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Drew Friedman discusses and signs Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental (Two) In conversation with Leonard Maltin...
May 19 2012 - 4:00pm
Book Soup

 Finally back in print, Any Similarity is a collection of Drew Friedman’s earliest comic strips and illustrations, featuring his most obsessively stippled black-and-white panels and his most hilarious wise-guy takes on the stars and demi-stars and never-quite-stars of that swamp we like to call showbiz.

 

 

 

The Bathhouse Show with Bruce Vilanch
May 19 2012 - 7:15pm
Comedy Store

It's time to throw it back to the good ol' days! Atlantis Cruises sweetheart and The Queen of Queens, Shawn Pelofsky presents "THE BATHHOUSE SHOW", a monthly show full of some of the best gay and gay-friendly comedic talent in Los Angeles. Located in the heart of West Hollywood at the world famous Comedy Store is a show that is sure to put the "fabulous" in one of the most heterosexual clubs in the world. Doors open at 7:15 pm. Showtime is at 8 pm.

Online Tickets available here on LaughStub.com or www.TheBathHouseShow.com . If seats are still available, $15 cash cover at the door. $5 Svedka Cosmopolitan Special. 2 drink min.
 

Wayward Sons, Whiskey Dix, Mara & The Big Rockstars
May 19 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Voodoo Death Kiss, Them Devils
May 19 2012 - 8:00pm
The Toadies, Useless Keys, Blank Faces
May 19 2012 - 8:00pm
HOB & SHP present Too $hort with Greedy Entertainment, Mike P, Richie Valley & Robs The One, Boston George
May 19 2012 - 8:30pm

 $27.50 adv, $35 dos

14 Comics
May 19 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

16 Comics
May 19 2012 - 10:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Club Bang
May 19 2012 - 10:30pm
Key Club
The First Lady of Heavy Metal: Bitch, Heavyness
May 20 2012 - 7:00pm
Potluck
May 20 2012 - 7:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Deborah Michel discusses and signs Prosper In Love
May 21 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Soup

 A good marriage lasts forever... until it doesn’t.

From the start, Lynn and Jamie Prosper were one of those couples who seem meant to be—so content with each other that they barely notice the rest of the world nodding approvingly at their wedded bliss. But sometimes, even in the very best of marriages, all it takes is a mischievous outsider to bring the perfect couple toppling off the top of the wedding cake… True, Jamie has been working so hard and traveling so much as a young lawyer that he hardly has enough energy to show his devotion. Not that Lynn, a junior museum curator, has any reason to question it. But when Lynn’s old college friend turns up at a cocktail party, chinks in their marriage’s previously unassailable armor start to show.

Suddenly, without meaning to, Lynn and Jamie have both acquired divorce lawyers. And those benevolent onlookers—meddling in-laws and competitive friends alike—eagerly bear witness to each new misstep. Is love really enough to make a marriage last? 

 

Free Music Mondays: Hell or High Water, Lady Sinatra, Beta Wolf, Sons of the Damned, All Hail The Yeti
May 21 2012 - 7:00pm
Potluck
May 21 2012 - 7:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Relative Motion
May 21 2012 - 8:00pm
Steel Panther
May 21 2012 - 9:30pm

 $15

The Ding Dong Show
May 21 2012 - 10:00pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

Brian Doherty discusses and signs Ron Paul's rEVOLution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired
May 22 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Soup

 An enigmatic and surprisingly successful politician, Texas Representative Ron Paul is unique among Republican candidates. He has strong traditional conservative bona fides: he supports cutting taxes, shrinking government spending, cracking down on illegal immigration, and outlawing abortion. But he is an equally passionate advocate for such seemingly progressive-left stances as ending the drug war, opposing military interventions in the Middle East, abolishing the PATRIOT Act, and constraining the Federal Reserve.

Despite such seeming contradictions, he has represented his conservative Texas district for twelve terms now, on and off since 1976, and has twice won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where the right wing's most energetic young activists gather, in 2010 and 2011.

