L.J. Williamson

MOCA's competitive rock star; Credit: Flickr user shekgraham

MOCA to Import 'Heavier Rock' From 'Much Farther Away'

L.J. Williamson
In a move emblematic of the fierce competition for museumgoers, MOCA will follow the recent phenomenon of the LACMA Rock by importing a "heavier rock" transported from "much farther away," the museum announced in a statement. For MOCA's installation, dubbed Elevated Math, artist Layne Christensen will transport an even more......
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Why Disney Characters Make Us Horny While Disney Movies Do Not

L.J. Williamson
Women clearly have an ambivalent relationship with Disney characters. In question 12 of our sex survey, UCLA vs. USC: Who's Sluttier?, we asked about the worst date movies, and Disney films were named again and again by our female respondents: The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog and "anything......
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9 Alternatives For Burning Man Lottery Losers

L.J. Williamson
So you couldn't get a ticket. Join the club. Burning Man has been a rich man's game for a while now, and since BMORG, the group behind it, can't seem to figure out any way to prevent scalpers (such as, say, printing your name on your ticket), prices surely will......
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USC vs. UCLA Sex Survey: Who's Sluttier?

L.J. Williamson
See more from L.A. Weekly's Sex Issue: "Condoms Suck," "The Swingers' Story: How Two Married People Found True Love While Swapping Partners," "10 Condom Reviews for the Well-Endowed Man," "9 Best High-Tech Vibrators to Buy for Your Valentine, Reviewed by our Experts," and "Twelve Tales of Sexual Mortification." The stereotype......
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With Occupy Gone, City Hall Ponders a Progressive Landscape

L.J. Williamson
The ouster of Occupy L.A. left City Hall Park with dirt where once there was turf. And when ideas started coming in about what should be done to restore the landscape that adorns the symbolic center of the city, the range of opinions was something akin to those within Occupy......
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The Star Wars Cookbook vs. Food That's Actually Star-Warsy

L.J. Williamson
Like the Salad Shooter or the electric quesadilla maker, some items that deserve to fade away -- and almost succeed in doing so -- experience a Frankenstein-like revival every Christmas shopping season. The 1998 Star Wars Cookbook is one of these things. While we've come to accept that Star Wars......
Peace Guard by Shepard Fairey

S[edition]: Would You Pay $800 for a Digital Image?

L.J. Williamson
When you can have a Shepard Fairey image on your computer for the cost of a right click, is a company like s barking up the wrong tree, or ahead of its time? The new enterprise aims to make art by well-known, high price point artists more accessible to the......