May 2010
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LAPD Confronts Anarcho Cyclists
A Friday night ride brought cyclists into a confrontation with cops along Hollywood Boulevard, near Highland as best we can make out from this video posted on cycling scene site Midnight Ridazz. Holding promise for a truce during the popular monthly Critical Mass rides, Police Chief Charlie Beck announced a policy to better train LAPD officers on the rights of cyclists. Apparently this one...
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Our colleague and former Hollywood neighbor Charlie LeDuff bailed out of the Creative Capital of the Planet to get home to Detroit where he’s been making things happen. Dig his new real-deal reality show, Wednesday 26 May on Ifc.com
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Marilyn and JFK Reappear in LA
An LA gallery will exhibit what is purported to be the only extant photo of Marilyn Monroe with President John Kennedy. The show, which opens June 1st -Marilyn’s birthday- also features pics shot moments after her performance at JFK’s 45th birthday celebration.
The image depicting JFK and Robert Kennedy from behind with Marilyn between the brothers in severe profile was taken by...
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GWAR Walks Among Us
America Must Be Destroyed, the seminal album from GWAR used to amuse us 20 years back. Finding out the monstrously costumed metal band is our next door neighbor in Hollywood is more amusing. The band dwells along with Green Jello in a sprawling former half way house among an arcade of console video machines and walls encrusted with toy figures and last night we swung by for a bash celebrating...
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Its Soaking in, this Laid Back Milieu
Back from NYC and for the first time ever we feel relieved returning to LA’s laid back milieu. And we note a palpable uptick in energy all over town. For example, we hear there’s much celebration in the Downtown LA offices of Truthdig as the Webby Awards gave a nod to journalist Robert Scheer’s site for Best Political Blog - the jury prize -beating out The Huffington Post,...