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For seven days in late September, a filmabout which practically no information was available surfaced in five Los Angeles area theaters. Titled Dangerous Men, it was described on its poster as “an unforgettable suspense-mystery-drama,” yet neither the film nor its director, John S. Rad, appeared anywhere on the Internet, including the usually infallible Internet Movie …
We all know middle-aged folks are scared of the new, unless of course it’s a new ’Vette or new boobs. “Lightwaits,” by Ryan Ross and Jason Chakravarty, feels new—all static electricity and buzzy Theremin lights—but it’s actually not new, with its roots, as they are, back in the ’70s Light N Space scene (and their …
In your typical one-party state—say, Mao's People's Republic of China—you maintain control by jailing your opponents and then torturing and/or executing them in some particularly mundane way; Mao favored severe beatings followed by years of labor punctuated by a single bullet to the head. “All power,” Mao said, “grows from the barrel of a gun.” …
In your typical one-party state—say, Mao's People's Republic of China—you maintain control by jailing your opponents and then torturing and/or executing them in some particularly mundane way; Mao favored severe beatings followed by years of labor punctuated by a single bullet to the head. “All power,” Mao said, “grows from the barrel of a gun.” …
Found magazine founder Davy Rothbart found a second career in a misplaced note on his car windshield one night—”I HATE YOU I FUCKING HATE YOU—AMBER P.S. PAGE ME LATER,” basically, and there was such irresistible honest humanity there he started collecting more and more bits of foundness: lost photos, lost notes, lost cell-phone text messages, …
Courtesy pool photographer Ygnacio Nanetti/The Orange County RegisterIn the seven months since their convictions, the Haidl Three gang rapists — armed with a team of prominent lawyers, mountains of cash, law-enforcement connections and endless audacity — might have seemed poised to escape justice. Superior Court Judge Frank Briseno has repeatedly allowed the defense to stall …
On Oct. 21, Orange County's never-ending Haidl gang rape case inched again toward final resolution. Superior Court Judge Frank Briseno denied the requests of Greg Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle Nachreiner to be sentenced leniently as juveniles. The trio is now eligible for punishment in state prison for the July 2002 videotaped sexual assault of …
Oh, Wilbur: MC****@OC******.COM Posted Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Back in the saddle again SHOW OF HORSE Progressive agitator Duane Roberts of Garden Grove is making hay out of the horses who showed up at an Oct. 22 protest against Santa Ana Police brutality. Actually, what chafes Roberts' chaps is the number of horses — …
Hello, Clarice: MC****@OC******.COM Posted Oct. 19, 6:20 p.m. A CLOCKWORK EXCLUSIVE! Through our intimate sources — in your face, Judy and Libby (sitting in a tree, l-e-a-k-i-n-g!) — Clockwork has obtained this exclusive booking photo of Tom DeLay. We also have it on good authority that for his last meal, DeLay's ordered Ronnie Earle's liver …
Now accepting offers I can't refuse: MC****@OC******.COM Posted Oct. 11, 6:45 p.m. TAKING CEMENT SHOE ORDERS NOW Your favorite wind-up boy toy finds it quite curious, quite curious indeed, that the Great Park board has delayed a decision on selecting a master designer until January. Why, oh, why, you doth ask? One reason, apparently, according …
Courtesy of the U.S. House of RepresentativesPAC money gladly accepted: MC****@OC******.COM Posted Oct. 5, 5:41 p.m. DIRTY MONEY Ever wonder how much of Tom DeLay's PAC money has made it to Orange County's congressional delegation? Or vice versa? According to the nonprofit campaign finance reform group Public Campaign Action Fund, which provides a state-by-state tracking …