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Paul McCartney

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2013

    Midget Zombies and Black Republicans: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 22 Help celebrate two (non-mutually exclusive) minority groups by attending the 10th Annual Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival, which starts its two-day run on Friday. The fest will open at 7 p.m. at REDCAT with the documentar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2013

    [Updated] Morrissey Gets Staples Center To Go (Almost) Vegetarian for Upcoming Concert

    Update (5:50 p.m., Headline changed): According to a statement from the arena, it looks like Moz and his public relations goons went a little too hard on the whole meatless Staples thing. While the venue will be serving vegan Sloppy Joes, a grilled vegetable sandwich, cheese pizza, vegan sushi, ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2013

    Dave Grohl On His Film Tribute to the Studio That Gave the World Nevermind

    By Whitney Friedlander The lobby of Dave Grohl's Northridge-based 606 Studios has a Joan Jett book on the coffee table and a row of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong Jr. against one wall. On top of a photo booth sits an iconic "Moonman" MTV Video Music Award, festooned with a roll of toilet pap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2012

    Top 10 Famous Vegans, 2012 Edition

    Nearly one year has gone by since our first list of Top 10 Famous Vegans caused an outright internet vegan-type revolution. Well, not really. But plenty of readers didn't shy away from outrightly hating or loving the list, so we thought we'd catalog a few more for 2012. The obligatory public figures ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2012

    I Had Zero Interest in Celebrity Home Tours...Until I Went on One

    When I moved to Los Angeles a year ago, I swore that I would never be caught dead on a celebrity-homes tour. I couldn't care less whether the Kardashians lived in a mansion with an infinity pool or a gingerbread house constructed by sugarplum fairies. The buses cruising the streets reminded me o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List

    ​What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11

    ​See also: Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 15. Pretty Ricky Emerging with their mid-aughts hit "Grind With Me," Pretty Ricky somehow managed to lower the bar when it came to heartthrob groups with baby-oil-smeared chests. It's excellent that they've got great abs, and they certainly ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Top 3 Beatles Who Got a Star on the Walk of Fame Before Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Well deserved! After all, he helped change the course of pop-music history with his ditties and whatnot; West Coast Sound recently declared his group, the Beatles [sic], the third great musical act of all time, behind Beethoven and W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    James Desborough, Hollywood Editor for News of the World, Is Arrest No. 13 in Phone-Hacking Scandal: His Possible Victims

    Desborough, left, accepts an award for exceptional (and possibly illegal) Hollywood scooping, circa 2009.​News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks really did infiltrate her Satanic hacking malpractices into every corner of this Earth. In Hollywood, turns out, where ace "showbiz" reporter James ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Top 10 Music Managers Who Fucked Over Their Clients

    The family Knowles in happier times​In light of the surprising news over the reasons Beyonce fired her longtime manager (and longtime father for that matter) Mathew Knowles, we remembered a time when scummy managers were not only the norm, but expected. Here are the Top 10 Managers in Music Hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    The 100% For Sure Top Five Worst Beatles Songs Ever (With Love)

    timothy norris Our Broward-Palm Beach New Times colleague Ryan Burk recently stirred up quite a healthy debate in the reader feedback section of his blog post, "Top Five Worst Beatles Songs" with comments ranging from Snarfblatt's supportive, "This is a spot-on review," to Chris Clouston's "You sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    The 2nd L.A. Vegan Beer Fest: More Fun Without Alice Cooper

    el daybeh/flickrThe taps scene from the last fest.​ We wonder how former Roxy regular Alice Cooper would feel about the vegan festival set to take place at the club next weekend. Remember that Cooper, for all the guillotines and gory lyrics, a relatively sweet-tempered rock personality, once ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    el daybeh/flickrThe taps scene from the last fest.​ We wonder how former Roxy regular Alice Cooper would feel about the vegan festival set to take place at the club next weekend. Remember that Cooper, for all the guillotines and gory lyrics, a relatively sweet-tempered rock personality, once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Eleven Weirdo Rock Star Alter Egos

    ​Something about achieving major fame in music seems to drive creative artists to assume new personae. Whether it be fodder for an epic concept album, a stab at a different genre or just plain boredom, many of our favorite stars have conjured up characters in order to explore and indulge their fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Day 1: Coachella's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs (featuring Paul McCartney, Black Keys, Chemical Brothers and Craigslist)

    Colin Young-Wolff​ Compared to last year's problems with wristbands and overcrowding, the first day of Coachella 2011 was smooth sailing. Greasy even. Let's take a look at yesterday's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Coachella 2011: Paul McCartney Spins with Afrojack. Usher Too.

