Liz Ohanesian

"Weird Al" Is Headlining the Hollywood Bowl — With Orchestra, Parodies and Polkas

Liz OhanesianJuly 19, 2016

"Weird Al" Yankovic didn't intend to play Los Angeles this year. His last hometown gig was less than a year ago, at the Greek Theatre in September 2015. But an amazing opportunity came his way: The Hollywood Bowl wanted the famed parodist to headline the historic venue, accompanied by a......

Why Study Extinct Animals? Two Paleontologists Explain Their "Sexy Medium"

Liz OhanesianJuly 8, 2016

Inside a climate-controlled room on an upper level of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, doctors Michael Habib and Nathan Smith are showing off a Nyctosaurus. It's not a complete skeleton — the head and neck are missing — but there's enough here to indicate what it is, and......

Where in L.A. You'll Find Women on the Decks — and Where You Probably Won't

Liz OhanesianJuly 1, 2016

While there may be a gender gap at the dance music festivals across the United States, Los Angeles is a pretty good city to be a woman working as a DJ. Between the bars, dance clubs and parties in random spaces, there's no shortage of places to play, and you......

Women DJs Are Out There — Clubs and Festivals Just Need to Book Them

Liz OhanesianJuly 1, 2016

Last week, Fuse TV released a short film in which they asked many big-name EDM and dance music DJs, men and women, why there aren't as many well-known female DJs as there are male ones. It's a question that gets asked a lot lately, but it's the wrong one. The......

Why DJ Rap Is Now Focused on Teaching Aspiring DJs and Producers

Liz OhanesianJune 23, 2016

There's something that Charissa Saverio tries to impart to her students: "Music doesn't have to stop and start with DJing." Known as DJ Rap, Saverio has been in the electronic music game for over 25 years now. She's best-known for drum 'n' bass but has played and produced everything from......

Apparently, Ticketmaster Learned Nothing From That Class Action Lawsuit

Liz OhanesianJune 22, 2016

I have six vouchers for pairs of general admission concert tickets, a payout from the class action lawsuit Schlesinger vs. Ticketmaster. They are sitting inside my Ticketmaster account, waiting to be used before their 2020 expiration date. They might be waiting for a long time. On Tuesday afternoon, I squinted......

A Maze Maker's Biggest Project Ever Has Taken Over Cartoon Network's Burbank Studios

Liz OhanesianJune 20, 2016

Inside the old Burbank switchboard facility that Cartoon Network calls home, the "Mazeway to Heaven" climbs up the inside of a six-story stairwell. It creeps past the floor where Adventure Time's artists plot quests for Finn and Jake and the one where the teams behind Steven Universe and Regular Show bring......

There's More to This Dance Club Than a "No Laptop" Rule

Liz OhanesianJune 15, 2016

Cure and the Cause's moment of viral notoriety played out like a game of telephone. It started when Kenny Summit, co-owner of the Glendale house music club, took to Facebook with a decree: "No more laptops in the DJ booth." It wasn't an outright ban. Summit made exceptions for turntablists,......

A Famed Batman Writer Turned His Own Brush With Violent Crime Into a Comic Book

Liz OhanesianJune 14, 2016

If you watch cartoons, you know Paul Dini's work. The award-winning writer's IMDB page overflows with credits that span decades, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe to Tiny Toons Adventures to Duck Dodgers to Ultimate Spider-Man. Yet, no fictional universe has felt his presence quite like Batman's. Dini......

Nite Jewel Conquered Her Writer's Block With Some Whiskey, Synths and a Walk-In Closet

Liz OhanesianJune 7, 2016

Ramona Gonzalez is crouched below a diner counter inside Alma at the Standard Hollywood hotel, gleefully flipping through her records. Gonzalez, best known for her funky synth-pop project Nite Jewel, has been DJing at the restaurant on Tuesday evenings in May. It's a collision of interests for her; she worked......

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Liz Ohanesian

"Weird Al" Is Headlining the Hollywood Bowl — With Orchestra, Parodies and Polkas

Why Study Extinct Animals? Two Paleontologists Explain Their "Sexy Medium"

Where in L.A. You'll Find Women on the Decks — and Where You Probably Won't

Women DJs Are Out There — Clubs and Festivals Just Need to Book Them

Why DJ Rap Is Now Focused on Teaching Aspiring DJs and Producers

Apparently, Ticketmaster Learned Nothing From That Class Action Lawsuit

A Maze Maker's Biggest Project Ever Has Taken Over Cartoon Network's Burbank Studios

There's More to This Dance Club Than a "No Laptop" Rule

A Famed Batman Writer Turned His Own Brush With Violent Crime Into a Comic Book

Nite Jewel Conquered Her Writer's Block With Some Whiskey, Synths and a Walk-In Closet

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