Profile: The Liquor Bank

Profile: The Liquor Bank

I found myself near the EDD offices on Crenshaw the other day (don’t ask). While in the area, I found a new bank that I’ll be shifting all of my assets to, effective immediately.

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Charles Phoenix's Slide of the Week: Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, 1957

Charles Phoenix’s Slide of the Week: Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, 1957

This man is doing the hood ornament pose. Is he feeling cool ocean breezes in places where we don’t ordinarily feel cool ocean breezes?!

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Photo Op: Hairy Palms

Photo Op: Hairy Palms

You’ll be told how dangerous a few of the other ones can be. Those will be the ones that you can’t see, instilling a case of mild paranoia within your bones. Following that you’ll walk into the pavilion itself, a giant caged atrium where a reported 300+ spiders are performing all manner of spideryness above and around you.

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Elliott Smith -- 2 years ago today

Elliott Smith — 2 years ago today

Blogcritics.org reminds us that today is the 2nd anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death in his adopted hometown of L.A. (Still no official ruling on the cause of death by the L.A. Coroner’s office.)

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Lots of Impellitteri Shredding Solos

Lots of Impellitteri Shredding Solos

A round up of the day’s L.A. news. With jokes!

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