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The Source Family Comes Home to Hollywood, On Its Own Terms

It was not your typical happy hour on the Sunset Strip. Last Thursday, the Standard Hotel hosted the L.A. premiere of The Source Family, a documentary by Jodi Wille and Maria Demopoulos. In honor of the 1970s Hollywood commune portrayed in the film, which is the first feature for both directors, the ... More >>

4th Annual L.A. Vegan Beer and Food Fest Celebrates Animal-Free Food and Drink

Meat and cheese-lovers were out of luck on the Sunset Strip this Saturday, as 40 animal-free breweries and 30 vegan food vendors took over an empty lot for the 4th annual L.A. Vegan Beer and Food Festival -- an event that is quickly proving itself to be one of the city's biggest and best for craft b ... More >>

Rapper Wax on 'Rosana' and Little Mamacitas Who Don't Play

I recently meet up with local rap sensation Wax, whose raunchy hit "Rosana" is all over radio and YouTube. (Its equally raunchy video is below.) We're at Melgard Public House, and I'm informed that I just missed something newsworthy. "Just before you got here, there was a homeless guy that pulled do ... More >>

Porn Tour of Los Angeles Will Give You Mild Version of Adult World

Huge update here people. Can you say half-price? Details at the bottom. First posted at 8:02 a.m. on June 6. Best idea ever: Tour the world of L.A. porn for a night for only $399. See where the magic really happens. Even better: L.A. Porn Tours is glitzing it up with a party bus, two live porn sta ... More >>

Farmers Market Watch: Altadena and Monterey Park Markets Reopen

It looks like 2012 is quickly becoming the Year of the Farmers Market for many L.A.-area communities. Along with new markets opening at Griffith Park and the Sunset Strip, two more markets will be reopening this summer.

Cochon 555: "Porkapalooza" Hits the House of Blues

If the air seemed a bit heavier with the scent of bacon along the Sunset Strip last night, it was due to the pork-centric carnival that rolled through the House of Blues on Sunday: the second annual L.A. stopover in the nationwide Cochon 555 tour, an event combining five chefs, five whole heritage-b ... More >>

5 Revelations About L.A. Music History at the Grammy Museum's Show 'Trouble In Paradise'

Becky Sapp​ For some, Los Angeles' musical history fits nicely into categories; there was bouncing beach pop, Laurel Canyon folk, West Coast rap and Sunset Strip rock. But behind this shroud of notable names and iconic acts, there is a richer, more diverse portrait of music in Los Angeles. Th ... More >>

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Painting with a 12-gauge

Public Enemy - Occupy Skid Row - 1/15/12

Public Enemy, Yo-Yo, Kurupt, King T, Kid Frost, Egyptian Lover Downtown, Gladys Ave. and 6th St. 1/15/11 See also: *Public Enemy and Matt & Kim - Sunset Strip Music Festival - 8/20/2011 *Our slideshow of the Skid Row Street Festival Public Enemy is known for fighting the powers that be. So even ... More >>

Mirabelle Restaurant: 40th Anniversary Gala This Week

Mirabelle​Mirabelle Restaurant is going all out to celebrate its 40th year in business on the Sunset Strip with live music, a red carpet and celebrities. But this won't be a party just for the sake of partying: Owner George Germanides is teaming with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and donating all ... More >>

Night Gallery Moves in to Chateau Marmont: Move Over, Lindsay Lohan

Night Gallery, already one of the coolest and most intriguing galleries in Los Angeles, took their practice to another level this past Sunday night by holding a special exhibition and private hosted party at Bar Marmont, the chic little bar at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. A small lounge and ... More >>

Los Feliz Village Street Fair's Fashionably Funky (and Free) Fest, 7/24/11

Lina LecaroA "feliz" fest.​The period from now until Labor Day will be fest-full to say the least. Sunset Strip Music Fest, Sunset Junction Street Fair and FYF Fest will see hordes moving through the streets of LA, angling for a view of their favorite bands, gnawing on greasy grub from the foo ... More >>

Famous Food: The Dolce Group Puts Restaurant in the Capable Hands of Heidi Montag, et al.

Ketchup before. What will be the after?​What are reality stars qualified to do? Hmm. Let's think. Have meltdowns on camera, for sure. Gang up on the weak link, certainly. And they're definitely extremely good at identifying who is, and who is not, here to make friends. What about opening a re ... More >>

Another Trip: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

5 Food Events for Memorial Day Weekend: Beer, Food Trucks Ice Cream

Guzzle & Nosh​It's Memorial Day weekend. You've got three days off. (We do!) Here are a few ways you might want to celebrate. Turn the page for 5 food and beer events held over the long holiday weekend...

