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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    My 4-Year-Old Twin Sons Have Terrible Taste In Music

    So, here's how my sons started listening to lite rock. Not long ago, my wife was out grocery shopping (aka grocery shopping). I was at home taking care of my 4-year-old twin sons (aka playing on the Internet and being really clever on Twitter). They were practicing writing letters and numbers at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    "Niggas in Paris," Clean or Uncensored: Which Does My Kids More Injustice?

    See also: *"Niggas in Paris": Jay-Z and Kanye Will Perform It 13 Times When They're Here. Seriously. *There's a 5-Year-Old Girl Who Looks Like Adele on My Sons' YMCA Basketball Team. I Hate Her The conversation eventually became about music, and maybe that was the intended point anyway, but it sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    There's A Girl Who Looks Like Adele On My Sons' YMCA Basketball Team, And I Hate Her

    My son Bay, point guard​See also: Mama, I Don't Want To Die! My Four-Year-Old Identifies With Freddie Mercury There's this 5-year-old girl that I know. Her name is A. And she's the fucking worst. I know her because Bay and Meechy, my twin 4-year-old sons, are on the same YMCA basketball tea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Mother Sues Corona-Norco YMCA, Claims Bullies Held Her Son and Knocked His Out His Teeth in Game of Dodge Ball

    ​Last February, a bunch of school-yard bullies attending a YMCA program so savaged 9-year-old Ethan Otterbein in a game of dodge ball that he lost several teeth in what must have been a ghastly and bloody affair. In step, the mother of Otterbein has filed a lawsuit. But she is not going after t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Occupy L.A.: With Lease Offer, City Hall Hopes To Turn A Movement Into A Non-Profit Group

    ​L.A. City Hall is taking some heat for its offer to give Occupy L.A. some office space for the low-low price of $1 a year.The offer -- which the Occupiers seem likely to reject -- says a lot about how City Hall views the Occupy movement.Essentially, city officials seem to believe that the movemen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Here's Tasting You, Burbank

    ​L.A. City Hall is taking some heat for its offer to give Occupy L.A. some office space for the low-low price of $1 a year.The offer -- which the Occupiers seem likely to reject -- says a lot about how City Hall views the Occupy movement.Essentially, city officials seem to believe that the movemen ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 14, 2011

    Disco Films at UCLA

    ​L.A. City Hall is taking some heat for its offer to give Occupy L.A. some office space for the low-low price of $1 a year.The offer -- which the Occupiers seem likely to reject -- says a lot about how City Hall views the Occupy movement.Essentially, city officials seem to believe that the movemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Connecticut Lost Money On Investments With Magic Johnson

    Magic Johnson with Nancy Pelosi: His real estate invesments haven't paid off for Connecticut.​L.A. basketball royal Earvin "Magic" Johnson has been in the news lately for his decisive in-the-paint financial moves, including dropping his Starbucks franchises and selling his slice of the Lakers. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Brentwood YMCA Facility Accused Of Discrimination After It Kicks Out Black Church Group

    ​A pastor claims her congregation was kicked out following its brief residency at a Brentwood YMCA facility in Brentwood after officials there learned the church was predominantly African-American, according to a report in this week's Beverly Hills Courier. The result, the paper states, is a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Tinariwen Unleashes a Saharan Dance Party

    Tinariwen Unleashes a Saharan Dance Party

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    City Councilman Makes A Pretty Calendar For 2010

    Tom LaBonge's calendar.​If after looking at the city's looming, $400 million deficit, its difficulties in hiring cops, and its five-year (losing) battle with mushrooming marijuana dispensaries, you thought the Los Angeles City Council was useless, we would kindly ask you to take a second look. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Drink and Give: 'Tis the Season to Give a Bottle with a Shot of Generosity

    Ehlers Estate​Not so long ago, "charity-driven" wineries could get by with donating the occasional case or two of merlot to local fund raising auctions (did you get a taste last year's YMCA "Riesling"?). Today, product donation is hardly worth singing the most famous Christmas aria in history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Zero-7 Phone Home: Last Night at the Orpheum Theater

