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Controversy Surrounds Yet Another Frank Gehry Project

Matthew Fleischer
First there was the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, then Grand Avenue, now yet another proposed Frank Gehry building has come under intense public scrutiny -- this time at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Hundreds of students and alumni gathered in the auditorium of the prestigious design......
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Laker Fans Brawl at the Staples Center

Matthew Fleischer
Laker fans, embarrassed by their team's drubbing at the hands of the Boston Celtics, got a small, violent, modicum of revenge last night at the Staples Center as they stomped the bejesus out of some Celtics fans who had gathered to watch Game 2 of the NBA finals. Hey, if......
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Dethklok at the Wiltern, June 6

Matthew Fleischer
Photos by Pandora Young Sweet blowjobby metal! Dethklok are legend. They are so metal they once played a show in an active volcano. It was so brutal the volcano erupted, slaughtering most of the band's fans. At a show in Finland they used an ancient Norse chant to summon a......

California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Matthew Fleischer
Citing the 60-year-old landmark case Perez v. Sharp, which struck down California's ban on interracial marriage, the California Supreme Court ruled today that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional. The Court's decision nullified Proposition 22, the statewide referendum outlawing gay marriage passed by California voters in 2000......
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Pau Gasol

Matthew Fleischer
When you’re seven feet tall, an inconspicuous stroll down the Venice Boardwalk is a difficult thing to pull off. When you’re Pau Gasol, the newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers and the 7-foot savior of the team’s title aspirations, it’s pretty much impossible. To put it another way —......
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Sam Cherry

Matthew Fleischer
Sam Cherry sits in the living room of his Fairfax District home, staring at a photograph of Charles Bukowski on the toilet. “Wow, look at that!” Cherry laughs at the look on the writer’s face — one that suggests Buk is struggling through a rather troublesome bowel movement. “He’s really......
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Jesus Made Matt Taibbi Puke

Matthew Fleischer
In need of a good weekend read? Check out this excerpt from Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi's new book The Great Derangement, in which he goes undercover at the weekend retreat of Christian Zionist, and McCain pal, John Hagee's Cornerstone Church in Texas Hill Country. My disguise was modeled......
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Arroyo Seco Mural Saga Continues

Matthew Fleischer
Three months ago, County Supervisor Gloria Molina, through an emergency measure passed by the County Board of Supervisors, gave Friends of the Los Angeles River an ultimatum -- remove the mural at the Arroyo Seco in 90 days, or pay through the teeth. Ninety days have passed and there is......

Why L.A. Is Park Poor

Matthew Fleischer
ON A COOL, SUNNY MORNING in South Los Angeles last week, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, flanked by Parks and Recreation General Manager Jon Mukri and a curtain of...

Fake Memoirist Channels Sherman Alexie

Matthew Fleischer
PERHAPS THE MOST FASCINATING and instructive moment in Margaret Seltzer’s now discredited memoir Love and Consequences comes early in the book, when a young Margaret B. Jones storms into her South Central foster home to pose a query to her African-American caretaker “Big Mom.” “What if I don’t want to......