"Imaginary Places" - Busdriver (and excellent vid filmed on the streets of LA and a great piece too) The Chuck Dukowski SEXTET, Ojos Rojos, Mythmaker @ The Knitting Factory Dave Aude, Noel Sanger, Jumpin’ Jack Frost, JO-S, Xenocide @ Crash Mansion L.A. Imajin, The Wylde Bunch, Mulatto @ Temple Bar Avenue in Oceana, Childhood Dilemma, The Aortas @ California Institute of Abnormal Arts (CIA) Ben Wendel Group @ Cafe Metropol Busdriver @ The Troubadour......

Los Angeles' Olympic boosters might not want you to know this, but yesterday London, the host of the 2012 Olympics, finally revealed their projected budget for their games. And the magic number is...drum roll please...9.3 billion pounds, a new Olympic record! Now, before you shout "holy fucking shit!," please remember that number is in UK pounds. In US dollars, that's $18 billion. Okay, now feel free to scream "holy shit!" LA seems to have......

By the end of the first quarter on last Saturday night's game, it looked like it was over: the Tough Cookies already have won. In the first jam of nine, 5-points were scored off the bat; then another 2 in the second jam. Finally the Sirens caught on and started using their moves, but still not as tough as any cop should (think police sirens in their team name). The first quarter ended 5......

The Donnas, Kinky, Rooney, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, John Doe, Johnette Napolitano, Agent Orange, Josie Cotton, many others @ Bergamot Station Cyndi Lauper @ The Canyon Bones @ Lava Lounge King of Beats @ Roxy Dragon Fire @ Mr. T's Bowl Suicide Holiday @ Viper Room Pat Benatar @ Pomona Fairplex Bloody Hollies, Black Furies @ Alex's Bar Ariel Pink, Holy Shit, Supercreep @ Little Pedro's Tommy James, Eric Burdon, The Grass Roots,......

For you LA denizens too busy clawing your way up the “Y” of the Hollywood sign, impaling your souls on the spire of the Capitol Records building, or tending bar at the Saddle Ranch, weeping during smoke breaks, your political apathy is understandable. The LA Weekly (LAW) understands too. On the heels of their bound and bountiful “Best of LA” issue, the LAW keeps on kicking out the jams with their action packed “Holy......