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Not Just for Kids: 'Summer and the City'
Summer and the City A Carrie Diaries Novel Candace Bushnell HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray: 409 pp., $18.99 ages 14 and up For women of a certain age, Carrie Bradshaw and her "Sex and the City" pals are surrogate friends — lovable yet flawed characters who've collectively experienced the many and messy permutations of modern-day urban romance. Other than reruns and the occasional movie, fans of Candace Bushnell's bestselling book or, more likely, its popular HBO TV spinoff, haven't had a lot of options for keeping up their fictional friendships with Sam (and her revolving door of a bed), Miranda (with her commitment issues), Charlotte (and her Park Avenue...
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Not Just for Kids: 'Summer and the City'
Summer and the City
A Carrie Diaries Novel
Candace Bushnell
HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray: 409 pp., $18.99 ages 14 and up
For women of a certain age, Carrie Bradshaw and her "Sex and the City" pals are surrogate friends — lovable yet...
Stagecoach: Secret Sisters find that word travels fast
Not so long ago it would have been a dream come true for sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers of Muscle Shoals, Ala., to find themselves sitting in the balcony of Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium and looking down upon their country music heroes onstage...
Writing home: Brando Skyhorse
Bookshelves real and virtual are stocked with volumes about Los Angeles and Southern California written by people who parachute into a Westside guest house for a few weeks, hit the hot spots and high spots, then write with voice-of-God authority for...
Warren Hellman dies at 77; San Francisco financier, bluegrass fan
Reporting from San Francisco -- Warren Hellman, a San Francisco financier, philanthropist and bluegrass enthusiast who lavished his city with a free concert that grew into one of the nation's largest music festivals, died Sunday of complications from...
Dawes plays it old school
It's a hot, bone-dry, blue-skied day in the hills above Los Angeles — the kind of crystalline morning one might expect to see Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and the Byrds' Gene Clark relaxing on a redwood deck strumming acoustic guitars.
But the guys from...
Tom Ardolino dies at 56; former NRBQ drummer
Members of the category-defying band NRBQ knew from the outset that their prospects of mainstream success were slim to none.
With a sound and attitude that embraced the seminal rock of Chuck Berry and no-borders expanse of free-form jazz...
Hot Property: Reese Witherspoon lists Ojai ranch for sale
Reese Witherspoon is banking on her own brand. The Oscar-winning actress listed her Libbey Ranch in Ojai for sale this week at $10 million and lent her name to the marketing materials.
Designed by architect Wallace Neff, Witherspoon's ranch was...
Big Daddy on Kickstarter for retro Broadway-Hollywood comeback
One of the great left-field surprises of the 1980s pop music scene came with the arrival of Big Daddy, a whimsical band that reimagined hits of the day as they might have sounded had they been recorded in the 1950s.The conceit was that the group’s members...
Condos don't hold a candle to Elton John's new place
Rock icon Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, have listed their two condominiums in West Hollywood for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
The smaller of the two, with one bedroom, 11/2 bathrooms and 1,151 square feet of...
Notes on a few amaro tastings
As I tasted an array of styles of amari at Sotto and Mozza, I became fascinated. I can see right now, I'm going to have to clear a cupboard for my growing collection.
At Sotto, I was intrigued by Amaro Montenegro made in Bologna since the 1860s. It's...
Two of the more idiosyncratic facets of the guitarist summit meeting of Buddy Miller, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz on “Buddy Miller’s The Majestic Silver Strings” album center on Ribot, the instrumentalist extraordinaire who has worked closely with.
The Majestic Silver Strings is the name of a new band and a new album, and both defy expectations in a number of ways. It’s a guitarist supergroup of sorts, bringing together a disparate collection of four highly esteemed players: ...
A series in Sunday Calendar about what we're listening to right now ... From the opening sprigs of strummed guitar on “Cruel to Be Kind,” Nick Lowe's “Labour of Lust” announces that it won't slouch on warm and easy melodic hooks ... .
Elvis Costello brings the 'Spinning Songbook' to the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
'Waiting for the end of the world:'Celebrating doomsday in song
Its latest effort shows that the British group that once showed such promise needs to find its footing. Urgency proved the currency when Arctic Monkeys exploded in 2006. The British group’s first album, “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What ...
There’s a lot to admire in J.J. Abrams’ new film, “Super 8,” starting with the spirited relationship between Joe (Joel Courtney) and Charles (Riley Griffiths), the teen filmmaking buddies whose interactions illustrate the emotional ties of male bonding better
Nick Lowe discusses 'Rave On Buddy Holly' tribute album.
Singer and composer Gabriel Kahane taps L.A. filmmaker Lewis Klahr for "L.A." music video. Gabriel Kahane's sophomore album, "Where Are the Arms," will be released Sept. 13.
Nick Lowe: The English singer-songwriter isn't too impressed with today's music. Instead, he's doing what he does best: elegantly mature, sophisticated pop songs.
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