Photograph by Shannon Cottell. Click image for entire slideshow. If you've lived in L.A. long enough you know weekends are for amateurs and the real shenanigans happen on Thursdays. Case in point: Silver Lake's retro-glam "Super Sexy Show" which takes place every first and third Thursday of the month at......
According to Kevin Bronson's Buzzbands, East Hollywood venue Safari Sam's shut its doors for good last week. The story behind the club's closure is still developing so, until I know more, I'll leave you with one show at Safari Sam's that will always stand out as a personal favorite: Gram......
With a voice like Marlboros and whiskey, the salesman tells me, “The barber’s not in today,” as he peers out from behind a glass case of knickknacks. He then tu...
Check out the Bowling for Boobies 2008 slideshow by clicking on the image above. digg_url = 'https://digg.com/people/Holly_Madison_Bowls_for_Boobies_in_Los_Angeles'; Monday night at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood, I sat in a bowling booth next to Playboy's Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's ex-main squeeze of "Girls Next Door" fame. Suddenly I was informed by......
Perhaps we were still recovering from last weekend's Detour Festival, or perhaps it's that damn cold going around, but this weekend was relatively mellow in Los Angeles. Even then, L.A. Weekly managed to make the rounds and partake in some exceedingly cool events. We hit up the city's hottest photography......
To be honest, I never thought I'd be standing in legendary photographer Bob Gruen's teenage bedroom. The unkempt bed covered by a Led Zeppelin blanket, the shelves of rock memorabilia, the walls plastered with photos and cutout articles from vintage rock magazines like Creem and Rock Scene... it is a......
Original Z-Boy Nathan Pratt, then and now. Click on image for entire slideshow. Photograph by Shannon Cottrell. In the 1970s it took a group of Venice-based visionary artists, surf and skateboard shapers, and passionate rag-tag kids to revolutionize skateboarding and launch the rebel skater lifestyle that we know today. At......
Hanging out in the back room of the Gibson tour bus. Click on the image for the entire slideshow. Sitting inside a parked Gibson tour bus behind Sam Ash Music in Hollywood, Slash peers over his sunglasses and through his tumble of curly hair that threatens to catch fire with......
Gypsy punk phenomenon Gogol Bordello is known for "striking the power" on stage, but L.A. Weekly got curious as to what the band does off stage as well. Camera in hand, we followed the band around back stage for one hour prior to their performance. Click the image below for......
Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz. Photo by Michael Lavine. The first time I saw Gogol Bordello live in 2007 was one of those embarrassing, made for YouTube, kind of nights. I woke up the next morning on my couch, tangled in my party dress, still wearing high heels, with blood caked......
