Email Author Gendy Alimurung

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 16, 2011

  "Bad Lunch"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Parents, Be Very Nervous"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Coming (Back) to America"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Interview with a Corpse"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published April 12, 2012

  "The Death of Film"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Never Grow Up"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Giddyup"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

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2009 Stories by Gendy Alimurung

• Another one bites the dust: Illuminations

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Fancy candle store Illuminations is the latest to close down their retail stores "in response to the unprecedented economic challenges." Looks like it doesn't matter if they burn 100 hours and smell l... More >>

• Saving Face: Makeup Giveaway Spurs Mob Scene at Westside Pavilion

  published January 29, 2009

  Misconceptions abound as to why the makeup is being doled out. “They done gone and messed up some poor... More >>

• Dyeing the Dead, a Dying Art: And Other Tricks of the Horror-Shop Business at Dapper Cadaver

  published January 29, 2009

  When you absolutely, positively need that dead baby overnight, BJ Winslow is the man to see. If you’ve ever wondered if... More >>

• Lion Hair vs. Puppy Hair

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Is that a dachshund in your hair or are you just crazyr Nagi Noda, the Japanese designer/artist/director, also did a series of hair sculptures. Or hats, or something. I'm not entirely sure what these ... More >>

• Life Lessons: Rat Dissection Sweater Knit Alternative

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Well, hello. This is odd. I wish this had been around when I was in school. In my Biology lower division lab class, my lab partner Andrea and I had to dissect a rat. The teaching assistant brought in ... More >>

• Terrorist Teapot Attacks Your Breakfast

  published Jan 26, 2009

  It's a little terrorist teapot, short and stout. Here is it's handle. Here is it's spout. When you tip it over, jihad pours out.Would you put this on your dining tabler From the makers: "Now terror is... More >>

• Barackula: The Vampire Musical

  published Jan 23, 2009

  When Barack Obama was in college, he fought vampires. At least according to the musical starring and directed by Justin Sherman. It's a little bit Harry Potter, a little bit Buffy, a lot bit that Drac... More >>

• She Sat Wrapped: The Yarn- and Felt-Covered Chairs of Tanya Aguiñiga

  published January 22, 2009

  Sometimes a chair is not a chair. Sometimes it is a way to muck up the prevailing cultural orthodoxy, as well as a place to... More >>

• Hey, Nice Inauguration Gown

  published Jan 20, 2009

  So fluffy, light and white. I saw it out of the corner of my eye on the television and thought "oh god, she's wearing a toilet paper dress" but then the gown came into focus as the lovely, sweet, asym... More >>

• Finally, the Obama Inauguration Dress...with non-matching gloves

  published Jan 20, 2009

  It's yellow! The nation waited months to see what Michelle Obama would wear to the Inauguration. Here it is: an Isabel Toledo sheath and matching beaded coat in sunny yellow. Michelle paired that with... More >>

• Michelle Obama's $17,313 Earrings

  published Jan 19, 2009

  In this segment of our ongoing Michelle Obama fashion coverage: her earrings. Worn at the "We Are One" Inauguration Concert at Lincoln Memorial in DC this past Sunday. They're by Loree Rodkin and are ... More >>

• Redecorating the White House: Fancy vs. IKEA

  published Jan 19, 2009

  digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/What_would_happen_if_IKEA_redesigned_the_Oval_Office'; If you haven't already heard, local celebrity designer Michael Smith has been tapped to be Obama's interio... More >>

• Obama Inauguration Socks For Sale

  published Jan 19, 2009

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• Mark Ryden's Serial-Killer-Chic Fashion Label

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Mark Ryden, he of the large headed girls and bees and meat, collaborated with Japanese designer/director/artist Nagi Noda on a fashion line called "Broken Label." The line is mostly about the prints, ... More >>

• Dressing Down With the 99 Cent Calendar Girls

  published January 15, 2009

  You know how Project Runway has that inevitable segment where the aspiring designers assemble stylish outfits from... More >>

• Painting Through Pirate Waters: Danielle Eubank, Expedition Artist on the All-Wood Phoenicia Sailing Around Africa

  published January 15, 2009

  The pirate plan, as Danielle Eubank, expedition artist aboard the good ship Phoenicia, sees it, is to run like hell... More >>

• Suze Orman, I Love You

  published Jan 14, 2009

  Financial guru Suze Orman is who I watch when it's 1 AM in the morning and I'm feeling stressed and can't sleep because I'm too worried about the future. I listen to her money advice (Don't spend!), s... More >>

• Sarah Palin Mannequin Ebay Auction: Inauguration Shenanigans Begin Early

  published Jan 13, 2009

  The Obama Inauguration Day shenanigans are beginning early with Mito Aviles and ChadMichael Morrisette's Ebay auction of their infamous Sarah Palin mannequin. They strung her up last Halloween, much t... More >>

• Battle of the Matryoshka Dolls...with a Side of Baby Head Bowl

  published Jan 13, 2009

  Hey there Neatorama, I see your awesome Star Wars matryoshka dolls......and I raise you some Star Trek matryoshka dolls.You wanna go head to head (ouf!) on an upside down ceramic baby head bowlr Oh ye... More >>

• 99-Cent Only Calendar Girl Contest

  published Jan 11, 2009

  (View more pics in the 99-Cent Only Calendar Girl slideshow.) You know how Project Runway inevitably has the inevitable segment where the aspiring designers are asked to assemble a stylish outfit fro... More >>

• Guinea Pig Olympics

  published Jan 07, 2009

  Guinea pig. Guinea pig. Guinea pig. It just rolls off the tongue doesn't itr Not literally, though, unless you live in Peru. Anyway, have you gotten your 2009 calendars yetr A few of us here at the of... More >>

• At the Body Art Expo: Ink-Stained Wretches and Tattooed Babes With Prickly Piercings

  published January 8, 2009

  View more tattoos and piercings in the Body Art Expo slideshow.... More >>

• Twisted Balloon Fashion...Stay Away from Cacti

  published Jan 06, 2009

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• Stylist Makeover For Employees at LA's Latest Fashion Hotel

  published Jan 05, 2009

  The old Hyatt West Hollywood (unofficially known as "the riot house") on the Sunset Strip is re-opening this January 8 as the Andaz West Hollywood. It's employees won't be wearing just any old thing, ... More >>

• Manifest Hope Art Contest - Winner's Art Goes To DC on Inauguration Weekend

  published Jan 02, 2009

  Even if you didn't get a ticket to the Obama Inauguration, your art can sill attend. But only IF it wins the Manifest Hope:DC Gallery art contest. You can submit work in any medium--watercolor; magic ... More >>