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Here's How My New Book Came to Be

[Editor's Note: Shea Serrano sometimes writes about Why This Song Sucks, and sometimes about his hilarious and poignant life and times. Better put your shoes on because your socks are about to be blown off.] In exactly six days, on September 17th of the year of our Lord and Savior 2013, my very fir ... More >>

Why You Shouldn't Bother Releasing A CD

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Here Is My Goodbye Note Because I Am Dead

[Editor's Note: Shea Serrano sometimes writes about Why This Song Sucks, and sometimes about his hilarious and poignant life and times. Better put your shoes on because your socks are about to be blown off.] By the time you read this, only one of two realities will be true: Reality A: The plane t ... More >>

What Brought 61,000 People to L.A.'s Anime Expo This Year?

See also: *A Fan Convention Through the Eyes of a Single Cosplayer *Geeking Out at Anime Expo 2013 *Swimming in Sailor Moon at Anime Expo Even before the numbers were released, it was obvious that this past weekend's Anime Expo had brought in more people than normal. There were blocks of people try ... More >>

To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home

Playing evil is more fun than playing good anyway, right?

The Crucial Mistake Most Bands Are Making With Facebook

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Two Girls Brawl With Echo Bouncers, Embarrass Themselves

Infest played the Echo last night. It was the legendary powerviolence band's first concert in 16 years, and this ridiculous fight outside the venue beforehand served as quite a pre-show. The video is below; it's worthy of WorldStarHipHop, as by-standers remind everyone. See also: Slutwave, Tumblr R ... More >>

'Cosplay is Not Consent': Anime Conventions Attack the Problem of Harassment

I was flipping through the pages of Anime Los Angeles' program guide when I stumbled upon this line: "Harassment of any kind, including physical, verbal or unwelcoming attention, will not be tolerated." There were a few paragraphs after that -- more on what constitutes harassment as well as the repe ... More >>

Is Music Site Uncool Cool Enough to Get Funding?

Music writers David Greenwald and Daniel Siegal want to create a site for in-depth music reporting and criticism, and they want to pay writers a fair wage to do that work. Sort of like the L.A. Weekly's music section, but they want to do it minus the kind of pageview-driving clickbait -- listicles a ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa on Becoming a Daddy: "It's Made Me Calm Down a Bunch of Notches"

When Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa released the song "Black and Yellow" two years ago, he and his team figured at most, it would be a regional hit. Instead, it ricocheted the artist to mainstream pop stardom. Ever since, he's been walking a tightrope. Khalifa toured relentlessly for a couple years ... More >>

Ask Fan Landers: Should I Stay in the Closet for the Sake of My Rap Career?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Kimberly Kane, Porn Star, Speaks Out Against Mandatory Condoms In Adult Video

Some of porn's biggest stars are speaking out against the November ballot's measure B, which would require condom use at porn shoots in most of Los Angeles County. Among those decrying the initiative, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation as a way to make adult video practice safe sex, are Ro ... More >>

UnWinona's It's Not My Fault I'm Pretty Blog Rant Against Men Goes Viral in L.A.

Diving foot-in-mouth into that age-old feminism pool roiling with the power of female sexuality versus the objectification of women is an L.A. Tumblr user named UnWinona, who has received tens of thousands of readers for a recent blog post about how men are bad because a crazy guy and three teens ha ... More >>

Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later

Blake Robin is a nu-disco producer and DJ who performs under the name Baron von Luxxury. In the summer of 2007, his close friends Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, a glamorous couple who were fixtures in the New York art scene, both committed suicide. She died from an overdose of Tylenol PM combined ... More >>

Slutwave, Tumblr Rap, Rape Gaze: Obscure Musical Genres Explained

Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal but Were Afraid to Ask Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Top Ten Jazz Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Jazz Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop In our music feature this week, Jason Roche ... More >>

Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal but Were Afraid to Ask

Subgenres explained, from thrash to pornogrind

L.A. Ice-Cream Truck Goddess Has Been Hanging Teddy Bears From Telephone Lines

For about three months now, Northeast L.A. and Eastside residents have been noticing dozens of stuffed animals -- mostly teddy bears -- slung like drug-house sneakers from area telephone lines. The mystery culprit appeared to be much more prolific than the street artist who started dangling Wizard ... More >>

The Law & Order & Food Tumblr: Justice, with a Side of French Fries

Last month, we introduced you to The Chewing, in which New York magazine hilariously spliced together scenes of the The Killing's characters chewing on gum, chewing on chips, chewing on burgers -- well, you get the idea. To this growing list of Internet compilations dedicated to television characte ... More >>

Dan Harmon, 'Community' Creator, Lands at LAX to Discover He's Been Fired From His Own Show

