LINKS

The following are links to websites related to other event listings and relevant information concerning the pop-music culture of Los Angeles and Southern California. To submit a link, please e-mail lostangels@oocities.com to list your link here. Updated all the time so check often.
 

Concerts Listings
SoCal In-Flight    A nice site for listings of hardcore/indie-rock shows in the SoCal area by kids for the kids.
Los Angeles Club Calendar    Covers mostly bigger alternative acts and their events in the greater Los Angeles area.
Los Angeles Concerts    Listing of most major music events in the SoCal area including San Diego.
the List    Online version of the virtually complete listing for all concerts/shows in the Bay Area; also has other incredibly useful info for the vigilant punk rocker.

Record Stores
Compound Records    Badass all-jungle record store in San Francisco. Seeking to be the West Coast jungle hq as Breakbeat Science is for NYC and the East Coast.
Dr. Freeclouds Mixing Lab    Located in Costa Mesa, they have an arsenal of techno records for djs. Owned and operated under the dictatorship of Ron D. Core and Simply Jeff.

Labels
Crank! Records    One of the best indie-rock/emo labels in existence. Heard of bands like Mineral, Cursive, etc.? Think Crank. Based in Santa Monica.
Ebullition Records    Just about the most influential record label in the world of hardcore this side of the fence opposite sXe, crust, and pornos, Kent McClard runs the joint dealing out 45s, 33s, and digital from the arsenal in Goleta. It is also home of that cruddy hardcore zine, Heartattack.
Moonshine Records    The popular L.A. based techno label carrying billions upon billions of compilations including Happy2bHardcore, BPM Series, United DJs of Amerika...and artists like Doc Martin.
Phyte Records    This kick-ass hardcore record label is doin' it for the kids! Yeah! This Santa Barbara-based label's site also hosts Phyte Fanzine, Dim Mak Records, and the Pickle Patch in Isla Vista. SB has a longstanding tight-as-Peter Pan's-pants community and Phyte exemplifies a small fraction of that energy.
Revelation Records    Keeping it up since the old skool days when bands like Youth of Today and Sick of it All ruled the Earth, Rev Recs have been selling the straightedge kids the goods they need to bounce around like madman shouting "GO!". Well, I guess that's cool. They're housed in the good ol' American town of Huntington Beach.
Strategm Records    Hey hardcore kids! Support Dylan and his crusade to save hardcore from mediocrity! Strategm is a bundle of things: website, record label, zine, and host of the band Stratego--all from his homebase in Santa Barbara.

Zines
URB    The once free zine from Los Angeles has escalated into an all-out warfare shining light on the revolutionaries spearheading urban-culture of hip-hop, techno, and JUNGLE. Note: Raymond Roker-editor LOVES jungle. Ah yea...
Bleeding Hearts    Pretty much an incomprehensible website for an almost equally bewildering art zine. Based in L.A.
Giant Robot     Popular L.A.-based zine covering Asian pop-culture from an Asian-American perspective.
Grip Media     Free classified ads zine for kids; dj equipment, snowboards, video games, personals, etc.

Raves
eRave     The definitive listing of all rave events/clubs in Southern California - land of feces.
SoCal-Raves Calendar    This famous page is back in effect. Still simple, still ugly, but still very informative. Combined with eRave, they give an almost complete listing of all the fucked-up raver events in SoCal.
Raveworld    Webcentre for ravers to do internet shit.
Hyperreal    More stuff on techno and all that other bullshit.
Konstrukted Kaos    Attention L.A. junglist agents--for eyes only. Proceed with extreme caution you dumbshit.
SF Jungle Massive    Homebase fo da all doze madcats in San Fran - land of piss.

Skateboarding
Skateparks    A guide to skateparks in California.
ABC Boards    Conglomerate corporation of ACME Skateboards, Standard Trucks, Formula One...
Chocolate Skateboards    Boards, clothing, etc. Good stuff.
DC Shoe Co    Probably THE biggest name in skate clothing and shoe gear in the business. Heck, they've even got world class jungle djs on their bill.
eS Footwear    They put out good shoes.
Kastel Shoes    One of the newer shoe companies, they've got real cool shoe styles next to DC, eS, Etnies...I guess they're all damn good.
Planet Earth    Dope-ass skate gear in threads and decks as well.
Santa Cruz Skateboards    One of the original founding fathers of modern skateboarding.

