Feb. 16, 2007

{mosimage} The Brand-New Grind: Choc Nitty’s all-star mixtape tour, starring Six Reasons, DJ Ayah, Fleshless, Jay Rock, Jay Ridah, Fatso Fasano, Grown Mo and many more. By SAM SLOVICK

Glow: Photographer MATTHEW PILLSBURY uses only available light from screens — the computers, TVs, cell phones and iPods that have taken over our lives.

Uncommon Scents: LINDA IMMEDIATO sniffs out fresh fragrances and the secrets of prolonging perfume pleasure.

Smoked Out: Joint interviews with a medical-pot pharmacist and a neighbor who says, Not in My Schoolyard. By SEVEN McDONALD

A Considerable Town

BEN MARCUS makes last call before the changing of the grind at Diedrich’s,

DWAYNE BOOTH on the devil and Norman Mailer,

CAROLINE RYDER finds bargain Baseman and other treasures at the Charity by Numbers auction.

Plus, NATIVE’S NOTEBOOK by J.T. STEINY

¡ASK A MEXICAN! by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

A cartoon by BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN.

Newsroom

Planning the Disaster: An obscure group gets millions to make L.A. work, but “SCAG” is a flop, by ZUMA DOGG.

Covering the Bosses: Is the L.A. Times’ Jim Rainey on a tight leash or free to cover the paper’s purchase?, by LUKE Y. THOMPSON.

Déjà Vu All Over Again: In MARC COOPER’s DISSONANCE, the administration’s Iran dog-and-pony show looks a lot like the one that got us into the Iraq mess in the first place.

LA Vida

Dark Shadows: LINDA IMMEDIATO on Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s unique scents-ability. Plus, HOOPLA, EVENTS, KID STUFF and more.

LIBBY MOLYNEAUX's HOOPLA:

Eat & Drink

Heat Wave: JONATHAN GOLD seeks Chichen Itza’s hot spots.

Plus, FIRST BITE: The Village Idiot;

ASK MR. GOLD tells the offal truth about the ban on eating lung.

Art

ART PICK: The Big Picture, and the Small “Modern and Contemporary Landscapes” at Forum Gallery by PETER FRANK

MUST SEE ART: Adam Helms’ “Rising Down” and a benefit sale for Jennifer Chbeir and Aaron Curry

Books

Attack of the Alterna-Parents: Erika Schickel and Neal Pollack have kids, and tell us all about it, by ELLA TAYLOR.

Plus, READINGS PICK: Amiri Baraka reading at at Eso Won in Leimert Park by Gendy Alimurung

Stage

Please Turn Out the Lights When You Go: Revelations from the dying in Safety and A Lesson Before Dying.

Plus, new reviews,

ALAN RICH’s A LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC, Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny returns to Los Angeles by ALAN RICH

DANCE PICK Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras by ANN HASKINS

CLASSICAL PICK: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s political satire at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Screen

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and Saul of the Mole Men Adult Swim dives into live action
ROBERT ABELE

Film

The Spy Who Didn’t Love Us: SCOTT FOUNDAS goes deep into Robert Hanssen’s Breach.

Tone Deaf: ELLA TAYLOR listens as songbirds Grant and Barrymore make uninspired Music and Lyrics.

Plus, reviews of other new films,

SHORT RUN, The 2006 Academy Award–Nominated Shorts by TIM GRIERSON

2007 Pan African Film Festival, Week 2 by ERNEST HARDY

In GOOD REP, Swingers by TIM GRIERSON

Music

A (Really) Hard Day’s Night: LINDA IMMEDIATO talks to Gosling about the sexual Internet and Disappearing Record Label Disease.

Plus, ALEC HANLEY BEMIS on Grizzly Bear’s folk music without beards

DIGGIN’ YOUR SCENE (The Red Hearts),

Scenes from the Grammys by STYLE COUNCIL and

Grammy Shmammy by KATE SULLIVAN

LINA LECARO’s NIGHTRANGER,

SNAKEBITE,

ROCK PICKS

Letters

Rockie Horoscope

Savage Love