Oh when the saints, go over there... Oh when the saints go over there... Bonde do Role - With Lasers (Domino) The Afghan Whigs - Unbreakable: A Retrospective (Rhino) Disco Deutschland Disco: Disco, Funk & Philly Anthems From Germany 1975-1980 (Marina) Rjd2 - Third Hand [Instrumental] [LIMITED EDITION](XL Recordings) Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full [Bonus CD] (Hear Music) The Aggrolites - Reggae Hit L.A. (Hellcat) Elvis Presley - Elvis at the Movies [REMASTERED](RCA)... more ›

Saturday we took our two daughters to LACMA to see the Dan Flavin exhibit. Flavin's known as one the of the pioneers of installation art. His sculptures are created from fluorescent bulbs and bathe each room in colorful rays of light. Translated by my kids- that means 'he's really cool!'. As my daughters explored the galleries, they gleefully exclaimed that one piece looked like a light saber while another reminded my three-year-old of a... more ›

Just in time for Christmas: - a Mary J. Greatest Hits package right as she gets nominated for hella Grammys - a disc by an American Idol winner who can sing her ass off - a disc by an American Idol winner who can't sing for shit - a Sonic Youth cd for the the collection that has everything - way too much Tyrese Mary J. Blige - Reflections (A Retrospective) (Geffen) Fantasia -... more ›

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) is at LACMA through August 8. As described by the museum, this extensive exhibition "explores the complex process of mestizaje, or racial mixing, that has shaped life in the Americas." Works featured in the exhibition date back hundreds of years and yield fascinating insights about the construction of race. Quite relevant to current-day Los Angeles. more ›