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males, which prohibits the blood from clotting, and therefore, requires regular blood transfusions. When the people in his AIDS town of Kokomo, Ind., found out about his diagnosis, White and his family were virtually shunned. He was denied access Don’t Get Scared, Get Tested to his school. Parents would not allow him contact with their children. White soon rose to national attention, attracting by ebony march, news EDITOR the support of notable entertainers such as Michael Jackson and Elton John, who maintained a friendship with the teen College is a time of self-discovery. Stu– until his death in 1990. He was 18.

dents often choose to spread their wings and explore a Gia Carangi was only 26 years old when she succumbed Angeles 2009 Los Walk AIDS number of interests, including religious freedom, political to an AIDS-related disease. Carangi was a dark-haired ties and sexuality. However, with the latter comes a wealth of supermodel in a time when many of the top faces had blonde Join 30,000 Angelenos for AIDS Walk Los Angeles Oct. 17. responsibility – something that many students are unprepared hair and blue eyes. She had grown up in Philadelphia, but to handle. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an moved to New York City to pursue her career. While there, and Los Angeles (Oct. 17), the fundraiser has helped bring estimated 40,059 young people in the United States have Carangi quickly garnered a name for herself, gracing the awareness to prevention and maintenance by partnering received a diagnosis of AIDS. Even more startling is that an covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines. However, with other charities and local businesses. The day of the estimated 10,129 young people with AIDS have died. What she was also addicted to heroin. Her proclivity for sharing event, thousands gather and walk across the city in a show this means is that despite the wealth of information about needles with other addicts soon took its toll. She contracted of solidarity for those lost to AIDS. YouthAIDS (psi.org/ HIV and AIDS available to adults aged 18-25, the message the disease and died at Hahnemann University Hospital Nov. youthaids) is also a well-known charity that has received a just isn’t being received. 18, 1986. little help from some very well-known friends. Pink, Alicia The first AIDS case in America was diagnosed April Earvin “Magic” Johnson for many was the most Keys, Amanda Bynes and Benji and Joel Madden have lent 24, 1980, in a San Francisco resident named Ken Home. It surprising diagnosis. The star player for the Los Angeles their celebrity to the organization, which was founded by the was assumed that HIV/AIDS was a gay epidemic, due to its Lakers came forward with news that he had contracted the Aldo Shoes company. prevalence among homosexual men. But just as the disease disease just before the 1991-1992 basketball season and that Remember, HIV/AIDS is spread through unprotected “jumped” from primates to humans in the 20th century, his years of unprotected sexual activity were to blame. Since sexual contact, the sharing of needles and infected fluid AIDS soon found its way into the mainstream through coming forward, Johnson has shown that being HIV-positive transfer (including semen, blood and breast milk). Young blood transfusions, heterosexual sex and intravenous drug is not a death sentence, but it can be managed through drug people are urged to get tested at least once a year if practicing use. National task forces would be assembled. The disease treatment, a positive attitude and healthy living. safe sex and every three months if regularly engaged in sexual would divide towns and even families. But more importantly, Aside from patients speaking out to educate the public activity. Latex condoms when used correctly may decrease the it created a number of unlikely heroes in the people it has about the dangers of AIDS, there are a number of nonprofit likelihood of contracting AIDS, but testing is still necessary encountered. groups that aim to do the same. AIDS Walk (aidswalk.net) since condoms are not 100 percent effective. Teenager Ryan White contracted the disease in his youth. is an annual walk-a-thon that has been going strong for To schedule a free, confidential rapid AIDS test (no- He was a hemophiliac – a disorder, usually occurring in over 20 years. Based in several cities, including New York needle procedure), visit freehivtest.net.

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As time goes by, John soon learns why his mother left him with his aunt. The family’s secrets seem to extend as far NOWHERE BOY as the eye can see. Still, he does his best to come to terms with his mother’s flighty and fickle behavior. John also reaches a A n Audacious Biopic About bit of common ground with Mimi. But just as things begin to make sense, tragedy strikes and young Lennon’s life is forever John Lennon and His Mother changed. Nowhere Boy is directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. For by ebony march years, the 43-year-old has been a staple in the UK art world, exhibiting her work internationally and teaming up with a He was the charismatic frontman of one number of notable collaborators. For her feature-length of the most influential music groups of the 20th century. His directorial debut, Wood immersed herself in the telling of songs inspired, angered, charmed and confused both fans the Lennon’s story and even enlisted the support of some of

and naysayers alike. But before he was controversial, he was his closest friends and confidants. 2010 Company, Weinstein The merely a teenager trying to find his way while growing up on “I wrote to as many people I knew that would be affected the streets of Liverpool. by this film being made and said, ‘You know, if you want any Julia (Anne-Marie Duff) and John Lennon (Aaron Johnson) Nowhere Boy tells the story of pre-Beatles John Lennon. input or say in it, then please do and do so at the beginning of The film looks at his life as a young man grappling with being the process and not in the end,’” says Wood. “Both Yoko and Lennon’s playful yet intense personality, Wood chose Johnson abandoned by his mother, Julia (Anne-Marie Duff). Paul came back with various insights and details that were (who, at the time was 18) to take the lead. But the decision John (Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson) is sent to live with really useful for me. Then they kind of stepped away because was not an instantaneous one for her when he auditioned his strict aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas). Mimi allows they were very nervous about what I would do.” while Kick-Ass was in production. very little leeway in John’s teen years, leaving him ripe for Her version of the young rock legend is not only heartfelt “[Aaron] was playing kind of a geeky, nerdy American so rebellion. and sympathetic but surprisingly erotic in a number of ways. I didn’t have high hopes for him,” she jokes. When a friend informs the teen that the mother he has Her portrait of Lennon doesn’t sugarcoat his childhood, nor However, since Nowhere Boy wrapped production much yearned for has been living blocks away, John reaches out does it needlessly sensationalize him. has been reported about the couple’s off-screen relationship to her. The two form a fast friendship, and Julia plants the “I guess all of it really was such a challenge,” admits (She and Johnson have over a 23-year age difference between rock music seed in her son’s head. She teaches him to play Wood. “I mean, I approached it as a coming-of-age story them, are engaged to be married and share an infant the banjo and gives him a rock music tutorial on all the best and really the transition of boy to man and all the pain and daughter.). Regardless, Johnson is quick to assert that Wood’s singers and guitarists in the genre. turmoil he went through.” talent and good heart made his job a whole lot easier. While playing shows with his mates from prep school, This includes a number of scenes that hint at a flirtation “She’s a hardworking, wonderful, warm kind of person,” John meets 15-year-old Paul McCartney. With a bit of rivalry between Lennon and his biological mother ­– a fact based on he says of his fiancée. in place, they too form a friendship and end up playing a biography written by Philip Norman. alongside each other in a skiffle band called the Quarrymen. When it came to finding an actor who could embody Nowhere Boy releases in theaters Oct. 8.

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news of the affair hits the village, it’s only a matter of time before walls come tumbling down. TAMARA Now, at the risk of selling Tamara Drewe as a sad and weepy drama for the over-40s, it must be noted that the film is anything but. DREWE Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe houses a number of outrageous and amusing surprises A Funny Tale of Groupies, Sex as well as plot twists and turns. One is the very unlikely inclusion of a couple of teenage and Deception groupies named Jody and Casey (Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie). These girls not only intertwine themselves in the lives by ebony march of the adults around them, but they fuel the dirty deeds in Tamara’s life as well as the lives of the men with whom she’s involved. T amara Drewe (played by Prince of Persia’s Award-winning British director Stephen Frears captures Gemma Arterton) was a homely girl born into a posh family all the bad behavior on screen as only he can.

living in the English countryside. She was known for her When it came to casting his leading lady, Frears didn’t Mountain Peter bratty behavior, a flair for the dramatic and even more for her bother going the usual route; instead, he went on a hunch. big nose. “I didn’t have to audition for this role,” notes Arterton, Director Stephen Frears knew Gemma Arterton would be After a long absence from her village, Tamara returns to adding, “It was my first job where I hadn’t auditioned. I say the perfect Tamara Drewe. her family home to stir up some trouble among the locals. [Frears] cast me blind, but he always says, ‘No I didn’t. I was Quickly, she encounters a studly former beau named Andy very informed.’ But he actually hadn’t seen anything I’d been roughly 52 directorial credits to his name, including 1988’s Cobb (played by Luke Evans). in before and was advised that he had to get me to play Tamara Dangerous Liaisons, Dirty Pretty Things starring French actress Tentative romance abounds between the lovers until Drewe. Audrey Tautou and the aforementioned comedy High Fidelity, Tamara meets the acquaintance of a guyliner-obsessed rock “So then I met him and he just offered it to me, which he has honed a tried-and-true method of communicating star named Ben (An Education’s Dominic Cooper). She and was very flattering and brilliant, but also I was a bit put out with his stars. Ben soon develop a hot and spicy relationship. by it. And I said, ‘Please audition me just so I know you know His secret? Romance abounds (again) until Tamara rekindles a you’ve made the right decision and you’re not going to regret “Cast them well and keep your mouth shut,” jokes the childhood crush with her middle-aged neighbor, Nicholas. it.’ He said, ‘No, no no, we don’t have to do that. I just know.’ filmmaker. He’s a self-possessed novelist with a notorious roving eye. Apparently, he did the same thing with Jack Black in High They enter into a torrid affair that quickly jeopardizes Fidelity.” Nicholas’ marriage to Beth – his long-suffering wife. When Frears does seem to have a method to his madness. With Tamara Drewe releases in select theaters Oct. 8.

