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    February 12, 2012

    Live-Blogging The 2012 Grammys: Tributes, Tribulations, Skrillex, And The Return Of Adele

    via Cats Who Look Like SkrillexWill this cat win Best New Artist?​Welcome to Sound of the City's liveblog of the 54th Annual Grammys, coming to you live from a couch in Astoria. There are quite a few questions lurking around tonight's ceremony. Will Adele sweep the three major categories in wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    New X Games Event is Sisyphean Ordeal of Dirt Bike Stupidity

    Above are the highlights for the X Games' (short for "Extreme Games," in case you were an old person in 1993) newest event: Enduro X. As you can see, the ladies competing had some trouble with the course, located in Los Angeles' Staples Center. ESPN, who runs the Games, says the new event has "has ... More >>

  • Music

    May 25, 2011

    Summer Guide: Don't Take Brad Paisley to the Airport Strip Club

    The country star likes six strings, not G-strings. Plus, summer music picks

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Behold, Britney Spears Is Coming To The Tri-State Area in August

    It's been some time now since Britney Spears was plucked from her pleasant Louisiana life and transformed into the world's foremost pop-robot. The seductive ...Baby One More Time came out twelve years ago, it's success crowning Britney as the prototypical, twenty-first century pop star. In the years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Spike Lee Gives It Another Go on a Michael Jackson Brooklyn Bash

    We caught our neighbor — people who work for him, anyway — putting up a fresh sign on his garage door yesterday in Fort Greene. Our neighbor, Spike Lee (who, thanks to a block profile this weekend in the Times, everyone now knows is our neighbor), is finally going to host his birthday pa ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2010

    Michael Jackson and the Endless Summer of Death

    What the King of Pop left behind, and what he took with him

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    OMG Are You Ready For the Michael Jackson Memorial?

    The Staples Center mayhem -- allegedly featuring the remains of the deceased -- is just hours away! The New York Post does some fine journalistic double-dipping, proclaiming "JACKO GHOULS EYE PROFITS OF DOOM" while announcing you can watch the memorial on their web site! Charles Foster Kane would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Jackson Memorial Scheduled for 1PM EST

    Michael Jackson's bonkers Staples Center memorial is scheduled for 10AM PST, and is set to feature a random assortment of basketball players, reality TV show contestants, and John Mayer. This Rolling Stone item cites TMZ and contains the allegation that "Michael Jackson's casket will take center sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Live Blogging the Michael Jackson Memorial

    Live Video streaming by Ustream For all the lovely grace notes, homages, and eulogies that have flowed from any number of erudite and compassionate individuals in the wake of Michael Jackson's untimely death at the young age of 50, a celebrity's death is not over in American until the huge, gaudy, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    OMG Almost Time for The Michael Jackson Viewing/Concert!

    The live streams are up and running! Here's the Jackson Deathmobile, seen at the Fox News Stream loading in his casket! The Celebrity MySpace stream more somberly features a black screen with the words: "ATTENTION ALL MEDIA OUTLETS: The services are expected to begin in 10 minutes." Whoops, break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Jackson Memorial Worthy of a Master Showman

    The Michael Jackson all-star memorial concert at the Staples Center was so riveting I expected Michael to pop out of the shiny, silver coffin and do one last moonwalk. Janet and LaToya really turned it out fashionwise (and dignity-wise); old-time Motown legends like Berry Gordy, Stevie Wonder, and S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    The Week in the Voice

    Those Newburgh 4, arrested last month and charged with trying to blow up synagogues in a terror plot, were drawn into their alleged conspiracy by an informant known as Malik, working with the FBI to get out from under his own criminal record. Witnesses say that in addition to subjecting the men to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    News Roundup: Brooklyn Bowl, Michael Jackson, Woodsist Captured Tracks Festival

    --The Brooklyn Bowl is almost open. Curated by former Wetlands owner Peter Shaprio, the 600-capacity Williamsburg space triples as a bowling ally/music club/Blue Ribbon Restaurant. It includes eight massive high-def screens (tickets for a Sept. 24 Lebowski-fest are on sale now). The ally's opening n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Bold Grammy 2008 Predictions!

    --The Brooklyn Bowl is almost open. Curated by former Wetlands owner Peter Shaprio, the 600-capacity Williamsburg space triples as a bowling ally/music club/Blue Ribbon Restaurant. It includes eight massive high-def screens (tickets for a Sept. 24 Lebowski-fest are on sale now). The ally's opening n ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2008

    Fat Joe vs. the Volcano

    He's joined forces with the South, whether you like it or not

  • News

    August 12, 2003

    Truth and Consequences

    Reporter's Suit Against Murdoch Still Standing

  • Film

    July 9, 2002

    Jojo Workin'

    Reporter's Suit Against Murdoch Still Standing

  • News

    June 18, 2002

    The Paper of Wreckage

    The 'Times' Bulldozes Its Way to a Sweetheart Land Deal You Will Pay For

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    Sports

    The 'Times' Bulldozes Its Way to a Sweetheart Land Deal You Will Pay For

  • Music

    September 19, 2000

    Grammytanamera

    Pour ¡Azúcar! on Me

  • News

    August 15, 2000

    'What Do We Want? Class War.'

    L.A. Cops Fire Rubber Bullets at Protesters Itching for a Fight

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    August 15, 2000

    Youth Send Message to L.A.

    'I Got Aztec Blood and My People Are Homeless'

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    August 15, 2000

    From Peace to Pellets

    ACLU Condemns Police Response

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    August 15, 2000

    Exhausted and Lost

    Dispirited Protesters Trudge Through L.A.

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    August 8, 2000

    Nation

    Dispirited Protesters Trudge Through L.A.

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    July 18, 2000

    Nation

    Dispirited Protesters Trudge Through L.A.

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    March 28, 2000

    Powerful Gay Media

    Is 'The Advocate' Getting Savvy or Selling Out?

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    January 11, 2000

    Dress Like an Activist, Walk Like a Delegate

    Is 'The Advocate' Getting Savvy or Selling Out?

  • News

    November 9, 1999

    Sweetheart Deal, Bitter Wounds

    The L.A. Times's Eccentric Ex-Publisher Appears in a Bold Cameo

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