We just received an unbelievable e-mail from friend-of-LAist and local indie troubadour Matthew Moon and wanted to share. Some amazing and surprising things really do happen at Sundance. Read on: Two days ago I was performing at a Sundance Film Festival event in Salt Lake City, UT. After my performance at Rose Wagner Theater, I began driving the 25 minutes it takes to get back up to Park City. I checked my voice mail......

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Dear LAist, Lordy, lord, lord. Today I called 311 about a issue: a noise complaint about a neighbor's dog that had been barking for 2 straight hours. The 311 lady asked me my zip code than transferred me to the LAPD. The annoyed LAPD operator explained to me that the police didn't handle barking dog noise complaints. I explained that this was where the 311 operator had transferred me. The LAPD operator then transferred......

Dear Laist, I just moved to back home to Los Angeles after spending thirteen years in San Diego. Now that I'm experiencing L.A. from a new "30-something" perspective instead of the oblivious-to-the-world late-teens perspective, I'm noticing a common building facade design that seems to be prevalent throughout the region. I remember it being around in the 80s when I was growing up in Woodland Hills but still see it all over the place today. For......

Dear LAist, Last night I was driving through downtown to get some- nevermind why I was driving downtown at night. I saw City Hall was green. I took a picture. But it didn't turn out. But it was green. Why? Perry, Studio City Dear Perry, It's ok to drive downtown at night. It's ok to drive anywhere in LA... at any hour. What the hell do we care? The point is that you're driving,......

Dear LAist, I came here and saw that you were making fun of Clay Aiken singing the National Anthem. Why must you be so rude? Clay is a top notch singing star who has sold millions of records and performed in front of more people than your stupid web sight? - Amber Dear Amber, Why do we diss Clay and his Claymates? Let us, count the ways... Actually, watch this newly unearthed video above......

Dear Laist, I'm loving this warm weather (it reminds me of Phoenix, where I'm from) but OMG I HAVE BEES! What do you recommend? Help, Sun Devil Dear SD, We recommend that you don't email blogs about something like this. We recommend that you call a professional extermination company, like one who wears lab coats and will arrive in a truck filled with chemicals to throw at the problem. And we don't recommend that......

Dear LAist, I come here every day and sometimes I read something that isn't even happening in LA. What gives? Curious in Culver City Dear Curious, Like the city of LA itself, LAist is influenced by news and events all over the world. True, we specialize in bringing you the news of the greatest city in the world, Los Angeles, but sometimes we will tell you how stinky Florida is, how great Las Vegas......

Dear LAist, Roger Waters is playing the Hollywood Bowl tonight and you haven't said WORD ONE about it! What more does a man have to do than write the best parts of THE WALL, and Dark Side of the Moon? Poseurs, Adam in Tarzana Bro, we were just waiting to see if anyone noticed. Congratulations, send us your cell phone number and we will buy you a beer at the show. We've had our......

Dear LAist, I could've sworn when I randomly popped into the Library Bar last night I saw you carousing with a bunch of people who all had name tags and were drinking free beer. What's up with that? How do I get in on the free beer action? And who was that dude with the bandana?! Love, Little Jimmy From Pasadena Good eye, Little Jimmy! You did indeed spot us at the Library Bar last......

Some people say that blogging on Sundays is worthless. Most of our favorite Gawker sites take the weekends off, for example, as do many of our favorite gossip blogs, as did the Lord. And even fewer people have any love for the old fashioned liveblogging, in all its nerdy glory. Two Sundays ago we were invited to liveblog the MTV Movie Awards. LAist Movie Editor Elina Shatkin did the majority of the liveblogging, and......

Dear Laist, I feel really bad for Paris Hilton. Sarah Silverman made jokes about her yesterday. She obviously wore a black dress to the MTV awards as a sign of mourning. She seemed so sad when everyone applauded at the Gibson that she was going to jail. I would like to write her. Do you know how I can get in contact with her and tell her my prayers are with her? Paris Fan......

Dear LAist, I just made a trip to a Liborio Market, and when I inspected my receipt I learned that tomorrow, June 3, from 10 AM to 8 PM, at the Liborio Market on 3rd and Alvarado (1831 W. 3rd), a Guiness World Record Pupusa will be created at "THE PUPUSA POWER" Thought you might want to alert the locals, just in case. please keep me anonymous Dear Anonymous Pupusa lover, Your name is......

A lot of people have been telling us they want to ride their bikes more, but that bike rack on the bus gives them goose bumps. They don't know how to do it, what if the bus driver gets mad, what if my bike falls off, what if the bus leaves before I get bike off are all questions that worry people. And it worried us too, until one day we said damnit, we're too......

Dear LAist, I read your article about Prince being at the Roosevelt Hotel this summer. I remember seeing a sign that said something like, "the revolution is coming". Were they telling us something? - I'm Not Usually Around Hollywood & Highland, Really While his multi-night residency at the Roosevelt Hotel has not been officially announced, if Prince does go ahead and play seven consecutive Friday night concerts in the cozy comforts of the Hollywood......

