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Marty Barrett’s shit actually smells like roses. But it tastes like shit. -Mike Mayer, filmmaker

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Fogelfoot at Fais Do Do

For my upcoming extra large birthday party at Los Angeles’ Club Fais Do Do on Sunday, November 22, I have enlisted the services of Fogelfoot, the only band listed on the Periodic Table of the Elements and the only band to fully utilize the potential of the Baritone Horn in a rock setting.

The event is [...]

Google’s "Meet the You Tube Filmmakers" a pat on the back

…but some people don’t deserve an open barby Marty Barrett

Google’s Santa Monica office hired the art deco El Rey Theatre on L.A.’s Wilshire Blvd. for an informative but decidedly self-congratulatory event celebrating its You Tube user-generated video platform. Things were going just fine – and there was no reason for them not to be [...]

Where do the birds go?

Each year I go to the Hollywood Bowl’s sunrise Easter service. I pack some coffee in a thermos, drive through the teller window of the Burbank Krispy Kreme, and find much better Bowl parking than I would for, say, Elvis Costello and The Police.

This year’s theme, we were told, was “Peace on Earth.” I have [...]