Note: Read Alex & Sam's February interview with Zach Behrens. Last Saturday, locals Alex & Sam (MySpace) and Jessica Fichot (MySpace) performed at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. It was the last local show this year for self-described "chanteuse, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist" Fichot -- covered previously here -- as she will be in China (performing in Shanghai) in November and France in December. Meanwhile, this year has been quite memorable for Alex & Sam's Samantha......

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......

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.......