Lina Lecaro

DIG THISOndi Timoner’s 2004 documentary Dig! — chronicling the not-so-parallel lives of pals/rivals The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre— has obviously boosted both bands on the rock radar. BJM packed the expansive Vanguard last Thursday with a noticeably more mixed fan base (like people who actually wash their......

“Monkey finger... walrus gumboot... spinal cracker...” Bassist Clifton Weaver is rattling off nonsensical but cool-sounding word combos from the Beatles’ “Come Together,” all of which were considered when his band, the Mojo Filters, were picking a name. As far as we know, the first three are still available (Spinal Cracker......

If the van’s a-rockin’... Just what Hollywood needs, another mega-club . . . That’s what we thought when we started hearing the hype on The Vanguard. But the beautiful new 21,000-square-foot danceteria, formerly called Qtopia, is hard to knock. Tuesday night, the remodeled spot celebrated its official grand opening (even......

X’D OUT If you’ve noticed lotsa jocks with ’hawks around town lately, it’s no accident — The X Games marked the (L.A.) spot this past week. The ultimate merging of sports and punkesque posing may be more clever marketing ploy than organic lifestyle event — but for many, it’s just......

Stealing the Wheels Rockers continue to play DJ-for-a-day at various parties around the city — The Sounds spun out at The Standard a few weeks ago, and we just caught the boys from VHS or Beta showing off their mixin’ skills at BPM mag’s relaunch party at Mood last Tuesday......

POLE POSITIONS Metal Skool proved their hesher schtick — like their spandex — hasn’t lost its sheen on Monday night, when they debuted their new production at the Key Club (now home sweet home and film site for their upcoming National Lampoon flick). Openers Satellite Party, featuring the unlikely trio......

PENISES, PINATAS We embraced our inner art tart this week, hitting up two openings that were anything but predictable wine-and-cheesers. Wednesday it was the Outfest premiere party for performance legend (and Weekly staffer) Ron Athey and musicologist Julia Snapper’s new multimedia opera, The Judas Cradle, at REDCAT. Art queen Vaginal......

ROCK & ROLL OVER Every self-respecting Ramones fan has beheld Rock ’n’ Roll High School countless times, but that didn’t keep ’em away last Friday from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery — where Dee Dee’s buried and Johnny’s got a statue — for a benefit screening organized by Johnny’s widow, Linda......

BIG PRIMPIN’ Hip-hop lovers take note: Hustle & Flow is the bomb. We caught the new flick at a GenArt screening party last week, and now we’re officially obsessed with its star, Terrence Howard. We even considered checkin’ out Lil Jon, T.I. and P$C on Monday at House of Blues......