The month-long Jimi Hendrix photography exhibition at the Celebrity Vault in Beverly Hills opened last week to a crowd of fans and high rollers willing to spend up to $40,000 on images of the rock legend. “Hendrix Revealed: A Life Through The Lens” includes photography by rock photographers Ed Caraeff, Eddie Kramer, David Montgomery, Bruce Fleming, David Redfern, Gered Mankowitz, Robert M. Knight, Jerry Schatzberg, Herb Schmitz, Dezo Hoffman, Barry Peake, David Magnus, Baron Wolman,......

SEX STORIES* The “In the Flesh” reading series begun by author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel in NYC in 2005 finally launches in LA today. Accomplished local authors are asked to share intimate and humorous details about s-e-x. The LA series will be hosted by writer Carrie Milne (Hooking Up, Naked Ambition) and will be held the last Thursday of every month. Tonight’s theme: Survival. 7:30 pm // Freddy and Eddy // 12613 Venice......

Jimi Hendrix at Montagu Place in London | Photo MAGNUS/Rex Features Tonight begins a month-long exhibition of Jimi Hendrix photographers in Beverly Hills. In fact, the 30 works, ranging from $1,500 to $40,000, by 17 photographers is one of the most extensive Los Angeles showings of famous musician. The gallery show also happens to fall on the 40th anniversary of Hendrix’s first U.S. tour in 1968 as well as the controversial album Electric Ladyland......

Photo by consiglieri80 via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Have you been talking about anything else this week? Grand Theft Auto 4 is set to break all kinds of records today. Not only are they ugly, they are hazardous to your health! New safety warnings are being issued for Mario Batali's signature footwear, Crocs. More first-person reports from the Los Angeles Times Book Festival over at LA Observed. Some badass large-scale guerrilla......

Monday No bookish events on Mr. King's Day. Tuesday John Densmore of The Doors, Jim Henke and John McDermott present The Jim Morrison Scrapbook and Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated Experience 7pm @ Book Soup Wednesday Sudhir Venkatesh presents Gang Leader for a Day 7pm @ Vroman's E. Duke Vincent presents Black Widow 7pm @ Book Soup Robert Novak presentsThe Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington 7pm @ Glendale Public Library Thursday Steve......

MUSIC Tonight at the Jazz Bakery is the The Alternative String Group, an ensemble of students from Robert Anderson and Jacob Szekely's music school in West Hollywood, The String Project | Los Angeles. Both studio musicians who have worked with the likes of the Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra and SuperNova, the two have put together a conservatory that is pretty high tech with their interactive music lessons, recording and filming them for student's personal analysis.........

COMEDY: Good for the Jews brings their rock/comedy show to the Knitting Factory tonight. Check out their MySpace page for their hits like “Jews for Jesus,” “JDate” and “They Tried to Kill Us.” ...

This is Hendrix's original grave in the humble family plot before his memorial was built. It seems a little sad and neglected in this picture, but this Seattle cemetary is actually lush with grass. The only reason for the dirt is because the constant stream of visitors created a well-worn path that didn't allow the grass to grow. On November 26, 2002 Hendrix's body was exhumed and reburied under a much more fitting marble......

In honor of what would be Jimi Hendrix's 65th birthday today, I am posting my impressions of The Experience Music Project in Seattle. Last November I visited the Experience Music Project. Many of my Seattle friends are boycotting EMP because of its founder, Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. He pissed off a lot of people by building Qwest Field with taxpayer dollars after it had been voted down twice. The building is another strange......

Jimi Hendrix was born November 27, 1942. Today would be his 65th birthday had he not passed away in September of 1970. In his honor, here is a rare video of Hey Joe recorded in Belgium in 1967.......

Transformers would have been perfect as a 20-minute demo reel for ILM. Instead, it's a long, dull live-action cartoon. And I still don't understand all the fuss about Shia LaBeouf. He's good. Not amazing. Good. No one saw A Mighty Heart at the theater, but it's worth a rental. Angelina Jolie the Actress has been replaced by Angelina the Star, but she doesn't get in the way of a gripping, horrifying story. No one......

We know that almost everybody’s going to Sunset Junction this weekend, so if you want to do something a little different (or add it to your agenda), why not check out LA’s great theatre scene? Some of these alternatives are perfect for those watching their budget (i.e., they’re free!) Here are LAist’s picks for the week: Heads Four American and British civilians are kidnapped off the streets of Iraq. After reading that description, the......

Downtempo electronica artist Rara Avis will have a chance to showcase tracks from his newly released E.P., Shaktified, at a series of shows in Hollywood and Santa Monica this weekend. The multi-instrumentalist’s work features a focus on tribal house/trance rhythms but his blues and Jimi Hendrix-influenced guitar riffs set him apart from others in this genre. Frequently a collaborator with other electronica DJs and producers, such as the Desert Dwellers, Zen Dancing, and the......

Every morning at 6am we let someone try their hand at the national anthem. Today we chose just a normal guy playing his trumpet at the California State Fair not too long ago because right when you'd think that the dude would lose his concentration because of the disturbance he keeps playing on. Like a good American. Happy Tuesday. Oh crap, since it's Tuesday you probably want a two-fer, so after the jump Jimi......

Pretty good game. Who doesn't like sloppy, hard-hitting, football? The halftime show, however, was far better. Prince went through a half-dozen tunes, covering Dylan to the Foo Fighters, and climaxed with a thunderous version of "Purple Rain"-- in the damn rain! During much of the pre-game hype there was a lot of talk about Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith being the first Black head coaches in a Super Bowl, and how great that it......

For something really really different, check out the Santa Clarita Street Art Festival in downtown Newhall this weekend. Formerly known as the Bella Via Street Festival, which was previously held at the Valencia Town Center, this street fest is now operated by the city. And it's a very kid-friendly, family-friendly environment. And what those artists can do with chalk and pavement is amazing. Jimi Hendrix (above) is a photo from last year's fest. Santa......

Psychedelic rock legend Arthur Lee, founder of the classic '60s band Love, died late yesterday afternoon after battling lymphoblastic leukemia, his manager Mark Linn said yesterday in an email to friends and the press. Arthur Lee died peacefully at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, a little after four in the afternoon Aug 3, 2006 with his wife Diane by his side. His death comes as a shock to me because Arthur had the uncanny ability......

Rock & Roll Heaven Theater 68, Hollywood thru August 27 Book, Music, Lyrics: Jason Mershon Directed by Jason Mershon The premise for the musical "Rock And Roll Heaven" is pretty simple: what happens when hedonistic musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morisson, John Lennon, Janis Joplin et al, and rather inexplicably, Judy Garland) end up in heaven? It seemed likely to impress me when I first heard about it- me, whose first love was musical theater,......

We're flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with our new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are Scientists......

The legal world in Los Angeles conjures up images of shiny glass Bunker Hill skyscrapers populated by Arnie Becker-type sharks shuffling around in perfectly tailored Hugo Boss suits and Gucci loafers, all the while servicing their big-money, high-profile clients. Some might also think of the sleazy Larry H. Parkers of the world who guilelessly peddle their personal injury services on daytime television. Los Angeles is also home to many of a special breed --......

This morning, a small service was held in San Luis Obispo to honor the passing of Los Angeles musical icon Ernie Ball, who passed away September 9th. Even if you aren't a guitar player, chances are you've seen the brightly colored packages that hold Ernie Ball strings—a staple amongst nearly all guitar players. A native of Santa Monica, Ernie Ball was a successful musician, playing in many bands and on television before starting up......