Jason Toney

The cool thing about that Atomica Magazine Enter the Dragon party wasn't just that they did actually play Enter the Dragon on the screen or the odd dancer on the 2nd floor dressed in a prom dress and seemingly only aware of her own shadow or the really cute couple that came out of nowhere and danced hip to hip to Janet Jackson's very sexy "That's the Way Love Goes" with huge smiles on...

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...

One of the coolest things (amongst a whole lotta cool) for aspiring artists at DeviantArt's Summit this weekend has got to be TOKYPOP participating in the event. TOKYOPOP, the largest English-language manga publisher in the world, is sending reps to look at portfolios (here's a tip, bring your most recent work, not your old stuff) and editor Lillian Diaz-Przbyl will be part of the "How to Get Published" panel on Saturday. DeviantArt is the...

We're not sure if you're too late to register or not but the Silverlake Soapbox Derby is tomorrow morning. The starting line is at Landa and Redcliff and the race begins at 10 AM. If you can still enter and want to go up against Woodpussy's unnamed vehicle or Morella's Wages of Sin you should probably get yourself a kit. This isn't an officially sanctioned All-American Soap Box Derby race but the closest one...

WorldChanging is looking at different retailers that sell items made from recycled goods. We love that most of their recommendations are California based but notice only one, Salvation Sacks, in the Southern California area and they are in San Diego. Besides all of our vintage and used clothing stores, are there any good stores or designers in the Los Angeles area that work in recycled, reclaimed and/or reuseable materials?...

Reno 911! opened its third season last night with the deputies locked up in prison. They were released by show's end but are no longer on the force. Their new jobs run the gamut from the expected mall security guard gigs to Lieutenant Dangle trying out for "American Idol" while Clemmy decides to be a full time groupie for Steely Dan. We love those cops. Tonight at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset, the entire...

We know there is real news going on like Gov. Schwarzeneggar's less than pleasant visit to Santa Monica College yesterday and that we're going to have another special election in the fall. There are also those pesky memos that keep showing up in British newspapers but we can't be bothered with such matters when Napster2Go has delivered their "He Beat It - Michael Jackson Gets Off" playlist. How can we be concerned with politics...

Los Angeles Business Journal looks at the approval of six new construction plans along Miracle Mile. Five of the six are new residential complexes with first floor commerce space. The rents are expected to be $1500 to $3000. Residents are concerned about the increased congestion all the new housing and commerce will cause and that residential streets are going to become thoroughfares for high volume traffic. Nevermind that, though, there is money to be...

LAist chatted with Kevin Smokler a few weeks ago about his new book, Bookmark Now, and now you've got the chance to do so as well. If you didn't catch him last night at Skylight Books, you can hang with him and Lynn Isenberg and maybe some of us -isters (ed. note -- mainly me) tonight at Book Soup. The word nerd party starts at 7 PM. Kevin will also be hanging with Carolyn...

People haven't crowded around TVs around the office like this since the start of the Iraq War. What that says about our culture we don't know but everyone was anxious with anticipation for the verdict and The King of Pop is not guilty on all ten counts for which he was accused. The fans outside are delighted. Before hand, they were randomly breaking out into tears. We're just glad we can now get back...