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Review: Oliver Future @ Spaceland, Los Angeles

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 23, 2007 - 10:07am.

Fresh off last week’s CMJ Music Festival in NYC, Oliver Future, a 5-member band, returned to Silver Lake’s classic Spaceland to resume their October run of free Monday night shows. The group has worked up noise in the LA music scene courtesy of radio station KCRW, who has played their music on air and sponsored the Spaceland gigs.

J*DaVeY, Still Refining, Though One of a Kind

Authored by Scott Goldberg on July 27, 2007 - 11:54am.

The duo of Brook D’Leau and lead singer Jack Davey that comprise the LA-based group J*DaVeY has gained a reputation for soulful, keyboard-and-bass-driven music and a hell of a live performance. The show last night at the famed Roxy on Sunset played to a packed house – the eclectic sort of mix LA is known for: the requisite hipsters, hip hop stars, models, stodgy types, etc. And they all came for the reputation of J*DaVeY, which seems to be seeping through the whispers of the “What’s Cool Now?” crowds throughout the city, one always seeking the next bright thing. An obvious point following a J*DaVeY show: you’ll have just heard a sound and seen a look, a style and vibe you’ve likely never witnessed. That said, J*DaVeY is still developing, and as a friend pointed out, the group oozes with potential.

tags: Music | Concerts | Los Angeles | J*DaVeY |

Code.TV Launches Youth Luxury Lifestyle Broadband Channel in L.A.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2006 - 1:11pm.

Los Angeles - Code.TV, a broadband network featuring lifestyle content targeted at young professionals earning over $100,000 a year, announced that it has launched a new channel in Los Angeles, following an initial offering in New York.

L.A. City Attorney Sues "Grand Theft Auto" Makers Take-Two, Rockstar

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2006 - 8:15am.

Los Angeles - Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game franchise, and developer Rockstar Games have been sued by the Los Angeles City Attorney's office for its alleged hiding of pornographic material in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." The game received a stricter "Adults Only" rating and was removed from store shelves last year, after it was discovered that a sexually explicit mini-game hidden in the title's source code could be unlocked with an Internet download. The lawsuit alleges misleading marketing and unfair competition, accusing Take-Two of hiding the fact that the game contained pornographic content to receive a less strict rating, and later trying to claim the offensive mini-game was created by hackers and not its employees. "Greed and deception are part of the 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' story -- and in that respect, its publishers are not much different from the characters in their story," Delgadillo said in a statement. "Businesses have an obligation to truthfully disclose the content of their products -- whether in the food we eat or the entertainment we consume." The lawsuit demands Take-Two and Rockstar return $10 million in estimated profits from sales of the game in California, pay fines and cease marketing the game to children. Delgadillo said the Take-Two lawsuit is part of a larger investigation by the L.A. City Attorney's office into the marketing of video games.

CNET News.com Reports from DEMXPO Conference in Los Angeles

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 2, 2005 - 10:13am.

Century City, Calif. - CNET News.com this week reported from the Digital Entertainment and Media Expo conference (DEMXPO), a two-day conference that brought together entertainment and technology executives in Los Angeles. The event drew representatives from both major technology firms and the Hollywood movie studios, major record labels and television networks. The veteran entertainment industry firms "are still a big part of the game," Conrad Teran, president of online video distributor iSeeTV, told News.com. "They will never be irrelevant."

tags: Reports | CNET News.com | Los Angeles | DEMXPO Conference |

Game Developer Capcom Launches Mobile Division in Los Angeles

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 5:11am.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Japanese video game publisher Capcom on Tuesday announced plans to establish a Los Angeles-based Mobile and Interactive Division. The company named Midori Yuasa as general manager and senior vice president of the new unit, which in the coming year plans to release mobile versions of Capcom titles including "1942," "Ghosts 'n Goblins," "Mega Man" and "Resident Evil."

tags: Games | Mobile | Capcom | Los Angeles |

Los Angeles Enacts Curfews for Minors in Gaming Cybercafes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 8, 2004 - 6:42am.

Los Angeles -- The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a city ordinance limiting the hours that minors can patronize Internet cafes and "PC baangs", citing school truancy and incidents of violence between teens playing video games. The law will also require cafes to install security cameras and obtain a police permit to operate. Under the new law, which will take effect by September, those under 18 will not be allowed in cybercafes on school days between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., or after 10 p.m.

tags: Minors | Los Angeles | Cybercafes | Curfews |

Napster Gets New President; Roxio to Move Operations to Los Angeles

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 30, 2004 - 2:08am.

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Roxio, a maker of CD and DVD burning software and parent company of the Napster music service, announced on Friday that it will consolidate its management teams and corporate functions into Napster's Los Angeles headquarters. As part of the corporate consolidation, the company said that Napster president Mike Bebel will be replaced, after a transitional period, by Roxio head of worldwide business development Brad Duea. "We believe Napster will be a very significant contributor to Roxio's future and headquartering the company in the center of the entertainment industry should prove advantageous," said Roxio chairman and CEO Chris Gorog. Roxio's digital media software division will continue to operate out of the company's Santa Clara, Calif. offices.