Jason Toney

We can already taste the garlic. Zankou Chicken opens a new location tomorrow at Sepulveda and Little Santa Monica, their first west side location. We'll be at the Festival of Books while they are doing the whole grand opening bit but there's no reason why we can't stop in and get a #4 with no tomatoes and extra pita tomorrow night for dinner is there?...

Well, maybe not Picasso but tonight's Kick Ass Art Show (mildly NSFW) is where art and the adult film industry come together. Kick Ass Pictures (which proudly claims that all their videos feature real breasts and no condoms) hosts an art show/party at their downtown warehouse featuring artists like Marleigh Atherton (artwork pictured) and Michael Hayden as well as work from the current Alan Scott Gallery exhibit featuring Westside Underground artists. This is the...

Maybe LAist should forgive the punk rock beer gut boys who, after watching a documentary in which girls talked about the frustrations of being in the scene and having to stand in the back while tall boys with greasy long hair crowded the stage in their aggro immature style, packed in in front of Mika Miko during the reception. At least they took the time to come to see the flick. Maybe not. Coming...

LAist's own Paul Davidson has an article in May's Wired Magazine looking at the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film. He's writing specifically about what skeptical fans of the book should know before going in to see the flick. Random trivia you can throw out at your next party: Did you know that Douglas Adams spent the last two years of his life right here in So. Cal.? Completely unrelated but also cool:...

If LAist was still in high school, we'd probably be faking sick, playing hooky or attempting to convince our parents to reconsider their aversion to home schooling this week. It is not a good week to be a teen in Los Angeles. In our best local newscaster hyperbole: No Place is Safe! We know that Jefferson High School and Santa Monica High School had huge brawls last week (Jefferson fighting continued on Monday) but...

Tonight at The Mint, Amoeba Records is hosting a Home Grown Showcase featuring four local bands. The show is one of several nationwide benefit concerts for Dax Pierson. Dax is a member of Subtle and was seriously injured in a tour bus accident back in February. Tickets for tonight's show are $7 and, lucky you, it is being hosted by local blogger, major music head, supreme hot stuff, and friend of Dax, She B...

New York's Daily News gossiped yesterday about Sela Ward's desire to get into our local social elitist enclave, the Jonathan Club. They mention several people who couldn't gain access (being a part of the entertainment or media elite holds little sway and you should probably have a penis and fair skin) but don't talk at all about who is currently on the club's 3,200 person roster. LA Downtown News recently did a feature on...

Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight and ACME Game Store open their exhibit of art inspired by classic home video gaming tomorrow evening. i am 8 bit features a wide variety of artwork from dozens of artists including some of our favorites like Katie Rice and Nick Catchdubs (of Catchdubs.com and The FADER Magazine). The opening is hosted by Gerardo. Yes, that Gerardo. Some Suicide Girls will be there too but we're talking about "Rico Suave"...

We know singles have been meeting while sitting in hard plastic chairs watching their frilly delicates dry for as long as there have been laundromats but these two missed connections I was doing laundry today in Santa Monica. You were the cute brunette with the pink tank top on and blue jeans. You are truly gorgeous. I was too embarassed to go up to you and say hi. I noticed your cheeks turning red...

With general consensus being that our own little local election is essentially over, LA went national this weekend with the California Democratic Party Convention. The biggest democratic star not named Clinton -- Party Chair Howard Dean -- was everywhere to mixed reviews. The Angelino tells us very little about what Arianna Huffington said but we do know this: democratic faithful find the left-leaning independent sexy. Our current favorite Dem, however, is California Senator Barbara...