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December 14, 2007

A couple things on tonight but Saturday's a wasteland, go play in the sand or snow. Sunday is finale-city, check it out below. Have a great weekend. Tonight 7:00pm Attack of the Show G4 - Totally rad 1987 edition tonight!! (Repeats at 11pm) 9:00pm The Next Great American Band FOX - Because I know some of y'all watch this. 9:00pm Friday the 13th IFC - Uncut! 10:00pm The Soup E! - Listed mainly because it......

Continue Reading "TV Junkie: Weekend Edition"

November 24, 2007

One day I came back from vacation to a stack of bills and paperwork. As I was going through them, I found a video rental receipt with titles like, "C*m on my T*ts." I held the receipt up to my boyfriend, "Do we need to have a talk?" "I just don't even know what to say." "Because I would watch them with you if that's what you want. It's OK." "No, you were just......

Continue Reading "Men and their Porn - Hide and Seek"

November 2, 2007

Richard M. Sherman is half of the famous Sherman Brothers songwriting team. Responsible for the scores of “Mary Poppins” and “Jungle Book” He has two Academy Awards, A Grammy, A star on the walk of fame, 23 gold and platinum albums, and is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I got a chance to speak to Mr. Sherman about his current projects and some of his much beloved past ones. His current project is......

Continue Reading "LAist Interview: Richard M. Sherman"

October 14, 2007

The beauty of baseball is constantly marred by the voice of Joe Buck on Fox. I say this because I love the game: Through his monotonous, steely voice, his lack of originality, and general smugness, Joe Buck is ruining the playoffs. ...

Continue Reading "Joe Buck is Ruining the Playoffs"

October 6, 2007

When your husband is in four bands, you become kind of selective about going to his gigs. But when a show is going to be at Safari Sam's, I always say yes. Because I know I'm going to have a good time and leave well-fed. I really like the club's layout. There is a large hall for watching the bands, and the outdoor smoking area is like being at a cocktail party. My favorite......

Continue Reading "Safari Sam's: Dinner and a Show"

October 5, 2007

Every Friday, LAist is taking you on a trip down to Orange County to uncover the unique dining experiences that await adventurous eaters willing to explore beyond the county line. Several years ago, I used to work in Downtown. Because I would often work through lunch, I had a certain place (Skew’s at Cal Plaza) that I would grab for takeout at every day. It was the combination of quality food (for a fast-casual......

Continue Reading "What’s Cookin’ Behind the Curtain – If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It"

September 21, 2007

Yes, that's right, I have a Donnas album. That damn song "Take It Off" was so stuck in my head and the lyrics were so funny that I ended up just buying Spend The Night, even though the girls had clearly changed a bit from the straight Ramones sound they had when I heard them years ago on the ubiquitous Rodney on the Roq. I got invited by friends to catch their show with......

Continue Reading "The Donnas @ Alex's Bar 9/15/07"

August 7, 2007

Sex is something that drives us, empowers us and gets us into really stupid situations with people we have no business seeing naked. Jen Sincero is the bestselling author and sexpert with the carnal knowledge you need. Ask her your questions (all are posted anonymously). Cuz there's no such thing as being too good in bed. Dear Jen, I have a question that's been driving me NUTS. I can't decide between boys and girls.......

Continue Reading "Living In Sin: Holes Vs. Poles"

August 6, 2007

Some around town feel that it’s hip to dislike KCRW, but this LAist is a fan. It was the music programming that got me at first, but nowadays I’m sure that I listen to as much or more of the news and talk programs as I do the music. Plus, what with the internets and podcasting that all the kids are into these days, I can listen to any show any time I want.......

Continue Reading "Support Your Local Public Radio Station"

July 30, 2007

Because I work in fashion, I’m able to purchase most of my clothing for wholesale. This comes has a huge benefit since my fashion taste is pretty expensive and my paycheck doesn’t exactly support a whim buy of Christian Louboutin heels. With that said, shopping isn’t always an easy experience. There are a lot of hours spent forking through mounds of clothing at sample sales and making calls to showrooms to see if there’s......

Continue Reading "Rejoice for Sales!"

July 19, 2007

I am a long time user of your banks. I signed up at one of your Westwood branches because of your witty advertising and I stayed loyal because of your Grade-A customer service, most notably your people working the phones. Because I am headed for a short summer vacation next week I checked out my online statement a few nights ago and saw two charges onto my debit MasterCard that I didn't recognize, so......

Continue Reading "Dear Washington Mutual,"

July 15, 2007

As Bill Moyers and his guests, constitutional law expert Bruce Fein and political journalist John Nichols, made abundantly clear in their discussion on PBS' Journal (catch the whole episode here), the question that ought to be asked isn't, "should we be discussing impeachment?" but, "why haven't we seriously started discussing impeachment yet?" Even though a recent public opinion poll from the American Research Group revealed that 45% of Americans favored impeachment hearings for Bush......

