Every Friday night at the Yost Theater, House of Dreamz hosts outrageous themed club parties. Among some of the past themes have been Neon Wonderland (Party Rock), 'All White Party, and most recently Lost Galaxy. Last night housed Princes leia's, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Yoda and many others.  Here are the best and worst costumes from this Star Wars themed party.More >>

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Yesterday's Phish show meant that Hollywood was invaded by Phans from all over the country touring with the Vermont band, and in some ways it was a pretty spectacular return to SoCal.

While they did play a three-day fest in Indio two years ago, last night was the first Hollywood Bowl show Trey Anastasio and company had ever played. (And the band that hippie bros love hadn't been back to SoCal since 2003.)

And the Phish lot is usually the same everywhere--people hanging out and having fun, pregaming with fruit, gatorade, drugs and hula hoops (you didn't necessarily have to partake, but it was definitely there). And amid  calls of "Where's my molly?" and index fingers raised high for "miracle tickets wanted," tickets being given away as freely as joints and edibles were hot Phans...check them out after the jump.
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Now that's what I call ink and iron.

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Whether you missed out on the Ink-N-Iron festival or just want to reminisce about all the fun this weekend, we have your solution. Take a look at our three slideshows of the annual punk/rockabilly/tattoo show on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. All photos by Mary Bell.



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​Tomorrow, the largest congregation of metal fans this side of North America will descend upon the Empire Polo Field in Indio to watch Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax play ear-bleeding guitar riffs for seven freakin hours.
Will there be a riot? We don't know. Will they tear up the field and start throwing around the grass? We don't know. Will they start eating the grass? No one knows for sure. One thing we do know is what they'll look like--here's our handy dandy guide to spotting the average Big 4 fan.
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In this week's cover story, you can read about how Sublime evolved into Sublime with Rome, 14 years after Bradley Nowell died. How Sublime--deeply rooted in Long Beach's iconography--made their mark on the city is part of that story. More >>

​ More pics from last night's Pop Noir blowout. My concert review ran here. More >>