SEX & BEAUTY, ART
& KITSCH
BRENDAN BERNHARD on the exquisite mayhem of Benedikt
Taschen, a brash and stylish entrepreneur who has turned the world
of illustrated book publishing upside down. Along with his co-editor
and wife, Angelika, Taschen produces coffee-table books that range
from scholarly tomes to flashy compendiums of hip contemporary design
to lurid explorations of underground sexuality. Based in Cologne,
Taschen calls L.A. his second home, and just this past week moved
his American headquarters to Hollywood, making him the largest and
certainly most interesting publisher in the city.
"COALINGA 1/2 WAY"
A
short story by SAM SHEPARD.
A FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE
The downtown L.A. power structure is a bit alarmed at Mayor Hahn’s
nomination of progressive, living-wage backer Madeline
Janis-Aparicio for the Community Redevelopment Agency. But, as
much as some people want to, they won’t be able to stop it. BY CHARLES
RAPPLEYE
A WAKE-UP CALL
Gay bashings reveal that all is not well in West Hollywood. CHRISTOPHER
LISOTTA examines how long it took the Sheriff’s
Department to treat the attacks as hate crimes. DERRICK MATHIS
and CHRISTINE PELISEK look at
a July beating that did not get media attention.
AUTUMN FOLLIES
Antonio
Villaraigosa might as well kiss his political future goodbye if
he passes on a key council race next spring. Can the former Speaker
of the Assembly stoop to a mere council seat? BY MARC B. HAEFELE
PLUS: CHRISTINE PELISEK on the
protest against anti-rave
legislation.
LETTERS
We write, you write.
A
CONSIDERABLE TOWN
Clean It Forward: An act of kindness
stumps ELIZABETH HACKETT.
What Judy Toll Left Behind: NANCY UPDIKE remembers the late TV writer.
Letter From Burning Man: BY JIM MASON.
OPEN
CITY
STEVEN MIKULAN on terror warnings and the gullible Big Media.
DEADLINE
HOLLYWOOD
At the start of the fall TV season, NIKKI FINKE asks: Is pay cable
that much better, or are broadcast networks that much worse?
ON
Andy and Pauline get laid: the rise of Anthony Lane. BY JOHN POWERS
POWERLINES
George W. Bush talks tough on Iraq to secure some votes in America’s
midterm elections, and threatens to set a dangerous precedent. BY
HAROLD MEYERSON
DISSONANCE
MARC COOPER takes on the right — and the left — for failing to
learn the right things from 9/11.
QUARK
SOUP
Demon Seed: Can Exorcist save us from genetically modified foods,
or is it another freak in disguise? BY MARGARET WERTHEIM
SITEGEIST
The very loud nothing. BY DAVE SHULMAN
RESTAURANTS
Good
Dish:
the best new breakfast spot going. By MICHELLE HUNEVEN
WHERE
TO EAT NOW
A list of favorite restaurants compiled by JONATHAN GOLD and MICHELLE
HUNEVEN.
ROCKIE
HOROSCOPE
FILM
Family
ties, all in knots: JOHN PATTERSON reviews Anne Fontaine’s How
I Killed My Father and Zhang Yang’s Quitting.
By
the light of the Silver Lake moon: CHUCK WILSON looks at the 2002
Silver Lake Film Festival.
THEATER
Catskills
Cabala: Murray Mednick’s new play, Fedunn, is a glorious
Borscht Belt lamentation; reviewed by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS.
ART
The
Personal and the Political: William Kentridge, straight out of
South Africa. Plus, the flawless compositions of Gustave Le Gray.
Reviewed by HOLLY MYERS
MUSIC
The
Rising: Bruce Springsteen on the remains of The Day. BY ROBERT
LLOYD
Glassjaw:
Hard alternative’s new face, and a cut above. BY ANDREW LENTZ
LIVE
IN L.A.
Performance
Reviews: Wire, The Used, Ozzfest, Something Corporate, Gene.
A
LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC
An
electronic feast: Sampling Carl Stone.
BY ALAN RICH
STYLE
Sew
what: The design team of Josh and He Yang works wonders with thread.
BY RON ATHEY
COMICS
"BEK,"
BY BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN
SNAP
A photo
by SLOBODAN DIMITROV
CALENDAR
CROSSWORD
OC
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