Breaking Bad

Ten GIFs of Ultra Ravers Shaking Their Shit

Getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha freak on! We all know that there are lots of ways to become immortalized at a massive outdoor music gathering like Ultra Music Festival.  Say, humping a tree. Or dancing naked while getting arrested. But yo' momma would probably prefer if you lived forever ... More >>

The Year-End List of Lists to End All Year-End Lists This Year (You Wish)

I am a chronic ranker of things, a lister. You give me a category - movies, music, vegetables, just about anything besides my children - and I'll give you a nice, neat list of my favorites. For my summary of the year 2012, a single Top Ten List didn't seem sufficient, so instead I submit my Top Five ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans love "Crystal Blue Persuasion" so much?

The Greatest Song of All Time

One of the best things about any form of art is its absence of absolutes. Art is subjective and indefinable. One man's fuzzy eyesore is another man's Monet. This is what makes art such an interesting topic of discussion - each person's individual declaration of what is "best". What is the best pai ... More >>

"Sex Drive" Harnesses the Power of Horny Goat Weed

Man has ingested all manner of disgusting things hoping they might put the gusto back in his thrust-o: Tiger penis, dead chicken embryos, ambergris (an intestinal secretion of sperm whales). Why not an energy drink, which some consider the equivalent of drinking sweetened battery acid? Sex Drive En ... More >>

Cheese-Sauce Meth Smuggler is Taco of the Town

​Breaking Bad is a terrific TV show, maybe the best currently in production. It is also -- and this is a crucial point here -- a work of fiction.So when ice-cold badass Gus Fring smuggles meth inside buckets of batter for his fried-chicken empire, the proper response is 1) to applaud the brillianc ... More >>

Bill Burr

8 p.m. Saturday, November 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Comedian Bill Burr on Carnegie Hall, Breaking Bad, and Losers Who Think New York is the Shit

Photo by Brian FriedmanStandup Bill Burr, coming to the Pageant this weekend​Nobody personifies wise-ass East Coast standup quite like the Boston-born Bill Burr (he once told an entire crowd of heckling Philadephians, "I hope your mother has herpes in the center of her asshole"). Yet he's schedule ... More >>

SpudMaster Founder Receives Probation, "Shock" Jail Time for Pot Operation

​Remember Edward Pilla? He owned the Bellflower, Missouri-based company that produced Spudmaster CollosalChips. He also grew marijuana in his house.A lot of marijuana.When police raided the home of Pilla and his wife Juli in the fall of 2009, they found a sophisticated growing operation and mariju ... More >>