
I defy you to hold on to that existential angst once the sound of Silver Phial wafts your way.
Feb 27, 2010 | Categories: Culture, LAbuzz, Music, Parties | Leave A Comment »

Every Sunday morning DJ Octoon arrives at the UCLA radio studios at a bright and way-too-early hour (for most partyin’ indie rock fans) to crank up his show: “I’m in a Band..”
Feb 26, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, LAbuzz, Music | Leave A Comment »

The indie music event that’s been taking hold in LA these days, the SOUP Kitchen, has been consistently presenting some of the best new and emerging bands in Los Angeles. The most recent SOUP Kitchen show, SOUP Kitchen 7 was one of the most successful yet, featuring a wide variety of genres, from garage punk [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Culture, LAbuzz, Music | Tags: Brooke Trout, Bughouse, Bumtech, indie, Jeff Klarin, La Brea, Liz Brizzi, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art show, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles music, Melrose, Neone Venus Theatre, Push to Transmit, Rebecca Johnson, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Shakey Graves, Stoned Koalas, The Anchormen, The Big Bad, Totally Serious, Trisha Hanudel | Leave A Comment »

Remember Megadeth and how much they absolutely rocked ever since frontman Dave Mustaine got kicked out of Alcoholica for being alcoholic, got pissed off and vowed to create a bigger, better monster than Metallica, and then, as if by magic or a decree from above, the world was blessed with Megadeth? Remember that? Get ready [...]
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Alcoholica, Hollywood, Hollywood Palladium, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles metal, Los Angeles metal show, Los Angeles music, Megadeth, metal music, Metallica, underground | Leave A Comment »

This is a post for all you families out there!
Think your family could be the next big reality show hit? Do you love watching the crazy shenanigans on shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians and Hogan Knows Best? If you are sure that your family is the next big thing then Pink Sneakers Productions [...]
Feb 12, 2010 | Categories: Culture | Leave A Comment »

Get ready to EAT YOUR HEART OUT at the hottest Valentine’s date in the land!
This Valentine’s why not show love to the people who bring us meals on wheels? There are taco trucks, cupcake trucks, ice cream trucks, BBQ trucks, vegan trucks, fusion trucks, fruit carts, fish taco stands, bacon wrapped hot dogs, and many [...]
Feb 11, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Eat, LAbuzz | Tags: Breed Street, Buttermilk Truck, Fishlips, Flying PIg, Fresser's, Frysmith, Grilled Cheese Truck, Komodo, LA Street Food fest, Los Angeles food trucks, Los Angeles street food, Mama Koh, Slick Truck, Sweets Truck | 1 Comment »
If your love loves oddness, quirkiness, and/or tends to raise their eyebrows quizzically at stuff you’ve never heard of, he (or she) will fall head over heels for this enormous art space, retail store and cafe rolled into one. Stop by on Valentine’s Day for a special Japanese- and French-inspired four-course menu ($60 per person) [...]
Feb 09, 2010 | Categories: Culture | Tags: art show, Culver City, French Maids, gothic, japanese, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Valentine's Day, Royal T, Valentine's Day, wine pairing | 1 Comment »

Don’t do something lame for Valentine’s Day like waste money at an expensive restaurant (you know they jack up the prices just for Valentine’s Day, right? It’s better to go the day after…). Go out, get some exercise, and play games with your Valentine’s Day sweetie. Do a Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt in Venice! Brought [...]
Feb 06, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Parties, Play | Tags: bike ride, events, Los Angeles, scavenger hunts, underground, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day date ideas, Valentine's Day events, Valentine's day ideas, Valentines Day dates, venice, Waterfront Cafe | Leave A Comment »

Haven’t donated to Haitian relief yet? Can’t decide between all the Haiti benefit concerts, art shows, comedy shows, etc, et al? Here’s one you don’t want to miss – the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Family Guy come together on Feb. 12 for a live stage show. Tickets start at $60, but [...]
Feb 03, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Parties, Play | Tags: Family Guy, Gibson Theatre, Haiti, Haiti benefit, Haiti relief effort, Hollywood, indie, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles comedy, Los Angeles events, party, underground | Leave A Comment »

