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10 Awesome L.A. Trucks That Sell Things Besides Food

See also: *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying *Top 10 Weirdest Stores in L.A. First the food truck revolution brought us restaurants on wheels, mixing up your own neighborhood's restaurant offerings. Now, the next wave is shopping on wheels. ... More >>

Nosaj Thing Is Back

But the producer and Low End Theory stalwart is not in the mood to party

Laura Escude Is Oz Behind the Curtain

The music programmer makes blockbuster tours pop

Kid In A Candy Shop: Spending $10 At Dylan's Candy Bar

To a 9-year-old, $10 is a lot of money. It's 5 weeks' worth of allowance (if all your chores are done). It's the kind of sum you only come across in one fell swoop occasionally, perhaps tumbling out of a birthday card from great-grandparents, or given as spending money at some Disney resort shop. ... More >>

Fun.'s "We Are Young": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Fun.'s "We Are Young" History: Fun. are a band from New York. (We are not going to do that period thing anymore.) "We Are Young" is the first single from ... More >>

Video Games as Physical Therapy? USC Uses Motion-Capture Technology to Heal the Injured

Startups is a new column about new companies, big ideas and bold discoveries happening in the L.A. area. Belinda Lange knows how to have some serious fun. A physiotherapist by training, Lange leads a group at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), which d ... More >>

Brainworks: Brain Surgeons Give Glimpse of the Inner Sanctum

Max S. GerberJaren and Jared​When Keith Black was a kid, his mom caught him dissecting a chicken heart by the side of the house. He was 8, and such behavior might have worried some parents. But Black's father, a school principal, recognized the boy's curiosity. The next week, he brought his so ... More >>

8 Unusual Games Spotted at IndieCade

Liz Ohanesian"Invaded!" by Jason Torchinsky​Last weekend, IndieCade, the annual event dedicated to independent games, took over a stretch of Culver Blvd. for indoor and outdoor events. Whether they're 3-D video games, iPad puzzles or physical games, the products showcased at this festival aren ... More >>

Frogger 3D and Four Other Games for Those Who Miss Arcades

Shannon CottrellPlaying Skullgirls with Arcade-in-a-Box controllers​"We are now missing the classic arcade style games," says Tak Fujii, producer of Konami's forthcoming Frogger 3D game. It was a sentiment that we heard a lot at E3 last week. Game developers, who are arguably the biggest fans ... More >>

Atari Updates Classic Video Games with Centipede: Infestation and Warlords

Shannon CottrellCheck out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Inside Atari's E3 Booth​At E3 it's easy to get swept away by the new. The three-day show, centered around games that hav ... More >>

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 20, Joins Nintendo's Mario for London 2012 Olympics Video Game

Shannon CottrellSonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary party​Check out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Inside the E3 booth for Sonic Generations, the 20th anniversary Sonic the He ... More >>

Harold Goldberg's All Your Base are Belong to Us and the Cultural History of Video Games as Emotional Story of American Entrepreneurship

Screencap from Sega's Zero Wing​ "All Your Base are Belong to Us" famously circulated as an Internet meme a decade ago. Originating as a poor English translation (from Japanese) of dialogue in Sega's 1991 video game Zero Wing, the phrase has a new life as the title of Harold Goldberg's cultura ... More >>

Was the Death of Guitar Hero Inevitable? Slash, Star of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Answers Here

Slash, guitar icon. And some dude, guitar hero. ​Our inner 13-year-old boy cried yesterday when news broke via Rolling Stone that video game company Activision was officially pulling the plug on popular music game franchise, Guitar Hero. The game that made plastic kiddie guitars cool and launc ... More >>

Did Lady Gaga Sell Out in 2010?

Markus Klinko & Indrani for Hello Kitty!Did Gaga sell out her progressive causes?​ By Liz Brown Theatrical dance-pop performer Lady Gaga skyrocketed to international relevance upon release of 2008's "Just Dance"; the record from which it came, The Fame, broke a record for the number of conse ... More >>

Black Friday Shoppers Continue Their Nastiness During the Holidays

myfoxtampabay.comBlack Friday shoppers gone wild​ More consumers throughout the country are trekking to malls and shops to take advantage of super savings as part of this year's Black Friday, and in the process, causing a ruckus. The longer lines, heavier traffic and filled up parking lots at ... More >>

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Stage Raw: How to Burn a Bridge While Standing on It

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore THE FINE ART OF BURNING A BRIDGE, WHILE STANDING ON IT If you think the hostile/apathetic attitudes of Americans toward government arts subsidies are muddleheaded (overwhelming empirical evidence from fou ... More >>

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Top 10 Video Game Food References

It takes a powerhouse blend of stamina and strength to plant yourself on the couch and nudge a thumbstick back and forth for hours at a time. Why else would gamers require a dedicated line of "performance snacks?" Ok, every collaboration between gamer and grub doesn't need to be farcical and insulti ... More >>

Today In WTF: Gamers Go Gangster; First-Person Shooter Gets Shot

​In the what-has-the-world-come-to department, we bring you the warm story of a man playing a video game early Tuesday in L.A.'s Koreatown neighborhood: Someone walked up to him and opened fire, putting him in County-USC Medical Center, where he's recovering. The attack happened shortly after ... More >>

Terroni's Foosball Goal: Italians Got Game

Brooke Burtonfoosball, Italian style​Every generation has its game. Before there was Wii, there were billiards, table tennis, darts and horseshoes. For many Italians from the 70's and 80's, the game they love is foosball. Which is why Max Stefanelli, managing partner of Terroni Restaurant on ... More >>

Posse Dining: Top 5 Places to Eat with a Crowd

Partying used to be so simple. It's almost Friday and fifteen of your closest friends are itching to celebrate a special occasion over dinner and drinks. Since you and your cronies aren't swimming in funds like the guys from Entourage, renting out an entire restaurant is beyond the monthly budget. E ... More >>

Feed Me! Carnivorous Plants and the Bloody-Fingered People Who Love Them

"Theoretically you could raise a plant entirely on human blood . . . "

At L.A.'s E3 Summit: The Business of Beautiful Killing Games

Faster, Dracula! Kill! Kill! Bloodthirsty peeks at the latest versions of Flock, BioShock, Borderlands, WolfQuest and Castlevania, plus Konami designer Koji Igarashi

Ratatat, Echoplex, Saturday, July 12

Ratatat at the Echoplex, July 12 By John Payne The all-seeing Ratatat came into public view in 2004 with a self-titled debut that made some of us scratch our heads as we smiled very wide. They were two New York guys named Mike Stroud and Evan Mast -- on guitar and bass/programming respectively, ... More >>

Staycation? Go to the Bowl Instead

Jazzed? But Not Motivated?

The week in fun, June 27-July 3

Freaky Friday

Party at Houdini's; Henry Rollins on Target; All Girl at the Echo

A Hero for Our Time

Are rocker video games the new MTV — and will they help save the music universe?

Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato

How Mark Mothersbaugh, an Agent of De-Evolution, wormed his way into America’s subconscious

It's Not Just Lunch!

Networking at lunch 2.0

Mashup Mayhem

DJ WiiJ at Safari Sam’s

Smoke the Muthafuckas, 50!

Calling all High-Level Homies