Matthew Fleischer

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Sherman Alexie on Margaret Seltzer

Matthew Fleischer
Margaret B. Plagiarizin'? A little over two years ago, in the midst of the Oprah/James Frey fiasco, I wrote an expose called Navahoax that outed award-winning "Navajo" memoirist Nasdijj as being Tim Barrus -- a middle-class white guy from Lansing, Michigan, who was also a failed writer of gay pornography......
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Bukowski's Bungalow Named A Cultural Landmark

Matthew Fleischer
Brushing aside allegations that Charles Bukowski was a Nazi sympathizer, the Los Angeles City Council approved the designation of Buk's former bungalow on De Longpre Avenue as a cultural landmark on Tuesday -- sparing it from demolition. Though the effort to save the house was successful, Buk's legacy took its......
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Grupo Fantasma, Echoplex, 2/14

Matthew Fleischer
Grupo Fantasma Echoplex, Feb. 14 A musical question -- when was the last time you saw dueling trombones? Personally, I've seen dueling pianos in Memphis, dueling trumpets in New Orleans, dueling guitars at every single God-awful metal show I've ever been to. Trombones -- not so much. So when the......

Hillary Wins Massachusetts but Loses Her Alma-Mater Wellesley

Matthew Fleischer
Hillary Clinton may have dominated the Massachusetts Democratic primary last Tuesday, weathering the endorsements of both Ted Kennedy and John Kerry for Barack Obama, but she was beaten handily by Obama in her old college town. According to the Wellesley Townsman, the Wellesley College grad picked up only 2,971 votes......
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Food Dudes Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook; Credit: Courtesy Food Network

Food, Dude! Stoner Caterers

Matthew Fleischer
'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.—William Shakespeare Courtesy Food Network (Click to enlarge) Food Dudes Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook Matthew Fleischer (Click to enlarge) Caged but not cowed: Dotolo (left), chef de cuisine Frank Anderson and Shook at their soon-to-open restaurant, Animal  On a cool......

Maywood Hires a Convicted Ethics Professor as Interim Police Chief

Matthew Fleischer
For a town looking to repair its police department's reputation as corrupt and brutal, Maywood took the unusual step Friday of holding an emergency session to hire as its interim police chief Al Hutchings, a former Maywood and LAPD officer convicted of bilking LAPD for fraudulent overtime. Mayor Felipe Aguirre......
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LACMA Raided! Updated With Search Warrants

Matthew Fleischer
County Museum board members busted in illegal art sting The L.A. County Museum of Art got some unexpected visitors this morning, when federal agents arrived en masse with search warrants. The raid, the result of a five-year investigation into illegal dealing of Asian artifacts, according to federal search warrants, also......
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Juicy Bits from the LACMA Search Warrant

Matthew Fleischer
You can download the entire search warrant issued to Los Angeles County Museum of Art here, but these two pages provide the most details of LACMA's involvement. Read the full story of the museum raids here......