| | | How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire BY DENNIS ROMERO  A June super-moon hangs over the Las Vegas Strip as the futuristic ECO-Star helicopter cruises above the world's greatest neon canyon. On board are The Girls Next Door veteran Holly Madison, who once dated Hugh Hefner; superstar DJ Afrojack, who once dated Paris Hilton; best-selling author James Frey, who once embarrassed Oprah Winfrey; and electronic dance music's most powerful man, Pasquale Rotella. The pilot wants to impress the boss en route to Rotella's annual Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-day, 115,000-attendee festival of lights and bass, so he asks if we should buzz the Stratosphere Hotel, the tallest observation tower in the United States. Soon we're floating by like the Jetsons,... more >>
| | | | | | | | Music Picks: Mad Decent Block Party, Weeknd, Cold War Kids BY L.A. WEEKLY MUSIC CRITICS  fri 9/13 Monophonics THE MINT Monophonics are like a whole section of the record store come to life — especially that wall above the register, where they keep the serious stuff. The Bay Area band does acrobatic songs that loop the loop from classic funk-soul inspiration to even-more-classic funk-soul inspiration. These are the deep cuts that never quite existed during the '60s and '70s, tho... more >> | | | | | | Water Grill Review: New Santa Monica Outpost of the DTLA Classic Does Many Things Well BY BESHA RODELL  For a city with a 100-mile coast, L.A. has a shocking lack of coastal restaurants. Places where diners might simultaneously eat and gaze at the ocean are few — even fewer if eating well is a priority. And until recently, this seaside city suffered from another strange deficiency. There was really only one game in town when it came to upscale, dedicated seafood restaurants: Water Grill downt... more >> | | | | | | Isaiah Washington Explains How He Played the D.C. Sniper BY AMY NICHOLSON  Isaiah Washington didn't want to play John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway sniper who triggered three weeks of terror in 2002. The man — make that murderer — felt too familiar. Like Washington, Muhammad was a veteran and a father of three. Both were analytical, observant and quick to vent their opinions, even when that venting got them into trouble. And both had grown up without a dad: Wa... more >> | | | | | | | | The Informer Medical marijuana, and in a few cases even recreational pot, is now legal in about 20 states across the land. California went medical in 1996. So what's the problem with using low- or even no-THC... West Coast Sound [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Before "the rap game" became the operative cl... Public Spectacle Friday, Sept. 13 The New Beverly Cinema is showing two of Sarah Polley's films back-to-back, beginning at 7:30 p.m. In the documentary Stories We Tell, Polley navigates her own family's secret... Squid Ink After closing for a brief period (one week), La Dolce Vita reopens tomorrow with new menu items, cocktails and updated decor. Restaurant additions include a white crown-molded ceiling, wine-cell... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coupons >> |
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