At the Verizon Music Festival’s first event on July 24 the stage was set ““ literally ““ for a night of comic irony. After all, what stranger way to kick-off a festival sponsored and named after a corporate behemoth than with a performance by Aimee Mann, who’s possibly made more headlines for her solitary battle against the music industry than for her actual artistic accomplishments? Read more...

A wedding is a joyous occasion ““ the union of two souls, forever joined in holy matrimony. An “American Wedding,” as it turns out, is a bit more complicated. Read more...

By Andrew Lee dB MAGAZINE Senior Staff [email protected] When singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter was a teenager, he played in his obligatory rock bands, groups not too sonically distanced from Tripping Daisy ““ his act of eight years that made some noise during the height of 90s alternative. Read more...

Christopher O’Riley “True Love Waits” Odessey One of the most telling testaments to Radiohead’s songwriting skill is the serious attention they have garnered from musicians in fields not commonly known for eager acceptance of rock music as a serious genre. Read more...

FILM & TV: “Cinemania” and “Bellaria ““ As Long As We Live” Goethe-Institut Los Angeles July 29 Two documentaries about emotional relationships with the movies round out the Goethe-Institut’s summer German film series Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...

Summer’s half over, and chances are you’ve barely made a dent in that ambitious reading list you made for yourself in June, back when the thought of three glorious, sun-filled months without classes, deadlines, or exams made you drunk with good intentions. Read more...

Where can you go in Los Angeles to witness Jews from all over the world performing centuries-old traditions and celebrating life-cycle events? Just venture a little ways up the hill from UCLA to the Skirball Cultural Center’s exhibit of Zion Ozeri’s photography, “Portraits of an Eternal People: A Jewish Family Album,” and you’ll find them. Read more...