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MICK’S MEDIA 26 The Adulterer’s Perp Walk. As with Spitzer’s self-destruction in New York, sex scandals are spectacular but brief. By MICK FARREN.

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fter five years of devastating war and nearly 4,000 American dead in Iraq, the unapologetic hawks of the GOP really know how to celebrate an anniversary. Like geriatric Spring Breakers, Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John McCain made high-profile visits to warm, exotic Iraq and the 160,000 U.S. troops still stationed there. They were not greeted as liberators. Cheney was there, of course, to continue promoting the discredited policies of George Bush, and to make the usual vague threats against Iran (his fave corner of the Axis of Evil). Soon after, Cheney left the scene to borrow a sultan’s 60-foot royal yacht for a fishing trip on the Gulf of Oman with his wife and daughter, a trio of Cheneys gone wild. Several U.S. senators also made a “fact-finding” trip this week, but it was McCain who got all the attention, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and as a longtime supporter of the invasion, occupation, and surge. McCain’s unspoken mission was to demonstrate his foreign policy bona fides, in contrast to his wouldbe opponents, senators Clinton and Obama. He declared that the U.S. was “on the precipice of winning a major victory against radical Islamic extremism.” But McCain got sloppy with his facts during a stop in Jordan, where he suggested that Iran was training Al Qaeda operatives – an impossibility, since Iran is a Shiite country and Al Qaeda is made up of Sunni extremists, and they just don’t mix easily. Lapsed Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman had to pull McCain aside to quietly correct him, and McCain hastily told the gathered press: “Iranians are training extremists, not Al Qaeda.” It was not the first time he’d made that same error, which might seem minor to an average voter, but is just the sort of profound misunderstanding of the culture and history of Iraq that led to this tragic, endless war. America’s misadventure in Iraq long ago outpaced our involvement in World War II, and we now have little to show for the blood and money wasted there. The war has sadly been eclipsed in the 2008 presidential race by domestic issues, but polls now show Americans overwhelmingly consider the invasion a mistake. Maybe they’ve simply moved on. Of course, too many Democrats also signed on to this conflict from the beginning, including Sen. Clinton, who no doubt saw political opportunity. They were enablers in this terrible error. But there is no doubt who led this country into endless war. And this week, they returned to the scene of the crime to celebrate five horrible years. ✶

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Gate Crasher Cubic lobbyist Barna Szabo – to further the interests of his client – issued a barrage of misinformation to provide cover for the Metro Board to pretend the rail gating is warranted [Re: “Buying Access to the Metro Board,” March 13]. To me that constitutes sleazy tactics. Seemingly our only hope now is for someone in a position of authority like incoming Assembly Speaker Karen Bass to pressure the Metro Board to cr y “Uncle!” and stop this nonsense. Frankly, why should a lobbyist, however genial, get access to decision-makers while those of us who know the truth are shut out and ignored? Mark my words, like other Board-originated fiascos (anyone else remember the ATTB and P-2000 fiascos?) this one will come back to haunt them. Damn them! DANA GABBARD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRANSIT ADVOCATES LOS ANGELES

Sex Machine Eliot Spitzer should have known better [Re: Editorial, March 13]. Granted, both David Vitters and Larry Craig are still in the Senate in spite of their scandalous conduct, but they are Republicans, who can lie, cheat, swindle, steal, out CIA agents, nullify the Geneva Conventions and violate the Constitution, and get an automatic getout of-jail-free card. The major supporters of the Republican Party, the denizens of Wall Street, aren’t much better. They find nothing wrong with profiteering from sweatshops, child labor, or the Iraq war. For example, no one on Wall Street found any-

