Tanja M. Laden

Earlier this year, the Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop opened its doors -- on April 1, to be exact. But make no mistake: there was no fooling' around.

Back in 1964, poet Mason Williams joked with his...

For nearly 30 years, My Little Pony has been coveted by kids of all ages, making it possible for each of us to actually have the ubiquitous "pony" we've all wished for, at one time or another. Today, My Little Pony has reached...

Josh Warner of Good Art Hlywd handcrafts pop-culture staples such as Cracker Jack prizes, Monopoly charms, whistles, zippers, and bullets, but while the atelier's...

Sesame Street is the inspiration behind a unique two-day art exhibition at L.A.'s Known Gallery, with proceeds going toward the City of Hope's Department of Pediatrics.

The beloved children's TV program has collaborated with sports-gear supplier, Neff Headwear, and

We all know Disney's version of Snow White, but the classic fairy tale that inspired the 1937 animated feature film is much more grim -- literally. As recorded by the Brothers Grimm, the original story involves a bloody boar's heart, an apple-induced coma,...

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is best known as the godfather of industrial music -- specifically, as the founding member of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Thee Majesty. But long before DJs and record-collectors sought out his (nowadays)...

Peggy Moffitt was the definitive mod model, with a short mass of brunette hair carefully coiffed into a slick bowl cut and huge kohl-trimmed eyelids gazing out from beneath the fringe. Over the course of the past 50 years, photos of Peggy Moffitt have proven to be more than just...

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When Die Antwoord first got "all up on the interwebs" back in 2009, the world thought they were just a group of pasty-faced South African hooligans who happened to write good songs. But when the music...

Some people have been following Busdriver since 2001, and others only get to know about him now. But it's never too late to discover new music, even if it's more than 10 years into an artist's already-successful career.

Busdriver's newest album from Fake Four promises to "shock...

New York-based historian, photographer, and designer Joanna Ebenstein is the mastermind behind "Morbid Anatomy", a blog that merges the seemingly disparate fields of art and science through a unique examination of death and medicine. As part of her research, Ebenstein has traveled the world in order...

Anyone who's taken a plane flight over L.A. knows that its landscape isn't marked by rivers, crop fields, or cows. Rather, it's distinguished by an inordinate number of swimming pools, collectively forming an iconic staple of SoCal living that's been explored by David Hockney, Herb Ritts, and countless other artists...

When it comes to gay culture, the term "cruising" doesn't mean taking a leisurely boat trip, exotic sea voyage, or oceanic journey. It means something quite different.

Filed under "Gay/Nature/Photography," Cruising by Chad States (with text by Gordon Grent Ingram, Ph.D., and Alec Soth) is a visual exploration...

As if most images of L.A. weren't weird enough, now there's a whole new crop of pictures that shed light on a gritty Los Angeles -- in glorious black and white. They're rare, archival snapshots of a (mostly) mid-century L.A., documenting an era, landscape, and zeitgeist that no longer exist.

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In The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses, Dr. Paul Koudounaris gives us an intimate understanding of the sites where bones of dead people are placed together en masse. What may seem like a gory theme for a book...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, the Pixies redefined the alt-rock genre with stripped-down tunes, biting lyrics, and an unguarded attitude that inspired bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, and the Strokes, just to name a few. Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering formed the band...

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Otherwise known as the Fifth Beatle, Sir George Martin produced every one of the Beatles' albums except their last, Let it Be (1970). Having worked closely with the Fab Four for so many years, it should come as no surprise that the English pop-culture knight has...

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Whether they're showing off their skateboards, sneakers, guns, dirt bikes, or big hair, the kids in Live...Suburbia! all know what it's like to be raised in a community that's neither rural nor urban, but a world unto itself. Written by pop-culture authors Anthony Pappalardo...

Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow is a horror novel for young adults that chronicles the misadventures of a group of oddball kids living in the spooky town of Widowsbury. The book is written and illustrated by

Halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte, in the heart of the Deep South, there's an unassuming but charming town filled with good, old-fashioned Southern hospitality. Greenville, South Carolina is home to some of the best restaurants, parks, and festivals in the area and is attracting more visitors every year.

Marnie Weber has worked in just about every medium, from photography and video to performance-based art and installation. But while the LA-based artist's unique brand of sculpture, collage, and assemblage might appear to be redefining multimedia, it's part of an ever-evolving tradition that defines California art, rising above an already-transcendent...