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Poet John Mortara’s ‘ADVENTURE’

The brilliant poet unspooled ADVENTURE over the course of eight days in April, via Twitter.

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‘Arrested Development’ Banana Stand comes to LA

After making stops in London and New York, the banana stand comes home to LA.

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Album review: Cayucas’ ‘Bigfoot’

The album has all the positivity of an intense but disappearing, possibly meaningless, summer romance.

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21 predictions for FYF Festival 2013

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll pass out from heat exhaustion.

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Selfie-loving XhardXcoreX musicians get called out for being thieving douchebags

Two hardcore dudes earn scorn even from their own fans and buddies.

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The honesty of walking

My vehicle is a liar. Today I will walk.

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Working in construction vs. working in film production

I’ve decided manual labor is better than being a production assistant for the following reasons.

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ShowYouSuck announces release date for ‘One Man Pizza Party 3′

“One Man Pizza Party 3″ finally comes out this Friday.

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Lazy haters still rag on LA; Earth continues to spin

I decided I’d rebut some of the newest scathing Doug-Ellin-Mad-Lib accusations of my home.

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In defense of sober writing

Ernest Hemingway’s directive “Write drunk, edit sober” is total bullshit. Unless you are Hemingway. Are you Hemingway?

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You can now hire a crowd of people to pretend to like you

The unknown narcissist’s dream come true.

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The fate of the foot: chronicling LA’s most famous magical sign

The spinning sign, with a happy side and a sad side, has been written about by David Foster Wallace and Jonathem Lethem and according to lore which side you see first determines the fate of your day. I kept track for 5 days to see how accurate it is.

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I interviewed my Republican father about the election

I did one of the most anxiety-inducing things possible for me and spoke to my father about politics and Mitt Romney.

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Live review: The power of Andrew WK

Last night I ventured into the abysmal depths of The Echoplex, The Echo’s sluttier sister basement venue, to see Andrew WK play the two year anniversary of Check Yo Ponytail 2.

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How to smoke weed socially

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Last night I wore a fedora out, just to see what would happen

The cultural distaste for this particular hat is fierce. So I decided to give it a try.

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Download Laundromat United’s ‘We Mix on Your Grave’: best Halloween mixtape ever

Get amped for Halloween with this masterful Halloween mix.

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Catching up with ShowYouSuck, the ‘One Man Pizza Party’

Chicago rapper ShowYouSuck has been producing incredible work for two years just off the music world’s radar. That’s all about to change.