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Soundgarden with The Mars Volta
July 22 @ The Forum

She Wants Revenge
Monday, May 23 @ The Roxy

Matt & Kim with Autobot from Flosstradamus and The Thermals
June 15th & 17th @ The Music Box

Paul Van Dyk
June 11 @ Palladium

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Ben Folds
July 21 @ The Wiltern

The Mountain Goats
June 23rd @ El Rey Theatre

Dropkick Murphys
July 1st @ Fox Theater Pomona

Steely Dan
Fri., July 8 & Sat., July 9 @ The Greek

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
July 17th @ Club Nokia

Demetri Martin
Mega Mini Tour 2011
July 24th @ Fox Theater Pomona

Mint Condition
July 29th @ Club Nokia

The Decemberists
Fri., Aug. 12 @ The Greek

Kyuss Lives! with The Sword
October 8th @ Fox Theater Pomona

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Rooney
June 24th @ El Rey Theatre

STRFKR
August 11th @ El Rey Theatre

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TV on the Radio with Glasser
May 11th @ The Music Box
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The 2nd 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational: Cherish The Cheese

The LA culinary scene is great, but if I eat one more pork belly sweet potato hiramasa short rib foie gras terrine beet salad, I may regurgitate. Every once in a while you just want to say fuck it, give me a goddamn grilled cheese sandwich. And that is what makes the annual Grilled Cheese Invitational such a refreshingly joyous event. Every year, hundreds–both professional and amateur–put their grill cheesing skills on display for the hungry public.

Don’t get me wrong. The GCI is weird. Really weird. There is cheesy poetry. Something called “Cheese Calling.” Some dude named the “Mayor of Cheese.” There’s even a “Dr. Cheese.” Then there are the sandwiches themselves, which vary from the basic to the downright friggin’ odd (frozen carmelized Twinkie grilled cheese, anyone?).

One could argue though that the event’s eccentricity is what makes the GCI so special. Annually, jocks, dweebs, foodies, kids, parents, chefs, home cooks and Goths congregate over their love of bread-butter-cheese. The 2011 GCI was no different. Even though it has rapidly expanded from its intimate initial incarnation in founder Tim Walker’s apartment into a 7,000-8,000 attendee, major-sponsored downtown movie studio parking lot bacchanal, it still very openly lets its freak flag fly.

It started all about grilled cheese and it remains all about grilled fricking cheese. There are four categories: Love, American Style (only white bread, orange cheese and butter), The Missionary Position (any type of bread, butter and cheese), The Kama Sutra (savory in nature, any type of bread, cheese and additional ingredients, but the sandwich must be at least 60% cheese) and The Honey Pot (sweet in nature, any kind of bread, butter, cheese and additional ingredients, but must be at least 60% cheese).

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The Claire Denis Film Scores
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View four scored clips from the films below.