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Adelphia cable modems are sometimes slower than 52k. I'm so frustrated. I hope Time Warner is available in my area soon.

I'm a New Yorker who just moved to LA. I need somebody who's partied a lot on both coasts to answer a few questions. Tell me what the LA equivalent of the following NYC spots are. For example, if I said Sound Factory, you would say that the place in LA that comes closest in spirit and tone to Sound Factory is Ivar, or something. I don't know shit. So what's the LA version of... 1. Webster Hall 2. Plaid 3. Sound Factory 4. Bungalow 8 5. Suite 16 6. Centrofly 7. China Club 8. Culture Club 9. The Roxy 10. Flow Feel free to just answer one or two. I'm just wondering. I wanna get a sense of what the scene is like here ASAP. Plus, I'm fucking bored.

All right, now my anal side is going to show no pun intended. Where should I park? What time should I go there? Etc. Give me some tips straight from the locals' mouths. I don't want to wait another year to "do it right." Let me know what to do, yo.

I'm hoping this thing is better than the Halloween parade in NYC. It's going to be on Friday/Halloween, right?

What stretch of SM Blvd are you talking about, Sandiegino? Which bars? I'd prefer going to a huge club rather than a bar, or bars, but I don't know shit so...

Just moved here from NYC, pretty ignorant of the LA scene, am willing to learn as I go BUT... BUT I don't want to miss out on Halloween. What are my options? I want something freaky, artistic (intricate costumes), fleshy (porn stars?), hot. Where do I go? How do I ensure entry? Tell me!

Because he's smart, funny, and not afraid to make an ass of himself. AND because you're obviously a girl with brains, class, and taste, who likes guys for more than just money or brand of pants. (all speculation)

Do you know of any bars or clubs that will be showing the Roy Jones Jr. fight? If so, address? Thanks.

Lou Pearlman (is that how you spell it?), founder of Trans Continental... The genius is in the simplicity. Little girls like cute boys. Little girls spend their allowances on clothes, music, and movies. Little girls are the ones that saw Titanic 10 tens, making it the biggest money maker ever. Anyway, it's been done several times in music, but I've still gotta give it up to the fat fuck. He took 7 sorta cute, kinda talented guys, (and three very talented guys) and turned them into the two biggest groups of the late 90's, 2000, 2001, and part of 2002. And he doesn't give a fuck if they get new managers, cuz he gets a cut forever. Jimmy Buffet, for marketing his songs as a lifestyle. His songs had limited exposure on radio and TV, but he somehow managed to make his shows the hottest ticket every summer. Dr. Dre, for not only being a founder of NWA but also the most important producer, arguably, of the 80's and 90's and even now (along with The Neptunes and Timbaland). Plus he "discovered" Snoop Dog and Eminem. Plus, he was smart enough to swallow his pride, give up some dough, keep his mouth shut, and risk it all by distancing himself from the devil, Suge Knight. It seemed as if his time wa up but look at him now. Back on top. If I had a group and could pick and choose our course, I would want to have the success of U2. They can pretty much do anything they want and stay relevant. Techno, guitar rock, soaring anthems, cute little ditties, they do it all and do it well. When they go on tour they sell out everywhere they go, making tons of freakin' cash. Madonna, for somehow managing to outlast far more talented contemporaries like Prince, Michael Jackson, George Michaels, and whoever. A mediocre singer, a decent dancer, and horrible actress, she's still the biggest female star in the world and her records still sell. The irony is that her mediocrity helped her succeed. Whereas Prince and Michael, two people with musical genius seeping out their anus, refuse to change with the times, or so it seems, allowing themselves to become corny, Madonna isn't afraid to change. Some people think not changing is a sign of integrity, but now Madonna. She's been changing for so long that at this point, were she to stop changing, we would lose respect for her. there's a lot of smart people in show biz,

Okay, girls, let's all get over the Barbie analogy. Nobody expects you to have the proportions of a plastic doll. Guys have this thing called action figures, but for some reason you never hear guys bring up the ole' "if GI Joe was a real person his waist would be 25 inches and his cock would be bigger than an SUV." Look the way you want to look, don't let us dictate anything. Stop shaving your legs and armpits, stop spending money on clothes, and let that vagina turn into a woodland creature. Just do what you must to be happy. But, remember, girls are the worst critic of other girls. Girls have confessed that they mostly dress to impress other girls, to win their approval. Obviously, some girls dress to get laid, showing off their cleavage and shit, and us guys appreciate that, but you don't have to try to hard with guys, believe me. If girls weren't so damn bitchy and catty, your lives would be much easier. Sweet, intelligient, skeptical but not cynical, un-catty girls rule. Can't stand girls who hate girls. Too bad there are so many of them. And don't forget who your biggest fans are, girls -- guys.

Was she at Rehab Saturday night? I could have swore I saw her.