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thing wrong with Halliburton’s furnishing U.S. troops in Iraq with contaminated drinking water. The only thing that counted was Halliburton’s profits. If you analyze the Republican Party carefully, almost everyone in the party is for sale to the highest bidder. Wealthy corporations make hefty campaign contributions and in return they get to write the laws regulating their industries. If that isn’t prostitution, what is? GOP really means “Grand Old Prostitutes.” And “prostitute” is also the best word to describe corporate America and the media. Democrats, however, must operate differently. No excuses. Eliot Spitzer should read the short stories of a fellow New Yorker, John Cheever. In fact Cheever’s The Five-forty-Eight and Marito in Citta should be required reading for all Democratic candidates. Because Spitzer didn’t do his homework, he getting a public stoning – just like in the Bible. However, unlike the Gospel, in the 21st century Republicans, Bible-thumping Americans, and those with the most sin cast the first stones. WILLIAM JOSEPH MILLER LOS ANGELES

Sex Crime! There’s not a shred of evidence to support the idea that some conspiracy of evil Republicans (who apparently haunt your febrile, deluded imagination) were behind Spitzer’s downfall, simply legwork by IRS investigators. Never mind, too, that despite your supposed disdain for hypocrisy, you support the same Spitzer who patronized the very sort of prostitutes he prosecuted, or engaged in the same sort of financial corruption (underhanded money-wiring and likeCITYBEAT

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ly misuse of campaign funds) he prosecuted and claimed to abhor. No, if he were a Republican you would crucify him (no talk of conspiracies from you about Larry Craig, was there?), but since he’s a Democrat you decide to blame Republicans for it anyway. What pathetic partisan BS. RICHARD SOL LOS ANGELES

Thanks, Richard. But for the record, CityBeat also editorialized against Daniel Craig’s arrest for suspicious foot-tapping and his “wide stance,” and for the squandering of dreamboat police resources – in an airport, no less.

Two of the Oldest Professions As a result of the Elliot Spitzer scandal, the issue of prostitution is now once again being discussed and debated. Referred to as the “world’s oldest profession,” prostitution is defined as the act or practice of selling oneself for sexual purposes. It is also defined as an unworthy use of a talent, quality, or the like, especially for personal gain. What’s interesting is that the former is illegal in all states except Nevada while the latter has been morally and culturally accepted since the beginning of time. This begs the question: Is there any difference between a streetwalker/escort and a person who uses their physical beauty to attain a lifestyle that others labor very hard to attain? Too often in our society we see evidence of the “trophy spouse”; a reward received by those who achieve success in business or entertainment. The marriage consists of a person who sees a beautiful spouse as something to obtain by any sexual means necessary. MARCH 20~26, 2008

Some would argue that prostitution should be made legal so that (just as with drugs) it can be regulated by the state and become a source of revenue enhancement. Furthermore, sex between strangers would be safer, since the government (as in Nevada) would require regular medical examinations to prevent the spread of sexuallytransmitted diseases. The problem facing this country is that we haven’t reconciled these two definitions, thus creating the existence of a double standard. We are quick to arrest and condemn the streetwalker/escort, but would never think to shun a sexual opportunist. In many ways, prostitution already is legal in our society. People pay to watch two people have sex with each other but yet cannot pay each other for sex. I recall two people comparing their lifestyles while waiting in line at the airport. One person told the other, “The difference between you and me is that you pay for your sex with cash, and I pay for it with dinners, clothing and jewelry.” Another problem with this country today is not that we are a nation of laws but rather a nation that continually contradicts itself when it comes to morality. JOE BIALEK CLEVELAND, OHIO

