There are many ways to handle a tough break-up with a girlfriend, but torturing and injuring a little puppy isn't one of them. The Daily News reports that a 22-year old Encino man, Steven William Butcher, was arrested yesterday in the 6400 block of Bertrand Avenue for animal cruelty. After a break-up with his girlfriend, Butcher was reportedly distraught and had threatened aloud to harm his small puppy. Worried about the man's mental state, a......

Today someone I love broke up with me, because he thinks that his whole life, he's been living for other people and not for himself. And that everyone's perception of him has been wrong, his entire life, and now it's time for him to figure out who he is. ...Anyone know what the fuck that means?? He pursued me, and he was totally wonderful for 5 months - I've never been so happy -......

Rush @ Hollywood Bowl Slint @ Henry Fonda Sanjaya Malakar, Melinda Doolittle, Lakisha Jones, Jordin Sparks @ Staples Center Division Day, Saint Motel, The Health Club, Moving to France @ Viper Room Buckwheat Zydeco, Doug Legacy & the Zydeco Party Band @ Safari Sam's Patton Oswalt @ Largo Snow Patrol, Hot Hot Heat @ Greek Johnny Polanco @ El Floridita Metal Skool, D’Amato, The Hammer, AL-CE-MI @ Key Club Plasticsoul, Brandon Schott, The Breakups,......

- Republicans, always a little late to reality the party, are finally now calling for impeachment of the president. And once again we should thank illegal immigrants for making this dream come true - Wonkette - 40.8% of SFV residents were born in a foreign country - Daily News - LA Charter Schools sues LA Unified - Business Wire - Shrek the Third gets sorta crappy reviews in the LA Weekly and the LA......

Nas @ House of Blues mere mortals @ Safari Sam's Cornelius, Holy Fuck @ El Rey Musexpo, Dan Mangan, Pete Murray @ Viper Room Elegantly Wasted, The Changing, Jessie Marin, Damn Hippie Freaks @ Knitting Factory Metal Skool, By All Means Necessary, Stereo Suite, Weapon of Choice @ Key Club Alison Ray, The Trophy Wives, Venus Envy, Ladyfox @ The Gig Clark 8, The Breakups, La Micaela Bastidas @ Mr. T's Bowl Anavan, Captain......

The LA Times has nominated five books in each of nine different categories for the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. In the weeks leading up to the Festival of Books where the winners will be announced, LAist will take a quick look at each category and will wax poetic on a few favorites (or least favorites) along the way. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party......

Cold War Kids @ El Rey Ghostface Killah @ Key Club Van Morrison @ Gibson Flogging Molly @ Henry Fonda Gomez, Ben Kweller @ The Wiltern Grizzly Bear, Foreign Born, Papercuts @ The Troubadour The City Drive, Le Meu Le Purr, Eva Elliott @ The Knitting Factory Rock Kills Kid, Circus Minor, Little Wolverines @ Spaceland Kissing Violet, Down From Hollow, The Faded, Big Rig, Krell @ Dragonfly Astra Heights, Castledoor, The Procession, The......

Asia @ Vault 350 Veruca Salt @ Key Club Vast, Buckfast @ Viper Room Candlebox, Driveblind, Whitestarr @ House of Blues Ratatat, Envelopes, Panther @ The Troubadour Hard Again @ The Vine Street Lounge Lloyd Kaufman @ Borders Books, Hollywood Michelle Featherstone, Freeman, Sterling Witt @ The Mint Chuck Ragan, Rebecca Pidgeon, The Breakups @ Silverlake Lounge After Midnight Project, DDJ @ Whisky Warlords of Rock & Roll Thunder & Lightning @ Mr. T's......

photo of Belle and Sebastian with the LA Philharmonic by chotda Slowly creeping my way down Highland Boulevard in some of the worst LA traffic I've ever experienced, almost completely surrounded by my soon-to-be fellow audience members, I was mentally preparing myself for a night consisting of sweet little diddies and teen misfit anthems from not only Belle and Sebastian, but Belle and Sebastian backed by the LA Philharmonic, with The Shins opening for......

You never know what you'll hear at standing in line at the Arclight. Amandarin caught the story of one of the most spineless breakups ever. This is how it starts: Girl 1: So, my boyfriend is engaged. Girl 2: Congratulations! Girl 1: Not to me, though. Girl 2: . . . Girl 1: I found out this morning. Girl 2: How? Girl 1: He sent me a picture of the ring on her finger.......

Rockstars never grow old. They just throw another reunion tour. Fleetwood Mac, Cher and Madonna are all recent examples of America's insatiable appetite for nostalgia. Perhaps it's a way to turn back time (pardon the pun), or maybe it's just an attempt to check in with your inner rebel. Either way, music is one of the few things in life that lends itself to reminiscing. A case in point: the LA-based Eagles are still......

Saturday, May 21st • 8:00 pm : Selected Shorts: The Love Story Weekend--Marital Matters at the Getty Center • 11:00 am : ArtsDay panels at UCLA Extension • 4:00 pm : LACC Creative Writing Content Winners read works • 7:30 pm : Alicia Erian reads her book "Towelhead" • 7:30 pm : lecture on "Artist & the City as Social Imagination" at Villa Aurora •8:00 pm: Cinespia presents "The Bad and the Beautiful" at......