Mark Mauer

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It's Record Store Day!

Mark Mauer
Go out and visit your local independent record store today, if there is still one within 100 miles or so. You know your business model is in trouble when you get a "day" devoted to it. Why, I remember celebrating "Floppy Disc Day" and "Blacksmith Appreciation Day" as if they......
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Greatest Hits on Earth

Mark Mauer
Timothy Norris spotted this nice piece on the Northeast corner of Pico and La Cienega. Timothy writes, "Not the best time of day for the shot, but dig the work." Also, 101 FM has been turned into 101 PM. Photo by Timothy Norris......
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Giant Joystick Lands in Echo Park

Mark Mauer
If you Google the phrase "Giant Joystick," one of the first names that comes up isn't a well-endowed porn star, but artist Jason Torchinsky, who actually built a scale-model of the classic Atari 2600 controller, except at 15x the size of the ones we had as kids. Dozens of people......
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Sara Lov, Silverlake Lounge, 4/12

Mark Mauer
Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I......

Guser Gets a Year

Mark Mauer
Cops are mad he didn't get more time. From the Daily News: Tagger gets year for damaging dozens of buses Deputy, prosecutor decry judge's ruling in case One of L.A.'s most prolific taggers was sentenced to a year in jail Monday for etching his moniker on dozens of Metro buses......
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Jane's Addiction Original Lineup Play LA Next Week

Mark Mauer
For the first time since the band originally split seventeen years ago, the four original members of Jane's Addiction will play in L.A. as part of the NME Awards on April 23. Dave Navarro posted this note on his blog about the reunion. So, yes... As I posted a few......
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Another Tastes Like Gold

Mark Mauer
Here's a stunning new wall up on Santa Monica near the recently closed Sears store. There were at least four spots along there that had some new writing on them, but this one had to go up right away. The Tastes Like Gold! phrase and those freaky bats also showed......
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Eddie Vedder, Solo at the Wiltern, 4/13

Mark Mauer
Photos by Timothy Norris. Text by Ryan Colditz Eddie Vedder is taking it solo. Pearl Jam has broken up and all that is left is Eddie Vedder. Just kidding. REALLY. In fact, Pearl Jam are touring this summer with shows announced on the east coast and there are rumors of......
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LAPD Motor Pool, Under the 101

Mark Mauer
Recently I found myself wandering outside the back of Union Station and beyond the Denny's that sits under the Hollywood freeway. There'ss some prime, free downtown parking there by the way, but you'll want to lock up your car extra tight. Under the highway there are literally dozens of LAPD......