Oct
16

Frank Fairfield-”The Man Who Wasn’t There”

Photo via Brand X The extensive Frank Fairfield feature previously promised here.  I’ll spare the redundancy– I am a fan of Frank’s music. Let’s keep it simple for once. LA Weekly: Frank Fairfield–”The Man Who Wasn’t There” Download: MP3: Frank Fairfield-”9 Pound Hammer” MP3: Frank Fairfield-”I’ve Always Been a Rambler”

Oct
01

Hits from the Blog: The Los Angeles City Council’s Half-Baked Plan to Shut Down Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfnbdyAW8 Should you be too stoned to read or outright uninterested in clicking over to LA Weekly to read my diatribe against the Los Angeles City Council and their proposed ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries, the above clip neatly summarizes my sentiments. I can’t really add anything here, other than reiterating a phrase once employed… Continue reading »

Sep
24

Hits from the Bong, Y’all. Can I Get a Hit?

I have a new column at LA Weekly. It is called Hits from the Blog. It is about what you think it is about.  The first installment is a woolly manifesto about what to expect in ensuing weeks, plus an interview with City Councilman, Ed Reyes, about the current state of medical marijuana in Los… Continue reading »

Sep
08

Only Built 4 Skinny Jeans Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkjWHHyv0rE Since sequels seem to be the operative theme of the week, I present the latest Brilliant Comrades-produced video, featuring footage shot in the course of our months-long jerkin’ odyssey (there had to have been a better way I could’ve phrased that.) In other jerkin’ news, The Pink Dollaz have released their first music video,… Continue reading »

Sep
03

Franz Ferdinand at the Palladium: Let Some Professionals Show You How It’s Done

Photo via Timothy Norris I waited all week to link to my Franz Ferdinand review over at LA Weekly. The idea was to write something in response to Maura’s request that “someone write a really funny and scathing critique of [hipster] culture, so often either rooted in stereotypes that are years and years old, or… Continue reading »

Aug
26

Bigmouth Strikes Again: A Resolution to the Mystery of the Disappearing Blogger Posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igg_2ZqyMzQ While moronic major label meddling remains an inexorable part of blog culture, it’s comforting to know that my Feburary LA Weekly article about Blogger deleting posts made a minor impact. The details can be found here, but any way you look at it, it’s a small victory for the powers of complaint. Blogger, I… Continue reading »

Aug
06

Now, We Jerk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jg_aDSGcMk Now is the time on Passion of the Weiss vhen ve dance. In addition to my daily routine of chopping o’s, smoking lye and Optimos, and conspiring to kill hip-hop via MF Doom appreciation, for the last three months, I’ve been reporting on the jerkin’ movement that’s swept Los Angeles (no vaseline). Perhaps you’ve… Continue reading »

Jul
12

Hey Mon: Foreign Born, Fool’s Gold, and Glasser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-MHt8uTa4c The Hedley’s are the only analogue for the Los Feliz household of Foreign Born lead singer, Matt Popieluch and his girlfriend, Glasser’s Cameron Mesirow. In addition to fronting one of Los Angeles’ best bands, he works as a groundskeeper for Coldwater Canyon arboreal preservationists, Tree People, plays with Glasser and Fool’s Gold, and manages… Continue reading »

Jun
12

Busdriver: Crushed Groove

Few artists deserve the cover of LA Weekly as much as Busdriver, a Project Blowed vet, Low End Theory staple, and one of the most visionary local artists of the last 10 years. Granted, his music is more fun to debate than to dance to, but despite the obliqueness, he remains one of the most… Continue reading »

Jun
07

The Marijuana Policy Project Party at the Playboy Mansion: The Dandy Warhols, Playmates, and Pinball

I don’t need to explain the Playboy Mansion. You’ve probably seen Girls Next Door, the E! Entertainment show that managed to successfully de-mystify the estate like the channel did Saved by the Bell, Puff Daddy, and Fabio. But despite the camera’s depiction of Heff as goofy and groping grandpa, with three ditzy but well-meaning Barbies,… Continue reading »

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