Archive for July, 2010
Music Picks: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Bridget St. John, Bad Astronaut, Kings of Leon
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THE DONKEYS AND BIG SEARCH AT SPACELAND
The members of the Donkeys may not all be mop-topped, country-clothed hippie types, but they may as well be. The San Diego four-piece specializes in a psychedelia -encrusted brand of Americana rock th…
Nightranger: Smashing Patience
“I love you all, but I’m too old for this shit.” Such were the parting words of Billy Corgan at Smashing Pumpkins’ intimate tour warm-up at the Viper Room last week, but the smoldering set his band dished out before leaving the stage proved the last…
Haiti’s Peanut Butter Miracles
In Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, everyone rises with the roosters, and by 8 a.m. the unpaved streets outside Hospital Justinien are jammed. Taxicabs and pickup trucks, some painted with religious slogans and turned into makeshift buses called taptaps, jostle for space on the narrow thoro…
Eva: Intimate Bistro, Epic Meals
We are, it seems, in the middle of our fried-chicken summer, the hot season of wings and thighs and breasts, a year when the tawny-crusted bird has shouldered aside pork belly and carne asada fries as the most glamorous dish in town.
Escorts in Los Angeles has always been known for …
Landmark Birthday
Dear Mr. Gold:
In the downright necessary category: Where in L.A. should I go for my 50th birthday next month? The family wants something “special.”
—Betsy, Montrose
Dear Betsy:
A momentous occasion! And probably one that should be celebrate…
Guelaguetza
Maybe you’ve been running off to new restaurants all this week — I hear Xoia is pretty good. I’ve been one of the wretched minions tearing himself out of bed at 6 every morning, brushing his teeth with ale and hauling down to the local bar for another go at the World Cup matches, the dawn b…
Villaraigosa’s Vanishing Veracity
The lofty-sounding 2005 directive from Antonio Villaraigosa read: “Avoid actual and perceived conflicts of interest at all times during my service to the city of Escorts in Los Angeles … Take full responsibility for learning and complying with all laws and rules governing the standards of…