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Matt Groening

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Lalo Alcaraz: Most Mexcellent

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Shortly after it was revealed that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico, a mysterious alter ego cropped up on Twitter: Mexican Mitt Romney (@MexicanMitt), who wears a huge s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    From the Archives: LA Weekly's Original Coverage of the L.A. Riots May Surprise You

    This week's print edition of LA Weekly is a "Then and Now" retrospective on the L.A. Riots -- a seven-page dive into the scenes of destruction across Los Angeles 20 years ago, and the state those places find themselves in today. All this reminiscing led us to wonder: What was the Weekly's immediate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    You Can Buy an 'I Survived the L.A. Riots' Shirt for $200 on eBay

    Can't get enough of the L.A. Riots' (completely oversaturated) 20th birthday coverage? This hot-ticket eBay T-shirt might be just thing. "I Survived the L.A. Riots," it reads across the front, with a map of the city's hardest-hit burn spots on back. Also, awesome factoids, like "Vandals set more th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Five Unusual Designer Toys Based on Celebrities

    There's no shortage of toys and merchandise based on celebrities floating around the Internet, but some are a bit more unusual than others. In the designer toy and art toy world, artists turn recognizable figures into vinyl characters and mash them up with other pop culture references into amazing s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    The Simpsons is Really Set in Portlandia

    If you thought The Simpsons was Portlandia-like in its satiric outlook, what with the nuclear-hi-jinx backstory, psychedlic romps by Homer and pot-smoking school bus driver, you were right. Show creator Matt Groening revealed this week that the location of the show that got its start via his "Life ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/20-2/24

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So much can happen between two slices of bread." 10 Best Sandwiches in Los Angeles. "Maybe Jazz will give you some more Thai tea and pat your hand. Maybe Matt Groening will draw on your napkin." 5 Stages of Grief: The Jonat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    5 Stages of Grief: The Jonathan Gold Model

    A. ScattergoodJitlada's tom yum soup​5. Denial: In which you refuse to read news blogs and Twitter feeds, and instead have lunch at Jitlada, preferring the comfort of ghost chiles to anything looming on the horizon. Windstorms. Sigalerts. More Republican debates. You feel fine. You like anesth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    The Year In Food Interviews

    One of the beautiful things about journalism, not unlike therapy, is that you get to talk to people about themselves. In this case, we have the enormous privilege of being able to take our notepads and recorders and iPhones into the kitchens and restaurants -- or hotel lobbies and neighborhood coffe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/7-11/11

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In true Bourdain fashion, he gave us an straight answer. 'You know, I don't really care.'" Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold. "The first thing you need to know about Attari ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Best Silver Anniversary

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In true Bourdain fashion, he gave us an straight answer. 'You know, I don't really care.'" Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold. "The first thing you need to know about Attari ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2011

    Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

    Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Page Two: Music Roundup

    Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    THE CAP BLOWS FORWARD 'N' THE CAP BLOWS BACK

    Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Vatican Claims Homer Simpson Is A Catholic: We Don't Believe It

    Simpsons' Homer and Bart are said to be Catholics.​The be a cartoon character is apparently divine in the Vatican's eyes. The Catholic church's house organ, L'Osservatore Roman, has declared that "Homer J Simpson is a Catholic" in an article titled "Homer and Bart Are Catholics." To drink on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2010

    Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Saturday Schedule: Futurama, Peter Bagge and Zombies

    Check out our picks from Comic-Con's Thursday and Friday schedules. Saturday marks the 36th annual Comic-Con Masquerade, a massive costume contest where contestants will compete in categories like "Most Humorous," "Best Original Design" and "Best Re-creation." If there's anything we learned from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Top Chef Masters Season 2: Chef Contestants Announced

    Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    The Devil to Pay

    Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best L.A. Comic Book Shops

    Hand, ink and brain

  • LA Life

    May 22, 2008

    Blurbs of Paradise

    What to do in L.A., May 23-29

  • Columns

    September 27, 2007

    Goodbye, Loafer Queen

    Hello, Olivia

  • Film+TV

    July 26, 2007

    The Simpsons Movie: Longer, Wider, Deeper

    A 90-minute comic wind-up machine, the big-screen Simpsons Movie also goes for the heart

  • LA Life

    July 26, 2007

    D'oh! Simpsons Limited-Edition Vans

    Is that a Bart on your shoe?

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Matt Groening: Life Is Swell

    The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

  • LA Life

    December 7, 2006

    ˇAsk a Mexican! Repellent Insect

    The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Something Like Jellyfish

    The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

  • Art+Books

    July 6, 2006

    New From Our Contributors

    The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

  • Art+Books

    April 27, 2006

    A Literary Feast

    The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

  • Film+TV

    March 30, 2006

    Trouble Man

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • Columns

    February 9, 2006

    Tripping Quincy Jones . . . and Other Scenes From EG 2006

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • Articles

    January 19, 2006

    About LA Weekly: Staff

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • Columns

    November 24, 2005

    The Style Council: Undressing L.A. Nightly

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Little Nemo To Jimbo

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • Columns

    November 4, 2004

    Hello Surfer

    The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Radio Provocateur

    Phil Hendrie conquers the AM dial one deluded caller at a time. So why can't he get his mug on TV?

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Yet More Lists

    Phil Hendrie conquers the AM dial one deluded caller at a time. So why can't he get his mug on TV?

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    All Tomorrow’s Parties Today

    Matt Groening talks outsider music and party planning with a fellow gearhead

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    Werewolves of Hollywood

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Still Rockin’ in the Almost Free World

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    Word Unspoken

    You and me and Richard Thompson

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    I Am So Sure

    You and me and Richard Thompson

  • Columns

    August 1, 2002

    Farting Robots and Shitting Ducks

    The first of a new, biweekly column on science from the author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace and Pythagoras’ Trousers: God, Physics and the Gender Wars

  • Art+Books

    July 25, 2002

    Sound and Beyond

    The music of art, the art of music

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Letters

    The music of art, the art of music

  • Stage

    January 6, 2000

    The Year of The Sopranos

    Adding up '99

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Letters

    Adding up '99

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Letters

    Adding up '99

  • Film+TV

    April 1, 1999

    Life in the 31st Century

    Matt Groening: Past, present, Futurama

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    1986 Timeline

    Matt Groening: Past, present, Futurama

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