bawwwwwed extensively about the lack of massive success of his recent album Phrazes for the Young. The interview is part of an absurd hand-job to profile ... More >>

Tax A Tan? It's Possible Under Senate Version Of Health Care Bill

FoxTan Stewie.​Los Angeles is the capital of tanning. (We know, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hasn't made this declaration yet, but we assure you, he will). Now, hold on to something and breathe steadily, especially you George Hamilton, the cast of E! reality show Sunset Tan, and Tan Stewie, beca ... More >>

Suck It Brooklyn: All Your Bands Are Safe, Boring, and Sound the Same, says LA

New York magazine"These B'klyn Bands Could Be Your Life, (If your life was LAME, that is!)," says a way-cooler Los Angeles​Breaking news! Stereogum reports that New York magazine has just named Brooklyn "the music capital" of America (or perhaps the world?--unclear). Grizzly Bear, MGMT, and Th ... More >>

Poor Bob Dylan and His Malibu Outhouse Debacle

Until yesterday, the most common keywords on Google linked to Bob Dylan were probably words like folk singer, blues, and songwriter. Now the words are "poo," "defecation" (New York Magazine)," "crap" (TMZ), "stinky" (Hollywood Rag), and "stank" (Celebitchy).One thing the non-Malibu crowd should reme ... More >>

Tonight at 826LA East: LA Music Writers Hold a "Seminar," Discuss Amazing Opportunities in Journalism

Tonight at the ever-inspiring 826LA East in Echo Park, directly behind the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a bunch of music writers will be discussing their, er, craft, no doubt addressing hot button issues in the ever-exciting world of music journalism, a profession that is growing by leaps and bound ... More >>

A Night with the Glamour Girls

Ferocity from Afar: New York Fashion Week Wrap-up

New York Fashion Week took its final bite out of the Big Apple last week and most fashion fiends and followers have already moved on to the substantially edgier avante-garde parade at London Fashion Week (happening now). But NYC's shows deserve a recap, especially since many of the looks will be s ... More >>

Hail, Farewell

Curtain Calls

The 20th Century and Me: Beginnings

Excerpted from So I’ve Heard: Notes From a Migratory Music Critic

Blame Ovitz: When Art Started Imitating Hollywood

The Many Faces of JT Leroy

A recent New York Magazine article claimed to unveil the biggest literary swindle of recent years - namely that enigmatic author JT Leroy, who penned cult classics 'Sarah' and 'The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things', is not actually a cross-dressing former rent boy, but a 39-year-old social worker ... More >>

Beverly Hills

My Favorite Things, Part 3