Paul has been condemned across the political and media spectrums as an unbearably radical kook since rising to national prominence with his 2008 presidential bid. But to his growing number of activist supporters, he is the only national politician standing for the Founding Fathers' vision of constitutional liberty. He has touched a constantly growing number of government skeptics who see the political status quo as increasingly unsustainable. In the early days of the 2012 primary season, Paul is capturing a surprising number of votes, highlighting a division between libertarians and big-government conservatism that will define the future of both the Republican Party and American politics.

In this indispensable guide, journalist Brian Doherty details Paul's career, traces the evolution of his ideas, and explores his significance in American politics. Ron Paul's rEVOLution introduces us to Paul's revolutionary ideological armies, many of them Americans previously divorced from the political process because they believe no one speaks for them. The Paul Revolution is a rising generation of cross-partisan activists concerned with government overreach. These supporters see this freethinking, plain-talking iconoclast as the lone leader prepared to grapple radically with the realities of a government crippled by debt that has dramatically expanded domestically and overseas.

 

 

Kaos and Kronik Tour with Kottonmouth Kings and Twiztid
May 22 2012 - 7:30pm
Key Club

 $25

Starkid presents Apocalyptour
May 22 2012 - 7:30pm

 $35 adv, $40 dos, $85 Golden Idol tickets, $120 The Crystal Skull tickets

Mishka & Anuhea
May 22 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

The Sights, The Blessing, Nature By The Numbers
May 22 2012 - 8:00pm
16 Comics
May 22 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

J.R. Helton discusses and signs Drugs: A Novel
May 23 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Soup

 A modern homage to William S. Burrough’s classic Junky, the new novel Drugs is the sparse, beautifully unassuming account of one man’s life of drug use.

As Robert Crumb, who illustrated the book jacket, says, “J. R. Helton really speaks to me—starkly honest, darkly funny, acutely observant, and captures the tragic absurdity of human life... [H]e’s right up there with the best of them.”

This fictionalized memoir is told in masterfully wry, Spartan prose with no apologies for a drug-user’s lifestyle, and instead looks back on it with clever insight and an appreciation for everything felt and observed. With self-awareness and conviction, Helton avoids the sensationalist commentary so common to drug memoirs and instead favors the honest details, the effects of each drug on his body and on his soul. The result is a sincerely told tale of adventure, debauchery, and absurdity. 

 

Sabaton
May 23 2012 - 7:30pm
Key Club

 $10 - 35

Starkid presents Apocalyptour
May 23 2012 - 7:30pm

 $35 adv, $40 dos, $85 Golden Idol tickets, $120 The Crystal Skull tickets

The Spazmatics
May 23 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $10 adv, $12 dos

16 Comics
May 23 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Leni Zumas discusses and signs The Listeners
May 24 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Soup

 Hypnotic and profoundly disquieting, The Listeners explores a far-out world where a patchwork of memory, sensation, and imagination maps the flickering presence of ghosts.

This is the story of a woman whose life is shaped by tragedy. Quinn is thirtysomething, a survivor of a fractured and eccentric childhood marred by the death of her younger sister. Twenty years later, she is in the midst of a decade-long slide down the other side of punk-rock stardom after her successful music career was abruptly halted. Sassy and smart, tough but broken, Quinn is at loose ends. She develops unique strategies for coping, but no matter what twisted tactic Quinn conjures to keep her psyche intact, she cannot keep the past away. The Listeners is about what lurks in the shadows and what happens when what's lurking insists on being seen.

Leni Zumas portrays a world twisted on its axis by loss, in all its grotesque beauty. From the first line the prose is glorious: pricklingly honest and hallucinatory, a lucid dream world realized.The Listeners marks the debut of a major American writer. 

