Caleb Bacon

Hollywood Boulevard's IO West is home to multiple theatres that feature excellent sketch and improvisational comedy on a daily basis. Now, their front-room bar showcases humor with Dave Holmes' new daily talk show: A Drink With Dave. The web show's first week featured five segments with the superfunny Matt Braunger (LAist Interview.) And yes, Dave Holmes probably did host that television program you're thinking he's from....

IFC's The Grid brought comedian Jordan Morris to an LAist-approved event: Marvel vs. Capcom Food Truck Wars. The event featured top chefs Chef Ludovic Lefebvre (representing Marvel) and The Foundry's Chef Eric Greenspan (representing Capcom.) It looked like a competition where nobody lost....

The evil geniuses at Epic Meal Time have made a very special burger for Sunday's Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Superbowl. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has food in his last name, so the fellas had no choice but to cook up a 100,000+ calorie burger....

John Tejada is one of LA's greatest techno treasures. This video, featuring the globally successful Tejada DJing to the visual backdrop of VJ Fader, was from last year's NAMM convention week in Los Angeles. On Thursday, the DJ/producer will be spinning at a new weekly on the Westside at Bar Pico in Santa Monica where he will DJ alongside Halo and Morgan Alexander at Bottom Floor. Event proceeds will benefit NextAid.

On the cusp of celebrating his fortieth year as a DJ, Danny Krivit continues to gush passion for dance music. He hasn’t lost a step either. Born to a jazz singing mother and a nightclub-owning father (who also managed Chet Baker,) and growing up in Greenwich Village in the ‘60s and ‘70s -- Krivit was born into the groove. He expanded upon this rich heritage and became a global music success, spinning all over the world and at New York’s most seminal nightspots of the last few decades.

A little while ago David Bowie met Bing Crosby for an egg nog-fueled rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth." Recently, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly got together for some of the same. Free MP3 available courtesy of Ferrell's Funny or Die....

Scott Aukerman (LAist Interview) and BJ Porter want to help feed hungry locals. To do so they’ve assembled a super-team of funny friends from their weekly stand-up show, Comedy Death-Ray, to help raise money for the LA FoodBank, an agency who will help 1.6 million LA Country residents this year. There’s a Christmas CD, a big live show, and chances to win unique comedy experiences via eBay. Proceeds from all three will go to the LA FoodBank. A donation page is live for those who don’t like to laugh yet like to feed the hungry.

Los Angeles' most famous equine resident, Zenyatta, is moving to Kentucky but not before a grand send-off on Sunday at Hollywood Park in Inglewood. Come Monday, the six year-old many know as "The Queen" will call Lane's End Farm home where she'll focus on popping out some very sought after babies. Having called Hollywood Park home for thee years, the famous filly is retiring with nineteen wins in twenty tries and more than seven million dollars in earnings.

Despite a lack of demand, "We Are The World" is back. This is all thanks to the charitable efforts of Scott Aukerman (LAist Interview) and a host of comedians who regularly perform at Aukerman's Comedy Death-Ray show at the UCB Theatre in Hollywood. Actor Kurt Russell (of "Captain Ron" fame) also lent his pipes.

Last time LAist chatted with Jimmy Pardo, the comedian was never not having fun. He held two excited jobs: hosting the popular podcast Never Not Funny (The Pardcast,) and warming up The Tonight Show's live audience for Conan O’Brien. Now, for Pardo, life is similarly fun but looks a little different. Never Not Funny is still a comedy juggernaut in MP3, though Pardo no longer spends his days at NBC. He's over on the Warner Brothers' lot, again loosening audiences for Mr. O'Brien, now on TBS' "Conan."