This is my first post on LAist, so I just want to start out by saying I'm thankful for Tony Pierce inviting me to contribute to the site based off of the WGA strike photos I've been sending him. Speaking of photos, I'm very thankful that the scary drugged out clown (pictured above) didn't attack me when I got "all up in his clowny grill" and snapped that picture at Tuesday's rally on Hollywood......

We get a lot of press releases here at LAist, and it isn't like us to simply repeat them. But when it comes to telling you about the Sarah Silverman performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater tomorrow night at 9:30pm (5 bucks!), we have to pass this along intact: The first time Sarah Silverman performed at UCB Theatre, she nonchalantly unwrapped a tampon while performing her material, took a sip of water, put......

FRIDAY • The Immortal Lee County Killers are back to shake up The Echo, along with Shaky Mallard and Gentlemen Callers, starting at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 day of. [18+] • Cave-In, Doomriders and Lorene Drive are playing an early show at the Knitting Factory, starting at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of. • From 7 PM until midnight, be part of the US premiere of TRIP, a......

THURSDAY • Aziz Ansari and Paul Scheer will be joining a special guest panel at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater to discuss chapters 6-12 of R. Kelly's amazing epic Trapped in the Closet. The show starts at 11 PM and tickets are $5. • Shooter Jennings and the Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers are playing at the Troubadour. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 8 PM. • Foul-mouthed, sassy Princess Superstar performs at The......