Paula Abdul

Alanis Ruled During Her Teen Pop Years

Tomorrow, Alanis Morissette brings her signature brand of melodic angst to Club Nokia in support of her new album Havoc and Bright Lights, her eighth studio album, recorded in Hollywood. While most Americans got our first glimpse of Morissette from her 1995 hit "You Oughta Know," our neighbors in C ... More >>

Tha Boogie -The Viper Room - 9/21/11

Daniel Kohn​Tha Boogie The Viper Room 9/21/11 Better than...waffles with butter. See Also: Meet Tha Boogie: "We Sent Raphael Saadiq Our Music, and He Sent Us His Phone Number" When you get the blessing of Raphael Saadiq, you must be doing something right. In the case of Tha Boogie, he conf ... More >>

Pussy Galore!: Top 10 Cat-Themed Music Videos of All Time (Featuring Best Coast's Newest)

Top 10 Kitty Videos

ATM Keypads Are As Dirty As Toilet Seats (And Charlie Sheen's Sheets)

You dirty girl. Now where's my money?​Here's something you didn't need to know: ATM keypads are as dirty as public toilet seats, according to British researchers. The enterprising scientists put their gloves on and took swabs from England's cash machines and finest porcelain and found both to ... More >>

Top 10 Celebrity Marijuana Brands: In Honor Of Chuck Norris And Michael Phelps, Here's Our Wish List Of Superstar Strains

current.comMichael Phelps goes for gold.​In reaction to such recent honorees as Chuck Norris and Michael Phelps, the Weekly would like to forward to you, our humble and useful cannabis retailers, a list of other celebrities who also deserve their own strains of weed. We know your suppliers ar ... More >>

Who Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present

Who Really Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present

Billy Corgan: The Uncut, Expanded LA Weekly Interview (Discussing Los Angeles Occultism, the Fall of Grunge, His Current Happiness, His Disappointments, and his Love for Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga and ... Robert Mitchum?)

Kristin BurnsBilly Corgan: The Uncut, Expanded LA Weekly Interview!​Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining the last night of the 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival this Saturday, August 28. Corgan is the subject of this week's LA Weekly Interview in our print edition. He spok ... More >>

This Week In Nightranger: Perez Hilton's Three Bling Circus at Paramount Studios

In this week's column (out Thursday) we rejoice over The Hills' cancellation and survey LA's newest upscale hotspots: Drai's, Trousdale and Industry. But the circus of celebs at Perez Hilton's Saturday night Carn-Evil birthday party at Paramount Studio almost outshined 'em all. If the notion that ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Strange Boys, Memory Tapes, Scout Niblett, Four Tet

Also, El Perro Del Mar, Phranc, Moonrats and others

American Idol Petition Drive: Simon Cowell's Replacement Should Be Steve "Jonesy" Jones

We going to go ahead and say out loud what a few friends have been mumbling privately: Jonesy. We'll say it again, more clearly: Steve Jones, former guitarist for the Sex Pistols, former host of Jonesy's Jukebox on Indie 103.1, honest, no-bullshit music fan, should take Simon Cowell's retired posi ... More >>

Perky Jerky: Beef Jerky and Caffeine in One Fix, or How To Launch a Business with Stuff You Spill on a Ski Trip

Perky Jerky​Spend any time in truck stops or bars or watching the commercials during football games, and you quickly realize that beef jerky is America's secret snack food of choice. Okay, maybe not so secret. And now, not only can you get Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger's line of beef jerky, y ... More >>

FOR LOVE AND HOOFING

Hollywood Wants Tighter Lips On Twitter

Studios are cracking down on talent and executives that use Twitter and other social networking sites to reveal details about productions in progress, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Twitter, in fact, was the preferred medium when Paula Abdul broke the news of her departure from Fox's American I ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Shopping

Ten Best LA Recordings 2009 (So Far)

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Best LA Music of 2009 So Far Part IV: Nite Jewel and Tom Brosseau

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

From the Archives: Paula Abdul Looking Seductive in Some Sort of Kimono

The West Coast Sound photo archives are legendary among music bloggers. where the majority of sites scour Google Image to find photos for use, we've got a secret weapon: a vast world of file cabinets housing thousands of old press photos. This is an amazing collection that we could use to blackmail ... More >>

Last Night: Comedy Is Dead featuring Sarah Silverman @ Hollywood Forever

Comedy in a cemetery. A novel concept, inspired, even; what's going to stand any chance of waking the dead more than a really good joke?  Kind of gives "rolling in his grave" a whole new meaning.  One problem - where do you put the spot?  Not a problem at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, w ... More >>

The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jon

What we talk about when we talk about rape

Fallen Idols of All Shapes and Sizes

Building a Britney Bubble: The Paparazzi No-Spy Zone

Will the City Council decide who is a protected "celebrity"?

How Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” Explains Why (Many) Women Like Assholes

One of the most common complaints I hear from my female friends is that they always seem to fall for "assholes." Quite mistakenly, they ask for advice on how to remedy this situation and the ensuing conversation inevitably leads to elliptical arguments about how maybe they should stop liking guys ... More >>

Rags to Riches

Gen Art turns 10 and BOXeight Random Notes

Gen Art Turns 10

(Gen Art's fresh faces) There it was— the Peterson Automotive Museum splayed out along the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire. I could see part of its rooftop covered with a big white tent, people already swarmed around, outside of it, and at the check-in desk a few floors below, and through certain ... More >>

Burn Notice: Tune In, Zone Out

And other untaxing fare for the jet-lagged

Jailhouse Rock

Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona

(Powdered) Sugar Walls

The Grammy parties and the pod people

Why I Wore Flip-flops to the Grammys

Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 70s halter dress. But still I felt pretty earthy and under-dressed sauntering amidst all the Manolos and Choos that flooded the Staples Center last n ... More >>

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King

Bong Hits, Bluegrass, Pervy Puppets, and Tom Petty As Hipster

Summer Songs, Blues Hollers and Genre Actions

Idol From on High

Film Reviews

For the week of April 21-27

Gods and Idols

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

The Replacements

Abele’s reasons why not (and why) to watch the new midseason

Beauty and Madness

How I learned to love L.A.�s Fashion Week

Fear of a Black Titty

Treating Janet like you don�t love her

Pangs of Hollywood

George Christy is gone, but he hasn�t forgotten

Sex, Despair, Rock & Roll

Four novels by Leslie Schwartz, Gary Phillips, Donald Rawley and Mick Farren

Make Like a Tree