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The Bravery, Avalon, 9/18

Mark Mauer
The Bravery At the Maxim Style Awards The Avalon, Sept 18th By Tatiana Simoneon I always feel bad for bands playing at big sponsored parties, which is ironic considering they make more in 35 minutes than I do in a month (or ten years, if you're Prince). But these days......
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Smashing Pumpkins, San Diego, 9/19

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Smashing Pumpkins SDSU Open Air Theatre, Sept. 19 By Carlie Armstrong As far as southern California nights go, Wednesday night was alarmingly chilly. However, inside the Open Air Theatre, (though technically still outside) the climate was hot and heavy with the dripping excitement of a sold-out crowd. Hellride, a three-piece......
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Foo Fighters, Secret Show, 9/18

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Foo Fighters Secret Location, Los Angeles By Ryan Colditz The Foo Fighters were filming live material on Tuesday night for an upcoming appearance on Nissan Live Sets, presented by Yahoo Music. Unlike a normal concert, between songs there was an ongoing Q&A between fans and the band. Only several hundred......

The Future Looks Slight

Mark Mauer
Recently on the Web I came across a collection of slides from the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Its observation towers, space travel displays and futuristic Philip Johnson–designed pavilions show how easy it was to imagine a jet-pack-fueled 21st century that would improve on the already spectacular advances that had......
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Shields at Club Violaine, 9/15

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Shields Club Violanie at Roberto's, Chinatown By Ryan Ward Every third Saturday of the month, Roberto's in Chinatown becomes Club Violaine and opens their doors in tribute to pre-grunge era shoegaze giants. This past Saturday the honorees were the beloved and astronomically influential Stone Roses. Surprisingly headliners Shields' were the......
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Hank and the Masked Angelenos

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Wheatpasted posters across from the Tiki-Ti and KCET on a Sunset Blvd. billboard pole near Virgil. More pasting - and stickers - on Santa Monica Blvd. near Manzanita, covering up those terrible Colt .45 poster ads. Also the masked "owl." Photos by Mark Mauer. More from both locations after the......
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Art Show Openings: Luke Chueh, Miles Thompson, Audrey Kawasaki

Mark Mauer
There are a lot of art shows around town well worth checking out. Miles Thompson's show, "CA," at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Feliz runs through Sept. 30. More images from the opening here. Luke Chueh's "Paintings of Hope" is at Gallery 1988 on Melrose and......
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White Stripes Cancel Dates, Including the Forum

Mark Mauer
The White Stripes have canceled their North American tour, including the band's show on the 19th at the Forum. "Health issues" and Meg White's "acute anxiety" are the keywords. The White Stripes' Myspace page shows dates even stretching through November in Europe have also been canceled. More news as it......
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Spoon at the Henry Fonda, 9/10

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Wired Magazine brings a bunch of futuristic goodies to the Henry Fonda Theater to entertain the folks between sets by Kool Keith and Spoon. Click here to see a gallery of shots from the concert by Timothy Norris. Photos by Timothy Norris......