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Marissa Lopez and Gil Gastelum: Latin Music Execs Share a Love of L.A. Nightlife

*Check out our entire 2013 Couples Issue here Marissa Lopez and Gil Gastelum's broad kitchen table, covered with a brightly colored oilcloth and set with a fresh basket of pan dulce, is the heart of their Arleta home. For one hour each night, it's also their refuge. "She doesn't allow phones when w ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Being a Local, Temporarily

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] We are in beautiful Olympia, Wash. My shows in Hawaii and Alaska are behind me, and a few hour ... More >>

Sunset 5 Theater Closes

The end of an era, and what it means for the L.A. art house landscape

State of the Art House

In the capital of cinema, specialty films are losing ground (but there are glimmers of hope)

Nightranger: REDRUM & RITZ

The Globe Trottin' Mr. Rollins: Henry Rollins Visits a Dead North Korean Leader, Ponders the Relationship Between State Communism and Scientology, and Finally Finds Time to Chill Out in Mongolia (also, HR's Musings on Jimi Hendrix!)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Trekkies Storm Hollywood & Highland "Star Trek: The Exhibition" for Abrams' DVD Release

Nicole CamposRod Roddenberry, posing with a key piece of Trek legacy, Captain Kirk's original uniform.​It's one thing to wait for a big DVD release, run out, grab the disc, run home and watch it on your killer entertainment system; it's quite another to watch it on the bridge of the Enterprise ... More >>

Hollywood Virgin Megastore to Close This Summer: Get Ready for the Storewide Sale

The Wrap is reporting that beleaguered music retailer Virgin Megastores will close their remaining locations, including the Hollywood & Highland shop, this summer. The West Hollywood location closed last year. Apparently Pussycat Doll in-stores weren't the solution to the death of music retail.

Vegas, Baby! Vegas! An Incomplete Guide to Lounge Music

I watched a lot of movies when I was a kid, frequently imagining myself in some of my favorites. In 1977, the movie was Star Wars and I was Han Solo (like most geeks, I was really Luke Skywalker, but he was so whiny and Han was so cool!) In 1982, the movie was Tron, and I was Flynn, using my supreme ... More >>

Joy Division to the World

Ian Curtis’ afterlife seems like it’s been one big after-party

The Way We Wore

Our unofficial guide to vintage rock T-shirts

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Castle on a Hill

Demolition City

WeHo’s standing in the historic preservation movement takes a couple blows

Punk Puppet Apocalypse

Starring members of Green Day, Rancid, X and more, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! is guaranteed to offend

Nightranger

Dead End Kids, Celebrity Air and Scandinavians — Especially Norwegians

A Second Skin

Sloughing it off for summer

Suicidal Redundancies

Nick Hornby’s new novel, A Long Way Down. Plus, Mitch Cullin’s Sherlock Holmes

Virgin Zombies

The Well Isn’t Dry

A luv-fest with REM

Urban Warfare: Grappling With Asan Akbar's Descent

Nouvelle Cuisine

French pop non-stop

Reach for the Sun

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28

Queasy Sick Wonderful

What it means to love records

Drive Around Fast A Lot

The Raw and the Cooked

Edited by Kateri Butler

Beautiful People: I’m Your Biggest-Paid Fan

Is the Corpse Smelly Yet?

Independent music in 2001

It Boy

Psst . . . Wanna Pay for a Music Download??

Consume Part II:

[Mostly] Not Food