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Conan O’Brien May Be About to Push the Envelope on His Late Night TV Program

Conan O’Brien May Be About to Push the Envelope on His Late Night TV Program

Yes, it’s true — there is an envelope, and Conan may be about to push it. The late night TV host will be performing an [...]

BEYOND THIS PLACE
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

BEYOND THIS PLACE

93 min., dir. by Kaleo La Belle with Cloud Rock La Belle Even those who grew up with a charmed life probably have a cavalcade of [...]

Photo Gallery: Misfits at B.B. King’s, New York 10/31/11
photos by Jammi York

Photo Gallery: Misfits at B.B. King’s, New York 10/31/11

Check out some great photos of the Misfits that Jammi York shot at their Halloween show in New York.

TOWER HEIST
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

TOWER HEIST

Universal Pictures 104 min., dir. by Brett Ratner with Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, and Casey Affleck Bernie Madoff’s greed affected so many people. If all the victims [...]

Sidewalk Empire: Requiem for a Turtle
by Eddie Ahn

Sidewalk Empire: Requiem for a Turtle

Turtles like to drink coffee in San Francisco. Eddie Ahn’s website is ehacomics.com.

THE DRIFT – Blue Hour

THE DRIFT – Blue Hour

Hailing from San Francisco, post-rock trio The Drift combines bass, drums, guitar, and plenty of hypnotizing instrumental repetition to form a brooding, cathartic sound release [...]

Photo Gallery: An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles 10/31/11
photos by Chad Elder

Photo Gallery: An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles 10/31/11

Chad Elder shares gorgeous photos from Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer’s Los Angeles performance at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Halloween.

MY PET DRAGON – Mountains and Cities
reviewed by Evan Pearson

MY PET DRAGON – Mountains and Cities

From the opening chords of “Majestic Lovers,” the first track off My Pet Dragon’s second full-length album, one is immediately reminded of The Joshua Tree-era [...]

BLITZEN TRAPPER – American Goldwing
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

BLITZEN TRAPPER – American Goldwing

It would be easy to lump Blitzen Trapper into alt-country along the lines of Wilco. While the similarities are there, Blitzen Trapper’s newest album American [...]

CYMBALS EAT GUITARS – Lenses Alien
reviewed by Shawn Taggart

CYMBALS EAT GUITARS – Lenses Alien

After their success of their 2009 album, Why There Are Mountains, Cymbals Eat Guitars went into the studio and recorded Lenses Alien, which took all [...]