Nadia Noir

There is an old-wives/Farmer's Almanac weather adage that says March "comes in like a lion, out like a lamb." As residents of Southern California, we are pretty much disqualified from every saying about weather ever, although a few days ago we actually experienced gusting winds that fittingly sounded like the......

If good things come in pairs than bad things just rain down like the ashes of an atomic bomb. If you follow the Catholic faith (or believe in the cruelty of forced asceticism) then you know that today is Ash Wednesday--otherwise known as the first day you give up all......

If, like ours, your childhood dream was to become (or date) a Prince Girl, you probably watched excitedly while Vanity shimmied in her lacy boudoir undergarments or Apollonia tugged on Prince's heart-strings during Purple Rain....

No music fiend that is truly worth his weight in vinyl can go through life only assimilating from local sources of music knowledge--no matter how good the sonic climate is in Los Angeles. For maximum music carnage, a musicophile must "diversify his portfolio." Beyond the infinite black hole of mp3......

Eagle Rock resident and Best Coast's lead singer Bethany Cosentino has been deemed by both mainstream press and indie hipster blogs as the current "It girl" of music and fashion. Very vocal about her love for the West Coast, Cosentino is a perfect representation of the funky, bohemian chic that......

Donning a sunshine yellow t-shirt with primary-colored balloons saying "laugh," "dance," and "play," six-year-old Alexa Narvaez is just one-half of the devastatingly cute duo (and local heroes) that shot to viral video fame with a tear-jerking rendition of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes' "Home." This time Alexa and her......

Dan Aykroyd sure as hell wasn't "afraid of no ghost," and the penchant for raunchy, ridiculous humor doesn't fall far from the proverbial tree. Danielle Aykroyd, the Harvard co-ed daughter of the comedic icon, affirms that oral stimulation always proves to be good for a laugh, even when it is......

Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our whole "Freedom of Speech"deal, Americans express their sentiments doubly so. In honor of......

Do you remember the first song you made out to? Whether it was a morose mood-killer or a beastly baby-maker, that song is imprinted in your mind, for better or for worse -- 'til death or lobotomy do you part. If you don't want to repeat past mistakes and are......

Don't sacrifice your Monday night music excursions into our fair city of Los Angeles, just to be a slave to the grueling whip of commercialized love. You can have your cake and eat it too, especially if that cake comes with a plethora of "ingredients" that help you get your......