Tyson kills himself or somebody else within the next 5 years, what do you suppose the odds are? 2-1, imo

Someday soon Americans are going to read about when marijuana was illegal and they're going to be shaking their futuristic heads. In Colorado, a first time offender (for possession of marijuana) faces a potential 6-month jail term. This is expected to cost the courts up to $10 million a year. It's an absolute travesty that there are non-violent dope smokers in jail. - Marijuana is less harmful to your brain than alcohol. (I seem to recall from a class at NYU; please correct me if I'm wrong) - The myth of Marijuana being a gateway drug is bullshit, based on no scientific evidence whatsoever. From http://marijuana.bdtzone.com/history/marijuana-gateway-drug.asp I hardly meet people who DON'T smoke pot, or who hasn't smoked pot. There's a difference between something being illegal and something being immoral. Slavery was once legal, but was it moral? Laws are usually arbitrary, reflecting nothing more than current popular opinion. If everybody decided pot should be legal next week, politicians would be scrambling to be more pro-pot than the next. American just needs to freakin' grow up. Legalize marijuana, but keep cocaine and herion illegal, but loosen up on possession penalties already. I don't smoke pot or do any drugs except for alcohol, which, by the way, is a gateway drug. I'd bet you anything that nearly 100% of people who smoke marijuana tried alcohol first. And marijuana can lead to heroin which can lead to crack which can lead to becoming a whore which can lead to HIV which can lead to AIDS. There you have it - proof that Budweiser can give you AIDS.

Why is this announcement in the Sex Forum?

That girl looks all serious and shit. Like she's watching her baby eat.

Of course. Millions of people have already done it. No doubt. But "love" is a very subjective term. We can all agree on this yet be talking about totally different shits. See that's what I'm talking about. Your definition of love to me is very naive. Not wanting to touch somebody has very little to do (necessarily) with true love. Let's make a distinction between sex and love right off the bat. Sex is sex, love is love. I'm sure most of us have had sex with people we don't love and you may not have had sex with people you love or even are in love with. BUT not giving in to the desire to touch another person other than the person you're in love with IS often a sign of true love, and it's definitely a good sign even if it's not present in every relationship. What I'm trying to say is that girls should just accept the simple fact that ALL guys (100%) are occasionally going to wish they can touch another girl, and girls should learn to love the faithful guys among us even more for this. We're fighting nature and that's no small feat. Guys are hardwired to want to F just about anything that looks good. Evidently, from what I hear, girls are not like this. Girls are different from guys.

There's this black chick, the first time I saw her she was performing with her family, it was her and her sisters, and they were playing instruments and singing - star material. The next time I saw her (both times at the 59th and Lex N, R platform) she was by herself, strumming a guitar, singing her ASS off. Asian dude playing classical violin at 59th and Lex on the 6 platform, uptown side. It was just this past Friday night. Mad chops. Why he can't do better than playing on the subway, only gawd knows. Another Asian dude, I usually see him at the Times Square stop on N, R platform, he plays this weird Asian instrument, not sure what it's called, but it's a stringed istrument he plucks on and it's about 3 feet long with 15 or so strings on it. He's freakin' good.

Snatch69, I really hate holier-than-thou hypocrites. Michael Moore to me is a world class hypocrite. I know a couple of people who have dealt with him, plus I've read some stuff, and by their accounts he's a major prick. Only moderately intelligent, he makes up for it by being obnoxious (his obnoxiousness throws people off and for some reason fans misinterpret this "he just made a good point") and he employs some pretty fallacious arguments. I appreciate what he's trying to do but really he's no better than any other hypocrite. He's the same as a religious hypocrite and sleazy politicians. They believe that spreading the word somehow entitles them to live above the very same laws they preach. Michael Moore wants unions but won't let his own workers unionize, what's up with that? I'm just ranting. I know you were probably referring to the tone of my post, or kaydup's post, but I couldn't resist going on about Michael give me Moore food.

thanks for warm welcome! Michael Moore is a fuck-face with the brain of a crack smoking Alaskan King Crab, one of the biggest hypocrites in the world (wouldn't let his writers unionize), and just an all-around fat fuck whose face just begs to be crushed by a heavy rock. He's amusing but anybody who watches his shit thinking they're "in the know" need get their fingers out of their asshole long enough to pick up a real book. It's a good schtick he's got going, making money for himself by exploiting the problems of the common people, and refusing to do any interview cuz they sent a taxi and not a limo, but whatever...

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A stuttering monkey with a degree in hotel management.

In response to the roll of the eyes... The problem I have with dance music is that every beat is usually equally emphasized whether by 4 on the floor bass or whatever. It's just not a good rhythm to run to IMO. Maybe to dance to, especially when you're drunk, but I prefer a nasty snare hit on the 2nd and 4th beat, it just goes better with running.