Uncle
Andys Fun Afterlife
Twenty years later, dead or alive, will Andy
Kaufman return? DAVE SHULMAN surveys the past, and potential
future, of the enigmatic agent provocateur of comedy.
Looking
Back...
A new DVD compilation of the glorious and ill-fated The
Richard Pryor Show takes us back to when Richard Pryor
was better than ever. BY FALLING JAMES
...and
Ahead
Mitch
Hedberg was once thought to be the future of comedy. Now,
fans are glad theres still comedy in his future. BY GREG
BEATO
Blowing
Up Government: Some 250 people gather in secret to work
on Gov. Arnolds pet project: remaking the way Sacramento
works. The effort is full of palace intrigue and battles over
threatened fiefdoms. BILL BRADLEY shares details from an early
report.
The
Air War: L.A.s prime smog-fighting agency got kicked
around by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. Is the squabble
over the diesel rule and federal Clean Air Act just the start?
HOWARD BLUME looks at what it will take to keep the South
Coast Air Quality Management District alive and breathing
easily.
Move,
Quit or Die: Two weeks ago CHP Officer Thomas Steiner
was gunned down in Pomona. MARK CROMER, hanging on the streets
of the city with cops and gangbangers, dispels an urban myth
about what the killing was all about.
Royal
Coke: DOUG IRELAND reveals the real dope about the case
of a Saudi prince who beat a rap over smuggling 2 tons (thats
right, 4,000 pounds) of cocaine into France. Hint: The war
on terror played a big role.
EthicS
Dilemma: Look what Gil Garcetti is doing to the L.A. Ethics
Commission. Enforcement actions have ground to a halt. The
exdistrict attorney says he wants to focus on big cases.
Sounds reasonable, but such a shift stands to benefit many
of Gils pals, including his son. BY ROBERT GREENE
Plus,
HAROLD MEYERSON on Lu
Haas; JEFFREY ANDERSON on civil-rights lawyer Angela
Oh vs. Inglewood P.D.; and CHRISTINE PELISEK on Comptons
rejection of an Indian casino.
LETTERS
We write, you write...
A
CONSIDERABLE TOWN
The assault of Serape: J. ERIC PRIESTLEY witnesses life and
violence in Watts.
Too fast, not furious: JOE DONNELLY gets off with a warning
. . . almost.
Leaving L.A., NANCY ROMMELMANN takes in the essence of Hollywood
with Ryan Seacrest and a crooning Barry Manilow.
CONSIDERABLE
PEOPLE
MARY BETH CRAIN is off to see Mr. Wizard.
24/SEVEN
Tim and wild Marlayna. By SEVEN McDONALD.
DEADLINE
HOLLYWOOD
Poker with The Simpsons: Hardball contract talks were
all doh and no play. BY NIKKI FINKE
DISSONANCE
Photos of Iraqi torture point out the stunning incompetence
of the Bush regime at home and abroad. BY MARC COOPER
ROCKIE
HOROSCOPE
FILM
Crying
time: JOHN POWERS finds a surreally funny sob story in
Guy Maddins The Saddest Music in the World.
Eat,
drink, die: McDonalds loves you the more of you the
better. BY ELLA TAYLOR
Plus,
SCOTT FOUNDAS on familiar spaces and faces at the
Buenos Aires Film Festival.
BOX
POPULI
African
idyll: Trey Anastasio and Dave Matthews on the road to
Dakar. BY BRENDAN BERNHARD
BOOKS
Prose
for the planet: JOSHUAH BEARMAN on Naked: Writers Uncover
the Way We Live on Earth and ERIK BLUHM on Strangely
Like War: The Global Assault on Forests.
Dark
angel: JERRY STAHL remembers novelist Hubert Selby Jr.,
who passed away last week.
THEATER
Porcelain
gods: STEVEN MIKULAN interviews the creators of Urinetown,
and also reviews The
Devils at Open Fist Theater.
MUSIC
Live
in L.A.: Coachella 2004.
Janet
Jackson: Dont shoot the messenger with bigger hair. BY
ERNEST HARDY
Triple
Echo: Holger Czukays New Millennium. BY JOHN PAYNE
Blue
men sing the reds: The Falls Mark E. Smith talks to BRENDAN
MULLEN.
A
Lot of Night Music: The exotic rhapsodies of Lou Harrison.
BY ALAN RICH
PULPit
Memories
of Love: Courtney through the ages. Text compiled by DAVID
SCHMADER; art by ELLEN FORNEY.
COMICS
"BEK,"
BY BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN
RESTAURANTS
Counter
Intelligence: Wedge issues: Arts Deli, home to the maestro
of the overstuffed deli sandwich. BY JONATHAN GOLD
Ask
Mr. Gold: Getting to the meat of the carne asada matter.
BY JONATHAN GOLD
WHERE
TO EAT NOW
A
list of favorite restaurants compiled by JONATHAN GOLD
and MICHELLE HUNEVEN.
