Entries from LAist tagged with 'dougbenson'
April 2, 2008
Comedy-rich LA has a lot to choose from. Here are some highlights for the month of April: Upright Citizen's Brigade LA has Jeff Garlin on Sundays and Greg Proops & Ryan Stiles on April 9th. Jon Lovitz @ The Laugh Factory Hollywood every Thursday April 4-6 Jay Mohr @ The Brea Improv April 24-27 Anjelah Johnson @ The Brea Improv (of the famed "Nail Salon" YouTube video & others)And there's always the very good grab......
Continue Reading "This Month in Comedy"September 10, 2007
Spoon - "The Underdog" Spoon @ Henry Fonda The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Viper Room I'm a Bird You're a Bird @ The Cat Club 14 Year Old Girls @ Pehrspace Lucinda Williams @ El Rey Gram Rabbit, Donita Sparks @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Zombies Ate My Nation @ Key Club Todd Rundgren @ Grove of Anaheim Doug Benson, Patton Oswalt @ Largo The Happy Hollows, The Western States Motel, Tigers Can Bite......
Continue Reading " Tonight in Rock in LA - Spoon, 14 Year Old Girls"June 11, 2007
Smoosh: They're 14, they've been rocking for years. We interviewed them in April. Touring America is what they're doing for their summer vacation. What are you doing for yours? The Pipettes are equally cute, but in a very different (and legal) way @ The Troubadour Juliette and the Licks @ Spaceland LCD Soundsystem, Yacht @ El Rey Theatre Thailand, Repeater, Death to Anders, Expo 70 @ Silverlake Lounge Hymns, Mezzanine Owls, The Parson Redheads,......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Smoosh, The Pipettes, Thailand, Juliette Lewis and the Licks"May 21, 2007
Brother Ali @ Amoeba (free) Albert Hammond Jr., The Dead Trees @ House of Blues El-P @ El Rey Doug Benson, Andy Kindler @ Largo AM, Jim Bianco, Buddy, Kelly Dalton, Laura Jansen @ The Hotel Cafe Gliss, Meho Plaza, The Flesh, Casper @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Vertical Chain, 3 Against 1, L.A. Bonfire @ Key Club Bodies of Water, The Parson Redheads, Muso, Knifey Head @ The Echo The High Society, Bolero, Victor......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Brother Ali, Albert Hammond Jr., El-P, AM, Gliss, Metal Skool"April 26, 2007
Who doesn't love Best Week Ever? Tonight two of our favorite BWE peeps and several other comedians will be doing a new show called "True Hollywood Stories" at the Hollywood Improv. You got Doug Benson and Greg Fitzsimmons from VH-1’s “Best Week Ever”, Andy Kindler from “Everybody Loves Raymond”, Jen Kirkman from “Acceptable TV”, Nate Craig from Blerds.com, and we're being told "possibly" Mary Lynn Rajskub from "24". Only in LA would someone from......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Comedy in LA - Best Night Ever"April 21, 2007
Ice Cube @ House of Blues Art Brut (above) @ The Troubadour Smoosh @ Knitting Factory Rita Coolidge @ Torrance Cultural Arts Center Pitbull, Tego Calderon, Ying Yang Twins, Ilegales @ Honda Center Eek-A-Mouse @ Vault 350 The Barbarellatones @ Boardners The Makers @ Spaceland Colin Hay @ Largo Joshua Radin @ El Rey Lady Sinatra, Warner Drive, Itis @ Viper Room Atomic Punks, SWAA, Myridian @ Paladino's Tennis Club, The Front, Killsonic, The......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Ice Cube, Art Brut, Smoosh, Pitbull, Eek-A-Mouse, Mick Kelleher"August 15, 2006
Alice Cooper @ Grove of Anaheim Patton Oswalt, Doug Benson @ Troubadour Comets on Fire, Indian Jewelry, No Doctors @ Echo Get Him Eat Him @ Spaceland World Party @ Tower, Sunset (free - 7pm) The Kids of Widney High @ Key Club Brass Monkey Brass Band @ Temple Bar Eyes of Fire, Soul Take @ Whisky Tyler Hilton @ House of Blues 50 Cent Haircut @ Canter's Kibitz Room photo by the sweaty......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA"February 22, 2006
We get a lot of press releases here at LAist, and it isn't like us to simply repeat them. But when it comes to telling you about the Sarah Silverman performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater tomorrow night at 9:30pm (5 bucks!), we have to pass this along intact: The first time Sarah Silverman performed at UCB Theatre, she nonchalantly unwrapped a tampon while performing her material, took a sip of water, put......
Continue Reading "Sarah Silverman loose in Hollywood"January 26, 2006
THURSDAY • Spaceland Productions presents Calexico at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $22 advance, $24 day of. • Drew Carey headlines the High Times Comedy Night at the Hollywood Improv tonight at 8 PM, featuring Greg Proops, Gary Gulman, Doug Benson and Louis Katz. Click here to see our list of events for the week.......
Continue Reading "Lonely"October 6, 2005
THURSDAY • Gillian Welch appears tonight at Avalon at 8 PM. Tickets are $23. • Edgefest begins today at the Los Angeles Theatre Center downtown, featuring over 30 productions and 200 performances between today and October 23rd. Be sure to show up for the walk-about performance of "Macbeth" haunting the streets of downtown. • Tonight is the debut of High Times Comedy Night at 10 PM at the Hollywood Improv, featuring Sarah Silverman, Doug......
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