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April 8, 2013
Here's How Much a Bunch of Songs Are Worth, Including The Monkees Theme ($120,000)
A popular song is like a stock, or a mutual fund -- its value fluctuates based on market circumstances, and it can even be an investment. Licensing tracks to film, television and commercials has become one of the only ways to make money off of music these days, and you don't actually need to be a mu ... More >>
Music
March 14, 2013
Ariel Rechtshaid Is the Indie Super-Producer
He's not in bands, but he makes them sound a hell of a lot better
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February 27, 2013
Grasping At The Past Through Pandora's Blackstreet Station
I sent shirtless cell phone shots of myself to, like, I'd guess 300 people in 2010. I was 29, and in the best shape I'd ever been in. In the morning, I would literally roll out of bed and onto the floor into push-up position. I could do more than 100 without stopping. I installed a pull-up bar in ... More >>
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December 11, 2012
Brandon Woodard, Would-Be Rapper From L.A., Murdured In Daylight 'Hit' In NYC
A 31-year-old aspiring rapper from L.A. was fatally shot in broad daylight in a touristy area of Midtown Manhattan yesterday. Accounts indicate it was a professional-style hit. Brandon Woodard, a Loyola Marymount University grad and perennial law school student with a possible arrest record was des ... More >>
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October 15, 2012
Top 10 Famous Vegans, 2012 Edition
Nearly one year has gone by since our first list of Top 10 Famous Vegans caused an outright internet vegan-type revolution. Well, not really. But plenty of readers didn't shy away from outrightly hating or loving the list, so we thought we'd catalog a few more for 2012. The obligatory public figures ... More >>
Music
October 11, 2012
Miguel Finds His Place
A rare R&B bird, he falls in somewhere between the hipsters and the mainstream
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August 17, 2012
The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend
See also: Marilyn Manson Rambles, Makes Jokes About the Dark Knight Killer Friday, August 17 Charli XCX TROUBADOUR This young London lass arrives in L.A. fresh from opening a string of Midwestern arena shows for Coldplay, which has to rank among the least appropriate bookings ever: On You're the O ... More >>
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August 16, 2012
Charli XCX, Io Echo, Kitten
See also: Marilyn Manson Rambles, Makes Jokes About the Dark Knight Killer Friday, August 17 Charli XCX TROUBADOUR This young London lass arrives in L.A. fresh from opening a string of Midwestern arena shows for Coldplay, which has to rank among the least appropriate bookings ever: On You're the O ... More >>
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July 27, 2012
Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens
LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>
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June 7, 2012
Here Are the Songs They Play at a Middle School Dance
1:04 pm: In about 25 minutes, I'm going to be chaperoning a middle school dance. The dance is for the school's graduating 8th graders, of which there are several hundred. I've probably chaperoned fifteen of these things already. It's like being a bouncer at a night club, except this party will take ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Echoplex - 5/12/12
Black Moth Super Rainbow The Echoplex 5/12/12 Better than: watching Usher sing over watered-down techno on Saturday Night Live. In a rare live appearance at the Echoplex on Saturday, enigmatic psych-pop band Black Moth Super Rainbow exceeded their fans' expectations with a mind-expanding performan ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Loco Dice is The Antidote to Cheesy, David Guetta House: He DJs Tomorrow at The Music Box
Loco Dice.We're glad trance is finally over (isn't it?), but something just as cheesy has stood up to take its place. While we won't name any names (Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta), they call this new sound "house." Now, if you've been alive since Clinton was president you know ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances: Locking Is So Easy, Even Dom DeLuise Can Do It
[Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city.] Locking Not to be confused with popping, locking is the signature move of Rerun from What's Happening!! T ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
David Guetta - Chinese Theater Hollywood - 12-03-11
Chris WalkerSee also: Lady Gaga, David Guetta and others perform at the KIIS Jingle Ball on Saturday night David Guetta Chinese Theater, Hollywood 12-03-11 Better than...driving all the way to Vegas "I'm David Guetta, bitch." Each time the French DJ dropped this line, the crowd went nuts ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Why This Song Sucks: David Guetta's "Without You," featuring Usher
Song: David Guetta's "Without You" featuring Usher History: "Without You" is a track from David Guetta's Nothing but the Beat, which he accidentally released as a double disc album earlier this year. FYI, Guetta is a DJ/producer, so he doesn't rap or sing on any of these tracks, he just mostly ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
The Hip-Hop World's Bizarre Co-Sign Of Justin Bieber
