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Do you ever get the feeling that Google is the James Franco of internet giants? Despite completely dominating their chosen field of online searches, they're convinced that they can do everything else better, too, from email, to social networking, to gender-bending fashion photography. Wait, that last one might have only been James Franco. Anyway, Google's latest project (with T-Mobile) is Google Music, a cloud-based iTunes-killer that launched last week with an absolute blowout at the La Brea studio of beloved Exit Through The Gift Shop French graffiti maestro Mr. Brainwash, and featured some very, very big names. More»

In Roman Polanski's classic film Chinatown, Chinatown is presented as a lawless wasteland, a place so inherently insane that Jack Nicholson has no recourse but to accept the shocking things he's seen. In that way (and likely in that way alone), Roman might actually approve of last weekend's absolutely insane launch party for the Brent Bolthouse-produced party for the upcoming video game Rage, featuring a live outdoor C-Town performance from The Black Keys. More»

[Photos via] While we've been mourning the end of summer by taking vacations, visiting family and proving that you can fit an entire bottle of wine into the new size cup at Starbucks, The Cobra Snake has been following his good buddy DJ Steve Aoki around the country as he headlines his very own Dim Mak stage at Identity Festival. But like all good SoCal boys, they know when it's time to come home, and over the weekend the Festival returned to blow the doors off of the Hollywood Palladium.

via la.guestofaguest.com: I'm going to be out of town this weekend, but that doesn't mean I don't mourn the death of Sunset Junction almost as much as those of you who were planning to be there. It's not because I believe community is important, or because I really want you guys to have a good time, only simply because street fairs and music festivals are a phenomenal source of colorful characters. MORE>>

I'm going to be out of town this weekend, but that doesn't mean I don't mourn the death of Sunset Junction almost as much as those of you who were planning to be there. And I say that not because I believe community is important, or because I really want you guys to have a good time, or anything suspiciously selfless like that. I say it because street fairs and music festivals are a phenomenal source of weirdos and colorful characters. More»

via la.guestofaguest.com: Like high school, every party has its archetypes. The jock. The nerd. The hot chick. But that's a pretty boring way to look at the world, don't you think? And outdated, given that L.A. routinely throws parties weird and fun enough to give rise to all sorts of new, more complicated characters... MORE>>

Like high school, every party has its archetypes. The jock. The nerd. The hot chick. But that's a pretty boring way to look at the world, don't you think? And outdated given that L.A. routinely throws parties weird and fun enough to give rise to all sorts of new, more complicated characters. And it must be said that some weeks, Nightswim has enough of these characters to basically write a coffee table book. More»

There are a lot of different ways to react when someone tries to take your picture in the middle of a party. You can do the sucked-in cheek "kissy face" that girls often do, which has never made anyone look sexy in the history of photography, but maybe you'll be the first! You could flip off the camera, which is cool and original and rebellious, except no. And then there's the inexplicably popular "Surprise Party" look, where you respond with outright shock that someone would dare to take your picture. Of course, within that look, there are a multitude of sub-looks, as these Cobra Snake photos from Absolut Swim at the Mondrian demonstrate. [photos by Steven Meiers via]

Nobody works harder to look bad than the modern ultra hipster. From the countless hours spent combing through vintage clothing racks for the absolute tackiest pieces, to days spent in front of a mirror polishing their best bored frowns and hostile scowls, not caring is really hard. And woe to the polished hipster that accidentally breaks character in public, lest even an ounce of actual sincerity comes to the surface and ruins everything, forever. Luckily, Hollywood has set the bar extremely high, so let's take a peek at these Cobra Snake photos from Hemingway's and see if we can find ourselves some new role models (sorry, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but you're old news):

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via la.guestofaguest.com Somehow, we got together as a nation, and decided that in the interest of cultural authenticity, the best way to celebrate our country would be with hamburgers, beer and explosions. This was a fantastic decision on our part, because no one can deny this awesome fun - even jaded hipsters with oh-so-ironic communist tattoos. MORE>>>

Fact: the Fourth Of July is a tremendous holiday. Somehow, we got together as a nation, and decided that in the interest of cultural authenticity, the best way to celebrate our country would be with hamburgers, beer and explosions. This was a fantastic decision on our part, because by choosing to celebrate ourselves in this way, we've created a holiday so easy to love that even jaded hipsters with oh-so-ironic communist tattoos (see above) have no choice but to celebrate it. Luckily there was a block party with The Cobra Snake for them yesterday. More»