"DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK," reads one of the cheaply photocopied posters hanging on the wall. Another advises that "PAIN IS TEMPORARY, GLORY IS ETERNAL," while a third, plastered to the door of the men's room, reads, "FUCK FOR FUN, FUCK FOR MONEY." The messages are meant in jest — more......
In a city as susceptible to breathless hype as LA can sometimes be, it's hard to imagine a show not being packed. When was the last gig where the guest list line didn't stretch around the corner, while lesser punters pay top-dollar on Craigslist to see (and be seen) at......
This weekend, the annual Gay Pride festival was celebrated in the heart of West Hollywood, shutting down San Monica and San Vicente for 48 hours of un-closetted (and often unclothed) good times. But while rainbow flags and strutting in the streets might be a very visible display of gay identity......
At first glance, the Fox drama-dy Rescue Me doesn't seem like the obvious brand to extend into a comedy tour. Sure, the show is at times side-splittingly fu...
Friday marked the third time in almost 18 months that Metro Area's Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani have traveled from their natural concrete environment of New York to the fake plastic (palm)trees of Los Angeles. The previous two journeys were hosted by polysexual nightlife affair A Club Called Rhonda--an obvious......
] With the overwhelming success of Avatar, it was obvious that movie makers were going to go overboard with the 3D action flicks at every opportunity (Clash of the Titans anyone?) But one genre experiencing an entirely unexpected rebirth thanks to those recyclable plastic glasses seems to be the long......
If you were forced to guess, what do you suppose the average life expectancy of a nightclub is? Two years? Ten years? How about a club that lasts 30 years?
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It’s 10:30 on a Saturday night at Hollywood’s recently reopened Palladium concert venue. The headliner for the night is techno sensation Deadmau5, whose rodent-headed antics have sold out the venue weeks before doors ever opened. The Mau5 won’t be onstage until midnight, but the venue is already nearing capacity. The......
L.A. band HEALTH are the perfect example of modern indie success. Buoyed by remixes by blog faves Crystal Castles and Acid Girls, branded by T-shirts showing up...
When Jeff Antebi, the maverick multitasker behind the Waxploitation record label and management company, decided he fancied photography, he didn’t just set up a Flickr page and call it a day. He turned his hustle on full blast and began sending to everyone he thought might want to see them......
