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PAVEMENT Occupies LA: 11.05/06.2011 (VIDEO w/ Bill Maher)

Sam Slovick | Posted 01.08.2012

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The occupation at City Hall in Los Angeles can best be described in terms of digestion; the People have coughed up a big hairball on the Mayor's front...

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Pavement Occupies LA -- Michael O'Keefe (VIDEO)

Sam Slovick | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Samslovick, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Protest, Occupy La, Pavement, Los Angeles News

The Occupy L.A. camp at City Hall in Los Angeles is in its 30th consecutive peaceful day. I moved my tent to City Hall where I'll be blogging, uploadi...

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PAVEMENT Occupies Los Angeles

Sam Slovick | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Oakland, Protest, Occupy La, LA Weekly, Pavement, Lapd, Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

After watching the media coverage of the Occupy LA movement I was disheartened. It was decidedly glib. I moved my tent to City Hall the morning of October 28th and set an intention to stay for the duration.

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Hotel From Hell

Sam Slovick | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Poverty, Homelessness, Skid Row, Pavement, La Impact, Ford Apartments, Ford Hotel, LA Weekly, Low-Income Housing, Los Angeles News

I took a walk through the construction site at the nefarious Ford Hotel with two former residents, Abraham and Travelle. They spent their childhood in the well-documented hellhole, witnessing life at the bottom rung of capitalism.

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Dog Ears Music: Poolside Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Jesca Hoop, The Caretaker, Broken Social Scene, William Basinski, Steve Winwood, Danielle Evin, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry, Max Richter, ALbert Hammond Jr., Music, Air, The Beatles, mp3s, Bangups, Tracy Bonham, Pavement, Feist, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Doves, Alice Coltrane, Architecture in Helsinki, Dog Ears, B.B. King, Seabear, Enon, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Bangups, The Caretaker, Laurie Anderson, AIR, and others.

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Stephen Malkmus, 'No One Is As I Are Be'

Posted 10.20.2011

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Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus has been making the internet rounds this week, in advance of his album's release with his band, The Jicks, next Tues...

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The Problem With Potholes: Neglected Road Repair Poses Huge Liabilities for Many States

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Road Repair, Transportation Spending, Potholes, Pavement, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Smart Growth America, Smart Growth, Politics News

For decades, states have invested disproportionately in road expansion and left regular repair and preservation underfunded. As a result of these spen...

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Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Jim Jones Revue, Back to School, Martin Scorsese, Edwards Scissorhands, Akira Kurosawa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Carlos Chaivez, Rob Zombie, Pierre Yuksek, The Drums, Marilyn Manson, Steven Spielberg, Pavement, Rush, A Clock Orange, Bernard Herrmann, Kinky, Dick Tracy, Daft Punk, Werner Herzog, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ariel Pink, Devo, Richard Craft, Lincoln Center, Slayer, The Voyage of Sinbad, Tim Burton, Max Steiner, John Huston, Russ Meyer, Gerry Casale, Woolite, A Perfect Circle, Harlem, Kii Arens, U2, Phoenix, Comedy Central, Jell-O, Slipknot, Broadway Danny Rose, Weird Science, Forbidden Zone, The Lords of Salem, Joni Mitchell, Army of Darkness, Danny Elfman, Sebastien Teller, Stanley Kubrick, Jeffrey Miller, Jason Trucco, Beetlejuice, Paul Simon, Seb Caudron, Alice in Wonderland, Big Fish, Alfred Hitchcock, Silverchair, The Pixies, Jason & the Argonauts, Federico Fellini, Tom Papa, Ginger Fish, Gus Van Sant, Smith Westerns, Franz Waxman, Alexandre Desplat, Roman Polanski, Richard Prior, Carny, Midnight Run, Oingo Boingo, Stephen Colbert, Gary Busey, The Cars, Batman, The Static Revenger, Steve Martin, John Williams, Iron Maiden, Allison Krause, White Zombie, The Bewitched Hands, Jon Stewart, Twyla Tharpe, Soundgarden, Aaron Sorkin, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Nono Rota, Air, Paul Reubens, Peatport, Entertainment News

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From the Pavement to the People

Sam Slovick | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Skid Row, Consciousness, Los Angeles, Homelessness, Pavement, Impact News

I've been publishing homeless stories for a decade now. I'm holding to the notion that we'd all love to see the unnecessary suffering end.

