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Siran Babayan

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill Sweeps The Razzies

    If the Academy Awards are a back-slapping bore, the Razzies are a bitch-slapping fun fest. Traditionally held on the eve of the Oscars, the annual awards show for the first time took place Sunday night on April Fool's Day at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, the perfect opportunity to lay into the movie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Go-Go Dancer Appreciation Day in West Hollywood

    Siran Babayan​It was raining men in West Hollywood Saturday night as the city organized its first Go-Go Dancer Appreciation Day. Leave it to WeHo to declare a Go-Go Dancer Appreciation Day and Motley Crue Day in the same year. And only in WeHo will you find a scantily clad dancer outside a yog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Family Guy Art: 10 Amazing Paintings of Peter, Lois, Stewie, Brian and Quagmire. Giggity.

    With the tenth season of Family Guy slated to premiere this Sunday, we found ourselves looking back at the paintings from 2008's Family Guy C.R.A.P. (A Collection of Rare Art Pieces) show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Have no fear, diehards: Ernie the Giant Chicken was there. Not to mention a badas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Inspires 'Winning' Art Show at Hyaena Gallery

    He may have been recently booed on stage in Detroit, but Burbank still loves Charlie Sheen. Though the crazy train that is Sheen's 22-city live tour has yet to schedule L.A. as a stop, the warlock/tiger/Adonis/violent torpedo of truth himself stopped by Hyaena for Winning: The Charlie Sheen Exhibit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    SXSW Recap: Japan Nite Raises Money for Earthquake Relief

    photos by Siran Babayan​ Konichiwa Austin! In addition to showcasing six of the best Japanese artists playing everything from soul to punk to metal, SXSW's annual Japan Nite at Elysium had a bigger cause this year. All proceeds from ticket sales benefitted the Red Cross, making up the nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    SXSW Recap: Gayngs Throw Signs with Har Mar Superstar

    photo by Siran BabayanGayngs​ What: Gayngs Where: Lustre Pearl, Austin, TX When: March18 Amid constant crowd chatter, the second of retro dance-pop Gayngs' SXSW shows at Lustre Pearl was a another festival example of right band, wrong venue. There was a lot to see on up there. Twenty-five ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    SXSW Recap: Where Were You When Death from Above 1979 Started a Riot?

    photo by Siran BabayanBraids​ Had we known we'd be stuck in the middle of a riot trying to catch Death from Above 1979, we would've stayed put for art-pop group Braids on the festival's final night. Another one of the SXSW's buzzed-about and hardest working bands, the four Canadian 20- and 21 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Live at SXSW: Bad Brains Bring Their Own Ganja to Austin

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    SHIRLEY'S TEMPLE

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 23, 2010

    Movie Review: El Superstar

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 16, 2010

    Movie Review: El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2010

    THEY SAY GOOBER AND GOMER WERE JUST COUSINS

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Pink Floyd/"Wizard of Oz" Visual Mashup Tonight @ Actors' Gang Fest

    We Be JaminWe're off to see the Floyd​Tonight, as part of the Actors' Gang WTF?! Festival, you can finally stop wondering about the Old-School Internet meme regarding Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon being a secret soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz. As our own Siran Babayan explains in her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Weekend Queen: Glee, A New Book, and 'Fat Bottomed Girls'

    We applaud anytime Queen makes a much deserved appearance in a mainstream TV show. Last week's episode of Glee had a nice little number: Which led us to the following conversation with Siran Babayan about an upcoming Queen book:

  • LA Life

    October 1, 2009

    Best of L.A.: Shopping

    We applaud anytime Queen makes a much deserved appearance in a mainstream TV show. Last week's episode of Glee had a nice little number: Which led us to the following conversation with Siran Babayan about an upcoming Queen book:

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Coachella Day 3: The Kills Kill It, Throbbing Gristle Force Me Into The Fetal Position, and The Clipse Cancel

    Slowly, my brain is slinking its way towards sensible shape. Three days of Coachella are not for the faint of heart -- if nothing else it requires a quarter-ounce of weed, an array of narcotic edibles from potcorn to cannabis cakes, several brightly colored pills of indiscriminate origin, copious ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 9, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Dragonball: Evolution, Hannah Montana: The Movie

