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April 16, 2012
Ivy Queen, Plan B, Alexis y Fido - Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash - 4/14/2012
Latino 96.3 Spring Break Bash Gibson Amphitheater 4/14/12 Better than... Listening to 96.3 on crummy car speakers in traffic. It was ladies' night at Universal Citywalk on Saturday. The girls worked the runway from the parking structure to Gibson Amphitheater, elbows locked and dodging tourists wh ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Los Angeles Ranks as Really Really Good Looking
We'll admit it. L.A. is an underdog town. Not just because it comes in second to New York in population, or because NYC's culture and arts scenes get way more attention. But because sometimes we fall on our face, and it's all our own fault. Look at the people we elect. Look at our sorry roads. Look ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Is Exile The Best Stones' Album? Nope, It's Some Girls
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Today marks the re-release of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album Some Girls, which has been remastered and expanded. T ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
The Rum Diary: Johnny Depp's Hunter S. Thompson
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Today marks the re-release of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album Some Girls, which has been remastered and expanded. T ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Latinos Accounted For Most of America's White Population Growth in The Last Decade (Huh?)
The good news, my white people, is that you're still growing and own a large part of this great nation's demographics. There are 223.6 million of you in America, according to a just-released parsing of U.S. Census data, and you still make up about 72 percent of the landscape. You increased by six pe ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
The good news, my white people, is that you're still growing and own a large part of this great nation's demographics. There are 223.6 million of you in America, according to a just-released parsing of U.S. Census data, and you still make up about 72 percent of the landscape. You increased by six pe ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
White Arrows Singer Mickey Schiff Was Blind, But Now He Sees (Literally)
Matthew WardenaarBorn legally blind, Mickey Schiff experienced his surroundings as though they were a Monet landscape -- all colors and shapes and softness. When he was 11 his vision was corrected, turning the word into edges, hard angles and lines so sharp that he was startled into nausea. N ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Rum Report: The Summer Edition, Part One
JgarbeeThe Ron De Barrilito Rum Bottling Line In Puerto RicoRum always seems to get the raw end of the piña colada deal. Yes, the spirit has a "sweet" finish, but not in the sugary sense. It's more like a really big inhale of cinnamon and vanilla, with a few other spices in between. Or at le ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Weird Science: Eating Dirt Can Be Good For You
Jack Delano / Courtesy of The Library of CongressMember of a Yauco tomato cooperative, planting tomatoes on his farm in near Yauco, Puerto Rico.Eating dirt? It sounds like one of the tamer though still disgusting episodes of TLC's Addicted, the awful show (awful in a "can't stop watching" kin ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
What Race is a Latino? Some Mexican-Americans in California Aren't Even Sure (Neither Are We)
RCALatina? White? Both?Have you ever looked at your light-skinned, green-eyed Latino neighbor -- or perhaps he's kinky haired and the color of cinnamon -- and asked, What the hell are you? It's a question Latinos even ask themselves, apparently, especially when filling out a U.S. Census form ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Weird Science: Sugar Cane Cools Climate
Jack Delano / Library of CongressSugar cane worker in the rich field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico (circa 1939).We already know it's good for making rum. Now, it turns out that sugar cane may help slow the pace of climate change. Score another victory for science. Scientists from the Car ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Stage Raw: Shadow Anthropology
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO SHADOW ANTHROPOLOGY Photo by Nigel DookhooTen years after 9/11, the plight of rural Afghanis caught in the crossfire between American forces and the T ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
West Side Story
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO SHADOW ANTHROPOLOGY Photo by Nigel DookhooTen years after 9/11, the plight of rural Afghanis caught in the crossfire between American forces and the T ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
World Champion Surfer Andy Irons Dies From Dengue Fever
Andy Irons died, reporteldy from dengue fever. Three-time world-champion surfer Andy Irons has died, according to Surfer magazine. The publication reports he was headed from a world tour stop in Puerto Rico to his home base of Hawaii after falling ill and was possibly grounded in Dallas befo ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Wuthering Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda's rap-salsa-calypso musical sashays into the Pantages
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May 6, 2010
Bagels and Bongos! (Guest Bloggers: The "Jews on Vinyl" Project)
[Ed.'s Note: Roger Bennett and Josh Kun are the masterminds behind the amazing Jews on Vinyl project, where they have digged deep to retell the history of Jewish recorded music from the 1940s to the 1980s. Their projects include a blog, a book and a traveling museum exhibit which is coming to LA's S ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Report: Brittany Murphy Was Fired From Movie Over Husband
Brittany Murphy's husband, screenwriter Simon Monjack, was the cause of her firing last month from a movie project being filmed in Puerto Rico at the time, according to a Hollywood Reporter columnist. Director Michael Z. Gordon, who had hired Murphy for an upcoming project, told Roger Friedm ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
