AltWeeklies Wire
The Better World of Jimmy Carternew
An old man miraculously free of guile, cant, and anger was once Our President and moves among us still, serenely advancing in years while reminding us, in his patient Emersonian way, of our ennobling duty to make the world better -- these are tempting trade-goods in an era sick with bling materialism.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
Tortured Politicsnew
A new version of torture has arrived in the form of arguments and shrugs from Michael B. Mukasey over the use of waterboarding by U.S. interrogators, as he deflected questioning by a Senate panel considering his nomination as the new U.S. attorney general.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
The Mexican Mafia's Racial Cleansing Campaign Hits L.A.new
Federal indictments unsealed on October 16 allege that leaders of the Florenza 13 (F 13s) gang acted on orders from the Mexican Mafia to cleanse their neighborhoods of African-Americans.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
11-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Yogurt Dazenew
You can't shake a spoon in L.A. these days without hitting a frozen yogurt shop. A taste test was long overdue.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kendra Gilbert |
11-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
Roky Erickson's Post-Psychedelia Comeback Soarsnew
It was also the latest chapter in one of the most improbable resurrections in rock 'n' roll history, an incredible testimony to the indomitable nature of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Don Waller |
11-02-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
AFI Returns with Ample Pickingsnew
AFI Fest -- one of L.A.'s two major, all-purpose festivals -- has taken a lot of knocks since day one.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-02-2007 |
Movies
Right-Wing Talking Heads Go Down With the Shipnew
As the administration sinks lower, the right-wing media rats have started to scamper.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Extinguishing Some Myths of Fire Weeknew
Many different interest groups distorted what was happening to suit their own purposes: The media wanted to make the fires as sensational as possible, politicians wanted to project an image of supreme competence, small-government conservatives accused the authorities of being underprepared, while liberal democrats wanted to see the fires as a symptom of the advance of global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
11-02-2007 |
Disasters
Ebony and Ecstasynew
After nearly two decades in separate corners, hip-hop and electronic music are back together on the dance floor.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
10-26-2007 |
Music
Narrative Gets Lynched in 'Slipstream'new
Perhaps one could find a prose equivalent in Joyce or Beckett, but basically this is "all cinema, all the time."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Slipstream
The Collector of Illusionsnew
Ricky Jay is a master of cards and a historian of chicanery, and his exhibition of ancient "broadsides" is a window into the deceptions of another time.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Don Waller |
10-26-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
3rd Degree: John Deannew
The author and onetime Watergate figure on the crimes of Bush, the real Dick Cheney, and Nixon as environmentalist.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
10-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Broken Government, John Dean
That '60s-'70s-'80s Shownew
Will the nostalgia industry package the bad times?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
10-19-2007 |
Commentary
Reclaiming the California Coastnew
How the Coastal Commission allowed a nuclear power company to fence off public land, and how the public got some of it back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
10-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'Gone Baby Gone': Inappropriate Afflecknew
Ben unwisely puts Casey at the bat in his promising directorial debut.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
