Nicole Campos

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Bar 107's Sunday Morning Yard Sale

Nicole Campos
RUMMAGE! It was a splendid lazy Sunday at 4th & Main's premiere dive bar, with an in house yard sale/silent auction/bake sale, etc. benefitting the excellent School on Wheels, which assists in educating homeless kids downtown. In addition to the secondhand gets, $2 Bloody Marys and Mimosas flowed all morn'......
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Savage Steve Times Two

Nicole Campos
Better Off Dead... and One Crazy Summer American Cinematheque at the Aero, June 23 Left to right: Armstrong, Franklin, Holland An Open Letter to John Cusack: Don't Be A Dick Hey, Cusack - let's just level with each other, OK? We know you are a smart guy. We know you......
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Ink N Iron Festival

Nicole Campos
Saturday, June 7th Queen Mary, Long Beach The greasers, rockers, 'billies and Betties couldn't ask for a better summer shindig than Saturday at the Ink N Iron Festival in Long Beach. Outside the Queen Mary, thousands flocked to see shimmering custom-designed roadsters, lowriders and jalopies glimmer in the sun while......
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The Kids In the 'Secret Show' Hall

Nicole Campos
CFIWest / Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood May 7 (l-r) Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch A line of comedy fans dozens deep snaked around the corner of Berendo and Hollywood Wednesday night - and not all of them made it in - for a secret late-show warmup from the Kids......
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Folking Around

Nicole Campos
Flight of the Conchords Amoeba Records in-store, April 24 Clement (left) and McKenzie There’s a lot of l’amour in this room tonight. The racks of CDs and LPs are sandwiched left and right with the faithful, who know every lyric and are toting signage of such desirous dedication as “Brit......
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Truckin’ Down the ‘Vard with Papa Joe

Nicole Campos
"Dante's Inferno": Hollywood Boulevard & Truck Turner The New Beverly Cinema, April 11 The New Beverly Cinema's runaway-hit series of director-programmed festivals has proved a rousing success so far, with slates lovingly prepared by the likes of Edgar Wright and Eli Roth. It was only a matter of time before......
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Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Nicole Campos
The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away in the UK - that, Monty Python alum Eric Idle, along with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band alum and frequent Python collaborator Neil Innes, concocted the......
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From BIM to "BOOM!"

Nicole Campos
The Apple and Stunt Rock @ The New Beverly Cinema, March 25th Little gives an LA cinephile greater joy than to see the New Beverly Cinema booming at the start of 2008. In light of longtime owner Sherman Torgan's sudden and untimely death last year, it seemed as though our......
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Uncle George's Diary

Nicole Campos
Few directors in any genre draw as loyal, faithful and loving a crowd as the maestro of the undead, George Romero. And they turned out in droves - the big names, the bloodied faces, and everyone in between - at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian on Wednesday night for......
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Comics Amongst the Comics

Nicole Campos
Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there’s an option to pick up a Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus and a maquette of Sub-Mariner before the show? Arguably LA’s best recurring comedy show in town is......