Now here's a case for mandating in-flight wireless across the rest of the airlines. We've all experienced that moment, after hours in the air, of booting up our smartphone to discover we've missed the majorest news event since Hurricane Katrina. But Community creator Dan Harmon's in-flight ignoranc ... More >>

Five Bizarre Social Networking Sites From Musicians

Remember about a decade ago when every rapper had to have his own clothing line? And then remember about four years ago when every rapper had to have his own social networking site? Surprisingly, it turns out that artists from all across the musical spectrum have been impersonating Mark Zuckerberg f ... More >>

Q & A With Una Stubbs: The Joy of Victoria Sponges Getting Sherlock Holmes to Eat

If like us, you are fans of Stephen Moffat's godhead 21st century updating of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock on PBS Masterpiece Mystery! there's no need to introduce you to Holmes' and Watson's landlady, Mrs. Hudson, but we will anyway. What we know from the first season of Steven Moffatt's addic ... More >>

Sriracha Lollipops: Sucking on a Bottle of Hot Sauce

Wonder what would happen if you dipped this in a bowl of pho... From Lollyphile, the good people who brought us absinthe lollys: introducing Sriracha-flavored lollipops. We suppose it was just a matter of time before someone thought of making the famous sauce into a candy. The sriracha craze has be ... More >>

Occupy L.A. Is Planning Insane, Captain Planet-Esque 'Four Winds' Protest for May Day

With their powers combined, "cars and bikes, occupiers and unions, community orgs and organic communities" will be descending upon the downtown L.A. financial district from all sides this May Day. May 1 is a traditional day of action for labor unions, so Occupy Los Angeles (and their fellow bankste ... More >>

Man Allegedly Bench-Presses Goose for 10 Minutes at L.A. Park; Goose Allegedly Loves It

Reddit and Tumblr exploded yesterday with a photo of a barefooted man lying on the hillside of a somewhat crummy-looking park. The man -- by all appearances -- was bench-pressing a goose. Scott Lowell, the B-list actor who originally Tweeted the photo (sort of a George Clooney lookalike who does a ... More >>

Bacon-Wrapped Dates: Still Looking for the Perfect Date a Recipe

Still looking for the perfect date for Valentine's Day? Why not settle on a bacon-wrapped date? They're tender, sweet, salty and rich. Here's a date that is guaranteed to make just about anybody happy. For the carnivore, nothing can beat this appetizer in satisfying cravings of sweet, salty, fatty ... More >>

Earl Sweatshirt Is Home!

Earl Sweatshirt, the lost member of Los Angeles collective Odd Future, is back home. How do we know? Less than an hour ago, Tyler, the Creator, tweeted that Earl has a Twitter account, @earlxsweat. So far, the mysterious rapper only has three updates -- the first simply says, "home," and the last ... More >>

Social Media Explained With Donuts

Some Homer Simpson of the Matrix has decided to break down the particulars of various major social media outlets using the round, yellow cartoon patriarch's favorite food: donuts. For those who Facebook with trepidation, tweet (we prefer saying "twit") irregularly, and generally lose their minds wh ... More >>

Vigen Sarkisyan, 18, Killed When Car Plunges 500 Feet off Angeles Crest Highway

Corrected at the bottom: There was apparently no car involved in the plunge. An 18-year-old from Sunland-Tujunga, a small mountain community in northeast Los Angeles, died in a tragic Sunday-afternoon accident off Angeles Crest Highway. Vigen Sarkisyan was in a car with two of his friends when it ... More >>

Mike Vitar, 'Sandlot' Star Turned Los Angeles Firefighter, Adored by Internet

TumblrBenny done growed up.​It's hard to hate a man in uniform. Especially when he gets caught by news cameras casually saving a kitten from smoke inhalation, emerging from a car explosion unscathed, etc. Add a starring role in the cult childhood flick of a generation, and you've got Internet ... More >>

Prop 8 Overturned? Nope: Year-Old HuffPost Article on California Gay Marriage Goes Viral

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIFrom our own West Hollywood slideshow on victory day 2010.​Come on, guys -- this is how rumors get started! A Huffington Post article from August 2010 (and updated in May 2011) was littered all over Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and the rest of the Internet this morning. "Prop 8 ... More >>

LAPD Info Posted by 'Anonymous' Hackers in Response to Occupy L.A. Raid

​Not everyone's buying L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's glowing review of police performance during last week's raid of Occupy L.A. A hacker group under Twitter handle @CabinCr3w just published the personal information of about two dozen LAPD officers on Tumblr. T ... More >>

Pasadena Closes All Schools, Declares 'State of Emergency' -- Insane Winds, Downed Trees, Power Outages