Continue Reading "Impeachment Talks: Why Not?"

July 9, 2007

Pamela Des Barres, of Frank Zappa's girl group, The GTOs, gained national attention with her first memoir, I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie. This best-seller was followed by Take Another Little Piece of My heart: A Groupie Grows Up and Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon. Des Barres also teaches writing classes, performs wedding ceremonies, and according to her website, can even be hired out for the weekend as a (purely platonic)......

Continue Reading "LAist interviews Miss Pamela Des Barres"

June 8, 2007

Our wedding is three months away. Yes, we should have figured out the cake bit sooner, but we’re having our wedding on a warehouse rooftop downtown, so we’re not exactly doing the traditional do. Our wedding is so offbeat that we recently decided we should probably do something that will give the family a sense of structure, of formality, of “weddingness” just so they don’t lose their way among the techno jazz, shredded chiffon dress......

Continue Reading "Sweet My Ass (Or It’s Just Cake, Or Why You Should Never, Under Any Circumstances, Spend Your Money at Sweet Lady Jane)"

June 5, 2007

When I saw Norbit in the theater, there were about 60 people in the audience.  Virtually all of them maintained the appropriate funereal silence as the film was slowly excreted through the projector.  One guy, though, was apparently watching the funniest movie he had ever seen.  I imagine he’s one of the few that will be lining up to buy Norbit today.  For the rest of us, it’s probably a couple of good docs,......

Continue Reading "DVD Tuesday: At long last...Norbit!"

May 9, 2007

Sex is something that drives us, empowers us and gets us into really stupid situations with people we have no business seeing naked. Jen Sincero is the bestselling author and sexpert with the carnal knowledge you need. Ask her your questions (all are posted anonymously). Cuz there's no such thing as being too good in bed. Dear Jen, I am a 21 year-old male who lost his virginity to the girl who is now......

Continue Reading "Living In Sin: Newlywed and Underlaid"

February 2, 2007

The Messengers - Acclaimed Hong Kong-born horror-meisters Danny and Oxide Pang, the twin brothers who directed Bangkok Dangerous and the wildly successful Asian horror franchise The Eye, direct their first English-language film, The Messengers. This PG-13 thriller stars Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller and Kristen Stewart in an ominous tale about a family who moves to a rural sunflower farm, where the troublemaking youngest son soon begins to experience supernatural phenomena. Because I Said......

Continue Reading "New Movie Friday: Archbishops, Ghosts and Meddling Moms"

September 1, 2006

If you are a "large lady" or "one of the men who loves them", the odds are that you've already heard of Club Moxie, located on the Redondo Beach Pier. For the rest of you who haven't had the opportunity to familiarize yourself, it is a night club that caters to obese chicks, and has a bunch of thuggy chubby-chasers who go there and stir up trouble for our fine beach city.Because I live......

Continue Reading "Fat-girl-nightclub hungry for trouble"

August 4, 2006

Every week in Living in Sin, Jen Sincero provides advice to LA's sexually curious. You can see her column in print, too, in the LA Alternative Press. Ask Jen your questions: all are posted anonymously. Dear Jen, I am a trim, healthy straight man and I have a problem with a girlfriend. Recently, while playing in bed, I said, "watch this babe!" and then proceeded to suck myself off for a few seconds. I......

Continue Reading "Living In Sin: Go Blow Yourself"

May 5, 2006

Every week in Living in Sin, Jen Sincero provides advice to LA's sexually curious. Now you can see her column in print, too, in the LA Alternative Press. Ask Jen your questions: all are posted anonymously. Dear Jen, I'm a virgin who's never slept with a man or a woman (though I'm interested in both). I want to save my, um, penetration virginity until I get married, and am thinking my best bet would......

Continue Reading "Living in Sin: like a virgin"

September 29, 2005

Bart DeLorenzo is the artistic director of the Evidence Room, one of Los Angeles's most unique and adventurous theatres for new works and for avant-garde writers. At the ER, Bart has directed over 20 shows, including No Orchids For Miss Blandish (1999 LA Weekly Award, Best Direction) One Flea Spare, Messalina, Pentecost, Saved, Andromache, Leonce and Lena, and their current show, She Stoops To Comedy. (LAIST reviewed it here.) He has received many awards......

Continue Reading "Laist Interview: Bart DeLorenzo and John Fleck"

January 13, 2005

Reposted without comment (because it is just so good on its own), Los Angeles based recording artist, Afroman, issued this press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFROMAN IMPOSTER ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST Dol Ré Has Performed and Been Advertised as Hip-Hop Star by San Jose Booking Agency Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 13, 2004 - Hungry Hustler recording artist Afroman is one busy sucker, with new releases like 4ro:20 and his Christmas album, Jobe Bells,......

Continue Reading "There Can Be Only One Afroman"

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