"Imaginary Places" - Busdriver (and excellent vid filmed on the streets of LA and a great piece too) The Chuck Dukowski SEXTET, Ojos Rojos, Mythmaker @ The Knitting Factory Dave Aude, Noel Sanger, Jumpin’ Jack Frost, JO-S, Xenocide @ Crash Mansion L.A. Imajin, The Wylde Bunch, Mulatto @ Temple Bar Avenue in Oceana, Childhood Dilemma, The Aortas @ California Institute of Abnormal Arts (CIA) Ben Wendel Group @ Cafe Metropol Busdriver @ The Troubadour......

This week Zach Behrens became the sixth editor of LAist. Behrens is no stranger to LAist staff or readers -- he was Co-Editor for nearly a year before taking the reins from Tony Pierce and contributed more than 1100 posts since 2005. We asked Zach a variety of questions to put in perspective how and why he came to be editor of the best city blog this side of the Hudson. Andy: When and why......

Heavy Trash - "Dark Hair'd Rider" Heavy Trash @ The Echo The Octopus Project, Pedestrian, 8MM @ The Roxy Culver City Symphony Orchestra @ Veterans Auditorium Evanescence @ The Greek Theatre Henry Franklin Quartet @ Senor Fish (The Plan to End Homelessness benefit at 4 p.m.) She Wants Revenge @ The Henry Fonda Theater Nathan Hubbard's Everything After @ Cafe Metropol Very Be Careful @ The Regent Theatre......

Ying Yang Twins @ Galaxy Theatre OK Go @ Pepperdine Ted Leo @ El Rey The Mother Hips @ Roxy Relient K @ Avalon Peanut Butter Wolf, Honeycut @ Getty Eats Tapes, Powdered Wigs, Tik Tik @ The Smell The One AM Radio, Ola Podrida, Joel Virgil @ Tangier Los Straitjackets, Devil Dolls, Gamblers Mark @ Safari Sam's 1349, Goatwhore, Nachtmystium, Averse Sefira, Ascension @ The Knitting Factory The Briggs, KOS, Meg & Dia,......

LAist recently got an e-mail from an organizer of 15 visitors en route from France, age 35-55. It reads, in part: I thought you might be able to give me advices: I'd like to find a place where we could have dinner or a drink, where there are no tourists. In fact, I'm looking for the last place where to go out in LA, just to do as the LA people do (when in......