Clothing
Droors Athletics    Probably the hottest and dopest clothing company around for skaters and the like.
Reactor Plus Manufacturing    They make cool futuristic clothing. Ravers are especially into this shit.
XL Corporation    Responsible for X-Girl and X-Large. If you don't about these clothing labels, you must be over the hill.

Comic Books
Banzai Anime    Just about the best and one of the few anime stores in Los Angeles, this place carries many domestic Japanimation (anime) releases on video for sale or rent, lots of anime soundtracks on CD, import games, posters, models, toys, etc. To say it plainly: THEY KICK ASS.
UCI Anime    Located on the campus of UC Irvine, this kickass anime store/mailorder carries a massive amount of import anime shit straight from Japan. They also have a good selection of domestic tapes for rental.
Meltdown Comics    One of the cooler comic book stores in L.A., this place on Sunset Blvd. has lots of older and vintage toys and of course, comic books.
Golden Apple Comics    Right in the middle of the trendy Melrose district, this store serves up a million course meal of comic books and other paraphenilia but the workers there are kinda jerky.

Film
American Film Institute     Perstigious film school located in North Hollywood. Sponsors many festivals and other film-related functions.

Radio
KCRW    Eclectic and well-respected independent radio station on the campus of Santa Monica Community College. Received at 89.9FM in Los Angeles.
KXLU    The college radio station of Loyola Maramount. Has frequent live performances. Well-known for its exposure of independent music, especially the various mutant offsprings of punk rock. Received at 88.9FM in Los Angeles.
KLON    The only radio station I personally listen to--this is the best jazz station in L.A. coming to ya direct from CSU Long Beach funded by the diehard listeners of good jazz. Fuck that contemporary bullshit on the Wave or whatever the hell it comes from. Received at 88.1FM.
KSCR    USC's Radio Station received at 104.7FM in Los Angeles.
KSPC    Pomona College's infamous and notoriously ecletic radio station received at 88.7FM received better in Pomona. I gather it has the same type of promotion and support as KCRW.
KLA    UCLA's pathetic radio station serving primarily nerds in the dorms thru Century Cable but word has it that they now have a receiver with reception up to one mile! Can you believe this fuckin' shit?! Well, it's received at 91.9FM if anyone cares to know. They used to have good djs but they all jumped ship.
KALX    UCB's model college radio station is the best college radio station in the world. After all, the kids here are fighting for something more than faster drive-thru lines at McDonald's slaughterhouses. Received at 90.7FM in the revolutionary city of Berkeley.
Free Radio Berkeley    This legendary independent radio station defies the FCC's secret police tactics in the name of free speech and serves as a model for all micro-broadcasters. Support Stephen Dunifer and his cause at 104.1FM in the greater Berkeley/Oakland area!

Other Resources
Mapquest    Need directions to that club or venue for tonite's show? Here's how.
Yahoo! Maps    Another service dedicated to getting to where you want to go.
LA Weekly    Comprehensive online version of the ubiquitous free print Los Angeles publication covering everything about enterntainment in our desolate City of Angels.
Goldenvoice    Runs most of the big shows around L.A. Don't ask me what they do exactly for I have no clue.
Avalon Attractions    Ditto for this. I guess they also help with the gigantic things.
Ticketmaster    The ringleader of all the major concerts and venues in the greater Los Angeles and who knows where else. Yeah, they fuckin' suck with their goddam service charge fee on all advance ticket sales but everyone sucks their dick. So, what can ya do. Their numbers are: (213) 480-3232, (714) 740-2000, (805) 583-8700, and (619) 220-TIXS.
@Music    Immeasurably useful guide to music-related resources in various cities throughout the United States of Amerika.
California Penal Code    Comes in handy just in case you ever get busted or are in fear of it. Outwit the Man at his own game.
The Recycler    Lots of junk for sale.
the Internet Public Library    Need quotes to make your songs or linear notes sound fancy and intellectual? Want to make your songs more political or poetic? Well, here ya go ya cheap bastards. Thousands of works of literature at your fingertips to rape and plunder.
Ikea Worldwide    Everyone's doing it, so why not. Furniture from Europe in modern tastes.
 
 

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