Monthly Archives: October 2011

Op-Ed: Texas Executes so Many People it Can’t Afford to Buy them a Burger

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Elise Thompson

Texas is all over the news this week. First, the state prisons stopped serving lunch on weekends, saying, “If they don’t like the menu they shouldn’t come here.” Maybe I’m a bleeding heart liberal, but I don’t think those people … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Crashers: Behind the Scenes at Wolfgang Puck’s $750 Brunch

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Elise Thompson

Written with Marga Mayhew After the cocktail portion of Wolfgang Puck’s brunch, and some more interesting hors d’ouvres, the press started to scatter. We looked over the menu for the lavish sit-down brunch, drooling over the Penne with Lobster, Spider Crab … Continue reading →

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B4BC at The Key Club!

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Margo Vignerie

Beats for Boobs at the Key Club definitely delivered.  The art section was small but the art was very cool. Definitely some conversation starters in the home if you were brave enough to purchase. The photography was of some ordinary … Continue reading →

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Wolfgang Puck’s Sunday Brunch

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Elise Thompson

  Last Sunday was the final day of Wolfgang Puck’s four-day Los Angeles Food and Wine festival. We felt honored to attend the Sunday Brunch and Charity Auction: Wolfgang Puck at the Hotel Bel-Air. The surrounding were luxe, as one would … Continue reading →

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Live Review: A.A. Bondy at Bootleg Theater 9/29/11

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Simone Snaith

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8FyIJmmHPrY[/youtube] Mississippi’s compelling A.A. Bondy performed at the Bootleg Theater last month, and memories from the show are still swirling around in my head.  When The Devil’s Loose is the kind of album that creeps up on you and slowly … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Events: Plan 9 from Outer Space at the Alex Theater

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Tawny Tubetop

[youtube]u2ukRYsYPmo[/youtube]   When it comes to cherished memories from one’s teenage years, many people recall football games, proms, parties and friends at the pizza parlor. As for yours truly, Tawny T, most of mine involve late night viewings of strange, … Continue reading →

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John Doe and Friends – Live at The Mint

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Brian Michaels

Thanks to John Doe and our friends at The Mint in Los Angeles.

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Upcoming Events: Living Dead Uprising in Los Feliz

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Elise Thompson

[youtube]jI0GX8b9Vuw[/youtube]   Can’t wait to dress up like a zombie? For the next two Thursdays, Idea Monkey is letting you live out your zombie dreams in Los Feliz, drinks included. The event is kind of a cross between a scavenger … Continue reading →

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Poetry Stew- 3rd Thursday of the Month.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by K.P. Rennie

Do you like poetry readings full of pompous windbags?  Do you long to find artsy folks that revel in a captive audience so they can ramble on about how they know things about stuff because they’ve talked to one once?   … Continue reading →

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Sat: Fist Pump!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Donna Lethal

Hold Up Art presents Fist Pump, a collection of new work from Los Angeles-based activist and street artist Homo Riot, whose highly charged, and sometimes sexually explicit imagery, became part of the city’s social landscape in response to the 2008 passing of Proposition … Continue reading →

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