Love is in the air tonight. / Photo by lush.i.ous via flickr. Ahhh luuuurve is in the air. Need some last-minute ideas for the Hallmark-inspired holiday? Yes, tonight’s Valentine’s Day and here are a few different ideas that will beat flowers and candy any day. ART To coincide with the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at LACMA this weekend, “Women in the City” selected to exhibit four prominent contemporary artists (Cindy......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the......

Call the Captivity premiere party a success, because six days later people are still talking about it - which is unheard-of in this town. I was lucky enough to bring my crew with me to this event, where we laughed, cried, and got choked by Suicide Girls. I also brought my camera and after the jump awaits a trove of pics. But a word of warning - this was the hottest, sexiest, dirtiest movie......

Horror movies seem to come and go in cycles. Just as the wave of Japanese re-makes tapered off, so-called “torture” porn began its ascent. Given that, it’s refreshing to watch a horror film like The Wizard of Gore that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. It certainly has its share of gore (wonderfully specific and gruesome, by the way), but the bloodletting never overshadows the psychological war that is at the heart of the......

There's a lot of bad bands playing tonight, here are some good ones. For the NSFW Louis XIV vid starring Suicide Girls and directed by Eon McKai, meet us after the jump. Louis XIV, Gran Ronde, The Shys @ The Roxy The School of Rock @ The Malibu Inn (6pm)' Simon Stokes @ Taix Japanther, DD/MM/YYYY, The Pope @ The Smell Kastle Greyskull, Veer Chasm @ Mr. T's Bowl The Groovy Rednecks, The Cheatin'......

Farting is funny. For Hollywood’s own Jason Martinez, this is more than a simple truth or motto -- It's a philosophy, a manifesto, a mantra, a life direction, and the guiding force behind his Fuse TV breakout hit, Rad Girls. LAist sat down with lifelong LA-citzen and Co-Executive Producer J-Mar Superstar to ask some fluffy bunny questions about his Jackass-style, Suicide Girl-ish, truly revolting, terribly funny, train-wreck mesmerizing, completely irresistible new series… Q&A just......

Great Northern, Sara Lov, Buddy @ The Bordello Brother Ali, Psalm One, BK One, Boom Bap Project @ The Troubadour AI, Soccer Mom, Suicide Girls, Galaxy Gran Prix @ Roxy Summer Darling, The Monolators, Castledoor, 8 Bit @ The Echo The Watson Twins @ Largo The Murdocks @ Relax Bar OK Stranger, Black Palms, A for Attack @ The Scene Just Off Turner, Sabrina Vargas, David Babich @ Tangier The Randies, Bang Sugar Bang,......

Redman, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Supernatural, Smiff N Wessen @ House of Blues Silent Civilian, Occam’s Razor, Darksun, Our Last Rites @ Whisky A Gogo Suburban Legends, I Hate Kate, Mayday Mayday @ Knitting Factory Guns N' Roses, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson Gliss, Starlite Desperation @ Safari Sam's Ima Fucking Gymnist @ The Smell Kenny Loggins @ Cerritos Center The Brombies @ Viva Cantina Trulio Disgracias @ Viper Psoma @ The Good Hurt......

Guns N' Roses, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson Too $hort @ The Knitting Factory Banyan @ The Mint Rama Duke @ Viper Otep @ Whisky A Gogo Sono Luz @ King King The Lonesome Spurs @ Cinema Bar Bad Acid Trip, Harry Perry (pictured) @ The Good Hurt Fortitude, Valiant, Third String Cavalier @ Roxy You Army, Macminn, Jason Karaban @ The Hotel Cafe The Dedication, Leonel, Buildings Breeding @ Lava Lounge Secret......

Guns N' Roses, Helmet, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson David Allan Coe @ Key Club Me First and the Gimme Gimmes @ Henry Fonda Theater Silversun Pickups @ The Troubadour The Temporary Thing @ Spaceland Elephone @ Mr. T's Bowl Da Vinci, Chasing Static, Dr. Green, Clockwork, Death Pilo @ Viper Room Aidan Hawken, The Break & Repair Method, Chris Joyner @ The Hotel Cafe photo via thenewgnr.com......

