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or, Pretty in Pink. Great colors in this shot. Buzzword Los Angeles.... [continue]
After all the hubbub about a little porn in the backyard on Easter Sunday, will there be any outrage over "reality porn" in the sex shop? We won't link to Midnight Prowl (it's awfully NSFW) but Fleshbot (pretty NSFW in it's own right) points us towards it and notes that by the looks of things in the trailers and photos, this pornographic romp through some of LA's many adult video and toy shops seems... [continue]
Apartment Therapy helped solve a personal 2 year mystery for us today. We knew we recognized the cover of LA-based DJ & Producer Greyboy's 2004 release Soul Mosaic from somewhere but, for the life of us, couldn't place it. One random ebay auction later and now we know that it was the cover of a classic Sunset Do-It-Yourself book. Why we couldn't place that is anyone's guess. The auction is still super cheap so... [continue]
Last night's game was so entertaining, we're almost not upset that the Red & Blue lost. 130-123?! Is this 2006 or 1986? The Steve Nash/Sam Cassell battle is going to be a great one and the flashes of brilliance that Shaun Livingston shows on the court has us extremely hopeful for the future. Here's what's being talked about in Clipper Nation: The Mighty MJD:The Suns took Game One from the Clippers last night, despite... [continue]
It is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. California has the largest community of Asian Americans in the country and we're having the largest and most rapid growth of that population. We have it on good authority that these folks, at least those with Japanese roots, want to rock. The Asian Pacific Film Fest is going on right now and Wednesday night they are showing Linda Linda Linda, the tale of an all-female high school punk... [continue]
We generally don't wish ill of anyone but in this case, well, karma's a bitch. Nothing's warming our heart more than knowing that all the chickens have come home to roost for Marion 'Suge' Knight who has filed bankruptcy, shuttered the doors on Tha Row Records and still sits in prison. He also claims he only $11 in the bank. Yeah, right. If you believe that then you probably believe Tupac is still alive.... [continue]
For this Laist contributor, the love for The Brand New Heavies began with a little Heavy Rhyme Experience. Before LL Cool J went unplugged and before The Roots became the only contemporary Black (hip-hop, r&b, pop or rock) band with national acclaim and radio airplay in America, there was this eclectic group of British cats getting supremely funky underneath my favorite rap group in high school, The Pharcyde. From "Soul Flower" 14 years ago... [continue]
So when myspace and buzznet (and youtube and tagworld and..) run into each other on the mean streets of West Los Angeles, do you think gang wars break out Ron Burgundy style? We're pretty sure that getting compared to the Klan wasn't on the to-do list for The Minuteman Project's caravan. Fly out of Burbank, park in Van Nuys? blogging.la contributor, flickr fanatic and anti-minutemen commenter, Hexod.us is getting married to the lovely Makster... [continue]
We're so happy that AKrylik and PolyCotN have tagged (wrapped? knitta-ed?) an unsuspecting antenna in Hollywood so that we could lay praise on the ladies and name check their website: knitta please (for which this LAist contributor would have a special affinity for, obvs). The crew of Houston artists are ladies armed with needles and yarn and a mission of beautying up the world with their public displays of cloth art. We're madly in... [continue]
The pop pablum of the Black Eyed Peas infects Echo Park in the absolute best way (via Fader Magazine)... [continue]
People probably expected Luchadores at the rally but did they expect Filipinos? The New York Times joins the Clipper Nation. Online Karaoke can't really be the next myspace can it (and would anyone have gotten it if we had made a "Your mom's in my business" reference here?)? Lost returns tonight with new episodes all the way til the finale. There's a whole new Hanso Foundation site and they even issued a press release... [continue]
Megan Lynn (not pictured above) writes Overeducated and Underemployed, a blog for Clipper fans who are self-absorbed, watch crap tv and have an ironic love of Dick Cheney. And while it might be a cloudy day in Los Angeles, the sun is still shining in Clipper Nation so we thought we'd ask a true blue Clippers Fan a question or five. 1. Let's get the bad out of the way, first. You've been a... [continue]
In response to the pro-amnesty (is that the ultimate political goal of the rallies?) marches on Monday, the Minuteman Project is starting a 12 city caravan to Washington DC today. It launches off from Los Angeles and will visit Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia before reaching the Nation's Capitol on May 12th where they will ask for tougher border control and laws. While most of the marchers on Monday wore white... [continue]
Move over, Akeelah! Grown folks are going to get their opportunity to show they don't have to rely on spell check and that blogging hasn't ruined their vocabularies. The Spelling Bee for Adults is coming to Long Beach on June 4th and they need more participants. Do you spend a good portion of your internet time using the "define: " search in google as much as we do in the bowels of LAist HQ?... [continue]
Not to put a damper on things in Laker-Land (even though this LAist contributor has been setting up shop in Clipper-Ville the last two seasons) just before tip-off of the first close-out game with the Suns but Ernie Johnson talked about it briefly at halftime of the Heat-Bulls game and ESPN and others are reporting that starting center Kwame Brown is under investigation of sexual assault by the LAPD. Now, this is just an... [continue]
It's almost impossible to decide where we want to get our hands dirty this Sunday. We could be in the East Valley painting an elementary school that serves deaf and hearing-impaired kids. We could make our best dish (This LAist contributor makes a mean mac & cheese) and serve homeless families. We could shoot hoops for peace. We could go wash some dirty dogs. We kind of want to do it all. Big Sunday... [continue]
We've listened to his J Dilla tribute mix at least 10 times since James Yancey died in February and now we have to say goodbye to him as well? We're not ready to let go of an integral part of The Root Down and one of our favorite turntablists at Fusicology events. Tarek Captan aka DJ Dusk was killed Saturday night by a drunk driver. He was 31. Fusicology eulogizes: A long-standing member of... [continue]
That's Sheriff Lee Baca and the State Senate Majority Leader from East Los Angeles, Gloria Romero up there. Should we listen to Baca who says kids should be in school today and parents shouldn't be "hiding behind them" or should we just be following the Senator? She's out walking with her constituents right now. But has anyone seen the Mayor? We know he's in town but, we're guessing, it's politically precarious for him to... [continue]
The music. The people. Tons more at Buzznet.... [continue]
