Posted CityBeat Hits New Low with 'Hitler' Reference to LAist
The tag is so offensive that LA CityBeat readers are gasping for breath today, wondering how it even made it past the publisher to the printer, much less the streets. In this week's "Travel Issue"-- in a piece titled, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" the subhead reads: "Did you know that Hitler managed to give every German man, woman and child a yearly vacation at either the mountains or the sea?" But those following the...
Posted Midnight Movie: Current TV Goes UCLA Undie Run to LAist
Even Current TV caught the UCLA Undie Run bug a couple years ago. If you missed this last quarters action, here's the photo gallery....
Posted Planet Terror Booty Gets Bigger - Win the Action Figure to LAist
Yesterday we introduced a contest where several winners would receive two pairs of tickets to see the Robert Rodriguez zombie flick Planet Terror on Monday at the Mann's Chinese as part of Screamfest 07. Today we received word that each of the five winners will also win the Grindhouse Cherry action figure with removable leg/machine gun. Can you think of a better way to celebrate the ways of Rose Macgowan's character than through doll-play?...
Posted LAist Radio Today at 5pm: Guest - Adrianne Curry to LAist
When Apple announced their new iPods yesterday the big winner was LAist. Why? Because the new iPods have been equipped to work with WiFi so that people can access Apple's extremely profitable iTunes store. And in the iTunes store, for free, will be all of the LAist radio shows that we are doing on NowLive.com. And, in fact you can subscribe to all of the LAist shows as we record them. Ah, technology. Last...
Posted Talk to LAist Editor Tony Pierce on NowLive Radio to LAist
LAist has an Internet radio show. Today is our soft launch. On the show will be Matt Welch of the LA Times talking to LAist Editor Tony Pierce about Welch's new book about John McCain. Call in at 310 984-7600 and listen by joining us after the jump......