West Hollywood 'Whisky a Go Go' Bar-Fight Suspects Run Over Pedestrians, Lead Sheriff's Deputies on Chase That Ends in Shooting

Monday-night chaos at the Whisky​Updated after the jump with an investigation of the shooting. West Hollywood had bigger problems than wealthy businessmen trying to land their noisy 'copters atop neighborhood hotels last night. While the L.A. County Sheriff's Department was responding to a b ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/28-4/1

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the internat ... More >>

Quick Bite: Sai Krok Isaan (Sour Sausage) at Night Market

Guzzle & NoshSai Krok Isaan sausage at Night Market in West Hollywood.​A splash of hot sauce. A sprinkling of crushed peanuts. A prisoner stabbing his cellmate to death. Which of these doesn't go well with pad thai? Opened in early December, Night Market is the more "adventurous," more st ... More >>

Punk Rock Violence At Sunset Strip's Key Club During TSOL Show

keyclub.comFile photo of fans at the Key Club.​Updated after the jump with an apology from the club. First posted at 11:04 p.m. Thursday Violence broke out outside a punk rock concert on the Sunset Strip Thursday night as West Hollywood sheriff's deputies responding to a fight took rocks and ... More >>

Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse

Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others

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Free the Robots, Dr. John. Alex Cuba and Merle Haggard

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Live Review: Hanoi Rocks' Michael Monroe @ the Viper Room

Word came in that Michael Monroe, longtime frontman for pioneering sleazo-glam-metal outfit Hanoi Rocks would be playing the Viper Room last Friday, in a rare LA show before heading out to SXSW. As the mastermind of Hanoi Rocks, Monroe (born Matti Fagerholm in Finland almost 50 years ago) is the mi ... More >>

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Brick's Picks: Switched on Jazz

Bonamassa to Serenade "King of the Blues" Contestants Tonight @ House of Blues

Gibson.com​Tonight, at the House of Blues, current great white hope Joe Bonamassa will be on hand to perform and mentor the five finalists of King of the Blues, Guitar Center's version of American Idol for fledgling axemen. Roosevelt Collier (Kissimmee, FL), Joshua Gooch (San Diego, CA), Kirby ... More >>

Jones Hollywood Restaurant & Bar Celebrates 15 Years of Food, Drink and Rock 'n' Roll

Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco​Next Tuesday, November 3rd, from noon to close, Jones Hollywood will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary with an all-day-all-night party. Featuring $5 Herradura, Finlandia, and Jack Daniel's cocktails as well as selected beers for two bucks and fifteen ... More >>

Boxes in Flux: Where the Action Is!

Rhino Records’ landmark volume captures an important moment in L.A. music history. But does it also mark the end of an era?

REMEMBER WHEN THE STRIP WAS HIP?

First Listen to Essential Rhino Box: 'Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets, 1965-1968'

​Times are tight, for sure. A box set is a luxury that few can afford these days. Given the choice between a 4 cd collection and paying the phone bill or buying a bottle of Scotch, well, let's just say you can't download a bottle of Scotch. But if you're at all curious about the history of th ... More >>

Summer Warm-Up: Where to Party Outdoors or on High for Memorial Day

Jessica RitzDrinks and apps spread poolside at blue on blue's Chef's Cabana dinner.Even if pre-Memorial Day etiquette has been violated -- with white shoes and pants already busted out in advance of this weekend -- that doesn't mean the official start of summer is off limits. Outdoor eating, drinkin ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Homeless Man Was Torched With Flare Robert Winton of the L.A. Times reports Deputy D.A. William Hodgman's charge that Ben Matthew Martin set fire to John Robert McGraham (not, as reported, "McGrath") with a road flare after dousing the homeless man with gasoline in an L.A. alley last fall. Martin, a ... More >>

Stylist Makeover For Employees at LA's Latest Fashion Hotel

The old Hyatt West Hollywood (unofficially known as "the riot house") on the Sunset Strip is re-opening this January 8 as the Andaz West Hollywood. It's employees won't be wearing just any old thing, however. WWD reports that management brought in a stylist to school employees on fashion. Instead of ... More >>

In Her Madgesty's Court

Also, Paper's trail and Punk Rock Karaoke

Rock Picks: Orphics, Roky Erickson, Madonna

Also, Linda Ronstadt, Rise Against and more

So '07: The Way We Wore

How to know if you were a fashion victim in '07

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

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

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