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  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Top 10 Gay Bars in Los Angeles

    Gay nightlife in Los Angeles might seem like it's separated into two distinct camps -- Weho on one side and Silver Lake on the other -- but the truth is, plenty of queer and queer-loving crowds hit both, thanks to promoters offering parties on both sides of town. Cliches about the Westside being s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Rave Drug Ketamine Eyed as Quick Cure for Suicidal Depression

    The circle of life, or something like it, has come to the field of severe depression medicine. You see, while ravers often complain of depression because they use up all their happy coupons every Saturday night (often in the form of serotonin-greedy ecstasy), physicians who treat hardcore cases of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    5 Creepy Vagina Nicknames That Should Go Away Forever

    What's in a name? Well, it depends! Ladyslippers sound like the perfect wedding/christening flower -- until you look them up on Wikipedia and see they appear to have varicose veins and a nasty case of the herp. The Swedish supermodel/gymnast you watch buy a soy chai every morning as you loiter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    SOPA: Hollywood Declares War With Obama Over Internet Piracy?

    Floyd Brown​Did President Obama just bite the hand that feeds him campaign cash? You might remember him as the guy who ties up traffic a few times a year when he comes to L.A. with his hands out, looking for the millions in contributions that are surely coming to him. He's a relatively libera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Top 10 Events in the History of Polka Dots

    "A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots become movement... Polka dots are a way to infinity." --Japanese polka dot artist, Ya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Master Cleanse, aka 'Lemonade Diet': I Tried it During Christmas. Here's How That Went

    In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it. Deciding to go on the master cleanse in December was either inspired or idiotic. Since I got the idea while in the far-too-familiar haze of a wine buzz, I blame it on the alcohol. You'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena: Coming in January

    J. Cabralcheeseburger at Biergarten​Pasadena will be hosting a "Cheeseburger Week" starting on January 15th and going until the 20th. It will feature various renditions of the cheesy meat sandwich by a handful of popular places, even a sushi restaurant. According to the press release (and Wik ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    The Matter With Kids Today

    J. Cabralcheeseburger at Biergarten​Pasadena will be hosting a "Cheeseburger Week" starting on January 15th and going until the 20th. It will feature various renditions of the cheesy meat sandwich by a handful of popular places, even a sushi restaurant. According to the press release (and Wik ... More >>

  • Music

    November 17, 2011

    Music Picks: Overdoz, The Cure, Lucinda Williams

    Also, K. Flay, The Civil Wars, Bob Mould tribute

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Seven Terrible L.A. Halloween Costumes (With Suggested Improvements)

    Yes. Yes it is.​ OMFG! Halloween starts this weekend! Even though CVS put out the candy and the knickknacks right after Labor Day, you still waited 'til the last minute to get a costume, didn't you? Only recent temperate climate transplants that have been waiting for the palm trees to change ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 27, 2011

    Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Halloween Horror Flick Crunch

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Eddie Izzard at the Largo: A Hilarious End to the Comedian's 'Secret' Three-Night Stand

    Wikimedia Commons.Dressless: Izzard plays the part of our hip perpetual bachelor uncle...who's also British​ "I was laughing. It was funny," a deadpan Izzard fan protested at 2 a.m. this morning. Obviously a newcomer. Maybe an asshole. Clearly it was too late for enthusiasm for some folks on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Reviews of A Widow of No Importance; The Vault: Unlocked; The Stories of Isaac Leib Peretz; and more . . .

    Hector Cruz Salvador"The Vault: Unlocked"​"The gentrification of downtown Los Angeles is a sinister metamorphosis engineered by spoiled hipsters and well-heeled land grabbers in this whodunit parody by the Latino Theatre Company," writes Amy Lyons about The Vault: Unlocked, at Los Angeles Theatre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Top Five Rappers Who Are Worse Then Lil B

    The Game​For all of the disses and shots Game is throwing out lately, you'd almost think he had a new album due next week or something. (Well, he does, and he's going to be on our cover, too.) The latest to find themselves on Jayceon's shit list is Bay Area phenomenon Lil B, whom Game this we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    WU LYF's Anti-Establishment "Heavy Pop" Hits L.A. Tonight

    Jonathan FlandersThis BBQ's getting out of control​Leading today's pack of gnashing, anti-establishment wolves are Manchester's WU LYF, a quartet who play self-described "heavy pop." Formed in 2008, they are the latest followers in the Mancunian footsteps of Joy Division, the Buzzcocks and the ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2011

    Page Two: WU LYF

    Jonathan FlandersThis BBQ's getting out of control​Leading today's pack of gnashing, anti-establishment wolves are Manchester's WU LYF, a quartet who play self-described "heavy pop." Formed in 2008, they are the latest followers in the Mancunian footsteps of Joy Division, the Buzzcocks and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Wikipedia Live! The Great American Wiknic Comes to L.A.