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asks, taking the words out of my mouth, though the answer is blaringly obvious when you glance Duhamel’s devastating LIFE AS WE way. The Transformers star goes far beyond the typical “hot” classification and into “tropical” territory – steamy, sultry and sweltering. KNOW IT “So you never met someone, like, at a bar and went out on a dinner date the next night and had a terrible time? That Josh Duhamel = Chick Magnet never happened to you?” Heigl continues to rib. “I’m sure it did, I just don’t recall—” Duhamel begins. by sasha perl-raver “Because you got so drunk at dinner, because it was so

awful?” Heigl interjects. Iovino Peter L ife as We Know It starts out simply “Nope,” Duhamel grins. “I was too drunk from the night enough. Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and- before to remember.” Life as We Know It’s Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel coming caterer, and Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a While Heigl hasn’t dealt with set-ups, she insists she had promising network sports director. Both attractive and plenty of bad date experience to draw on when filming. least I had one in my trailer who did.” unattached, their best friends set them up on a blind date “The worst [was when] I was 20 pounds heavier, trying Or maybe it’s just that all girls respond favorably to that ends up being like a disastrous recreation of Paula hard to work it off at the gym,” Heigl recalls. “My trainer took Duhamel. Abdul’s music video where she dances around with an me to Sizzler, gave me his head shot and asked if I could get “It could be,” Heigl nods, “but so do little boys. All animated cat. She’s uptight, he’s a wild man and, needless him into my agency. I knew it wasn’t the extra 20 pounds that children like Josh. It’s like he gives off a cookie scent or to say, things don’t go well. But when their dear friends die turned him on.” something.” suddenly and tragically, leaving behind an orphaned infant With their dating years behind them (Duhamel married “I have an affinity for kids,” Duhamel shrugs, adding, “I daughter, Holly and Eric are forced back together to care Fergie of Black Eyed Peas in 2009 while Heigl wed singer Josh think it’s because we’re on the same emotional level.” for their goddaughter and, wouldn’t you know it, sparks fly. Kelley in 2007 and the pair adopted a little girl with special For Heigl, she calls Life as We Know It a “living journal,” Like Paula says, opposites attract, and life, as we all know, is a needs from South Korea in 2009), the film’s trickiest element one that chronicled her first few months with her new complicated, sticky ride. was working with their infant co-star, played by identical adopted daughter, Nancy Leigh. Speaking to the film’s traffic-stoppingly attractive stars, triplets Alexis, Brynn and Brooke Clagett. “I was living on camera what I was living in my life,” both former models, at the Regency Hotel in New York City, “Before we started shooting, I came to Atlanta just to Heigl says reverently. “It’ll forever remind me of my first the idea of either of them ever needing to be fixed up seems acclimate to the kids and to get them to be comfortable with few months with this 9-month-old baby who was so new to like the film’s biggest stretch. me,” Duhamel says. “That was huge when we were filming me and I was so new to her. It was really intense and really “Yeah, I’ve never been fixed up,” Heigl admits. because they really responded to me. [Katherine] was in the glorious and certainly overwhelming. The performance is “Me neither,” Duhamel seconds. “I’ve always been in process of adopting her own child at the time so she couldn’t me. I didn’t even have to act.” relationships. Dating always scared the crap out of me.” come early.” “Then how did you end up in the relationship?” Heigl “And they did not like me as much,” Heigl laughs, “but at Life as We Know It releases in theaters Oct. 8.

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Living out every woman’s worst nightmare of being assaulted and raped, Butler naturally wrestled with personal I SPIT ON fears during filming. “Shooting it, you can’t help but be affected,” she says. “There were a couple of instances where I had to say to the YOUR GRAVE other actors, ‘Look, I’m really scared to shoot this.’ It got to a point where I couldn’t get myself out of it right away. I’m Sarah Butler stars in a remake sobbing, scared out of my mind and [the director would] yell, ‘Cut,’ and I’d be like ‘OK, wow, that was good.’ Sometimes I of unrated madness. had to cry it out a little bit,” admits Butler.

From the get-go, though, Butler felt prepared to take on Steve Dietl bya Steph nie forshee the role. “When I read the script, I had such a visceral reaction. I “h T ey torture me, rape me and leave me felt like I had my own way of how I wanted to approach it.” Jennifer Hill (Sarah Butler) is attacked in I Spit on Your Grave. for dead,” tells Sarah Butler of her character in the remake of Butler continues, “I didn’t really think about the pressures I Spit on Your Grave. of trying to live up to [the original]. I look at it as my own a half at USC, Butler decided to drop out and pursue acting. Butler plays a young novelist, Jennifer Hill, who goes to interpretation. Of course, I wanted to respect the performance Since making that choice, she feels more productive. a secluded cabin to work on her second novel and get away of Camille Keaton. We made all of the improvements from the “I feel like I know where I’m headed. It feels good,” she from it all. When the males in the area become threatened by original that were necessary.” boasts. the “rich city whore,” they take out their anger with extreme Butler’s character in I Spit on Your Grave wasn’t her first She’s productive in more ways than one: Butler’s killer violence that leads to a gang rape and Hill’s death. Little does opportunity to play a role with a double-edged sword. body you see on screen comes from long hours of exercising. this atrocious group of guys know that Hill is going to get her “There’s been a trend. I always seem to book these roles She is part of a professional training group that gets together revenge. where the characters seem like they’re one thing and they on weekends in Los Angeles. The exercises can range from In 1978, the original I Spit on Your Grave caused quite a become another, or maybe they have an ulterior motive,” says hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains to kayaking in the stir from audiences due to its explicit content. Butler. “It’s almost as if I’m playing two different characters. Pacific Ocean “We’ve already got a lot of people unhappy about our It’s like I’m shooting two different movies, but I’ve got the jobs Butler says, “It’s always so much fun.” film. There [are] also a lot of people stoked to check it out backed up to another.” While Los Angeles is overflowing with extracurricular because of the name,” says Butler. “I don’t know if we can In the future, Butler hopes to play the quirky girl next door. activities, Butler loves her time away as well. rival the controversy with the original, just because people are “I want to show people I can do stuff like that [and] “I kind of made a pact with myself that every summer I’m so used to being shocked these days, and that’s what they’re maybe some comedy,” tells Butler. “It sounds like fun to go on going to go to a different country. I’ve carried that out the past looking for. [With the original,] no one had ever seen such to a set and just joke around all day.” three years, so I want to keep going.” nudity, sexuality and brutal violence all in one. I think that’s While acting has taken front and center of Butler’s life, she why it got so much notoriety.” also plans to finish her degree at some point. After a year and I Spit on Your Grave releases in select theaters Oct. 8.

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“The Hollywood machine sees you in one thing, especially if you’re a comic,” says Galifianakis, who gains a IT’S KIND OF A weary sort of expression when discussing his career. “I was looking for something that was a little bit more mature and a little bit more subtle. As far as me as a moviegoer, those are FUNNY STORY the types of movies I see. I prefer more subtle, not so crazy, over-the-top stuff. I only see movies that I’m in.” Zach Galifianakis is a serious man. Ironically, the jovial actor found working on this film a struggle to stay positive. Because they shot in an abandoned bydic can e winters wing of a working hospital, Galifianakis thought it was “very depressing. I was really grumpy the entire time we were

A young kid with a somber attitude nar– shooting. I don’t know if that was a conscious thing. I had lack Bailey K.C. rates his weeklong stay at an adult psychiatric ward. You have of sleep, and my patience was low. I was the curmudgeon.” to admit; it is kind of a funny concept as long as you aren’t Like any good story, there is more than one side, and this Zach Galifianakis stars in It’s Kind of a Funny Story. the one being admitted. Although the film emphasizes the film mainly centers around Craig, a high school kid (played “kind of” and plays down the “funny,” there is an understated by newcomer Keir Gilchrist) who can’t handle the pressure “I don’t have anything in common with a 17-year-old,” humor that rides inconspicuously throughout, and that may that is mounting in his social, professional and private lives. jokes a quite serious Galifianakis. “I hardly have things in be solely thanks to Zach Galifianakis, who is known more for The lovely and talented Emma Roberts stars as another common with someone my own age. I always think that all his slapstick jokes than for this subtle performance that tugs patient at the hospital and Craig’s juvenile love interest. teenagers think I’m weird and they’re too cool. That wasn’t at our tear ducts, which is the case here. “It was a very professional set,” says Roberts when asked the case here, but still.” “The most important parts are the quiet parts,” says a the same question as her “curmudgeonly” costar. “We got Gilchrist, who is best known for his recurring role very friendly (despite the early hour) Galifianakis. “I want everything done, and we had a nice time. It was happy and alongside Toni Collette in “United States of Tara,” is the scene- people to question whether something is funny or not. I mellow. I’ve been on sets where it’s joking the whole time and stealer of the film and should be recognized for his natural don’t want to hand-feed them.” craziness and fun. And I’ve been on sets where it’s kind of ability despite little formal training. He is able to battle with Hand-feed them he certainly does not. A veteran to stand- a weird atmosphere. This one was happy. I can’t complain.” Galifianakis for screen dominance, which Gilchrist attributes up, Galifianakis is slowly tackling the ocean of feature films Though these three are the stars of the flick, writing and to instantly connecting with his character, Craig. with a dexterity and finesse of someone with a much more directing duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (the team behind “I try and bring any personal experience to the parts I diminished beard. Those aren’t my words, but as he spits his Half Nelson and Sugar) also emphasize the leaders of the take,” says 17-year-old Gilchrist, who finished his schooling take on filming the dramedy, he is also sipping on coconut ward, the older characters who bring the humanity and the to pursue acting. “I think there is a part of me in everything water “with chunks,” which he claims is “the best thing ever.” humor to the somewhat depressing subject of the human I do. Craig definitely had a lot that was easy for me. To find Again, he offers everyday advice like he’s everyone’s big psychosis. Galifianakis admits to forming friendships with where he was coming from took three seconds.” brother, probably because he has been working for decades actors Matthew Maher and Adrian Martinez, but found it to land the big roles. hard to connect with his younger co-stars. It’s Kind of a Funny Story releases in theaters Oct. 8.

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by sASHA PERL-RAVER IE R CEntly saw Howl, written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg. The film chronicles the

S poiler alert: If you know anything John Bramley true story of his early life and focuses on an obscenity trial where Ginsberg’s publisher was about horse racing, you already know how Secretariat under fire for putting out Howl, an epic volume of poetry. To put it lightly, I absolutely ends. But for those who aren’t familiar with the 1973 Secretariat’s Diane Lane loved, loved, loved the film. One of the things I loved most about it was how it combined events that inspired this film about Penny Chenery dramatic and documentary filmmaking. Not only is it wonderfully written, superbly (Diane Lane) and her racehorse, Secretariat, director Randall Wallace and writer Mike acted, fantastically photographed and masterfully directed, the narrative structure of the Rich have made a film that ensures “a pony” will be at the top of everyone’s holiday gift film was spectacular and refreshingly creative. The film is not just a regular biopic that just wish list. follows the character from childhood to success like most films about influential people. “I love horses. It’s my totem animal, if you will,” Lane offers bashfully. The film has three main story threads that it goes back and forth between. One is The actress says she had great affection for the story of Secretariat long before she Ginsberg being interviewed. The second thread is Ginsberg reading the actual poem in was approached to appear in the film. In 1973, the horse was featured on the cover of an underground poetry club, and the third is a courtroom sequence where Ginsberg’s Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated, becoming a national celebrity. Stepping back to publisher is the defendant in an obscenity trial. that time offered different challenges for each of the actors. For Lane, she felt tremendous The interviews with Ginsberg are great because you get a very fluid and natural responsibility to do justice to the real-life Chenery, whom she got to know while preparing performance from Franco. The thread of Ginsberg reading the poem in the club was for the role. especially great – you get to hear the whole poem, and the filmmakers intercut this with “Invariably, to spend time with someone you’re going to be portraying on screen animated sequences that symbolize ideas of the poem. In the courtroom, Jon Hamm raises the stakes. I wanted to make [the film] a gratifying experience for her,” Lane says. “I (“Mad Men”) and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) face off in a case brought don’t think Penny ever saw herself in a vain, glorious manner representing any gender or against Hamm’s client about whether or not the suggestive rhetoric in the poem should any generation. [But] with the patina of time you can say, there’s a hero.” be considered obscene. This thread supplements the other two perfectly because as you’re Wallace took great pains to recreate those races with an eye on authenticity while watching Ginsberg talk about his life and his work, and you’re hearing him read the actual also infusing them with new life. Instead of shooting the race sequences from the stands, work itself, you get the courtroom stuff, which serves as an accompanying analysis to it. Wallace got in the dirt and muck with the horses and jockeys to create something that Howl is great also because it provides an alternative to conventional formulaic resembles a hoof’s point of view. storytelling. Hollywood prefers to stick with the formula, but every now and then you get “You’re not seeing what it was like to watch Secretariat run, you’re seeing what it was a gem like Howl that flies in the face of the conventions and delivers not a “movie” but a like to run like Secretariat,” he says. “film.” I go to the theater to see films that I want to buy and put on my shelf, and Howl is just that for me. Maybe it’ll be for you, too. Secretariat releases in theaters Oct. 8. Send feedback to [email protected].

