Helter Skelter (born of out the legendary live glam-meets-death-rock destination The Scream) was L.A.'s premiere goth haunt from the evening it opened in '89
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What do incest, Club Med and the phrase “I'm choking on your love” have in common? At least on Saturday night, they were all audience suggestions wo
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— In which Slate's Nathan Heller goes off on pie. Yes, pie is un-American and well, just generally terrible. Maybe somebody needs a better pie recipe. [Sl
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On the first day of Carmageddon, cyclists, joggers (and one DUI suspect) braved the empty 405 freeway — while the rest of L.A. stayed home. On the second day o
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As if life isn't hard enough for them, the Centers for Disease Control on Monday reports that gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students are more prone to dr
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It takes a lot to call attention to yourself at Venice Beach. Then
again, sometimes all you have to do is stand around for half a century.
This year, the iconic a
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It's not so amaaaaaazing that National Donut Day is almost upon us. It occurs every year on the first Friday in June. What is amazing is that our very favorite
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“All Your Base are Belong to Us” famously circulated as an Internet meme a decade ago. Originating as a poor English translation (from Japanese) of dial
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On the outskirts of Culver City, far from the bright, shiny brasseries on Washington Boulevard and the machinations on the Sony lot, there's a small, stunningl
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Snakes, rough terrain and dangerous temperatures aren't the only things you have to look out for in your local federal forest this summer.
For at least the secon
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Over the past year, London-based Lamberton brothers Derek, 33, and Mark, 23, have rolled out Best Coffee iPhone apps — the kind of comprehensive, searchable i
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