Fiction: Afterlife (Chapter 8)

by Mike Monroe January 27, 2014

If you’ve never read Afterlife before, click here to go to the first chapter. Art by John Blaszczyk Afterlife is a sci fi/western action serial published every other week. Join us in a post-apocalyptic journey through a future where life has become little more than a struggle for survival. However, where there’s life, there’s always […]

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FICTION – Wheel of Fortune

by Lynn Bryan Johnson January 24, 2014

Before Shirl even got to the front door, she could hear George’s wood saw buzzing hard. She let herself in and went straight down the hall toward the open basement door. The buzzing of the saw subsided.

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Tongue and Groove – LA’s Monthly Reading Series (NSFW)

by Tony Shea January 23, 2014

video clips via Dan O’Day McClellan Tongue and Groove has been featuring the best in short fiction, personal essays, poetry and music for more than ten years now. Founded and produced by Conrad Romo, one of the founders of Lit Crawl, which has produced large events in San Francisco and most recently here in LA […]

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The Guys of Girls – Daily Calender

by Mary Kay Holmes January 17, 2014

Sunday : Andrew Rannells (Elijah) After a raging girls night out, you need a boozy brunch that may or may not turn into a boozy lunch and shopping for the perfect vegan wedge boot. Elijah is amazing at filling in the gaps in your memory and piecing together the previous night – how DID you […]

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Travel Tip of the Trip: Save Some Rupees for the Elephant Poop Products

by Shelley Schneiderman Ducker January 16, 2014

There are no boundaries when it comes to tacky travel souvenirs. Snow globes abound from the shops along the canals of Venice to the pyramids of Egypt. And while I myself have never purchased any of the “My XX went to XX, and all I got was this crappy t-shirt” souvenirs, I have bought such travel […]

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No Pants Day LA, 2014

by Dan O'Day McClellan January 15, 2014

It was No Pants Day in LA this past Sunday, actually all over the globe. What began in NY 11 years ago as an event started by a group called Instant Improv, No Pants Day has grown to thousands of men and woman strutting around the world, riding the metro with no pants.

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We’re Off to See the Wizard – Charles Krauthammer Revealed

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. January 13, 2014

Things That Matter, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Charles Krauthammer’s latest series of essays, for the most part previously published in the Washington Post, soared to the top of best seller lists in 2013. The collection’s popularity rides on his record of being stylistically engaging, sometimes humorous, and seemingly compassionate, logical, and objective. For admirers like […]

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Fiction: Afterlife (Chapter 7)

by Mike Monroe January 10, 2014

If you’ve never read Afterlife before, click here to go to the first chapter. Photo by Jay Hood Afterlife is a sci fi/western action serial published every other week. Join us in a post-apocalyptic journey through a future where life has become little more than a struggle for survival. However, where there’s life, there’s always […]

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An Architectural Tour of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Downtown Los Angeles (PHOTOS)

by Tony Shea January 9, 2014

From the outside, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles reminds me most of that other more notorious downtown landmark, the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

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POEM – Zeus

by Tony Shea January 8, 2014

image via www.thegrumpyowl.com When I was a kid there was a gorilla at the zoo who smoked cigarettes for the public amusement, like an act from the old time medicine shows, beside the woman with the accessory breast and the man who could fit inside a bread box.

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THE CHEWERS – Our Favorite Band this Month

by Staff January 7, 2014

The Chewers are a two man act (Travis Caffrey and Michael Sadlen) originally from West Virginia who have taken residence in Nashville, land of drawling vox and twangy clean guitars to produce music that is…well I’m almost not sure what to call it, “off-kilter” is how the band describes it. And how. Part monster movie music, […]

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Travel Tip of the Trip: Teach Your Kids to Avoid Eye Contact and the Free Frankincense

by Shelley Schneiderman Ducker January 3, 2014

I love adventure travel, I’m selfish and I’m a glutton for punishment. All that’s to say that I wasn’t ready to sacrifice my globe-trotting ways when I had kids, and as such, I’ve schlepped iPads loaded with Fresh Beat Band, Big Time Rush and High School Musical (1, 2 & 3) across the globe with […]

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Saving Mr. Banks – Review

by Tony Shea January 2, 2014

Saving Mr Banks, which is about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that went on so Walt Disney could secure the rights to P.L. Traver’s book, Mary Poppins, may be the worst titled film of the year, since unless you are well schooled in the world of Mary Poppins those words mean absolutely nothing to you. I actually […]

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