AltWeeklies Wire
The Boredoms Pound Their Way Onto the Astral Planenew
Two decades into their career, the Boredoms are making music as vital, as questioning, as singular, as therapeutic, as honest, as Dada, as real, as funny, as awesomely brilliant as ever, and their influence is far greater than their relative stateside obscurity.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
03-14-2008 |
Music
Tags: Super Roots 9, The Boredoms
Stanton Kaye: Father of Reinventionnew
Could tracking technology save the Hollywood dreams of a former golden boy?
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
03-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Incredible Shrinking Womennew
As "English" as tea and toast, this mainstreamed movie has its eye on a global market.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-11-2008 |
Reviews
Far From Heavennew
Clearly inspired by Todd Haynes, Ira Sachs' film doesn't quite compare.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Hillary Clinton Channels the GOP & Finally Winsnew
To heal her own malady of consistently losing to Barack Obama, Clinton decided to scrap any innovation and reach for Granny's old standby, fix-it-all remedy: When in doubt, just run like a Republican.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
03-11-2008 |
Commentary
Bitter Homes & Gardens?new
City hall's "density hawks" are changing L.A.'s DNA.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Leigh Morris |
02-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesisnew
Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear on the L.A.'s scene.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bauhaus' David J. Talks 'Silver for Gold'new
His Edie Sedgwick musical opens March 6 at the Met Theatre.
L.A. Weekly |
Lina Lecaro |
02-29-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Feminin, Masculinnew
Jacques Rivette fights the battle of the sexes.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Stefan Ruzowitzky Challenges Holocaust Dogmanew
Rather than the nobly suffering merchants, artists and family men who fill the barracks of many a Holocaust drama, the counterfeiters of The Counterfeiters are a motley crew of scam artists and petty thugs under the supervision of the wily Russian-Jewish forger Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
California Supreme Court Set to Consider Gay Marriagenew
Meet the L.A. four who started all the trouble.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
02-29-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Curtains for Clintonnew
Hillary leaves us nothing on the way out.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
L.A.'s Toothless Spaying Lawnew
A new neutering rule appeases the wrathful animal-rights lobby but offers little hope.
L.A. Weekly |
D. Heimpel |
02-29-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
A Hipster's Guide to Afro-Indie Rocknew
Here's eight records. Now go start a riot.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-25-2008 |
Music
Kids These Daysnew
Charlie Bartlett is the feature debut of Austin Powers' snappy film editor Jon Poll, so it is but a heartbeat cut till we meet our hero with his head down a toilet at the funky public school to which he has been dispatched by his desperate single mother.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
