Thursday, March 28, 2024

Burningman

Story and Photos by: Lynn Levitt Have a good burn! As you turn off the cement highway onto the vast 400-mile Black Rock Desert, your stomach stirs with excitement of the unknown. It is your first time at Burning Man and you are a virgin. Here you will touch the terrain of what feels like another planet. You’re arriving at the end...

RISING UP UNDERGROUND

It's almost midnight. E.D.'s in the makeshift studio with walls covered in sound-insulating foam and egg cartons, floor crowded with synthesizers, machines, and microphones. Though it's not the most fancy studio in the world, it serves its purpose as a place for underground musicians to make their music.

The unforgettable ‘Howl’

Where it came from does not matter. If it came to fruition in the insane asylum where Allen Ginsberg met Carl Solomon, for whom the poem was dedicated, has little baring on its existence.

REVIEW: Brain Dead Studios

If you enjoy 35mm format films, good coffee, gourmet burgers, pastries and vintage cyberpunklatest fashion, these treasures are all at Brain Dead Studios. Passing by Fairfax, the old Silent Movie Theater, now known as Brain Dead Studios, is mostloved by people that are truly passionate about old and weird films. This is a place...

Review: Juicy Ladies

The vegan bacon avocado wrap from Juicy Ladies comes with a side salad. Juicy Ladies is an all-organic juice bar and vegan cafe with locations in Woodland Hills and Pacific Palisades.  I ordered delivery from the Woodland Hills location through Grubhub and got the “full of fruit” smoothie and the...

Super Mojado

Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

“There’s Gold Up On That Thar Hill!”

Prologue: Ellen Albertini Dow, widow of the founder of Pierce College's theater arts department, Eugene Francis Dow, wiped tears away from her pale blue eyes as she recalled the moment, then cupped her life-worn hands together and held them to her mouth and softly said, "It was beautiful here.

Definition of Success

Story by Kat Mabry Photos by Lorrie Reyes & Jose Romero L.A. actor finds his passion teaching self-defense Photo: Jose Romero   Update May 31, 2012: David Tadman did not practice martial arts with Bruce Lee as stated in "Definition of Success". David Tadman is a Bruce Lee historian.   With small hands resting just below perfectly tied ranking belts, on black gi pants, they stand in...

The biggest kid


It's a brightly lit toy store on a Saturday morning.  Kids ride their bikes up to the front door and come inside to play pinball.  It's a family store, "where kids can bring their adults."


Xtreme Justice League

Story by Calvin B. Alagot Partners in crime fighting take to the streets to protect innocence from evil    The Extreme Justice League assemble infront of the Hall of Justice after doing their patrol, April 16, 2012 in downtown San diego, Calif. Photo: Joe Kukuczka   A full moon oversees the historic heart of San Diego in Downtown. These 16 blocks, known as the...
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