Sloane Berrent

This YouTube seems to have been making the rounds of email forwarding, so LAist thought we would share with everyone. That doesn't mean we agree. In fact, over here at LAist, we're not monkeys, we're big sexy tigers. And we do whatever we want. Grrrr....

Schuyler Fisk is opening tonight for Josh Radin at the Troubadour and LAist is so there. While the show is listed as sold-out, we all know how that really goes. If you want to go, you just have to make it work. Check Craigslist, StubHub or go early and stand out front, they usually will release tickets that the label and artist didn't use about two hours before doors open. But don't try the...

Sometimes we're just in the mood for a little rock n' roll. Not indie, not electro-punk, just some good ole rock. And where would we head for such an adventure? Uhm hello The Viper Room. Back when we were green to Los Angeles, and had heard of about four place in LA, The Viper Room was definitely one of them. Now we know some argue it's past its prime, but show some respect to...

LAist attended opening night last night for an art exhibition that is to take place THIS WEEKEND ONLY, at the Hollywood & Highland complex. Huh, you say? Art at Hollywood & Highland? We were unsure too, and wandered around the complex until we saw a flash of light and small red carpet and thought, "Oh...that's where it is." Back by the Starbucks and CPK, Give Large is a take off of Living Large, H&H's...

LAist was fortunate enough to see Lily Allen, the Brit-pop sensation, play the Troubadour last month, and she was light and youthful and made a great wisecrack against her record label, Capitol Records. For all of these reasons and more, we heart her. So if you're online, go to kcrw.com right now and listen to her live set on Nic Hartcourt's Morning Becomes Eclectic. She is making the rounds this week in LA. Catch...

With all the hype over Mozza, Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali's brainchild, LAist decided last week to throw a bone to an old LA dining night (and by old we mean more than 1 year!) and head to Jar for Mozzarella Mondays. You have heard about it a few times here before. We found that the crowd has thinned a bit -- we arrived at 7:30 and were able to find seats at the...

Shiny Toy Guns are busy. The are rockstars by night, sure, but by day, they are embedded in the online community and blogosphere communicating with fans through MySpace (some argue their street cred here helped catapult them into a record deal with the Universal Music Group), Pure Volume and eMusic. This electronica/indie/dance band is a light show, a jump up and down with your friends, magic in the making type of experience. LAist had...

Attention all surfers, beach combers, visiting tourists, etc. The beaches of the South Bay, specifically from Ballona Creek to the Manhattan Pier, will be CLOSED from Tuesday through Thursday this week. You might think it's because of the rain, god know that's usually reason enough to stay out of the water for fear of skin and sinus infections, but this time it's due to "periodic" maintenance from the Hyperion Water Treatment Plant: "Miles of...

Now, we wish we would have come across this for November 7th and have been cursing the halls, but regardless, since today is a Tuesday, take a moment to watch and find out WHY America votes on a Tuesday. It's not as arbitrary as you might think. How did we come across this gem? A lesson in web surfing for you on this early Tuesday morning...it all started with this LAist post, which led...

Have you ever sat around and tried to name the 7 Wonders of the World? What about figuring out if you've been to any of them? Chances are you haven't as it seems that 6 of them are no longer in existence. (The only remaining are the pyramids in Egypt.) Which are gone? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus,...