 

 

Starkid presents Apocalyptour
May 24 2012 - 7:30pm

 $35 adv, $40 dos, $85 Golden Idol tickets, $120 The Crystal Skull tickets

Modern Day Escape
May 24 2012 - 8:00pm
16 Comics
May 24 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Flystar Entertainment presents Crack Em Up Thursdays
May 24 2012 - 9:30pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

16 Comics
May 25 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Clockwork Orange
May 25 2012 - 10:30pm
Key Club
The Chimpz, 100 Proof, 23 Shades (featuring Aaron Caudra), Dedvolt
May 26 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Viennie V
May 26 2012 - 8:00pm
Berlin, Bow Wow Wow
May 26 2012 - 9:00pm

$25 adv, $28 dos

14 Comics
May 26 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

16 Comics
May 26 2012 - 10:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Club Bang
May 26 2012 - 10:30pm
Key Club
Gospel Brunch
May 27 2012 - 11:45am

 $19 child, $32.50 senior, $40.50 adult

The Untouchables, HaSkaLA, Today's Special
May 27 2012 - 6:00pm
Potluck
May 27 2012 - 7:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Hollowbody LA presents Kyle Hunt and The King Gypsy, Devastating Karate, Apartment 28, Reggie Ginn, A War Party's Farewell
May 27 2012 - 7:00pm
Viper Room

 $12

Twin Suns, Back Pocket Memory, LeMay, Figured Out, Aaron Orbit, Ote For President, The Ambient Light
May 27 2012 - 7:15pm
Crazee Cindy with your host Andy Dick
May 27 2012 - 7:45pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

Straight Stuntin Magazine West Coast premiere w/DJ Kay Slay
May 27 2012 - 8:00pm
Key Club
The Wiseguys Big Band Machine, Rudy G. y Los Hi Tones, The Bohunks
May 27 2012 - 9:00pm

 $15

Potluck
May 28 2012 - 7:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

The Viper Room & 98.7 FM Close To Home present Voxhaul Broadcast with special guests Wildcat! Wildcat!, LA Font, The Mowgils
May 28 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $10

Steel Panther
May 28 2012 - 9:30pm

 $15

The Ding Dong Show
May 28 2012 - 10:00pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

Surge presents Jason Bower, Myster Schools, JD Tharpe and the Foothill Billy Band, The Good Rebels, Toonyun
May 29 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Crazy Cindy's Comedy Show
May 29 2012 - 7:45pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

16 Comics
May 29 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Sam McPheeters discusses and signs Loom of Ruin
May 30 2012 - 7:00pm
Book Soup

 Trang Yang is an angry, angry, angry man, neurologically incapable of any emotion but rage. He's also L.A.'s most successful gas station franchise owner. But no one can quite seem to figure out what makes him tick. Not the LAPD, who have long since granted him full immunity. Not his boss, who scrutinizes him with covert psychologists. Not the corporate spies who infiltrate his stations. And certainly not the encroaching FBI, who know only that Trang is involved in something big and dangerous and that time is running out. 


The Spazmatics with special guests Ariana Savalas, Diamonds Under Fire, The Laundry Shop
May 30 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $10 adv, $12 dos

Sid Wilson #0 of Slipknot
May 30 2012 - 8:00pm
16 Comics
May 30 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Rakaa And Prevail
May 31 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Travis Porter
May 31 2012 - 8:00pm
Key Club
James McCartney, The Rambles, DJ Dayle
May 31 2012 - 8:00pm
The Ground Beneath
May 31 2012 - 8:00pm
16 Comics
May 31 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

The Tony Clifton Revue (special event)
May 31 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

John Bonham Birthday Bash
May 31 2012 - 9:00pm

 $25 adv, $29.50 dos

Flystar Entertainment presents Crack Em Up Thursdays
May 31 2012 - 9:30pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

Warner Drive, The Shakers, Kill The Complex, Life Down Here, Lost In Kostko, Picture Me Broken, Wesley Avery, The Grand Finale
Jun 1 2012 - 6:15pm
Rock of Ages, Hillbilly Herald
Jun 1 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Jerome Cleary presents Funny Fridays
Jun 1 2012 - 8:00pm
Comedy Store

 Belly Room

Jetboy "Feel the Shake" 25th Anniversary Show
Jun 1 2012 - 8:00pm
The Tony Clifton Revue (special event)
Jun 1 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

16 Comics
Jun 1 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

Scott Porter presents Virgil, The Lonely Drunks Club Band, Nations Afire, The Haun Solo Project
Jun 2 2012 - 7:30pm
Viper Room

