AltWeeklies Wire
Lauren Weedman's Search for Homenew
Lauren Weedman's not a big star; she may be someday, or she may not, but when she's onstage I'd advise that you duck -- painful truths go whizzing by like bullets, send-ups rain down like bombs, and uncensored id explodes like shrapnel out of some internal minefield.
L.A. Weekly |
Joe Donnelly |
04-27-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Trouble at the L.A. Timesnew
An editor kills a Page One story on Armenian genocide, and charges of bias fly.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
04-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Black Book,' 'Grindhouse' and the Relativist Holenew
When pop aestheticism reaches all the way from effusing over the ritualized violence and reverse feminism of Grindhouse to heaping laurels on a movie that pits sensitive Nazis against treacherous resisters, it may be time to get uncool and start pointing the finger.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-20-2007 |
Movies
Coachella & the Cure for the Common Festivalitisnew
Strictly for kicks, I've outlined four potential Coachella Menus for imaginary friends, and one for myself, with kicky names.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
04-20-2007 |
Music
'Everything's Gone Green': Gen Exnew
Douglas Coupland struggles in his second act.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Everything's Gone Green, Paul Fox
Court and Sparknew
Gosling fires up Fracture.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Fracture
Turning the Tables at KPFKnew
The lesbian, African-immigrant general manager of LA's Pacifica outlet is accused of sexually harassing the station's white news chief.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
04-20-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
The Semantics of Suicide Aid in Dyingnew
God, PR and the right to die in California.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
04-20-2007 |
Science
Freed Sex Slave Caught in Legal Bindnew
Looking for Schwarzenegger pardon to save trafficking victim-turned-counselor Maria Suarez from deportation.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
04-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Disneyland Goes All Chili Peppers and Shitnew
As soon as I heard Disneyland would be giving Space Mountain a "rock 'n' roll" makeover, I quickly made the appropriate arrangements -- when Disneyland tries to be all rockin', things can get pretty cute up in that bitch.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
04-13-2007 |
Music
Mexican American Princes: Mas Suave!new
They're handsome, charming and so good to their mothers -- they're Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
04-13-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
'Year of the Dog': Petaphilianew
Molly Shannon shows some puppy love in Mike White's Year of the Dog.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog
Listening to Vintage 'American Top 40' Episodes on XMnew
Some of the fluffiest of the 70s pop fluff has proven to be not only enduring, but iconic.
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
04-06-2007 |
Music
Serving Two Mastersnew
L.A. pension boards plan to pour a king's ransom into urban real estate pushed by insiders like Henry Cisneros.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
04-06-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
New LAPD Unit Seeks Justice for 1,000 Murder Victimsnew
Compelled by a huge number of unsolved murders in South L.A., Commander Patrick Gannon launched a special cold-case unit.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
