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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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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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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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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...
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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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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:...
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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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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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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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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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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....
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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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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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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...