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Get this Muthaf***ing Toupee Off My Mutha****ing Head

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Baby's first words: "You're fired." I've seen dogs in Chanel. I've seen cats with diamond collars, but I never thought I'd see this— Baby Toupee. The first ever wig company for infants. I am not shitting you. Styles include, the Donald, The Bob (as in Marley), The Lil Kim and......

Laughing All the Way to the Banksy

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The Banksy “Barely Legal” show ended at ?8 p.m. on Friday night. Already, I knew in my heart of hearts that I would not see the elephant, painted red and stenciled with gold fleur-de-lis, who was only out one hour per day. But I was glad in a way. I......

The Myth of the MC Hammer Pants

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Timmy “the terror” Anderson gives good directions. For the first time ever, I did not get lost driving in the Hollywood Hills. When I arrive, Anderson, the guitarist for Ima Robot, is doing a phone interview with some other journalist, and Ima Robot’s other critical half, Alex Ebert (vocals), is......
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Summer Strumming Me Softly

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Summer Strummer A funny thing happened on the way to Summer Strummer on Sunday night.... Lina Lecaro's baby shower was the baby shower of the year. And this...
The ultimate in adaptive reuse a 747 becomes a home. (Images courtesy David Hertz)

Flight Patterns

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Flight Patterns A local architect takes recycling to new heights During a long flight home from a vacation in Scotland, jet-lagged and exhausted, Venice-based architect David Hertz stared out the window, taking in the sky and the long airplane wing that sliced into it. Soon after, he was approached by......
Who's been sitting in my chair?

Inside Out

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Maybe you want to give your house a quick sustainable makeover, or a little do-it-yourself green interior redecorating, or maybe you just need a new couch. There are alternatives out there — some are right under your nose. Here are a few local shops you can check out to give......
Green things come in small packages

Green Without Envy

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You’ve seen them — glass-walled wonders of shining environmentalism, fly-ash-concrete monuments to the evolution of the home. They have in-floor heating, triple-paned glazed windows, solar panels and low-flush toilets. They’re splashed across architecture magazines, the new batch of high-tech, high-design green homes and sustainable houses. It’s enough to make you want......

Last Call in Venice

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INSIDE TENT CITY, behind a Lincoln Boulevard shopping center in Venice, where some of Lincoln Place’s dispossessed have been living for months, 99-cent store candles flicker in the fading daylight. A larger-than-life wooden cutout of Frankenstein is propped against an elm tree, the words “Rocky slum-lord suck-up” spray-painted across it......

Got Wood?

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Bob Carlson is kind of like a hippie Z-Boy: As with those erstwhile Lords of Dogtown, he grew up a surfer in Venice and found something else to do when the waves just weren’t happening. Carlson headed to the slopes to snowboard or cruised down the boardwalk on a long-board......
Nitespa: Ladies who manicure (Photo by Brad Elterman)

The Night Touch

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A purple cloud reads, “STOP — Take a nap here.” Even if it weren’t for this sign posted at the reception desk, you might be tempted to stop inside the strawberry-shake- and chocolate-cake-colored craftsman cottage off Abbot Kinney in Venice, lured by the scent of eucalyptus, the hot-pink glow or......