Paper Crafts

Tony Dominguez: The Pinata King

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. The piñata king likes big. His royal highness, known in less formal circles as 43-year-old Tony Dominguez, makes 12-foot-tall Virgenes de Guadalupe out of papier-mâ ... More >>

L.A. Artist Installs Paper-Mache Sunbathers on Downtown Dirt Plot, Abandoned Since 2007

Here's one way to comment on long-neglected construction blight: Put some paper-mache on it! Perhaps frustrated, like the rest of us, that it has taken the federal government five years (and counting) to figure out what they're doing with the plot of dirt at 1st and Broadway, an unidentified street ... More >>

Record Store Day 2012: Our Comprehensive Guide to Steals and Deals, Free Grub and Live Performances

Record Store Day is this Saturday. Because there are almost as many record stores in L.A. as there are donut shops, we compiled a handy guide to help you get your hot little hands on as much vinyl as possible. We called every record store in a 40-mile radius and made a list of all the day's deals ... More >>

How Many Vinyl Record Stores Does the Eastside Need?

On a recent Saturday night in Los Feliz, a crowd spilled out onto the sidewalk outside the grand opening party for High-Fidelity, the latest entrant in the increasingly crowded field of Eastside vinyl record shops. Inside, a string quartet played Radiohead and Postal Service covers while the owner, ... More >>

Kind of a Dragon

Tony Dominguez's Rock Opera La Muerte Vive With Ginormous Dia de los Muertos Puppets

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Origami Yoda and More at Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden's Origami Festival at Cal State Long Beach

Lisa HorowitzOrigami Yoda, folded by Michael Sanders as part of Alison Redfoot-DiLidda's composition​ The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Cal State Long Beach turned out to be a lovely location to learn the art of origami, or Japanese paper folding, on Sunday. From humble beginnings mor ... More >>

Fan Workshop and Lecture

Countdown to Record Store Day: Neil from Origami Vinyl in Echo Park

​You have seen the storefront of Origami Vinyl if you have ever gone to the Echo or had a slice of pizza at Two Boots. The store is packed with an impressive mix of local (and not-so-local) releases in a variety of genres, and host some amazing all-ages in-stores on a pretty regular basis. T ... More >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ There is a cold front headed our way so you can either spend it huddled alone in your apartment, or out dancing, drinking, and merrymaking with friends and wellwishers alike. We think you should go out dancing, drinking (but not driving) and merrymaking, and have some events so awesome that ... More >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ Yes, it is Valentine's Day Weekend. Couples will be canoodling in a desperate attempt to prove to themselves and everyone else that they still have it; singletons, meanwhile, will be in defensive party mode, making Marrieds jealous, or weeping themselves to sleep after engaging in a helpin ... More >>

This weekend: OK Go, Weezer, Bonobo, Pretty Lights, Lucero, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

Day 19OK Go​Almost anything goes in the Theater of OK Go. The art-pop quartet's headlining tour, which concludes Saturday in Los Angeles, has included (according to various online reports): Enough confetti to drown an arena full of Flaming Lips fans; the guys decked out in primary colors; a 3 ... More >>

Origami Vinyl's Local Top Ten (Plus One!)

via origami vinyl's flickrneil schield of origami vinyl​ Independent Echo Park record store Origami Vinyl carries a strong collection of local music as well as new releases and luxurious reissues. Proprietor Neil Schield told us about their most recent top ten local sellers--as well as a loca ... More >>

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Branded

Haiku News: Kanye's Meh Mini-Movie, Jónsi Cancels In-Store Tour, Local Natives' New Vid, Katie Perry Gets Hitched

Vinyl of the Week: Two Slabs of Stone-Cold '80s Funk from Tony Cook, ft. Dâm-Funk [MP3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

Conjunction Junction Offers Free Alternative Right Next to Sunset Junction Fair (Including Must-See Band Light Asylum)

