Carolyn Kellogg

t-shirt porn: In case you haven't had enough of American Apparel's Dov Charney, he's the subject of a profile in today's NY Times. They go to his pepto-pink factory, they go to his Echo Park house. We're not sure what happens after that because we just couldn't go on any further. Anybody want to tell us how it ends? eeeeeewww: The LA Times visits the gorehouse of Todd Masters, who makes heads split and...

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake...at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff "World's Funniest Tazer Videos" and the possible cancellation of their pervs' "World's Grossest Bathroom Videos" and PBS trains cams on cows at, uhg, Mootube. Also,...

Well, now circa 1964. See this clip of the Beatles singing "Twist & Shout" at the Hollywood Bowl before one of their overactive lawyers gets it pulled off youtube....

Take googlemaps and add the Hot or Not API and whaddaya get? The Hot or Not Dating Map. There are photos and profiles and, since it's a map, locations all at your fingertips. LA is among the 9 U.S. cities in beta — plus Toronto! And all of Europe and Asia! We're guessing the idea is to hook you up with somebody cute down the block — although in LA, of course, that means...

miss chinatown, multiculturally: Angela Chao Roberson (third from left) was the first African-American-Chinese contestant in the Miss Los Angeles Chinatown competition in January. She was crowned Princess #3. The winners "are a really true reflection of Chinese Americans in Southern California," Terry R. Loo, one of the judges, told the LA Times. "It's a mixed group these days." it's a gas gas gas: The LA Times reports on $4 gas in Beverly Hills without...

2nd down? The Daily News reports that the NFL may bring not one but two football teams to LA. Both would play at the to-be-updated Coliseum. money money: The LA Times does their review of Mayor Villaraigosa's budget (ours is here). don't you be my neighbor: A 71-year-old Lawndale man makes racial slurs, sexist comments and aggravates animals according to his neighbors. Recently they awoke to condiment vandalism: their cars were covered with profanities...

If you've been wondering how you can express your affection for our planet, tomorrow is your answer. Saturday, April 22, is Earth Day. We turned to Green LA Girl to see what's happening around the city. We culled these from her list: Earth Day Audubon 2006 9am-4pm / free at the Audubon Nature Center, Ernest Debs Park 4700 N. Griffin Ave in Highland Park Music, solar car seminars, coffee tasting, urban farming and lots...

Every week in Living in Sin, Jen Sincero provides advice for LA's sexually curious. Now you can see her column in print in the LA Alternative Press. Ask Jen your questions: all are posted anonymously. Dear Jen, I'm 20 years old and consider myself straight. However, I go to an all-women's college that happens to be full of hot lesbians, and I've been thinking more and more about experimenting, but feel like I'll have...

OK, can we just agree right now that Eric Garcetti is the coolest LA City Council President, like, ever? That's him on the red carpet — the one crouching down, taking the photo of other guests. The occasion was last night's screening of The New LA on the Paramount lot. So much LA political high-wattage was there that I couldn't get them all down: three or four city council reps, Mayor Villaraigosa, controller Laura...

couldn't happen to a skeezier industry: The FCC has launched the biggest radio payola investigation in 45 years. Clear Channel, CBS, Entercom and Citadel Broadcasting are being investigated for taking bribes for playing crappy music. OK, the FCC didn't specify "crappy," but when you have to pay somebody to get your records played on the radio, that's part of the problem. slippery and sneaky: They've set out the bait for Reggie the alligator at...