Drama in yon Echo Park! Renown street artist Shep coats own exterior brick studio wall with anti-graffiti material, reports Eastsider LA blog. Shepard takes umbrage to said post and fires off angry email. Eastsider blog reprints said email this AM; comment section goes up in flames accordingly.

While I’m not about to throw my hat into the ring here, as a blog writer, or “blogger” if you will, I respected Shepard for offering the following quote to LAist’s Andy Sternberg back in February, 2008:

Any words of wisdom for aspiring street artists / disruptors / dissenters?
My advice is to stick to what you believe with tenacity. Don’t read snarky blogs and message boards because lazy sideline critics can bum you out, and ultimately have little effect on the outcome of things compared to those who take real action. Just follow your passion.

I should elaborate. Having spent way too much time online over the course of the last two decades, much as I respected Shep for saying that, I firmly believe that many peoples’ passion in life is in fact being snarky-as-a-motherfucker for no apparent reason. »continue reading Shepard Fairey Takes On Eastsider LA Blog: Gloves Off!

THE STORY TO DATE
Some manager (and Agent for Service of Process) at El Coyote, an insufferably terrible restaurant with strong drinks to make you forget about the mind-blowingly horrible food and parking nightmares, donated $100 to a direct “Yes on 8″ organization (protectmarriage.com), thereby potentially giving outraged citizens a tangible reason to not further patronize the insufferable, taste-void, overblown, overpriced tourist haven.

»continue reading DEVELOPING: Following “Yes On 8″ Donation Discovery, LA Blog Commenters In Full-On Crazy Tizzy Over Boycott of Insufferably Bad Restaurant

Occasional contributor and inaugural Commenter of the Month recipient Pete sends in this topical scene of the Bene Bene truck in some sort of hippie-suffused Jefferson-based concentration camp, if you will:

Grabbed this pic somewhere along Jefferson between La Cienega and La Brea this past Wednesday.

(Side note: You’re still our favorite commenter, Pete. Don’t let it get to your head.)

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BENE BENE TRUCK
» Profile: Bene Bene Mini-Truck, Fairfax Village
» Little Bene Bene Gets Served
» Ask the Bene Bene Truck in Fairfax Village
» Bene Bene: A Return to Form Via Pornographic Aspirations
» Bene Flashmob Christens Summer ‘06 “Gelato Summer”
» Little Bene Bene Spotted En Route to Feast
» Wanted: Penne Penne Information
» Ask The Bene Bene Truck in Fairfax Village

SabatinoGate: 339 comments and counting (as of 429pm PST Thursday) for the Times’ apology regarding Chuck Philips’ inaccurate Tupac Shakur conspiracy report. You’ll of course recall the original story was heavily touted as the Times’ first-ever web-exclusive investigative report. They’ve since replaced said inaccurate article (602 diggs) with an apology, but the original article’s title remains damningly cached in their search engine. (Bonus! The mobile edition is still live as of Thursday afternoon. Read this hilarious collector’s item while you can. Print if necessary!)

UPDATE, 3/28: The original story now follows the Times’ apology here. And the mobile edition has been yanked as of this morning.

» A Formal Apology And Its Expanding Comment Section
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Did You Hear? Angry violent mobs are beating the crap out of the emo kids in Mexico in what appears to be cut-and-dried hate crimes. Blogs sounds off:

» Daniel Hernandez picked up the story last Saturday. Check his comment thread for insight from both Los Angeles and Mexico; yes, actual Mexicans weighing in on the topic at hand. (also at LA Weekly)

» Brooklyn Vegan picked up the story today; check their lengthy comment thread primarily for hipster Brooklynites talking shit about other hipster Brooklynites (and a few scattered insights) (n/b: “EmoJihad” = clever nom de plume)

Tired of comments? It’s also on Time today, comment-free.