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Wendy Greuel Slams Kevin James In Attack Mailer, But Courted Him For Weeks In Text Exchange

Wendy Greuel's mayoral campaign has launched an attack on Eric Garcetti with direct mail targeted at the African-American and Latino communities. In two similar mailers, the Greuel campaign highlights Garcetti's endorsement from white Republican Kevin James, who finished third in the March 5 primary ... More >>

Henry Rollins: Pride Getting the Best of Me

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Moves to Sunday Nights I have come to the conclusion that i ... More >>

The Worst Traffic Jam In The History Of The Man And Maybe Even The Universe

Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Supported By Record Number Of Californians

Despite the oversize voice of hatred heard on local AM radio, a vast majority of you people are cool with making working illegal immigrants here legal. The latest Public Policy Institute of California survey finds that a record high 76 percent of Californians favor "giving illegal immigrants who ha ... More >>

What's the Deal With Those "Radio Stations" That Play While You're Pumping Gas?

What's your favorite radio station? More specifically: What's your favorite radio station to listen to while you're pumping gas? Admittedly, it's a pretty stupid question, because, as L.A. folks are undoubtedly aware, you don't have a choice. If you're at one of 171 stations in the broader metro are ... More >>

Why James Adomian's Debut Is A Lock For Comedy Album Of The Year

On comedian James Adomian's debut album Low Hangin' Fruit, his celebrity impressions are so well-developed that it's sometimes hard to tell where they end and when his true voice begins. After honing his craft at Groundlings and the UCB Theater, the 32 year-old L.A. native has made his mark in rece ... More >>

Sleepwalk With Me Review: Mike Birbiglia's Concept Was Better on the Radio

A. Martinez Hired at KPCC; the Madeleine Brand Show Gears Up To Go National

This morning marked the last broadcast of KPCC's the Madeleine Brand Show. Don't fret, your favorite Babe of NPR will still be heard weekday mornings on Southern California Public Radio--she'll just be bantering with a swarthy new co-host. Brand, who has hosted the eponymous hour-long show since 2 ... More >>

Kevin James, Non-Entity in L.A. Mayor's Race, Latches on to Non-Issue, Rape Kits

Gay Republican mayoral candidate Kevin James, who has no shot at becoming the leader of L.A. City Hall, has finally found the issue that could turn things around for his campaign: Rape kits. That's right, the would-be mayor and conservative radio (870 KRLA AM) talk show host today hanged his star ... More >>

KCRW and DineLA Create Dinner Date: Food, Music Love (Theoretically)

Looking for dates in all the wrong places? How about discovering that the right place combines your love of political discourse, eclectic music, and a quirky look at the culinary world. Radio station KCRW is putting forth its inner yenta with Dinner Date. For awhile now a group of us at KCRW has ... More >>

KPCC, L.A. Public Radio Station, Pulls Planned Parenthood Spots Over Federal Budget Debate That Is Targeting Abortion Issue

Planned ParenthoodRepublicans want to shut down government because they don't want you to have a plan. Seriously.​So while high taxes and (over) spending remain the mantra of Republicans threatening to shut down the federal government over President Obama's budget, the real deal-breaker could ... More >>

Johnny Cash's Demo for "I Walk the Line"! (Listen)

​Pitchfork has the tracklisting for the new compilation of Johnny Cash rarities from the very good years (1954-1969). It includes fantastic material like a '50s radio broadcast from Memphis, demos for "I Walk the Line," "Get Rhythm" and "Belshazzar," rare Sun records recordings, and versions o ... More >>

8 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for L.A. Music Lovers (and Obsessives)

​There's always that someone in your family or group of friends or entourage (this is LA we're talking about after all) who is a little intimidating come Holidays gift season. They're way into music, but they're into music in an obsessive way that seems to say "you'll never be able to find a m ... More >>

Hector Villagra Appointed As First Latino To Head ACLU Of Southern California: Will He Take On The TSA?

ACLUHector Villagra will take over as the chief of the ACLU.​Updated after the jump with the ACLU stating the group has been against the x-ray scanners. The ACLU of Southern California announced Monday that it has appointed its first Latino executive director. The liberal group's legal dire ... More >>

Whatever Happened to Chet Thompson?

And the Jukebox Sailed On

KROQ brings back everyone's favorite Sex Pistol radio jock. Will they allow Steve Jones to be his burpy self?

