Yes, that's right, I have a Donnas album. That damn song "Take It Off" was so stuck in my head and the lyrics were so funny that I ended up just buying Spend The Night, even though the girls had clearly changed a bit from the straight Ramones sound they had when I heard them years ago on the ubiquitous Rodney on the Roq. I got invited by friends to catch their show with... more ›

Whether writing in Wired and numerous publications, reporting on NPR, blogging at Boing Boing, or giving her own LA-centric perspective at blogging.la, Xeni Jardin continually mines the vast marvels of technology, the Internet, and popular culture. Xeni’s career has brought her to Los Angeles, yet she maintains a busy travel schedule that includes appearing at and hosting conferences in places far and wide. more ›

Audiences should be prepared for a bracing evening at the theater: [While] Bernhard’s infamous big mouth remains relatively mum, however, about specific bits in her new show, “Everything Bad and Beautiful,” which kicks off a national tour at the Silent Movie Theatre this week. She says the title “describes how I feel about the state of the world” and that she’ll riff on what personally shocks her: “Stupidity, arrogance and hubris.” more ›