After a long, long, long, wait, you can wait for the long-awaited SOUP Kitchen 7 no more! SOUP Kitchen 7 features, once again, the absolute best in LA’s emerging art, music, and film, performed live right before your very eyeballs!
SOUP Kitchen 7 @ Neon Venus Theater
7023 Melrose Ave @ La Brea (by Pink’s!)
Saturday, Jan. 23, [...]
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture, Music, Parties | Tags: Art, Brooke Trout, Bumtech, festival, film, free, indie, jam, Jeff Klarin, live music, Liz Brizzi, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles Soup Kitchen, Music, Neon Venus, party, Pink's Hot Dogs, pop, Push to Transmit, Rebecca Johnson, rock, S.O.U.P Kitchen, Saturday, Shakey Graves, show, SOUP Kitchen 7, Stoned Koalas, techno, The Anchormen, The Big Bad, Totally Serious, underground | Leave A Comment »

The Buddha Bark Celebrity & Canine Style Lounge was THE place to go this past weekend for all the grooming needs for you and your pooch. Featuring tons of doggie-centric vendors and products, the Buddha Bark Celebrity & Canine Lounge was a great place to get massaged, shampooed, fed, and watered.
There was the Wizard of [...]
Jan 18, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Play, Shop | Tags: Buddha Bark, cupcakes, dogs, Green Lantern Cafe, Los Angeles dog salon, Los Angeles dogs, Maggie Bags, Modern Dog, More Perks, Music Saves Lives, Pet Flys, Pet Loo, pets, Swirls, True Beans, Wen, Wen Hair, Wizard of Paws | Leave A Comment »
Just got a chance to see the new trailer for One Too Many Mornings, co-produced by Alex Mackey. who’s sitting here in our Culver City headquarters.
The film will premiere at Sundance on January 22, 6pm. Tickets are already sold-out for this screening, but check with your peeps to see if you can get in.
According to [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture | Tags: Alex Mackey, One Too Many Mornings, Sundance | Leave A Comment »

Interdisciplinary artist Rachel Rosenthal will appear at Samuel French’s Hollywood location on Saturday, January 23, from 2:00 to 4:00pm to sign copies of her new book.
Her long awaited book, The DbD Experience: Chance Knows What It’s Doing!, just came out last month through Routledge. Samuel French is Los Angeles’ largest theater and film bookstore.
Details!
Sat. Jan. [...]
Jan 07, 2010 | Categories: Art, Culture | Tags: book signing, Burning Man, DbD Experience, experimental art, Extreme Theater Ensemble, Hollywood, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles artist, Los Angeles book signing, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles performance artist, performance art, performance artist, Rachel, Rosenthal, Samuel French, show, TOHUBOHU, underground | Leave A Comment »

In my estimation, Area 33 was the place to be for NYE in LA. At any point in the night. This new venue in Culver City seems like it could very well be the replacement Space Island, or at least that’s what I hoped. Space Island was such a cool venue, with 3 separate DJ [...]
Jan 02, 2010 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Area 33, art party, burners, Burning Man, Culver City, dance party, DJ, DJ Imagika, live DJs, Los Angeles art scene, Los Angeles burners, Los Angeles Burning Man, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles dance party, Los Angeles music, Los Angeles parties, New Year's Eve, Space Island, underground, underground parties | Leave A Comment »

If you haven’t heard of Jen Gloeckner, you need to. There’s something about the way her dreamy music comes together that makes it altogether unique and completely fresh. I recently got my hands on her 15-track CD, Mouth of Mars – an entirely beautiful collection of songs like the voices of delicate hidden curios telling [...]
Dec 30, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: 5 2nd Thrill, Bailing Water, best new musician, Burn Me, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Come in My Garden, concert, Die, dream music, dream world, ethereal, Free at Last, Haunt You, Henry's Dream, Jen Gloeckner, Kelly Ali, Let's Get Honest, live music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles concerts, Los Angeles music, Lullaby, Mars Volta, Mouth of Mars, new music, new musician, new musicians, Nick Cave, Peace Among the Chaos, Portishead, Pulse, Sleep to Dream, Sneaker Pimps, Stevie Nicks, Tender Prey, underground, unknown musician | 7 Comments »

There’s a movement of sorts happening in theatre, a decidedly darker realm of theatrical performances that include aerialist, fire, caberet, burlesque, and loves to include the audience. The Grand Guignolers is one of these all-inclusive experiences in the vain of Cirque Berzerk, Lucent Dossier, and the whole steampunk aesthetic.
Join the Grand Guignolers Fridays and Saturdays [...]
Dec 19, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Play | Tags: 1920s Shanghai, absinthe, alternative theatre, Art Works Theatre, audience participation, Cirque Berzerk, experimental theatre, Grand Guignolers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles theatre, Lucent Dossier, magic, Opium, Shanghai nights, Theatre, theatre experience | 1 Comment »
Break out your black and get ready to enjoy a musical and cinematic event. Join them on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH for “An Evening of Sinister Amusement”, otherwise known as the second Mather Louth and Radio Noir residency show at the Unknown Theater. The evening promises to provide the eyes and ears with beautifully dark entertainment. [...]
Dec 17, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Parties | Tags: caberet, Cadaver Couture, Dime Museum, Fashion, film noir, films, Hollywood, indie, KillSonic, live performances, Los Angeles concert, Los Angeles events, Los Angeles live music, Los Angeles noir, Los Angeles theatre, macabre, Mather Louth, noir theatre, party, Radio Noir, Sandra Powers, Sinister Amusement, Timur, underground, Unknown Theatre | Leave A Comment »

