How's your Oscar fever doing? Do you need to take some ibuprofen and lie down with a cool compress? If, instead, you've got some time to spend waste taking a musical stroll through Academy Awards history, we've got just the salve: A selection of songs that have won the coveted "Best Original Song" Oscar. more ›

If you listen to KCRW during your evening commute, you know who Kajon Cermak is. Offering traffic updates with an upbeat and warm disposition often in contrast to the ugly bumper-to-bumper gridlock details she has to share with Angelenos, the reporter has been graced with a song in her honor, and that song is your video lunch today. more ›

In the continuing adventures of music and math, today's video lunch hero takes a high-dive into sexy nerd waters with a melodic interpretation of the mathematical constant Tau (6.28) to 126 decimal places. more ›

This adorable ditty comes live and direct from last year's 24 hour Eternal Telethon at Machine Project wherein Jessie Lopez likens our shared Los Angeles to a heavenly space port while also sharing helpful transit tips for those about to rock ("The Red Line's connected to the Blue Line... The Blue Line's connected to the Green Line... So I can go to the show.") more ›

Vegan brunches and $5 PBR could be signs that your 'hood is gaining some cred, but perhaps not of the street variety. Rachel Glassberg offers her song response to a recent LA Times article suggesting that Echo Park was less no man's land and more upscale nightlife corridor. AKA: Gentrified. more ›

With a vibe akin to a Bollywood-meets-High School Musical casting call, KCET's Huell Howser made this oddly charming music video for his rendition of our unofficial state song, "California Here I Come." more ›

As part of a widespread effort by entertainers, politicians, and everyday people to draw attention to the plight of homosexual teens who suffer from bullying, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles this week released a video of the talented ensemble performing Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors." more ›

Your stolen car (or just its parts), friendly bums to chat with at bus stops, all kinds of adult entertainment, drugs, and a school whose mascot is toting a gun--you'll find it in the San Fernando Valley community of Canoga Park. more ›

The music industry has never been the savviest when it came to the internet and its possibilities. Suing kids, grandmas and college students left and right. But when the latest, happiest and most popular YouTube video with a Chris Brown song became a hit last week, they profited instead of becoming another lawsuit headline. more ›

R&B singer Chris Brown won't get the chance to see if he or his song "Kiss Kiss" was a favorite for the kiddies this year, reports On the Red Carpet. The pop star has just "withdrawn his name from the ballot" for Favorite Male Singer and Favorite Song for the annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, which are scheduled for March 28th. The nominations were announced prior to Brown's legal battles stemming from charges filed by girlfriend Rhianna alleging criminal threats and domestic violence the day before the Grammys last month. Brown in scheduled to be arraigned on April 6th. more ›

Richard M. Sherman is half of the famous Sherman Brothers songwriting team. Responsible for the scores of “Mary Poppins” and “Jungle Book” He has two Academy Awards, A Grammy, A star on the walk of fame, 23 gold and platinum albums, and is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I got a chance to speak to Mr. Sherman about his current projects and some of his much beloved past ones. His current project is... more ›

This playlist of 45 songs was hand-picked to help you focus on your Wednesday Happenings while rockin' out to songs about fire and burning. This goes out to the thousands of firefighters who spent the past 72 hours on high alert, saving people, pets and property across Southern California. The tally according to the LA Times: 420,424 acres burned, 1,155 homes destroyed, 881,500 people evacuated. If you are where you'd normally be on a... more ›