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My Band Wants to Book a Tour: How Do We Do It?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

What's In the Chef's Market Cart: Seascape Strawberries from McGrath Family Farm

What's in your cart, chef? This week, we ask Karen Klemens, the master preserver behind Mothercluck's vibrant seasonal canned goods and jams as well as chef/owner of Mother Moo Creamery. Open for a year and a half in a location that formerly housed a Domino's Pizza, Mother Moo has quickly become k ... More >>

Bicyclist Sustains Major Injuries In Valley Village Hit-And-Run By Mercedes SUV

See also: Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD. A series of hit-and-run crimes on bicyclists have L.A. bike activists fuming this spring. The community was buzzing about a near-death hit-and-run in Griffith Park last month. Now there's this:

Snow In Sherman Oaks?

A cozy layer of white stuff on the ground in Sherman Oaks (see photo on the next page) had some Angelenos asking if we got a rare dusting of snow right in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. The answer, says the National Weather Service in Oxnard, is no. What you see on the ground is only a mirage of fro ... More >>

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, March 4 Jenny O THE SATELLITE Jenny O's just-out new album, Automechanic (on Holy Trinity/Thirty Tigers), is another strong contribution to L.A.'s new-school canyon-country scene. Produced by the supremely versatile Jonathan Wilson, it fits perfectly alongside Father John Misty's recent Fea ... More >>

We Attended the KCRW Pledge Drive - And Lived to Tell the Tale!

It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>

5 Films People Will Be Talking About at Sundance

For the next 10 days, all Hollywood eyes--and those of many a filmgoer--will turn toward the frigid wilds of Park City, Utah, reportedly experiencing its chilliest winter in a decade. Their collective hope: to discover at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (January 17 through 26) the next Beasts of the ... More >>

Titus Andronicus - El Rey - 11/8/2012

Titus Andronicus with Ceremony El Rey Theatre 11/8/12 Given all of the excitement going on elsewhere in town last night, including what might be Chan "Cat Power" Marshall's last show in L.A. for a while, those of us headed to see New Jersey's Titus Andronicus knew we were taking the road less-trav ... More >>

Meet Brooke Candy: Rapper, Stripper, Warrior

Brooke Candy's given name is Brooke Candy, and she was born on 4/20. (Trust that we used our journalistic skills to verify this information.) Her father worked behind the scenes for Hustler when she was growing up in Oxnard. If her parents are surprised that she's become a stripper and rapper who sm ... More >>

Kottonmouth Kings' Pakelika Is Dead

Hip-hop performance artist and former Kottonmouth Kings member Pakelika died of cardiac arrest following an asthma attack Saturday night. According to a statement from his manager Doug Cosgro, Pakelika -- whose real name was Patrick Cochrun -- had been battling asthma for years, and this latest unex ... More >>

Scenes from the California Strawberry Festival: Strawberry Shortcake, Nachos Wine

The California Strawberry Festival was a two-day berry celebration from May 19-20 at Oxnard's Strawberry Meadows of College Park. "We have so much more real-estate compared to last year," Daisy Tatum executive chair of the California Strawberry Festival said. "The park has been totally improved we a ... More >>

Stacie Halas, Porn-Star Teacher, May be Emboldened by Case of Former Adult Performer Shawn Loftis

Those of you who have been following the saga of teacher turned alleged porn star Stacie Halas, and we know you have, might take heart in the story of another educator turned adult video actor, Shawn Loftis. You see, Halas' job as a middle school teacher in Oxnard is on the line after she was appar ... More >>

Gangrene Get High, So High

Alchemist and Oh No's label gave them a weed budget

EPA Penalizes Ventura County Construction Company for Illegal Dumping Near Endangered Species

​The Calleguas Creek runs about 30 miles long up near Oxnard, delivering freshwater to Mugu Lagoon, a partially enclosed body of water that is home to several endangered species. In 2005 and 2006, Ventura County contractor Thomas Staben dumped 40,000 cubic yards of harmful materials - about 2,00 ... More >>

LAUSD Becomes First California School District to Mandate Gay Curriculum

Instinct MagazineL.A. is officially leading this parade.​The "Stop SB 48" campaign may be doing its darndest to shield California youth from the horrors of learning about gay and lesbian contributions to history, but the religious bigots behind it are bugs under the shoe of the L.A. Board of E ... More >>

Larry King: Gay Teen's High Heels And Makeup Set Off Murderous SoCal High School Attack?

