L.A. Weekly¡Mas
Suave! They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re
Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ
Are
You a Map? Top 10 signs you are a budding Mexican American Prince
Prince
or Troll? Where do L.A.’s most prominent MAPs land on the troll-o-meter?
Milestones
in MAP History: From Edward Roybal to Alberto Gonzales
All
Over the Map: From politics to pop culture, a Mexican American Prince Who’s
Who
Number
19 A short story by NAOMI HIRAHARA, excerpted from the new anthology Los
Angeles Noir.
A Considerable Town
Banging
bumpers with Mischa Barton, by MEHAMMED MACK
RENA KOSNETT partys with the
24-hour porny people.
Plus, in SEVEN McDONALD’s 24
SEVEN, a boy-meets-balloon-gets-girl story
GUSTAVO ARELLANO’s
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
An
illustration by MAX KORNELL
a
cartoon by BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN.
Newsroom
Politics
Meets Street: Why are politicians and civic leaders bellying up to the eyebrow-raising
Club 740? JEFFREY ANDERSON reports on the club and one of its patrons: convicted
Bell Gardens Councilmember Mario Beltran.
Freed Sex
Slave Caught in Legal Bind: Trafficking victim-turned-counselor Maria Suarez
looks for a Schwarzenegger pardon, by JILL STEWART.
Plus, firm
faces criminal charges for asbestos removal,
In DEADLINE
HOLLYWOOD, NIKKI FINKE tells of the insanity behind an in-the-works Beatles
cover-music movie, Across the Universe.
Plus, a
cartoon from MR. FISH.
LA Vida
In Hot
Water: Where to spend teatime in Los Angeles, by LINDA IMMEDIATO.
Plus, LIBBY
MOLYNEAUX’s HOOPLA,
Art
Be
Your Own Guinea Pig: Entering Andrea Zittel’s “Critical Space,”
by ARTY NELSON.
Plus,
MUST SEE ART Paul McCarthy lecture at the UCLA Hammer Museum and “Sick-Amour”
by Joel Tauber at Susanne Vielmetter by AMRA BROOKS
Eat & Drink
Low
and Slow: That is the tempo. Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu’s
La Casita Mexicana, by JONATHAN GOLD.
Plus, FIRST
BITE: 750ml;
ASK MR. GOLD about
artful dining
Screen
Road
Warriors: High-velocity action in Fox’s new series Drive,
by ROBERT ABELE.
In SURF REPORT, Notes
from the Underbelly’s great expectations.
Stage
Gordon
Davidson kills at the L.A. Weekly Theater Awards.by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
Plus, new
theater reviews,
ALAN RICH’s A
LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC,
CLASSICAL
PICK The Millennium Consort and Martin Neary at St. Sophia Cathedral by
MARY BETH CRAIN
DANCE
PICK Spirited Astray: Kenji Yamaguchi at El Portal Theater by ANN HASKINS
Film
Petaphilia:
Molly Shannon shows some puppy love in Mike White’s Year of the Dog,
by ELLA TAYLOR.
World
Market: Something for everyone at City of Lights, City of Angels festival,
by SCOTT FOUNDAS.
Gone
With the Wind? Success remains elusive for Native American filmmakers, by
MATTHEW FLEISCHER.
Killer
of Sheep by Ella Taylor and The
Best Film about Los Angeles by JOHN POWERS – Originally published
2003.
Plus, reviews
of new releases,
GOOD REP Small
Town Gay Bar by ERNEST HARDY
And
Noir City: Los Angeles Vs. New York: The Eighth Annual Festival of Film
Noir by PAUL MALCOLM
SHORT RUN: Indian
Film Festival of Los Angeles by DAVID CHUTE|
Music
This
Is Rock & Roll Radio! How Ron Cey and a 10-watt station in Long Beach
changed one man’s life, by REVEREND DAN.
Roller
Coaster of Wub: Disneyland goes all Chili Peppers and shit, in KATE SULLIVAN’s
ROCK & ROLL LOVE LETTER.
Plus, ERNEST HARDY on
Timbaland’s solo LP
LINA LECARO’s NIGHTRANGER
SAVAGE
LOVE by DAN SAVAGE.
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