Debate over effects of pornography gets hot and heavy
Pastor Chad Gross and porn star Ron Jeremy weighed the consequences of the accessibility of porn at Bovard Wednesday.
Raincoats arrive in sunny LA weather
After more than 30 years together, British punkers The Raincoats finally play LA.
Game creators crave validation
Video game designers — especially those looking to produce something truly meaningful — must have some self-esteem issues. After all, their medium simply doesn’t command the same level of respect as film. Just read Roger Ebert’s creakingly unprogressive columns about the inability of video games to attain the same art and business status that film […]
French duo exudes tempermental ‘Love’
Air, the French electronic duo that never fails to deliver great albums, has released yet another compelling record in its already impressive repertoire — Love 2. Through the years, Air has solidified itself as one of the most interesting minimalist electronica acts, and with Love 2, it’s apparent Air will carry that banner for years […]
Exhibit takes unexpected ‘Travels’ into imagination
Victor Raphael’s Travels and Wanderings manipulates perceptions with multimedia.
Comedian brings volume, not comedy, to film
Five minutes into Stark Raving Black, I started looking at my watch. Then I realized I do not own a watch and proceeded to start daydreaming about what my watch would look like if I did wear one, and whether or not it would suit me. Then Lewis Black yelled, and my attention snapped back […]
Innovative design for a cause
Love Fatigues and its founder, Seamus McGovern, strive to make an impact on not only the fashion industry, but also humanity.
Californians turn to missions for history
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. We all know the grade-school rhyme that helps children everywhere remember just which Italian explorer planted a little European flag in the North American continent, bringing with him horses, coffee and smallpox. Americans even observe a holiday in his honor by closing down post offices on the second […]
LA bands find breath of fresh air at desert fest
LA hipsters and trippy locals mingle at the second annual Manimal Festival, held at Pappy and Harriet’s last weekend.
Musical pleases with its genre-bending minimalism
This is not the stuff of musicals. Gruesome murder, racism in the South, unseemly politicking, media sensationalism, official corruption, Messianism, public morality — rarely are such weighty issues even considered as themes for musicals, a genre serious theatergoers regularly denigrate for its bubbly superficiality and lack of profundity. Musicals are to theater what romance novels […]