Feeling mighty W.H.I.T.E.
Cory Hanson’s W.H.I.T.E. has a sweet new video (animated by Michael Ray-Von from Okie Dokie and Paris Hilton Motherfuckers) that makes my brain spin everytime I watch it. WATCH IT NOW!
Tropical, trippy: Atole keeps the party crew spirit alive tonight at The Smell
Atole’s Manny dreams of “taking back house music from the straights.” Tonight the group brings their big, dancey, gay party jams to The Smell. Don’t miss out!
The winner of the “Jokes by Jon” funny joke contest is…
Congratulations, Jonathan Recinos, you are the winner of our first ever FUNNY JOKE CONTEST! Get the full details…
Rogue Xtian station KTLW-FM shut down by the Feds; or, Now you can Demolisten on the East side yeah!
You may have noticed that in the past few days KXLU got a lot clearer. Which is great news—but why the change in signal quality? I asked Fred Kiko, host of Demolisten (and my boss on that show), what exactly is going on…
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Birdman drops $2.1mil on a Bugatti, Gibby Haynes has Michael Richards moment, Big 10-8 Place gets its due, Carlos D hates the bass guitar, artisanal pencil sharpening, more…
Exclusive: Behind the scenes of Big Whup’s newest video
Hula-hooping, ballerinas, famous dictators…Kate Gill explains everything about the new Big Whup video. Hear the song & SEE BIG WHUP AT THE L.A. ARTWALK TONIGHT!
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NEWS: The Buggles reunite for their FIRST show…their last! Plus: More Michael Rother, Felt Drawings’ Dominic Tiberio, Dali’s Alice Cooper hologram, a disturbing story about John Lurie, & Mick Farren talks about speed freaks…
FUNNY JOKE CONTEST: Win a book by Jon Barba, subject of forthcoming Nicole Kidman mini-documentary
I got an extra copy of Nicole Kidman/Jon Barba’s “Jokes by Jon,” so I thought I’d have some fun. ENTER & WIN
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Neu!’s Michael Rother tells all, R.I.P. “Catfish” Collins, Danimal, the FOX News muslim gay bar (at Ground Zero), how to turn carrots into bacon, more…
Thanks for five years of Monday fun & photos
Your favorites from Essay to Justice Yeldham are here in this massive summer photo re-cap…
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The world’s first laser-cut LP, stoned teen started Santa Clarita fire, Pomeranian sex change just $11K, Spacemen 3, more…
Death, doo-wop & angel wings: The art of Amir Coyle
Amir Coyle comes to Los Angeles tonight and if you are a fan of out-there music and performance—and I mean the soul-rending serious shit like Diamanda Galas & Kenneth Anger—you owe it to yourself to check him out.
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Lady Gaga crowd surfs Lollapalooza in pasties (WATCH THE VIDEO), Scion remixes Melvins, Tom of Finland in the news, the juicy art of Nektar, more…
This Monday, we’re all gettin’ hitched
EAT SHIT YOU XTIAN FUCKTARDS: I’m marrying my cat and my boyfriend at Monday’s show. You can too! Dress appropriately and have your spouses ready. There will be a mass marriage conducted by the most Reverend Sean Carnage at 12 midnight
Graffiti Monsters to rock Tetricide closing party 8-bit style Saturday night at Pehr
Mark DeNardo and drummer Luke Silas drove all the way from Brooklyn to slay you with Game Boy music. Wait until you see this…
Another reason to love Pizza!
The group very bravely told Best Buy stores—the sponsor of a summer concert series that Pizza! was to play next week—to take their crummy appliances and SHOVE IT. Why? Because Best Buy recently gave $100,000 to an anti-gay state senator from Minnesota. Pizza! wasn’t satisfied with Best Buy’s rational for supporting this dirtbag, so they pulled out. I say: BRAVO, MY DUDES
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NEWS: Mamy Rock is 70+ (and the hottest new celebrity DJ), Sweet guitarist Andy Scott sells van insurance on TV, Captain Beefheart banned by KTTV/Fox 11, hot new tracks from Jeff Witscher, Tleilaxu Music Machine, Myles Cooper, & more…
“By dint of obstinacy”: George Chen’s Zum label turns 12, hosts concerts this weekend in Oakland & L.A.
This Bay Area polymath explains what it’s like to be 29 in a scene of 20-year-olds—and still have the newest, hippest taste in music. HEAR TRACKS FROM HIGH CASTLE & CHEN SANTA MARIA
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TODAY’S NEWS: SoCal dominates the Billboard Top 40, man dies (of lack of hydration) petitioning Warped Tour for cheaper water, Jerry Garcia biopic denied use of Garcia music, Sting’s salami, music with heart, more…
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NEWS: Psychopathic signs 5-year-old Juggalo (WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!), Amps for Christ player in Mad Men contest, the bodybuilding neo-Nazi porn star/emblamer, & more…