Tony Pierce

We have said repeatedly on this blog that record labels have no excuse to continue to ignore music videos to help market their artists. Not regular ones. Not tired, stale ones of the band pretending to perform interspersed with slow-motion narratives using actors and over-saturated colors. After all these years have you still not learned shit from OK Go? Here we have a beautiful example of how you don't need a big budget, you...

It's a shame when good shows aren't even given a chance and then they die on the vine. HBO marketed the hell out of "Entourage" and gave it time to develop and grow and now it's poised to be the reason that people keep the premium channel through the summer. But while that show was rising, an even funnier sitcom, Lucky Louie which had a fraction of the budget, was struggling. Not because it...

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We've said it before... the kids today get Everything. Now they're getting VIPed for doing what skateboarders, GG Allin, and Andrew WK have been doing for years - bleeding! In our day we would have done ANYTHING to get VIP access to a sweet music festival and now the Vans Warped Tour is teaming up with Music Saves Lives to encourage the youth of America to give blood and save lives in exchange for...

Either he learned a few tricks from the Invisible Woman or the Silver Surfer was swiped from out in front of the Cinerama Dome at the Arclight. Hollywood resident Peggy Archer tagged the photo above on the LAist Featured Photos group on flickr and asks the question "Isn't there supposed to be a guy on there, or is the character a disembodied foot?" Hopefully (we always try to stay optimistic) the statue was not...

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Figures the powerful skateboard lobby would use their muscle to snag the longest day of the year for Go Skateboarding Day. Unfortunately, many of them were out skateboarding and don't tell those of us in ivory towers what's happing down at the half pipe. What's happening is today is the day that we all celebrate this truly southern California fad sport lifestyle, so important we had to mention it twice. Not only is skateboarding...

Last week I went to five concerts in five nights. It was a strange and unusual experience. I will review each of the shows in a second. But first I would like to dedicate the reviews to two people. The first would be the to the guy who put those dollar bills into the urinal at the Troubadour during the Menomena show. Dear guy, I appreciate you challenging my values in regards to wealth....

From our friends at Craigslist, and verified on the "Deal or No Deal" website, apparently the hit tv game show needs a few good women to replace some of the others who had, what, aged? Here are the details: NBC's hit show, "Deal or No Deal" is currently looking for a few new models to join the current cast. If you're a female over the age of 18 who has the personality and looks...