Fool's Gold is from Los Angeles by way of Nigeria circa 1978. They are currently one of the most popular groups in France, where the media obsessively documents their every move (see video below), making life hell for the band members who prefer their relative anonymity in LA. Get to their show on December 21st at the Echoplex and see them live, you can thank us later. You can listen to them on MySpace.
Alexis Rivera contributed to this report from his hideaway on sugar mountain.
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Antojitos get the wild game and Indigenous protein treatment at Sage Vegan Bistro in Echo Park, but are they intriguing enough to lure you away the chile colorado at El Ruso across the street?
The pork is marinaded in a secret recipe for ten hours and roasted for four hours until it falls apart. They top it with crumbled chicharrón that they puff up themselves, a habanero salsa, and taquería guacamole. They just started offering an outstanding suadero that is confit in beef tallow, longaniza drippings, and lard until it gently crisps up like a beef version of carnitas.
L.A.’s taco life lost one of its most beloved personalities, Jose “Chuy” Tovar, who died in a car accident at 55 on Monday afternoon. A GoFundMe has been set up by his family.
"The amount of people visiting Disneyland today matches the death toll in Gaza," said one of the signs. The peaceful protest organizers held it in front of the theme park to also bring attention to Disney's $2 million donation to organizations providing humanitarian aid to Israel.
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