Tony Pierce

We've suckered another organization to take us seriously and now MTV has not only credentialed LAist on the red carpet during Sunday's Movie Awards up in Universal City, but they have set up a one-of-a-kind Live Blogging Tent for a hand-selected group of folk like us. The key word is live. This is the first year MTV is broadcasting this awards show live, which is one reason there will be just two musical acts....

- National Spelling Bee is down to just 15 adorable nerds - LA Times (spoilers if you are going to watch it tonight) - Headline of the day: Lady Who Fucked Up Iraq to Fix It - Wonkette - Gang crimes down 32%, slackers - LAT - Tommy Lasorda, representing the LA Dodgers, acquired a 40-foot bus from the MTA with help from Tom LaBonge and donated it to some underprivileged sports writers in...

The House of Blues on the Sunset Strip is having an interesting Spring, first they had Britney lipsyncing for 15 minutes, and now they will have Courtney Love actually singing. The rumors that Love will sing with headliner Linda Perry were affirmed yesterday by the Hole leader on her website. Courtney returns to the stage tomorrow night at the House of Blues in Los Angeles! Miss Love is set to perform with Linda Perry...

Max Hardcore aka Paul Little was indicted by the Feds yesterday on 10 counts of obscenity in a Florida court. The ultra-hardcore (and downright violent) producer / actor / director was swept up in the actions of a post-9/11 administration who has launched an aggressive attack against adult entertainment. Little's Altadena studios were raided two years ago by the Feds which lead to these charges. A Justice Department spokesman said the prosecution was an...

One of the more interesting bands to come out over the last few years is the British group Art Brut whose college radio hit "Moving to LA" is reason enough love this band. In a few months the group, pictured, above, at Sea Level Records, will come out with their sophomore album. But before they do we have some autographed posters to give away and some cd samplers of the new album, It's a...

Earlier this month we asked our readers how they'd feel if we started covering the adult video world, you know since it's a huge part of the LA economy and everyone who commented were totally into it. The only thing they asked us to do was to keep the nudity after the jump. Deal. OK after the jump, enjoy a lil photo essay from last week's "Man's Ruin" dvd release party sponsored by Vivid-alt,...

There are many perks of being LAist. The wine, women, and song are just the tip of the iceberg. Sometimes an email will come through that says "hey would you like to go here for free" or "would you like to listen to this" or "would you like to try this"? And sometimes it's a crappy cd created by people who know nothing about music delivered by people who really should reconsider everything in...

Why is this man smiling? Because he doesn't know that he's in ur Google Maps as part of the Street View feature, a new addition to the already-perfect map tool. Now one can see a birds-eye view like a traditional map, a satellite view, a hybrid view of both, and with this new feature one can see what the front of the building looks like and the whole damn block. With the new "Street...

The Hold Steady @ The El Rey H.R. @ Viper Room Rocket @ Red Dragon Studios (free drinks ?!?!) Electrelane, Tender Forever @ The Troubadour Love/Hate @ Whisky A Gogo The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo The Black Pine, Xu Xu Fang, Pity Party, Mountain Party @ The Echo The Judy Experience, Gutty & Moist, Ill Ease @ Mr. T's Bowl Pedestrian, Charles Russell, AM Pacific, Supe @ The Roxy Cecilia Noel & the...

Is Kobe on drugs? Should he be following Lindsay Lohan into rehab? We ask because after repeatedly talking to media outlets everywhere, and after telling Stephen A. Smith that the Lakers have lied to him and aren't interested in making the Lakers champs again any time soon, he just called into KLAC and took back everything saying that wants to stay. Claiming it's "his" team and that after a long, emotional talk with coach...