Top Reasons Why a Dyed-in-the-Wool Westsider Sometimes Wishes She Lived East of the 405...

We just got back from a five day trip to Mammoth. It was hot, it was hot, it was...hot. 65 degrees each day on the mountain. So hot that people were stripping down and sweating it out. Mammoth hasn't had good snow in almost three weeks so conditions were a little slushy, a little fussy, a little less than perfect. However - what could be more superb than midweek riding when everyone else expects......

LAist is proud to offerer a weekly chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

LAist is proud to offerer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts......

LAist is proud to begin offering a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1’s. Billboard Charts......

Toronto has called you out, LA. Last week they put up a post comparing our city with theirs and Editor David Topping put together this Top 10 Reasons Why Toronto is better than LA. Clearly they don't realize that LA does have a downtown, it's where the Raptors come twice a year to get their asses kicked. 1. Our phallic symbol in our Torontoist logo is bigger than your phallic symbol in your LAist......

Remember the days of Heather Graham's Emily's Reasons Why Not? That was the show ABC pulled after one airing. But that was oh, so last season. It seems the networks are taking a little more time to help series build their followings -- giving them at least two episodes before moving them around the primetime schedule. For example, NBC's Kidnapped has already been moved to Saturday nights and FOX's Vanished has gotten a coveted......