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I NEVER FELT MUCH SYMPATHY FOR the Iranian-American student who refused to show his Bruin ID to UCLA campus cops one late night in November 2006. Mostafa Tabatabainejad, dubbed here “T-man,” got repeatedly tased for his trouble as he screamed to the better-behaved students crowding around him in Powell Library: “Don’t let me be the only martyr!” Nor did I get all warm and fuzzy thinking about the actions that night of the impulsive cop Terrence Duren, who arrived at Powell Library on a testosterone high. Duren confronted the dumb-ass, Ghandi-quoting student as he was trying to leave the library. A little bit of strategy on the cop’s part would have avoided the nasty, high-profile case captured for all the world to see on the university’s security cameras for YouTube. But you were one sorry, anti-cop, knee-jerk liberal if you instinctively jumped to the defense of T-man. Not because he yelled, “Fuck your fucking Patriot Act,” which may sound redundant but is actually a valid criticism at any hour, but because his problems that night would have gone away had he simply pulled out his BruinCard from his wallet. This dude’s overreaction because he mistakenly believed that he had fallen victim to racial profiling by a student community officer at 11:15 p.m. should have given off enough warning signs from here to Guantánamo Bay that all was not what it seemed to be. It only gets worse. Now, 16 months later, some of the TMan’s flaws may run deeper than the usual character ones on display that November night, and could even interfere with his efforts to strike it rich with a many-million-dollar lawsuit. T-man, it seems, suffers from more than the bipolar disorder that hospitalized him for the first half of 2006. He doesn’t care much for Jews, particularly Jewish attorneys. It looks like attorney Paul Hoffman, who was once the ACLU’s legal director in Los Angeles, couldn’t take the anti-Semitism anymore. “[I] have had to endure insults and other statements that are completely unacceptable. These insults have been deeply personal and offensive and have contributed to the irreconcilable differences between [T-man] and his family and current counsel,” wrote Hoffman, in an October 26, 2007 request for the judge to allow him to drop T-man’s case. In his court filings, Hoffman does not mention any anti-Jewish comments, and writes that his specific issue with T-man should remain a confidential attorney-client matter. Sources, however, confirm the nature of T-man’s bigoted behavior. Hoffman did not return five phone calls over the past several weeks. Unsuccessful efforts to reach T-man included an ExpressMail letter sent to his home in Citrus Heights. It is too much to demand that socalled victims of bad-ass cops be of a saintlier caliber? Not model citizens, but at least tolerant supporters of human rights for all. According to Hoffman’s filings, the problems with T-man, who became his client in December 2006, started off well enough but had worsened by last September. On September 19, Tman fired Hoffman “without warning or discussion,” and told him to send the case file to Yagman and Yagman and Re-

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ichmann, the Venice firm of tax-fraud convict Stephen Yagman and Marion Yagman. Two days later, Hoffman delivered the change of attorney notice to the Yagman firm. But on September 28, nine days after firing Hoffman, T-man pleaded to have him back on the case. Hoffman gave in, even though he had grown tired of T-man’s consulting Stephen Yagman and other attorneys and second-guessing him. By this point, T-man’s mental health had become so shaky that Hoffman sought to have his sister, Shirin Tabatabai, appointed guardian last October. But Magistrate Judge Victor B. Kenton denied the request, citing the lack of psychiatric testimony. In the interim, UCLA’s attorneys and Hoffman convened a confidential mediation session before rent-a-judge Lourdes Baird, the former U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles. Tman was too sick to attend. Instead, his sister and a brother filled in for him. The session appeared to be the last straw for Hoffman: “[I] was verbally assaulted and demeaned in a highly offensive and personal manner based on the advice given to [T-man] and his family members. It also became apparent that [T-man] and his family members were incapable of rational discussion and decision-making relating to this case and to the preparation of the case for trial or settlement.” OK, some sympathy is in order for Hoffman. But I’ll bet you a copy of The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. that he had more than righting wrongs on his mind when he signed onto this case. He was also seeing piles of money. But if you’re a civil rights attorney, your MARCH 20~26, 2008

main goal should be ridding society of an evil force. You should be a lawyer more like Dan Stormer, who for free represented JPL scientists who fought back the invasive forces of the federal government that wanted to do background checks on their credit history and sex lives in the name of national security. And you should be less like the greedy billable-hour monsters from Jones Day who rang up a $1.5 million tab preparing for L.A. firefighter Tennie Pierce’s discrimination trial, which ended in a settlement. The legal battles most worth fighting have nothing to do with money, which is one reason so few topnotch lawyers take on civil-rights cases. Judge Stephen Wilson allowed Hoffman to dump T-man last November 19; at a December 10 hearing, T-man’s new attorney, Graham LippSmith, showed up. A new trial date has been set for July 15. This civil suit is so unnecessary when it comes to serving the higher needs of society. The problem has been fixed. What went down in the Powell Library that night has been examined by one of the top independent investigators of police hijinks and misconduct, Merrick Bobb of the Police Assessment Resource Center. He was staff attorney for the Christopher Commission, which tore apart the LAPD in the days after the 1991 Rodney King beating and he’s poked at the Sheriff’s Department repeated excesses many times over the past decade. He gave his 77-page report the amusing title, “A Bad Night at Powell Library: The Events of November 14, 2006,” and said his tale involves no heroes. He found that university police acted excessively and violated department policy. But he was

