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  Nightranger: Mutaytor's Electro-funk Circus, Kibitz Room's Jam, MyHouse's Homies
  This week Nightranger bounced with the stage-packed electro-funk circus of The Mutaytor's Art of Change Inaugural Ball at The Mayan, stopped by the Kibitz Room for a jam session and a Pink Pussy cocktail, and checked out the swanky dance dwelling, MyHouse. Read more in Lina Lecaro's column,...
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  Lovin' The Nightlife: Year in Nightranger 2008
  Lina Lecaro loves the nightlife, baby. Check out her selections for the best club and event photos of 2008. Plus, catch up on everything you missed with her weekly Nightranger columns.
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  Sunset Striptacular @ Cat Club
  Sunset Striptacular took over the Cat Club on Jan. 12 for a burlesque contest complete with prizes and fake "Mondo Money" for the audience to reward the dancers they thought the best. Some great costumes and good friends made this a Striptacular night on the Sunset Strip.
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  Extreme Dreidel Spinning in Attempt for World Record @ Third Street Promenade
  The Santa Monica Synagogue organized a giant gathering on Third Street Promenade on December 22 in an attempt to break the world record for the most people spinning dreidels at once. Read more about the event.
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  Taco Truck 2.0: Kogi Twitters Into L.A.
  From side streets to dive bars, Kogi's customers keep track of the Korean taco truck's whereabouts on a frequently updated Twitter feed - twitter.com/kogibbq. Not since Pinkberry has anything captured the local imagination as quickly as Kogi, whose owners went from giving tacos away to becoming...
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  X and the New York Dolls Live @ Club Nokia
  X and New York Dolls brought the yule tide to Club Nokia on December 20 to celebrate the holiday season punk rock style.  
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  Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN Awards Red Carpet (NSFW)
  Whatever happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas if you send a photographer. That's what we did Jan. 8-11 for the Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN Awards in Sin City. Click through for pics of outrageous sex toys, costumes, celebs and adult entertainment's elite. Remember, it's sexy, it's...
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  L.A. Weekly's Year in Music 2008
  L.A. Weekly braved rabid audiences for the best concerts of 2008 including Prince, Coldplay, Wilco, Sigur Ros, the Raconteurs, Public Enemy, Siouxsie Sioux, Murs and more. Plus, we hung out one-on-one with some of our favorite musicians like Flogging Molly, Slash, David Lee Roth, Aesop Rock and...
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  N.A.S.A. Record Release Party @ Cinespace
  Cinespace and Anti-Records hosted a Jan. 27 release party for N.A.S.A.'s debut album, The Spirit of Apollo, which features collaborations with Kool Keith, David Byrne, Tom Waits, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Watch out for the Eye Monster...
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  Beyond the Stage: Mercury Rev on KCRW with Jason Bentley and at El Rey Theatre
  L.A. Weekly went beyond the stage and into the KCRW studios with Mercury Rev on December 16 for the band's live performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic with host Jason Bentley. Later, the band played the El Rey Theatre. Read Randall Roberts' "In the Studio with Jason Bentley" blog.
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  Sexy Richard Prince Art Car Enters Michael Kohn Gallery Through Front Window
  What to do when the centerpiece for your art show is a 1986 Chevrolet El Camino? Take out the plate-glass windows and stop traffic on Beverly Boulevard, of course, which is what Michael Kohn did Monday morning. The show, "She: Works by Wallace Berman and Richard Prince," opens Thursday,...
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  L.A. Weekly's Year in Food 2008
  Photos of the most delicious and exotic dishes from 2008, including illegal bacon wrapped hot dogs, live seafood and the perfect dessert. Read Jonathan Gold's "99 Essential L.A. Restaurants."
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