    Coachella 2011 now officially has its first mash-up. Our own Wendy Gilmartin just saw Sir Paul McCartney spinning with Afrojack. Usher was up there too. ​ We'd just been joking about guest appearances, so we actually thought it was a prank at first. But no, let it be known. Paul McCartney i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Food News Roundup: Cops, Pints, Paula Deen Jell-O

    -- Too Many Sommeliers, Not Enough Training. [ZesterDaily] -- Colorado prison inmates raise fish for food. [The Denver Post] -- Greek restaurant Xandros has a crisis of faith, identity, ownership, something. Cops, etc. [Eater LA] -- Could the days of the British "pint" be numbered? [Reuters] -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    MP3 Exclusive: Foreign Born Covers Television for 'Adventure' Full-Album Remake

    Aquarium Drunkard's "L'Aventure"​Tomorrow, the good folks of the Aquarium Drunkard blog will release L'Aventure, a full-album cover of Television's landmark 1978 LP, Adventure featuring all L.A. bands. Local indie stalwarts like the Happy Hollows and the Henry Clay People make appearances, as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Remembering Lena Horne with Incredibly Strange Beatles Cover

    Lena Horne, the mesmerizing jazz singer and actress who bewitched everyone with her beauty, talent and class from the segregated forties, through the civil rights era, through the 21st century, passed away at 92 yesterday. Since everyone is posting her fantastic rendition of "Stormy Weather" from t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Live Review: Paul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl

    Timothy Norris​During the first concert of Paul McCartney's sold-out, two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl, it was sometimes hard to tell who was having the better time. Was it the fans, who were delirious to see their hero in this historic, relatively intimate amphitheater (albeit at a steep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Guest Blogger Heino: "Paul McCartney ist a little Englisch bitch!"

    ​[Tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 30), two legendary Europeans will be presenting competing spectacles in Los Angeles. On the one hand, the amazing German schlager-entertainer Heino will be performing at the El Cid with some Lucha Vavoom dancers, beer, comedy-cabaret and lots of Teutonic charm. ... More >>

  • Music

    March 25, 2010

    Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

    Also, Jay-Z, Metric, Triorganico, Air and others

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Falling James on the Beatles Remasters: "Get the Originals Out There First. Desecrate Later"

    By Falling James I was surprised to see that the 7-11 up the street had a carton of the new Beatles CDs on sale, sitting on the counter right beside the register. Usually, 7-11 doesn't traffic in such fine musical merchandise, apart from the occasional Miley Cyrus plastic bauble, and definitely not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Sizzling Benefit For Taco Zone Fire At Spaceland Friday

    Tacos might be the after-dark snack du jour on the Eastside, but apparently not everybody's down for truckin'. Last week, Echo Park's best known mobile Mexi muncher, the Taco Zone, caught fire after two unidentified persons threw some type of molotov cocktail (twice) at the beloved truck, parked in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    LA Weekly Coachella Awards 2009: The Best and Worst of the Festival

    View more Coachella pics here: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Half-Dressed People & Scenes from the Desert Timothy NorrisCoachella 2009, at the awards ceremony Weirdest Between-song Banter: Paul McCartney, bless his heart, played an epic set, staked a claim on a body of work that only fools would i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Ten Great Cover Songs from Coachella 2009 (and a few extras)

    Timothy NorrisEven the machinery was flashing the horns. Nothing says "I love you" like a cover song. Artists at Coachella like to acknowledge their influences, love to thrill the crowd with a surprise singalong. This year bands drew from music of many genres, from ragtime to post punk to hip hop. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Coachella Sunday: No Holding Back Public Enemy, The Cure, The Horrors, K'Naan

    Anyone who's ever been to Coachella knows it leaves you with a special brand of Monday morning pain. This 3 day monster will test even the fittest, most fervent music fan. For most attendees this was a call-in-sick day, a day of rest and merciful silence. Or, if you did the weary drive home today li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Coachella Report, Friday, April 17: They Call Her Warrior Queen for a Reason

    Randall RobertsA rolling, tantruming, fucking breakdown on the polo field: Warrior Queen is victorious We're going to provide a more detailed analysis of Warrior Queen's amazing sunset moment in the hours to come, but wanted to offer this quickie picture of her and collaborator The Bug's huge Gobi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Coachella Friday: Beatles Bonanza, Burning Flesh (and M.I.A.'s Saturday morning Sound Check)

    This weekend we pledge not to bitch about: the heat, the long-ass lines, the girl(s) wearing the same dress as us, the camera bullies in the photo pit (think big cars are penis extensions?), forgetting earplugs, and the fact that we WILL miss a band (or 4) we want to see... We will, as we did last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    A Personal Note to Paul McCartney: Could You Play "Jet"?