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also critical of T-man, which means the report may not lead to a slam-dunk for the aggrieved student at trial. He still has plenty of explaining to do. In the meantime, maybe someone could turn the whole charade of civil disobedience into a cartoon, starring T-man, a senior majoring in Middle Eastern and North African studies and philosophy, who gets the shock of his student career. And stick to the same basic facts. He was born in the United States. He is not a Muslim but is of the B’hai religion. Trouble in the library began around 11:15 p.m. when a community service officer announced that he would be coming around to check BruinCards. When T-man refused, police were called. At one point, an officer placed his hand on T-man’s shoulder, which provoked him to say: “Don’t fucking touch me.” An officer then grabbed T-man’s arms. An officer can be seen on the videotape pressing a bright yellow object, identified as a X26 Taser made by Taser International Inc., against T-man’s stomach. Bobb’s report estimates that the taser was used 26 seconds after the officer arrived at the library. T-man falls to the ground and goes limp. He refuses to stand, which annoys the officers. He tells them that he’s bipolar, prompting an officer to respond sarcastically that he didn’t know what that had to do with standing up. T-man was tased at least once while in handcuffs. Wrote Bobb: “We recommend that [Mr. T] be counseled that his failure to comply with orders nonetheless provided a good reason for force to be legitimately used by police officers, even if the force employed in the particular instance was unnecessary, avoidable and excessive.” Not a glorious night to watch the soaring heights of human conduct. But does anybody out there really want to see another multimillion-dollar verdict against a public institution? Too bad Hoffman refused to allow Bobb’s investigators to interview T-man. In times like these, truth means so much more than money. The officers who responded that night to the UCLA library remain on the force. But there have been significant changes to policies. In the 16 months since the showdown in Powell Library, a rational policy on taser use has been adopted by the UCLA campus police force. You won’t see campus cops zapping students willy-nilly if they refuse to show their BruinCard and go limp when you ask them to keep walking. “The biggest change is it won’t be used on passive resisters,” said Nancy Greenstein, the campus police department’s director of community services. In the end, the changes that can be the sound outcomes of a successful civil-rights lawsuit have already been made. Society stands to gain nothing from T-man’s lawsuit. In fact, taxpayers and people who will face higher enrollment fees at the UC system are the ones who will suffer. But T-man is still on the hook. In his last official act recorded in the case file, Paul Hoffman placed a lien on any future settlement or verdict that might be coming T-man’s way. Maybe the two of them can share some choice words on their way to the bank. ✶ Sends insults or ammo to BigAl@lasniper.com.

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do we know this? We know it because when Barack Obama won the Wyoming caucus and the Mississippi primary, it barely mattered anymore. We know it because, for all the wrangling about Michigan and Florida, neither of them necessarily matter all that much anymore either. The results don’t matter because the whole process has become a lie, a sort of small-d democratic con job. Anyone honestly looking at the state of the race knows that Obama will – barring some freak occurrence – end up in June with more pledged delegates than Clinton, and a bigger share of the popular vote. If the voice of the people were paramount here, then the contest would be over already. The party could embrace Obama as its nominee, put an end to all the damaging negativity, and start building up the guy rather than, à la Hillary, finding every possible means to pull him down. The fact that Hillary is still fighting gives us a big clue that this is not about the voice of the people at all. It’s about raw power and the manipulation of a system that is already loaded, unfair, and byzantine to try to reach a desired outcome, will of the people be damned. The Clinton’s campaign spin – that Obama can only win in “boutique” states, that caucuses don’t really count, that he only appeals to “latte liberals,” not “real” Democrats and “real” American voters – ignores the hard reality of the numbers, which is that she is behind in this contest by any objective measure and is more than likely to remain so to the end. Her suggestion that some votes are MARCH 20~26, 2008

