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September 23, 2007

The IRS investigation at the All Saints Episcopal Church over a 2004 "anti-war sermon" has been dropped, the church announced today at a press conference. The church is now asking for an apology and some clarification. Remember all those pot-house busts in the Inland Empire? It appears that all these drug homes in high-end areas are funded and employed by gangs from China. Aren't hospitals always in trouble? "Nearly two dozen private hospitals in......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: Of Pasadena & Pot, Health & Death"

August 16, 2007

8:00pm Big Brother 8 CBS - New head of household + someone gets the boot 8:00pm So You Think You Can Dance FOX - The winner is announced! 10:00pm Mad Men AMC - Looks like some more shite goes down with the kosher department store heiress, that and more cool early '60s cars, furniture, smoking, and sexism! 6:00am-Forever Elvis Presley Marathon TCM - Nothing but the King all day long. 12:35am The Late Late......

Continue Reading "TV Junkie: Thursday Night Picks"

August 3, 2007

Ever read the Shel Silverstein poem, True Story? That's why New Music Tuesday is on a Friday. Go forth into your weekends, and rock. OUT NOW: Bat for Lashes - Fur & Gold (Caroline) Common - Finding Forever (Geffen) Josh Rouse - Country Mouse City House (Bedroom Classics) Culver City Dub Collective - Dos (Everloving) 1990s - Cookies (Rough Trade) Dr. Hook - Greatest Hooks (Capitol/EMI) G. Love & Special Sauce - A Year......

Continue Reading "New Music Friday - True Story Edition: Bat For Lashes, Common, 1990s, Culver City Dub Collective, G. Love, Shivaree, Josh Rouse"

June 5, 2007

Oh when the saints, go over there... Oh when the saints go over there... Bonde do Role - With Lasers (Domino) The Afghan Whigs - Unbreakable: A Retrospective (Rhino) Disco Deutschland Disco: Disco, Funk & Philly Anthems From Germany 1975-1980 (Marina) Rjd2 - Third Hand [Instrumental] [LIMITED EDITION](XL Recordings) Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full [Bonus CD] (Hear Music) The Aggrolites - Reggae Hit L.A. (Hellcat) Elvis Presley - Elvis at the Movies [REMASTERED](RCA)......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday: Poison, ArtDontSleep, The Police, The Bees, Bruce Springsteen, Marilyn Manson, Tiffany, Aggrolites, RJD2, Afghan Whigs, David Bowie, Tiger Army, Ladybug Transistor, Paul McCartney"

April 25, 2007

But it was for a good cause, right? LAist watched the entire two hours of American Idol's telethon tonight, which was broadcast at both the regular Idol studios and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. And while we admire Ryan Seacrest and company for trying to do something good for kids living in poverty in both America and Africa (checkout myspace.com/idolgivesback or the Idol Gives Back page for ways to donate), we felt cheated and......

Continue Reading "American Idol: What a Cop Out!"

March 1, 2007

The Ataris - Welcome the Night (Sanctuary) David Bowie - Station to Station [VCT] (Virgin) David Bromberg - Try Me One More Time (Appleseed) Bobby Conn - King for a Day (Thrill Jockey) Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (Rounder) Delorean - You Can't Win (Yep Roc) John Denver - Essential John Denver (RCA) Dr. Dog - We All Belong (Park the Van) Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition]......

Continue Reading "New Music Double Feature - Best of the Last Two Weeks: Dean & Britta, Dr. Dog, Electric Light Orchestra, Jesu, Nouvelle Vague, David Bowie, Luscious Jackson, Money Mark, Pagoda, Tim Fite, Erasure, Southern Culture On The Skids, Irving"

January 24, 2007

Park City, UTAH - Don't worry, Dakota Fanning is safe and sound. She hasn't actually been raped. It's the character in her latest film that gets attacked. And thank goodness, because Fanning is the best thing about the otherwise dreadful Hounddog. Although the film's rape scene, which was filmed when Fanning was all of 12, has been getting so much grief (this morning's Sundance screening in Salt Lake City was greeted with protests), it's......

Continue Reading "What If Dakota Fanning Got Raped And Nobody Cared?"

January 2, 2007

It's that time again. Get down with your bad self. [via All Music & iTunes] Rock Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (BMG Germany) Anastacia - Not That Kind [Bonus Track] (Sbme Import) Barenaked Ladies - Live from Etown (etown) Candlemass - Dactylis Glomerata [Bonus CD] (GMR Music) Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sbme Import) Dollar - Platinum Collection (WEA International) Jason Donovan - Greatest Hits [EMI] (EMI) Billy Fury - Live at......

Continue Reading "New Music Tuesday: Tangerine Dream, Ultimate Power Ballads, Grave Digger, Journey, Three 6 Mafia, Dirty Beatniks"

October 24, 2006

. 1. Kurt Cobain ($50M) 2. Elvis Presley ($42M) 3. Charles M. Schulz ($35M) 4. John Lennon ($24M) 5. Albert Einstein ($20M) 6. Andy Warhol ($19M) 7. Dr. Seuss ($10M) 8. Ray Charles ($10M) 9. Marilyn Monroe ($8M) 10. Johnny Cash ($8M) 11. J.R.R Tolkien ($7M) 12. George Harrison ($7M) 13. Bob Marley ($7M) Top Earning Dead Celebrities, Forbes, 2006 -- h/t stereogum......

Continue Reading "Forbes List of Dead Guys Making More Than You"

March 18, 2005

We ran from our very last SXSW event - the It Takes a Nation of Millions to Make this Panel panel - and straight to the airport to return to Los Angeles. Mena Suvari was on the plane and we wanted badly to chat her up but didn't; we got caught up in traffic on the 101 (no shock) because of a Sherman Oaks lockdown while the police searched for a bank robbery suspect......

Continue Reading "No Longer Live from SXSW: We Miss It Already Edition"

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