Liz Ohanesian

Bjorn Littlefield-Palmer of Kawaiietly Please

Shhh: Kawaiietly Please Needs Your Feedback

Liz Ohanesian
Inside the living room of a rambling West Adams house, underneath a ledge boasting a massive collection of My Little Pony dolls, Bjorn Littlefield-Palmer stood slightly slouched in thick-soled Mary Jane shoes waiting for the lights to fade. She was dressed in a ruffled pink confection made by her mother,......
A guest checks out one of Aaron Clarke's creatures at LA Myth

LA Myth: Exploring the Creatures That Run the City @ Meltdown Comics

Liz Ohanesian
Inside the gallery of Sunset Boulevard comic book outlet Meltdown on Saturday night, Los Angeles was imagined as a sometimes whimsical, sometimes disturbing fairy land filled with cracked skateboards, smog monsters and grotesque starlets, where laborers became superheroes and St. Shakey watched over the girls working the Santa Monica and......
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Sneak Peak: Rare Underworld Props and Costumes up for Auction

Liz Ohanesian
Click here for Underworld prop and costume slideshow. On February 7, Premiere Props will host a live auction featuring costumes and props for the Underworld film franchise. The event, co-sponsored by Fangoria, Rue Morgue Magazine and several other horror-related outfits, will include items from all three films, the most recent......
Franz Ferdinand live at Amoeba Music.

Friday Night: Franz Ferdinand at Amoeba

Liz Ohanesian
There were 800 people inside Amoeba Music on Friday evening, maximum capacity for the Sunset Boulevard record store. The smell of rock 'n' roll sweat was pungent and immediate, a humid cloud lingering above crowds of anxious, half-asleep people waiting through a seemingly endless soundcheck. The early birds, those who......
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The Future is Here: Swimming Through the Flood of New DJ Gear at NAMM

Liz Ohanesian
"It's overwhelming," said Sisely Treasure, vocalist of L.A. synth-rock band Shiny Toy Guns, "how many people are here and all of the new gear." Treasure and her band mates were at the 2009 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show, held at the Anaheim Convention Center, to demonstrate the Roland......
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Otaku Art Stars: Anime Conventions Are Breeding a New Generation of Artists

Liz Ohanesian
(All photos by Shannon Cottrell. Click on images for entire Anime Los Angeles slideshow.) digg_url = 'https://digg.com/arts_culture/Anime_Con_Breeds_New_Generation_of_Otaku_Entrepreneurs'; It took Ginger Burton an entire can of freeze spray, five bottles of hair dye and countless hours in front of a blow dryer to force her wig into the multi-colored spikes that......