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Blogs
March 28, 2013
Inc. - The Bootleg - 3/27/13
Inc. The Bootleg 3/27/13 Better than: Rat tails? As not great as breathy slow jam duo inc. sounded last night, it really didn't seem to be their fault. Blame it on the sound board, or the acoustical properties of the brick warehouse in which they played, but there was the sense that the buzz-ey d ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2013
Inc.: Employing the Grateful Dead's Business Model
Out today, No World is the first full-length album from the L.A. duo Inc., and not unlike John Henry racing the steam-powered hammer. Brothers Daniel and Andrew Aged, are incredibly proficient at their instruments -- they've worked as session musicians for Beyoncé, Cee-Lo, and Elton John -- and so ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2012
My Brother Got Married. The Theme of the Wedding Was Widespread Panic
This weekend my little brother got married. Now, in and of itself, nothing about this is newsworthy to anyone outside my family. People get married all the time. But in those weddings, was the bride's hair knotted into dreadlocks and did she walk down the aisle to Jerry Garcia's "Shining Star"? ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List
What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16
See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1 What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
Upon The Closing of Angeli Caffe: A Love Story
Back in 2009, I was assigned by the LA Weekly to cover a wedding that was being held at Angeli Caffe. I can't remember how the story came to me but I've known Evan Kleiman for longer than either of us would like to see in print. Yet I don't see her very often. Over the years, she's become the friend ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Zounds - The Echoplex - 9-18-11
Ron GarmonZoundsBy Ron Garmon Zounds, Resist and Exist, Gestapo Khazi The Echoplex 9-18-11 Better than...standing in a hot shower and ripping your own clothes off. When I arrived at the Echoplex lines were snaking in both directions on Glendale Ave. Everywhere were punks and punkettes in w ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Top Five Worst Ironic Indie Rock Band Names, Besides Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Stuart ConnerThis week Brian Jonestown Massacre, a seminal and well-named act, announced the release of a new double CD, The Singles Collection (1992-2011), out at the end of August. It got us thinking about indie rock band names, and how they've gone from fun-ironic to kill-yourself-ironic. ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
RIP: Influential Guitar Maker Travis Bean Is Dead
Guitarmaker Travis Bean died earlier this week at his home in Burbank. His guitars were played by everyone from Jerry Garcia to Steve Albini to Slash, and were known for their sustain and durability. You just can't break one of them. Born in San Fernando, his eponymous Valley-based company was fo ... More >>
Music
May 12, 2011
Bob Dylan Turns 70
An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute
Blogs
April 20, 2011
How to Talk to Your Indie Rocker Friends About Your Grateful Dead Past
Back in 2009, the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner produced and curated the double-disc compilation Dark Was the Night. The proceeds from this double-disc compilation benefited the AIDS-fighting Red Hot Organization and featured a selection of indie rock bands from Spoon to Death Cab. Yeste ... More >>
Calendar
April 14, 2011
COME SMELL UNCLE JOHN'S BAND
Back in 2009, the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner produced and curated the double-disc compilation Dark Was the Night. The proceeds from this double-disc compilation benefited the AIDS-fighting Red Hot Organization and featured a selection of indie rock bands from Spoon to Death Cab. Yeste ... More >>
Film+TV
March 17, 2011
The Music Never Stopped
Back in 2009, the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner produced and curated the double-disc compilation Dark Was the Night. The proceeds from this double-disc compilation benefited the AIDS-fighting Red Hot Organization and featured a selection of indie rock bands from Spoon to Death Cab. Yeste ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
How To Deep Fry Chicken Wings in 1983 Pontiac Bonneville
We have Sam Sifton to thank for many things, of course, but the latest in the list is perhaps the funniest. It's the link to this YouTube video, which documents how to use a partially snow-buried 1983 Pontiac Bonneville to deep fry chicken wings. It's hilarious for a lot of reasons: the conceit, th ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Tonight: Built to Spill, Corinne Bailey Rae, Fun., Fear, Foxy Shazam, Kate Nash
Built to SpillSeven albums in and 18 years on, Built to Spill has become a band for lifers -- there's something about Doug Martsch's leaden, catchy guitar hooks that never gets old, no matter how tightly you pack your earplugs. The pride of Boise, Idaho, is winding down what will probably be ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Top 10 Scary Beer Names for Halloween
Wychwood Brewery Looking for a chilling potion to compliment your Halloween horror fest? Three L.A. brew experts -- Christina Perozzi of The Beer Chicks, Ryan Sweeney of Verdugo Bar and The Surly Goat Bar, and Alex Macy of City Sip LA, which will be hosting a beer and zombie book pairing this ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Watch: Harper Simon Debuts New Video by Actor/Director Joshua Leonard
Harper Simon Debuts New Video by Actor/Director Joshua Leonard
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Top Ten Business Tips from the Grateful Dead
Uncle John's BankThe Atlantic has just published a really interesting article by Joshua Green about the opening of the Grateful Dead archives at UC Santa Cruz. But it's the intriguing second half that gives the article its title, "Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead." Green makes the arg ... More >>
Music
December 10, 2009
THE REAL DON STEELE IS ALIVE, ALIVE!
A Hamilton High Teacher Brings Back Boss Radio.
