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  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Food Word Clouds: Michael Voltaggios's Ink. Menu

    Sure, many of us often long for the days of vellum and foolscap, or maybe manual typewriters, or at the very least dense newsprint and certain glossy Condé Nast magazines, instead of the relentlessness of Twitter's Ritalin haiku and, yeah, food blogs. But sometimes technology is pretty awesome. Con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Five Movies Coming Out This Weekend, Including Super 8 and Steve Coogan

    Super 8​ This week in our print edition, LA Weekly critics review five movies coming out this weekend. Also check out Sam Wasson's confrontation of Terrence Malick, as he writes, "Perhaps it's time to reach for the light, prop up against the headboard and give this relationship some fresh cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Eight Potential Outcomes of Impending Collaboration Between The Game and Tyler the Creator

    ​Last Friday, L.A. rapper cum professional scapegoat The Game revealed plans to collaborate with fellow local Tyler the Creator on a track ostensibly titled "Martians vs. Goblins." It is unclear as to whether these two have forged a genuine rapport, or if Game is simply trying to arouse public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/4-4/8

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Somebody had a great week once in Provence, and wants the Meatpacking District -- and the swingers at the Melrose Place sequel -- to be as happy as he or she was." First Bite: Fig & Olive, and Mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    The OCD Chef's Cutting Board: Of Kitchen Tools, Rhombuses Ritalin

    PCWorldOCD chef cutting board​ Kitchen gadgets are frequently ridiculous PR-driven stunts, more reasons to spend money on stupid things that clutter your kitchen and only come out of the drawer when you move or you're wondering what the hell Andy Rooney is ranting about for a third time. (Stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Cookbook Review: When Those Great Easy Meals Aren't So Perfect On The Food Network

    ​How many times are we going to say the magazine-cum-cookbook seems to be the publishing trend du jour? One more time, apparently, when the The Food Network Magazine releases Great Easy Meals: 250 Fun & Fast Recipes in the coming weeks. The press release promises the magazine's first cookbook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Ask RuBo: or, An Open Letter to Ruth Bourdain

    CHOW.com​Dear RuBo, In today's world of populist food journalism, in which people with questionable expertise, opinions and, often, grammar, have saturated newspapers and magazines (or what's left of them), the blogosphere and Twitterverse, and our inboxes and cellphones, it is a welcome reli ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 28, 2010

    CHANGE OF PLANS

    CHOW.com​Dear RuBo, In today's world of populist food journalism, in which people with questionable expertise, opinions and, often, grammar, have saturated newspapers and magazines (or what's left of them), the blogosphere and Twitterverse, and our inboxes and cellphones, it is a welcome reli ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    February 26, 2010

    Movie Reviews: Zombie Girl, The Yellow Handkerchief, Defendor

    Also, Easier With Practice, Formosa Betrayed and more

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Gordon Ramsay To Start Tweeting: ?@*! in 140 Characters or Less

    Fox​Ah, at last some reason to read the Ritalin haiku that is Twitter. On February 1st, Gordon Ramsay will begin tweeting. In a BBC radio interview, the celebrity chef said, "I've gone on a Twitter course. I'm just going through all the stages in terms of prep, properly understanding it. I'm d ... More >>

  • Music

    June 11, 2009

    Busdriver: Crushed Groove

    "Your least favorite rapper/With a haircut like a pineapple/Wearing khakis torn/With a voice like a high soprano."

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Tasering Kids: Better Than Ritalin?

    Today Hawthorne police begin investigating an incident in which an officer Tasered a 12-year-old school boy, according to the L.A. Times. The story, citing descriptions of the boy as violent and autistic, says that the cop was called to Hawthorne Middle School last September to quell the youth, who ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    December 18, 2008
  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Stage Raw: Ovation Awards Tonight (Monday)

    THE OVATION AWARDS ARE TONIGHTMonday at Luckman Auditorium, on the Cal State, Los Angeles campus. For more information, contact http://www.lastagealliance.com LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS BEAUTY OF ASHES Writer and star Peres Owino's furious semi-biographical poetry and dance piece about female ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Stage Raw: Fake Radio Sing Along

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    New.

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Stage Raw: A Conversation With Robert Lepage

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    Record Reviews: Soulja Boy, Beach House, Cadence Weapon

    "Yahhh!" confirms this 17-year-old has his finger on peers' music pulse

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    Pellicano Briefs: The Garry Shandling Show

    "Yahhh!" confirms this 17-year-old has his finger on peers' music pulse

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Pellicano Briefs: The Snitch Wore Black

    Anthony Pellicano discovers Tarita Virtue is her own reward For four days ex-Pellicano employee Tarita Virtue wore black to court as she testified under an immunity grant. And why not? It wasn’t her funeral, but that of her ex-boss, “P.I. to the Stars” Anthony Pellicano, who, with four others ... More >>

  • Stage

    April 19, 2007

    Home Is Where the Fear Is

    Middle-class dreads take center stage

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Beautiful Dreamers

    Mew wake up America

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    2005 in Words

    Mew wake up America

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    ''Seems never to achieve his potential. Indolent.''

    Re-reading report cards can be depressing

  • Stage

    January 19, 2006

    New Theater Reviews

    Re-reading report cards can be depressing

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    The Secret Lives of Boys

    Inside the old spirits, indie fucks, gay best friends and outlaws

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    2005 in Words

    Inside the old spirits, indie fucks, gay best friends and outlaws

  • Art+Books

    November 24, 2005

    May Cause Dizziness

    Big Pharma and us: a love story

  • Film+TV

    June 30, 2005

    Back to Cruise!

    Big Pharma and us: a love story

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Lies and the Dirty Liars Who Tell Them

    Mike Ovitz takes the stand

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Dont Get High Without It

    The Vaults of Erowid supplies the ultimate trip buddy: information

  • Columns

    February 12, 2004

    Dark Shadows

    The Vaults of Erowid supplies the ultimate trip buddy: information

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    How Scary This Year Was for Parents:

    The Vaults of Erowid supplies the ultimate trip buddy: information

  • Film+TV

    June 5, 2003

    Marriage in Turnaround

    A screenwriting couple in Showtimes Out of Order. Plus, fatal attraction in Soldiers Girl

  • Art+Books

    October 17, 2002

    Oh! Mary! What the Hell Has Been Going On!

    Mary Robison on writer's block, neuro-pharmaceuticals, Gordon Lish, writing in cars and her new collection of stories, Tell Me

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Dealing With Druggies

    New platitudes from the people who stopped the vote counting in Florida

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    Face Value

    Rock savior Andrew W.K. is coming to our town to help us party down

  • Columns

    September 20, 2001

    Brazil 911

    Rock savior Andrew W.K. is coming to our town to help us party down

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Dark Flowers

    Prime cuttings from the current metal crop

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2001

    Chemical Me

    A mostly legal cocktail

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2001

    Drug War Index

    A mostly legal cocktail

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    Letters

    A mostly legal cocktail

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Pass the Ballot, My Friend

    Keep ordinary drug users out of the joint

  • Columns

    October 12, 2000

    Dressed for Excess

    Keep ordinary drug users out of the joint

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Tijuana or Bust

    Valley housewife gets help across the border

  • Film+TV

    July 22, 1999

    The Rupture

    Bruce Wagner's I'm Losing You

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    The Pharmacist's Daughter

    Culver City in the '50s

  • Stage

    February 11, 1999

    Bleak Houses

    David Mamet gets in the family

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    Body and Soul

    Life before serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and boner pills

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Myanmar's Friend at City Hall?

    Life before serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and boner pills

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