Epic enforcement fail. Photo courtesy Lord-Jim via LAist Flickr page. Wowzers. Patton n' friends at Hollywood Forever, Beer Shark Mice at iO West, a Neil Simon play, Zach Galifianakis, and (gulp) Dane Cook. What a week ahead! Email Farley if you're interested in getting love here for an upcoming sho...

Blessed Is The Match: The Life and Times of Hannah Senesh. Photo courtesy Katahdin Foundation. With the heightened sense of urgency that exists throughout the world today, it is easy to be uncertain or afraid. There is a gimme gimme attitude, built partly out of necessity in today’s climate, b...

When deciding to take on a career in the arts, the one thing that will separate you from a herd of like-minded cattle is ‘finding your voice’. This, simply, means getting comfortable with yourself, your medium, and your material. Once you reach that easygoing level, you can maneuver with...

Oooh la la. Photo courtesy Lord-Jim via LAist Flickr Photo Pool. UCB is blowing it UP this week, with Billy the Mime, new Harold improv teams, and some lovely lady stand ups to close out the weekend. Also, the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival starts on Thursday and runs the weekend, so head downtown f...

Some TwiistUp 5 goodness. Photo courtesy the great Emily Lerman/LAist. For a guy as lazy as I am, there’s only a certain number of phrases that will really get me off the couch. I mean, I can get a cheeseburger delivered to my apartment if I really want, and anything not in arm’s reach c...

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. Photo credit Kim Zsebe, courtesy The Actor's Gang. Many of us would like to count ourselves as 'politically active'. We are an intelligent country, made up of many of the same demographics as seen in other Western countries. We have the students, the high prices, t...

What an idiot. GET BETTER ARMS, SNOW CHUMP. Photo by Never Cool In School, courtesy LAist Flickr page. The Largo at Coronet is holding it down this weekend with great comedy, Seth & Ed is back at UCB, Bill Maher is around town, and Steve Agee is 40. Fuck the Oscars and all your water-cooler banter, ...

Caution, the craziest shit you ever saw ahead. Photo by Michael Camacho via LAist Flickr Photo Pool. Don't let the rain get you down this week. Get out there and enjoy yourself some comedy! There's Sarah Silverman, Andy Daly, Brendon Burns, Maya Rudolph, Jon Lajoie, John Pinette, just to name a few....

It’s a wet and rainy one out there this week, so be sure to buckle up safely and take it easy to avoid any mishaps. And you’ll want to be especially careful if you’ve got a hooker in the car. AM I RIGHT, EDDIE MURPHY?! AM I RIGHT, 12 YEAR OLD CELEBRITY REFERENCE?! At any rate, we&#...

One of a handful of baseball cards you can download from the HBO site. Photo courtesy HBO. Let’s assume you’re a reasonably intelligent person who also has HBO. It would be easy to assume, then (since you are reasonably intelligent) that at 10 o’clock tonight you will be watching F...