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Following up on Villaraigosa, Grim Sleeper, Palisades Rathouse, Jonestown, Billboards Gone Wild, Mold Queen, Proposition 8, Tanks, Tortoises and more
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LATEST BLOGS
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Catch of the Day
Reupholestering the punching bag
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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Play
iTunes to Go DRM free, Drop Some Prices, Raise Others
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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Style Council
Twisted Balloon Fashion...Stay Away from Cacti
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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LA Daily
Cooking with all Things Trader Joe's: Crazytarian Recipes Made Easy
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily
Relativity Media Buys Rogue Pictures
Posted Sunday, January 4
NEWS
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Public Parks and Los Angeles: A Match Made in Hell: July 16, 2008
By Matthew Fleischer
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Cleared Murder Suspect Herbie Gonzalez Is Still Dogged by Sheriffs
By Paul Teetor
Courts found his false confession was coerced
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Billboards Gone Wild, L.A. City Council Defiled
By Christine Pelisek
Citizens take matters into their own hands
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Proposition 8 Gives Rise to New Generation of Gay Leaders
By Patrick Range McDonald
Failure to prevent passage of same-sex-marriage ban shifts political landscape
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Serial Killer "Grim Sleeper" Evades the Net
By Christine Pelisek
DNA test a disappointment
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The Caruso Factor: October 15, 2008
By Matthew Fleischer
The question was, Would the mall king run for mayor?
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The Tortoise and the Tank: August 21, 2008
By Joe Donnelly
Relocated tortoises are dying in large numbers, next phase of Fort Irwin expansion put on hold
FOOD
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The 10 Best Dishes of 2008
By Jonathan Gold
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Milk's Chocolate Milk Shake: Better Than Yours
By Jonathan Gold
Shaking L.A., from Lucky Devil to Disney and Twohey's too
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Wrap and Roll at Nem Nuong Kanh Hoa
By Jonathan Gold
By any other nem
A CONSIDERABLE TOWN
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iPhone Wizards: Duo FInd Success Programming Apple i-Products
App yourself silly
By Adam Gropman
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Jordan Belfort: The Wounded Wolf of Wall Street
By Paul Teetor
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Warrengate: Obama's First Fuckup as President Elect?
By David Ehrenstein
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In Surprise Move, Moca Board to Turn Over Operation of Museum to Machine Project Gallery
By Tom Christie
THEATER
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Bringing Frank Zappa's Garage to Life
The Rock Opera Is the Thing: September 17, 2008
By Steven Leigh Morris
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Theater Review: A Christmas Carol
By L.A. Weekly Theater Critics
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Theater Reviews: Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas, It's a Stevie Wonderful Life!
By L.A. Weekly Theater Critics
ART/BOOKS
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Art Around Town: Paul P. at Marc Selwyn Fine Art
By Christopher Miles
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Peter Lodato at William Turner Gallery
By Christopher Miles
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Now We Sample the Season's Picture Books ...
By Steve Appleford
The Coffee Table
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Mixed Media 2008 (Highlights)
By Doug Harvey
TOPLESS ROBOT
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DVD Day: January 6th, 2009
Sorry for missing the last two DVD Days, but really, virtually nothing came out other than that weird Resident Evil: Degeneration CG flick. The...
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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Well, We Can Forget About the Jonah Hex Movie
When Warner Bros. was talking about which DC superhero would star in their next film, they mubmled something about Green Lantern. They didn't...
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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Wolverine & the X-Men Toys Announced by Ebay
No one should be surprised that Hasbro is making toys for the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon; it's a cartoon, it's X-Men, of course merchandising...
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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The Spirit Continues to Be Weak
Anyone feeling bad for picking on The Spirit, Frank Miller's directorial debut, which has earned a staggeringly low $18 million in its two weeks...
Posted Tuesday, January 6
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The 9 Reasons Doctor Who Is a Terrible Time Lord
By Shaun ClaytonWith the recent resurgence of Doctor Who (and recent casting of the eyebrow-challenged Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor), Britain's...
Posted Tuesday, January 6
SAVAGE LOVE
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BDSM on the Side: Leave the STD at the Door, Honey
Plus, I like to masturbate to sexy sociopaths. Is that so wrong?
By Dan Savage
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Raising His Kid, Taking His Shit
By Dan Savage
NOW READ THIS!
