AltWeeklies Wire
How to Purge the Passenew
The firing of Don Imus may point the way to getting rid of other pathetic old fools.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-20-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
School and Workplace Shootings Are All Remarkably Similarnew
And little is done to correct the conditions that bring them on.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-20-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: shooting, virginia tech
Germ's Drummer Busted ... for Soap?new
Don Bolles is jailed after police say soap bottle in his car contains illegal drug, GHB.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
04-13-2007 |
Music
Tanya Aguiniga's Bright Dreamsnew
Growing up in two countries inspired the young furniture and accesory designer's blend of art and activism.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Rebecca Epstein |
04-13-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Driving the Futurenew
Biogas rises but hydrogen sinks as big automakers muscle into alternative car technologies at the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference and Expo.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Marc B. Haefele |
04-13-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
A Wild Imaginationnew
The Israeli writer tells strange and riveting tales in The Nimrod Flipout.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
04-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Etgar Keret, The Nimrod Flipout
A Test Island for Global Warming Gas Reductionnew
The island of Catalina is embarking on an experiment to try to reduce its carbon emissions to zero -- or as close to zero as it can manage without actually requiring its annual 1.3 million visitors to swim the 20-plus miles from the mainland.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Development Unearths Native American Burial Groundsnew
The 1,087-acre Playa Vista development has unearthed one of the largest burial grounds in California -- tribal leaders want their ancestors re-buried, but the remains have been locked in a trailer for years.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
04-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Does Viral Media Weaken the Press, or Empower the People?new
From Nero to Nixon, despots have feared the mob, so could the videophone/YouTube/Blackberry internet be the New Mob they must rightly fear?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Condos vs. Camerasnew
Continuing development in downtown L.A. threatens to send essential film production scurrying out of town.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
03-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
L.A.'s Public Transit Users Face a Bumpy Roadnew
As riders face steep rate hikes, the MTA, Gov. Schwarzenegger, and local cities wrestle over threatened public transportation funds.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dan Abendschein |
03-30-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Going Mobile with 'In the Attic'new
Pete Townshend, Rachel Fuller, and friends make music live online for the whole wide world.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
03-30-2007 |
Music
'Guest Editor' Program Generated Buzz, Just Not the Good Kindnew
"Grazergate" is just another symptom of the celebrity-obsession disease increasingly infecting the L.A. Times and other "serious" media once thought to be immune.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Mix and Matchnew
Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia's latest takes the dance underground to the masses.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
03-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ali Dubfire Shirazinia
The Antidote to Attitudenew
Underground hip-hop hero El-P reminds us what real actually sounds like.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alfred Lee |
03-30-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: El-P
