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more about #losangeles more comments → DennyCrane: DUDE #weed more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Unconfuse, please. The Breitbart post says: "Until recently, raids on clinics typically led to federal prosecutions, but Cooley's remarks and simila... more » Wendy_Kroy: TRUFAX: Number of dispensaries within walking distance of my apartment: 3. Number of Starbucks within walking distance of my apartment: 0. Thoug... more » shostakobitch: the places out in the valley are cheaper. #weed more » Airvault: My dealer just moved to LA. The bastard. #weed more » Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Is that the MTA's proposed starting point for the new 2nd Ave Subway? more » shostakobitch: you see my bombs from the sept '99 issue of "while you were sleeping" because shit was tight more » lobstr: damn, that's some dedication, and a shitload of paint! .. who's their backer? Fred Barron? +10 points for some beautifully straight lines! more » SeeingI: So what's this "legacy" you mention? Will his 1000 pairs of sneakers clad the feet of 1000 homeless people? more » PikaDar Brisetout: Lost in some other thread were my thoughts. I am saying this for some other Gawkers who know: If you could choose to be that way and end that way, wou... more » FriendlyFloyd: Apple Logic Studio + Music Samples + Spare Time = DJ DJs never really strike me as someone with a talent worth making money over. Sorry if that offe... more » heywhat: The Palms tribute was nice. We always defy popular victims but I hope people just leave this alone. It was a tragic sitauation. End of story. more » rubyruby: I'm pretty certain Adam Goldberg is an actor. And that Adam GOLDSTEIN was DJ AM. Oh, Gawker. more » DonLaFontaine: As an armchair primary care physician, I look through the hundreds of pictures of this guy on the web and the first thing that comes to mind is "If th... more » Jezebabe: I am going to be a bitch right now and say that since Goldberg was a man, the proper term would be "né", not "née". You often see the latter because... more » -
#dude
L.A. Still Total Weed Spot, No Thanks to Lame-o District Attorney
Obama's willing to look the other way on the medical marijuana thing. You know who is not, though? Lawmen in L.A., which is now one big legal weed spot. They are such bitches. More » -
#therealissues
Barren Urban Gutter Reclaimed
One of the biggest (if not the biggest) graf pieces in America—a 57-foot high, one-third mile long "MTA" on a concrete ditch in LA—is being painted over. Finally, a clean concrete ditch. [via Animal NY. Pic: Flickr] -
#disasters
California's wildfires more than doubled in size in less than 24-hours.
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#heroes
Super-special "strike teams" have been put in place to protect broadcast towers from LA's fire.
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#assessments
DJ AM: The Aftermath, Tributes, and Legacy
DJ AM - né Adam Goldstein - was the Kevin Bacon of LA's music-celebrity scene, except he was connected to everyone by two degrees. His death gets more tragic as it unfolds. The outpouring for him out there's large. More » -
#videuhoh
Deadly L.A. Fires Make For Great Viral Time Lapse Videos
So, L.A., apparently, you're on fire, we hear? 3,000 homes on the northeastern edge of the city are currently being evacuated after 20,000 acres have already been burned. Want to see what it looks like in 24 seconds? More » -
#heroes
Blessed Corporations Save LA Museum Film Program — For Now
The lights were set to go out on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's weekend film program. But then some deep-pocketed angels came down to give it a helping hand! Let us rejoice! More » -
#conspiracytheories
Michael Jackson Lives!
People are stupid. Pure and simple. Take, for example, rumors circulating that Michael Jackson, like Tupac and Elvis, still walks among us. Why would people believe such an outlandish thing? Again: they're stupid. And then there's this... More » -
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#therich
LA Getting A Soho House of Its Very Own
If the city of Los Angeles hadn't already earned its insufferability wings, it's about to! Curbed reports that the West Hollywood city council has approved plans for a West Coast Soho House outpost, and the neighbors are not pleased. [Curbed] -
#nightlife
LA and NYC Find More Common Ground: Hatred Of Insipid Nightlife
Is two a trend? Today, in the NY Times: Greenwich Village residents who hated Paul Sevigny's uber-hip nightlife destination/coke den, The Beatrice Inn. And in the LA Times: residents speculatively hating the forthcoming Sunset Strip outpost of SoHo House. Viva! More » -
#shutupsilverlake
'It’s Kind of an American Apparel Ad Come to Life'
Remember "aerobics," that early 80s sartorial nightmare ushered in by Jane Fonda, Olivia Newton-John and Richard Simmons? Well, it's making a comeback in LA's Silver Lake neighborhood, where local hipsters are now sweating it out in spandex, leotards and leg-warmers. More » -
#outrage
Proud Reputations of L.A, Television, Fox Destroyed by Harlot
Body-displaying sex symbol Jillian Barberie Reynolds still has a job as a, heh, "weather and lifestyle anchor" on Fox TV in L.A., while actual journalists are getting laid off. How long will we allow sexy ladies to defile our televisions? More » -
#spectacles
The Michael Jackson Memorial Clusterfuck
Michael Jackson's memorial service happens in LA today. Is it a media circus out there? Check out the elephants! Eh? Seriously, it sounds like the media equivalent of the Superdome after Katrina. A brief rundown of the clusterfuckery: More » -
#picofthenight
They Never Can Say Goodbye
Television reporters set up shop outside the Jackson family home in Encino. Los Angeles is going to spontaneously combust today. Mark my words. (AP/Jason Redmond) -
#bloggers
Even the Vegan Food in LA is Fake
Two anonymous Los Angeles-area bloggers visited seventeen all-vegan restaurants and had food samples from each tested in a lab. Seven of the restaurants failed, with some of them found to use real meat in their dishes. [Quarrygirl via Laist] -
#flackery
Dark, Powerful Forces Are Determined to Destroy Charmaine Blake
Yesterday we published the best and worst press release of all time from Charmaine Blake, "the most famous publicist," while she was on a date with Cliff Clavin. Now we've received an email from her "friend" claiming we've been "deceived." More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks The Hills Is "A Modern Masterpiece"
So: Bret Easton Ellis is on the cover of expensive Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man, drinking a Diet Coke. In it, he calls the soul-sucking experience that is The Hills "the greatest show that I have ever seen in my life."
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#work
Creepy Job Listing of the Day
Do you need a job? Are you a young woman with "both head and body shots"? Do you have great hands? We have a job for you! You're gonna love it! More » -
#losangeles
Local Politician Relays Traffic, Bomb Scare News Via Facebook Status Update
L.A. City Council president Eric Garcetti's Facebook status: "Eric Garcetti suggests you avoid Sunset Blvd in Hollywood for a while. Suspicious package at Bernstein High has area closed down. On scene. 31 minutes ago" More »
