L.A. is a City for G's

This is a good read about fantastic Los Angeles, parking lots, etc. etc.

The Lost Phones of Coachella

When they aren't figuring out how to get Ringo to headline Sunday night next year, convincing the Monkees to reunite, or signing up Coolio for a Friday afternoon set in 2012, the folks over at Goldenvoice are helping you get your phone back. The one you lost at Coachella. You remember, don't you? I'm digging the hot little Metro PCS number...

Disney Jocks Itself

My friend Joe's band has a blog. I checked it out for the first time and stumbled upon this, which is fantastic. Apparently, to save money, old-school Disney animators recycled character animation so that they didn't have to redraw movements. Getting the characters to move like humans apparently takes a lot of work. Machines do it now anyways and take way fewer coffee breaks and never hem and haw about overtime.

The Future of Journalism

And the most disgusting thing I've seen today.

Asher Roth Gets Reviewed

Rolling Stone gives three stars to white rapper Asher Roth's debut, "Asleep in the Bread Aisle." Meanwhile, Pitchfork gives it a 2.4, which I think is worth something like .76 RS stars. Split the difference? Who knows? I could barely make it through the Pitchfork review. And I stopped reading RS long ago, after it started giving four- and five-star reviews to the 21st detritus mustered by baby boom generation rock stars.

I Don't Like Being a Shill...

...But my band, PARAMOUNT, has a new EP to peddle (along with the requisite t-shirts, stickers and stick-on tattoos, natch). We released FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE earlier this year on iTunes. Four songs about girls, girl, girls and being in a band. Clocks in at under fourteen minutes.  Heady stuff. 

WSJ Loves the Lakers

Apparently, the Lakers rule the L.A. sports scene, and also the city in general. Tell that to Dodgers fans. Interesting that the Wall Street Journal devoted 1,000 words to this.