Sy Smith will be at the Temple Bar tonight | Photo by Marlene Fisher/fatmeatgreasy.com It's a quality night in Echo Park with Super Furry Animals and Holy Fuck are at the Echoplex and if you can swing it, right there at The Echo you'll find The Kooks and The Morning Benders. In Hollywood, Grammy award winning Dirty Vegas front man Steve Smith is slated to play acoustic tonight at the Hotel Cafe (but is......

Former #1 overall NFL draft pick and infamous egomaniac** Keyshawn Johnson was a wideout for the Carolina Panthers as of last weekend. When his team drafted USC receiver Dwayne Jarrett (a fellow Trojan) in the second round, he got excited and started talking about mentoring the new kid. Then Carolina cut Johnson from the team to make room for Jarrett. Ouch. This may be sweet justice as far as Jarrett is concerned. Towards the......

Even though Los Angeles doesn't have an NFL team, that doesn't mean this weekend's draft was irrelevant. Unless, of course, you're Mr. Irrelevant, but we'll get to that in a moment. Unlike most major cities in this country, LA is the only one that suffers a net loss of talent whenever the draft happens. The closest team is the San Diego Chargers, who didn't exactly have exciting picks. Choosing LSU wideout Craig Davis over USC's......

Surprising nobody, USC's All-American wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett announced that he will forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. The 6'5" Jarrett had an especially strong second half of the 2006 season, after healing from a shoulder injury, and set the Pac-10 record for career touchdowns (41 touchdowns in 38 games) while becoming USC's all-time receptions leader with 216 catches for 3,138 yards. He crowned his college career by winning the......

USC survived their toughest test of the season, and burst past Oregon 45-13 after playing a lousy first half. USC is clearly the most talented team in the country, but if they want to avoid these kinds of mini-scares, then the Trojans need to make a few minor changes. USC isn't getting LenDale White involved enough in the offense, and instead is over-using Reggie Bush. When Oregon jumped ahead early thanks to two turnovers,......

USC did what it had to do in its quest for a third straight national championship. The Trojans 63-17 victory over Hawaii met expectations, as Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and co. showed few signs of rust. While Leinart is the Trojan making the most headlines after his highly-publicized decision to stay in school, LAist thinks Bush is the key the Trojans offense. We like his chances to win the Heisman Trophy this year. His......

USC left absolutely no doubt. The Trojans are the best team in all of college football. National Champions of 2004. Admittedly, LAist is surprised that USC was able to roll over Oklahoma so easily 55-19. The Sooners have looked like a great team all year, and for them to play so porous was a surprise. But the Trojans just have more talent than everyone else, Auburn and Utah included. Pete Carroll has cleaned up......

After his 400 yard performance in USC's 41-10 thrashing of Notre Dame, some pundits are now calling Matt Leinart the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy. Sure. Why not? There is nothing more overrated in sports than the Heisman Trophy--an award whose definition seems to change annually. Matt Leinart is not the best quarterback in the country. Not even close. Instead he is a very good QB, who makes few mistakes, but is complimented by......

People have been hating on the Trojans recently after close wins over Cal and Stanford. Those detractors were quieted after USC blitzed Arizona State with 42 first half points in 45-7 victory. For once we saw the dominant USC team we expected to see all season long, as Matt Leinert flawlessly ran the offense, Reggie Bush did everything as usual, and Dwayne Jarrett finally emerged as a legitimate heir apparent to Mike Williams. Rumors......

Both local college teams passed their respective tests this weekend. USC looked like the No. 1 team in the country again after dominating Colorado State 49-0, while UCLA's offense showed life signs for the first time in months, beating Illinois 35-17. The Trojan win was probably the more impressive of the two, given that Colorado State might actually be a better team than Illinois. While USC's defense was unforgiving, Steve Smith gave the Cardinal......

There's no reason to be concerned over USC's less than impressive 24-13 win over Viriginia Tech on Saturday. It was simply the first game of the season, and college football has no exhibitions. In the first half, USC looked like it needed one. But in the second half, the Trojans figured out how to defend the option and held the Hokies to merely a field goal. The Trojan offensive unit improved steadily throughout the......