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• Readers Gone Wild

  published December 31, 2009

  THANK YOU, JOE FRANCISThanks not necessarily for making the wild vids but for being the guy who made the wild vids. In an... More >>

• Let’s Get Something Straight Between Us Straight Between Us

  published December 24, 2009

  Man Oh Man On Man!Gendy Alimurung’s cover story last week (“ More >>

• Truck vs. Church and State: Kogi Bites Back

  published December 17, 2009

  Kogi Beatdown!Wow! Little did our Squid Ink food blog editor, Amy Scattergood, know what she was getting into when she... More >>

• MEDICAL MARIJUANA CONTROVERSY CONTINUES

  published December 10, 2009

  GNARLYDuuuuuude, Take 2: The controversy over medical marijuana dispensaries continues with our second story on... More >>

• Going to Pot: L.A. Weekly’s Journalistic Standards?

  published December 3, 2009

  YOU SAY POT, WE SAY HOT POTATODuuuude! Our cover story last week on medical-marijuana outlets (“ More >>

• The “All About Me” Show?

  published November 26, 2009

  What’s Wrong With Our Wes Anderson Story?Nothin’! So say most respondents, such as Eliza High from... More >>

• When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues

  published November 13, 2009

  Crime and PunishmentIt was chaos this week in the Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of... More >>

• AFI FEST Free Admission: The Dark Side

  published November 5, 2009

  AFI FESTERSLast week’s cover story (“ More >>

• Well-Preserved: Playa del Rey, Ennio Morricone and the L.A. Burrito

  published October 29, 2009

  BURRITO MANIAThere are pressing matters of the sociopolitical sort, and pressing matters of the tortilla sort. We’ll... More >>

• Escalante Cover Story Spurs Race Ruckus

  published October 22, 2009

  ESCALANTE, ESCALATINGWe got mail this week, the majority of it on our erstwhile crime reporter Christine Pelisek’s... More >>

• "Shady stories” Come Out

  published October 15, 2009

  Transgender PronounsPatrick Range McDonald’s profile of publicist-to-the-gay-stars Howard Bragman (“ More >>

• Dudamel; Modine: Saving Classical — and the Alpacas?

  published October 8, 2009

  DudeRe “L.A. Phil’s Gustavo... More >>

• "Weather" — or Not?

  published September 24, 2009

  Under the WeatherRe “ More >>

• At the mercy of adults

  published September 17, 2009

  Our Town, Our KidsRe “Left to Themselves:... More >>

• LASPD Disarray: Hyperbole, or Fact?

  published September 10, 2009

  Still the Gold StandardJonathan Gold is by far the best food critic in the U.S. He’s the only non-Korean I trust for... More >>

• Gold’s 99: Where’s the Fire?

  published September 3, 2009

  Food Inc.Re “Jonathan... More >>

• Back When Quentin Was Behind the Counter

  published August 27, 2009

  Props for QuentinRe “ More >>

• Earl Krugel, Irv Rubin: Silenced?

  published August 20, 2009

  The Exit Re “Bye-Bye, Bill... More >>

• Jerkin’ on the Crest of a Wave

  published August 13, 2009

  On Jerkin’Re “We’re... More >>

• On Jimmy on the Edge, Funk Spirit and the Nuclear Family

  published August 6, 2009

  Of Cats and MenRe “Jimmy on the Edge... More >>

• Ludo Bites vs. Bastide, Runkle Wrinkles and Comments on Killers

  published July 30, 2009

  LUDO BITES VS. BASTIDEI don’t mean to take issue with Jonathan Gold’s review of Ludo Bites, since I am the... More >>

• Diva Debate, Percentage Points and Collective Comments on Cannabis

  published July 23, 2009

  QUEEN OF POPRe “Michael Jackson: 1958-2009,” by Ernest Hardy (July 2):Ernest Hardy’s ruminations... More >>

• More Ozo, Pink Slips and Villaraigosa Misgivings

  published July 16, 2009

  MORE OZORe “On the Road to Burma: Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats,” by Randall Roberts... More >>

• L.A. Weekly: Why they’re still picking it up

  published July 9, 2009

  Feel the Ozomatli JoyRe “On the Road to Burma: Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats,” by... More >>

• In Favor: Billy Jack and the L.A. Marathon

  published June 25, 2009

  Still the Hero: Tom Laughlin as Billy JackRe “ More >>