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Lending An Ear -- And A Voice -- To The Ignored

Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Poverty, Skid Row, School on Wheels, Homelessness, Homeless, Giving Voice to Voiceless, Sam Slovick, Pavement, Video, Impact News

It is tough to truly understand the plight of the homeless if you've always had a place to live. For many of us, attempting to look at the world throu...

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The Furthest State: Elemental Satisfactions of 2010.

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Skelton, Art News, Warpaint, Art of Shooting, Roy Lichtenstein, An Horse, Hundred in the Hands, Pavement, Arts News

In a year where the public narrative threatened to veer off the tracks, cultural satisfaction could be found far from the glare of the media fire.

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Definitive Ironist: The Stephen Malkmus Interview

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art News, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Whitney Biennial, Arts News

Stephen Malkmus is the slacker king who can't help it. That he's not even a slacker makes his elevation more remarkable still. He's knowing in the e...

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Magnanimity Under the Sun: A Case of Corporate Good Intentions

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Temper Trap, Pavement, Joan Jett, Stephen Malkmus, Arts News

It's a sign of the jaded modern sensibility that when a corporation does something charitable, even if it's downright enjoyable, we respond with minor suspicion -- just what do they want from us?

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On the Culture Front: Pavement Reunion, Of Montreal, Me, Myself, and I, The Little Foxes, and the Moth

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Steve Burns, Lillian Hellman, Summerstage, Brian Murray, Of Montreal, Playboy, Playwrights Horizons, New York, The Players Club, Elizabeth Ashley, The Moth, Ivo Van Hove, Pavement, Blue's Clues, Edward Albee, New York News

Ivo Van Hove's The Little Foxes is an absolute masterpiece. It's the reason we go to the theater.

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"Einstein on the Beach": A Roasted Playlist for David Hasselhoff

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Until he has his own 24-hour Hoff-story Channel, here's a playlist for an iconic lifeguard who somehow keeps floating towards the top.

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SummerStage Executive Director Speaks With The Huffington Post

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1986, the Central Park Conservancy held the first SummerStage event in Manhattan. Since then, the City Parks Foundation has taken over and expand...

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Something In the Air: A Playlist for European Skies

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, Simon & Garfunkel, Wishbone Ash, Kanye West, Sting, Money Mark, The Saints, The Animals, Eagles, Train, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Dolly Parton, Lindsey Buckingham, The Jayhawks, The Clash, Buffalo Springfield, U2, Bad Company, Norah Jones, Thunderclap Newman, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Pavement, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Vampire Weekend, Joni Mitchell, Iceland Volcano, Brad Paisley, Volcano, Morrissey, Hole, Marvin Gaye, Entertainment News

Here's a playlist for everyone who's been impacted already by the volcano, put together in the hopes that we all go from "Burnin' Sky" to "No More Cloudy Days" very soon.

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Pitchfork Music Festival: Broken Social Scene, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Added To Lineup

Posted 05.25.2011

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The indie rock reunions continue: Broken Social Scene has been added to the lineup for Pitchfork's 2010 music festival, along with Panda Bear, the Jon...

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Pavement REUNION Tour: Details Released

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pavement, one of the most influential indie rock bands of the `90s, will reunite. The band's label, Matador Records, announced the r...

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Maybe You've Heard...the Inaugural Edition

Marissa Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: River City Rebels, The Wild Light, Billy Corgan, Beyonce, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Rock, Music, New Music, Cbgb, Kings of Leon, Delta Spirit, Saddle Creek, Blind Pilot, Bruce Springsteen, Pavement, Indie Rock, Radiohead, Entertainment News

Now for this week's edition, a roster of bands you might not know, but should...

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