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer Vs. Carly Fiorina Gets Nastier On KPPC: Fiorina's Ideas Are "A Disaster" And Boxer "Became A Multi-Millionaire" Instead Of Working In Senate

Republican senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina​In one of the most adversarial senate races that Californians have seen, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, the incumbent Democrat, and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, the Republican challenger, clashed at a debate sponsored by KPCC 89.3 FM and La Opinion, ... More >>

Listen: Rising L.A. Artist Baths Remixed by the One AM Radio, Los Feliz Ladies Choir Guests

Anticon signing Baths, with an ewok​One of our favorite up-and-coming local electronic artists has met up with one of our favorite established ones. Los Feliz's the One AM Radio, a.k.a. the Dangerbird-signed Hrishikesh Hirway, has remixed the excellent "Halls" by recent Anticon signing Baths, ... More >>

Jennifer Ferro: The Manager

Vampire Weekend Keyboardist to Debut New 'Boys Like Us' Project in Highland Park [MP3]

'Batman' is in his name.​This just in. On Friday, May 21, Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij will debut his new Boys Like Us project at The Highlands in Highland Park. No word as to whether or not he'll bring his own band, but Batmanglij will be accompanied by the Calder Quartet, t ... More >>

What Was Keith Richards' Favorite Nosh at Canter's Deli?

Image Courtesy of: STONES BILLBOARD COPYRIGHT 1972 SUNSET STRIP BILLBOARD BY JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD POST-FUTURE.COM​ Our writer Michael Simmons always digs up the interesting people and the interesting quotes. This week's print edition of the LA Weekly features a great, different take on the Ro ... More >>

LAPD Officials Backs Off Linking Synagogue Shooting To Organized Crime

Deputy Chief Michael Downing.​Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief backed away from comments published in an Israeli newspaper last week indicating that be believed the North Hollywood synagogue shooting Oct. 30 was "a stern warning linked to a criminal organization." Two men were wounded in the a ... More >>

SARAH VOWELL AND THE CONSONANTS

Al Fresco Screening of the Scrumdiddlyumptious "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

TonightKCRW's screening program Matt's Movies, invites you into a world of pure imagination when they kick off their ... More >>

Coachella Day 2: TV On The Radio Steps Onto the Main Stage

Timothy NorrisTV On The Radio at the Coachella main stage. As the sun goes down on Day Two, TV On The Radio, last seen two years ago in the Gobi tent, stakes undeniable claim on the main stage. Underneath a backdrop of huge quilted banners, the band burns through "Wolf Like Me," with Dave Sitek and ... More >>

A Whitmore Sampler

Tonight you can hear what Air America radio is calling the last interview with the late, great actor James Whitmore. The talk network's CLOUT! show host, Richard Greene, spoke to the 87-year-old Whitmore last Election Eve in the ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel, where the actor had joined more th ... More >>

Bookworm in a Tequila Bottle: 2007's Most Intriguing Music Books

Oh, those bed-wetting, penis-injecting, 43-person gangbang days of yore

Music Videos

Sex, God and Little Armenians

Generational divides, from Hollywood to NYC

High & Outside

2005’s best outsider and experimental music releases

DEPTH BEHIND THE DECKS: THE ART OF URBAN GURU GARTH TRINIDAD

High & Outside

2005’s best outsider and experimental music releases

Julio G. Is for Real

After a three-year hiatus from radio, KDAY’s hardcore son comes home

We Rule, You Don’t!

Lovin’ L.A., angrily

Letters

Queens of the Angels

Polly Warfield, 1914–2003. Pamela Gordon, 1937–2003

Sounds Like a Hit

Pop potentates the Matrix go for The Grab

Folk Explosion

Jimmy Kay puts redemption songs back in the radio spotlight

Sing Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace

Where are the new protest songs?

Let’s Get Intimate

Being with Smokey Robinson

The Last Astronauts

The return of the Butthole Surfers

Demons on Broadway

Miracles. Exorcism. Catholic-bashing. Going for broke in the Universal Church.

Random Acts of Satire

Harry Shearer’s search for truth

Set Em' up, Buddy

The Idiot Beat

Further adventures in the screen trade

The Pacifica Wars: A Debate

Get real: Listeners like the new network, not the old one

Juke Joint Jive

Jimmie Maddin on the L.A. scene circa the '40s & '50s

These Just In

Welcome, new things

The Morning After