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Part of an ongoing series At a time when Hollywood has scaled back significantly on Web video productions, The Guild, an independent series focusing on Cyd Sherman, her MMO alter-ego Codex, and her dysfunctional group of gamers, has become the proverbial Little Engine That Could. Named one of "The... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series Last Thursday, pornstar, entrepreneur, and radio host Belladonna was hostess to a foot fetish-themed party at her San Fernando Valley home. Filmed by her husband, business partner, and director Aiden for Evil Angel, the aptly-titled Party of Feet features an all-star cast of nine... continue reading on LAist

You've probably seen the billboards and other advertising promoting this weekend's Erotica LA at the LA Convention Center. While smaller in scale than AVN's Adult Entertainment Expo, the 13th annual incarnation is still the city's largest yearly adult consumer exposition, with predictions of over 40,000 people in attendance, many... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series LAist favorite Sasha Grey has been quite a media sensation due to her leading role in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, with film critic Roger Ebert even observing that "I haven't seen any of [her adult work], but now I would like to see... continue reading on LAist

Juliette Commagere (read her interview with LAist's Michele Reverte) Local songstress Juliette Commagere has had the Monday night residency at The Echo, and last week, she was joined by Ceci Bastida, Commagere's brother Robert Francis, and Fresno-based Rademacher. Tonight, Commagere concludes her month-long residency with locals Landy, The Chapin... continue reading on LAist

Since LAist's last report on Kidrockers, the monthly event entertaining families with live music and stand-up comedy, two more shows have taken place -- a Dangerbird Records presentation with The One AM Radio and Eulogies on April 26th at The Echo, and a special pre-Mother's Day Spa Retreat benefiting... continue reading on LAist

Earlier this month, LA-Underground co-presented a showcase, with KXLU and Manimal Vinyl, at The Smell in Downtown LA, featuring Alexandra Hope, VOICEsVOICEs, EXITMUSIC, and Warpaint. As described by the notable local music blog, which celebrates its fifth anniversary next month, "...this is a lineup that needs no introduction by... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series (read their interview with LAist's Molly Bergen) LAist first met Long Beach/Los Alamitos-natives Avi Buffalo last March at an LA-Underground-presented showcase that included local rising stars The Sweet Hurt, Ema and the Ghosts, Amnion, and Cobra Lilies. Since then, the unsigned indie rock quartet... continue reading on LAist

Last week, the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park continued its monthly First Fridays program with a sold-out show of music by The Phatal DJ and Chico Sonido in the African Mammal Hall and performances by the New Zealand-based The Ruby Suns and Australians Wolfmother in the North American... continue reading on LAist

On Sunday night, Georgian-born singer-songwriter Katie Melua performed a sold-out show, as part of her latest tour promoting the release of her new album Pictures, at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. It was actually her second show of the day as she did a free in-store earlier at the nearby... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series When Tori Black, whom LAist first met last March, walked the red carpet at the XRCO Awards, she almost broke into tears when confiding to a nearby photographer friend about how hard she's worked this past year. And while she again lost to Stoya... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series If the AVN Adult Movie Awards are the Oscars of the adult industry, then the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) Awards would be the equivalent of the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Coinciding on the same night as the Grey Gardens premiere at the... continue reading on LAist

Last Wednesday, San Diego-based Tristan Prettyman (MySpace) and local Jesca Hoop (MySpace) anchored a solid night of female singer-songwriters at Hotel Cafe (MySpace) in Hollywood that included openers Lucy Schwartz (MySpace) and Annie Bethancourt (MySpace). The show also marked the beginning of Prettyman and Hoop's month-long residencies. Prettyman, who... continue reading on LAist

Last Sunday was the fourth edition of Kidrockers at The Echo (MySpace), hosted by comedians Matt Dwyer (MySpace) and Matt Braunger (MySpace), with performances by local indie bands Le Switch (MySpace) and Radar Bros (MySpace). With this show, it is become readily apparent that the Kidrockers brand, which was... continue reading on LAist

Last month, Vivid-Alt head Eon McKai (MySpace) celebrated the release of his new movie On My Dirty Knees, his fourth directorial effort for the imprint, and one that LAist was witness to during its first day of filming, with a party at The Echoplex (MySpace). It was coincidentally held... continue reading on LAist

LAist has been fortunate to run into pornstar and mainstream crossover artist Sasha Grey (MySpace) already a few times this year -- at AVN's Adult Entertainment Expo and Adult Movie Awards as well as Vivid-Alt's Live In My Secrets release party. In that time, Grey responded to recent criticism... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series. LAist has been a longtime fan of Vivid-Alt (MySpace). Since its creation in 2006, the Vivid Entertainment imprint has released 18 movies and utilized an all-star roster of directors that includes Vivid-Alt head Eon McKai (MySpace), photographers Octavio "Winkytiki" Arizala (MySpace) and Dave Naz... continue reading on LAist

Last Tuesday, pornstar/director Kimberly Kane (MySpace) celebrated the release of her new Vivid-Alt (MySpace) movie Live In My Secrets, her third directorial effort for the imprint, with a party at Beauty Bar in Hollywood. Secrets "...is an extreme hardcore fetish feature from the most primal reaches of [Kane's] psyche,"... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series When visibly-shaken Digital Playground contract girl Stoya walked onstage to accept her AVN Adult Movie Award for Best New Starlet -- against a formidable lineup that included Lexi Belle, Tori Black, Faye Reagan, and Ryder Skye -- she concluded her speech with, "And thank... continue reading on LAist

Part of an ongoing series Joanna Angel, nominated for 14 AVN Adult Movie Awards, including Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year, blogged (NSFW) about her experience: This is the first year I have gone to the AVN awards and lost everything I was nominated for. It was sort... continue reading on LAist