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Brokeback Mountain was explicit in its depiction of homosexual love and the consequences of said amorous affections in Wyoming in 1963, which might as well have been 2005 for the reaction it received. The 1960s were a radical time for film history. The MPAA under president Jack Valenti had killed the old Production Code that dictated Hollywood etiquette for several decades and incorporated a new system of classifying and rating films. Just approving films with a seal and merely suggesting to audiences that a film contained mature content was not flying with conservative-minded and religious organizations that went out to see Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass or the viciously violent Bonnie and Clyde or Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which was groundbreaking in its use of profanity and sexual implications. 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W hich brother is the bigger Douchebag? “A stronger and“ Douchebag Inside Job (Paladin) (Sony Pictures Classics) more shocking film Despite the fact that everyone and their mother has Those who have studied it will tell you that money at some point urban dictionaried it, the word has a is not an easy subject to conquer. From personal .”than the original.” decidedly negative but light ring to it. Beating out investments to global finance, past and present Tony Timpone, Fangoria its synonyms of words you may be able to get away movers and shakers have had to traverse a number with saying around your little sister, douchebag has of laws, ethical issues, public interest and politics its roots in female hygiene, and if you can go so far for the sake of the mighty dollar. “The revenge as to use your imagination a little, I’m sure you can Inside Job is a documentary that dissects basic is amped to figure it out. financial principles and edicts and uses them to Nowadays, a douchebag refers to a rotten, explain the current global financial crisis. Sounds the max… good-for-nothing, arrogant son of a bitch but is stuffy, right? Well, make no mistakes; it isn’t. The and the pronounced with phonics that sound French to film is not only daring and stylish, but it offers a payback is people who don’t know the language. In this film, jaw-dropping look at how some of the brightest the douche is Sam (Andrew Dickler), which is not financial minds around managed to break the savagely a spoiler. world and get away with it ... leaving the general satisfying.” Sam is getting married to Steph (Marguerite public to suffer in their wake. Dennis Dermody, Moreau, Connie from The Mighty Ducks), a From open title sequence to end credits, director PAPER Magazine hardworking and lovable woman who apparently Charles Ferguson fills every second of his film with doesn’t mind a balding man with red facial hair. clearly delivered information about economics. “An intensely Their lives are dandy like the kites they like to He utilizes interviews with financiers, academics, fly at the beach or meaty burgers they don’t eat therapists and politicians to tell the frightening and brutal film.” as vegetarians until Steph decides their pending surprising story of why millions of Americans are Brad Miska, wedding must also bring her fiancé back in touch homeless, in foreclosure and unemployed. Bloody-Disgusting.com with his estranged brother Tom (Ben York Jones). Narrated by Academy Award winner Matt Are they awkward at first? Sure, but they hold Damon, Inside Job unfolds like a carefully crafted it together for Steph who, along with the audience, murder mystery. At times, it feels like the great is unsure about what has kept them apart for so Alfred Hitchcock is being channeled through all the long. Virtually on a whim, the brothers embark on greed and stupidity Ferguson manages to uncover. the hunt for Tom’s fifth grade love, Mary Barger, The money-speak is never too preachy nor is who may or may not live in Santa Monica, Palm it hard to follow. In many places, levity even creeps Springs or San Diego. Throughout the journey, one its way into the film. There’s nothing funnier than brother’s douchebag qualities blindingly outshine watching bigwigs attempt to lie their way out of the other’s, winning him the title and the ending monetary genocide. Ferguson realizes this and plays fit for one. it up like a pro. What drives the extremely low-budget indie But the thing that is most interesting about flick that was written and directed by 27-year- Inside Job is that it’s not just a story of well- old Drake Doremus are the believable characters educated, posh white men screwing over the little who, beard or no beard, feel real. These are real guy. It is actually an impartial look at the myriad people, averagely dressed and spoken to undermine men and women – black and white, Republican and the Hollywood starlets who have been prepping Democrat – who sold out their constituents to get since birth. The breakout star is Dickler (what rich and richer still. Furthermore, the film teaches an appropriate last name) who has minimal audiences how their home purchases, recreational experience acting; he’s a film editor, and, ironically, consumerism and everyday buying habits have he really looks like one. Doremus is still young, but wreaked havoc on industries stateside and abroad. he manages to use the camera like a pro without a Like other compelling documentaries such as tripod. An Inconvenient Truth and Fahrenheit 9/11, Inside Grade: B Job is a conversation catalyst for anyone who dares HOLLYWOOD £ WEST LOS ANGELES EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS Mann Chinese 6 (323) 464-8111 NO PASSES —Candice Winters 4 hour parking at Hollywood & Highland only $2.00 Rave 18 ACCEPTED Douchebag releases in select theaters Oct. 8. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 >>> START FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 (with validation). (310) 215-3483 Special Sneak Peak Midnight Screenings on Thursday, October 7! Check listings or call theatre for additional showtimes.

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<<< COntinued FROM PAGE 13 politics, has often been quoted as saying that he doesn’t make against themselves. Watched by a panel of esteemed, decorated documentaries but “records of moments,” “half soap operas” M.O.F.s, the contestants are tasked with making the most to see it. It is a must-see film for those touched by the recession. and “semi-musical reality things.” visually and palette-pleasing offerings they’re capable of. While it may not change the current state of things, it So where does his latest offering, Kings of Pastry, fall on Think of it like the Olympics – of pastry. Which sounds does expose it in a way that will hopefully make the masses that spectrum? about as tough and intriguing as primetime Greco-Roman sufficiently angry come Election Day. Somewhere in between a record of a half soap opera wrestling or a death match battle of badminton, but once you Grade: A+ that can feel uncomfortably similar to an episode of “Food give yourself over to the proceedings, you find you’re swept —Ebony March Network Challenge,” but with a lower budget, not that you away on a sugary raft, one that’s incredibly beautiful but Inside Job releases in select theaters Oct. 8. need a ton of pomp and circumstance to capture the drama treacherously wafer thin. of a cream puff. Interlaced with the stories of two other competitors Kings of Pastry Kings of Pastry follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-founder – Regis Lazard, who is competing for the second time after (First Run) of Chicago’s French Pastry School, as he travels home to dropping his sugar sculpture during his first attempt for the D.A. Pennebaker, along with his wife and filmmaking France to prepare for and compete in a grueling three-day title, and Philippe Rigollot, the pastry chef from Maison Pic, partner Chris Hegedus, is renowned for forging a distinct competition that decides the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, or France’s only three-star restaurant owned by a woman – cinema vérité style on display in films like Don’t Look Back, M.O.F., an honor and distinction given only to the country’s Pennebaker’s documentary doesn’t reach for drama or heat, his celebrated account of Bob Dylan’s tour of England in finest culinary craftsmen and designated by a coveted red, letting the film unfold leisurely and naturally. 1965, or The War Room, his capturing of Bill Clinton’s 1992 white and blue collar. Grade: B- presidential campaign. The competition, held once every four years, pits 16 —Sasha Perl-Raver Pennebaker, whose work tends to focus on music and pastry masters in a battle that’s not against each other, but Kings of Pastry releases in select theaters Oct. 8.

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Jack Mabrey (Robert De Niro), into helping him win his in a volatile cat-and-mouse game, is the film’s greatest strength, Ron Batzdorff freedom, is, as always, riveting. though you can’t help but yearn for better circumstances for That’s not the problem. The problem is the film in which such fine actors. Robert De Niro and Edward Norton star in Stone. the performance can be found. Meanwhile, Jovovich as human catnip, the consummate Overwrought and ham-fisted, Stone is a film less about femme fatale, is enrapturing and tragic but squandered on a script, adopted from his own play but still stuck on a performance than it is sound design. Director John Curran, script that goes nowhere. proscenium, or Curran’s direction. who previously worked with Norton in 2006 on The Painted Frances Conroy as Madylyn, Jack’s long-suffering, heavily Grade: C- Veil, thuds away on the film’s religious and moral overtures sauced wife, is a portrait of silent pain. —Sasha Perl-Raver with the subtlety and elegance of a 5-year-old trying to But great acting can’t save Stone from Angus MacLachlan’s Stone releases in select theaters Oct. 8.