Markusram​The story of a 15-year-old boy killed at a Southern California high school campus because of his high heels, lipstick and effeminate sexuality was playing out in court in L.A. this week. Brandon McInerney was 14 when he shot Larry King a day after the 15-year-old walked around in hi ... More >>

Blame Alaska: Rare California 'Arctic Blast' Comes From the North

Stop getting your snow all up in our happy place, Palin​We knew California wasn't to blame for this dreadful, borderline-blasphemous cold spell! As usual, we have the northerners to thank for our unhappiness: This crazy-cold polar storm is whistling like an ambush of icicles straight down from ... More >>

Stage Raw: LADCC Awards and Quiz3

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2010 The 42nd annual ceremony takes place on Monday, March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Details will be posted at ... More >>

Stage Raw: Big Prizes, Ovations and Stage Raw Theater Quiz

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS2011 OVATIONS AWARDS at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center, Jan. 17Thirty-six awards were handed out to 21 different Southern California theater companies. Leading the pack, tied with ... More >>

Stage Raw: Responses to the New Year Theater Quiz!

NEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on John Lithgow's Stories by Heart, and HairCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS are coming, cool your jets.​Vince Melocchi's new play, Julia, at Pacific Resident Theatre,  has bee extended until the end of time. When time does finally end, yo ... More >>

WATCH: Soulja Boy Tell'em to Lead Swag Parade Thru a Suburb Near You (Also, the Word 'Hammer' Now Okay for Rap Again)

Soula Boy on Main Street, America. Watch out, Palin, he's gunnin' for your turf.​MC who? Odd Future fan (read on) and international swag ambassador Soulja Boy Tell'em has brought the word "hammer" back to hip-hop. In what might be the word's first non-derogatory use since the early '90s, he's ... More >>

WATCH/DOWNLOAD: From Oakland to Compton, Aloe Blacc, MED and Oh No Pay California Love on New West Coast Anthem 'Where I'm From'

Aloe Blacc pays tribute to the state he's in. Could this be the new "California Love"?​ Oxnard rapper and Stones Throw artist MED doesn't eff around. When it comes to dropping singles, he goes straight for the broad-theme anthem, and always with a West Coast bent. On "Where I'm From," he bri ... More >>

Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie: Eight Months Old and Going Strong

Todd HigginsLadyface Alehouse & Brasserie Beers​ As they approach their eight month anniversary, Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie in Agoura Hills is not only a success but has been since day one. "We tried to open quietly" says owner and manager Cyrena Nouzille, "but we pretty much got run ove ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Dorie Greenspan's La Palette Strawberry Tart Recipe

Walk around any Los Angeles farmers market -- or head to Oxnard this weekend -- and you'll see strawberry season in full display, the baskets and flats of Gaviotas and Albions, Chandlers and Seascapes, arranged like ad hoc garnet jewel cases. And after you eat your fill, take an extra few pints home ... More >>

Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

Download: Two Versions of 'Endure' by Declaime and Georgia A. Muldrow [MP3]

Star Foreman​Inglewood couple and music-making entrepreneurs Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (a.k.a. Declaime) released solo albums a mere six months ago -- Umsindo and Holy Smokes, respectively -- and already, they've got a new funk-fueled space odyssey for the intrepid among us. Thei ... More >>

New CA Budget Cuts Williamson Act Funding, May Affect Local Farmers

As you probably know by now, last week, after a long political stalemate, the Governor finally signed a new California budget, but not before slashing another $489 million to create what we home budgeters might call "a cushion." Along with more cuts to K-12 and higher education, child welfare servic ... More >>

Pacific Heights: L.A. Weekly's Top 10 L.A. Recordings of 2008

No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more

Proposition 11: The Most Misunderstood

The League of Women Voters, Common Cause and AARP seek change in Sacramento

Renu Nakorn: Spicy Thai Hot Spot Reopens

To make a tiger smile

Stanton Kaye: Father of Reinvention

Could tracking technology save the Hollywood dreams of a former golden boy?

¡Ask a Mexican! the Dating Gain

Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a Mexican guy?

Feeling Salamandered?

Out of the budget debacle’s ashes, a chance to end gerrymandering

Certifiable

Big organic versus the little guys

EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE

10 Comics That Shook The World

(Of comics, anyway)

Live in LA

Letters

A Civil War of Words

Did Dubya free the slaves?

Flamethrowers to Framecams

Cool new car stuff

Radical Mamas

What’s Gone Wrong in Iraq?

How we lost the peace in this illegal war

Failing a Generation

How to fix California’s broken Foster-Care system

Letters

The Otani Affair

Two top picks for Bernie Parks’ replacement book the wrong place to stay

Justices Face IQ Test

Likely ruling could spare mentally retarded on California’s death row

New Music

Check Your Bazooka at the Door

All Juiced Up and No Place To Go

The electric car underwhelms California