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Cooking with all Things Trader Joe's: Crazytarian Recipes Made Easy
By Wil Wheaton
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Over the Weekend: New Year's Eve Giant Maximus, Stone Temple Pilots, Bank Run, Art Core, Haunted Vogue Theater and Anime Convention
by Erin Broadley
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The 10 (or 17) Best Films of 2008
By Scott Foundas
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Face Off: The PBS Documentary Helvetica
ByRobert Abele
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Stage Raw: Apollo Rising
By Steven Leigh Morris
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Otaku Art Stars: Anime Conventions Are Breeding a New Generation of Artists
By Liz Ohanesian
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Villaraigosa, the All About Me Mayor, Is Still 11 Percent There
By Patrick Range McDonald
FEATURES
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Palisades Rathouse Case Settled Out of Court
Exterminated rodents filled van top to bottom
By Max Taves
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LAFD Boondoggle: The Firefighting Jobs Women Don't Want
By Christine Pelisek
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Public Parks and Los Angeles: A Match Made in Hell: July 16, 2008
By Matthew Fleischer
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Buying the Cure at Passages, Malibu: June 27, 2008
By Mark Groubert
MOVIES
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Heath Ledger's Projects With L.A. Art Collective 'The Masses' Reach Fruition
But the star's presence is still missed
By Randall Roberts
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After the Script: Sundance Screenwriters' Lab Fellows Start Making Their Deals
By Ella Taylor
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Film Poll 2008: WALL-E World
By J. Hoberman
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The 10 (or 17) Best Films of 2008
By Scott Foundas
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Best Movies of 2008: Great Expectations
By Ella Taylor
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Movie Reviews: Ghajini, Let Them Chirp Awhile
By L.A. Weekly Film Critics
MUSIC
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Z-Trip at Vanguard, Chad Rock at King King
By Lina Lecaro
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The Evil That Men Play: Heavy Metal in Baghdad and Mideast Metal
By Siran Babayan
Mideast Metalheads: "Look around. We are living in a heavy-metal world."
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L.A. Weekly's "Top Seven Music Things of the Year That Weren't Compact Discs" List
By Randall Roberts
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Barack and Bondage, Crafting and Camel Toes: Nightranger's Annual L.A. Style Survey
By Lina Lecaro
From Katy Perry and Shepard Fairey to handmade frocks and stretchy skinnies
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Brick's Picks: Bobby Matos at Pershing Square, Palm Wine Boys at Cerritos Center
By Brick Wahl
Jazz in L.A., January 2-8
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Rock Picks: George Clinton, the Kris Special, Banyan
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
Also, Eleni Mandell, Tom Verlaine & Jimmy Rip and others
LA VIDA
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La Vida Loca: Monsters, and Cory Kennedy's Socks
By Gendy Alimurung
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Two Divided by Three: July 3, 2008
By Dani Katz
Equals one fat load of crap
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The Worst Hoopla Ever!
By LIBMOLYNEAUX
What to do in L.A., January 2-8
NIKKI FINKE...NOW
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A Macro Assault on Hollywood Unions July 2, 2008
The mother of all strikes is yet to come
By Nikki Finke
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In the Strike Zone
By Nikki Finke
LA PEOPLE '08
Warner Ebbink and Brandon Boudet: Guys and Doms
By Arty Nelson
Talking with the forces behind 101 Coffee Shop, Dominick's and Little Dom's
WLS '08
BEST OF L.A. '07
NATIONAL BLOGS
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Topless Robot
DVD Day: January 6th, 2009 - 01/06/09 11:57am
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Heartless Doll
Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to detox your bowels - 01/06/09 1:24pm
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Joystick Division
I would drink Valkyria Chronicles' bathwater - 01/05/09 7:31pm
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Nude Celebrity Death SUV
Larry Mullen Disses Bono; Good Thing U2 Fans Don't Care About Larry Mullen - 01/06/09 1:10pm
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True Crime Report
Where is Adam Herrman? - 01/05/09 4:43pm
Three best things to do in Los Angeles on
Tuesday, January 6
Tuesday, January 6
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Coby Brown, Eleni Mandell, The Gabe Dixon Band, Theresa Anderson
Los Feliz chanteuse Eleni Mandell's latest CD, Artificial Fire (Zedtone), rocks a little more... More>>
The Hotel Café, Tue., January 6, -
Paved Paradise: Redux -- The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Before you read the following blurb, go to YouTube (do I really have to explain how to do that?)... More>>
HAMMER MUSEUM, Tue., January 6, 8:00pm, free -
L.A. Kings Downtown on Ice
As I type this, it's 87 degrees outside, but here goes anyway: Happy Thanksgiving. Ice-skating... More>>
Pershing Square, Daily from Fri., November 21 until Mon., January 19, $6, $2 skate rental - 175 more things to do today >>
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