OOOwww! Good evening Los Angeles! Wooo! How you all fee-ull? People. You know! I don't believe the LA Forum has a chimney... so if y'all want Santa Claus to come pay us a visit you're gonna need to raise the roof off this mother!! And I think if all twenty thousand of you flick your lighters in time with the beat we can turn this place into the biggest Christmas tree in the world!......

So I went to see Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr. a week ago at The Wiltern, mostly to see the former because they have become one of my all time favorite bands, Everything All The Time certainly one of my desert island albums. But I was also excited to see Dinosaur Jr., because, although I have to admit I never heard much of their music, "Feel The Pain" is actually one of my......

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler's Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh's controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio's Hacienda is a good place to get......

His name is J Mascis. He has long gray hair and looks like he practices Witchcraft, or plays Warcraft. Indeed he practices the guitar and plays with Dinosaur Jr. which could easily be the soundtrack to a nice carpet bombing. Bringer of piercing solos and bittersweet lyrics, Mascis and the original members of the grunge-era group begin their US tour in our fine burb tonight at the Troubadour with another show tomorrow. While it's......

Monday Cristina Garcia discusses A Handbook to Luck 7pm @ Vroman's Criss Angel presents Mindfreak: Secret Revelations 7pm @ Book Soup Tuesday Criss Angel presents Mindfreak: Secret Revelations 6pm @ Borders, Westwood Steven Bach presents Leni: The Life and Leni Riefenstahl 7pm @ Book Soup Wednesday Steven Bach presents Leni: The Life and Leni Riefenstahl 7pm @ Central Library Rue McClanahan presents My First Five Husbands and the Ones Who Got Away 7pm @......

To celebrate KROQ's Rodney Bingenheimer's star on the Walk of Fame today, The Donnas, Redd Kross, Channel 3, and the Nymphs will rock in his honor @ Henry Ford Fiona Apple @ Largo Sebadoh @ The Troubadour Razorlight @ El Rey The Nice Boys, The Time Flys, The Tyde, Japanese Motors @ The Echo Squab, Level Seven, Phenik, Kill Me Now Kiss Me Later @ The Scene The Wailers, Culver City Dub Collective @......

Morris Day & The Time, SOS Band @ Grove of Anaheim Silverchair @ El Rey Dave Alvin @ McCabe's Torture Garden @ Ivar Mana @ Gibson East of Fairfax, The GGB, MC Bander, Velveteen Robot @ The Gig The Last, The Chairs of Perception, EKUK @ Safari Sam's (6pm) The Knights of the New Crusade, The Shruggs, The Traditional Fools, The Lateenos @ Mr. T's Bowl Yes Me to Death, Veer Right Young Pastor......

Don't have tickets to any LA Film Festival screenings this weekend and feeling left out? Not to worry, there are movies and parties for you as well. Cinespace is having their Friday night Anti-Club party with a midnight screening of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. They are serving late night food and having drink specials plus Jason Stewart DJing in the main bar area. Best of all, No Cover. The NuArt is showing Purple......