http://lostatsea.net music, media, art, culture, life, everything en-us http://lostatsea.net/images/front_logo_letters.gif http://lostatsea.net 48 144 Marina Abramovi&#263;'s much buzzed about retrospective/performance piece, &quot;The Artist is Present&quot; came to a close Memorial Day to reports of indecent exposure and drive-by vomiting. The exh Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:19:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-06-01 The latest beef in the music word has an anthem. Punk provocateur, M.I.A., has posted new track, Haters, in response to her Lynn Hirschberg-penned New York Times profile which, according to Maya, ain' Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-06-01 White people, those decended from early Europeans who have traditionally treated their dark-skinned brethren as sub-human, going so far as to enslave millions of them, are the ones who aren't quite hu Fri, 14 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-05-14 Years ago we explained where seedbombs come from in an interview with Guerilla Gardening founder Richard Reynolds. Now Local Ecologist explains a new "seedbomb dispensary" for re-vegetation of the Los Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-05-10 David Fletcher, a Californian landscape architect and one of the contributors to the recent Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan, describes the Los Angeles River not just through the dominant Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-05-05 "In a Jurassic Park-style experiment, scientists from around the world announced this week that they have recreated the primary component of mammoth blood." IN DETAIL: "It's the same as if I went back Wed, 05 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-05-05 "But his fans and his readers at least have this: a startlingly sad yet deeply funny postscript to the career of one of the most interesting American writers of all time." Author David Lipsky makes a Wed, 05 May 2010 09:09:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-05-05 "A groundbreaking transnational legal action might sound like a tall order for a country of 107,000 people whose most high-profile endeavor to date has been hosting the 16th season of Survivor," but " Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-21 Yep. Just be sure to save some for Earth Day. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-20 LAS contributing writer, Xoom Juice founder and Paw Shake &quot;poochie smoothie&quot; mogul, and former owner and founder of Zoic Clothing, mister Ari Shapiro, has been named Bike Commuter of the Yea Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:05:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-09 Godspeed You! Black Emperor "has decided to roll again." Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-09 "A rare type of pink iguana," along with other delicate species found only on a steep and solitary 1700+ metre volcano in the Galapagos Islands called Volcan Wolf are "threatened by an 'invasion of fe Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-08 "Just when you thought the skies couldn't get any more unfriendly for airline passengers. Well, they could." Low-cost Irish carrier RyanAir plans to start charging a fee to use the toilet on sub-one-h Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-08 "Riff" is a performance by Wura-Natasha Ogunji and Jorge Rojas taking place April 9-10-11 and will include a 24-hour performance from 8pm Friday night until 8pm Saturday. Presumably after resting, the Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-05 We wrote about one of the Magnificent Revolution bike workshops in December, but wanted to note that they're holding a new event at Hackney Community Tree Nursery in London on Sunday, 18 April. The se Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/news.phtml?date=2010-04-05 I can't even tell you how much my friends hate when I yawn or deride their &quot;punk&quot; and &quot;rock&quot; bands. Well you know what? We should be holding these guys to higher standards than p... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:56:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=5120465014ce3a947b9de5 Leave it to David Fincher to twist Trent Reznor's arm enough that the NIN mastermind would set aside his own plans (including an upcoming HBO miniseries based on 2007's Year Zero!) to spend months on ... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=19778326984cc4df2e98f8a I listen to Deerhunter to get my dose of art-rock without feeling like a bitch. There is something charming about the genre's experimental lightness, sure, but, once the novelty wears off, it's self-i... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:06:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=18751317004cac7724ee8e5 When I look back at my review of Nouns from way back in last decade, I'm confronted with mixed emotions: on the one hand, I still think that record was a bit overrated but the band has proven to be su... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=10997886514c9e121446797 If you only heard the singles you'd be convinced Robyn was the author of the greatest pop record this side of Lady Gaga (and for what it's worth she consistently out-writes and -performs Gaga, who is ... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=20751619694c9e0b6ce3260 It's entirely possible that the Walkmen's Lisbon gets lost in the shuffle. Without the stylish cover art of their previous You & Me or any true barn-burners for a single (not even a noticeable sleepe... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=8370016704c7070ca115b6 Who can say why some bands are chosen by the powers that be for (indie-)stardom? Really the only real difference I hear between Secret Cities and say, Grizzly Bear, is that Secret Cities sound like t... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:48:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=5318011364c61697196ef1 What happens in Montreal doesn't stay in Montreal. Just when the indiesphere needed something novel to obsess on, midway through this end-of-decade-annum, Arcade Fire arrive to answer the call. Forget... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=2441872454c59ed6576631 For those of us who don't live the SoCal life--sun, weed, wav(v)es and beachy introspection--a listen to Best Coast's easy, breezy debut Crazy for You comes close enough. With ex-Vivian Girl Ali Koehl... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=8157670284c582728b1013 If you thought that ?uestlove, Black Thought and the Philly-based Roots' crew's skills would be compromised by playing house band for an SNL alum like Jimmy Fallon, you'd be sadly mistaken. Sure, the... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:35:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=20350056244c48d6477ddba Stephen King's new novella questions mankind's ability to trust others. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:56:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=8817506624d63cfd75c60d Fashionably, fabulously late, our favorite music (and believe me, there was a LOT) of 2010, the year that some have called the best year for music ever. And only some of those fools work here. Plenty of usual suspects, lots of ties and a few surprises that I won't spoil, including our unexpected #1. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:16:00 -0800 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=6699486684d15c6bf6bef7 Remember when Weezer used to put together records that you could sing along to and rock out to? That's what Surfer Blood's show was like! Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:39:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=17073446454cd5c023044e1 Arcade Fire are the most essential rock band on the planet right <i>now</i>. I sensed this going in, but the two back-to-back sold-out shows neatly provided the R&D for this bold claim. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=317287304cb7bbce1eaea The movie destined to be called "the Facebook movie" is sometimes as goofy as you'd think. It's also expansive, funny, thoughtful, strung with giddily good performances and officially more fun than <i>Pirates of Silicon Valley</i>. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:03:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=13112373264ca77fbfa32f3 Due to an editorial error this feature is running about a month late. That said, there are plenty of notable late-summer and autumn releases to round up for September. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=3721559484c9aadbfc5691 Any big fan of Maynard James Keenan knows that the Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman has been living a double life for the past several years as a winemaker/entrepreneur. But seeing as the charismatic Keenan is not the most media-friendly of musicians, it's a rare feat to get an in-depth glimpse into what the man's other passion project entails. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=8442655864c7647ddb4072 Phillipa Gregory revisits England during the War of the Roses. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=5552482874c70bb50ef34e In a time when more albums than ever are being made and fewer publications can afford to exist, more gatekeepers than ever are needed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's this month's batch of unreviewed but worth your time records that may have been overlooked. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=20534522794c67695ec9f50 After taking a much-needed break upon delivering the 50th installment back in May, the monthly hip-hop roundup resumes with cuts from San Franciso, the UK, and the El-P. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0700 http://lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=7757339564c3f4ab061c26