Keith Plocek

Do we even need to elaborate here? We’re talking about Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., aka Perez Hilton, a man who’s made a career out of inserting himself into the orbits of celebs he’s gossiping about. He’s damn good at provoking a response from his subjects and the public alike, and......

Alyssa Milano is not a celebrity Twitterer. Yes, she’s a celebrity and she’s on Twitter, and from time to time she does tweet about her upcoming projects and her charity work, but most of what you get is news: tech news, Dodger news, science news, hard news. She retweets. She......

So many sports blogs trade in cold stats and play-by-play analysis, forgetting somewhere along the way that it’s a freaking blog! Not so with Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness, which takes its name from an early Simpsons episode. Insightful analysis doesn’t have to be boring. A little spit never hurt anyone......

We started following @TheRoxy during a tweet crawl on the Sunset Strip. It was one of these deals where we had to follow each club in order to be eligible for prizes, and frankly we planned on unfollowing each of them later, because who wants a constant stream of promotional......

These guys were in the running for Best Tumblog, and we were even wondering about Best Twitterer (no offense, Alyssa), but OddFuture.com is really just one helluva band site. Almost every page has a different look that’s decidedly OFWGKTA. Video, downloads, rants, photos, swag – it’s all there. These kids......

Here you’ll find all of Los Angeles, its people, birds, trees, buildings, burgers, signs and stickers. More than 1,500 members strong, the pool is updated almost daily by amateur and professional photogs, all of whom share their work in exchange for the chance at a little Internet glory. The LAist......

“The Eastsider LA” were the first words out of pretty much everyone’s mouth when we mentioned this category. Jesus Sanchez covers the northeast corner of Los Angeles like only someone born in Boyle Heights could. His take on news and events in Echo Park and beyond give one of the......

You could call Tumblr the hot dog of social media: Sometimes it seems like it’s made entirely of lips and assholes, and nobody locally is doing a better job posting pics of both than The Streets Are Calling. Photographers Rat Handsome and Organ Donor (probably not their real names) lurk......

“Space Suit of the Week” might not sound like the most highbrow concept, but in the hands of writer Alex Dent the recurring series becomes a meditation on technology and human progress (with some personal journaling thrown in for good measure). Dent is just one of the talented writers on......

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won’t mistake for the real thing. —Poe’s LawThe bad news about a free and open Internet? Sometimes you get had by brilliant satirists. Christwire: 1; TRMS: —Rachel Maddow,......