Common Concert - Free For Locals Only

NBC is changing the way it delivers information. This month was the roll out of "Locals Only," a website that focuses on providing relevant news, information and entertainment to specific communities i.e. Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco rather than providing news for a certain region.

"NBC's new plan will eliminate the link between its TV stations and their respective Web sites and will target a city's specific online community to help locals stay on top of the latest news and information in their area, regardless of the source. In fact, much of the content on the sites will be gathered from outside content providers or contributed by the audience itself through videos, blogs, and text."

According to NBC Local Media's senior vice president, Brian Buchwald, the new sites will target a group of people NBC is calling "social capitalists" who are passionate about their city and want to "stay ahead of the curve and influence others in their peer groups." Source: CNET

As part of the roll out to promote the new website, NBC is hosting a FREE Concert. Who is the featured artist? None other than Rap Artist Common (seen recently in this badass music video w Pharrell). Recently you may have seen a television commercial advertising a FREE "Common" concert on NBC. Throughout the commercial there is an overlay of text running across the screen, "free Common concert, for locals only, if you can find it." Well your friends at FoundTrack have found the link and are sharing it with you. Click Here for FREE CONCERT CONTEST LINK !

The contest is pretty simple. You are given four pictures of different "Hoods" around the Los Angeles area. The challenge: You must name the "Hood" of each picture provided. Each day, the first 10 individuals to answer correctly will be emailed the location and time of the FREE concert. Sounds easy? See how well you know your "Hood!"

Riedel Black Tie Collection Wine Glasses

The Austrian Crystal Stemware makers knowns as Riedel are well known for being the premiere wine tasting glasses. Skilled Sommeliers are said to taste different parts of the wine when drinking from these glasses. I don't know about all that jazz, but I definitely think these "Black Tie Collection" glasses look suave at least.

The "Sommelier's Black Tie" series are are amongst Riedels highest quality glasses and are actually hand crafted- the red wine glasses have a black stem and the white wine glasses have a black base. My Riedel Pinot glasses and Champagne Flutes are the guilty pleasure of my bar (along with my monogrammed Tiffany martini glasses... this is not a made up story... I'm crazy, I know this).


Source - Sybarites "for those who appreciate the finer things in life"

Dear LA, feeling chilly and in the mood for a Winter Cocktail?

I don't know about you, but LA's been kinda cold this winter (insert angry jealousy from our readers in other cities with real winters here). In need of a solution for said chilly temperature? Nothing works quite like a good cocktail- And now, thanks to the lovely Caroline from Caroline on Crack, comes a special feature she did for Metromix on the best Winter Cocktails in LA.

Several great venues/cocktails are featured, including the Winter Cider pictured above from FoundTrack friend Bar Lubitsch (home of our '07 Holiday Fiesta). Personally I'm looking forward to checking out the "Cuban Espresso" from Asia de Cuba:


Source: Metromix, via Caroline on Crack