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  Edison's Depression-Era Happy Hour: Grilled Cheese and 35-Cent Cocktails
  At the Edison downtown, the Depression is still a happy hour where patrons relax with hot tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwiches and bargain cocktails. Read more in Erica Zora Wrightson's "Soup Lines and 35-Cent Martinis."
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  Cobrasnake: Laughter - or Booze - is the Best Medicine
  Jesus or a yacht always helps, too. Cobrasnake photographed the party animals who ended 2008 and kicked off 2009, some having the time of their lives, others looking like they need some time off.
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  Lucha VaVoom Valentine's Day @ Mayan (NSFW)
  Lucha VaVoom celebrated Valentine's Day early with masked Mexican wrestling, chicken tossing, gravity defying stunts, sexy stripteases and pasty twirling. We also went backstage at the Mayan with the performers and got some steamy, exclusive portraits. Sexo Y Violencia!
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  Nightranger: RuPaul's Drag Race, Pretty Ugly Club and Punk Rock
  They came, they saw, they drank. This week Nightranger hit up RuPaul's Drag Race at World of Wonder gallery, rocked the Palladium pit with Pennywise, the Vandals and Black President, and revisited the hairspray-drenched debauchery of the '80s metal scene at Taime Downe's Pretty Ugly Club. Read...
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  Nightranger: Grammy Magic with Black Eyed Peas, New York Dolls, Slash, Lemmy from Motorhead
  Nightranger's Grammy party circuit included stops at Worlds on Fire (will.i.am's pop-up art gallery featuring portraits of '09 Grammy nominees), the Peapod Foundation Benefit at Conga Room, a Rhino Records/Los Angeles mag event and The Roxy. Read more in Lina Lecaro's "Grammy Week: Magical...
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  Nightranger: Revelry & Revulsion at Paramount Studios' Gridlock New Year's Eve
  Nightranger broke a recent tradition of staying home on the most obnoxious night of the year, and went for broke, too. Gridlock New Year's Eve at Paramount Studios featured Katy Perry, Guns n' Bombs and LMFAO, plus thousands of shit-faced and shivering revelers. Read all about it in Lina...
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  Adrenaline Junkie Cuisine: Hunan Chilli King
  Hunanese cooking for the misfits and adrenaline freaks for whom capsaicin and organ meats are the drugs of choice. Read Jonathan Gold's "Eating for the Adrenaline Rush at Hengyang and Hunan Chilli Kings, plus Yunnan Garden."
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  Getting Sauced in East L.A. at Moles La Tia
  Have you ever had a great Oaxacan mole negro? It's a remarkable substance, really, the thick, ink-black essence of up to 80 spices and aromatics, colored with the carbonized remnants of toasted seeds and burnt bread, lashed with bitter chocolate, as fragrant as hot tar, dusty streets and damp...
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  All-American Porn: 25 Years of Vivid Entertainment Cover Art
  World of Wonder Gallery presents "All-American Porn: 25 Years of Erotic Photography from Vivid Entertainment" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Vivid's 1984 launch. Click through for teasers of the cover art collectibles that will be on display and read the interview with Vivid co-founder...
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  Noodle Island: San Gabriel Valley's Most Genteel Slurp Shop
  Noodle Island specializes in "long-simmered chicken broth, dishes with carefully cooked meats and organic mushrooms" and is the place to go for "ancient" ginger seasoning. Read more in Jonathan Gold's "Noodle Island: That Slurping Sound."
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  LA Tech Paintball: Team Tequila vs. Team Black FTW
  Providing much needed respite from the nonstop conferences, mixers and galas that populate LA Tech month, LA Tech Paintball was organized by Lincoln Group founder Paige Craig and Black Card Circle Foundation founder Lotay Yang to vent frustration, fuel lighthearted rivalries and inspire some...
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  NAMM Show 2009: Booze, Bands and Gear
  NAMM brings together fans, musicians and manufacturers for a who's who and a what's what of music making. Click through for photos of the rockers in Gwar, the Adicts, Papa Roach, Ministry, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and more, plus an inside look at the VIP Schecter party. Read Liz Ohanesian's...
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