I have always had something against mulled wine. Besides it having the viscousity of blood, I just imagine Will Farrell and Rachel Dratch's "Lovers" characters from SNL drinking hot mulled wine to wash down the juices of their roasted goat meat. Somehow mulled wine always seems to be connected to hippie pagan Ren Faire earthmother people. Not that there is anything elementally wrong with hippie pagan Ren Faire earthmother people. I have friends who dance......

1. The Obvious- My parents and sister are the most important people in the world to me. They support me in every boneheaded endeavor I partake in, and believe me, there are tons. It's astonishing how many, actually. 2. My friends. Once again, totally obvious. Once again, they're totally awesome. Much love to Porter House, SLC, Shalhevet, AU, and everyone who fits into all, some, or none of those categories. World rockers, each and every......

Despite all the competition that's around it and new clubs that are constantly popping up, the Roxy has continued to be a major player in the LA rock club scene. It was just a year ago yesterday that the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a rockin show at the classic venue - and not only was LAist there, but we gave out a dozen free tickets to lucky wieners. Keeping the hope alive, the......

Like Jim Morrison before him, Ian Curtis exists in the mind's eye as more of an idea than a real person. Certainly, his early death contributes mightily to this perception. Anton Corbijn's Control, however, rescues him from the murky fog of legend and restores him to a state of full humanity. It is, simply, a remarkable film, as much for what it is as for what it is not. It resists the temptation towards......

Somehow "The Tonight Show" scored a trifecta of controversy tonight as they were able to book the most punk rock of punk rock bands, the most conservative member of Congress, and the wackiest Scientologist all to appear on its air in the same hour. Tonight the Sex Pistols, Ron Paul, and Tom Cruise will all be in Burbank to tape the late night chat show. Strangely, whatever wire service the LA Daily News used......

The Sex Pistols @ The Roxy Gogol Bordello @ The Mayan Hank Williams Jr., @ Gibson Josh Ritter @ El Rey Blonde Redhead, Autolux @ The Wiltern Two Ton Boa @ Spaceland The Ringers, Dirty Kings, The Naked @ Viper Room Sick of it All, Madball, Last of the Believers, Down to Nothing, Viva Hate @ Key Club......

England’s most goulish export, The Horrors, came out with their new album Strange House in March 2007, and its hard, raw, and a bit scary, at least to this emo loving princess. Formed over five years ago, when Rys Webb, Faris Badwan, and Tomethy Furse met on the Southend circuit sharing their love of 60’s garage band rock, The Horrors are unique to say the least. With heavy drums by Coffin Joe (Joe Spurgeon), eerie......

You probably know him as the host of eclectic daily radio program Jonesy's Jukebox or as the former guitarist for the Sex Pistols, but you may not know about Steve Jones' true passion. I'm not referring to strippers and lager, I'm talking about soccer, or as they call it every-freakin-where else in the world: football. Along with some other lads -- among them former soccer star turned reliably thuggish character actor Vinnie Jones, musician......

Valentines Day is in just mere hours and for those of us who want to celebrate the holiday in true love fashion here is a short list of love or anti-love movies, perfect or the occasion. No Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts here. True Romance- This cross-country love story between southerners Clarence and Alabama, ending in Los Angeles, is brilliantly violent but loving at the same time. True Romance has a perfect cast with Brad......

The lovable Indie 103.1 dj, Steve Jones, the Sex Pistol guitarist who is known to whip out his guitar during interviews with his guests and jam, is hosting a evening of punk rock and film tonight. As part of the LA Film Fest, Jonesy will broadcast his show live from the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood before the screening of Julien Temple’s incredible documentary of the Pistols - "The Filth and the Fury".......

The white smoke slowly rose from atop the Angelyne billboard which meant the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce had decided who would get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. The lucky winners included KROQ pioneer Rodney on the Roq who was the first d.j. to play such bands as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Cure, Van Halen, Duran Duran, Oasis, the Smiths, Blondie, the Go-Gos, Depeche Mode, the Strokes, the White......

LAist doesn't listen to a lot of country music (because like Donny we're a little bit rock & roll). But we wanted to applaud the Dixie Chicks and the big country station here in LA -- KZLA 93.9 -- for playing their new single, "Not Ready to Make Nice." It's pissing off a lot of people, uh like, their core fanbase. It's very subversive, kind of like the Sex Pistols thumbing their noses at......

"If they were giving you medical or something, maybe I could understand." -- Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, today on his Jonesy's Jukebox radio show, on why he plans to blow off the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame awards ceremony. Just before that, he also said, "We don't believe in what it stands for." -- thus demonstrating both his punk rock and middle aged inclinations in the space of a few minutes. That's......

It’s been over a year since Indie 103.1 blitzed onto the Los Angeles airwaves. Since the station's debut, Angelenos have been treated to a heady mix of 70’s punk attitude interspersed with a remarkably independent mindset. For all likeminded individuals, it’s made for quite a unique experience. Still, the station needed a voice…an image, an icon…someone who could truly galvanize the good people of our fine city and give them a swift, old-fashioned kick......

The current show at sixspace has been getting a bit of press ( " target="_blank">BoingBoing mentioned it today), so LAist thought it was worth mentioning to our wonderful readers. Entitled Parts With Appeal, the show is the first Los Angeles show of Coop's work in five years. "Coop came out to Los Angeles from Bixby, Oklahoma in the late 1980s and quickly became regarded as one of the preeminent underground artists of his time.......