    Zero 7 is a UK bred downtempo touring band comprised of founding members Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. Contributing artists come and go, however last night at L.A.'s Orpheum theater, their 7 piece band included soul blues singer Abimaro and multi-talented folk singer, Olivia Chaney. Anna WebberAbim ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: The Heart of Darkness — Jerry Stahl

    Zero 7 is a UK bred downtempo touring band comprised of founding members Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. Contributing artists come and go, however last night at L.A.'s Orpheum theater, their 7 piece band included soul blues singer Abimaro and multi-talented folk singer, Olivia Chaney. Anna WebberAbim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Beards, Blazers & Glasses: The Hold Steady

    Zero 7 is a UK bred downtempo touring band comprised of founding members Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. Contributing artists come and go, however last night at L.A.'s Orpheum theater, their 7 piece band included soul blues singer Abimaro and multi-talented folk singer, Olivia Chaney. Anna WebberAbim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Election '08: Very Old Tears

    Zero 7 is a UK bred downtempo touring band comprised of founding members Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. Contributing artists come and go, however last night at L.A.'s Orpheum theater, their 7 piece band included soul blues singer Abimaro and multi-talented folk singer, Olivia Chaney. Anna WebberAbim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Key Witness Testifies in Witchcraft Murder Trial

    Opening arguments began yesterday in the strange witchcraft murder trial of Carla Mendez accused of the Silver Lake murder of a local snow-cone vendor who she believed had put an evil spell on Mendez' female lover. Deputy District Attorney Hyunah Suh described the slight 22-year-old Mendez, who wa ... More >>

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    MTA's $1 Billion Development Scheme

    Eleven transit honchos were barred from voting due to money conflicts. So they drew straws.

  • Columns

    August 9, 2007

    Bonds Over Chavez Ravine

    “He should try for a year to play without steroids. If he can’t, I think they should put him in jail for two years.”

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Death of the Snow-Cone Man

    Norberto Castro made a good life here, but a witch spelled his doom

  • Columns

    October 26, 2006

    Devil's Night

    Norberto Castro made a good life here, but a witch spelled his doom

  • LA Life

    September 14, 2006

    Mime Talkin'

    Norberto Castro made a good life here, but a witch spelled his doom

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Home With the Homeless

    Spending a night with the L.A. count

  • Art+Books

    December 9, 2004

    The Painting Cure

    Mark Dutcher’s "After the Fall" and Jean Lowe’s "The Loneliness Clinic"

  • Columns

    March 4, 2004

    Brave Newsom World

    Gay Marriage Mania

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Searching for the Heart of John Edwards

    A trip home to assess the legendary lawyer

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    L.A. Weekly’s Choices

    A trip home to assess the legendary lawyer

  • Columns

    April 24, 2003

    Urban Myths: Busting the Black Dahlia Avenger

    A trip home to assess the legendary lawyer

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    The Real Nanny Diaries

    Nobody asks about the circles under Rosa's eyes, and no one will. Her bosses think she disappears the second she leaves their home

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Something That’s Aggressive, That’s Refreshing, That’s Energetic

    Excerpts from the L.A. Weekly’s interview with Martin Ludlow, candidate for the 10th Los Angeles City Council District

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    Velvet Goldmine

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Columns

    January 24, 2002

    Cock Tale: A Spiteful Rooster

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Art+Books

    September 27, 2001

    The Short Story

    New fiction from Bernard Cooper, Bill Roorbach and Don Lee

  • Columns

    February 15, 2001

    The Lime Barty Story

    The best of Sitegeist

  • Art+Books

    June 15, 2000

    Life Force

    Gerald Locklin on poetry, children and immortality

  • Stage

    June 8, 2000

    Brechtmachine

    When the wall came tumblin’ down

  • Stage

    April 6, 2000

    Seeing Red

    Joe Stalin comes to L.A.

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    When the Bough Breaks

    Elizabeth Lynn Faber was ignored by California's mental-health system -- until she killed her baby

  • Columns

    November 4, 1999

    The Lime Barty Story

    Elizabeth Lynn Faber was ignored by California's mental-health system -- until she killed her baby

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