Here's what happening tonight in LA: PEN Center USA presents an evening of banned erotica at The Comedy Store; the Visceral Company features an evening of Stephen King's short stories for the stage; the Pico/Robertson nabe holds a block party; and author Tony D’Souza presents his latest book. Read on for all the details. more ›

Machine Project is hosting a “Farewell to Analog TV” lecture and mixer tonight at 10 pm. Jason Torchinsky will talk about mechanical televisions, which will be followed by a countdown to the demise of analog TV. At midnight, all the old analog television broadcasts will stop, replaced by digital signals so all the TVs without converter boxes won’t work anymore. Machine Project will be gathering a pyramid of old TVs together for a countdown as they go to static, all at once. more ›

“I wanted to look like a serious writer so I wore tweed shorts,” said Willam Belli, crossing one of his long and fabulously toned stems over the other as he sat in front of the mic last Thursday night. He smiled with red lacquered lips, tossed his long blond hair back over his shoulder, and was about to begin reading when a noise came rumbling from above. more ›

There's no such thing as too much sex! (No, this is not a plug for the Sex and the City movie that happens to be coming out this weekend...but yes, I do already have tickets. What.) more ›

This week’s classical pick doesn’t really have anything to do with erotica, unless you reason that Beethoven’s "Eroica" Symphony ushered in the Romantic Era of classical music, which was said to have encouraged intimate and passionate (erotic?) feelings inside the listener. Anyways, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is performing this heroic third symphony (Eroica means heroic in Italian) and continue the year long celebration of Messiaen. more ›

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