On June 30, 1977 "Marvel Comics published a magazine-format full-color Kiss Comic Book presenting the band as superheroes," notes Retro Rebirth. For today's video lunch we remember the highly questionably decision to mix the blood of each band member into the comic's ink. more ›

A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to serve 26 years to life behind bars after bludgeoning another man to death with a sledgehammer. According to the Daily News, 21-year-old Adam Quintana was found guilty of the 2008 murder of Fernando Garcia, also 21 at the time of his death, whose body was later found dumped in a trash bin in Boyle Hieghts. more ›

Running desperately low on the rare blood type, health officials in Antelope Valley put out an urgent call for O-negative blood donors yesterday. "The blood bank is experiencing a significant increase in the number of patients requiring this rare blood type," the AV Hospital Blood Donor Center stated in an e-mail appeal. "Due to an ongoing regional shortage of type O-negative blood we have been unable to obtain additional replacement units from outside suppliers." more ›

It's late, you're tipsy and you just pricked yourself with a safety pin to write a contract in blood on a napkin. "Sir, please forgive me. Because of my deeds you have suffered financially. I will repay you to the best of my ability." Then some language was added in pen. That's what Stephen Son did for his friend Jinsoo Kim in October 2004 because he was owed $170,000. Kim then used that to sue Son, but a lower court and the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana yesterday said it was a "gratuitous unenforceable promise." Not only is the pen mightier than the sword, it's holier than your own blood. more ›

CIRCUS TO THE MAXIMUS*: FOCUSfish Flying Circus returns to the Ford Amphitheatre tonight and tomorrow for an evening of circus thrills, set to a story inspired by Hurricane Katrina. “GUSH-E.D: The Extra Dimension” features Cirque du Soleil veteran Eric Newton, Australian ballet and aerial tissu artist Rachel Bowman, breakout aerial duo Cohdi Harrell and Laura Stokes from New Mexico, the Colorado-based rock band Storytyme, the singular clown Mr. Robb from New York, the local Machina Candeo Fire Performance Company, and Two Men with Three Balls. Show starts at 8 pm. more ›

In a previous episode of Weird Los Angeles we spoke of strange things such as fish falling from the sky. Even stranger still, there have been accounts of even more bizarre, and grisly 'objects' descending from the zenith. Flesh! more ›

There's a big ugly smelly fountain of blood in front of the Kodak Theatre on the sidewalk of the Hollywood & Highland strip mall. No, Elmo didn't finally get his, Showtime has figured out a way to get LAist off the couch and onto the Red Line. Even though our friends at Bostonist and Phillyist had pics, we saw that our pal Defamer didn't so we pushed aside the bong water pipe, dug around... more ›

We've said it before... the kids today get Everything. Now they're getting VIPed for doing what skateboarders, GG Allin, and Andrew WK have been doing for years - bleeding! In our day we would have done ANYTHING to get VIP access to a sweet music festival and now the Vans Warped Tour is teaming up with Music Saves Lives to encourage the youth of America to give blood and save lives in exchange for... more ›

The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Echo Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Open Window, It's Revenge, Paperback Hero @ Key Club Gosling, Cut Off Your Hands, Gliss (video above), So So Modern @ Safari Sam's Raining Jane, Stereo Suite, Jen & Abby, Robert Shields @ The Hotel Cafe The Greatest Touchdown Ever Scored, Lady Sinatra, Tsk Tsk @ The Scene Buffalo Roam, Castledoor, Aushua, The Panda Band @ Silverlake Lounge Berko, Low vs.... more ›