Flickr Shot by starbright31 Let me preface this by saying this isn’t a music review at all. Last night I attended my first KROQ concert ever. I usually shy away from those because 1) they usually sell out quickly and 2) I’m not crazy about the KROQ crowd situation. But I just had to see…
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This Weekend: Biz in Front, Party in Back
An NC-17 double feature, Swayze’s mullet and chocolate Kahlua bread pudding. You gotta love L.A. Friday, November 30 So Bad It’s Good Film Festival: Road House I’ve never seen this movie but people at work were saying it’s one of the greatest films ever. I don’t know if I believe that but I guess now’s…
This Weekend: On the Stairway to Heaven
What’s heaven? I’m pretty sure it’s all the tamales you can eat, all the hip clothes you can buy and all the beer and wine you can drink. And don’t forget to throw chocolates and Jason Bentley in there as well. Friday, November 9 3rd Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival Mmmm, tamales. If you…
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: Halloween Screenings
What I love most about Halloween isn’t the parties, bags of candy or the costumes, but rather all the scary movies they show on TV. Just this weekend I got to watch The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project, The Omen and Children of the Corn all on TV. I was in Halloween heaven. Nothing makes…
This Weekend: For Those About To Rock…
If you love music, you’ll love this weekend what with a rock n’ roll photo exhibit, a dance block party and a music festival. And there is a wine and a food festival thrown in there for good measure. Friday, October 5 Rock ‘n Roll Photo Exhibit by Jim Marshall at John Varvatos Store Legendary…
Like, Oh My Gawd! It's an '80s Prom Party!
Forget all those other ’80s prom parties you’ve attended in the past, the ’80s Prom Party at Cooper Studios sounds like it’s going to be the most awesome one at which you’ll ever do the Roger Rabbit. A live ’80s cover band will inspire you to resurrect all the ’80s dance moves in your repertoire…
This Weekend: Your City Is a Wonderland
Friday, September 28 LF Store’s 3-Day Blowout Sidewalk Sale Help LF Store out by clearing out their remaining 2007 spring and summer fashions so they can make way for the upcoming season. Pleassse? They’ll give you 75-90% off selected merchandise. Think about it, $200 shoes are now $18. And it’s all for a good cause:…
This Weekend: Wine, Green Beer or Pink Martini?
OK, now it feels like the official end of summer what with the Bowl season and the cemetery screenings ending this weekend. Don’t be sad. Keep the party going and pick your poison from the events below. Friday, September 14 Pink Martini at the Cocoanut Grove/Hollywood Bowl Saturday’s show, the one I’m going to, is…
Free Dengue Fever Concert in MacArthur Park
Catch Dengue Fever, the world music band not the disease, at MacArthur Park’s Levitt Pavilion tomorrow night as they throw a free concert to the masses, making for one groovy early fall evening. From National Public Radio: The six-member band fuses Cambodian pop with psychedelic rock, creating an only-in-California sound that’s gaining new fans with…
Ol' School Ravers, Concert Air and Underworld
Man, I’m exhausted. My eyes are red, my head heavy and my feet aching. Lots of dancing at the Bowl tonight what with Paul Oakenfold opening and Underworld performing. Shelley and I packed up a couple of bottles of wine and food we picked up from TJ’s and headed for the Bowl. I wanted to…