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Redhead and Brunette. I was able to sample the Brunette and, serves up a Brunette much like a fire hose, it was thick, powerful and full on. The and Redhead much OKTOBERFEST Blonde was a bit more of a traditional lager with a smooth, like the Firemen. The easy-to-drink taste that was still quite delicious. Redhead retained ( Micro)Brew Up Some Fun The company donates proceeds from all sales to the the drinkability National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Emmitsburg, Md., of the Blonde but by zach bourque and they also craft their own brand of coffee and homemade added a flavorful sodas. firemansbrew.com kick that made it Ds e cribed aptly as “America’s answer a more intense, if to Oktoberfest,” Drink:Eat:Play’s Septemberfest on Sept. Firestone Walker Brewing Company: Located in Paso Robles, not smoother, beer. 25 featured over 200 beers from nearly 70 breweries from Calif., the Firestone Brewery is wine country’s offering to the greatbeerco.com across the nation. While they clearly could have spent some world of microbrews. Simply put, this might be one of the more time crafting an über-American name, Septemberfest finest breweries in the state if not the nation. They’ve won Stone Brewery Co.: was more or less exactly what Oktoberfest is, just with more more awards than “The Sopranos,” and their phenomenal These beers … will American flags. Firestone Pale Ale was voted “Best Beer in America” by Men’s put some hair on Cool off with the hottest beer Music, barbecue and, of course, ample amounts of beer Journal in 2006. your chest. San around: Fireman’s Brew. went down in spectacular fashion. Turns out four hours of Thankfully, the hype is warranted. If you’re lucky enough Diego’s legendary unlimited beer can really get the party rolling, especially to find a bar that has Firestone on draft, thank the bartender Stone Brewing Company serves up a wide variety of powerful when many of the microbrews featured anywhere from the and go there regularly. The Pale Ale possesses an amazing brews akin to a barrage of Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks to standard 4.0 percent alcohol all the way into the double digits. caramel color and smells as good as it tastes. It’s got a powerful, your sobriety and taste buds. Best known for their aptly titled It was an arduous, grueling task to sample a variety of intense flavor that is nevertheless conveniently easy to drink. Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone’s creations really aren’t for the world-class beers, but someone had to do it. Below is a Firestone also brews Nectar Ales, a company they acquired in weak of heart. selection of the best of the best. Some you may have heard of 2005. Its famous “Hemp Ale,” while not possessing any actual Their famed IPA will sit with you for about 40 seconds and some not, but all of these breweries should be extremely abilities to get you stoned, is nonetheless quite an interesting after the first sip as each flavor comes in waves. While the proud of themselves. And hopefully this guide will give you a treat. firestonewalker.com Bastard might be its most famous, the IPA takes the prize leg up for this month’s Oktoberfest. for its deliciously, intensely hoppy flavor and ability to get The Great Beer Co.: The Great Beer Co. is famous for their you buzzing after just one pint. Those seeking an even more Fireman’s Brew: Back in December 2000, two Los Angeles Hollywood Blonde, German-inspired Golden ale. It is based challenging creation can sample the Ruination IPA, which firemen were fighting a brushfire when they realized just off the Kölsch, the regional beer of Cologne, Germany, that will leave you unable to legally operate a vehicle after a couple how intensely they needed a beer. Why settle for a boring can only be brewed within a 20-mile radius. But is it any sips. Budweiser when they could make their own? And with that good? Sold on draft or exclusively in 24-ounce bottles, Stone the Fireman’s Brew was born. The drinkability of this Blonde is really tremendous. In really is a black diamond brewery. It’s as challenging as it is The brewery has three distinctive styles: the Blonde, addition to their Hollywood Blonde, the Great Beer Co. also rewarding. stonebrew.com

GETUPGETOUT L.A.FACES M AdaME COLBY TUSSAUDS KLINE 6933 Hollywood Blvd., A Real Weather Girl Hollywood byta s eph nie forshee Can you tell which one is the real by kate bryan Sue Sylvester? Come rain or come shine, the iPhone is launching a new app called Real Weather Girls on Oct. 6. Each weather girl posts a daily video five times a I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but it is HOT. It is 84 week that shares the hottest places in their respective cities, dishes about their personal degrees in my apartment and it makes me yearn for Madame Tussauds, the home of lives and, of course, gives weather forecasts. The app launches with 12 women in 12 of freakishly lifelike wax figures of the famous, which I recently visited. The one thing any the most alluring cities, including our very own Los Angeles. Born on Mulholland Drive great (or just smart) tourist attraction worth its snuff should know is that people like to and acting since age 3 (She’s also the daughter of Richard Kline from “Three’s Company” get out of the ridiculous heat and into industrial-grade air conditioning. fame.), Colby Kline represents the city of Los Angeles. The Madame Tussauds Hollywood is focused primarily on celebrity – the kind that “If you ask any one of my friends, I’m so L.A. I love living here. I have so much fun in graces movie screens and music videos, not history books (with the exception of an this town,” tells Kline, who promotes a weekly club night at the Mandrake. Obama photo op as you walk in). This is good if you’re someone who wants to stare down Real Weather Girls creator Steve Dworman noticed Kline’s love for the city instantly: a Justin Timberlake replica from a distance of six inches. I, however, found the section of “Colby is just cool. She’s been around Hollywood her whole life. She has a really interesting current celebrities (fashionably arranged in a nightclub scene with a black glitter heart and unusual take on Los Angeles.” shrine to Rob Pattinson as its focal point) to be slightly creepy. There’s something about On the daily videos, Kline takes viewers to some of the hottest spots in town. But the a wax figure made to look like how someone looks right now that makes me think they’ll weather girls aren’t just serving as tour guides. go all Toy Story on me and come to life. I had a nightmare about a Barbie like that once… “It’s not only going to be visually spectacular, but you’ll be able to see into a window But my trip to the museum was ultimately enjoyable because just downstairs is of these girls’ lives,” says Kline. half a floor dedicated to old Hollywood stars. I got to gawk at the gargantuan Howard Kline also compares the app to choose-your-own adventure books. Viewers can Hughes and help Katharine Hepburn steer the African Queen. It was a film nerd’s glittery comment on what’s happening with the girls, whether they’d like to see Kline visit Pink’s Hollywood dream. I wish, though, that the museum featured historical figures and a Hot Dogs or give dating advice. chamber of horrors similar to the original London location. But, as is the case generally “Because the audience will have a say in it, there are just endless possibilities,” in Hollywood, it’s about who’s happening now, not who happened then. says Kline. As a special offer, students save up to $10 per ticket when you show this Campus Circle newspaper. For more information, call (323) 798-1670 or visit madametussauds.com. For more information, visit realweathergirls.com.

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she could play music in front of his customers. “Ahh, more Using family networks business for me mama-cita” was his answer, and so she started and musicians she’s met MUSICAL SOUL to play, and, of course, everyone was satisfied. on the way, her “project” Eventually, Melissa was referred to other food truck is becoming something owners who were more than happy to have someone liven up big with business cards, FOR FOOD the atmosphere. Wherever the food truck went, Melissa went social networks and an with her guitar. Now when you’re a street performer playing official Web site complete in front of food trucks, the elements can get to you – this with video uploads of all of TRUCKS means drunken crowds and police intervention on zoning their events. Not to forget rules for musicians. all the paperwork officially byis den e guerra There was one time on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice filled out for nonprofit when she was performing in front of a restaurant and was status and grant funding. L ike a type of friends-with-benefits deal forced to move because a musician performing was somehow Currently, musicians from where everyone is completely satisfied, the idea of bringing obstructing the way for drunken pedestrians. Undeterred, Stop & Listen LA perform music to L.A.’s hip food truck culture just made sense. I Melissa set up shop on top of a food truck where her sweet at gallery openings, recently reconnected with a college friend of mine who had melodies were masked by loud crowds and music from street fairs and various Stop & Listen to Melissa Flavia been known during our years at UCLA for performing these someone’s obnoxious speakers. The police eventually ruined community events, but really intimate acoustic pieces at various student club talent the fun again because you need a permit or something to play food trucks are their favorites, for obvious reasons. shows. One of the biggest is UCLA’s annual Spring Sing, a type music on top of a truck. Not only is there a public benefit, but musicians are of school-wide talent show with massive crowds and celebrity As much as it was frustrating, there was a sense of receiving the satisfaction of getting their music heard beyond judges. Some people to have played there include Maroon 5 satisfaction in bringing music to the masses, her own way, in the typical venues of open-mic nights. Plus, it’s a real chance and Sara Bareilles when they were students. her own time. All she wants, she tells me, was “for people to to actually play music in and around Los Angeles. At a restaurant in Pasadena, I met up with Melissa Flavia, just stop and see that art is happening around them.” It’s an And it makes sense that Melissa’s organization came at the 23, who had graduated with me in 2009. We hadn’t seen each ideology that slowly bubbled its way into fruition since her right time, when the appeal and rawness of street culture is other in a year, and we discussed where our lives went since college days riding the city bus to-and-from UCLA to her turning mainstream, a culture whose seen the rise of Banksy graduating, and there was something tragically ironic when home in La Canada everyday. and bicycle crank mobs. The marriage of street performer and I heard she was playing music on the street. You get that first “At UCLA everything is so rushed, but taking the bus the food truck go together like white on rice; both competing impression of struggling artist, but somehow the story turned forced me to slow down,” she says. against the establishment amidst the confines of rules and into something entirely different. She explained this need to It was this mentality that resonated with other musicians, regulations. It’s a struggle just to exist when all you want to somehow just start playing music anywhere and everywhere. an idea that music can be found anywhere, not just in offer people is something pleasantly appetizing. She always frequented food trucks, and her favorite was overpacked amphitheaters but on that street corner where So next time you see a food truck, be prepared to stop one in Eagle Rock called Leo’s Taco Truck. She approached they sell tacos. The idea grew into a nonprofit organization and listen while eating your food on the sidewalk. It will be a the owner, a man named Leo, obviously, and asked whether called Stop & Listen LA (stopandlistenla.wordpress.com). completely satisfying experience.

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career. The Law is a departure from Dassin’s usual noir Partial Terms of milieu. It’s a lark set in an Italian village where everyone is in Endearment, Being SPECIAL love with someone else and everyone has hidden motives. An Human: Season 2 all-star European cast includes Marcello Mastroianni, Yves Montand and bombshell Gina Lollobrigida. In Toon: For FEATURES Now available in a new deluxe edition, Outsourced is a the Dragon Ball timely romantic comedy. After his job is outsourced, Todd purist, Dragon (Josh Hamilton of Kicking & Screaming) must travel to India Ball Z: Dragon byk mi e sebastian to train his replacement. In the process he learns about the Box 4 contains 40 other culture and himself. Romance fans craving something uncut episodes, more than brainless assembly line rom-coms take note. remastered, in the The Horror! The Horror! It’s hard to come up with Also available: Shank, a dystopian gang flick reminiscent original Japanese. anything really disturbing in these desensitized times, but of The Warriors Also available: the makers of The Human Centipede have done just that. Initial D: First Two American girls are on a road trip in Europe when their The Idiotbox: One of the funniest sitcoms on TV, How I Stage, Part 1, Oscar- car breaks down and they are taken prisoner by a demented Met Your Mother: Season 5 also boasts one of the best casts, nominated The surgeon obsessed with surgically connecting people. including Jason Segel (of Apatow fame), Alyson Hannigan Secret of Kells (American Pie) and Neil Patrick Harris as the lovable cad Stranger Than Fiction: Two NBA greats, career-long Barney. The series follows Ted (Josh Radnor) in his quest for Blu Notes: These rivals and friends, are profiled in Magic & Bird: A Courtship love, with his cadre of friends for help. days a lot of movies of Rivals. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, this HBO special Spike TV’s raunchy college comedy Blue Mountain State: try to prepackage follows the pair from their first meeting in the 1979 NCAA Season One follows the misfits of a state college football team cult classic status – which never works. So it’s great when championship through eight NBA titles. as they party and try to get laid. you stumble on the true so-bad-it’s-good film. Troll 2 is one The Oath is a rare glimpse inside the world of Al-Qaeda Eric Stoltz stars in the “Battlestar Galactica” spinoff such gem, now available in hi-def. A family vacations in a through the eyes of two men who came to work for Osama Caprica: Season 1.0. Set 50 years before the original series, rural town, Nilbog (goblin backwards), and finds that the bin Laden in the ’90s and wound up in Guantanamo. “Caprica” centers on how humanity is forever changed with residents are secretly goblins! The result has to be seen to be BlueGreen: Our Connection to the Ocean examines the the advent of the artificial intelligence Cylons. believed. deep role these magnificent bodies of water play in our Running only one beloved season in 1975, Ellery Queen Bogie comes to hi-def! One of Hollywood’s greatest genetic makeup, as told by surfers Keith Malloy, Layne Mysteries: The Compete Series was a unique take on the stars, Humphrey Bogart made a staggering number of all- Beachley, Robert August and others. traditional mystery. Jim Hutton stars as the son of a NYPD time classic films, 24 of which are now available inHumphrey detective and amateur Sherlock Holmes who invites the Bogart: The Essential Collection. Favorites like John Huston’s Under the Radar: After being blacklisted, Jules Dassin viewer to solve the crime with him. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the watershed noir The (Rififi) went to France where he enjoyed a long and fruitful Also available: Banned from TV, “Family Guy” episode Maltese Falcon are also available individually.

