The aroma of burning goat flesh permeates the night air as five kids clad in denim, leather and studs take to the stage. Their name: Sorcerer. Their mission: th...
“They’ll sit on your lap, put their titty in your mouth, grab your dick and say, ‘Today is your lucky day,’ ” writes musician Bill Callahan (a.k.a. Smog) in his Memphis-to-Prague tour diary. Callahan is one of more than 70 contributors to the second issue of the art-and-literature compendium Penny-Ante,......
It’s 6 a.m. and a quiet throng has gathered at the corner of Los Angeles and Fifth streets. They’re outside King Eddy Saloon, an unapologetic pocket of reality in the heart of a rapidly gentrifying downtown. At 6:01 a.m. the bartender unlocks the front door, and the regulars assume their......
Look outside Safari Sam’s nightclub any night of the week, and you’ll probably see owner Sam Lanni leaning against the wall, smoking an American Spirit. Soft-spoken, with glasses and twinkly eyes, he’s seemingly devoid of attitude, the kind of club owner who chats to kids about 1980s hardcore as he......
Syd Barrett Tribute Night at Bordello, April 19 It was Syd Barrett Tribute Night, and I have never seen so much facial hair in my life. Long, short, combed and scraggly — all the beards of Los Angeles were gathered in their hirsute splendor at Bordello, where 21 local bands......
I just got back from the Folk Yeah festival up in Big Sur this weekend, having journeyed up the PCH with my man to attend the two-day gathering in the redwoods. We found an ecelctic bunch of music lovers hanging out among the trees, with a heavy bearded contingent (Devendra......
I love this adorable little skirt by Mexican artist/fashion designer Amor Munoz...Even though it does feature a naked masturbating girl showing her cooch to a couple Gary Baseman characters. I'd wear it. Munoz also makes porn shoes and weird panties with trompe a l'oeil period stains on them. And why......
Alan McGee, legendary British record exec, (referenced in an earlier post about the LA version of his Death Disco club night), posted the following rant as a MySpace bulletin, in which he calls himself a "46-year-old Luddite, but even I've been dragged into the digital world". "Last month, I went into a......
Sneakerheads, graff writers and their skate-punk brethren have infiltrated the peaceful boulevards of Culver City. Garbed in all-over-print hoodies and baseball caps, they’re lining up outside the URB Gallery, where works by more than 100 big-name street artists are being sold tonight. Many of the featured artists are inside, milling......
I had a real-life Cheers moment last Friday night when some friends and I happened upon a cool, unpretentious and non-douchey new bar in LA. Crazy, I know. It opened its doors in Silverlake around 5 months ago, and I'd heard whisperings of its existence. It's tough to spot...a barbershop swirly pole on......
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