Need name for a new L.A. politics blog.

February 18, 2008 1:31 PM

Need suggestions for naming a new political/news blog based in Los Angeles. The focus will be on local politics, but also on national issues that affect the L.A. area.

I'm hoping for something fun but not pretentious, easy to remember, and of course, original. Ideally, it would reflect being both from/about L.A. and politics, but that may be too restrictive.

Any ideas?

posted by Unsomnambulist to media & arts (8 comments total)

Bloggy of Angels!
posted by 1 at 1:38 PM on February 18

Po.LA.tics.com
posted by growabrain at 1:45 PM on February 18

LA Politica -> "THE Politics" in spanish, has the required "LA".
posted by edmz at 2:14 PM on February 18

poLAtics.com
posted by DarlingBri at 2:40 PM on February 18

ElleAyTimes.com
posted by proj08 at 3:38 PM on February 18

Just a note: the url is being assigned to me as part of a larger website.
Alas, I'm hoping to find a name that doesn't need an explanation as to how to spell it.

Some ideas I had ran along the lines of "The 5th Estate" (but its already being used) and "Spring Street, USA" (the street where L.A.'s city hall is).
posted by Unsomnambulist at 3:50 PM on February 18

The Wash is (a) slang for the L.A. River and (b) a good synonym for political spin and/or political news.

The only potential problem would be that people might think that The Wash was some kind of Washington reference. But maybe that would work in your favor.
posted by laconic titan at 3:50 PM on February 18

I really dig "the wash" although it seems the url is taken, but it seems thats not an issue for you. As far as the title goes, I like it.
posted by brent_h at 9:08 PM on February 18