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GAMES&GADGETS THEDIAMONDDISPATCH WAIT! I BOO-WHO? Fans show appreciation. KNOW byrdnick dov u THIS ONE! O n Fan Appreciation Day at Dodger Stadium Oct. 3 the fans made a statement of their own. They didn’t show up. In a stadium that seats nearly 60,000 people, H ow and Why to Cliché barely a quarter of the seats were occupied. Although the official paid attendance was listed as 38,000, the number of fans actually present we can only guess at since the turnstile count at Dodger Stadium is no longer shared with the public. byct s ot bell The game itself passed in a kind of deadened malaise. The Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-1). Matt Kemp hit his fifth homer in five days. Eighteen-year veteran

Courtesy of Disney catcher Brad Ausmus got a couple of hits in his last big league game. Polite applause I f you have played more than accompanied both achievements and the fans cheered for the last out recorded, but it was one story-driven game in the last decade, “Guilty Party” is proof that having hard to ignore a general lack of enthusiasm. The Dodgers finish the season with a record of chances are that you are familiar with clichés doesn’t mean killing off 80-82, fourth place in their division. Yet even more disheartening than a losing record is the easy-to-identify characters, locations and originality. current state of the franchise. The season has been overshadowed by a divorce trial that has scenarios. Realistically, any platformer is steadily revealed unflattering news about the ownership and the running of the organization, just “Pitfall” with enhanced graphics, the hero’s quest is just “Frogger” trying to cross a casting uncertainties on the future of the team. At the conclusion of the game, a brief street where everything tries to kill him and romantic storylines follow “Ms. Pac-Man”’s ceremony was held for retiring manager Joe Torre. Torre addressed the crowd, who listened progression of “They Meet,” “The Chase” and (presumably following the end credits) with polite deference until the moment he thanked owner Frank McCourt. At the mention of “Junior.” McCourt’s name, a spontaneous chorus of boos filled the stadium, punctuated with shouts It is important to note that there is a reason for this, and unfortunately, the reason of “Sell the team!” While Dodger employees on the field smirked with embarrassment, Torre is: us. The games may be predictable, but we are even more predictable. We praise the made a gesture as if to say, “Now, now, be nice.” But the moment could not be undone; it was inventive writing when the second coolest character in the game betrays the main classic baseball. Amidst so much pomp and circumstance, in the grips of a carefully scripted character, and we wax poetic about the romance and the emotional depths the game can ceremony, the unexpected emerges to define an entire season. “Booooo…!” reach when the girl professes her love for the hero she has pretended to hate. Perhaps it lacks the drama of a Kirk Gibson home run or a “shot-heard-round-the- No matter how much we hate clichés, we all love the instant gratification they offer. world,” but it has magic just the same. Not quite the heart-warming humanity of Lou When used well, clichés can break up monotony and just genuinely make storylines more Gehrig’s “luckiest man in the world” speech, but at least as honest and heartfelt. Every once approachable. 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Why not ponder THIS equation: Being an RPG at heart, “Ys Seven” does not skimp on the easily recognizable elements. 18 Designated Cities Male characters are powerful bruisers while females stick to arrows, magic wands and lots of running away. The dungeons and monsters constantly cycle between earth, water and + 47 Prefectures fire elements and bosses like the giant turtle, the giant bug and the giant plant monster + 65 Contracting Organizations are well represented. As for the characters, do I even need to tell you that the hero is a virtuous swordsman, the healer is a shy young woman and the little kid with something + 2,600 year old country to prove is instantly irritating? + 4, 800+ participants from around That said, it is one hell of a fun game to play – and mostly because of all of these the globe familiar elements. 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The Goon consistently puts a grin on your face. R arely is form as intertwined with meaning as with Asterios Polyp.

convention. Jesse Custer, a one-time car thief turned preacher becomes The result is the most literate of comic books that is possessed by the offspring of a demon and an angel. THE 20 BEST constantly taking the reader in new directions. Now, with his assassin girlfriend and vampire sidekick, Custer sets out to find God, who has abandoned his post. The Invisibles Sex, drugs, violence and profanity – this gleefully over- GRAPHIC By Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely the-top yet oddly heartfelt book has everything. The Invisibles equals the scope and intelligence of Moore and Gaiman’s work. Saga of the Swamp Thing NOVELS Morrison’s magnum opus follows a group of underground By Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette freedom fighters who battle an evil unseen by most people – It’s difficult to pick just one other book by Alan Moore when aliens who are living among us. there are so many watershed works to choose from: V For (In No Particular Order) Along the way, he tackles just about everything under the Vendetta, The Killing Joke, Miracleman. sun: Buddism, transvestites, time travel and H.P. Lovecraft. When Moore took over DC’s flagging horror title, he reinvented the swamp creature as an Earth elemental. BYmk i e sebastian Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Bringing a new sophistication and depth of character, he By Frank Miller elevated the industry and told some classic, literate horror Miller took the Dark Knight to a darker place than ever before. stories. Watchmen Set in a dystopian future, a past-his-prime Batman comes Plus, he gave us John Constantine. By Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons out of retirement to kick some ass and set things right. Any discussion of modern comics begins and ends with Alan Miller was called a fascist and received angry calls from Criminal Moore and Watchmen. past Batman writers, but this remains one of the key works By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Moore is the Orson Welles of comics, and Watchmen is in comics. Ditko and Lee, Moore and Gibbons – every once in awhile a his Citizen Kane. writer and artist are perfectly matched with a project, and the It completely changed the game when it arrived in the The Goon result is magic. mid-’80s. By Eric Powell Criminal has single-handedly revived the crime comic. Watchmen brought with it a new psychological Comics are supposed to be fun, a fact that seems to be too Brubaker writes the kind of gritty crime stories that would sophistication with extremely flawed real-world superheroes often forgotten. star Lee Marvin, stories about petty criminals hoping to score and dark, ambitious Cold War themes. No comic will more consistently put a grin on your face big, meanwhile screwing over their partners. than The Goon, a mash-up of classic gangster and zombie Phillips’ chiaroscuro noir style is the perfect compliment. Sandman comics. By Neil Gaiman and various artists Powell’s combination of lush artwork and Sam Raimi- Batman: Arkham Asylum Gaiman used the framework of the Lord of the Dreaming to style slapstick gore is all his own. By Grant Morrison and Dave McKean tell a sprawling, dark fantasy epic. As the most tortured of heroes, Batman has many times over He draws on everything from Shakespeare to Greek Preacher been a vehicle for experimentation within the genre. mythology, while throwing in a story about a serial killer By Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Grant Morrison’s trippy journey into Bruce Wayne’s

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Hey, Wait… By Jason Reading Norwegian comic creator Jason for the first time you are surprised to find yourself laughing out loud while your heart breaks. Using deadpan anthropomorphic characters, Jason explores existential themes of loneliness, unrequited love and the absurdity of the human condition. He creates a singular blend of irony and poignancy.

Black Hole By Charles Burns Burns creates horror stories set in the real world. In Black Hole, a sexually transmitted disease spreads through a high school, turning the infected into disfigured mutants. The growing number of outcasts has fled to the woods on the edge of town to live. Then, the murders start. Burns captures the confusion, uncertainty and cruelty of adolescence perfectly in this surreal and mysterious work.

Dash Shaw’s Bottomless Belly Button is hilarious. Asterios Polyp By David Mazzucchelli An arrogant architect moves to a small town to become psyche, Batman: Arkham Asylum, is a prime example. an auto mechanic after his house is struck by lightning. In response to the post-Watchmen focus on reality in Rarely is form so intertwined with meaning as with superhero comics, Morrison went the opposite direction, Mazzucchelli’s masterful shifting art and narrative styles. approaching Batman: Arkham Asylum “more like a piece UPCOMING of music.” Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth Led by the Joker, the inmates of Arkham have taken By Chris Ware over. Batman has to journey into their surreal nightmare Using multiple timelines (some possibly not true), Ware RELEASES world to rescue a hostage, facing his own demons in the crafts the portrait of his title character, an awkward, process. over-imaginative middle-aged man who goes to meet his Fall’s Exciting New Titles father for the first time. Marvels By Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross Blankets byk mi e sebastian It’s difficult for us today to imagine what it must have By Craig Thompson been like for those young readers opening a comic book In this poignant autobiographical story, Thompson Th is month sees the release of two big for the first time in the ’30s and seeing a superhero leap juxtaposes scenes of his childhood growing up in a strict Marvel collections. J. Michael Straczynski’s entire run re- a tall building in a single bound. Evangelical family and his experience of first love. launching Thor is collected in one hardcover volume (Oct. But this clever retelling of the earliest Marvel comics Thompson’s cartoony illustrative style is perfectly 6). Then, X-Men: Second Coming Revelations, with writers like can give you a good idea. evocative. Mike Carey and Matt Fraction, concludes the epic storyline Reframing the stories from the ground level, through from Messiah Complex (Oct. 27). the eyes of a photojournalist, superheroes once again Bone become titans, towering gods waging war above the city. By Jeff Smith Best-selling horror novelist Peter Straub (Ghost Story) makes Marvels also introduced the world to the trademark This long-running, self-published comedy/fantasy epic his foray into the world of comics with Vertigo’s The Green photo-realistic painting of Alex Ross. is pure storytelling and, like classic Disney movies, can Woman (Oct. 12). Straub brings back serial killer Fielding appeal to all ages. “Fee” Bandolier from his novel The Throat. LITER ARY GRAPHIC NOVELS The story follows three cartoon cousins who are banished and set out into a fantasy world on a hero’s Perhaps best known as a guest star on Teenage Mutant Ninja Maus: A Survivor’s Tale quest of sorts, encountering all manner of creatures on Turtles, the anthropomorphic rabbit ronin Usagi Yojimbo is By Art Spiegelman their way to saving the world. the star of the long-running series of the same name, which Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-winning Holocaust story is one mixes history, comedic action and Kurosawa. Usagi Yojimbo: of the few graphic novels to transcend comic book Calvin & Hobbes The Special Edition (Oct. 12) is a gargantuan collection in readership. By Bill Watterson honor of the 25th anniversary. Included are the first seven An elderly Jewish man (based on Spiegelman’s While not a graphic novel in the strictest sense, this volumes, plus plenty of extras. father) tells his son of his life in WWII-era Poland. beloved comic strip manages to say more in a few panels Spiegelman uses an anthropomorphic style (the Jews than many much longer works. X’ed Out (Oct. 19), Charles Burns’ much-anticipated follow- are mice, the Nazis are cats) to tell this devastating tale. Watterson uses the escapades of a precocious, wildly up to Black Hole, is volume one in a down-the-rabbit-hole- imaginative boy and his stuffed tiger to philosophize, type epic about a man who wakes to find his dead cat in his Bottomless Belly Button satirize and entertain. apartment and follows it through a hole in the wall. It’s Burns’ By Dash Shaw He captures the spirit of childhood better than first work in color. Like Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, Shaw’s anyone since Mark Twain. innovative and hilarious graphic novel is an epic portrait Grant Morrison has two upcoming releases. Absolute All-Star of family dysfunction. The Arrival Superman (Oct. 26) collects his great run in one volume, After 40 years of marriage, the Loonys announce By Shaun Tan loaded with extras. Then, his fun work launching a new they are getting a divorce. Told completely without dialogue, Tan relies on lavishly Dynamic Duo returns Nov. 9 with Batman and Robin, Vol. 2. They summon their sons and daughter to the house detailed sepia-toned illustrations reminiscent of Chris for one last weekend together. Van Allsburg to tell his story. Two hugely influential artists are the subjects of new books, Shaw renders each family member’s hang-ups with Fantasy metaphors capture the awe and alienation Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (Nov. 9) and true insight and oddball humor. with which immigrants meet their new home. Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives, Vol. 2 (Dec. 6).

