Photos: Bats Day at Disney
The family that wears eyeshadow together, stays together. Click the image for more photos of goths at the Magic Kingdom: Oh, and read the related LA Weekly article.
Photos: Sawdust Festival
Finally got around to visiting the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach this afternoon. And boy, was there sawdust. And some 200 local artists in close quarters with all that sawdust. Click the photo for naked people made of wire, birdhouses christened by real birds, hand-soiling pottery, colorful 'shrooms and more: The festival ends on Sept. …
Photos: The Beastie Boys in L.A.
Tonight, the Beastie Boys play at the Wiltern. Click the image for photos from their sold-out show at the Greek Theater on the 19th:
Photos: Glass blowing from start to crash
At yesterday's Sawdust Art Festival excursion, they were nice enough to let me enter the glass-blowing cage as Laguna Beach artist Nicole McQuaid put her mad blowing skills on display. Between the face-melting heat from the open furnace and dodging McQuaid's searing-hot iron rod, I got some photos in. Check them out by clicking the …
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Uffie, Gina Turner and Others at Tapas, August 20, 2007
Uffie is ready to… what? Last night at Tapas in Newport Beach, Orange County's hipster contingent turned out in middling numbers ($15?! On a Monday?! Outrageous!) to gawk at Uffie, the sassy Ed Banger recording artist/fashionista whose best-known track is the lad-baitingly lewd “Ready to Fuck.” Unfortunately, Uff only performed two songs (including “Ready to …
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Blonde Redhead At The Glass House
Last night the ever ethereal Blonde Redhead and instrument-hopping Midnight Movies played a sold out show at the Glass House in Pomona. Los Angeles based Midnight Movies opened, keeping the starry-eyed audience’s attention with a mix of slow droning vocals and constantly switching instruments. Most impressive was Sandra Vu, who changed from drums to bass …
Pricey Morning in America
Mitt Romney may like him some outdoor barbecue and bouncy houses, but it seems that Rudy Giuliani prefers breakfast as his OC fund-raising venue. However, those eggs and bacon will cost you — got $2,300 or more? Want to blow it all on a photo op with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Frontrunner? Then get your butt …
Something About Mary
It seemed promising: big, historic cruise ship, southern California sun, Barrington Levy and a few other well-known reggae performers. But things quickly took a turn for the worse at the first annual “Reggae Festival By the Bay” this Sunday in Long Beach when we noticed the sign posted on the parking lot entry kiosks outside …
Behind the hijab in Anaheim
Update: View a slideshow of images from Open-Mosque Day here. Too much is still unknown, speculated about and misunderstood when it comes to Muslims abroad and in the U.S. To counter this in their own small way, a dozen or so mosques throughout L.A. and Orange counties flung their doors open this past weekend for …
Because you're ugly: Pube painting
Who says the hair down there can't match your head? Or be flaming orange or pink? BettyBeauty.com rails against taking searing wax or razor blades (or that godforsaken Nair) to the nether lands with its signature pubic dyes. Get rid of it? Blasphemy! Celebrate your bush. Betty comes in auburn, black, blonde, brown, sunburst and …
Because You're Ugly: Drop-Crotch Pants
Hammer popularized them in the late '80s—'cept his were made of glittery lamé or something—but drop-crotch pants have been attempting a comeback for a few years now. Fighting against all standards of logic and discernment, even the top stylists seem to be all for these pants. Fashion beacon NYLON magazine recently featured them in their …
Birth of a bong
Pay $2,500 for a water pipe?! Are you high? Our sister paper, the Phoenix New Times, has a nifty slide show up on bong birth and some pretty pricey pipes. Click the photo for all that: