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Live Wire
By Ben Westhoff
The term "hip hop supergroup" gets thrown around a lot, but Bay Area outfit The Mighty Underdogs can make a pretty good case. Composed of MCs Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious)...
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Live Wire
By Michael Lopez
Hip-hop punk rockers Kottonmouth Kings, fresh from their performance at this year's Edgefest, return to the Valley with a show that is sure to be a frightful event. The band's...
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Live Wire
By Erin DeWitt
Long Beach's Crystal Antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible buildup of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fail in a...
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Live Wire
By Danny Alexander
After two solo live albums, it's easy to forget Jackson Browne's versatility as a musician, which might be boiled down to one key characteristic: He's a great listener. On his...
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Live Wire
By Jon Solomon
Mickey Avalon's been through some shit, man. His mom had him selling weed for her when he was just a teenager. She fired him a little while later, though, when she discovered...
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Live Wire
By Chris Parker
The Faint's dystopian paeans to dysfunctional, metaphorically "mechanized" relations unfold beneath gloomy analog burble and synthetic beats. It's not exactly ironic, nor is it...
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Needle Exchange
By Benjamin Leatherman
As any 18- to 21-year-old will probably tell you, our fair city is in serious need of places where underage types can party. The folks behind The Spot at Johnny's Uptown, 40...
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Turntable
THURSDAY 30
Bikini Lounge: DJ HFE (rockabilly, surf, jazz, classic country, indie, obscuro)
Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly)
Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance)
Cherry Lounge: DJ...
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Cafe
By Michele Laudig
Lighten up, sushi purists: A little kitsch can do you good sometimes.
That's my take on TeHaru Sushi and Sushi Eye in Motion, two sushi restaurants that've lately introduced...
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Film
By Robert Wilonsky
Ostensibly, Zack and Miri Make a Porno should be money-shot Kevin Smith: Pals make a porn to pay the bills and, in the process of gettin' it on for the video cam, cum to...
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Film
By J. Hoberman
In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome." So wrote Hunter S. Thompson of the Hells...
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Film
By Ella Taylor
On a double bill with L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, or just about any film made after 1970 about institutional corruption in Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood's Changeling, a period...
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Stage
By Robrt L. Pela
Sheriff Joe Arpaio appears in Anna Deavere Smith's new play, but don't ask her to tell you how he comes off.
"He's in there, that's all I'm saying," Smith says firmly. "You'll...
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Surreal Estate
By Robrt L. Pela
I made an unfortunate assumption when I recently wrote about Flip a Strip, a design competition sponsored by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in which entrants were...
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Game On
By Chris Ward
Some people want to get scared on Halloween. Others only want to get "scared."
It's easy to tell which kind of person you are. Did you pay full price to see Saw V, only to...
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Night & Day
Rio de Janeiro meets Rio Salado at Brazil:Sambossica romp
By Jose Gonzalez
DJ Seduce, a local jock who has dedicated his life as a music enthusiast to searching for grand grooves that shuffle people's feet while moving their souls, has really gone way...
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