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selection with an emphasis on the major superhero titles. ON THE INTERNET They also have bargain mystery bundles of back issues. Web sites GET YOUR Comic Book Resources is the ultimate one-stop source for Melrose Music & Comics news, reviews and forums. Comics.org – The Grand Comics 7301 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles (323) 934-3373; Database – is an IMDb for comic books. Other news/rumor COMICS FIX thrillmerchants.com sites: bleedingcool.com, newsarama.com, comicbookmovie. For the collector on a budget, travel a few blocks east from com, comicvine.com and comics.ign.com BYmk i e sebastian Golden Apple to this small resale shop. There are too many T-shirts and action figures, and organization is not a priority, Podcasts STORES but do some digging and you might just find that missing Everyone knows fanboys can be an opinionated and volume of Sandman at half price. contentious bunch, so it’s no surprise that there is a surfeit Comics Ink of comics-related podcasts out there. iFanboy, ComicVine, 4267 Overland Ave., Culver City (310) 204-3240 Meltdown Comics Fanboy Radio and Comic Geek Speak are some that feature Hidden away in a strip mall in Culver City, this simple, no- 7522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles (323) 851-7223; meltcomics.com news, reviews and the occasional industry guest. frills comic store has an impressive trade paperback selection Arguably the best comic store in Los Angeles, its sheer Luckily, the folks at comicspodcasts.com cull all of the without all the nonsense of memorabilia crowding the shelves. sprawl is a refreshing change of pace. Space isn’t wasted, comics podcasts out there and summarize their favorite accommodating a selection of impressive breadth – from episodes so you can cherry pick those that sound interesting. Golden Apple new issues and art books to art supplies. And the toys and One podcast that stands out is Wordballoon. Host John 7018 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles (323) 658-6047; memorabilia are all off to the sides, making it the most Squires features epic, rambling phone conversations with big goldenapplecomics.com maneuverable of stores as well. names like Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka Nestled in the midst of overpriced vintage clothing shops, and Ed Brubaker. While more structure to the interviews this bright and nicely laid out store gets the congeniality The Secret Headquarters would be nice, he still consistently lands the best guests. award. A friendly staff, great selection of easy-to-browse 3817 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles (323) 666-2228; trade paperbacks and no cooler-than-thou vibe that plagues thesecretheadquarters.com Webcomics so many pop culture shops. Plus, it’s right around the corner Far from your typical comic store, this shop located in Silver As with other areas of the digital revolution, Webcomics from Pink’s! Lake was apparently once an actual spy safehouse. Hardwood provide a means for unestablished creators to get their work to floors, a sparse layout and solemn atmosphere are sure to keep the public. Sites like thewebcomiclist.com and topwebcomics. Hi De Ho away the grubby fingers of children, but also most of the fun com offer a kind of Billboard Top 100 list of the most popular 525 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica (310) 394-2820; of a local comic shop. Webcomics out there. The majors are getting in on the action hideho.net That said, there is a nice focus on small publishers and too. DC’s Web imprint, Zuda Comics, takes the form of a The Santa Monica area’s lone bastion of geekdom is thankfully more artsy fare. The selection also includes new weekly comics contest, with readers voting on their favorite weekly chapters a very good comic store. Their organization system could be and the usual trade paperback suspects. Parking, however, can of ongoing series. The winner is published in a hard copy. The a bit more clearly labeled, but once mastered reveals a solid be a bit of a nightmare. fantastic Bayou is one such success story.

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White Dresses run came out that I could no longer read my Event books are usually big multiple universes colliding favorite comic because I was now writing it. stories, so it’s cool that Shadowland goes in the opposite GREGG HURWITZ direction and focuses on the street-level heroes. What’s the How much freedom does a writer have working on a pre- gist of it, and what’s Moon Knight’s role? W riter Talks Moon Knight and existing character? Daredevil has gone off the rails. Hard. And Moon Knight is Marvel has always given me a lot of creative freedom. That part of the team dedicated to bringing him back into the fold. Marvel’s Shadowland said, there are certain constraints. There have been a few times What MK doesn’t know is, he’s also in Daredevil’s sights. where we had some back and forth about a character’s powers, BYmk i e sebastian making sure I depicted it just right. Marvel wisely sticks to What’s it been like incorporating the Marvel universe into certain rules for each character to make sure that the hyper- Moon Knight, with crossovers featuring Deadpool and I n recent years, best-selling crime nov– reality is maintained and the suspension of disbelief is not Spider-Man? elist Gregg Hurwitz (They’re Watching) has made the leap broken. It’s been an absolute blast. It’s not only a callback to my to writing for comics, reviving the Foolkiller for Marvel’s childhood [spent reading Spider-Man], but it’s also so much explicit content Max line, as well as writing The Punisher and For the unitiated, what’s Moon Knight’s deal? fun to do things as a writer that you can only do in a comic Wolverine. This year, Hurwitz took over Moon Knight. He’s one crazy mofo! Marc Spector is a former merc whose book. life was saved by an Egyptian god – Khonshu. His personality How did you transition from writing novels to comics? is fragmented into different identities, including Jake Lockley You’ve made ample use of the Max label, with Foolkiller It was the proverbial offer you can’t refuse. Axel Alonso, the (streetwise cabby), Steven Grant (millionaire playboy) and gleefully lopping off limbs. Did you find writing for a more executive editor of Marvel, was a fan of my thriller novels. He Moon Knight. While he uses these personalities as cover to general audience inhibiting in telling a good vigilante story? called me up and offered me my own miniseries – I could pick investigate crime, they also arise from an inherent instability Not really. It’s all about picking the right story for the character. a character from the Marvel vault to reinvent. Who could turn in his psychology. Khonshu is not a benevolent god – he rides That’s my starting point – always with story and character. So that down? Marc, driving him toward ever-increasing violence. when I think of Spider-Man, for instance, my first notions are quite different than when I’m playing with Frank Castle. How does writing in the comics medium differ from novels? The timing for the heroic age couldn’t be better, considering With comics, you’re trying to tell a story in four to six people’s frustration with the ineffectiveness of Congress What can we look forward to from you in the future? snapshots per page. Writing lean and giving only essential and everything going on in the world. It’s great to see the I’m continuing the book tour for They’re Watching, a suspense art direction is key. There’s also less room to go inside your good guys kicking some ass. thriller in the Hitchcock tradition. The film rights were just character’s head, so there’s a strong urge – as in film and TV It’s always a perfect time for superheroes! But you’re right – snapped up, so I’ll be overseeing and producing the movie. – to tell the story as visually as possible and through dialogue. it’s even better when people crave escapism. My decision to I’m breaking Season Two of “V” on the TV front, and I just take on Moon Knight was a creative one first and foremost. had another script optioned on the feature front. What was it like to be the first to take on Frank Castle after I don’t usually write toward a specific political end. But once Garth Ennis’ iconic run? you’re in a book, of course, world events start to influence how Have you ever thought of creating an original comic? Utterly surreal. I realized when my first book in my Girls in you write, and one always wants to draw parallels. I have indeed. Stay tuned!

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G iven the shaky history of comic book adaptations, none of these in-development projects may ever see the light of day. However, in recent years, Hollywood seems to have decided that comic book adaptations are instant money in the bank – at least until the bottom falls out (Jonah Hex, anyone?) – so the chances of seeing these titles at the local multiplex have increased greatly. SURE THINGS

Batman 3 (Warner Bros.) Given the monumental success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, a third is guaranteed. So far details are murky, but rumor has it the versatile Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Johnny Depp are on the short list to play the Riddler, while Philip Seymour Hoffman could appear as the Penguin.

