Steve Olson

Blogs
July 27, 2011
Tales of the Cocktail: A Report from New Orleans
It's Sunday morning, I am at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, and I am scraping up the pieces of the week like a crumber on a tablecloth. (Tales, as I will heretofore call it, is the grand annual gathering of the nation's cocktailians, and as such is not for the weak.) Debris from last n ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
Steve and Alex Olson, Skateboarding Father-Son Team, Hit the Paint in Venice (Video)
Tibby RothmanAlex Olson on deck. If skaters in Venice, California, now have a skatepark to themselves, it's still illegal to hit the decks in Venice, Italy. But on June 6, the iconic skateboarder Steve Olson, a pro-skater since he was a teenager in the 1970s, and his son Alex, whose low-key r ... More >>
Columns
November 11, 2010
Bad Religion, the Book
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Enormous Tiny Art Show to Invade Silver Lake Walls
When painter Ned Evans travels to Costa Rica, he doesn't simply include requisite surf equipment. In his carry-on painting supplies take priority. Once landed, he's known for sequestering himself from his companions for time with the brush. Ned Evans, 0309, gouache and postcard collage on paper, 7" ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2009
Remembering Longtime LA Music Photographer Shawn Mortensen
M.I.A., as shot by Shawn Mortensen The other night as M.I.A. was winding down her Coachella performance of "Paper Planes," she dedicated the song to longtime L.A. photographer Shawn Mortensen, who died last week at the age of 42. We've received a few notes of remembrance from friends and colleagues ... More >>
Music
April 17, 2008
Rogue Vogues
Mustache Mondays; Barracuda time; Opening Ceremony; Coffee Cellar Keeps on Truckin'
LA Life
November 23, 2006
Art Tarts and Label Whores Unite
Local shops become once-a-month art galleries