Jason Toney

West LA Online points us to tract7260.org, the web home of the homeowner's association for the neighborhood between Century City and Santa Monica. The issue of the day is the delay in the completion of the Transitway Project. It is now a year behind schedule and has reduced the number of lanes in each direction from three to two for long stretches. The larger problem seems to be the strain this is putting on...

You've only got about 4 hours left to register for our Six Feet Under Giveaway. You know you enjoyed A Coat of White Primer, the 5th and final season premiere, on Monday and now you're basking in the glow of Alan Ball morbid and maudlin brilliance. Our three prize packs can help you with that. Does anyone know where Brenda and Nate's wedding took place? It overlooked the ocean and was lusciously green but...

It seems like an odd juxtaposition having Pinback on early before you bring the porn stars in late but that's how Avalon is doing it tonight. Pinback is known for their desire to have all ages shows for their mostly high school and college age fans so it'll probably be a little weird in the parking lots as the kids leave and the adult industry arrive for one of the launch parties for Erotica...

It was a night for drummers at the Henry Fonda. We were underwhelmed by Mary Timony's set (choosing to lounge outside after watching for a few songs) but would've been annoyed were it not for Devin Ocampo's aerobic drumming. It's not that her music is bad -- Ex Hex appears to be filled with some nice tracks -- its just that it wasn't very interesting to watch or listen to on stage. This is...

Woody Harrelson can't be happy. The 6-3 vote by the Supreme Court earlier this week says that our California law protecting the use of medically prescribed Marijuana isn't really protected. Wired points out that the ruling hinges on the fact that the FDA hasn't approved marijuana as a legitimate prescribable drug but that the US government won't release state-grown marijuana to be researched. Thus, the vicious circle. The two women, Angel Raich and Diane...

Speaking of local TV, there's a lot of locally based television going on right now. The N -- Nickelodeon's brainy older sister -- just greenlit "South of Nowhere", a high school drama about a family who moves from Ohio to Los Angeles and finds itself in the middle of a fast-paced, metropolitan environment and a overcrowded "anything goes" L.A. public school. Considering how forward thinking and 'real' their current youth hit series, Degrassi: The...

When we heard that Jennifer Aniston was turning to Buddhism to deal with her divorce from Brad Pitt, we couldn't help but think of the Tina Turner Bio Pic featuring Buddha as the driving force in her resolve to get beyond Ike. The situations are completely different but we make no claims at knowing why our brain associates like it does. Supposedly, Ms. Aniston is taking classes locally to get a better understanding of...

We're sure that someone is wrapping up a November sweeps script as we write this featuring Rush and Valens trekking to New Orleans to grab up a gang member wanted for a 12-year-old crime. That's exactly what happened last week for the LAPD Cold Case Homicide unit. Detectives Vivian Flores and Tim Marcia used DNA evidence to secure an arrest warrant for Charles Augustus Jones for the murder of Mara Robinson on June 9th,...

We totally forgot to mention that the Miss Exotic World Pageant (and Reunion) was happening this past weekend in Helendale at the Burlesque Museum. Michelle L'Amour (pictured) took home the crown as Pageant winner. Local burlesque star Venus DeMille was named Legend in the Making. Don't fret about missing all the sexy boom boom action. Tonight is the 1 year anniversary of Bella Beretta's Burlesque Mondays at The Derby and it is also the...

On Thursday, we wrote:Our LA Flavorpill newsletter for May 31- June 6 landed in our mailbox on Tuesday. It's taken a while to digest their list of "hand picked" happenings, but we noticed that LA Flavorpill favors the Merce Cunningham Dance Company twice. First there's the wrap around ads for Dance at the Music Center's presentation of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Ahmanson Theatre June 2-6. While Flavorpill Productions states in its "About...