Writers, novelists in particular, often have a cat or two attending them as they go about the terrifying business of setting words to blank page. Novelist Sandi Tan had 11. One by one the cats began to appear at her doorstep as she was writing her debut novel, The Black Isle. Tan's novel is about ... More >>
Over the years, LA Weekly. like any American cultural reporter worth its salt, has devoted much ink to Michael Jackson, most recently during the on-again/off-again Neverland Ranch auction at Julien's Auctions this past spring. Our pals at videothing.com captured the surrealism in all its glory in th ... More >>
The little robot that could tops another chart
Originally published October 16, 1992
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