Mark Mauer

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Siren Music Festival in NYC

The Village Voice's Siren Music Festival took place over the weekend with performances from M.I.A., New York Dolls, Elvis Perkins, The Black Lips and a lot more. Click here to visit the Voice's music blog Sound of the City and read more about it. Or go straight to all the......
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Sonic Youth at Urban Outfitters, July 21

Walking through Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade mall, on my way to see Sonic Youth perform at Urban Outfitters, sponsored by Toyota’s Free Yr Radio campaign, in support of KXLU… this shit’s enough to make your head spin. Corporate American commercialism shoring up LA’s bastion of indie/college radio and one of the best bands ever to arise from the NYC post-punk/no-wave/art scene undoubtedly equals big bucks for SY.

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Live in L.A.: Hecuba at the Bordello

Hecuba opens your eyes, literary and emotionally.... Isabelle Albuquerque's vocals have a dynamic range as grand as the Alps and her body moves as if she was possessed by the goddess of music.

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Polyphonic Spree at the El Rey

Timothy Norris photos from the sold out Polyphonic Spree show concert Wednesday night. The band's new album, The Fragile Army, came out June 19. Click the photo above to see a slideshow of images of Tim DeLaughter and his robed band of musicians......
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Bits: Los Feliz Trash

Craig Gaines has a Flickr page of trash found around Los Feliz. CCM hockey helmet: Check Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Pop Tarts: Check......
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The Old Spaghetti Factory in Hollywood

The recently shuttered Old Spaghetti Factory on Sunset east of Vine didn't take long to get a new paint job. These pieces went up within the past week. Oddly, the only thing painted out on the building is the logo of the Spaghetti Factory. But they left in the black......
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Courtney's Love In

Courtney Love

The Roxy, July 17

By Lina Lecaro

"Everybody knows I give the best blowjobs in Hollywood, but there's gotta be something in it for me too," said a fairly subdued Courtney Love at her not-so-secret Roxy show presented by MySpace last night.

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