L.A. Weekly{mosimage} The
Town The Law Forgot: An L.A. ’burb is mired in gangs, cartels and
south-of-the-border-style politics. By JEFFREY ANDERSON
No
Peace in the Valley: According to former porn star, Kulak’s Woodshed
is barely legal. By STEVEN MIKULAN
Li’l
Dickens, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Love to the Vice President.
By JERRY STAHL
A Considerable Town
The
Audacity: Barack Obama hits Los Angeles and, eventually, gets around to
giving a speech. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ
Jet
Blues: ROB HILL chronicles the tale of an airport refugee.
DAVE SHULMAN listens to
Borgicci’s lament in COLUMN DAVE.
Plus, LOS
ANGELOPOLIS by MAX KORNELL;
¡ASK
A MEXICAN! Why does Arnold Schwarzenegger keep putting his foot in his mouth
and talking smack about Mexicans? By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
A
cartoon by BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN.
Newsroom
Clearing
the Case: Ham-handed LAPD has trouble getting witnesses to talk in murder
investigations, by CELESTE FREMON.
That’s
Not Permitted: City Councilman José Huizar ignored the law, expanded
his house, then used insiders to get away with it, writes DAVID ZAHNISER in
THE Z FILES.
That
Bitter Aftertaste: Hate-crime victim’s mom wants answers, by KATE
COE.
Plus, a
cartoon by MR. FISH
LA Vida
Way
Up in the Sky: LINDA IMMEDIATO on flying lessons for first-timers.
Plus,
Craft Night at Akbar,
Savage
Love by DAN SAVAGE
Eat & Drink
Sweetheart
Deal: Providence’s night of happy endings, by JONATHAN GOLD.
Plus, FIRST
BITE: Celadon
ASK
MR. GOLD about naked ravioli
and WHERE
TO EAT NOW
Books
The
Crescent Moon Is Down: Suggested reading for the president, by MATTHEW FLEISCHER.
Art
Pink
Elephants on Parade: Tim Hawkinson’s lost weekend, by DOUG HARVEY.
ART PICK: Sharon Ben-Tal, Wally Hedrick by PETER FRANK
MUST
SEE ART: Nathan Hylden’s “Again and As If to Begin” and
Aurie Ramirez by AMRA BROOKS
Stage
Who’s
Afraid of Edward Albee? Don’t call it a comeback — the playwright
was never gone; an interview by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS.
Plus, new
theater reviews including Bent, Altar Boyz and more.
ALAN RICH’s A
LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC,
DANCE PICK: Lula
Washington Dance Theater by ANN HASKINS
Ann Haskins
CLASSICAL
PICK: Dead Man Walking: Scenes From an American Opera by MARY BETH CRAIN
Film
Great Scot:
ELLA TAYLOR sips tea with James McAvoy; SCOTT FOUNDAS reviews his new film,
Starter
for 10.
Too
Sweet the Sound: Amazing Grace ODs on sanctimonious idealism.
Plus, why The
Number 23
doesn’t add up.By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Glastonbury:
The Sound and the Filth. A muddled, wasted tribute to Britain’s infamous
music fest by ROB NELSON
More
reviews of new films, including The Astronaut Farmer, Gray Matters,
and Reno 911!: Miami
SHORT
RUN: Our Daily Bread by J. HOBERMAN
Screen
In SURF
REPORT, ROBERT ABELE finds The 1/2 Hour News Hour comes up short.
Music
Focus
Group: Blur’s Damon Albarn talks to JOHN PAYNE about his new project
with former Clash bassist Paul Simonon, and MARK MAUER reviews the new record.
Plus, JOHN ALBERT on Explosions
in the Sky.
DIGGIN’ YOUR SCENE checks in with
Bloodcat Love,
LIVE IN L.A. goes out to see Camera
Obscura by SCOTT STERLING
And also
Neko Case by TIM GRIERSON
LINA LECARO’s NIGHTRANGER
This week's ROCK
PICKS
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