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The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, January 21 Baron von Luxxury, Yellow Alex, Yung Skeeter THE SATELLITE Electro-pop comes in splendiferous shapes and sizes. And Baron von Luxxury brings the wicked-wit version, in which DeBarge, ELO, Hall & Oates and other formerly uncool '80s soul stylists float through the disco in super-s ... More >>

How You Can See the Hottest Play in London This Sunday in L.A.

Filming a staged production, such as a play, and then editing the footage into a "movie" can be a maudlin affair. A good live performance creates a connection with the audience, but that energy is often blocked from flowing through the two dimensions of the screen. It's a great way for theatrical c ... More >>

Eating Fatty Foods During Pregnancy Linked to Breast Cancer in Offspring

In the "Well This Really Sucks" department, a new study has found that women who eat a lot of fatty foods during pregnancy increase their daughters' -- and even their granddaughters' -- chances of getting breast cancer, the UK's Daily Mail reports. Now we've gotta worry about what our grandmas ate ... More >>

Top 5 U.K. Beers That Should be Served at the Olympics Instead of Heineken Happy International IPA Day

The summer Olympics are well underway and with the Games, the inevitable media spotlight on the host country's culture. Between the star-studded opening ceremonies and the unprecedented Cultural Olympiad, Great Britain has done its best to take advantage of the attention the Olympics brings. Except, ... More >>

Eats at the London 2012 Olympics

LONDON -- Game on for eating well during the Olympics, which begins today, July 27, and run through August 12. Already one of the best dining cities in the world, London has been spiffed mightily up for the Olympic games. Billions have been spent on new athletic venues; streets have been reconfigur ... More >>

World's Most Expensive Chocolate Easter Egg Sold for $10,000

Thank you, Easter Bunny! London-based chocolatier William Curley has cracked a Guinness World Record by crafting the most expensive non-jeweled chocolate egg ever sold at auction, according to London & Partners. The 110-lb. confection sold for over $10,000 (you could buy about 10,000 Cadbury crème ... More >>

Are London Riots Any Different Than L.A. Riots? UCLA Professor Says Blacks Are 'Similarly Oppressed' In UK

Getty ImagesThe London riots​Based on the (absurdly informed) opinion of UCLA sociology professor Darnell Hunt, Telegraph correspondent Tim Stanley was right to worry that Brits -- and commentators around the world -- may be blaming this week's London riots on the moral character of the rioter ... More >>

Q & With Coffee Geek Mark Lamberton Blue Crow Media's Best Coffee In L.A. App

David BernsteinMark Lamberton at work​ Over the past year, London-based Lamberton brothers Derek, 33, and Mark, 23, have rolled out Best Coffee iPhone apps -- the kind of comprehensive, searchable interactive map of cafes that java enthusiasts dream of -- for London, San Francisco and New Yor ... More >>

Legendary Indie Label Drag City Finds Way To Work "Tila Tequila" and "Juggalo" Into Headline Promoting Bizarre Anti-Comedian Neil Hamburger

This poor man is now the bitch of Tila Tequila and ICP​File this one under: "the Internet and search engines have turned all cool, interesting pop culture into the bitch of the stupidest forms of pop culture." Once upon a time, Drag City was a label that stood for the awesomely weird, from cu ... More >>

Funniest Song About Hipsters. Ever.

They all play synths​Apparently, there are hipsters in the UK (yeah, I know--shocking!). And...they're just like Silver Lake and Williamsburg hipsters! And now someone's written a funny song about them. It's very funny. Best line: "We all play synths." 'Nuff said. Check it out:

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EXCLUSIVE: First Interview with LA DJ Kutmah after His Controversial Deportation

​ Two months ago, news broke that the popular Dublab and Low End Theory-affiliated DJ, Justin "Kutmah" McNulty had been detained by Department of Homeland Security authorities for failing to honor a voluntary deportation notice that he had signed over a decade earlier. The arrest triggered a ... More >>

DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For The Legendary Mr. C (Who Says Eezer Still Goode)