    We've had our differences, Sir Paul, too many go into here ("Silly Love Songs," "Let Em In," "Ebony and Ivory"). I miss the simple Beatles songs that you crafted, some so beautiful ("Martha My Dear," "Eleanor Rigby," "Yesterday," "And I Love Her," and on and on) that you can't imagine them not exi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Re-Package Alert: Beach Boys "Summer Love Songs": EMI-Capitol Collection Adds Just Enough Crumbs to Make it Notable

    If you're a fan of writing and you've never read Nick Kent's The Dark Stuff, you're missing a great book. You're also missing the best piece of writing on Brian Wilson's crazy days in the 1970s, when the Beach Boys' genius was battling demons and trying to understand, uh, something. Love maybe.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Coachella Teaser MP3: Fucked Up Remixed By No Age

    Exactly. In our ongoing effort to educate Coachella-goers on the underbill, and sway others that there's more to this year's roster than Girl Talk, Franz Ferdinand and Paul McCartney, we're offering mp3s.

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    Maybe We're Amazed: Notes on the Fairly Odd Coachella 2009 Lineup

    Our only hope — that Macca gets Ram tough

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Coachella 2009 Announced: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine ... Throbbing Gristle! Leonard Cohen!

    Yeah, so all the silly speculation probably isn't done yet, as Goldenvoice always adds a few heavy-hitters after the initial announcement, but the initial line-up is up. Click through to see it in all it's glory. We'll start analyzing it soon, but for now: Throbbing Gristle! No Pavement? Let the ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    McKenna’s McCartney Interview: Maybe They’re Amazed

    Also, on L.A. development, and ex-porn star with a problem

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Paul McCartney: A Fireman Interviewed

    The former Beatle talks about karma, wealth, nostalgia, fame and his new LP, Electric Arguments

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    It's Only Rock and Roll but I Like It: Music as a Soundtrack to Life

    Music is exceptionally - my wife may say irrationally - important to me. I can walk into a store, determined to spend hundreds of dollars, only to turn around and walk right back out if something horrible is playing inside. Music has never been disposable background noise; it's defined me, inspired ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Undercover Cafe: Psychobabble Coffee House

    Music is exceptionally - my wife may say irrationally - important to me. I can walk into a store, determined to spend hundreds of dollars, only to turn around and walk right back out if something horrible is playing inside. Music has never been disposable background noise; it's defined me, inspired ... More >>

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Rock Picks: Rutlemania, Kinky, Angels & Airwaves

    And other March 14-20 concerts

  • Columns

    July 5, 2007

    Beatle . . . Mania

    McCartney plays Amoeba

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    McCartney's Vintage Clothes

    Paul gets heavy on Memory Almost Full

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Pringles, Hot Apple Pie and Sir Paul

    Paul gets heavy on Memory Almost Full

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    grammy diary

    Tue., Feb. 7 LL Cool J at the House of Blues Wed., Feb. 8 The Grammys at the Staples Center Now, for my personal awards

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2006

    Making Eyes At Sir Paul, Chatting Up Rodney B

    Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2005

    Don’t Go Away Mad, Just Go Away

    Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Love International

    Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    The Contemporaries

    Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 29, 2004

    The Shit Less Taken

    Even though he's a millionaire rock star, it totally sucks to be Sir Paul McCartney. I know, I saw him last night at the EMI Grammy party on the Paramount lot, and rather than enjoying the usual trappings of rock stardom - hot girls sitting on your lap, mountains of cocaine, vegan gourmet canapes - ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    Get Back

    Yoko Ono in an exclusive interview on the new Let It Be . . . Naked

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Letters

    ...Marc Haefele's negativity seems inspired more by a poor reporter's attachment to controversy than by an honest look at the issues....

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