    Also, The Escapist, Forbidden Lies and more

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2: Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol, Scott Weiland, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie, Paramore, The Killers, The Cure

    By Siran Babayan (All photos by Timothy Norris. Click images for entire KROQ slideshow.) In my worst nightmare, the Cure would be upstaged by Kanye West. Yes, the two would share a bill; West making a surprise appearance and leaving the crowd in a frenzy, the Cure headlining the show and making ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Mob Mentality with Jane's Addiction at El Cid, Nov. 20

    By Siran Babayan Standing in the shower, thinking, what better way for my friends and I to spend the day than on our feet for over 12 hours surrounded by piss, puke, smoke, booze and the biggest douchenozzles in douchebaggery, with only a glimmer of hope of seeing a fully reformed Jane's Addiction. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Absinthe Among the Dead, Family Guy C.R.A.P., Bruce McCulloch Comedy, The Roots Live

    It's funny -- every weekend in Los Angeles we promise ourselves we're going to relax, do chores, catch up on some sleep, but it never happens. Monday arrives and we're more exhausted than when the weekend began. I guess if your Friday night kicks off with The Roots live at the Palladium and an absin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    James, Spaceland, 6/6

    James, Spaceland, June 6, 2008 By Siran Babayan Well, dye my eyes and call me a reborn James fan. Apparently the Manchester folky pop band has had a more profound impact on some of the people here at Spaceland than they did on me back when I casually listened to them in college. Hours before James ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    Live in L.A. Morrissey at the Hollywood Bowl, June 8

    All the elements of a going-down-in-history Morrissey concert were there: sold-out behemoth venue, two full hours, tight band, a whopping ten stage-divers, and the pre-show hubbub that always looks like an arts 'n' crafts fair of homemade Moz-inspired get-ups. It's one thing to slap on some pomade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    Southern (Cali) Comfort

    I passed on South By Southwest this year, but that doesn't mean I'm not there in spirit... and apparently some minds. I've already received 5 text messages from fellow music heads asking if can get them into this or that party and one asking for a promoter friend's cell #. SOS: band missed flight! ... More >>

  • Music

    February 1, 2007

    Rock Picks

    For February 1–8

  • Stage

    November 23, 2006

    Katt Williams

    For February 1–8

  • Film+TV

    October 26, 2006

    Arpa International Film Festival

    For February 1–8

  • Art+Books

    October 12, 2006

    Celebreality

    For February 1–8

  • Stage

    October 5, 2006

    The Nellie Olesons

    For February 1–8

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    Bullshit! (But Thanks)

    KROQ INLAND INVASION with Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu at Hyundai Pavilion, September 23

  • Articles

    January 19, 2006

    About LA Weekly: Staff

    KROQ INLAND INVASION with Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu at Hyundai Pavilion, September 23

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    The Undertones and System of a Down

    KROQ INLAND INVASION with Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu at Hyundai Pavilion, September 23

  • Music

    April 29, 2004

    No Ashes Left

    KROQ INLAND INVASION with Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu at Hyundai Pavilion, September 23

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Club Fight

    Resurrection and ascension at the Wake Up Show hip-hop battle

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    I Am So Sure

    Resurrection and ascension at the Wake Up Show hip-hop battle

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    Slushed in 2002

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    October 24, 2002

    Gift Bag of the Dolls

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    February 14, 2002

    Ancient Grease

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Calendar

    December 20, 2001

    Don't Let Your Meat Loaf

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Hot! Pink! Plywood!

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    Urine Trouble Now

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    March 15, 2001

    Fuck Fisch, Let's Spoon

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    January 4, 2001

    Don't l Look Like Myself?

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    Get-Well Tune

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    October 12, 2000

    Style and Substance

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    Balls of the Belle

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    August 31, 2000

    Like, a Version

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Stuff Happens

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    May 25, 2000

    Be Hair Now

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    May 11, 2000

    Mope Springs Eternal

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Dark Stars

    Micro-East Collective in the race for space

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