​Mr. C is one of the founding fathers of contemporary electronic dance music. He became a top DJ during the late-'80s dawn of rave culture and soon joined the dance-pop act the Shamen, which was so successful ("Move Any Mountain," "Ebeneezer Goode") it was even heard on L.A. radio in the early ... More >>

Top 10 Places To Watch the FIFA World Cup

​Tomorrow begins the the most widely watched sporting event in the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And for the next month, from June to July 11th, even Laker mania will take a back seat to soccer. The World Cup, held for the first time in Africa, showcases 32 countries. And while you can of co ... More >>

Captain America To Be Filmed In ... England

Marvel​Even as the city of Los Angeles has been trying to keep film production here and Marvel Comics vowed to make its movies in the Southland, news this week reveals that Captain America: The First Avenger will be filmed in London. Bloody hell. That's according to the Los Angeles Times, whi ... More >>

Dubstep Is ... Bang!

Today Los Angeles, tomorrow the world for U.K. bassman Rusko

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- The 41 Deadliest Fast Food Meals in America. [Daily Beast] -- Woman becomes first person to be banned from drinking in every bar in England and Wales. [Daily Mail] -- The British finally discover bá ... More >>

Flights Between LAX And London Cancelled

Craig Murphy.​Nine flights to and from London were canceled Thursday morning as a result of volcanic ash above the U.K. that could damage jet engines, LAX officials report. Four flights from London to LAX were nixed while five from LAX to London were a no-go as an Icelandic eruption sent a pl ... More >>

5 Questions with The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell [ Free Album Download!]

5 Questions with The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell [ Free Album Download!]

Nocando Vs. Wrekonize Battle Tape: Stamina Vs. Homophobia [NSFW]

A few months ago we wrote about LA rapper Nocando, whose work during Project Blowed and, recently, the Low End Theory have garnered him much praise on the experimental beatz scene around town (and in London). We just found this battle clip in which the emcee takes on Miami rapper Wrekonize, and w ... More >>

List of the Worst Fad Diets To Avoid in 2010: No Elvis Sandwiches For You

If you're contemplating a fad diet to work off some of the excesses of the holiday season, you can forget about the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Maple Syrup Diet, and, yes, the Blood Group Diet (not making this up). The British Dietetic Association, the professional association for registered dietitians i ... More >>

Never Land

LAFF 2008: I Can't Drive 66

Office Sonata

Barbarians at the Wall

Border crossings, gang colors ... are Scots the Mexicans of England?

The Jig Is Up, Tracey Ullman!

What to do in L.A., April 25-May 1

From the Anglo Files

The Entertainer

Brothers in Arms

The Cribs look to extend their family

Bloc'd Party

A terribly polite chat with U.K. dance-punk dude Kele Okereke

It Takes a Village

The Village Idiot, the biggest gastropub in town

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

The diplomat as terror-solving sleuth in BBC’s The State Within

America's Previous Top Model

Mo., Not U.K.

No Pussycats!

Reviews of Girls Aloud and Sugarbabes

Of James Bondage

In thrall to the man with the golden franchise

Spy vs. Spy

Britain’s attempt to crack American isolationism in William Boyd’s Restless

Band on the Run

Unsigned local group finds fame, fortune, Duran Duran in the U.K.

Shambling Fantastic

Guillemots’ lead singer is named Fyfe Dangerfield. Life is good.

Music Picks

For the week of March 10 - 16

TV 2004

Things That Go Pomp In the Night

The Darkness' new bohemian rhapsodies

Gloom, Doom and George W. Bush

The president does London

The Reanimators

28 Days Later’s Alex Garland and Danny Boyle

A Mythic Thing

Tony Wilson on the city of Manchester, the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Factory Records, New Order, the Hacienda Club, Happy Mondays . . . had enough yet?

The Sum of All Beers

A Few Things You Should Know About the World Cup

Black to the Future

Juan Atkins on the vision thing

Bonkers for 'Bleaky Blighty'

A letter from Cornwall