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Part one of three. Monday: Radars to the Sky, The Happy Hollows, Castledoor. Tuesday: Bodies of Water, Johnathan Rice. Wednesday: The Henry Clay People, Gram Rabbit. Two weeks ago, the 28th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival (MySpace) took place in Silver Lake. And while much of the fallout has focused on the admission fee and affected businesses, Saturday's lineup at the Bates Stage featured several buzzworthy artists from the indie music scene, starting with...

Last Friday, Denver-based Jessica Sonner (MySpace), as well as locals Holly Conlan (MySpace), Mandy Moore (MySpace), and Terra Naomi (MySpace) performed at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. Following the female quartet of singer-songwriters were Pedestrian (MySpace) and Andy Clockwise (MySpace). Yesterday, Moore blogged about her experience testing out new material and collaborating with guitarist Mike Viola: These last two Saturdays playing Hotel Cafe were amazing. Really. I have never really done anything so off-the-cuff...

Last Sunday, director Benny Profane (MySpace) celebrated the release of his new Vivid-Alt (MySpace) movie Hospital!, his first directorial effort for the imprint, with a party at the Redwood Bar and Grill in Downtown LA. In attendance was star Mandy Morbid (MySpace) with boyfriend Zak Sabbath (MySpace). Also present was Vivid-Alt head Eon McKai (MySpace) and Sarah, director Dave Naz (MySpace) with Ashley Blue, director Vena Virago (MySpace), pornstar/director Kimberly Kane (MySpace) with boyfriend...

Last Monday, Swedish singer Lykke Li (MySpace) headlined an estrogen-filled night at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, that included local singer-songwriters Emily Wells (MySpace) and Jesca Hoop (MySpace) as well as New York-based Ida (MySpace). Li's performance immediately followed an in-store appearance and signing of her debut album Youth Novels at Amoeba Music just a few blocks away. And last Thursday, she performed "Breaking It Up" on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. As for...

NOTE: See photos (NSFW) from last year's event. On Sunday, the annual Bare Bowling event, organized by AVN Hall of Famer Bill Margold and benefiting the Protecting Adult Welfare Foundation, took place at a bowling alley in the San Fernando Valley. At past Margold-affiliated bowling charity events, the pornstars in attendance have included Belladonna (MySpace), Avy Scott, Teagan Presley (MySpace), Justine Joli, and Sarah Blake (MySpace), and this year's event was no different in...

Last Sunday, local Alex Lilly's solo project Obi Best (MySpace), formerly known as Colorforms (MySpace), performed the first show of her month-long residency, celebrating the release of her debut album Capcades, at Tangier in Los Feliz. As described by Spin Magazine, "Under a sprightly, whimsical layer-cake of pianos, synths, and budget drum-machine skitters (provided by a slew of like-minded pals), Lilly's work takes on a circus-esque, twirling quality with its animated, bubbly instrumentation and...

Part of an ongoing series. Note: Read Mouse from Classical Geek Theatre's July tour blog with The Airborne Toxic Event. On Tuesday, local band The Airborne Toxic Event (MySpace) performed at The Village Recording Studios in West LA as part of a featured live performance and interview on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, and Fingerprints Records in Long Beach for a private party celebrating the release of their debut album, which is already ranked tenth...

Last month, local band Radars To The Sky (MySpace) performed at Spaceland (MySpace) in Silver Lake, opening for The Republic Tigers (MySpace). As described by Andrew at Amateur Chemist, "Radars To The Sky continues to harness the buzz they built up after wrapping up their successful Echo Residency in April. Spaceland was filling up nicely as the members of Radars To The Sky took the stage. Andrew Spitser (Vocals/Guitars) announced early on that they...

Part two of two. Wednesday: Atmosphere and Marketplace. Today: Pornstars. Note: Some photos are NSFW. As mentioned yesterday, last month, the 12th annual edition of Erotica LA, "[featuring] over 300 erotic-themed booths and [attacting] over 40,000 consumers," took place Downtown at the LA Convention Center. Pornstars in attendance included Tera Patrick, Sunny Leone, Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Teagan Presley, Jenna Haze, Jessica Drake, Stormy Daniels, Kaylani Lei, Dana DeArmond, Bobbi Starr, Kimberly Kane, Justine Joli,...

Part one of two. Today: Atmosphere and Marketplace. Thursday: Pornstars. Last month, the 12th annual edition of Erotica LA, "[featuring] over 300 erotic-themed booths and [attacting] over 40,000 consumers," took place Downtown at the LA Convention Center. While it is still the largest adult convention of its kind in Southern California, the consensus among several insiders in the adult industry was that it was the worst experience for them thus far. Indeed, many of...