VoxtrotIt’s unquestioned dogma at this point that the proliferation of MP3 blogs and online music criticism sites has been a boon for indie bands, as people are increasingly turning to the Internet to find out about new music. In fact, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! and Arcade Fire probably should have tithed a percentage of… Continue reading »
In the aftermath of the media uproar surrounding the birth of miracle baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the Jewish people have officially announced the end of the search for a messiah. Accordingly, throngs of Jews have flocked to Jerusalem to await the end of the days and the emergence of Jolie-Pitt to start separating out the… Continue reading »
There are several ways to handle the onslaught of unorthodox sights, images and smells mingling in the filthy San Gabriel Valley air at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. None of them involve any degree of sobriety. Being sober at a Renaissance Faire is like wearing a black three-piece suit to the beach. You become alienated, uncomfortable,… Continue reading »
Midway through the Little One’s taut and energetic 45-minute set at the Echo last Friday night, two thoughts popped into my mind. 1) This band is excellent. 2) Why doesn’t America have any Asian rock stars? Without any context, this statement seems even weirder than what you normally expect on this blog. Allow me to… Continue reading »
Alex Blagg, one of my favorite bloggers, once wrote an unbelievably hilarious post called “Nobody Cares That You’re A DJ,” in which he basically called out DJ’s for being pretentious, deluded and mostly talentless. It was awesome. But in spite of all the lameness of many DJ’s, I’ve always thought that it looked like a… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZDG6__Zfc I’ve said it once, I’ve said it twice. Something was terribly awry with American culture in the early 90s. As strange and dysfunctional as American pop culture in the year 2006 seems to me, nothing can compare to the unbelievably bizarre clothing, hair, and music that somehow managed to dominate this strange nether-period… Continue reading »
Local doctors have announced that they have diagnosed the first-ever-recorded case of a man becoming clinically depressed for a social networking website. The man in question, 24-year old Woodland Hills resident, Michael Hale, recently checked into the psychiatric unit of Holy Cross Hospital, due to massive symptoms of depression and potential suicidal tendencies. “At first,… Continue reading »
The scene: 7:15 p.m inside a gymnausium at an Adult League basketball game held at Fairfax High School. A lanky 24-year old whose hair seems to be hoping to channel Bob Dylan circa 1965 steps to the line to shoot the first of two free throws. His team is up by 10 in the first… Continue reading »
May
08
It’s an overcast Monday afternoon here in Los Angeles and I’m having an epic struggle to remember what I did this weekend. In general, I suppose that qualifies as a good thing. I do remember that I saw the Islands show which was most triumphant (reviews later this week) and also managed to watch the… Continue reading »
Picture the scene: It’s a shade past five at Coachella and the small Mojave Tent is a sweltering 100 degree inferno. I’m slammed into one of the corners, dripping with sweat, cheeks pressed against the white tapaulin walls, surrounded by every person in the city of Los Angeles that I’ve ever wanted to stab. Compound… Continue reading »
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