WHITMAN, NO BABIES, CAPTAIN AHAB, AND SEXTING ON THURSDAY OCT. 6TH AT THE SMELL, 247 SOUTH MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $5/ ALL AGES

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ECHO COUNTRY OUTPOST FROG LEG CHICKEN WING VEGGIE FRY WITH MOOMAW, CROOKED LETTER I, RUTHANN FRIEDMAN, GOLD PAINT, WHITMAN, MIWA GEMINI, CHRISTINA ANTIPA, PAULA FRAZER, CABINET OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES, HAROULA ROSE, AND FORT KING ON SATURDAY JUL, 16TH AT HM 157, 3110 N. BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES. 1:30PM/ $7/ ALL AGES

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The 2nd annual Folktale Fest, and the triumphant return of Sean Carnage Monday nights at Pehrspace after a very brief hiatus, made for a packed crowd on a warm summer night. As I entered I found Sacramento performance artist/musician Mom dancing away, half-clothed and squeaking in a cutesy pitch-modified falsetto to novelty type music in a classic Mouseketeer hat.

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WHITMAN, JON BARBA, FORMER GHOSTS, AND NO PAWS ON MONDAY JAN. 24TH AT PEHRSPACE, 325 GLENDALE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:30PM/ $5/ ALL AGES.

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WHITMAN, JON BARBA. JOHN THILL, COMFORT SLACKS, AND BROTHER MITYA ON WEDNESDAY JAN. 12TH AT THE COMPOUND, 1242 FEDORA STREET, LOS ANGELES. 7:00PM/ $5/ ALL AGES.

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Former Ghosts is giving away a mixtape prequel to New Love, the next album. The mixtape features a good amount of mourning and redemption seeking, a bunch of special guests, remixes, demos, a Blink 182 cover, and many stabs at new love. For the next album, Yasmine Kittles of Tearist joins Freddy Ruppert, Jamie Stewart [...]

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Talcum rolled up to West Covina as part of the misnamed Huge Bicycle Tour, three older dudes touring together in a big maroon van. They reminded me of the guys in that John Travolta/Martin Lawrence flick Wild Hogs, except they had songs instead of motorcycles.

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Girlhouse looks a lot like Women across town, and apparently the home was designed by the same architect, says inhabitant and L.A. Record writer Drew Denny. Go figure! Porch Fest II took place on Dec 5 with performances by Kevin Greenspon, Geoff Geis, Nicole Kidman, Brother Mitya, Voice On Tape, Whitman, Interlude in, Drew Denny, [...]

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Sean Carnage has done so much for L.A. music that there had to be a movie made to help document it. He’ll be celebrating four years of DIY shows (across six venues!) all this month at Women during his traditional Monday night residencies, and he’ll have the official Sean Carnage birthdayversary spectacular on July 27. This interview by Drew Denny.

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