Parks website still looks a lot like Obama’s

It is four days before LA County Bernard Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas for 2nd Dist. Board of Supervisors seat, and more than a week since I wrote about the Parks campaign lifting Barack Obama’s website, and not much has changed. Here’s…

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Calling all Angelenos: Boycott Dunkin’ Donuts!

It’s now official: the bigots have taken over America. The most recent sign of this comes from Dunkin’ Donuts, who pulled a recent ad featuring Rachael Ray because of her fashion.
Low riding shorts showing her coin slot? Salciously…

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Garcetti grocery shopping with Mitt Romney

Over the Memorial Day weekend City Council President Eric Garcetti was visiting friends in Utah when he had the ultimate “star sighting…” by Utah standards anyway. Via Facebook, Garcetti wrote that he “saw Mitt Romney pushing……

Tar Pit white board FAQ

Pit 91 FAQ, originally uploaded by M.V. Jantzen.

In a couple hundred thousand years, I wonder if advanced lifeforms will be enearthing the remains of today’s Angelenos, with their ornamental Bluetooth headsets, smoke belching leaf blowers,…

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L.A. City Council unanimously supports voter registration for 16 and 17 year olds

Hey, kids - if you’re 14 years old in two years you may be able to pre-register to vote! But don’t get too excited… you’d still have to wait until you’re 18 to actually vote.
On Tuesday the L.A. City Council unanimously……

Is Amazon.com trying to suppress books critical of the Bush Administration?

I use Amazon.com enough that I pay an extra $80 or so per year to be a “Prime” member, allowing for free, 2 day shipping on just about anything. The exception tends to be toys, appliances, and other items that aren’t sold and/or…

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Mojave car dealer tells non-Christians to sit down and shutup

Antelope Valley’s 93.5 The Quake is riling Atheists, non-Christians, and even Christians with an ad they’ve played for Kieffe and Sons, a Mojave Ford dealership. The spot is a rant trying to offend the 14% of Americans they believe…

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L.A. churchgoers chip in for child sex abuse settlements

Because I don’t attend church, or associate with any religion, part of me feels unqualified to even state an opinion on this. But, maybe because I was raised Catholic, I’m still enraged by this story:
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Gay marriage… just like the Nazis? Or a case for no marriage at all?

Good As You, a gay activism blog, discovered that a California “pro-family” organization is comparing court clerks who issue marriage licenses for gays to the Nazi gassing the Jews
Good as You posts a screen grab from the Campaign for…

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Credentials project!

Finally got around to starting a project I’ve wanted to do for some time: scanning and posting all my credentials from shows I’ve collected over the years. Mainly stuff I’ve worked on, but also events I’ve attended recently as press.
You can take a peek here.

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