Keith Plocek

Best L.A. Novel Ever: T. C. Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain vs. Hector Tobar's The Tattooed Soldier, Round 1

Keith PlocekDecember 7, 2012

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups Set in Topanga Canyon not too long......

Adam Yauch, RIP: A Life in Photos

Keith PlocekMay 4, 2012

See also: *Our Adam Yauch Obituary *Let's Not Reduce Adam Yauch's Career to a Single Lyric Upon hearing the sad news that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch died this morning, we headed to the L.A. Weekly file cabinets and found a trove of old press photos from the years........

Henry Wolfe, Leftover Cuties, Adam Arcuragi, Jail Weddings – Some Guy's Living Room – 4/28/12

Keith PlocekApril 30, 2012

See also: East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On Henry Wolfe, Leftover Cuties, Adam Arcuragi, Jail Weddings A Highland Park living room 4/28/12 Better than... spending Saturday night in your own living room, unless you're naked and with someone special, in which case, yeah. Irony is not dead, but it......

Top 10 Simpsons Food Episodes: Tomacco Ribwich with a Side of Guatemalan Insanity Peppers + Skittlebrau

Keith PlocekNovember 11, 2011

Food writers have been stoked this week about the The Simpsons' upcoming episode on gastro culture. Our own Margy Rochlin interviewed Simpsons Executive Producer Matt Selman, who admits he's a big fan of Jonathan Gold. "We kind of make fun of foodies," he says, "but in real life we actually......

Banksy at Occupy London: See the Street Artist's Monopoly Sculpture Before It Got Vandalized

Keith PlocekNovember 2, 2011

Angelenos aren't strangers to the works of British street artist Banksy. His participation in MOCA's street art show was a (predictably secret) given, and the man plastered L.A. during the run-up to the Oscars, inspiring residents of Westwood Village to petition for his works to remain. And don't get us......

Venn Piagram: The Twain Shall Meet with This Blueberry-Strawberry Pie

Keith PlocekOctober 21, 2011

You know the story: Half the family wants one kind of dessert, the other half wants another. (And don't get us started on Aunt Mildred, who can never make up her dang mind.) Normally the solution is two pies, two separate factions, two warring gangs spooning sweets into their mouths......

Sand One and Vyal One Paint a Downtown Mural That Gets Buffed Within a Week (VIDEO)

Keith PlocekOctober 18, 2011

This week in print, Tony Cella and Simone Wilson look at L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's war on public murals and the moratorium that has left many artists seeing their sanctioned work get buffed almost before the paint has even had time to dry. Two such artists are Sand One......

Family Guy Art: 10 Amazing Paintings of Peter, Lois, Stewie, Brian and Quagmire. Giggity.

Keith PlocekOctober 13, 2011

With the tenth season of Family Guy slated to premiere this Sunday, we found ourselves looking back at the paintings from 2008's Family Guy C.R.A.P. (A Collection of Rare Art Pieces) show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Have no fear, diehards: Ernie the Giant Chicken was there. Not to......

Infographic: How Hot Is Fast Casual Dining?

Keith PlocekOctober 12, 2011

You might think of fast casual dining spots such as Panera or Jason's Deli as places to go whenever you're feeling a little classier than Wendy's or Taco Bell, but the folks of FastCasual.com want you to know the fast casual segment is the fastest (and most casual?) growing in......

Conrad Murray Trial: Six Characters You'll Find Outside the Trial of Michael Jackson's Doctor

Keith PlocekSeptember 29, 2011

Yesterday was the second day of Dr. Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial for administering the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson, and it proceeded without sad revelations like Day One's audio of MJ talking, very slowly, about future concert plans. This didn't stop the characters from hanging out on Temple Street in......

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