The Phantom Dog?A Mr Ferguson was a passenger in a car travelling from Los Angeles to Ontario during the year of 1970. In the car with him were his aunt, who was driving, and cousin. The vehicle twisted and turned and came to an almost rural stretch of road when a large dog came onto the opposite carriageway and began to run across the road. Strangely, the animal seemed to almost move in slow motion......

David Lee Roth w/ Steve Vai - "Yankee Rose" Art Brut @ Key Club Spoon @ The Henry Fonda Steve Vai @ The Wiltern Jon Brion, Dana Gould @ The Largo Brandi Carlile, A Fine Frenzy @ House of Blues Maserati, El Ten Eleven, Good to Be @ Silverlake Lounge Acid Mothers, Guru Guru, The Phantom Family Halo @ The Troubadour Papillon, Longevity, Hornz & Halos, Subtance Abuse @ The Knitting Factory Teaneck, New......

Sonic Youth @ Urban Outfitters - Santa Monica Daft Punk, Ratatat @ LA Sports Arena The Rentals, Goldenboy @ Spaceland Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Kodak The Dwarves, The Dickies @ Galaxy Theatre Veruca Salt, The Flys @ Key Club Erasure @ Grove of Anaheim Theo & the Skyscrapers @ The Echo Rasputina, My Brightest Diamond @ The El Rey Nervous Gender @ The Cocaine Black Kites, The Transmissions, The Switch @......

Surprisingly for a comedy group known for training its members to develop specific, oddball characters, the July 16 performance of The Groundlings' new Saturday show, Groundlings May be Closer Than They Appear, featured only one sketch really based on a character. As a brassy, crooked financial consultant, Melissa McCarthy harangued the audience under the guise of a motivational speech. The performance was the funnier for its contrast with the sweet character, Sookie St. James,......