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Need a Recipe for a Better '08?new

Hoppin' John is a one-dish combination of black-eyed peas and rice traditionally served throughout the Southern U.S. on New Year's Day to ensure good luck in the coming year.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Don Waller  |  12-28-2007  |  Food+Drink

Bloodless 'Blood'new

Paul Thomas Anderson's new film is striking but dry as dust.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  12-28-2007  |  Reviews

Campaign Therapynew

What the crazy, fringe candidates of election 2008 say about the rest of us.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andrew Gumbel  |  12-28-2007  |  Commentary

Dr. Feelgoodnew

Tommy Lee teams up with DJ Aero to give electro house a rock-star edge.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Dennis Romero  |  12-21-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Serious Song and Dance Mannew

Director John Turturro mingles drama and musical comedy in Romance & Cigarettes.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  12-21-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Dogs of Warnew

Blackwater's killing of a New York Times dog might be a small incident, but it also represents something larger. And it gets worse, with private U.S. firms now being accused or rape and murder, with few repercussions beyond some embarrassing media coverage.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Editorial  |  12-21-2007  |  Commentary

Fear & Exhilaration at the SoCal Anarchist Conferencenew

This was not your father's left-wing protest gathering, not that ghosts from movements past didn't rattle a bone or two.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  12-21-2007  |  Politics

Mexican Court's Atrocities are a Warning for U.S. Justicenew

Anyone wondering what a truly rotten Supreme Court looks like could do worse than glance south of the border to Mexico, where the 10 most powerful justices in the land have just issued a travesty of a ruling in the case of a crusading journalist called Lydia Cacho.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andrew Gumbel  |  12-14-2007  |  International

God and the 2008 Electionsnew

It may be true that this country is indeed rooted in certain Judeo-Christian values that it can never escape -- but at times like these, and in a world shaken by secular warfare, what America needs most from its next president is someone with a clear head and faith in him (or her) self.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Editorial  |  12-14-2007  |  Commentary

'Now I'll Be Famous'new

Big dreams and heinous acts at an Omaha mall.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Mick Farren  |  12-14-2007  |  Commentary

George Jones and Merle Haggard Box Sets Help Us Through Decembernew

Haggard's The Studio Recordings and Jones' She Thinks I Still Care duly honor the country greats.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Chris Morris  |  12-14-2007  |  Reviews

Wild 'Youth'new

Coppola's Romanian rhapsody is wacky but somehow absorbing.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  12-14-2007  |  Reviews

Mr. Smith Goes to Zombietownnew

An old story gets a fresh prince in the latest adaptation of I Am Legend.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  12-14-2007  |  Reviews

Deconstructing Antonio Villaraigosanew

L.A.'s mayor sets out on a new course, with 18 months to prove himself.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Alan Mittelstaedt  |  12-14-2007  |  Politics

A Visit to the Big Housenew

In each episode of the documentary series Lockup, the viewer is given a guided tour of one of our nation's prisons. Some are modern high-tech hellholes, others are collapsing chipped-paint, broken-toilet hellholes, but all are hellholes.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Mick Farren  |  12-07-2007  |  TV

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