Tony Pierce

There is nothing more disgusting, repulsive, and unforgivable than to have a child molester roam free on the block. So to sit and watch the way the Catholic Church has been treated with, dare we say, kid gloves, is outrageous. No offense to the religion or their parishioners, but if a neighbor has a pit bull and it bites kids, you take care of that problem. Likewise if many pit bulls in the neighborhood...

- El irony: Mayor Tony cancels media appearance b/c media will ask him about the fact that he's been playing hide-the-taquito with... the media - Daily News - LA Times' advertising and cash flow sunk by 27% last quarter - Bloomberg - It really is a gorgeous building, Remembering Bullocks Wilshire - Franklin Ave. - Tijunga alleged burglar ends up in a standoff with cops in Glendale - Daily News - Pro-lifers are calling...

Weird Al - "Bob" Weird Al Yankovic @ Orange County Fair The Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx, The Alarm @ Pacific Amphitheatre Eastern Conference Champions, The Vampire Weekend, Faker @ Silverlake Lounge Spoon @ Cinespace Crowded House @ The Troubadour Puddle of Mudd @ Viper Room OK Stranger, She's your Sister, Shiloe @ Spaceland Adam Franklin, the Black Watch, Benni Hemm Hemm @ The Echo Maxeen, MS90, The Audio Club, The Kids of Widney High...

Don't call it a comeback, but Hollywood Blvd. will soon look very different. Today the Los Angeles City Council approved a $400 million, 7-building, mix-use complex that will feature 1,000 apartments as well as several shops and restaurants. Built on the parking lots around the Pantages theater in the once-glorious center of Hollywood (Hollywood & Vine), the council voted unanimously to change zoning laws to allow for construction to begin at the end of...

While you were praying to your assorted gods, the City of Santa Monica was giving back to the community. Yesterday Santa Monica cut the tape at Euclid Park on the 1500 block of Euclid Street between Colorado Avenue and Broadway. Designed by the team of Rios Clementi Hale Studios and artist Abbie Baron, the park is the result of an extensive community design process that included a survey, several community meetings, two Recreation &...

Spoon @ Little Radio Louis CK, Dana Gould @ Largo Ferraby Lionheart, Franklin for Short, Karabel Nightlife @ Tangier Moris Tepper, Thee LA Gentleman Callers @ The Echo Vampire Weekend, Grand Ole Party @ The Troubadour Black Lips @ Amoeba (6pm) Suki Ewers @ The Bordello Eskimo Hunter, Minutes til Midnight @ Spaceland High Society, Honeypot, The Futhamuckas @ The Scene Good on Paper, Happy Hollows, Thailand, Hearts of Palm UK @ Viper Room...

The Rentals, Golden Boy, Kyle Chipman @ Spaceland The Reyes Brothers w/ Mellow Man Ace, Optimus, J Killa @ Whisky The World Famous Beat Junkies @ The Knitting Factory The Red Elvises @ Rusty's Surf Ranch The Low Stars @ Hear Music (2pm) Howlin' Rain, Citay, The Moon Upstairs @ The Echo Persephone's Bees, Something for Rockets @ The Troubadour Jessica Fichot @ Amoeba (free, 2pm) Silverchair @ The Wiltern Rusted Root @ House...

#180 - Fuckers can't even spell the Space Shuttle's name right - Local 6 #181 - Lake Mary dance instructor busted for giving teenage girls Ecstasy and boinking 'em - Local 6 #182 - Gulf Shores 11-year-old girl arrested after 100+ mph car chase and for DUI - AP #183 - Florida ranked #2 for most amount of foreclosures. Only Nevada is worse. - Forbes #184 - 18-month-old baby hippo in Pensacola murdered by...

Everyone loves the Eastern Conference Champions and everyone loves LAist on Fridays because for some reason everyone gets super motivated by the upcoming weekend and they post whatever it is that they've been working on all week. Here it is 4:30pm and we've already busted with 19 posts today and many of them are super awesome. If this were the Eastern Conference, several of those posts would be vying to be the Champ. Speaking...

Maria McKee fronting Lone Justice - "Don't Toss Us Away" Willie Nelson, The Knitters @ Pacific Amphitheatre 2 Live Crew @ The Good Hurt Maria McKee @ McCabe's Stephen Stills @ House of Blues Os Mutantes, Busdriver @ El Rey Theatre Tex & the Horseheads, Mike Watt & the Missingmen @ Safari Sam's The Peelers, Thee L.A. Gentleman Callers @ The Scene The Smithereens @ Hollywood Park Mad Parade, Anti Social, El Nada, The...