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Goat for It
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Lord knows there are plenty of old goats in the art world not that were mentioning any names but none of them are as well-behaved as CLARK, a real live goat who was the subject of his very own multimedia art exhibit, CAPRUS REX: NEW ICONS, curated by his human companion,
MICHELLE TRITTEN, at EASTSIDE STUDIOS (the casting facility which has been presenting an impressive lineup of local artists recently). There were many lovingly rendered interpretations of Clark: drinking a beer and smoking, on his hind legs, as a subject of van Gogh. Evidently goats induce exhibitionism in the ladies, some of whom wasted no time putting on their Tritten-designed Clark undies and showing em off. The hijinks continued when former Pikme-up proprietor JERRY McKENNA took to go-go dancing on a coffee table and swinging on a chandelier or maybe that was just to get around all the chairs lined up along the walls. Clark himself was on hand (make that hoof) giving a red-carpet greeting to guests including songstress SEAN DE LEAR, composer VINZULA KARA, osseus labyrints HANNAH SIM, Fabulous Monster TIM OTTMAN, writer LUIS BAUZ, performance artist JOHN FLECK, Cacophonist BOB MOSS, corset designer SUMMER PETERSON, puppeteer MARCEL DU JOUR, artist BARRY MORSE and magician CHRISTOPHER WONDER. Didnt seem that anything was getting Clarks goat that night: He wandered freely, didnt nibble and remained laid-back when a couple of cops dropped by to check out the scene. You could say he was a real goat getter.
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario
PANTY LINE
Its survival of the hippest when it comes to nightclubs, especially in a world that sees It-spot status come and go faster than you can say, Im on the list. Sticking around a year, never mind five or more, is quite a feat. The CADILLAC CLUB celebrated its sixth anniversary with a fast-and-loose bash at
GOLDFINGERS. Some advertised groups such as the Flash Express never showed, and although bartender/drummer GREG GORDON was pouring one on, his band, the Nervous Return, didnt play either. Still, things got wild onstage, especially when MOTOCHRIST, featuring C.C.s creator RICKY VODKA on bass, lived up to their party-hearty rep chugging shots and telling bad jokes. A few nights later, decadent danceteria BAR SINISTER marked half a decade in business with its annual PANTY PARTY. Ghoulie glamsters were given free G-strings emblazoned with the clubs logo (on the crotch, natch) while club queen TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD, artist MAXINE MILLER, singer F, Imperial Butt Wizard PAUL K. and an outlandish assortment of porn stars, Gwar-garbed giants, flying nuns and white-faced zombies caught performances by THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE (L.A.), PURR MACHINE (featuring former Caterwaul singer BETSY MARTIN and Kommunity FK bassist KEVIN KIPNIS ) and electro-rockers NEW RISING SON, whose singer claims to be the offspring of Charlie Manson. Thats something to brag about.
Lina Lecaro
WELCOME TO THE TRANNYDOME
Several hundred sweaty art swingers, trannies and trannie chasers turned out for HOT RODS N HOT PANTS, a daylong fund-raiser for TRANNY FEST, a biannual San Francisco film festival. The geodesic domeshaped Mount Washington home of FRITZ HAEG, renamed TRANNYDOME for the occasion, boasted an indoor stage area where performance poet MARCUS RENE VAN, dance group JANET PANTS DANS THEATER, hip-hopper DEADLEE and techno-disco queen MISS YO tread the boards for short sets. The recently reunited SHIMS tore into a hard-charging version of BTOs You Aint Seen Nothin Yet before a raucous crowd that included Tranny Fest co-directors CHRISTOPHER LEE and
AL AUSTIN, Outfests SHARI FRILOT, model JENNY SHIMIZU, actor GUINEVERE TURNER and artist
REX SAIZ. Between performances, MC CHELA DEMUIR encouraged bidding in the silent auction for paintings, photographs and videos donated by artists including CATHY OPIE, LUCAS MICHAEL,
EVE FOWLER, DEAN SAMESHIMA, ANNA SEW HOY and MATT GREENE. A bazaar featuring items such as unisex G-strings and baseball caps, many of which featured transgender pride slogans, was set up in the garage, while outside the house attendees munched hot dogs and tit cakes (cupcakes with frosting nipples) and drank ample quantities of beer. One neighbor did gripe about the excess traffic generated by Hot Rods N Hot Pants. But no one was complaining about the daisy dukes.
Sandra Ross
BOOB TUBE LUBE
After more than two weeks, youd think the TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION press-tour attendees would be sick of meet-and-greets with open bars and prime-rib carving stations. Not! The NBC PRESS TOUR ALL STAR CASINO at HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND was packed with journalists slurping up and chowing down and stars looking to plug the fall lineup. Talk about a match made in heaven. Bored NBC staffers shadowed the talent JAMES CAAN, VANESSA MARCIL, NIKKI COX, RENA SOFER,
COLIN FERGUSON, TRACY MORGAN, CHRISTINE BARANSKI, KATHY GRIFFIN, ROB LOWE holding signs so their charges could easily be spotted, even from across the blackjack tables. Somehow, it seemed less a sucker bet to drop a wad of chips on 21 than on the possibility of some of those new fall shows lasting through winter. Besides all the prime-time pooh-bahs, JAY LENO and CONAN OBRIEN showed up, as did MSNBCs house crank JOE SCARBOROUGH and Access Hollywoods NANCY ODELL and PAT OBRIEN. The bigger the star, the larger the semicircle of journalists around them, but, of course, with the TCA crew, it was NBC entertainment prez JEFF ZUCKER who boasted the biggest semicircle of all. But maybe it was just his periwinkle sweater that made him stand out from all the monochromatic Prada. Bravos newest reality star, JAMES from the gay dating show Boy Meets Boy, had his own semicircle going, with two Canadian reporters grousing that TV Guides MATT ROUSH was spending too much time fawning over the Boy, who noted that he didnt learn a whole lot about himself during his TV gig. Imagine that.
Christopher Lisotta
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