Brittany Murphy's Husband Says She Was Sick, Tired
Brittany Murphy's husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, told television show Access Hollywood this week that the actress was sick and maybe a bit worn down at the time of her death Sunday morning. He said she had recently seen a doctor and that she was just coming off a year in which ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
Death Of Actress Brittany Murphy Under Investigation
As Los Angeles police and county coroner's officials investigated the death of actress Brittany Murphy, reports indicate it has been a bad month or so for the star whose home was found to contain several prescription drugs, according to TMZ. In late November Murphy was reportedly removed fro ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
Brittany Murphy Autopsy Inconclusive
The county coroner's office completed its autopsy on the body of actress Brittany Murphy on Monday but came to conclusions and deferred its decision on the cause of her death until a battery of tests, including "toxicological tests and tissue studies" come back, according to a coroner's state ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
'SNL' Brittany Murphy Spoof Pulled From Website
Abby Elliott as Brittany Murphy on 'SNL.'NBC apparently pulled the online clip of a Saturday Night Live spoof of Brittany Murphy from a site, Hulu, the network co-owns. The move on Monday came a day after the actress died following cardiac arrest at her home in the hills above the Sunset Stri ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Interview: Robbie Rivera Hates It When His Warm-Up DJs Play 'Crazy' Hard
The dance music underground might be rocking bleepy techno and dark-wave house from Europe, but the stuff that really moves the masses combines the synthetic strings of trance with the tough percussion of house. One look at the most popular DJs in the world, from Tiesto to Deadmau5 to Kaskade, point ... More >>
LA Life
October 22, 2009
Finish School — and Shut Up During the Mariachi
The dance music underground might be rocking bleepy techno and dark-wave house from Europe, but the stuff that really moves the masses combines the synthetic strings of trance with the tough percussion of house. One look at the most popular DJs in the world, from Tiesto to Deadmau5 to Kaskade, point ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists To Do Vegan Brunch Show at the Smell This Sunday
Like a good vegan brunch? Like to rock? Free Sunday? The Smell's hosting a surprise matinee show from Ted Leo & the Pharmacists this weekend. Starts at noon. If that weren't enough, also on the bill are Puerto Rican garage rock experts Davila 666, and Mose Campbell. The flyer says "vegan tacos and p ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Conservative Tongues Wagging, Pig Ears Pricked Over Supreme Court Justice Nominee's Food Preferences -- Or Why Sonia Sotomayor Now Has the Full Support of Our Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Restaurant Critic
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo picked up conservatives going nuts over Sonia Sotomayor's eating habits: "A conservative source really did draw a connection between Sonia Sotomayor's gastronomical preferences -- traditional Puerto Rican cuisine -- and her allegedly "activist" jurisprudence." ... More >>
Music
May 21, 2009
Brick's Picks: Big-Band Revival
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo picked up conservatives going nuts over Sonia Sotomayor's eating habits: "A conservative source really did draw a connection between Sonia Sotomayor's gastronomical preferences -- traditional Puerto Rican cuisine -- and her allegedly "activist" jurisprudence." ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008
By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
West Side Story
By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Arroz con Pollo
By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>
Stage
October 9, 2008
Fresh Moves at Highways' Fourth Annual Latino New Works Festival
By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>
Calendar
October 9, 2008
Ritmos Nuevos
Dance offerings move Highways' fourth Latino New Works Festival
Music
June 12, 2008
Centerfolds and Saxophones
Jazz in L.A., June 13-19
Calendar
May 29, 2008
A Chorus Line
Jazz in L.A., June 13-19
Music
May 8, 2008
Hot Week for Latin Lovers
Latin Jazz Festival 2008 at the Greek, plus spicy fare at Catalina, Jazz Bakery
Music
May 1, 2008
Bataan Twirling: Fania and Salsoul Star Returns to L.A.
The "King of Latin Soul" also teaches some mean karate kicks
Calendar
May 1, 2008
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
The "King of Latin Soul" also teaches some mean karate kicks
Film+TV
November 29, 2007
LGBT People of Color Film Festival
Women get their due at fifth annual L.A. event
Music
July 12, 2007
Bricks Picks: Old Forms, New Sounds
Kenny Burrell, Davi Vieira, Sal Marquez and more
Film+TV
June 21, 2007
Film Reviews: Black Sheep, 1408, You Kill Me
Also Yellow and Broken English
Music
May 24, 2007
Echo Park Cuban Music Festival
Salsa, cigars, and chicharrones
LA Life
May 17, 2007
�Ask a Mexican! Pounding Eardrums
Dear Mexican: Just needed to know the reasoning behind the BLARING MARIACHI MUSIC AT 7 A.M. ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
News
August 24, 2006
Remember the Immigrant-Rights Movement?
The case of Elvira Arellano inspires L.A. organizers
Calendar
May 27, 2004
An Island of Words
Luisita López Torregrosa on breaking the silence of infinite longing
News
May 13, 2004
Greasel, not Diesel
Or what to do with all that old French-fry oil . . .
Art+Books
April 29, 2004
An Island of Words
Luisita López Torregrosa on breaking the silence of infinite longing
Eat+Drink
August 22, 2002
The Wedding Planner?
Luisita López Torregrosa on breaking the silence of infinite longing
News
July 19, 2001
13: A Metal Glossary of Styles
Luisita López Torregrosa on breaking the silence of infinite longing
News
June 1, 2000
Sunny Days, Sultry Nights
Highlighting the events of the season
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June 10, 1999
Go Away
Highlighting the events of the season
Stage
December 10, 1998
Duck Logic
Plays that defy gravity
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