Dear LAist, Did you see Entourage last night? When Drama drove to Variety to beat the ass of the TV critic Paul Schneider, was that really Michael Schneider who also is a critic at Variety, appears on E!, and runs the Franklin Avenue blog? Also, where can I get that AD/HD shirt? Nancy, North Hollywood Dear Nancy, We thought the same damn thing! However, if we had tuned into the Franklin Ave. blog on......

Dear LAist, Any idea whether or not modest mouse will still be playing the greek this Sunday? Love, Andrea of Burbank Dear Andrea, One of the great things about being LAist is we have the email addresses of everyone important. And we took your email and forwarded it to one person and that person replied in seconds and said that due to the fire, the Modest Mouse show on Sunday, as well as the......

Dear LAist, In order to properly celebrate Cinco De Mayo, we'd like to drink real Coke. You know, the kind produced with real cane sugar and bottled in glass bottles. What mom used to serve ya. Where do you think I might be able to find a couple six packs (eight packs?) before Cinco De Mayo is over? signed, New To L.A.......

Dear LAist, On Sunday both Ellen DeGeneres and Vice President Gore said something along the lines of there being a billion people watching the Oscar broadcast. When the Neilson (sic) ratings came out it said that only 37 million Americans watched the program. Did 963 million foreigners really watch that show the other night? If they did, I now understand why they let that guy speak Italian for what seemed forever. - TF, Highland......

Dear LAist, What is the name of the band that is in the new iPod commercial? It's might be the ITUNES commercial I;m not excatly sure. It's very upbeat, the song. Liek White Stripes but not. Please help. Serge Dear Serge, The band you're referring to is the Scottish trio The Fratellis and the tune is called "Flathead". Even though it might appear that their name was inspired by The Goonies, the band denies......

Dear Laist, So I was goofing off at work and realized I hadn't checked in with Curbed L.A. to see what they thought about yesterday's groundbreaking at Hollywood and Vine and I scrolled down and saw that they jacked your story AND headline about the GoogleMaps improvements. Your headline on Sunday was "New Google Maps Upgrade Proves LA Has a Subway" and CLA on Monday wrote "GoogleMaps Confirms Metro Exists". In astonishment I saw......

Dear LAist: Whatever happened to that Brentwood chic who gave away a Super Bowl ticket? - San Berdu Bill Dear San Berdu Bill, This video by Red Eye Chicago can pretty much explain everything. Needless to say the tallest guy ever won. Plus he knows all the words to "Bear Down, Chicago Bears". See more from Sarah's trip to the Super Bowl on her MySpace page.......

Dear LAist, One of my friends is dating a football player. The season is over and after he gets back from Hawaii he will probably spend a lot of time at our condo. The big problem is he's a BIG guy. Like, huge. There's no way he can be comfortable using our toilet. Is there a seat or a toilet accessory that we can get for him so he might invite some more of......

Dear LAist, You seem to know it all. I just got paid today and I looked at my paystub after almost a full year I racked up close to $20,000 in taxes. Where does all that cash go? - Pissed Well, Pissed, funny you should ask. Just yesterday a fellow named Michael Rozeff broke it down on the Lew Rockwell website. If you pay $20k in taxes you're making a little more than the......

Dear LAist, Recently I ruined, uh, retired from my career. I am looking to go into a new line of work, namely the production and distribution of cocaine. Can you help? Kramer. Dear Mr. Kramer, Producing cocaine is a tricky feat involving lots of chemicals and hard-to-get ingredients. Not only is it illegal but it's sorta immoral. If you want to destroy lives while turning a huge profit, have you considered being a tobacco......

Dear LAist; I need a bar to take a date to while trying to stick within the Sherman Oaks/Encino area. It can't be over the top clubby. It can't be under the hood trashy. What are my options? Signed, I'm finally dating a Valley Girl The Valley may not be like Hollywood where you can walk from bar to bar to bar to bar to bar to bar. But its got those sweet spots......

Dear LAist, I know you're all over The Grates, but are you familiar with Kinky? I have been asked by two different boys today to see each of these shows. I don't know what to do. AHHHHHHH. - P. Hilton Dear Perez, Yes it's true we're down with the Grates, but the good news is that even though the Grates play at Cinespace on that Tuesday, 9/5 (by the way, you're quite an organized......

Dear LAist, Hasn't it been around a year since the Olsen Twins became "legal"? Doesn't it seem to you that their 18th birthday flipped on the crazy switch in their cute 'lil heads? They dress like bag women!? They date people that Paris Hilton would date. They drink coffee in Beverly Hills and walk around like twigs in baggy clothes. They never smile when I stalk them and say hi. - Pappi Ratzi Dear......

Dear LAist, I'm taking a summer class in poetry at, well, never mind. What can you tell me about the Lewis Carrol poem that I can write about on my last essay? Here it is if you don't know it. "How Doth the Little Crocodile" How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads......

hi there you guys linked to a site called dlisted.com and I check it out. It is filled with mysogynistic, hateful terms like 'bitch, slut, whore.' shame on you for linking to a site that hates women so much. there goes any credibility you had. i mean, there is a feature on that site called "slut of the month." how can you link to that site and expect us to take what you write......