more “real” than others follows an inglorious tradition in this country of trying to exclude certain groups from participating in the political process at all – blacks, newly naturalized immigrants, Catholics, factory workers, reformist intellectuals, and so on. The Clinton campaign even appears to have embraced the overtly racist aspect of this tradition, distancing itself only hesitantly from Geraldine Ferraro’s outrageous remarks about Obama’s candidacy and apparently calculating that, in Pennsylvania at least, awakening the racist sensibilities of all those blue collar former Reagan Democrats might have political mileage. Granted, the crisis in the Democratic Party is not just about Hillary’s overweening ambition and distasteful campaign tactics. The party has been trying for decades to rig the primary process in such a way as to insulate itself from unpleasant surprises, and now it is receiving the biggest conceivable karmic kick up the rear end. Everything about the process is designed to favor the establishment candidate – the kickoff in white, relatively conser vative states like Iowa and New Hampshire, the quick pile-on of races on Super Tuesday (itself originally conceived as a regional primary in the South to keep upstarts like Jesse Jackson at bay) and, of course, the votes accorded to unelected superdelegates, who make up the backbone of the party and have the option, if they feel the need to exercise it, to buck the will of the people at the national convention. Most years, the primary battle is quick

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and painless, precisely because it is so unfair. Sometimes, for sure, it takes a little extra effort to silence upstarts like Gary Hart, or Jesse Jackson, or Howard Dean. This year, though, the extraordinary success of the Obama campaign has torn the party rulebook to shreds, making it unclear which side the establishment should be on and exposing the entire jerry-built system to ridicule. Some of the greatest absurdities have been at the Clinton campaign’s expense. She won the Nevada caucuses by a six-point margin, yet ended up with one fewer delegate. And she won the Texas primary – albeit narrowly – only to lose the delegate fight there because of the Lone Star state’s weird allocation system, and because of its even weirder hybrid system that had voters returning to their precincts for caucuses as soon as the vote was over. I’m oldfashioned enough to believe that the winner of an election should be the candidate with the most votes, but those aren’t the rules by which this fight is being conducted, on either side. If the Clinton campaign is behaving worse, it is because they are ones running behind. For sure, Hillary had a choice – whether she would bow out for the sake of party unity and the bigger prize of victory in November, or whether she would embark on the high-risk strategy of trying to destroy her opponent and thus leave the party no option but to offer the nomination to her. The choice she made is her responsibility, and the damage it does will surely be laid at her door – especially if John McCain becomes the next president. Once made, though, the choice taps right into the ugly electoral logic of fighting and winning at any cost, the sort of mano a mano combat we last saw play out in the Bush-Gore fiasco in Florida in 2000. It’s the absolute nightmare scenario for Democrats – two talented, potentially winning presidential candidates battering and bloodying each other so badly that the Republicans don’t have to do much more than sit back and watch. For Clinton to say John McCain is better prepared to be president than Obama is not just unforgivable – you can bet it will be played and replayed in television ads all summer and fall if Obama ends up being the nominee anyway. Obama appears more conscious of the risks of going too negative, but he doesn’t have a whole lot of choice in the matter. Already he’s started asking tough questions about how much real-world governing experience Clinton gained as First Lady – questions that, once again, the Republicans can just lift to bolster their own campaign later in the year. Mitt Romney said last week that the Clinton 3 a.m. red phone advert was “the greatest gift she could have given the McCain campaign,” because if she wants to make this election about national security experience then there is only one possible winner, and he’s not a Democrat. McCain can probably count on a few more similar gifts before this is all over. Who can stop the madness? Not the Democratic Party grandees, who are as divided amongst themselves as the candidates. And not the voters, who have already been put on notice that they don’t entirely count. Their job, at this point, is to provide political cover for whatever manipulative tricks the party chooses to pull to justify its ultimate decision. Don’t expect the enthusiasm and high participation they – we – have shown in this primary season to sustain itself in the general election. ✶