Trader Vic’s is a time warp back to when tiki bars were synonymous with a stiff kind of cool that only a smoking-jacket kind of guy could enjoy. It looks like everything else in Hollywood – carefully researched and designed, and lovingly molded from the latest and greatest plastics. It’s like the Mars 2012 of [...]
Dec 17, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Eat | Tags: chicken skewers, Christmas, Christmas in LA, Downtown LA, Downtown LA restuarants, Gilligan's Island, LA bars, LA restaurants, Los Angeles, Los Angeles bars, Mars 2012, Rum Keg, seared tuna, silverlake, Staples Center, tiki drinks, tiki restaurant, Tiki Ti, tikidom, Trader Vic's, Trader Vic's LA, wontons | Leave A Comment »

Check out the Affliction Tour THIS SATURDAY, featuring Glenn Danzig, Pennywise, and T.S.O.L at the Long Beach Convention Center. I’ve seen the tickets listed from $5 to $64. But it’s Glenn Danzig! And that’s reason enough for anything.
Remember little Glenn Danzig? The net gestalt of his career has been that of a heavy metal teddy [...]
Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: Affliction Tour, Black Aria, California, Coheed and Cambria, Danzig, Glenn Danzig, heavy metal, horror movies, Jersey, Long Beach, Long Beach concerts, Los Angeles, Lucifuge, metal show, Misfits, New Jersey, old punk, Pennywise, punk, punk show, Samhain, T.S.O.L, the Misfits, TSOL | Leave A Comment »

Check out all the hot pics from the NextAid Benefit at the Marrakesh House. The pics only give a little taste of the Marrakesh House, so if you get a chance to go to one of their events to see the full ordeal, GO!
Meanwhile, NextAid has three great gift ideas, the proceeds of which benefit [...]
Dec 10, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Shop | Tags: Africa, holiday gift ideas, holiday shopping, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles gift ideas, Los Angeles nonprofit, Marrakesh House, Mud eyeshadow, NextAid, unique holiday gifts | Leave A Comment »

Ahh, Warner Drive. I’ve seen this band a few times, in LA and in Las Vegas, and they’re never failed to a) put on a great, hyper-energetic show that amplifies the music, and b) bring hordes of adoring female fans who swoon over Johnny Law and his rotating line-up of musicians. From what I hear, [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Culture, Music | Tags: AC/DC, Anthraw, Celine Dion, concert, Dragonfly, Dragonfly Los Angeles, Jimmy Urine, Johnny Law, Leftover Crack, live music Los Angeles, live punk show Los Angeles, live shows, Los Angeles music scene, Megadeth, Mindless Self Indulgence, OC punk, punk, punk show, rock show, Spazz, Warner Drive | Leave A Comment »

There’s a new chunk of stores opening up in Downtown LA on Main & 7th, at 111 W 7th St. All the ground floors are barely bigger than a large walk-in closet, some are packed to the gills with stuff, others are more sparsely designed, giving a delicate, couture feel to their stores.
Symbiotic Form is [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Art, Culture, Fashion, Shop | Tags: boutique, clothing boutique, couture, design, Downtown LA, downtown LA gifts, downtown LA holiday deals, downtown LA shopping, holiday deals, holiday gifts, holiday shopping, Los Angeles boutique, Los Angeles shopping, Redrawn Arts, sexy holiday gifts, Symbiotic Form, unique gifts, unique holiday gifts | Leave A Comment »

Movies like Precious don’t come along often – a calm, seemingly understated movie that really packs a punch to the soul. This is a movie you feel, not a movie you idly watch for a mental vacation.
Amid the big-budget explosions and the overwrought hero/savior sob stories, Precious the movie is as decidedly as different as [...]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Culture | Tags: Cannes, Cannes winner, Harlem, Los Angeles, Los Angeles movie theatres, mariah carey, Mo'nique, movie, new films, new movies, new releases, Precious, Precious movie, Push, Sapphire | Leave A Comment »