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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

On Reaching 60....

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Looking at myself in a mirror – if I am buck naked, wearing a ski mask and standing far enough away - 60 can look a lot like the new 17. F...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Free Downtown Comedy Walk + Downtown Mixer Both Thursday Night!

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From 8:30 PM - 10 PM Thursday October 16th, Comedy Walk presents 24 top stand-up comedians in six different venues at 8th and Broadway in Do...

If The Word Downtown Is In A LA Times Headline - You Can Be Sure Some Fact Will Be Wrong In The Headline! UPDATE!!

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(The below needed correction has how been actually corrected - but the link and the dateline of the story was not changed - so it goes to th...
Monday, October 13, 2008

LA Times Gets Location Of Double Murder - Wrong - Then Right - Then Wrong Again!

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Below is a story that demonstrates why the LA Times local coverage is deeply handicapped by it's policy of hiring people without roots i...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Michael A. Hiltzik - One Last Reason To Still Read The Los Angeles Times

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Without realizing it, I have - like almost everyone I know - stopped reading the LA Times. Oh, I still read many of the blogs on the website...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Mear One Show Opens at 01 Gallery Tonight!

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Opening Exhibition. October 11th 7-10pm Mear One, who is among the most prominent artists in the world(and not just the grafitti world)today...
Friday, October 03, 2008

What Works - And Doesn't Work - In The Mayor's New Housing Plan!

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Below is my article in today's CITYWATCH about the newest housing plan for the City of Los Angeles. However, if you click the link abov...
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

How The Whole Mortgage Mess Started!

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There is a lot of blame to go around for the current financial meltdown, but it's increasingly clear as to how it all started. When Fan...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Hell May Not Have Frozen Over - But It's Snowing On Mars!

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Yes, when the impossible seems to be happening all around us - just another sign of the Apocalypse. PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Phoenix M...
Monday, September 29, 2008

One of the First Great Preservationists Passes at 100

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Margot Gayle was one of the first advocates for the preservation of Victorian architecture in New York and she is also an excellent example ...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Jim Newton Returns To LA Times!

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It's been a long time since some good news has come out of the Los Angeles Times, but the return of Jim Newton is the best news I have h...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Free Downtown COMEDY WALK - Tonight! And Two TV Stations Will Be Filming Us Tonight!

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Yes - six free venues with 25 comedians all within 1/2 block of 5th and Spring! 8:30 PM - 10 PM Tonight Thursday September 18th! Go to www....
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

And The Winner In The Browser Wars Is....

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Google's Chrome! And it ain't even close. Totally blows away the 'competition'.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Single Funniest Line Of The Campaign!

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Hell, this may be the single funniest thing anyone says about anything all year. But - warning - if you have never lived in a small town an...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Why Downtown Los Angeles Is Exactly Like Buffalo!

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Well, maybe not... exactly... alike (Buffalo being only second to Detroit in poverty and second to almost no place when it comes to snow), b...
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Why Our Taxes Are So High!

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The above linked article lists just the newest way Los Angeles County social workers have found to steal from the taxpayers. And they have ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

What's $60 Million To A LA Times Copy Editor?

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The headline reads - 40 million awarded to Mattel by Jury. But the AP article reads - 100 million awarded by jury to Mattel. And at the mo...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Los Angeles Times Once Again Proves It Knows Nothing About Los Angeles!

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The above linked story about the renovation of the historic Westlake Theatre on Alvarado shows the LA Times continuing lack of even a cursor...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

LA Times Article On Eddy Hartenstein Speech!

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Not a lot new in the below article - other than to say he is a native of the Southland for the first time, but nothing more specific on that...
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Early Report On Inaugural Speech By Eddy Hartenstein To The Troops!

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Below are portions Kevin's post over at LA OSERVED quoting an email from a LA Times employee: Just got out of a meeting with Eddy.... He...

Los Angeles Times Still Doesn't Know The Difference Between Windsor Square And Koreatown!

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Despite the combined efforts of a staff writer, an editor and a copy editor - the LA Times story with a headline claiming that 400 S. Wester...

Eddy Hartenstein Inspects His Troops At 3 PM!

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Today's LAT's Staff memo from FISHBOWLLA: New L.A. Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein sent the staff the following good morning: G...

LAPD Power Grab Threatens Both Film Production In LA Plus Safety In The Streets!

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Nikki Finke has just exposed one of the worst ideas ever to hit this city. Taking active duty cops off the streets and having them baby sit...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

If You See Only One Art Show This Season - Tonight...

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.... join me at the 01 Gallery for a new opening curated by Retna! .... Undisputed Champions, featuring the work of Sam Fuchs and Adam Gray....

BOXeight Opens New Gallery Tonight!

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BOXeight Studios is celebrating the grand opening of their new, permanent space Downtown with a big ol' party tonight. Head down to chec...

Why The Los Angeles Times Has No Street Cred!

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The headline on the morning version of the LAT website was: 2 found dead in burned building in Windsor Square Now why would it use the term ...

More On New Publisher Of LA Times!

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Eddy Hartenstein may be the perfect publisher for the Los Angeles Times - at least on paper. And I've had some time to check him out th...
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