​What do you do if you're a restaurant right outside the craziness that is gonna be Sunset Junction Street Fair this weekend? How do you convince the music-starved crowd to pop in for some gavacho-priced Mexican food and drinks? Well, in the case of Sunset Blvd. cantina Malo (owned by the sam ... More >>

Echo Park's Origami Vinyl to Host Free Album-Making Seminar with Summer Darling and More

Origami Vinyl and Summer Darling will show you how to set records.​"Wondering if anyone makes picture discs anymore?" That's the opening query of the flyer advertising an Echo Park record shop's upcoming "how-to's of vinyl" seminar. But readers familiar with West Coast Sound's INCHES column a ... More >>

Peru Day

Live in L.A.: Make Music Pasadena (with Matt & Kim, Natalia Lafourcade, Warpaint), Opening Night at the Bowl, Freestyle Fellowship, Jamie Lidell, Erykah Badu, Billy Joe Shaver

Warpaint​Pasadena is used to its parades, but on Saturday its denizens will be traipsing around Old Town to get an earful of music rather than an eyeful of rose pedals. What's impressive about the annual Make Music Pasadena is how many constituencies the festival is serving over one day. With ... More >>

Vinyl of the Week: Vintage Psych-Pop and a Blondie Cover from L.A.'s Mini Mansions [MP3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

Giant Fiberglass Banana: Very Large. Very Yellow.

For your bananafication: It's 4 and a half feet tall. It's a giant fiberglass banana. It costs $500. What do you do with it? I don't know. I may never know. But it is spectacular. (You DIY-types could probably make a similar version out of paper mache.) The banana was seen over at Etsy's "Keep It We ... More >>

Vinyl of the Week: Captain Ahab's Grotesque Opus, 'The End of Irony' [MP3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

INCHES reviews Ascend, Blank Realm, Active Child, Ernest Gonzales [MP3s]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy record-making community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing tha ... More >>

MEAT, DON'T PHALLUS ME NOW

INCHES reviews Sunn O))), Flying Lotus House Shoes, Russian Circles, Langley Sisters [MP3s]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

INCHES reviews Baron Zen, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Soft Circle High Places, I Heart Lung [MP3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Tonight's Spaceland on Ice with the Growlers Canceled Due to Rain

Bummer news for those of you into ice skating and/or the Growlers. Due to rain, the party at Pershing Square -- Spaceland on Ice, has been canceled. Check back next Wednesday, which is programmed by Origami Records.

INCHES reviews vinyl from Koushik, Avi Buffalo, Nerve City, Psychic Powers (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Full of Craft

INCHES reviews Dublab's 'Secondhand Sureshots,' Oxbow, Red Sparowes, Topaz Rags (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Echo Park's Origami Vinyl Hosts First Art Opening

Echo Park record supplier Origami Vinyl hosted its first art opening on Friday night. "Jordan and Annie Join the Circus" is a collaboration between artists Annie Madison and Jordan Tyson featuring illustrations, silk screens and water colors and will be on display at the shop for the next month. Ph ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Girls, The Airborne Toxic Event, Origami Vinyl's First Art Show and Slayer Bears at Unique LA

It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>

INCHES reviews 'Woodstock', Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf, We Break Cameras, Lilofee (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

INCHES reviews Nite Jewel, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Slang Chickens, My Estrogeneration comp (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Analog Folding @ Home: A Daily Distraction in My Otherwise-Digital Life

Kevin ScanlonToward the end of December, my wife and I went to the calendar kiosk in the mall. (You know the one; it's between the Crocs kiosk and the cell phone kiosk. No, not that cell phone kiosk, the other one. Yeah, that one.) It was time to do the annual calendar replacement, which is somethi ... More >>

Oshogatsu Family Festival

Best Way to Kill Time

Origami books from Kinokuniya Bookstore

Rant of the Hulk Hater

“Lou Ferrigno is a fucking asshole”

Beyond the Fold

Computers and the origami renaissance

The Back Story

A reading list