In 2006, Dave Ross was fresh out of L.A. theater school and working as a radio DJ in Fresno, where he pulled dumb audio pranks and heard many, many Korn records (“Korn is huge there still,” he says). At some point, a couple of his fellow DJs started doing stand-up, so, on a lark, he […]
As UCB Struggles, Some Performers Want More Say in the Theater’s Future
L.A.’s famed Upright Citizen Brigade Theater—an improv school and performance space that’s served as a launching pad for some of Hollywood’s best and brightest—isn’t doing so well financially. A few months ago, the organization laid off much of its sales and marketing teams in New York and closed its East Village outpost. And now the […]
The Best Things to Do This Week in L.A.
Far from the Polar Vortex, we’re enjoying a typical L.A. winter, and our biggest complaint is a little rain. Take advantage of the ability to go outside without freezing your butt off and enjoy some music, film, and other fun things to do in the city this week. Midnight Temple Ceremony for Lunar New Year […]
Tim Heidecker Released a Batch of New Songs About Trump’s Idiotic America
Prolific comedian Tim Heidecker—Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Decker, the Gregg Turkington co-hosted podcast On Cinema—has become a prolific musician, thanks in part to Donald Trump’s endless stream of infuriating, mind-numbing nonsense. In late 2017, Heidecker released Too Dumb for Suicide, a full-length album of topical, vintage-sounding pop songs like “MAGA,” “Richard Spencer,” […]