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   WELCOME BAT, MANNY!

   By Falling James

   Published: July 9, 2009

   Revelations and allegations of the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs have sullied the reputations of such Major League Baseball stars as Mark McGwire, Sammy...

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   GOOD GOLLY, MISS CRABAPPLE

   By David Cotner

   Published: July 9, 2009

   It's amazing how many people with the word "crab" in their names are surprisingly interesting and attractive (e.g., Miss Crabtree in the old "Our Gang" comedies). Jennifer...

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   THE FUTURE OF COMEDY?

   By Julie Seabaugh

   Published: July 9, 2009

   Abbey Sibucao is an identical triplet who identified as "the fat, funny girl" in high school and graduated at the top of her class. She's since traveled the world as a singer,...

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   HOW TO WRITE A BLURB WITHOUT ACTUALLY WRITING ANYTHING

   By Libby Molyneaux

   Published: July 9, 2009

   From the Why-Didn't-I-Think-of-That-Title Department, Vol. 115, comes Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections From a Terminally Optimistic,...

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   HACKNEYED AND ACNED

   By Siran Babayan

   Published: July 9, 2009

   When it comes to cheesy European pop, Americans know as much about the annual Eurovision Song Contest as they do the mysterious, decades-long popularity of Kylie Minogue. For...

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   A French Toast, S'il Vous Plait

   By Derek Thomas

   Published: July 9, 2009

   Another Fourth of July has come and gone, and we as a nation have once again successfully celebrated our love of freedom and hot dogs, so why not keep the party going by...

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   A TRIP BACK IN TIME

   By Libby Molyneaux

   Published: July 9, 2009

   Do you like beautiful old things? No? Then please skip this item. The rest of you with the good taste to appreciate the rare and the vintage can hop into your restored jalopy...

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   EVERYBODY MUST GET STRUNG

   By Mary Beth Crain

   Published: July 9, 2009

   When Giuseppe Verdi found himself idle in Naples in 1873, in between a revival of Aida and performances of Don Carlo , he decided to try his hand at a new venture -- chamber...

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   What's That Funky Smell?

   By Libby Molyneaux

   Published: July 9, 2009

   The First Annual Funk Rumble Block Party — the name has a great ring to it, like something explosive might happen. The organizers promise the event to be "half music...

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    L.A. — THE FREE-CONCERT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD?

    By Tom Cheyney

    Published: July 9, 2009

    It's been said before, but it bears repeating: Few cities on the planet offer as many free concerts as our town does during the summer. The bigger events — like the 25...

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    Pet Hamster on a Bicycle Alert!

    By Derek Thomas

    Published: July 9, 2009

    CineVegas presents Jeff Mizushima's 2009 "Filmmaker To Watch" award winner about a dying pet hamster on a bicycle road trip. Soundtrack includes songs by Dan Deacon, Great...

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    Doug Benson Has Bad Manners

    By Ima June Bugg

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Doug Benson has turned rude manners into a comic art. Expect comic pals of the well-known and medium-known variety. Mon., July 13, 9 p.m., 2009

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    SAM TRIPOLI'S NAUGHTY SHOW: HOW LOW CAN YOU BROW?

    By Libby Molyneaux

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Sam Tripoli was a finalist on a Howard Stern comedy contest. In his act, he makes fun of a disabled stripper and does Hulk Hogan jokes. He even asked Latina women if they enjoy...

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    Life Is Too Short to NOT Be a Disappointment to Your Parents

    By Derek Thomas

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Life sucks when you're a teenager, at least according to teenagers. What with all the drama to keep up with on MySpace and the fact that Dad put a GPS tracker on your cell...

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    MUST BE THIS HIP TO ENTER

    By David Cotner

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Throw away those tired little Shrinky Dinks and the moldy old macramé and come on down to the Renegade Craft Fair, a ragtag fugitive fleet of hundreds of artists and...

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    D'OH SUSANA!

    By Ann Haskins

    Published: July 9, 2009

    A toxic gift that keeps on giving, the 1959 partial nuclear meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab in Ventura County has the dubious distinction of being the third-largest...

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    LYRIC GAL

    By Falling James

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Before Florida native Exene Cervenka reinvented herself in Los Angeles as a wild-eyed singer and punk-country-folk priestess with such bands as X, the Knitters and Auntie...

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    Equus

    By Neal Weaver

    Published: July 9, 2009

    Director–set designer August Viverito and his colleagues have mastered the art of clarity and intensity when working in a tiny space such as this. Peter Shaffer’s...

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    Monkey Madness

    By Paul Birchall

    Published: July 9, 2009

    In writer-director Daisuke Tsuji’s cracklingly clever tour de force, which takes place on a planet of apes from which Roddy McDowell is conspicuously absent, a group of...

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    Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame

    By Amy Nicholson

    Published: July 9, 2009

    While R. Ernie Silva’s older brothers were doing hard drugs, he hid out in his room and watched Masterpiece Theatre. Silva wasn’t a nerd; he break-danced, liked weed,...