    Keith PlocekA QR Code? What the heck is a QR Code? We know exactly where you can find out.​ It has all the makings of a crappy YouTube skit: "What if the internet was, like, in reality and like, what if Wikipedia articles were people that you could talk to!?" Too wacky to handle, we know. But, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine, in Final Moments Before Budget Passage: What About Cutting $150 Million in City-Worker Bonuses?

    WikipediaExcuse the councilman's Dr. Evilness; he's got your money in mind.​City Councilman Dennis Zine got 99 problems, but a blind eye to L.A.'s extravagant set of city-worker privileges ain't one. His op-ed in the LA Daily News this morning calls out his fellow politicians for gutting cruci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Donald Sterling, Clippers Owner, Alleged Housing Discriminator, Gets Wikipedia Bio Scrubbed of All Things Controversial

    Both sides of Donald Sterling.​Donald Sterling is something like a Jekyll and Hyde of Los Angeles society for some. If you've seen his full-page ads in the Los Angeles Times, you'd think he was the city's greatest humanitarian. Ever. But if you've read some the lawsuits against him, you'd se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Wants a Six-Foot Security Wall Erected Around His Mansion

    Can we get a moat up in here, while we're at it?​The mayor is afraid. Very afraid. Much like the L.A. City Councilmembers, who quiver at the thought of potential Los Angeles Loughners with an eye on City Hall, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa believes he is in danger, and therefore needs a six-foot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    [Updated, Again]: Dervaes Family Trademarks "Urban Homestead" Term: Legal Battle Follows

    The cover of The Urban Homestead, written by Erik Knudsen and Kelly Coyne, which might be renamed in the next printing.​Updated, 2/22, 12:30 p.m.: The Dervaes family recently filed a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DCMA) take down notice to Google regarding content in The Urban Homestead by K ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    WIKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER

    The cover of The Urban Homestead, written by Erik Knudsen and Kelly Coyne, which might be renamed in the next printing.​Updated, 2/22, 12:30 p.m.: The Dervaes family recently filed a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DCMA) take down notice to Google regarding content in The Urban Homestead by K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Mainstream Cancer Center in Burbank Gets in Touch With Inner Hippie, Offers Patients Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs

    Eastern medicine: Now to be practiced at big scary cancer facilities with normal sign fonts​Looks like the big boys in cancer treatment are finally realizing patients would rather get an exotic massage from their hot young attendings than a scratchy blanket and a bedpan. The Roy and Patricia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    #Snowpocalypse Replaced By #SnowLoko As Official Hashtag Of New York Blizzard; Sweet Time-Lapse Video; Rare 'Thundersnow' Sighting

    KOMOnews.comWhadya know -- a Snow Loko!​Hey there, New York. How's the weather? Hehe. Anywho, while we were collectively kicking it by the pool out here in Los Angeles -- half scoping Twitter for real-time updates on your misery and half gazing up at the heavens in partly-cloudy satisfaction, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/6-12/10

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When you see how they react to the live octopus tentacles at Masan or the pig ear chicharrones at Lazy Ox Canteen, you may have a better idea of how they might handle the idea of babysitting triplets or a sudden move to Icel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: L.A. in the Mix

    amazon.com​The need to obsessively bookmark every delicious-sounding recipe you find on your favorite food blogs is quickly lessening, since new cookbook Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices hit shelves on Tuesday. Foodista, which is sort of like Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Heart at the Gibson Amphitheatre

    Nancy Wilson gets crazy on you​On Wikipedia, the band Heart pops up in search results before the blood-pumping organ does. From the ecstatic beer and arm swaying rapture rattling the Gibson Amphitheater Saturday night, it's possible that over the last 35 years, Ann and Nancy Wilson have become ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Beef Recall Spotlights Tenderization Hazards: DIY Beef Tenderizer, Anyone?

    A recall on Christmas Eve of almost a quarter million pounds of beef has focused attention not only on the beef, but on the process of mechanically tenderizing the meat. 248,000 pounds of beef products were recalled by the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service from National S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Five Free MP3s: New Tunes from Imaad Wasif, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Jogger, Fool's Gold, and Strong Arm Steady w/ Madlib ( video, NSFW)

    Because, why not? You like free music and so do we. Neither of us likes Mondays, so let's sweeten the pot, no? Here are five fresh MP3s from L.A. artists, with PR blurbs, a NSFW video (psychedelic boobs!), key release dates and other examples of sheer randomness. First, the boobs, courtesy of Immad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Saylor's Delight: Pasadena PR Firm Wins Contracts in War-torn Region

    The Saylor Company, a Pasadena crisis-management firm, has just landed two high-profile Yulia Ryzhenkova/Wikipedia2008: Georgian tank in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia​contracts in one of the world's violent flashpoints. The Georgian breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have hired the PR o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Grauman's Chinese Theater for Sale?

