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September 26, 2006
I'm told the 15th anniversary of the San Jose Mercury News Mr. Roadshow column was front page news. Amazing that,...
Regarding the head-scratcher premise of an interview question asked of Arianna Huffington... Nobody lives 'in' LA" is about as accurate...
Regarding the news that the Los Angeles Times sports section would begin referring to selected reporters from other papers as...
September 20, 2006
Clancy Sigal remembers Brewer as the "paid frightener for studio executives" who helped to blacklist him.
Was the post on the parking fee at the Getty Museum too snotty?
September 12, 2006
No good Mexican food to be had on Olvera Street? Jonathan Gold begs to differ.
September 7, 2006
It doesn't matter what the goths call Rome since their invasion from the Windy City. It will always be Times Mirror Square just as Ho Chi Minh City will forever be Saigon.
September 5, 2006
The Times terrorist exercise article was an absolute joke from start to finish.
How many reviews has Christgau written since 1967? Check out his web site - er, that would be 13, 236!
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More From Mark Lacter:
How is it that until about a week ago I'd never heard of the surrealist photographer Francesca Woodman? We even went to the same school.
Seventeen years after the Rams and Raiders left town, neither team is better off. Now both are threatening to move back.
Sometimes you just have to raise your outdoor voice.
After 22 years of loyalty, Baylor is unceremoniously shown the door.
Parents have won partial restoration of federal poverty funds for 23 schools in the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. Many of the schools are in middle class neighborhoods but have substantial numbers of poor students.
