Microbiology

Record Store Day: Good for Only a Few Stores?

Did the annual event really save the vinyl record industry?

Free St. Vincent Show in LA--Today!

​To celebrate the release of St. Vincent's much anticipated third album, Strange Mercy (4AD), the artist born to this world as Annie Clark will perform a free show at LA's Space 15 Twenty (across the street from Amoeba Music). If you buy the album at Amoeba, Fingerprints, Origami, Rhino, or V ... More >>

The Fling: Home for a Moment Before Hitting the Road Again

​ Wednesday was a busy day for The Fling. In the morning, the Long Beach quartet were the inaugural band on Nic Harcourt's new radio show on KCSN, set to air Saturday. After recording with the guru-DJ and former host of Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW, the crew headed over to Amoeba Music. T ... More >>

Tyler the Creator Announces Free Odd Future Show (Well, Kinda)

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Tyler the Creator's new album, Goblin, is out today. To celebrate, the charismatic Odd Future frontman last night tweeted that you can get get a wristband to their show at the Troubadour tonight if you buy a copy of the album at Amoeba today.

The Adolescents and the Dickies at Alex's Bar Friday Night

Javier CabralEager line waiting outside Alex's Bar​To those who didn't consider punk rock to be "just a phase" in high school, last Friday night at Alex's bar was somewhat of a culmination. The Grim, the Dickies and the Adolescents--all local, monumental '80s bands that started playing just a li ... More >>

Jamba Juice Jumps on the Green Smoothie Train (Plus, My Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe)

Jamba Juice​Jamba Juice, known for its fruity blended creations, is adding lettuce, carrots, broccoli, beets and algae to the mix. Yum.  The chain has introduced three Fruit & Veggie Smoothies, each packed with a hefty dose of that good-for-you stuff Mom always forced you to eat. Berry Up ... More >>

The Adolescents and The Dickies at Alex's Bar Friday Night

Javier CabralRikk Agnew and Stan Lee of Dickies Together As One Amoeba​ To those that didn't consider punk rock to be "just a phase" in High School, this last Friday night at Alex's bar was somewhat of a culmination. The Grim, The Dickies and The Adolescents--all local bands that started in the ea ... More >>

Gettin' Made: She Blinded Me With Crafty Science

One of my best friends is a microbiologist, and with that comes a special love for all science-themed crafts. So when I saw a link to the Scientific Culture shop on Etsy, it was love at first smarty-pants sight. Lab Ware art post cards by Scientific Culture​ After the jump, get your s ... More >>

The Show: As commonplace as punk music has become over the years, there's something incredibly esoteric about watching the genre's hardcore pioneers. Last  night as several bands from punk's early days celebrated Frontier Record's 30 year anniversary, group after group connected intensely with ... More >>

Frontier Records' 30th Year Anniversary at the Echoplex Last Night

​Frontier Records' 30th Year AnniversaryNov. 7, 2010EchoplexAs commonplace as punk music has become over the years, there's something incredibly esoteric about watching the genre's hardcore pioneers. But last night, as several bands from punk's early days celebrated Frontier Records' 30th year ann ... More >>

Acapulco Gold Meet Toxic Black Mold

​Opponents of marijuana legalization are trotting out cops, physicians and driving-while-impaired stats in their bid to spook California voters before November's election.However, one buzzkiller has now produced the most damning pot pooh-poohing "evidence" of all:TOXIC BLACK MOLD!!!

New Study: Nearly Half of Fast Food Soda Fountains Contaminated With Fecal Bacteria

The Upstairs Room @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0​Not that I need to raise more alarms about food safety. We already have mercury in our sushi, unsafe airport food, and E-coli outbreaks which happen too often. We could go on for hours on the subject. But this one news item? Well, it's disturbin ... More >>

Finky Gets to the Bottom of the Stinky in Mission Viejo

​"I can't believe there hasn't been any stories in regards to the foul odor that is covering Mission Viejo, CA like an airborne bacteria," writes a reader named Cori. "(Well . . . actually, in this Prozac laden city of Stepford, I'm surprised when anyone notices anything outside the 'norm.') The o ... More >>

Octopus' Garden

Ocean Friendly Gardening

[Aural Reports] Big Ed's Records in Long Beach Caters to Roots-Music and Rockabilly Fanatics

Ocean Friendly Gardening

Beirut In-store at Amoeba Tonight (Free)

Much-hyped Euro-folk reviver Beirut plays a free show tonight at the Hollywood Amoeba Records at 6:30 p.m. He'll be supporting his new album The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing), which OC Weekly reviewed here. Amoeba is located at 6400 Sunset Blvd. (323-245-6400). In the meantime, enjoy this video of ... More >>

Your Little Round Belly (Bacteria edition)

Stumbling out of a holiday food haze? Feeling fat? Wondering what separates you and your good intentions about your waistline from those who seem perpetually and effortlessly svelte? Well, maybe-- just maybe-- it's less your inability to resist Christmas cookies and your little used gym membersh ... More >>

Aural Reports

Feed the Addiction ... Mr. Kees

The Fertile Sea

This years red tide is killing the fishing season, but surfers are stoked

Snorting Coke Off a Hanson Kids Butt Cheek

And even more fun with the Unicorns

Channeling Social D

Before there was Mike Ness, there was Tom Corvin, now a TV guy