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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu makes her L.A. debut at Royal/T.; Credit: Shannon Cottrell

Royal/T to Close: Top 5 Memorable Events at the Culver City Maid Cafe

Royal/T is preparing to close its Culver City digs. The popular restaurant/art gallery cultivated a unique vibe with a staff dressed in costumes inspired by Japanese maid cafes and a variety of unusual events. While the physical location is closing, there's more in store for the popular local brand. "Although Royal/T's......
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Coachella 2012: Five Must-See, Under-the-Radar EDM Artists

You're at Coachella. You love EDM. But what do you do if you really don't feel like dancing to bottle service-party staples like Avicii, Kaskade and Swedish House Mafia? Chances are, if you check out the artists listed in small print, you'll find great DJs and (hopefully) smaller crowds in......
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Stan Lee Has His Own Convention Now: Stan Lee's Comikaze

For more coverage visit our post on last year's event, "Comikaze Expo 2011: First-Time Convention Brings Big Names, Big Crowd" and check out photos from Comikaze Expo 2011. It's official. Comikaze Expo, the new pop culture fan convention that took the Los Angeles Convention Center by storm last fall, is......
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Five Comedy Web Series You Need to Watch Now

Last weekend, the third L.A. Web Series Festival (aka L.A. Web Fest) took over the LAX Radisson Hotel, bringing a wide variety of Internet-based programming to screening rooms. I stopped by the event on Saturday afternoon and got to check out episodes from more than 20 series. The annual convention......
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Photek: Veteran EDM Producer Is Not Glossy, Not Flossing

Last November, Rupert Parkes was having coffee when KCRW's Jason Bentley called to congratulate him. "For what?" asked the Hollywood electronic music producer and DJ, known as Photek. Turns out his remix of a Daft Punk Tron: Legacy track called "End of Line" was nominated for a Grammy. Skrillex eventually......
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7 Reasons You Should Be Watching Adventure Time

Read more in "Adventure Time Is a Hit at San Diego Comic-Con" and "Adventure Time Creator Pendleton Ward on Video Games, Zombies and Comic-Con." It didn't take long for Adventure Time to become a cultural touchstone, at least for Internet-surfing youth. The wildly popular Cartoon Network series, which begins its......
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A-Trak: The Hipster's Hipster

A-Trak will have you know that he isn't just a DJ -- he's a turntablist. Raised in Montreal and now based in New York, he was just 15 when he won the DMC World Championship, the prestigious DJ battle competition. Now 30 and half of the dance production duo Duck......