Viva la Soul Coughing. Got the Screenwriter's Blues? You won't for long. Not really sure what to make of all of this, but I cant stop listening. You Are Listening To Los Angeles is a trippy, hypnotic, Los Angeles Police Department scanner stream mashed up with ambient twinkling electronic music. Click the big round button to play. Welcome to your new freakout. more ›

Last week Mike Doughty, former frontman for Soul Coughing, was in town for a two-night stint, first at the Hotel Cafe on Tuesday followed by Largo on Wednesday. more ›

Mike Doughty attracts a particular crowd. more ›

In 1994 I fell in love with this Soul Coughing song about Los Angeles, and to this day still snicker with a kind of savvy delight when frontman Mike Doughty gets to the line: "We are all in some way or another going to Reseda someday...to die." Come on. You totally get it, too. more ›

After a week in which LAist sat on a panel, enjoyed immensely the panels of others, partied with our publisher, our co-conspirator from the north and the brand new baby of the family, caught Asobi Seksu with Neal Pollack, and ate ourselves into oblivion, it is finally time for us to head home. more ›