Sloane Berrent

(This performance is from an in-store in Seattle) Last night was a huge night for music in our fair city. Did you happen to make it to Jeff Beck, M. Ward, Sonic Youth or Scissor Sisters? This LAister went for a fifth option and headed to losanjealous' pick of the week, Rogue Wave at Safari Sam's. Listening to Rogue Wave was a highlight of the week. It's like when you go home at the...

Cold Stone Creamery is hosting their fourth annual World's Largest Ice Cream Social and it's today! From 5-8 pm, help yourself to a FREE ice cream cone from Cold Stone. Lucky for us, there are lots of locations in Los Angeles! In exchange for the free cone, you will be asked to make a donation to the Make-a-Wish Foundation and 100% of the proceeds nationwide will go back to them. The free scoops will...

The New York Times has launched a new Best Seller List for Political books and it's available online only. This move is surely meant to drive more traffic to their site and also the political list being online will hit a smaller number of people - including those who are say savvy to politics, being online, and the New York Times. So just what are the pundits reading these days? Here are this week's...

Gram Parsons left us for a better place 23 years ago. If he were still alive, he would be coming up on celebrating his 59th birthday. Gram is often referred to as the worlds first Country/Rock Star. He has maintained an incredible cult following through the years - how could he not being one of the first to discover Emmylou Harris, he played shortly with the Birds and had the ultimate rock-star notch in...

Come on and get your GOOD. GOOD Magazine, that is. The buzz is has been strong on this newly-launched magazine, the creation of Ben Goldhirsh. You maybe have read the inspiring piece on him in last month's LA Times - or you might have read the interview LAist had with him prior to that (thanks Adrienne!) He is also the founder of Reason Pictures, so yes a very busy guy. This Saturday is their...

Wow. So a friend emailed this You Tube video to us, and it seriously shows why our country is in serious danger. The President's response to how people view, perceive and judge him? Keep expectations low, haha. That, and he says he "steers clear of TV" -- no offense to Brian Williams -- unless it's baseball. That's like saying I steer clear of red traffic lights or food unless it's a liquid. Which maybe...

I'm all for the Hollywood revival, but this time the powers that be have taken it one step too far. Tonight, low and behold, is the last night for Daddy's. For those of us that have spent many a night, many a birthday party and drank many a cocktail at this Hollywood bar, it is a true loss. Daddy's is a popular bar, but a place where the bartenders, especially Brandon, actually cared about...

There has been a mad rush of late to see how many different dogs we can breed together. And by "we", we mean crazy dog people who have nothing better to do than sit around and wonder what a Pomeranian and a Chihuahua would be called (a Pomchi). Or what about a Saint Bernard and a Poodle? A Saint Berdoodle (that could have ended badly). A few of our other favorites: Schnoodle - A...

Coldplay's new video for their single "The Hardest Part" is obviously following the trend of music videos that make light of their own song. This clip starts off slow. And you're thinking, why in the world are these people standing there, it's windy, Chris Martin has his usual bending-over-too-far-on-one-side-stance thing he does. But then this 84 year old woman, man she really rocks out. We mean flexible, bendable, you-name-it-able. It's pretty commendable, in an...

Ok so this is the thing about Madonna. She is out of her fucking mind. She is NOT British and watching her almost "die" from heat in the above clip is absolutely hysterical. LAist can imagine her, stone-faced, sitting inside a burning movie theater. "This place is burning to the ground, everyone get out, quick." She sits so perfectly still while almost dying, talk about poise! She gives hope to little girls everywhere who...