 $15

Blackboard Jungle Reunion Show with Glamour Punks, Swingin' Thing, DJ Jamie Scrap, Fizzy Bangers & special guests
Jun 2 2012 - 8:00pm
Michael Monroe, Witchburn, The Hard Way
Jun 2 2012 - 8:00pm
14 Comics
Jun 2 2012 - 9:00pm
Comedy Store

 Main Room

16 Comics
Jun 2 2012 - 10:00pm
Comedy Store

 Original Room

All Night Happy Hour @ Night + Market
May 16 2013 - 6:00pm

Happy hour menu available from 6 p.m. until close, featuring $5 menu, select $6 cocktails, $10 carafe of wine and beer for $6.

News

Sun & Suds: LA Vegan Beer & Food Fest At The Roxy

An eclectic and fun mix of mohawks, tattoos, eco-friendly shoes and (dare we say it?) fanny packs converged on The Roxy Theatre last Saturday for the third annual Los Angeles Vegan Beer & Food Festival. Presented by The Roxy, blogger Quarry Girl and Tony’s Darts Away, the afternoon festival featured unlimited pours from more than 50 craft beers on tap, vegan food trucks and live music performances by The Mowgli’s, Kevin Martin, 28 North, Torrey Summer and The Country.

The annual event once again attracted a full house, with guests lining up to sample pours from Southern California's Golden Road Brewing, Fireman’s Brew, Smog City Brewing Company, Bootlegger’s Brewery and Hangar 24, among others. The fest also featured a full lineup of vegan food options from Doomies, Seabird, Fresh Fries, Plant Food For People, Southern Fried Vegan, Corazon de Jah and Amanda’s Bakery.

Picks of the Week: May 14-20

Tonight, the infamous Dayle Gloria presents handsome cowboy crooner JD Bender at The Viper Room. Don’t miss this big city country boy as he belts out his own nostalgic take on honky tonk. Deacon & The Devil, Bleeding Harp and Jive Mother Mary will be dusting off their boots to join in on the fun. Doors open 8 p.m. (Insider’s tip: Receive discounted admission if you RSVP with any of the aforementioned bands.) www.viperroom.com

 

Insider's Weekend Guide

Start your Friday night off right with outdoor cocktails and live music poolside at Live at the Sunset Marquis. The legendary rock and roll hotel is opening its doors to host a summer acoustic series. Tonight’s event features music by Noah Benardout, Wing And Hollow and El Javi Trio ($20). 

Your Mom Rocks!

Get ready to celebrate your mom with a full lineup of Mother’s Day events, brunches and activities. Whether you’re looking to wine and dine or pamper her, The Sunset Strip has the perfect event for you and your momma. 

Brunch @ Boxwood Cafe by Gordon Ramsay
Boxwood Cafe by Gordon Ramsay is offering a delicious brunch this Mother’s Day. Menu items include, but are not limited to, mushroom crepe, applewood smoked Pacific salmon, granola French toast a la “peach melba,” baked quiche, butter poached lobster and toasted brioche, fried chicken “organic” and a variety of pastries, cakes, and tarts from Gordon Ramsay’s Pastry Kitchen. Come indulge on Sunday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $55 per person. The Rooftop will also be open for its regular Sunday brunch. Reservations can be made at 310-358-7788 or please visit www.thelondonwesthollywood.com.

 

Comedy All Stars Help Celebrate The Comedy Store’s 40th Birthday

It was a family affair when The Comedy Store celebrated their 40th Anniversary on April 21 with a journey through four decades of groundbreaking laughter. One by one, the legends lined up to pay tribute to “the matriarch of stand-up” Mitzi Shore (who began operating The Store in 1973), each crediting her with “taking a chance on them” in their early years.

Local NBC weatherman of 30-plus years, Fritz Coleman shared his story about getting recruited by the network after execs caught his standup set at The Store. Countless others such as actor/comic Paul Rodriguez reminisced about their excitement of graduating to the status of “paid regular.”