Updated at the bottom with water issues in Northeast L.A. Also, photos of Oscar De La Hoya's driveway. Not pretty. Meteorologists say the storm will be back in full force tonight. Originally posted at 9:35 a.m. This is the closest Pasadena kids will ever get to a snow day: KNX news radio is report ... More >>

'Occupy' Encampment at East L.A. City College Allowed to Stay Until at Least January

Alhambra Source​As the bedraggled Occupy L.A. encampment slowly drains (on its own accord, but under well-planned pressure from the LAPD and City Hall), and attempts to Occupy UCLA have been uprooted by the increasingly despised UC Police Department (did you see that militant line of riot poli ... More >>

Devin 'Thor' Dickey, Young Valley Tagger, Arrested by Burbank Police for Vandalism -- 'Just the Start' of Crackdown on Graffiti Crew

pixiecanfly via Tumblr​Burbank police announce today that two young taggers they arrested on November 3 -- Devin Dickey, 20, and an unnamed 16-year-old girl -- are possibly facing felony charges after they allegedly vandalized multiple pieces of property across the San Fernando Valley. Invest ... More >>

The Rise and Stall of Pac Div

Kristofferson San Pablo​In the late aughts, the safe money was on L.A.-via-Palmdale trio Pac Div. They seemed poised to lead the burgeoning "New West" movement -- the pre-Odd Future crop of young rappers seeking to reclaim hip-hop for the Left Coast. They were the group everyone from industry ... More >>

An Xiao, Man Bartlett and Petra Cortright Make Avatars the New Self-Portraits

Skrillex: L.A. DJ, Producer Is Boy King of Electronic Dance Music

Leads the mashed-up, remixed generation

Ejen Chuang Brings Cosplay in America to Anime Expo

Shannon CottrellEjen Chuang at the book release party for Cosplay in America, May, 2010​Check out Ejen Chuang's photography in "Cosplay in America: Ejen Chuang's Portraits from Anime and Comic Book Conventions." In 2010, Ejen Chuang self-published Cosplay in America, a photography book filled ... More >>

Best Restaurant Site, Maximalist: Starry Kitchen

Best Tumblog: The Streets Are Calling

Was Reese Witherspoon's Sexting Advice on MTV Intended for Anthony Weiner?

Hollywood LifeCome on, Weiner -- it's a no-brainer.​Everyone seems so sure that Reese Witherspoon's condescending sext lesson at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles last night was directed at Blake Lively, the young "Gossip Girl" hottie whose bedroom-mirror body shots recently took the celebri ... More >>

Guilt Taste Launches: More Fun With Ruth Bourdain

Oh, just go read this right now. There is nothing we could possibly say that would be better than clicking on Ruth Bourdain's Tumblr of Guilt Taste, launched today. Guilt Taste​

Nicki Minaj Wins an Award for Twirling Her Bubblegum

​OhmiGAH Barbs! Nicki Minaj just won! The Pink Barbie brought home an early award from the MTV O Music Awards. The inaugural awards, the remainder of which will be handed out in Las Vegas Thursday night, are billed as "online, open, ongoing." Categories include Fan Army FTW, Favorite F**k Ye ... More >>

Panna Cotta Is (Usually) Boring A Recipe for Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Blood Orange Compote

Ryan Millerpanna cotta​ Panna Cotta is boring. Gingered versions show up on "fusion" restaurant menus all over town, and just about every Food Network star (insert desired perkiness, accent, girth or cleavage here) has demonstrated just how easy the Italian "cooked cream" is to make. But, this ... More >>

Dr. Dre vs. The Hippies: Did Dre Try to Make Money Out of Burning Man?

​Fader magazine and a mysterious Tumblr misleadingly called drdrestartedburningman.tumblr.com are currently pimping a pseudo meme called "Dr. Dre Started Burning Man." Of course Dr. Dre did not start Burning Man--a bunch of hippies did. But Fader and the Tumblr site have posted a 1995 letter a ... More >>

Red Medicine's Medicine

Two Cheers for Anonymity

Red Medicine panicked in outing Times' Virbila, but did no lasting harm

Restaurant Recognizes & Outs LA Times Reviewer: Red Medicine Hates Virbila

A screen grab from Red Medicine's Tumblr site.​Restaurant reviewers like to believe they operate incognito. That's no easy task in the internet age, and it just got much more difficult for Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila (@sirenevribila) who was outed by an angry restaurat ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/12-4/16

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Sprinkles fans, you might want to step away from the computer for a cupcake break."

Top 10 Food Tumblrs: The World of Tom Selleck Sandwiches

Selleck Waterfall SandwichFeatured Sandwich: Kielbasa​ Tumblr is a blogging platform that bridges the gap between social networks like Twitter or Facebook, and a Word Press or Blogspot blog. It has yet to be utilized for a Presidential campaign or propagate any false celebrity death rumors, b ... More >>