The newly renovated Hollywood Palladium hosted Brooklyn-based electrock duo Ratatat last night. It was the first time they played Los Angeles since September. This time around they were minus keyboard/synth-man Jacob Morris (of prolific fro and crisp dance moves). Could it be that his stage presence meant more than his musical presence? [...]

     Yep, I made my inaugural trip to the Rooster Fish. It’s no Silhouette, but not a bad bar at all and the artwork is fantastic!

     Rock, Paper, Scissor opened this past weekend at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica. This group exhibition features artwork from Sonic Youth legends Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, as well as Raymond Pettibon, Daniel Johnston, Ron English and Gibby Haynes. It will be on display through March 21, 2009.

Lee Ranaldo

Daniel [...]

     It’s been nearly 20 years since I first saw The Kids in the Hall television show, which quickly became my favorite of all time. Finally, this past weekend, I got a chance to see them live when their “Live As We’ll Ever Be” tour blazed through downtown Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater. [...]

     The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles wrapped up its “Skin and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture” exhibition this past weekend. The relationship and shared principles of fashion and architecture were on display. Some of it made sense, but certain portions stretched this comparison a little bit. Overall it [...]