Hip-hop fanatic Justin BieberSee also: What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty? Rivaling his teenie fans' feelings for him, Justin Bieber has a big case of hip-hop fever. Despite being known for unabashedly poppy tunes, the Bi ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Chris Brown - Staples Center - October 20, 2011
Timothy Norris See also *More photos in Timothy Norris' slideshow "Chris Brown at Staples Center" *Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Chris Brown Can Do No Wrong Chris Brown, T-Pain, Bow Wow, Tyga Staples Center October 20, 2011 Chris Brown seems much older than 22. Of course, he's been famous since h ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
The 'Keffe D' Tapes: 10 Highlights of Confession From Gangster Who Says Sean Combs Hired Him to Kill Tupac
Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson (pictured) shot Tupac to death, according to his uncle, Keffe D."A barrel-chested black man with a front tooth missing, relaxed yet instinctively cautious, is seated across from four spellbound cops in a glass-walled conference room at 8200 Wilshire Blvd." So beg ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Stage Raw: Krunk-Fu Battle Battle
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle BattleThough Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Funk Singer Miguel's Ready to Ascend the Rock Star Throne: "I Completely Study Freddie Mercury"
www.cherylfoxphotography.comMiguel at Key Club last ThursdayOnstage before last Thursday's sold-out show, the one-name wonder's bedroom-eyed funk brought the women in the crowd to screams. Spinning, dropping into the splits, and stirring the pot with his hips, he was a rock star. No, we wer ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Music Picks: Prince, Amanda Jo Williams, Kendrick Lamar, Xzibit, Civet,
Also, Miguel, L.A. Bluegrass Situation, Heidecker and Wood, the Ditty Bops and others
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February 3, 2011
This Week in LA Nightlife: Characters, Cannibals, and Horny German Impersonators
Lina LecaroClub Alchemy Characters. Personalities. Genuises. This week, we couldn't help but think about the people in LA who always seem to stand out, even in the most audacious of crowds. It's not just how they dress or who they know or even what they do. It's a combination of these and so ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Tonight: Jack's Mannequin, Usher, E-40, Freelance Whales, Olin and the Moon, John Carpenter, Lifehouse
Andrew McMahonAndrew McMahon, the 28-year-old Orange County-bred songwriter behind the bands Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate, is just happy to be here. In 2005, just before the release of the first Jack's Mannequin album, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- which wa ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Lee "Scratch" Perry's First-Ever Art Show Opens Tomorrow -- Interview with Curator Sebastian Demian
courtesy dem passwords / lee 'scratch' perry Lee 'Scratch' Perry is one of the all-time (ALL-TIME) greats--the producer and genius who pulled dub out of the dirt and the sky and whose recorded legacy won't ever give up all its secrets. (Just like in Kiss Me Deadly--what's IN Lee's suitcase?) ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Music Picks: Amanda Jo Williams, Usher, Masaki Batoh, Procol Harum
Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah
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October 15, 2010
Today in Surreal Television: Bettye LaVette Sings Amazing Soul-Style "Quadrophenia" Cover for Katie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb
When Bettye Met Katie Lee and HodaWe love Bettye LaVette, the Detroit soul survivor whose career has been rebooted by the wonderful folk at local Anti- records. This is no surprise, as everyone loves Bettye LaVette. We caught her intimate, cabaret-style show at Largo last month, where she s ... More >>
Music
June 24, 2010
Nightranger: Gamer Gauche
When Bettye Met Katie Lee and HodaWe love Bettye LaVette, the Detroit soul survivor whose career has been rebooted by the wonderful folk at local Anti- records. This is no surprise, as everyone loves Bettye LaVette. We caught her intimate, cabaret-style show at Largo last month, where she s ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Big Wangs, Little Wangs: Bieber, Glambert, Ke$ha and more at Wango Tango
No matter how indier than thou you think you are music-wise, uber pop hits can make it into your consciousness, whether you like it or not. Unless you make an adamant point of blocking them, these ubiquitous confections need not be heard on mainstream radio like KIIS FM, either. They will seep in vi ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Live in L.A. This Weekend: Flying Lotus, Carole King & James Taylor, Bajofondo, Patti LuPone, Sonny Rollins, Metalfest, Wavefest and enough indie rock to start a blog
Flying LotusAvant-garde beatmaker Flying Lotus is the toast of the town right now, the release of his new album "Cosmogramma" having hit the shores of electronic music like a tsunami and folks still buzzing over his eye-popping set at Coachella. For the man born Steve Ellison, this weekend's ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Anger is an Energy Drink: Public Image Ltd. at Club Nokia
It's not that Club Nokia is an awful venue. It has its uses--an intimate Usher show, for example, or a Level 42 reunion (coming soon, for reals), or any act who has ever been on a Michael Mann soundtrack (Phil Collins with a surprise appearance by Ian Hammer would be a golden moment at Club Nokia). ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Today in WTF: Smells Like Teen Usher!
For some unfathomable reason, celebrities often partner up with ginormous cosmetics cartels and release fragrances. These stunts are usually accompanied by some press conference and junket where, say, Britney, Kim Kardashian, the tattoed guy from Buckcherry who loves da cocane, or whoever is ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
Record with Legendary Producer Jimmy Jam -- For a Hefty Price
Got a hit, but need a boldface-named producer to take it to the next level? Here's your chance -- if you've got an American Express card and $1,250 to spare. You can buy time with legendary R&B producer Jimmy Jam at his Flyte Tyme Studio in Santa Monica. Jam, whose work with producing partner Ter ... More >>
Music
July 9, 2009
Memorial Day: Michael’s Staples Center Farewell
Got a hit, but need a boldface-named producer to take it to the next level? Here's your chance -- if you've got an American Express card and $1,250 to spare. You can buy time with legendary R&B producer Jimmy Jam at his Flyte Tyme Studio in Santa Monica. Jam, whose work with producing partner Ter ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Korean Pop Star BoA Attempts to Break Stateside
For those prone to pulling all-nighters while watching the Cartoon's Network's Adult Swim, Korean-born singer BoA (real name: Boa Kwon) rings familiar, a sweetly mature voice that drives the light electronica of "Every Heart (Minnano Kimochi)," a closing theme for the popular anime InuYasha. But th ... More >>
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December 23, 2008
Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008
By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>
Music
April 24, 2008
Morello Jam, Smokin' Date, No A-ttitude
By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>
Music
April 17, 2008
Record Reviews: Usher, Lurker of Chalice
Also, The Dodos, Mezzanine Owls and more
Music
February 14, 2008
Grammy Kisses
Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest
Blogs
February 11, 2008
Ill-Thought Out Observations From This Year's Grammy's
Because Live Blogging is so gauche. Occasionally the Grammy Committee's old fogey sensibility yields huge dividends. See the inclusion of Morris Day and the motherfucking Time. As far as I know, only two people have paid much attention to Morris Day and the Time post "Jerk Out:" the illustrious ... More >>
Music
January 31, 2008
Boyz II Men: A Philadelphia Story
The only thing these guys didn't do was cater
Music
November 15, 2007
Neko Case: Deep Red Belle
She's an auburn-haired Caucasian woman of Ukrainian descent. Is Case also the blackest woman in indie rock?
Music
September 14, 2006
Kansas Shitty Woman
A very odd evening of jazz with Mr. James Brown
Music
July 13, 2006
Rock Out
A very odd evening of jazz with Mr. James Brown
Music
March 2, 2006
A Fan's Diary
PHARRELL AND FRIENDS at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, February 23
Music
August 18, 2005
Nightranger
PHARRELL AND FRIENDS at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, February 23
Music
July 28, 2005
Glam-rock Sunglasses
Missy cooks, Last Days annoys, Paul Williams rocks
Music
December 9, 2004
Genesis Regenerated
Missy cooks, Last Days annoys, Paul Williams rocks
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December 20, 2001
Don't Let Your Meat Loaf
Edited by Kateri Butler
News
June 21, 2001
Dear Losers
How the campaigns should have been run
Film+TV
August 12, 1999
Comic Belief
The soul in two dimensions
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