In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that i
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My gaze wandered across the shelf from right to left, then up one row, then another. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I saw it. A chill ran up the back of my n
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Imagine paying the equivalent of your mortgage on a ticket to see the Rolling Stones and in return the seminal British band hits the stage and opens with a bunch of
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In the original laid back style of Barney's Beanery, there will be no grand opening for its new Westwood location. The fifth branch of the classic American resta
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Ever been out at a restaurant, glanced at the daily specials, and secretly wished you could convince the chef to just look at one of your recipes?
Well, now is your
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Gasland, Josh Fox's riveting personal documentary in which the filmmaker travels the country tracking the human cost of “fracking,” a controversial
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Tabloid culture is baffling — and sad — on many levels, especially living in L.A., where the subjects (dis)gracing mag covers in the grocery store can often be s
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Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week:
— An interview with Shut Up, Foodies, a new satirical food blog.
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Okay, Erykah Badu-gate is sooo one day ago, but with 24 hours of reflection, and frantic Googling/Topeka-ing, it has become apparent that no one cares about the othe
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Taking the year 1960, and flying with it, the ensemble of Life Could Be a Dream (Doug Carpenter, Ryan Castellino, Jim Holdridge, Daniel Tatar and Jessica Keenan Wynn
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Who are the Dum Dum Girls? That's the question the L.A. underground has been asking since the band's fuzzed-up retro rock first leaked onto the scene, but th
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View more photos in Anne Fishbein's “Bon Marche” slideshow.
Ventura Boulevard, as it passes through Studio City and Sherman Oaks, may have the highe
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