Panic Channel, Sarah Silverman, Suicide Girls (pictured) @ Dragonfly The Grates, The Like, Har Marr Superstar (dj set) @ Spaceland Hit the Lights, Cute is What We Aim For @ Knitting Factory The James Gang @ Gibson James Brown, Angie Stone @ Hollywood Bowl The Zombies, The Holograms, Mooney Suzuki, Phantom Planet @ the Avalon Deerhoof, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog @ The Troubadour Josh Gracin, Kelly Dalton @ House of Blues Snowden @ Silverlake......

We've been posting some of our favorite things from 2005, so now it's time for yours. Here are the 10 most popular LAist posts of 2005, from basketball to Beckham, from Ashton to the Suicide Girls. 1. We prepare to say hello to David Beckham: Beckham Bent on LA? 2. A farewell tribute to Hunter S. Thompson: Grace in Depravity 3. Ashton Kutcher: Hollywood Maverick? But of course. 4. The Best Waiter in Los......

- Mayor Sam's Sister City turned one. - We read the description of this job but we still have no idea what a Senior Experimentalist does or why USC would want one. - We've got some updates on the Suicide Girls story coming soon but, for now, you can just get some SG video podcasting for your shiny apple products. - Does Villaraigosa's removal of fees from use of local municipal buildings for filming......

We're still not quite sure what's really going on between the disgruntled former models of Suicide Girls and the company behind the site. From everything we've been able to gather, most of the complaints seem to be about one of the company's owners and founders, Sean Suhl, and the perception of SG as a punk-feminist-free speech advocating adult site versus a reality of what many former employees feel is about censorship and the exploitation......

- It's all adult entertainment around here today. First, we talked Suicide Girls, now we want you to know that city workers are getting trained to pick out human smuggling victims, many of whom end up in the adult film industry in the San Fernando Valley. An industry that isn't doing enough to protect its performers from HIV infection. - Speaking of city workers, probation officers walked out yesterday in a dispute with the......

30 models have left Suicide Girls in the last few weeks complaining of unfair pay and exploitation. The women argue that while the site's alt-porn image is built on empowerment and a feminist-forward thinking erotica aesthetic, the Los Angeles based company is really run by a man, Sean Suhl. Wired points to unPink and tales from the dark site , blogs that are pulling together stories of unfair treatment by former suicide girls. SG......

There are lots of comings and goings on the radio this week as Steve Harvey's morning show on The Beat signed off on Friday and Suicide Girls Radio joined the Indie 103 lineup over the weekend. Harvey's popular show continued to do well in the mornings but was very expensive to produce and failed in its efforts at syndication. Former Laker and Best Damn Sports Show correspondent John Salley took over the slot for......

Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight and ACME Game Store open their exhibit of art inspired by classic home video gaming tomorrow evening. i am 8 bit features a wide variety of artwork from dozens of artists including some of our favorites like Katie Rice and Nick Catchdubs (of Catchdubs.com and The FADER Magazine). The opening is hosted by Gerardo. Yes, that Gerardo. Some Suicide Girls will be there too but we're talking about "Rico Suave"......

For a new LAist first, tonight is the first time we've suggested an event involving nudity. It is summer, after all, so hedonism is allowed. Get an eyeful of the Suicide Girls Burlesque at the Knitting Factory Main Lounge. The array of pierced, dyed and tattooed girls will be performing with Sound of the Struggle, Something for Rockets and DJ Keith Morris (of the Circle Jerks). The show starts at 9:00 PM and tickets......

Check out the Suicide Girls interview with local LA punk legend Mike Watt. Considered by many to be the hardest working man in rock, Watt started his musical career playing bass in the San Pedro punk band The Minutemen with his best friend and Minutemen guitarist, D. Boon, and drummer George "Fireman" Hurley. After D. passed away in the early 1980s, Watt kept living the band motto—"jam econo"—touring and recording 364 days out of......