Outdoor Recreation

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Morels, Kind Of

Acclaimed American poet William Jay Smith has so far painted the most accurate picture of the morel mushroom, in a short excerpt from his 1969 nature poems series. "Not ringed but rare, not gilled but polyp-like, having sprung up overnight -- these mushrooms of the gods, resembling human organs upro ... More >>

10 Best Workouts in L.A. for People Who Hate Working Out

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A. Running is boring. Treadmills make me feel like a rat in an experiment. And tennis -- my racket is somewhere, and, do do I have t ... More >>

10 Best Ways to Get in Shape in L.A.

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. You see the flab. You want the flab gone. You want it gone now. There's no New Year's resolution. There's no wedding dress to fit into. It's just getting in shape time. Becau ... More >>

David Goeser, Missing UCLA Student, Shot Self in Head; Remains Found in Pacific Palisades

Cops today said remains found along a hiking trail in Pacific Palisades were those of missing UCLA student David Goeser. The LAPD says in a statement that the 23-year-old "died from a single gunshot wound to the head" and that "a semiautomatic pistol was also found next to the body." The remains, ... More >>

Body Parts Found at Los Liones Canyon Hiking Trail in Pacific Palisades

Two hikers came across a macabre scene in Pacific Palisades over the weekend. They found a skull in Los Liones Canyon, and paramedics and police were soon on the scene. Arriving officers then apparently discovered the rest of the body, a "torso," about 20 feet away, according to an LAPD statement. ... More >>

Ciclavia's Oct. 7 Hipster Bike Route Hits Chinatown, Bars & Pubs of Downtown

CicLAvia, the bike ride that closes down miles of L.A. streets for your pedaling pleasure, announced an all-new route for its Oct. 7 shindig. And it's somewhat of a hipster happening, taking you to Chinatown, the new Grand Park, "downtown's bustling cafés and pubs," and Little Tokyo, according to ... More >>

Hipster Holocaust Indulges Our Sweetest Fantasy

Hipster Holocaust should grab attention, if only for the name. "Hipster" is still a hot-button word, and combining that with unchecked bloodshed and you're probably onto something. The film, which premieres tonight in L.A. at Laemmle's Royal Theatre, is the story of two working class goons who win ... More >>

Malibu, Home of The A-Lister, Gets an F in Beach Water Quality

The annual bible of where to go to the beach this summer and not get sick is out. The place to avoid, apparently, is Malibu. And not just because David Geffen doesn't want you there. Yes, despite the concentration of billionaires, babes and gaudy, Tuscany-villa architecture, the rich folks of Mal ... More >>

Bicycle-Riding Men Could Get Man-Boobs, More Female Hormones -- UCLA Study

Guys who cycle regularly are skinny, in shape and oh-so attractive to the ladies. Except that the time spent bounding on that bicycle seat turns out to be not so good for a dude's reproductive health. Just another danger for those who prefer peddle power in L.A. And the problem isn't just with all ... More >>

Expo Line Design: The L.A. Weekly Review

A forecast of insultingly high gas prices, paired with a buoyant burst of car-free optimism (including an ambitious bike-share program just announced by the city), make the timing perfect for L.A.'s newest rail line to debut. Starting April 28, the Expo Line will travel the eight miles from downtown ... More >>

Jeb Corliss Video Captures Gnarly Base Jumping Crash at South Africa's Table Mountain

Jeb Corliss, the insane Venice base jumper who calls himself "fearless," lived up to that adjective this week when he told ABC News that he will "jump again" following a caught-on-video (after the jump) accident in South Africa that left his leg bones in pieces. He's expected to get out of the hosp ... More >>

How Mark Malkoff Convinced Kate Walsh, Justine Bateman and Other Celebrities to Let Him Sleep Over

Courtesy Mark MalkoffMark Malkoff, left, gets a bedtime story from Phil Rosenthal, who created Everybody Loves Raymond.​Not wanting to spend thousands of dollars on hotels during his recent visit to Los Angeles, comedian Mark Malkoff instead asked a bunch of celebrities if he could sleep at ... More >>

'Ta-Ta' Dodgeball Game With Breast-Like Balls For Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Only in L.A.

knowcancer.com​Straddling the edge between feminism and sexism, compassion and hedonism, a group cheekily named the Eagle Rock Yacht Club is hosting a "Ta-Ta Tournament" of the Dodgeball variety, where the dodgeballs are resemble breasts and the after-party resembles an after-party. Now, befo ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/19-9/23

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "And I suspect I've just offended the ghosts of 50 generations of Basque gourmets." Want Angulas, Spanish Baby Eels? Get the Fake Version. "Everything looks better in The Life Aquatic: wetsuits, s ... More >>

Thoughts From a Random Black Guy: The Time I Took The Surfing World By Storm

Kelly Clancy​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] During my 20 years of living, I have accomplished many things and acquired many skills. One of the more impressive things that stands out is the brief per ... More >>

Rum Cannonball: The Life Aquatic's Mythical Drink on Bill Murray's Birthday

Bill Murray as explorer Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic​1 hour and 26 minutes into Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, as he's about to lead a daring raid on the decrepit Hotel Citroën, Bill Murray pauses and tosses off the line (one of many throwaway lines in the film): "They ... More >>

