Tony Pierce

Sometimes people act a fool so they can get attention. Everyone knows this. But what most people forget is our elected officials work for us, not the other way around. In any relationship, honest communication is key. So when our elected officials act up, it's on us to let them know that we disprove. And just like in the blogosphere, it helps when you have the guts to put your name next to it....

- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the Scooter Libby commutation "a betrayal of trust of the American people" - The Gavel - "Bush is to Libby as Baca is to Paris Hilton", says AnnieH - LA Times - Three Dodgers (Saito, Martin, Penny) make the NL All-Star Team - Daily News - Even the most generous forgiving man must admit that 3.21 inches is seriously lacking - LA Times - Unrelated, even scheduled Rain...

Kwik-E-Marts popped up all around the US yesterday and if you missed it, LAist contributer Elise got a bunch of pics at 4am in Burbank and then went again in the daytime. Our pals over in DC took pics of their Kwik-E-Mart and someone tried to show us pics of another location in LA, but their link didn't work. D'oh! So here's a short little vid from the famous Simpson's episode where poor Apu...

The Binges, The Vacation, Year Long Disaster, Tokyo Smog @ The Roxy Carlos Guitarlos, Dale Peterson, Devastating Karate @ El Cid The Chapin Sisters, I See Hawks in L.A. @ The Echo She's Your Sister, The Waking Hours, Shiloe, Infedelinc, Tweakbird @ Safari Sam's Nana Pancha, Raskahuele, Almalafa, Ekolekua @ The Knitting Factory Lemon Drop Kick, Vooduo, The Red Hearts, Vesuvia Sonic @ Mr. T's Bowl Action 45, More Than Ever, Sidekick, General Purpose...

In a move only baffling if you thought that President Bush and his administration had hit rock bottom, today the President gave Scooter Libby a get out of jail free card on his convictions of obstruction of justice and perjury. But it's deeper than all of that. Scooter Libby was convicted on a National Security charge prosecuted by a Republican prosecutor and sentenced by a Republican judge. Libby was helping to cover up the...

The Format is one of the most underrated, great new bands out there. They do everything right - great lyrics, really good singing, creative songs. They put out their own record last year, Dog Problems, and last month they came to LA last month to shoot the live dvd for it (which the band paid for out of their own pocket too), and now we hear that all you have to do is give...

Fall Out Boy, +44, The Academy Is . . ., Paul Wall @ Honda Center Metal Skool, Virginia City Revival, Glass Pinata, Silver Needle @ Key Club The Adored, Lola Ray, The Neon Trees @ Knitting Factory The Ghost Lullaby, Peachfuzz, Jessie Deluxe, Ready the Jet, The Dirges @ Safari Sam's Thee Fine Lines, Quan & the Chinese Take-Outs @ The Scene Suicide Club, Totally Radd, Protection, Love Lies Sleeping @ Viper Room...

The Spazmatics @ Dragonfly Joan Armatrading, Elvis Perkins @ John Anson Lemonade, Fool's Gold @ The Echo Big Japan, Piper Downs, The Retarded, The People Now @ The Gig Because there's so little comedy on the Tonight Show... Jay Leno @ Comedy and Magic Club, Hermosa...

yes. even if we had $3,000+ to pay to see Prince, we'd see the Donnas and their friends at Safari Sam's tonight The Donnas, Donita Sparks, The Binges @ Safari Sam's Prince @ Hollywood Roosevelt LA Guns, Love-Hate, Little Caesar, Rhino Bucket @ The Knitting Factory Steve Winwood @ House of Blues Widespread Panic @ Orpheum Moving Units @ Music Box Colin Hay @ Largo Battles, Ponytail @ The Troubadour Motorycle Black Madonnas, Backbiter...

We're not even gay and we love Kathy Griffin. In fact of all the people who have tried to fill the shoes of Joan Rivers on the Red Carpet, we believe that Kathy did it better than all of them combined. And what was her reward? E! put her way up as far off the red carpet as they could so as not to fluster the celebs. Poor babies. And poor viewers. Kathy has...