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    April 27, 2012

    Pachucos Know How To Boogie

    Among other reasons, zoot suits are remembered for making Edward James Olmos look good, and for being the subject of a Cherry Poppin' Daddies song. So what if that swing revival didn't really pan out? But for promoters Joe Black and Abel Silva, the zoot suit is a symbol of the pachucos, a culture ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lake Jubilee Announces Confirmed Bands and Comedians

    EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lake Jubilee Announces Confirmed Bands and Comedians

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Live Review: The Culture Collide Festival at the Echoplex

    Jessica DustonCole Alexander of The Black Lips​ Last night marked the beginning of Filter Magazine's first ever Culture Collide Festival which will be running until Sunday evening. As festivals go, this is a pretty ambitious undertaking for its first time out. Not one, not two, but six differ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    WHO'S YOUR GOLEM?

    Jessica DustonCole Alexander of The Black Lips​ Last night marked the beginning of Filter Magazine's first ever Culture Collide Festival which will be running until Sunday evening. As festivals go, this is a pretty ambitious undertaking for its first time out. Not one, not two, but six differ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    INCHES reviews Nite Jewel, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Slang Chickens, My Estrogeneration comp (MP3s)

    In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Sleepy Sun Record Release Party at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, With Entrance, Slang Chickens (MP3)

    As a newly minted 29-year-old I've noticed a few things about myself. One, I have a very deep wrinkle between my eyes that seemed to appear overnight, like a birthday present. (It's from frowning, says my dermatologist. Apparently I frown a lot.) Another, is that every time I run across a youngin, i ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 14, 2009

    Mexican Slang: “To Fuck,” by Any Other Name

    As a newly minted 29-year-old I've noticed a few things about myself. One, I have a very deep wrinkle between my eyes that seemed to appear overnight, like a birthday present. (It's from frowning, says my dermatologist. Apparently I frown a lot.) Another, is that every time I run across a youngin, i ... More >>

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Killah on the Road

    Ghostface returns to the streets — and his own inner weirdo — on Fish Scale

  • Art+Books

    June 16, 2005

    Suicidal Redundancies

    Nick Hornby’s new novel, A Long Way Down. Plus, Mitch Cullin’s Sherlock Holmes

  • Music

    May 20, 2004

    High-Rise Lowbrow

    The Streets’ ordinary, ordinary world

  • Art+Books

    February 26, 2004

    Headtripping

    The loopy losers and sad-sack creeps of Benjamin Weissman

  • Stage

    November 18, 1999

    Bloody Mama

    A hard-boiled classic resurfaces

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