Entries from LAist tagged with 'staples'
January 23, 2008
The WGA Board voted unanimously last night to not picket the 50th Grammy Awards, February 10th at Staples Center. If there was an exasperating gasp of relief following the WGA vote, excuse us for missing it. For most of our lifetime the Grammys has done little more than exemplify just how out of touch the so-called mainstream is with Gen x+y's musical taste (with apologies to The Dixie Chicks). The only way this Grammy Awards......
Continue Reading "The Grammys Are a Go But Will Anyone Be Watching?"February 8, 2007
Even though the Police have been practicing in Vancouver, BC, the band will be holding at least two public rehearsals here in Los Angeles, one on Monday at the legendary Sunset Strip rock club, The Whisky, made famous by bands like The Doors, Love, and Motley Crue. Sunday the band will rehearse as the opening act of the Grammys at Staples Center, made famous by Shaquille O'Neal. If for some bizarre reason you happen......
Continue Reading "The Police to Rehearse at the Whisky"January 11, 2007
Only because of Justin Timberlake do we have "Dick in a Box", "Box in a Box", and now "Tits in a Box". We are sure that the former boybander felt that he couldn't do anything as infamous as exposing Janet Jackson's world-changing nipple, but now watch as he's influencing young Americans to make presents of their private parts. Justin will play Staples Center next week and we've got a pair of some of the......
Continue Reading "We're Giving Away Justin Timberlake Tickets"September 27, 2006
Oh man, Mom's in town and already she's all wah wah wah about how she wants to visit a museum. A real museum. Last time she was here she declared the Museum of Online Museums "not a real museum," and she got so confused in a bad way by the Museum of Jurassic Technology that she forgot to pick up the bill at dinner that night. Damn. You're not gonna let that happen again.......
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