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Coachella Security Includes RFID Tags, Grease

Keith Plocek
The good people behind the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festivals aren't leaving all security measures to local Indio police. They've also rolled out some fancy cloth wristbands with RFID tags embedded. Each wristband is apparently unique, so good luck trying to do the "two-in, one-out, two-in" maneuver of old......
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Slideshow: Graffiti Removal on Eagle Rock

Keith Plocek
You read that headline right. We're not talking about buffing over graffiti in Eagle Rock. We're talking about Eagle Rock itself. Today a team of civil servants used power tools and rappelling ropes to remove tags from the giant rock that gave a neighborhood its name, and we've got plenty......
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Marijuana Delivery: 8 Lessons from HempCon

Keith Plocek
For more images from HempCon 2011, visit "Medical Marijuana, Booth Babes and Glass Bongs." HempCon 2011 came to the L.A. Convention Center this weekend, and with it Rasta hats, glass pipes, bong coasters, vintage posters and 420-friendly onlookers. Experts took turns dispensing advice on the side stage, and we caught......
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Porn Star Stencils Spotted on Melrose

Keith Plocek
After spending a couple hours at Adultcon on Saturday, we'd swore off adult entertainment for a while, but this tidbit from AfterDark LA was a bit too intriguing to pass up. Spreading her spray-painted message along with all the other hip vandals on Melrose and Fairfax is a genuine porn......
View more photos at "Adultcon: Porn Stars and Amateur Photogs"; Credit: Keith Plocek

Adultcon by the Numbers: Porn, Stuffed Animals and Masculinity

Keith Plocek
We saw all kinds of attendees at Adultcon yesterday - groups of men, groups of women, male-female couples, lone wolves - but the most common configuration was what we'll call Two Straight Dudes. Just what is it about an adult entertainment expo that makes a man want to invite one,......
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Village Voice Media's "Best Of…" App Goes Live

Keith Plocek
Exciting news from the mother ship: The Village Voice Media "Best Of..." app, featuring 10,000 of the best things to eat, drink, see, hear and buy all over the nation, is now available for free in the iTunes store. Looking for the Best Banana Cream Pie or Best Chicken Salad?......
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Elizabeth Taylor, R.I.P.

Keith Plocek
Elizabeth Taylor died last night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was 79. We don't even know where to begin eulogizing the woman, and we'll have more to say soon, but we'll start by recommending Michael Musto's obit in our sister paper Village Voice. We've also got a gallery of Liz......
Not to be confused with the Wu-Tang Clan.; Credit: Nate "Igor" Smith

Wu-Tang Clan Headline Village Voice Media's SXSW Party

Keith Plocek
Last night Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf, Wild Flag, Fishbone, Trae Tha Truth, Marz Lovejoy, Rocky Business, Trouble Andrew, Ume, Times New Viking and DJ Erykah Badu all provided music for the Village Voice Media/Frank 151 SXSW Showdown at the Austin Music Hall. That's a whole lotta musicians, and the variety definitely......