September 15, 2008 – What do you call a party with a huge proportion of women with huge proportions, bleached blond hair and garish makeup? If you picked: "Just Another Night in Hollywood," or "Just Another Night at the Strip Club," or "Just Another Night in My Bedroom," take a number and go to the back of the line. More »
Shane West Should Know Better Than To Smile At A Germs Show
August 26, 2008 – Hello, class. Welcome to Punk Rock 101. Today's lesson is about the seminal LA punk band the Germs, who are finally getting thanks to a new biopic called What We Do Is Secret (playing for the rest of this week at the Nuart). More »
Barack Obama Art Exhibition Stops Off In L.A. Wondering Who’s ‘Got Next!’
August 12, 2008 – I can't remember any other politician in recent memory who has inspired artists as much as Barack Obama. From the moment I saw the Shepard Fairey "Hope" poster, I knew that Hillary Clinton's presidential bid was toast. More »
Gjelina is the Brangelina of Restaurants: Pretty, But Ultimately Kinda Empty
August 8, 2008 – You know the night is not going to go smoothly when your frazzled blonde waitress still hasn't brought your wine out, despite the fact that it's been 20 minutes since the second time you checked in on it. More »
Hollywood Forever: Long Live Jane Fonda’s Boobs
August 4, 2008 – Every group of friends has a Movie Nazi. You know this person: they buy the tickets a day in advance; they send the email two weeks beforehand, organizing everyone; More »
How I Popped My Moby: Adventures In Oversharing
August 1, 2008 – Would you pay $150 to see a "weird, bald man," as KCRW radio host Nic Harcourt lovingly described Moby at a fundraiser last night for KCRW at the Malibu Performing Arts Center for the experimental station? More »
Hot Chicks In Togas? Why, It Must Be An ‘Animal House’ Party
July 30, 2008 – As we noted at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Animal House is turning 30 this year. Thankfully, this is one of the few pop culture movies that I can say I was too young too truly remember. More »
Substance Abuse Is Only Fun If You’re The One Doing The Abusing
July 25, 2008 – If you're lucky, you arrive at a party at just the right time. Most times, you're either too early and drink nervously and get too sloshed to communicate. More »
Daddy, Do I Really Have to Wait in Line?
July 23, 2008 – Last week I did something I have not done in a long time: wait in line to get into a bar. (Hold the rotten tomatoes, that's the only perk this job has.) Actually, scratch that. More »
Santa Monica To Paris: ‘Glow’ Will Prove Who the Real City of Light Is
July 18, 2008 – The beach will literally glow this weekend in Santa Monica, as the city launches its first-ever light installation / art festival. While it may be true that they got the idea from the Parisian art festival Nuit Blanche, which goes on all night once a year, this is the first all-night, light-based... More »
Help Keep Danny Masterson, The Pride of The Celebrity Scientologist DJ Circuit, Off The Unemployment Line
July 18, 2008 – "Prepare to be destroyed this summer," promises the website for the Hard Fest, which isn't exactly a heartwarming PLUR-like welcome. This promise (or is it a threat?) becomes even more baffling when you consider that DJ MomJeans, aka celebrity scientologist cum DJ Danny Masterson, is one of the... More »
Summer Movie Fare, Hipster Style
July 18, 2008 – If you were wondering what a family-filled movie event in the park would look like if you were an East Side hipster, here's your answer. The Downtown Film Festival presents Your Name Here, a rock musical and mockumentary for the whole family, as part of their "Summer Screening Mixers." In this... More »
L.A. Nightlife Basically the Same as New York Nightlife, Except a Little More Insane
July 15, 2008 – You might have heard, but I'm an L.A. virgin, cast aside from the shores of New York Shitty to the Best Coast, where I have reborn as a wide-eyed, optimistic, positive vibes, yoga-practicing girl. More »
The Downtown Art Walk Review (In Which I Pretend I Know Fuck-all About Art)
July 11, 2008 – As an ex-New Yorker who is brand spanking new to L.A., the concept of downtown being a dead zone is quite strange. And having only driven through late at night (going the wrong way, on a one-way street, natch) I was curious to see what an L.A. More »
LA Wine Fest Is Here: Whatever You Do, Don’t Order The Merlot
July 11, 2008 – Act like a Sideways snob for two days during the Third Annual LA Wine Fest with a smattering of other oenophiles. You can taste over 500 wines during the festival (there’s booze, too, for those of you who don’t know the difference between cabernet or chardonnay). More »
Holy Rainbows Cartman! Are Cartman and Stan Going ‘Brokeback Mountain’ for Outfest?
July 9, 2008 – Today is a special Gay Day! No, they didn’t pass another fabulous law for the gheys, it’s the first night of 26th annual film fest, Outfest. The 13-day blast of gay film kicks off tonight with Breakfast with Scot, featuring Tom Cavanagh (Ed) and Ben Shenkman (Angels In America) at the Orpheum... More »
If There’s One Thing That’s Guaranteed At This Year’s Shakespeare Festival/LA, It’s That Shrews Will Be Tamed
July 9, 2008 – We don't mean to bite our thumbs at the Shakespeare's entire body of work, but let's face facts: some of The Bard's plays can be rather staid and boring (even in the hands of Baz Luhrman). More »
Reunited Synth Duo Yaz Is Still Blue Eyed And Dressed For Every Situation
July 8, 2008 – Yaz is back. And no, we're not talking about the birth control pill. Rather, we're referencing the new wave duo from the early `80s whose synth heavy anthems like "Situation" and "Don't Go" are still getting spins on radio and in the clubs. More »