Sin City 2 (Dimension/Weinstein) Twenty-twelve is going to be a big year for comic book adaptations. Robert Rodriguez returns to direct a second Sin City. No details have been leaked yet, but given that there are seven graphic novels to work from and Rodriguez’s digital

filmmaking style is cheap and fast, they could be cranking out (c) 2010 Marvel Characters Inc. these top noir homages for many years to come. James McAvoy is set to play a young Professor Xavier in the film version ofX-Men: First Class. Spider-Man 4 (Columbia) After the unwatchable Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi will not return for a fourth go around. Marc Webb ((500) Days of Y: The Last Man into the source of Crumb’s provocative, highly personal and Summer) continues the baffling trend of unlikely comic One of the best comics of the last 10 years, Brian K. Vaughan’s psychedelic work. movie directors for the reboot, set for 2012. British actor sci-fi epic about a world where every male except for one has Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus) plays died off continues to languish in development purgatory. The Mindscape of Alan Moore Peter Parker. The collapse of New Line and coming and going of star Shia Go inside the mind of the man who on his 40th birthday LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso have complicated matters. declared himself to be a shaman. Comics’ mad genius is a Tamara Drewe (Sony Pictures Classics) Current director Louis Leterrier didn’t sound hopeful at the reluctant interview, but here he talks quite openly about his Stephen Frears (The Queen) directs this adaptation of premiere of his latest, Clash of the Titans, but hinted that own work and his theories behind storytelling, including how Guardian cartoonist Posy Simmonds’ reimagining of Thomas perhaps the epic scope of the project would be better suited to storytellers are modern-day spiritual leaders. Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd. Set in modern day, a mini-series. Listen up, HBO! the film follows a newspaper columnist who returns newly Comic Book Confidential enhanced by plastic surgery to her rural hometown and Preacher, Crossed and The Boys This film focuses on the controversial history of the comic sets the menfolk in a tizzy. It’s a great satire of the British Garth Ennis has three projects in the works. Joe Carnahan, book, from the McCarthy-like witch hunts on the industry bourgeoisie. hot off The A-Team, is psyched to adapt Ennis’ epic Preacher and subsequent adoption of the Comics Code to the birth for the big screen. of the Comix underground and eventual emergence of X-Men: First Class (Twentieth Century Fox) Ennis himself has written the screenplay of Crossed for more personal indie comics in the ’80s. Such luminaries as Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) and already in Kevin Spacey’s production company. It follows a group of Jack Kirby, Robert Crumb, William M. Gaines (Tales From production in England, this film reboots the series to the survivors in a post-apocalyptic future after a strange virus the Crypt), Harvey Kurtzman (Mad) and Art Spiegelman founding of the X-Men. Bryan Singer is producing. James has turned most of the population into crazed killers. Some are interviewed. It also features amazing archival footage, McAvoy plays the young Professor X. But will he shave his similarities to the recent remake of George A. Romero’s The including a hilarious anti-comic book scare film and artists head? Crazies plus a glut of post-apocalyptic fare might shelve this reading from their work. project. RUMOR MILL Anchorman director Adam McKay seems an unlikely Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked candidate to direct a comic book adaptation, but apparently This excellent History Channel documentary spans the Incognito he is a diehard fan. Whether or not that gives him the visual history of the comic book, from its birth in newspaper strips Tom Cruise’s production company has optioned the rights to flare to pull off Ennis’ The Boys is another matter. The story to the advent of the superhero with Superman and through to Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ superb superheroes-in-the- follows a superpowered team of CIA agents who police (and the modern day. Some big names appear, including: Michael real-world book. The story follows a reformed supervillain in some cases eliminate) superheroes. The writers behind Chabon, Denny O’Neil, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, Frank Miller in the Witness Protection Program. Pulitzer Prize-winning Aeon Flux and Crazy/Beautiful are writing the script – which and, of course, Stan Lee. playwright Robert Schenkkan is working on the script. does not exactly bode well. In Search of Steve Ditko (2007) War Heroes D OCUMENTARIES ON DVD You can catch this BBC special on YouTube. Ditko devotee After the success of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass, this Millar Jonathan Ross sheds light on the reclusive co-creator of Spider- adaptation might soon be on the fast track. The comic takes Crumb Man and Dr. Strange. Neil Gaiman, Mark Millar, Alan Moore place in a possible future where America has expanded the One of the greatest documentaries ever made, this new and Stan Lee offer their thoughts. Following a legendary and War on Terror into Iran and has started giving pills to soldiers Criterion edition of the Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World) film is a mysterious falling out with Lee, Ditko left Marvel after only 40 that give them superpowers. fascinating look at one of the key figures of the underground issues of Spider-Man. Ross travels with Gaiman to New York Comix movement of the ’60s, Robert Crumb. The film delves to find the influential artist.

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by kevin wierzbicki Band, a double-disc live effort that comes with a bonus DVD. The concert was recorded in London and Down guitarist Zola Jesus! Pepper Keenan describes the DVD, clocking in at over two She’s recently turned 21, graduated college with a double hours in length, as “an in-depth look at what five boys from major and moved to Los Angeles from her home in the wrong side of the tracks can achieve when motivated by Wisconsin, so forgive Zola Jesus for offering you a mere four the will to escape hard times, fueled by an unexplainable songs on her latest release, an EP entitled Valusia. quest to destroy, live and be embraced by the love of fans that ZJ’s real name is Nika Roza Danilova, and she comes we had not had the pleasure of meeting yet. This is how it’s across on stage a bit like a blond version of Cleopatra gone supposed to be; rock solid!” goth, a situation you can see for yourself when Zola Jesus Singer Philip Anselmo clarifies Keenan’s remarks a bit, and her backup band play the Echo Oct. 14. And Valusia adding, “This is a semi-ugly glimpse into what would end (available Oct. 12) is actually packed with more darkness up the perfect building blocks to a much more prosperous than appears at first glance. The EP contains videos for future!” A version of Diary of a Mad Band on vinyl and with Zola Jesus: a blonde version of Cleopatra gone goth “Night” and “Clay Bodies,” songs previously found on Zola the DVD drops Oct. 26. Jesus efforts Stridulum and The Spoils, respectively. Absolute Dissent. Big Paul Ferguson, the band’s drummer, Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival once described Killing Joke’s music as “the sound of the D roop E’s BLVCK Diamond Life (For Free) The Fifth Annual Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival takes earth vomiting,” a sound that resonated with everyone from Droop E, the acclaimed Bay Area rapper/producer and son of place this weekend, Oct. 9 and 10. Described as a “rootsicana Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page to Smashing Pumpkins the legendary lyricist E-40, has partnered with clothing lines newgrassy folkadelic experience,” the festival’s lineup includes frontman Billy Corgan. BLVCK SCALE and Diamond Supply Co. for the release of Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, Reverend Peyton’s Big Some of the groups influenced by Killing Joke pay tribute his new mixtape, BLVCK Diamond Life. The mix is a clever Damn Band, Langhorne Slim, the Lee Boys, Jerry Joseph & to the band on a bonus disc included in the deluxe edition pairing of street and smooth soul where Droop E spits over the Jackmorons with Wally Ingram and many others. of Absolute Dissent; among acts offering cover versions of Sade samples, including favorites like “Smooth Operator” The concerts happens at the Joshua Tree Lake Killing Joke songs are Metallica, Amen, Helmet, Fear Factory, and “Like a Tattoo.” Campground in Joshua Tree about 15 miles from Twentynine Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters and Nouvelle Vague. Absolute The set also includes a brief interview with Sade and Palms. You can bring your own food to the show, and Dissent drops Nov. 16. an appearance from Droop E’s dad, who contributes to camping is available on a first-come, first-served basis. More “I’m Loaded,” a cut that samples Sade’s “War of the Hearts.” info at joshuatreemusicfestival.com. A Perfect Circle Ends Hiatus Ya Boy and Bay Valentine also make guest appearances on No more time off for A Perfect Circle: The band is about to BLVCK Diamond Life, available now for free download at Killing Joke Returns embark on a brief tour that’ll include a three-night stand soundcloud.com/droope. With a reputation forged in fire, brimstone and magic, Killing at the Avalon. On Nov. 8 the band plays their Mer de Noms Joke has long been one of rock’s most iconic and influential album in its entirety, on Nov. 9 it’s Thirteenth Step’s turn and D own: Diary of a Mad Band outfits. Now 30 years after “bonding in blood,” the band’s the trio of gigs wraps Nov. 10 with a complete performance New Orleans band Down has just released Diary of a Mad original lineup is set to release their 13th studio album, of eMOTIVe.

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The 88 the songs gives your ears something worth listening to. Vocally, back, and my thoughts are confirmed by “Ne’er Do-Well” Self-titled they sound like a mix between Sparta and Jane’s Addiction. where she finally comes into her own. (Rocket Science) The music is a mix of driving beats and solid guitars all the Grade: B- The 88 have always had something about them. Maybe it’s that way down to a broken melody that expands the record’s depth. —Natasha Desianto perfect balance of piano rock and pop acoustic that can make This is the kind of album that never gets tired or routine The Optomist is currently available. them equally as attractive on a Target commercial as coming and more importantly, makes you want to turn it up loud. I out of a speaker in a tiny club. But even with all the movie can’t imagine anyone listening to this and not wanting to see Thorcraft Cobra and commercial play they’re getting, their latest album (their it live. That alone validates the grade for this offering from The Thorcraft Cobra EP sixth) still stays true to their original aesthetic. Middle Class Rut. (Self-released) “They Ought to See You Now” is an upbeat song Grade: A This introductory release from Thorcraft Cobra – Billy reminiscent of Over and Over’s “All ’cause of You” but with —David Tobin Zimmer and Tammy Glover – is quite diverse. The effort more wailing guitars and a harder edge. And speaking of No Name No Color is currently available. begins with “Pretty Dilemma,” a brief and understated plea for guitars, “Automatic Brain” has more than its fair share of attention from an absent lover; depressed vocals and a weepy kickin’ guitar solos only matched by Keith Slettedahl’s vocal New Collisions steel guitar background give an indication that Thorcraft gymnastics. And for more of a nitty-gritty feel, “Diamond In The Optimist Cobra might be an alt-country outfit. the Coal” is a soulful piano-pop ballad that Maroon 5 only (Self-released) “True Love” and “Obsession,” though, are modern rockers wishes they could pull off. Boston’s New Collisions resurrect a brand of power pop seen with a pleasant buoyancy, while “I’m Putting Your Toys Away” But these guys aren’t just great on CD; their upbeat scarcely since the early ’80s on The Optimist. That they were is a short and slightly psychedelic interlude where Zimmer personalities come through when they’re onstage. Don’t discovered by Greg Hawkes of the Cars and toured with the and Glover dreamily repeat the song title’s words like a mantra believe me? Head to the Troubadour Oct. 12 and check ’em likes of Blondie and the B-52s should tell you something. while crystalline guitar tinkling envelops them. These songs, out for yourself! That members Zak Kahn and Alex Stern hail from the Smiths- however, are going to have to take a backseat for now as The Grade: A inspired band the Sterns should give you another clue. Thorcraft Cobra EP contains an attention hog in the form of —Melissa Russell Fun, upbeat and catchy riffs contrast with lyrics of “Party Clock,” an irresistible slice of pop perfection. The 88 is currently available. dissolution and dissatisfaction with modernity. These are Glover is also a member of the band Sparks, the long- tight little pop gems, and the energy is electric. Their first running L.A. band who have come up with some gems over Middle Class Rut single, “Dying Alone,” is a tremendous earworm that burrows the years, and their influence on “Party Clock” is undeniable. No Name No Color its way into your waking thoughts, carried along on Scott The song has a ’70s-ish disco rock beat to it, not unlike Greg (Bright Antenna) Guild’s rhythmic, chiming guitar. Kihn’s smash hit “Jeopardy,” and catchy, fun and somewhat A sound this aggressive and poignant can’t come from just two This said, I can’t help but find myself disappointed. I can’t campy sing-along lyrics (think Scissor Sisters) – exactly what’s guys, or can it? Middle Class Rut is comprised of two former get past lead vocalist Sarah Guild. The woman has a real set of needed to make it a favorite in dance clubs and on the radio. members of punk band Leisure, and that’s it. On vocals/drums pipes; don’t get me wrong. She might just be the next Chrissie Grade: B is Sean Stockholm, and on vocals/guitar is Zack Lopez. Hynde in fact. But her delivery leaves me wanting more. —Kevin Wierzbicki The two sound like a full band, and the arrangement of There’s hope, because I have a feeling Ms. Guild is holding The Thorcraft Cobra EP is currently available.

