Gendy Alimurung

Move to London, Read, Hear Voices

Gendy Alimurung
If the recent raft of horror genre mash-ups — Jane Slayre, Android Karenina, Wuthering Bites — is any indication, you never want to retell a classic unless you can bring something new to the party. Historical novelist Karen Essex's contribution to the literary potluck, Dracula in Love, retells the bloodthirsty......
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The Simultania Project: Your 1 Minute of Anti-Fame

Gendy Alimurung
Can you spare one minute this Saturday? If so, here's a wonderful and elegant project: on November 13, film yourself (doing whatever it is you normally do) for one minute. Then send the video to artist Erin Cooney over at The Simultania Project. Cooney will assemble the collected footage "into......
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The Dunny Thing

Gendy Alimurung
As intoxicating substances go, the Dunny sounds fairly innocuous. But to some people, these small, bunny-shaped toys are more addictive than heroin. Just ask the dozen or so teens loafing around Kidrobot on Melrose recently, waiting to score one of the soft vinyl creatures. Vanessa Holland, 13, said she caught......

Pundits of Punk

Gendy Alimurung
Today's Top 40 hits are the shortest of short stories. They are moments in time, blips of consciousness. Not so the songs of local punk band Crying 4 Kafka. "Human Rights Brutalized" opines that wealthy nations are morally obligated to eliminate human suffering. "Pride 2 Swallow" criticizes the greed and......
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Full Figured Fashion Week: How To Be Fashionably Fat

Gendy Alimurung
These lovely ladies aren't fashionistas, they are "fatshionistas." They were out in force when Full Figured Fashion Week came to Los Angeles for the first time this past weekend. They gave me some tips on how to survive stylishly in a thin person's world. 1. Love your body the way......
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Wall of Lights at The Music Box: Tacky or Cool?

Gendy Alimurung
Is this wall of lights at the Music Box in Hollywood tacky or awesome? I can't decide. But I'm leaning towards awesome. It had been a while since I'd seen a show there, and in the meantime, this wall of electric sconces went up. It reminds me a little of......
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Looking for Lizards

Gendy Alimurung
Where have all the lizards gone? That's the question puzzling researchers at Los Angeles County's Natural History Museum. Much has happened in the six months since they posed the question to the community at large. "Which is not to say we want people to bring their lizards here and dump......
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Mudpuppy's Ceramic Skulls

Gendy Alimurung
Check out these ceramic skulls from Etsy seller Mudpuppy. They are beautiful. The gold tooth is an especially nice touch. "The opening on the bottom is large enough to add a small votive so you can add that spooky feeling," says the seller. I bought one of these skulls. It's......