Secret shows are as prevalent in LA as burger joints and taco trucks. But unlike those gourmet dining choices, if you aren't on The List for the show, or have a rare ticket, you don't get in. Perhaps you've heard chatter of a secret show starring the Red Hot Chili Peppers for an upcoming official Zune launch party. Zune is Microsoft's latest iPod competitor, and yes, Los Angeles, the Red Hots are going to......

Dear LAist, Hasn't it been around a year since the Olsen Twins became "legal"? Doesn't it seem to you that their 18th birthday flipped on the crazy switch in their cute 'lil heads? They dress like bag women!? They date people that Paris Hilton would date. They drink coffee in Beverly Hills and walk around like twigs in baggy clothes. They never smile when I stalk them and say hi. - Pappi Ratzi Dear......

Today, Emily Yoffe explores our political fixation with good looks on the LA Times opinion page. After spilling some ink in honor of the much-discussed VP hopeful John Edwards, she takes a historical view: Abraham Lincoln received a letter from an 11-year-old girl, Grace Bedell, that read in part, "If you let your whiskers grow … you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and......