There was a Thursday night kickoff party at Gladstone's in the Long Beach Marina for the return of Summer And Music (SAM) to the streets of Long Beach. SAM is "downtown Long Beach's homegrown, sustainable concert series providing an entire summer of free music to the public". Many of the events will take place in the actual streets of the Queen City that will be closed off and fitted with stages and sound equipment. more ›

UPDATE: The deal went down this morning according to the Tribune. It's liberation day. The LA Times reports:Billionaire real estate mogul Sam Zell has reached an agreement to buy Tribune Co. in a two-stage deal valued at $8.2 billion, or $34 a share, the company said this morning. The Tribune Company auction has been all show -- nice bids but no bite -- kind of like those "30 percent chance of rain" days when there's... more ›

This is really less of a Midnight Movie and more of a Wake n' Bake, pick-me-up for the Tuesday blues crowd. "Cruisin’," from the 1981 Grammy winning Elephant Parts, is Michael Nesmith's must-see, archetypal, LA-centric video. Don't be surprised if its awesomeness shapes the rest of your natural born life.... more ›