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February 4, 2008

Barney's Beanery gets rocks the vote. Kind of. RED, WHITE AND BEER If you didn't get enough beer yesterday, Barney's Beanery in Santa Monica is hosting a "Super Tuesday Countdown Beer Vote" today and tomorrow. Alcoholics Drinkers vote for their favorite candidates by choosing which tap to draw their $3 beer from. They'll be serving up plenty of Hillarys and Obamas for sure. A running total will be announced as the votes are tallied.......

Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Monday "

April 14, 2006

We assume that you have places to go and things to do. You are undaunted by rain. You will not, we're sure, be staying home for a double feature of '80s DVD. Like, say, To Live and Die in LA (complete with theme song by the incomparable Wang Chung) and Beverly Hills Cop (with theme song by the Pointer Sisters). But just in case, we have to tell you that these two movies, awful in......

Continue Reading "Everybody Wang Chung tonight"

December 30, 2005

The National Film Preservation Board on Tuesday announced the next 25 films that were being added to the National Film Registry. Here’s the selection that makes us want to jump up and order a pizza in the middle of our posting: Fast Times at Ridgemont High. No matter how hard he tries to distance himself from the role, Sean Penn’s ultimate surfer-slacker dude Jeff Spicoli has now joined a cast of memorable characters from......

Continue Reading "Spicoli heads the class"

September 21, 2005

WEDNESDAY • The best selling duo of all time—Hall & Oates—perform tonight at the Greek Theatre at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $29-65. • The Black Keys, SSM and Mad Man Moon are on tonight at the Galaxy Theatre at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. • AFI at ArcLight presents a special screening of The French Connection tonight at 8 PM. • A limited number of tickets are available for the LA premiere of David......

Continue Reading "Private Eyes"

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