Entries from LAist tagged with 'bryanadams'
December 1, 2007
Britney Spears's new friend and advisor Sam Lufti may be charged in a Los Angeles court this week for ramming his car into a process server's Range Rover who was hired by Kevin Federline to subpeona Lufti back in August - US Weekly Jessica Simpson's reps are denying she had any work done on her lips, have they not seen the pics? - People In more celeb plastic surgery news, looks like Jennifer Aniston......
Continue Reading "Weekend Gossip Quickie"October 4, 2007
He's 80something and his self-titled cd is something that we've listened to almost every day since it was sent to us in April. Since Moz canceled perhaps that frees your schedule to take in another living legend: Charlie Louvin @ The Mint High School Musical on Ice @ Staples Bryan Adams, George Thorogood @ Gibson Black Label Society, Dope @ House of Blues Rolling Blackouts, Thunder in the Valley, Vampire Hands @ Alex's Bar......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Charlie Louvin, Bryan Adams"June 18, 2007
A tip of the hat to disability blog The Gimp Parade for turning us onto Norway's own Boys on Wheels, a parody boy band fronted by Jesper Odelberg a wheelchair-bound guy with cerebral palsy who also co-stars in a Norwegian comedy show. This clip is a medley of 80s rock song parodies that gleefully skips from Euro pop to A-ha's "Take On Me" to Bryan Adams' "Heaven" to Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer." And......
Continue Reading "Boys On Wheels"June 8, 2007
I've lived in the U.S.A. for more than half my life now, but I still grapple with the issue of cultural identity and a sense of national heritage. This is further complicated by the fact that my people and my motherland suffer from what I see as a lack of culture beyond a handful of longstanding stereotypes that I feel oftentimes at a loss to counter or defend, unless I am taking exception to......
Continue Reading "Canadian Cafe, Eh?"October 27, 2004
LAist has a question for our readers: What's not fun about jacking a car and driving around LA robbing, killing, and generally causing mayhem? The answer? Nothing. Nothing is not fun about that. It's awesome! Our friends to the north (no, not Fresno), don't see it the same way for some reason. The Canadian government has issued a warning to parents that "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is, among other things, "vile and violent".......
Continue Reading "GTA? No Way, Eh?"