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SantaCon 2008's Rein(deer) of Terrornew

The gathering of the Santas at the boathouse was on a comedy level somewhere closer to the Firesign Theatre, as nearly 300 crowded the park. There were hippie, hipster and biker Santas; Santas in Lucha Libre and green gorilla masks; and some tall St. Nick with a star on his eye like Paul Stanley from KISS. All moved in cheery circles around red-suited and tinsel-daubed ladies, some of them too slinky and sexed-up for lap-sitting shifts at any department store.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  12-12-2008  |  Culture

Burning Man: Torching the American Dreamnew

Welcome to Hell. Population, You: Among the many and varied effects of Burning Man upon national culture is that it vindicates a long-cherished, if little-expressed, American desire to drive to another planet.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  09-05-2008  |  Culture

'Fuck Hope': George Carlin, 1937-2008new

There'll be little enough cause to ask what this late, stupendously gifted funnyman would think of a President Obama and his rhetoric of "Hope" in the midst of our general, scrambling disintegration. We already know.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  06-27-2008  |  Performance

An Indecent Proposal for U.S. Withdrawal From Iraqnew

Dropping tons of cash on Baghdad would raise such a hell-storm of confusion, joy, riot and hysteria as to foredoom any last effort to attack us on our way out.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  08-08-2005  |  Comedy

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