LA Weekly Poetry: 'Westmoreland' by Jamie Criss [Video]

Poet Jamie Criss performing at one of Synchronicity LA's monthly "artistic salons."​LA Weekly is now taking poetry submissions. Interested in having your work posted right here on our arts blog? Send previously unpublished poems along with an image to go with it to poetry@laweekly.com. Major b ... More >>

Play Skullgirls and Skulls of the Shogun Tomorrow at GR2 for Game Night 5

Skullgirls​If you didn't get to check out new fighter game Skullgirls or strategy game Skulls of the Shogun at E3 earlier this month, you'll have a chance on Saturday night at GR2, the art gallery/shop associated with "Asian pop culture and beyond" magazine Giant Robot. Both games will be feat ... More >>

Spoke 'n' Hammer

CIRQUE DE SADDLE

I'M A WHALE WATCHER

Free Marina Access? How Quaint

DJ Q&A: Benny Benassi Bikes His Way To Music Box In Hollywood

​The latest, most-successful-yet wave of electronic dance music (Deadmau5, Kaskade, Will.i.am) might not have been if Benny Benassi hadn't unleashed his own brand of cross-over electro house in 2002 with his robotic hit "Satisfaction." Suddenly the hip-hop-loving club world understood the synt ... More >>

Swimming Cool

Mayor Villaraigosa Announces A 'Bike Summit' Following His Own Bicycle Crash

YouTube​Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently reached out to the bicycle community via YouTube and announced -- more than a week after he broke an elbow in a bike accident on Venice Boulevard -- that he would help organize a summit about the future of pedal power in L.A.. 'We're go ... More >>

Open Mike Eagle Unapologetically Talks About "Art Rap"

[Make sure to read Jeff Weiss' piece on Open Mike Eagle, from the LA Weekly print edition.] Open Mike Eagle - I Rock from Mush Records on Vimeo. In the first ten minutes of his acidic and excellent debut, "Unapologetic Art Rap," Open Mike Eagle samples Pavement and sings a portion of TV on the Ra ... More >>

Pave to Save Whittier Narrows?

A tense battle over erecting a "hands-on" museum and more parking on a shrinking band of green

Post-Apocalyptic Party: Road Warrior Weekend Brings Mad Max Fans to the High Desert

Road Warrior Weekend wasn't your typical fandom convention. There were no stuffy hotels, no lines to pile into meeting rooms, no overpriced convention center lunches. Instead, this one-time-only event brought fans of the Mad Max series out to Southern California's High Desert for a three-day, post-a ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Where To Take Your Parents in Echo Park? Why, the Yacht Club, of Course

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: My parents are coming to visit, very parenty parents, and I was wondering if you have any idea where I might take them for dinner in Echo Park or Highland Park on a Saturday night. I want to show them my neighborhood, but I'm think ... More >>

Long Beach Says, "Take a Bike!"

​While many cities over the past 20 years have made cosmetic gestures of accommodation to the growing demands of bicyclists, some road modifications, such as the skinny bike lane, seem to be more of an attractive nuisance than help.  LAStreetsBlog has been examining how Long Beach has been mo ... More >>

FYF Fest 2009: An Interview with F*cked Up

In an effort to better familiarize our readership on the upcoming FYF Fest, which occurs this Saturday at the LA State Historic Park downtown, West Coast Sound sent a brief questionnaire to a few bands scheduled to appear. What follows is the response of Pink Eyes, the amazing lead singer for Toront ... More >>

Nobunny at FYF Fest: The West Coast Sound Interview

​In an effort to better familiarize our readership on the upcoming FYF Fest, which occurs next Saturday at the LA State Historic Park downtown, West Coast Sound sent a brief questionnaire to a few bands scheduled to appear. First on the list, for obvious reasons, is Nobunny. Who, or what, is N ... More >>

On the Waterbus

Around and around she goes

Scraping the Bottom of the Film Can

THAT'S LAVA B-S

When Julia Met Chicken

The Burning Man Returns

By Randall Roberts The Burning Man, which was prematurely torched by burner-assassin Paul Addis on Tuesday morning, has returned. This morning at about 11:30, a crane lifted what is now known as the Spawn of Burning Man into its rightful place at the center of Black Rock City. The soundtrack to ... More >>

Close Call for Fire Station 35

Firefight at Griffith Park’s Hogback Trail Bridge

Take a Load Off, Mandrake

Culver City’s art bar

Blue Sky, White Heron

Biking the river

Serious Stuff

Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown, Coetzee’s Slow Man

A Creek Flows in Compton

In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

Summer Stock

Low Camp, grand Hotel

The Natural

Laura Aguilar, in the flesh

Vegging Out

Backpacking food can be lightweight, or it can be good. But if you know what you're doing, it can be both.

Bugged

Be Here Now

GPS means never having to say 'Where the fuck are we?'

Taming the Wild Trickle

A Gray-Water Adventure on the Mighty L.A.

Shrink Raps

...I went to see the Japanese film Wife To Be Sacrificed, and I was utterly appalled...

Riding Out the Apocalypse

the best place to bike when the big one hits