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The Five Greatest Clean Versions of Hip-Hop Songs

By Chaz Kangas Even though it's patently ridiculous, a clean version of A$AP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems" exists. It's funny. And, like watching Die Hard on TBS ("Yippee ki-yay, mother trucker!"). Indeed, it's much more fun when rappers sub in different words, rather than just bleep them, case in poi ... More >>

The Offline Glass: Turn Your Smartphone Into a Beer Coaster

We all know the scene -- you're sitting at the bar with a friend when they whip out their smartphone to respond to a text. The phone migrates from isolation in your friend's pants pocket to its perch on the bar next to his beer. From that point it's just a few conversational lulls before your colloc ... More >>

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Armin Van Burren - Hollywood Palladium - May 3, 2013

Armin Van Burren Hollywood Palladium May 3, 2013 Armin Van Burren is on tour promoting his fifth album, Intense which just came out and is getting good reviews. His first stop was the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, and he definitely brought it. The night went something like this:

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Storage Wars' Dan and Laura Dotson on the Secrets to Auctioning Off Trash

Creatives is a new recurring column about creative people in L.A. following their passions. If one man's trash is another man's treasure, then Dan and Laura Dotson are the guides who bring it all together. The married team of licensed auctioneers owns American Auctioneers in Riverside. Dan Dotson ... More >>

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Werner Herzog, Crazy-Man Film Director, Thinks L.A. Is The Only City in America With Substance

Werner Herzog.​City Hall has more red ink than Nicolas Cage, the Dodgers are a mess, and our pothole-pocked, traffic-clogged roads are really the worst in America. But make no mistake, we love L.A. No town like it, from the Chinese delicacies of the SGV to the surfing inadequacies of Venic ... More >>

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Liam Neeson, aging brutishly, can't save tepid new thriller

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Q & A With Craig Thornton, Part 2: Nicolas Cage, Reflective Cooking, and How To Get Into a Wolvesden Dinner

Caleb ChenCraig Thornton takes a break from cooking​ If you read part 1 of our interview with Wolvesden's Craig Thornton, you learned about his difficult childhood, his stint at Bouchon in Las Vegas, and how he developed some of his unique creative flair. For part 2, we continue the conversati ... More >>

Randy Quaid Housing Crisis Comes To A Head After Squatting Alleged In Santa Barbara County

​Los Angeles has one of the most intractable homeless populations in the nation. Its Skid Row is the Skid Row. In Venice, people have taken to living in RVs. The real estate crisis has put people on the streets, plain and simple. But who knew times were so hard that even Hollywood actors were ... More >>

Top 10 Signs Los Angeles' Economy Continues To Struggle

calleecakes via Flickr​Times are hard. You don't need Jay Leno to remind you. Double dip recession? We barely noticed a recovery in the first place. California's poverty rate is one percentage point above the already dire national average. And unemployment and the real estate crisis have combi ... More >>

We Are the Mods, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

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Reality Show About Koreatown Seeks Asian Guidos, Nicolas Cage-Types

richdad.comRobert Kiyosaki, the original Asian guido.​You might not be The Situation, but we know you're out there: Spikey hair, Orange Crush tan, low-riding BMW M3, chiseled arms (24 Hour Fitness on Wilshire), A/X sleeveless t-shirt, fake Panerai. And you can rap. You're an Asian-American gui ... More >>

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