Tony Pierce

When Sam Zell, the soon-to-be new owner of Tribune Corp., parent company of the LA Times, was quoted as saying this on Saturday, we called him a ridiculous old man: "If all of the newspapers in America did not allow Google to steal their content, how profitable would Google be?" Zell said during the question period after his speech. "Not very." And the consensus from the blogosphere this weekend? That he's a ridiculous old...

- Is is scarier that a homeless man was walking around downtown with a glock and pointing it at people while saying Bang - or an undercover cop? - Opinion LA - Nettie Berkson, 91, will attend her 50th consecutive home opener today at Dodger Stadium - Daily News - She's 102 years old, she's from Chico, and this weekend while you doing nothing, she hit a hole-in-one - Seattle Times - Third bald...

The Killers @ Staples Rooney @ Roxy Sonic Boom, LSD & the Search for God, Eskimo Hunter @ Safari Sam's Clark 8, the Moondrops, the Health Club, Codpiece, John Thill, DiGiTs @ Mr T's Bowl Metal Skool, The Sixth Chamber, Hair Brained Scheme, Pretty Boy Floyd @ Key Club The Binges, Lightning Bill, Sergeant, Dirty Sweet @ King King Black Pine, Hearts Of Palm, Veer Right Young Pastor @ The Echo The Gene Krupa...

But Jesus thinks you're ok. Harken with us back to the year 2006 when this Internet classic first hit the YouTubes, won't you?...

Arcade Fire Neon Bible Merge Records Every once in a while a cd will come along that you can't get out of your head. You take it with you to the car, you bring it into the shower with you, and hey look at that there it is playing in your iPod. Arcade Fire's first album was like that, Funeral. Beware though, Neon Bible is going to cost you. It's such a dynamically beautiful...

When an author of a book about cheating in baseball noticed Angel closer Francisco Rodriguez going to his cap an inordinate amount of times on Opening Day, he wrote about it on his blog and got photos, and his allegations against K-Rod made it to the front office of Major League Baseball. Where it died. Yesterday MLB called the Angels to tell them that there would be no investigation of K-Rod's cap because there...

When Tribune Corp was met with two similar offers for its media conglomerate that includes the LA Times, the Chicago-based company decided that it felt better selling to a fellow Chicagoian, real estate billionaire Sam Zell than to a group of billionaires living here in LA. Although Zell will be ponying up just $300 million of the $8.2 billion deal, he will be calling the shots. And on his radar, incredibly is Google, and...

Attention Aunt Purl, a new book came out last month created especially for those punks who knit and those knitters who want to create something with a wee more edge. Punk Knits claims to have 26 new designs (which is one more than the upcoming Pretty in Punk) for that hardcore loved one who would otherwise yawn at yarn. Punk Knits is co-written by the original bassist of hair metal band, Vixen, Share Ross,...

If we could split ourselves in two we'd be at both Spaceland AND the Troubadour tonight but one Gossip does not equal three awesome bands. Yet. Year Long Disaster, The Binges, Shapes of Race Cars @ Spaceland The Gossip @ The Troubadour De La Soul, KRS-One @ Key Club Mew @ Henry Fonda Theater Nikka Costa @ Largo The Dan Band @ Avalon Ringside, Whitestarr, Grand Marquee @ Roxy Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips...

During this holiday season, there is no better example of what the meaning of life is than a white guy who loves to talk black, wearing a ski cap and sunglasses, video taping himself singing in his pulled-over car. At night. Especially when he's singing Journey, y'all....