    Base image: Carol Highsmith/Wikipedia ​​It may not be a state monument or an historical city-owned property, but Grauman's Chinese Theater is an integral part of Hollywood -- both of its history and its daily commerce as part of the Mann Theater chain. That's why a Hollywood Reporter story is in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Dodgers: Fluke Win or Are They on the Road Again?

    At least of half that old notion that all theaters and the best restaurants are dark Mondays was once more laid to rest last night as the eternal drama between the L.A. Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played out once more. In a rather quiet game, the Dodgers won handily,Wikipedia​4-2. More import ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Beckham Booed in Home Game

    L.A. Galaxy fans got to see two sellouts Sunday -- the exhibition soccer match against ACCaleb Williams/WikipediaDavid Beckham Milan they attended and the first home appearance of superstar David Beckham since he negotiated his way out of his Galaxy contract to play with the very same AC Milan. A ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Scientology Battered on Two Sides

    E-meters along Hollywood and Sunset boulevards must have been going off their dials this week. The WikipediaLos Angeles-based Church of Scientology, which has fought the IRS, former members and the state of Florida, now finds itself on even less stable battlegrounds: the French legal system and Wiki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Return of the Native Habitat

    Yesterday a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked a slight, cautious return of native environment toWikipedia the Sepulveda Basin, in the form of Bull Creek's revitalization. The "ecosystem restoration project," as it's known in bureau parlance, provides about 28 acres of aquatic and riparian habitat as it ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 16, 2009

    GO LA: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Young Frankenstein and Other Horrors

    Plus, Doug Stanhope, Fake Radio, Oliver Sacks and more, April 17-23

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    DOUG STANHOPE

    Plus, Doug Stanhope, Fake Radio, Oliver Sacks and more, April 17-23

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Fashion Week Diary, Supplemental: A Note on The Fancy Bathrooms, and Other Random Miscellanea, Etc.

    1. A Word on Bathrooms: If you ever get a chance to pee in the Los Angeles Theater in historic downtown LA, I urge you to visit the Ladies' restroom. There, you will see this. It's way more impressive than I've managed to capture in the photo. 2. The Guests: Can you imagine these guys at Paris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    And Worth Every Trust-Fund Dollar: Pete Carroll's Salary

    Today's Daily Trojan publishes a story, unconfirmed by the University of Southern California, that superstar football coach Pete Carroll "is not only the highest paid employee at USC but at any private university in the country." The DT bases its piece on a report issued by the Chronicle of Higher E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Jewish Boys and Comic Books: Zap! Pow! Bam! The Golden Age of Comic Books at the Skirball

    View more photos of superhero and comic book rarities in the "Golden Age of Comics" slideshow. There is a pretty amazing collection at the Skirball Cultural Center's new exhibit "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950." Some stuff on display just blew my mind, like ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    It Must Be Belly, ‘Cuz Jam Don't Shake Like That

    View more photos of superhero and comic book rarities in the "Golden Age of Comics" slideshow. There is a pretty amazing collection at the Skirball Cultural Center's new exhibit "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950." Some stuff on display just blew my mind, like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Track of the Cat: Echo Park Bob Sightings

    Residents who live on the outskirts of Elysian Park know that their hill slopes and back yards have recently become outdoor kennels for roaming coyotes. Until the rains came, the feral canines could be spotted lolling on their backs in gardens or chewing up drip lines in search of water. The hearts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    The B-Sides: Bishop Lamont Interview

    Q: What was it like for you growing up in Los Angeles during the 80s? A: It was the LA of the Reagan administration. Drugs were really heavy in the streets at that time…more crack addicts…crack babies. It was a good time simultaneously because there was more creativity within the music and it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    LA Weekly Catches Grief Over Serial Killer Nickname

    L.A. Weekly has been getting loads of grief about our choice to name L.A.'s elusive serial killer the Grim Sleeper. (Because he stopped killing Angelenos for 13 years, but now he's back.) This afternoon, comedian Patton Oswalt, who was guest hosting on Indie 103.1's “Jonesy's Jukebox,” ridiculed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    Ode to Tlaloc

    It won't stop raining. It's rained pretty much all day today. In the morning, during the lunch hour, during rush hour, all night. It's just past midnight and it's raining right now. In fact it's been raining all week. As of Tuesday night various boroughs of the city are on flood alerts. El Univ ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 11, 2007

    Hitting It Off With Orny Adams

    It won't stop raining. It's rained pretty much all day today. In the morning, during the lunch hour, during rush hour, all night. It's just past midnight and it's raining right now. In fact it's been raining all week. As of Tuesday night various boroughs of the city are on flood alerts. El Univ ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    August 23, 2007

    Must See Art

    Mary Heilmanns To Be Someone and Tony Mendozas Flowers

  • LA Life

    July 19, 2007

    Mods & Rejects

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Dirty Sanchez

    Local bands, man

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