AltWeeklies Wire
Mean Snacks and Monkey Shitnew
We talk bananas with George Saunders.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
05-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jon Brion's Amazing Musicquariumnew
The Nowhere/Everywhere man discusses Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, quantum physics, Roxy Music, acoustic alchemy, God and extreme coffee drinking.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
05-11-2006 |
Music
Party Painsnew
The California Democratic Party convention serves as a reminder of how utterly brain-dead both major political parties are.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-04-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Of, For and By Workersnew
It was refreshing to be bobbing on a wave of thousands of ordinary people actually protesting on their own behalf -- not in solidarity with, or in support for, someone else.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-04-2006 |
Immigration
Off-Road Rebellionnew
Who got port drivers out of their trucks on May 1?
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
05-04-2006 |
Business & Labor
Cruise in Controlnew
The Syracuse kid saves the world in style.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Puttin' the Hella in Coachellanew
This year's festival was filled with music, sunburn, and a "theatrically craptastic" performance by Madonna.
L.A. Weekly |
Alie Ward |
05-04-2006 |
Music
Day of the Rabbitnew
Theme parks and serial killers abound in Karp's first novel.
L.A. Weekly |
Geoff Nicholson |
05-04-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Marshall Karp, The Rabbit Factory
Lemony Snippetsnew
Handler writes infuriatingly charming fiction.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
05-04-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Adverbs, Daniel Handler
Accident at Seanew
Unicorns become Islands.
L.A. Weekly |
Margaret Wappler |
05-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Islands
A Day of Powernew
Can Congress pick up the vibe of the immigration-rights movement?
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
05-04-2006 |
Immigration
Death, Drugs, Rap and Redemptionnew
Is all this talk of sex, death and addiction merely calculated theatrics, or is Avalon truly the skinny, white Hollywood version of turning pain and hardship into art and money?
L.A. Weekly |
John Albert |
04-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mickey Avalon
Revved Up for Clean Airnew
As the California Air Resources Board presents a clean-air plan for the ports that some say isn't agressive enough, truckers get in gear to protest low wages.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
04-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Literature of Sufferingnew
Abani doesn't simply serve up another steaming dish of atrocity -- he strives for something more sublime and illusive.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
04-27-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Becoming Abigail, Chris Abani
Fresh Mozzarellanew
Moz moves to Rome, turns born-again extra-virgin -- Abbondanza!
L.A. Weekly |
Siran Babayan |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