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Beth D. Jamieson, Ph.D., Dept. of Medicine, Principal Investigator APPROVED UCLA IRB#: 07-03-009-04 JAN 28, 2010 Expiration Date: December 8, 2010 UCLA MEDICAL NSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD David Tobin David The Epicenter 2010 crowd went nuts for Eminem. 22-20s PAGES Sept. 25 @ Viper Room After completing an extensive North American summer tour with Hot Hot Heat, Cage Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk the Elephant and Band of Skulls, British rock band 22-20s stopped by the Sunset Strip for (Broadway) an intimate performance. The quartet act made excellent use of the Viper Room stage as Think back to adolescence, to the drastic changes your body was going through. You were they delivered elements of soft blues and garage rock jam sessions. probably scared and confused and wanted a book to guide you to a sense of understanding The shared magnetism as the spotlights shined on each member radiated energy and comfort with the new you. Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk is not that book. In fact, it across the stage. People in attendance who were foreign to 22-20s quickly began to sway probably would have scarred your braces-wearing middle-school self into lifelong celibacy. left and right as the crowd grew larger. The curiosity level forced everyone to press against From the writers of comedic pseudo-news broadcasts like “The Daily Show” and “The the stage as the songs transcended from poppy blues to a new age classic rock. The group Colbert Report,” Sex takes on all the trademarks of an educational work with none of the played their hits “Devil in Me” and “Such a Fool” from their self-titled 2004 album, plus factoids. It covers everything from human anatomy to foreplay and intercourse to sexual “Bitter Pills” and “Heart of a String” off the Shake/Shiver/Moan record released this past dysfunction. Despite a forward for the ladies by Sarah Thyre, this book is definitely for the spring. guys, but women will still find the humor in the offbeat exploration of human sexuality. Lead singer Martin Trimble was spectacular onstage. The soft vocal tones wandered Grade: A- smoothly with his guitar in hand. The live performance matched the album sound —Arit John greatly, allowing every word to be perfectly heard across the room. Guitarist Dan Hare Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk is currently available. participated in a few face-off solos during tracks with Martin, which added a perfect transition between choruses. This invited Glen Bartup on drums and bassist James Irving to deliver a remarkable jam session for the Los Angeles crowd drifting back from gentle sounds to classic rock and roll shredding in unison. 22-20s exuded a sophisticated demeanor that included confidence, electricity and British swagger. They definitely have the energy and stage presence to deliver outstanding events. Unfortunately, the band heads out for a fall tour in the United Kingdom and Japan next month. When they return I highly recommend catching a show or two. It will make you Shake/Shiver/Moan. —Jacob Gaitan Epicenter 2010 Sept. 25 @ Auto Club Speedway The event last year was a huge success. With a headliner like TOOL it’s hard not to pull off a large crowd that’s ready to party … So this year Epicenter had to outdo itself and it brought Eminem, KISS and the return of Blink 182 and Bush. Well, wait, I don’t know if it was a return for Bush, but they are back anyway. With everything that the second day of this festival had in store, even the over-hyped return of a band that doesn’t really work as adults, it was about night one. The heat was blistering, but the grounds still held a bit over 20,000 people. Not a sell-out crowd by any means, but enough people to raise some hell for their hero rapper. Eminem went on stage after his bitter rival Everlast performed with his band House of Pain on the tiny second stage across the packing lot. The fans packed in as close as they could get to the stage where Eminem was going to perform and upon his “return” the crowd went nuts. However, the Eminem show had some kinks that kept it from being that kind of performance that signals a true recovery. Halfway through the set, Eminem started to lose control of his voice and at times got quiet, allowing the backing tracks to seep through. His cockiness seemed to show through the frustration, but in the end, the crowd was happy. The crowd was so satisfied with Eminem’s performance that about 40 percent departed when he was done and left a very subdued crowd for KISS. The classic rockers took the stage and proved why they are legends, but the sun-beat crowd offered little support for their effort and with a restricted performance set time the band was backed into a corner. The fans got what they wanted on some level, but it felt like the overall feel was satisfactory from the comments coming from the fans as they left the venue. Perhaps it was the 108-degree temperature or just the steep ticket price at over $80 for one day that the crowd didn’t like. Either way, the range of bands offered fans something old and something new. Now next year, they just have to offer a better location for a concert. — David Tobin

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<<< COntinued FROM PAGE 29 Muse Sept. 25 @ Staples Center I promise, you’ve never seen a live show like this before. Well … unless you’ve actually seen Muse live before. Which you should have, because really, talk about late to jump on the bandwagon if you haven’t by now. In the event you are indeed one such uncultured troglodyte, rest assured Muse’s first of a two-night stay at Staples Center was everything a viewer and listener could ask for. Though the threesome stuck mostly to singles from their expansive body of work, the fact they made a nearly two-hour set pass by like it was only a fraction of the time goes to show just how good those songs really are. Complete with lights, lasers, smoke and video screens, the British prog rockers might be the only band who can take basic stage gimmickry and turn it into a fully enrapturing stage performance that’s reflective of their artistry. Frontman Matt Bellamy’s seemingly impossible vocals were on point through

the entirety of the band’s set, with drummer Webber Anna Dominic Howard and bassist Chris Wolstenholme each having their share of W ait. Think. Fast. perform Oct. 13 at the El Rey and Oct. 18 at Spaceland. time to steal the spotlight and show why they too are so integral to what Muse is. With the kind of musicianship and You’re not playing to get discovered, you’re noticed because stage presence that most bands only ever you’re playing strong. Wait. Think. Fast. is that sort of band. dream of achieving, it’s no wonder that W AIT. THINK. As varied as their sound has become and how hard it is to Muse has become rock icons lately. Then, sustain such fluidity between two separate styles, Wait. Think. and only then, does one earn the right to Fast. communicate through Latin rhythms expressed in Spanish wear a matching silver pants-blazer combo FAST. words, with the indie, Echo Park artistic rock influence. The in addition to the right to cover the classic cohesiveness in instrumentation and style really sync up and song “Feeling Good.” So if you are anyone Inspiration in an Instant play out through the record. They are a band with a tough target other than Matt Bellamy, please, don’t even but hit a mark while really leaving one at the same time. try. —Brien Overly Lyrically and musically articulate, it’s very clear that byn an a webber Santillan’s bilingual songwriting not only serves its aesthetic X Japan purpose. Sept. 25 @ The Wiltern “Sometimes it just makes sense to write a song in Spanish,” I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when Wh at would you expect when you put a Santillan says. “I can communicate different things, in condensed I went to see Japanese glam rock band X petite, curly-haired, vivacious Argentine mujer together with ways, and it makes sense.” Japan at the Wiltern and be that as it may, I her tall, subdued blanco hombre (who may or may not play a So then, what’s in a name? Traced from the epic novel was more than impressed. porcupine soul onstage) and add in a tres miembro, perhaps Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, there’s a line that says: “I can For a band that has been around for an even more subdued tambor whose musical history has think, I can wait, I can fast.” more than 20 years (which is literally a scampered across the United States from Boston to Athens to “Not fast like moving fast,” Santillan says. “Everyone thinks lifetime for most of the audience from Arizona to Echo Park? that at first.” what I could tell), they played with all the Then you throw in a few super eclectic instruments, two Although Wait. Think. Fast. is quite literally moving forward youthful energy the genre requires. languages, some cayenne, black coffee and a severe hatred for past where progress is concerned, the reason for the name Granted, it could very well have been guitar solos. And you’ve somehow compelled your interviewer extends beyond that. It’s discipline; it’s the not overacting and called the Yoshiki Hayashi show as far as I’m to actually write out the first paragraph in Spanglish, by no fault reacting. It’s the not giving in too greatly to both your desires concerned. The 44-year-old drummer, who or intent of your own. and your aversions. seemed to be going on 19, was the first one If each of these details has not absorbed your attention like For a fairly new touring band, although a worldly one, that’s on stage posing in silhouette atop his drum it has many well-respected critics like KCRW and the Los Angeles a pretty good motto to live by. set against the LCD screen as the show Times, then A) You’re just not indie, and B) Forget everything “Movement and travel is definitely a theme in the record, opened. I’ve said, read no more and go gently place Wait. Think. Fast.’s all the places we’ve been, that mean something to us. It’s all very He spent the rest of the show either recent release, Luces Del Sur, in your music player and move. personal, like about my family, my community or something I’ve playing speed-metal drums or classical Wait. Think. Fast. is an often dark, sultry, whimsical and seen in a documentary. I like to write a song about an instant. piano, and it seemed like it was alternating articulate three-piece band consisting of Jacqueline Santillan, I’m inspired in an instant,” Santillan explains. with every song. He even played a piano/ her husband Matthew Beighley and friend Tom King. Born into The bulk of the band’s shows have been around California violin duet with guitarist Yune “Sugizo” the Echo Park scene after heretofore chiseled from other places and up through Oregon. They’ve been busy here, live here and Sugihara, and their proficiency was quite and stories, journeys, instances and songs, the band seems to found each other here – the affinity for the place has made it amazing. have a clear sense of what they want and more importantly, what home. Like the saying goes, “The West Coast is the best coast.” Aside from the tremendous musi– they don’t. Beighley adds laughing, “Like if we get offered a European cianship on stage, there were also go-go “I used to work in the music industry,” explains Santillan. “I tour, I’m gonna be like, ‘Hell no. The West Coast. London? dancers suspended in cages above the stage saw a lot of baby bands that just felt like they had to play house. Whatever.’” and pyrotechnics exploding in fiery columns Like, ‘Oh, we’ve gotta get a manager, we need a this and that.’ every once in a while. That’s when they get in trouble. You get so many people dipping Luces Del Sur is currently available. Wait. Think. Fast. perform It was truly an unexpectedly awesome their hands in your career and in your music.” Oct. 13 at the El Rey and Oct. 18 at Spaceland. For more show. —A.J. Grier For Santillan you’ve got to cultivate your sound as a band. information, visit waitthinkfast.com.

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