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Let's face it, the last two Beastie Boys records were hugely disappointing. After a nice run starting with Licensed to Ill, thru Paul's Boutique and thru Ill Communication the Beasties had more hits than Sadaharu Oh. Hello Nasty was eh and To The Five Burroughs was something that we never thought was possible: a Beastie Boys cd that we barely played. Maybe it was because the drunken b-boy skateboarder bit was played out once...

The US Postal Service this week implemented their newly inflated rates, again. And to distract us from the fact that the government agency is sticking it to us despite continuing making hundreds of millions of dollars in profit, they rolled out the new Forever Stamp. The Forever Stamp allows you to buy a 41-cent stamp today and use it for a regular letter, like, say, a nice card to your favorite city-based blog with...

- Republicans, always a little late to reality the party, are finally now calling for impeachment of the president. And once again we should thank illegal immigrants for making this dream come true - Wonkette - 40.8% of SFV residents were born in a foreign country - Daily News - LA Charter Schools sues LA Unified - Business Wire - Shrek the Third gets sorta crappy reviews in the LA Weekly and the LA...

Juliette Lewis & The Licks Four on the Floor The Militia Group UK release date: May 28 US release date: July 24 When we were younger we never understood what being intimidated by a hot woman meant. We were like "how can you be intimidated by boobies?" But as we have grown up and been around the block a few times, we now know what it means to be intimidated by hotness, for if...

LAist reader Joseph Tsai, who we believe may have been a contest winner way back when, sent us this video of various famous LA landmarks used in film. There are locations from Die Hard, The Big Lebowski, Back to the Future, Chinatown, and many many more. Sorta makes you wonder how many more nooks and crannies the rest of the world would have learned about LA if the film industry wasn't so happy to...

Some people sure have a lot of time on their hands. Some of those people make really great compilations, like this one. For a complete list of all 100 films used in this 10 minute countdown click here. h/t to Metafilter, doling out the best of the web...

The Germs, Dr. Know, Black President, The Diffs, The Politicians @ Safari Sam's The Knitters @ The Getty (rsvp: 310 440-7300) Aimee Mann, Paul Bryan @ Largo Mike Watt & the Missing Men, Bizzart @ The Troubadour The Submarines @ The Echo Lovelikefire, Eskimohunter, Mezzanine Owls @ El Cid Groovy Rednecks, Cheatin' Kind @ JD's Sports Bar Mustard Plug, Buck-O-Nine, Satori, Los Kung Fu Monkeys @ The Knitting Factory Murderland, The VooDuo, Funeral Director...

written by Jenn Sherry for LAist All I have to say is The Do LaB knows how to party. And I'm not talking Sunset Strip or even Vegas party, I'm talking about that scene in Matrix Reloaded where thousands of people are dancing like sexy savages to bass pumping house beats party. The kid sister of Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle is a green, giant, outdoor adult playground, where you can dress the...

See what happens when you let Sifl and Olly-inspired puppets and/or Ron Jeremy teach your kids about sex? Consider this to be as close to a public service announcement as we get with guitars Myspace video....

- Approximately 40 tenants of an Echo Park landlord - who also happens to be a UCLA professor who teaches at the business school - protested yesterday outside of his classroom in Westwood for illegally evicting Section 8 renters - Daily Bruin - Phil Spector's driver who once said that he heard the famed producer say that the thought he might have killed someone, today testified that sometimes he misunderstands what Spector says -...