Subject: Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Three Hot Nights

  I could never understand why the biggest Southern California music festival is in the middle of the desert. To me, enduring triple-digit temperatures to catch the Pixies reunion just seemed like pure sadism on behalf of Goldenvoice. Nevertheless, Coachella always draws a crowd. And this year, the festival has grown to epic proportions. Amidst the perpetual rumors of a Smiths reunion and the last-minute news of a possible Police show, Coachella's 2007 lineup was announced today. There's a ton of

  January 22, 2007

• SATURDAY AT THE NEWPORT BEACH FILM FEST

  2:30 p.m.: Arrive at Fashion Island, having gotten the proper directions this time, and only had to make one drastic, corrective U-turn. Find the courtesy lounge. Marvel at the array of free brownies and donuts. Despair that there is no free booze...and considering the lounge closes at 6, there probably won't be. 2:45 p.m.: Have lunch at Wahoo's Fish Tacos -- "wet" burrito with green sauce. Register severe disappointment when said sauce turns out to be made not from green chilies, but some kind

  April 22, 2007

• "Death" takes to DVD

  One (or two, depending on how you look at it) of the highlights of the past Newport Beach Film Festival was the Death Note movies, the latest in a powerhouse franchise from Japan that began with comics, then spawned an anime series and many toys, and finally these live-action adaptations. Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name are really more like one big story cut in a half than a story with a sequel; fans of the anime have been hard of them, but I wrote at the time that "for all the twists a

  September 18, 2007

• Anarchy in the 401k: Sex Pistols Regroup for Guitar Hero and London Shows

  September 25, 2007

• Wu-Tang Clan Sample Beatles (Legally!), Set Tour Dates

  Pitchfork reports that Staten Island hip-hop superheroes Wu-Tang Clan have become the first group to clear a Beatles sample legitimately. The George Harrison-authored “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” will appear in “Gently Weeps,” off the Wu's forthcoming album The 8 Diagrams (now pushed from Nov. 13 to Dec. 4). The track features Harrison's son Dhani and Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante playing guitars (tear content currently unknown). Wu-Tang Clan play a Los Angeles venue to be a

  October 2, 2007

• HARD Lineup Announced; Tents Pitched in Many SoCal Dudes' Skinny Jeans

  April 29, 2008

• All-Time Champeens

  March 2, 2000

• Get on the Good Foot

  May 11, 2000

• New Music

  July 26, 2001

• Buzz Band's About to Take Flight

  The Bird and the Bee bring brilliant bossa flavor to SoCal

  January 3, 2008

• Rumored/Confirmed Coachella Artists Start to Trickle In

  LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Globes (though any night when Tracy Morgan and Bruce Springsteen both get to give acceptance speeches is pretty awesome).Here's who they say are confirmed:

  January 12, 2009

• Rainy Day Jams: What's in your iPod?

  In case you didn't realize how shitty the people in front of you were driving on your way to work this morning, or that the shoulders of your hoodie are exceptionally moist, I just though I'd inform you that it's raining. Now if your iPod is worth its weight, you should probably have a decent stack of songs at the ready for such an occasion. Its probably been a couple hours since you've settled into work and, if you're lucky, the head honcho allows you to have a little music in your life while y

  February 16, 2009

• [Locals Only] Pepper, 'Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations' (Law Records)

  July 17, 2008

• Hotter Than the Temperature at Coachella? Black Lips, Animal Collective, Duffy and 43 More

  April 17, 2008

• High Concept, Dude

  Arena prog-rockers the Mars Volta demand so much of you

  January 24, 2008

• 49th State Blues

  Portugal. The Man Prove That Alaskans Got Soul to Burn

  November 8, 2007

• Flower of the Desert

  May 1, 2003

• 'Free Avian!'

  The Wildbirds' rugged-outdoorsmen rock is built to blast

  August 2, 2007

• Stupid Christo

  October 3, 2002

• Film Fests Are a Beach

  Some highlights from the past few days of the Newport Beach Film Festival

  May 3, 2007

• Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows

  More than three decades on, Sly & the Family Stone stand fresh

  April 5, 2007

• Cherub Rock

  A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies

  March 29, 2007

• Funking Your Way Through Life

  George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

  March 15, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  Jan. 10-Jan. 16
  

  January 18, 2007

• Radical Chick

  You cant tell Natalie Maines to Shut Up & Sing

  November 16, 2006

• Hardcore Cinema

  September 14, 2006

• Hits!

  August 24, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  June 15, 2006

• Hits!

  May 18, 2006

• Get Out!

  May 11, 2006

• Don't Need a Cassette

  December 22, 2005

• Bo$$ Dogg

  August 25, 2005

• Uglier Losers

  RVCAs New Image skate art show has everything Beautiful Losers doesnt

  January 27, 2005

• Live Previews

  December 9, 2004

• Chaos Brings Order

  November 27, 2003

• Hackers Ball

  June 5, 2003

• La Cave Aux Folles

  November 8, 2001

• Rage Against the Radio

  October 4, 2001

• Pot (Hed)

  November 16, 2000

• Why Pearl Jam Still Matters

  November 2, 2000

• The Ska Parade World Turns

  September 21, 2000

• Who Wants to be a Headliner?

  October 12, 2000

• Ideas Die Hard

  February 17, 2000

• Not Another #%&@$* Year-End List!

  December 30, 1999

• Frank Agnew

  September 23, 1999

• Chillin With Uncle Sam

  September 23, 1999

• Yuppie Chow

  March 4, 1999

• 'I Do a Mixed Bag'

  January 21, 1999

• Wax On, Wax Off: Surfrider Foundation Celebrity Expression Session at Malibu Surf Association Classic

  Malibu Surfing Association​Many of us here in Southern California have paddled out and done a double-take when we've seen or thought we've seen celebrities out in the water. Not just celebrities from surfing, but music and movie people, real celebrities. Makes sense. We've got lots of celebrities. We've got lots of beach houses. Celebrities love (and can afford) beach houses. Two weeks ago, someone reported actor Aaron Eckhart shortboarding at Sano. Supposedly Brad Pitt has paddled out at Veni

  August 26, 2009

• Release the Sounds: Meet the Meatbats by Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats

  ​ For the average mortal musician, the idea of playing drums for eclectic funk megastars The Red Hot Chili Peppers would be more than sufficient. In fact who could imagine wanting to do anything else with your time? The answer: the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, that's who. Though Chad Smith, 47, has spent two decades weaving his legend as the hard hitting man on the toms behind Anthony Kiedis, he (along with his axe-wielding compadres in RHCP) has found other musical outlets to e

  September 16, 2009