See also: *10 L.A. Art Spaces That Change Our Idea of What an Art Space Is *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying This week, a Eurasian collective tells uncanny histories, artists take on maintenance work and a sculptor builds an uncomfortably large minimalis ... More >>
[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.] Hats off to Washington state where, recently, hundreds of same-sex couples were legally married ... More >>
Can we all finally agree that bagged spinach (and lettuce) is a bad idea? Salinas-based Fresh Express is conducting a voluntary recall of 9-ounce packages of its spinach due to possible contamination with Salmonella, according to a company press release. The affected batch has a use-by date of Nov. ... More >>
The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>
Don't hate us because we're beautiful. Or do. It turns out the left-most state is also America's most-hated, according to a recent survey by Public Policy Polling. And California's left-leaning politics seem to have a lot to do with it. The Golden State is the most-disliked in the union, and Hawai ... More >>
FDAToss your salad. Irwindale-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, Reuters reports. The voluntary recall includes a dozen different salad products including Caesar salad ... More >>
Andrea DomanickThe Airborne Toxic Event holds it down at El Gran BurritoSee also: Airborne Toxic Event Want You On the Edge of Their Seat In this week's annual Music Issue, we go on a date catch up with hometown heroes The Airborne Toxic Event, on a motorcycle ride to some of their favorite ... More >>
Gore Vidal"Stop SB 48," the group that sought to repeal a state law that allows California students to learn about important people in history who were gay, has officially announced that it has not gathered enough signatures from registered voters to place an initiative on the 2012 ballot. ... More >>
Flickr/Kevin H.Roast turkey leg The first fast food we knew as a kid came not from golden arches or a king of burgers, but from an outpost of a regional chain selling fat, sprout-laden deli sandwiches on wheat bread. The Fresher Cooker, it was called, and whenever our healthy-eating parents ... More >>
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Flickr/Tony Austin A Tracy, California, food supplier has recalled 64,000 pounds of chicken and pork products because some broccoli in the products was found to be contaminated with Listeria, the Associated Press reports. The 10 varieties of premade foods, which include "Raley's" rice bowls ... More >>
What's a little contamination in the name of the drill?The nation was abuzz yesterday with highly unsustainable news of a fresh way to squeeze millions more barrels of oil from the deepest Earthstuffs of America the Beautiful: It's called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" among Big Oil exec ... More >>
Prop. 8 supporter and Alabama Attorney General Troy KingWith the appeal hearing for the Proposition 8 lawsuit set for Monday, December 6, we thought it would be a good time to look into the out-of-state attorney generals who stuck their noses into California's business and filed a friendly b ... More >>
Yesterday, we mentioned how 10 terrified states -- Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming -- recently filed an amicus brief that supported Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban that's been deemed unconstitutional in federal co ... More >>
Wyoming Attorney General Bruce Salzburg10 states not known for their gay-friendliness are mightily nervous about last month's federal court ruling that deemed California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional. Why? If the Proposition 8 decision stands as it goes through the federal appeals ... More >>
Wyoming Attorney General Bruce Salzburg10 states not known for their gay-friendliness are mightily nervous about last month's federal court ruling that deemed California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional. Why? If the Proposition 8 decision stands as it goes through the federal appeals ... More >>
The DWP building in downtown Los Angeles. Interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Austin Beutner is proposing to sell the downtown DWP headquarters, along with other DWP assets, in order to raise hundreds of millions of dollars without raising utility rates, a ... More >>
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Also, The Lightkeepers, My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done and more
Also, The Lightkeepers, My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done and more
Also, The Lightkeepers, My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done and more
Long Beach-based Pacific Energy Resources, whose drilling explorations extend from Wyoming to offshore California to Alaska, filed for bankruptcy today. The Chapter 11 move comes amid continued economic chaos and plunging demand for oil. Only last June PE's president, Darren Katic, told an interview ... More >>
Kevin Bacon gives a powerful performance as Strobl in the HBO film
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Recalling label's photographer Naomi Petersen, rock critic looks back at his roots in the L.A. punk explosion of the 1980s
The too-happy hooker in the new Showtime comedy is unbelievable. Plus, When I Knew, a doc about the moment gays and lesbians realized their sexuality.
The too-happy hooker in the new Showtime comedy is unbelievable. Plus, When I Knew, a doc about the moment gays and lesbians realized their sexuality.
Visions of the DPRK at Pusan 2006
8 New Very Alternative Energy Ideas
Ayuko Babu
Ayuko Babu
8 New Very Alternative Energy Ideas
Notes on the pleasures of kiddie moviegoing and weeping into your stir-fry
Riding the range with Ang Lee’s lovelorn cowboys
Riding the range with Ang Lee’s lovelorn cowboys
Audubon sues the DWP for the sake of songbirds
Petra Haden + The Who = ♥
The right to die faces a big test in Congress
alaska!’s Imaad Wasif talks about near-death touring experiences, the pros and cons of tomahawks, and what it doesn’t mean to be skinny.
alaska!’s Imaad Wasif talks about near-death touring experiences, the pros and cons of tomahawks, and what it doesn’t mean to be skinny.
The environmental destruction wrought by the vice president’s secret energy plan
The environmental destruction wrought by the vice president’s secret energy plan
Inside Bush’s plan for California coast
They've got to be stupid to be smart
Pro-breakaway troops long for simpler times
On the centrality of cows to W.’s plurality and the GOP’s prospects
On the centrality of cows to W.’s plurality and the GOP’s prospects
On the centrality of cows to W.’s plurality and the GOP’s prospects
John Cusack does the little screen; plus, a doc and a cartoon
John Cusack does the little screen; plus, a doc and a cartoon
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