Blogs
October 13, 2009
Brendan Mullen the Writer: Highlights of his Work for the Weekly
In addition to opening punk club the Masque, LA DIY music giant Brendan Mullen, who died at age 60 yesterday after suffering a stroke on Saturday, was a longtime LA Weekly music writer whose prescient insight and in-the-trenches curiosity captured the experience of being a music head in LA in the 8 ... More >>
Music
September 10, 2009
Promote This: The Adler Effect
On the eve of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, Lou Adler and his son Nic talk about the concert business
Music
September 10, 2009
Reznor Nails It One Last Time
On the eve of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, Lou Adler and his son Nic talk about the concert business
Blogs
September 8, 2009
Festivals Then and Now: Lou Adler and Nic Adler Talk Monterey Pop and the Sunset Strip
The Adler posse knows a thing or two about the concert business. Lou Adler, the patriarch, is responsible for some of the great American cultural touchstones of the past 40 years, and a few of these moments are showcased on the wall of his home office in Malibu. There's the movie poster for The ... More >>
Calendar
July 23, 2009
PLEASE DON'T FEED THE DEAD COVER BAND
The Adler posse knows a thing or two about the concert business. Lou Adler, the patriarch, is responsible for some of the great American cultural touchstones of the past 40 years, and a few of these moments are showcased on the wall of his home office in Malibu. There's the movie poster for The ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2009
Tuesday Night in LA: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (MP3), Delta Spirit's Matt Vasquez, Counting Crows at the Greek
Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet On Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs' new Under the Covers 2, the pair tackle classic 1970s rock tunes by, among others, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, Carly Simon and, in a daring maneuver, prog rock band Yes ("I've Seen All Good People"). The pair gig the Gra ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2009
Roberts to Do Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night, Will Play Two-Hours of Tasty Grateful Dead Jams
Just kidding. Not really like this. Yes, West Coast Sound is filling in for Henry Rollins during his KCRW show tonight. No, we won't be playing two hours of Grateful Dead. We won't be playing any Grateful Dead. You think we're stupid? More like this. We'll do our best not to besmirch our favo ... More >>
Columns
May 28, 2009
Another L.A. Love Story — the Setting, Angeli Caffe
The waiting game
Calendar
May 21, 2009
HIPPIES ON PARADE!
The waiting game
Music
May 7, 2009
Dead Without Garcia: Is It Worth the Effort, or a Waste of Time?
Uneasy Wind In the Land of the Dead
Blogs
March 14, 2009
SXSW Life in the Lobby: Wavy Gravy and Pet Fish at the Hilton
SXSW Life in the Lobby: An L.A. Weekly Moment with Wavy GravyErin BroadleyWho: Wavy Gravy - Peace Activist, Comic, "Official Clown" of the Grateful DeadLocation: Lobby on the ground floor of the Hilton on 4th Street, across from the SXSW convention centerQuote: "You! I used to have a desk at the L.A ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
Weiss' Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008
Steve Stein and partner Double Dee, were dropping lessons on kids when Shadow and Cut Chemist were still constructing crates out of lincoln logs. Finally collected on the aptly named, Illegal Art label, Steinski's seminal singles are that rarity--as fun as they are important. Neither The Avalanches ... More >>
LA Life
November 22, 2007
Warning: Contains Grateful Dead Karaoke!
What to do in Los Angeles this week
LA Life
August 30, 2007
So Long, Summer 2007, We Hardly Knew You
What to do in Los Angeles this week
Music
June 21, 2007
Pearl Jam, as Hot as the Devil�s Asshole
All in the Jamily
Blogs
September 19, 2006
Shower Power
While a few pals questioned the choice to have my co-ed baby shower bash at Boardner's in Hollywood, they soon saw that it wasn't quite what they expected. This place sure aint the rock dive of yore! First of all, owner Tricia Labelle has really classed it up, adding and revamping the art deco tou ... More >>
Music
July 20, 2006
A Rasta-Colored Dixie Flag
If �60s turned out to be �90s: Brightblack Morning Light
Music
January 19, 2006
Babyshambles, Dueling Indie Babes, and 50 Cent Does Bat Mitzvah (No Shit)
If �60s turned out to be �90s: Brightblack Morning Light
Film+TV
November 3, 2005
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894�1941
If �60s turned out to be �90s: Brightblack Morning Light
Music
October 20, 2005
Nightranger
If �60s turned out to be �90s: Brightblack Morning Light
News
December 30, 2004
The Day-Glo Effect
Exhuming Ken Kesey and Further 40 years after the Acid Tests
Music
April 11, 2002
Will Jam 4 Food
Improvising an alternative music scene
News
March 21, 2002
Freedom Fighters
Improvising an alternative music scene
Music
October 11, 2001
Father Plays Best
Gillian Grisman�s documentary of life with Dad and Jerry
News
June 28, 2001
Capsule Band Profiles
Gillian Grisman�s documentary of life with Dad and Jerry
Music
March 22, 2001
Pure Jam
Gillian Grisman�s documentary of life with Dad and Jerry
News
May 18, 2000
Letters
Gillian Grisman�s documentary of life with Dad and Jerry
Music
May 4, 2000
American Beauty
Dead Phish taste the best
Music
October 21, 1999
More Is More
Loved-up in Indio
Music
October 14, 1999
Tribal Gathering
Coachella festival: It's all in the mix
Music
May 6, 1999
Satori Night Fever
A Ghost in the space-time machine
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