In this video, Ms. Amos speaks out from her pedestal at the Nokia Theatre during "Cruel": Writers! Writers! Where are you in this fucking town? When you gonna stand up and stop sucking the cock of the infested corporate clone? Seize the power!......

I went to my 15th Tori Amos concert last night. I still remember the high school days of camping outside of Tower records at 7am on a Saturday morning to get tickets to the her shows, or that time I drove 3 hours in the snow to see her play in Boston on my 21st birthday. And then there was the time we got up at 6am to see her do a show in......

2006 Performance of Unsilent Night in SF Unsilent Night @ Pan-Pacific Regional Park Tori Amos @ Nokia Theatre Spank Rock, LA Riots, Steve Aoki @ LAX Ingrid Michaelson @ Hotel Cafe Listing Ship, The Harpeth Trace @ Spaceland Bad Kitty Project @ Lighthouse Cafe The Evangenitals @ Mr. T's Bowl Wayne "The Train" Hancock @ Safari Sam's Ne-Yo @ The Wiltern Part Time Punks @ The Echo Carlos Guitarlos @ Liquid Kitty The Spazmatics......

There's still time to win Tori Amos tickets -- the concert ends tonight at midnight! To enter the contest, leave a comment telling us what your favorite Tori song is. Get over there and put the damage on! An update on the Sherman Oaks apartment fire that left one person dead: authorities have ID'd the victim as a 63-year-old man who died at the hospital after receiving second- and third-degree burns. There was another......

Three people were injured and dozens evacuated after an apartment fire in Sherman Oaks gutted at least two units at 2 a.m. this morning. It was cold last night, but there are better ways to stay warm people. Australian police arrested a man in Melbourne who threatened to attack The Grove Friday. There is no evidence the man, who has never been to the United States, intended to carry out the attack. Still, days......

As traffic worsens on Ventura Boulevard, a new L.A. City report found that developers could add 3 million square feet of commercial space to the Ventura Boulevard corridor under current zoning rules. If you thought getting from Sepulveda to Van Nuys down Ventura was bad before. Umph... Not sure what to buy that ragamuffin who has everything this holiday season? Franklin Avenue found a great set of Lego-ish toys featuring people in casts, babies......

Happy Holidays LAist Readers! Here's a nice treat for you. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway for Tori Amos at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Dec 16 at 8:15 p.m. If you haven't been Downtown in awhile, the new LA Live development across the street from the STAPLES Center is really starting to change the neighborhood. All very exciting and all within a short walk from the Red and Blue lines. To enter......

Following in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Nicole Richie, Bill Murray could face a drunk driving charge after he drove a golf cart along a downtwon street in Stockholm, Sweden and refused a breath test - Yahoo News Rapper Foxy Brown has been sentenced to jail, Rikers Island to be more specific, after violating her probation. She is currently three months preggers - TMZ Lindsay Lohan can relax a little more in......

A Word or, I dunno, like 80: It seems to be coming together a bit on Lost - another good episode last night. If you want the producers' perspective, they're on tonight after Grey's. Delay goes to his base tonight on Colbert. Tonight the networks will have the typical struggle between comedy and young-doctors-in-love, what will you succumb to? Tonight - Thursday - May 17, 2007 Angels @ Mariners (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.) Bob......

A Word or 52(approx): Gouge away if you wish, but Lost was excellent last night. I need some comic relief tonight so it's My Name Is Earl in Smellovision (go get your TV Guide now with the Smell Card) and the Office for me - I can't commit to more than that, I have a couple bottles of beer waiting for me. Tonight - Thursday - May 3, 2007 Angels @ Royals (FoxSports, 7:00......

New Releases May 1, 2007 Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary Edition [Soundtrack] [Original Recording Remastered] [Extra Tracks] (RCA) Feist - The Reminder (Cherry Tree) Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (Universal) Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (Fat Possum) Joan Armatrading - Into the Blues (429 Records) Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism, Pt. 2 [Enhanced] Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (Hip-O) Angelique Kidjo - Djin Djin (featuring Peter Gabriel, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone, Ziggy Marley,......

We’ll skip most of the Dilana drama that was used as filler at the beginning of Supernova. So what if she dissed a few folks she’s competing against? BFD. Isn’t that what reality TV and rock’n’roll are all about? And so she shattered a glass and a piece flew up and cut Magni in the head, they’ve all kissed and made up. Let’s move on to the music, which was picked out by the......