Camper Van Beethoven/Photo by "Friends of Camper Van Beethoven" via their website By Roger Park This June marks the 25th anniversary of one the most unique bands still rocking the sonic cosmos: Camper Van Beethoven. On Thursday, Camper Van Beethoven performed at the House of Blues in Hollywood as part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF). On the same bill that night was Soul Asylum and Everclear. Combing elements of rock, Celtic, ska,......

Nic Adler (left), Mario Maglieri, and Lou Adler at the House of Blues. The elder Adler was honored along with fellow Sunset Strip icons Maglieri and Elmer Valentine on the eve of the 1st Sunset Strip Music Festival. | Photo via The Roxy. Nic Adler grew up at The Roxy. His father, Lou Adler, opened the club the year Nic was born. He would spend his afternoons after school at the club and grew......

The "In the Flesh" reading series takes place tonight. / Photo by GarySe7en via LAist's flickr pool. TALK ”In the Flesh: L.A.,” the monthly reading series meant to titillate your, umm, flesh, is held the last Thursday of each month at Freddy and Eddy, beginning at 8 p.m.. The evening’s hosted and curated by writer/editor Carly Milne (Sexography, Hooking Up, Naked Ambition). Readings tonight come from: Jenny Block (“Open”), Regina Lynn (“Sexier Sex”), Maggie......