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Simple as Brown vs. Black LAPD chief denies what others see as clear cases of racial violence ~ B Y A N N E T T E S TA R K ~ THE HEART-WRENCHING L.A. TIMES COVER photo of Jamiel Shaw in an open coffin drew angry protests last week from readers who bitterly complained to the Times that its decision to run such a graphic image was “disrespectful” and “disgusting.” One woman, who wrote that she’s the parent of a high school boy who is – as Shaw was – “an athlete with good grades,” glanced at the cover lying in her driveway and flatly refused to bring the paper into her house. The tragedy just hit too close to home. The Times later clarified that the photos were – as in every case with their funeral coverage – in keeping the family’s wishes. The photo also showed parents Anita and Jamiel Shaw Sr., dressed in white, praying by the casket of their slain son, the 17-year-old star athlete gunned down in broad daylight on the sidewalk by Latino gang members simply because he didn’t answer fast enough that he wasn’t in a gang. The families who have lost children to gang attacks on innocents have shown exemplary strength in the wake of unspeakable horror. They’ve appeared at rallies, press conferences, and as ambassadors for campaigns to silence the violence. And here it was again, with the Shaws asking for the uncensored truth, as sometimes only a photo can. But in the aftermath of recent shootings that have left four children killed or wounded in two weeks, activists struggling for the LAPD to address the hard stuff are finding that uncensored truth isn’t just tough to come by, it’s become a raging controversy of its own. Last week, praise resounded from the community when the LAPD announced the arrest of CITYBEAT

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19-year-old Pedro Espinoza, Shaw’s suspected killer. A known member of the 18th Street gang, Espinoza had been released from jail one day before the killing and could face the death penalty if convicted. The next day, the police announced two suspects were in custody for allegedly wounding six-year-old Lavareay Elzy, who remains in critical condition. Elzy was in a red SUV in Harbor Gateway with his parents when gang members opened fire on the car. The suspects, Ernesto Murillo, 25, and Ismael Torres, 26, are members of the East Side Torrance gang. A sad irony: Murillo had been placed on gang injunctions one week before the shooting. Still at large is the killer of Anthony Escobar, the 13-year-old Latino who was shot in the head in Echo Park while picking lemons for his family’s dinner. As with the others, Escobar’s shooting is being described as a gang attack against a young person who is not believed to have been a member of a gang, driving home the cruel reminder that Latinos are also victims of worsening gang violence. Federal and local authorities have classified the 18th Street gang, along with the MS 13s and the Florencia 13s, as a “super gang.” These three together claim much of L.A. County’s Latino gang population, estimated by gang cops to be more than 50,000. Additionally, these gangs are responsible for the alarming spike in gang membership worldwide and share a racial agenda against African Americans, stemming from their sworn allegiance to the racist Mexican Mafia (La Eme) prison gang that works with the Aryan Brotherhood. Though not categorized as a super gang, East

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★ Interviews with law enforcement experts underscore the racist motives of these killings, but Chief Bratton will hear none of it. bright guy.” Many we spoke with speculate that Bratton knows what’s going on but wants to prevent tensions from escalating in communities where lawabiding African Americans and Latinos share the same economic distress. As to the wisdom of the tactic? Ali says his whole reason for asking about “ethnic cleansing” was to extract from LAPD a cohesive message that would at least alert people about driving in a neighborhood, as Elzy’s parents did, where they could be harmed. “Ethically, I think you have to alert people like when the State Department warns about not going into certain countries,” says Tony Rafael, author of The Mexican Mafia. Hicks reminds us that gang racism goes both ways. “In Jordan Downs, the Grape Street Crips have been preying on Latino residents.” However, he concedes that black gangs don’t have these chilling unwritten rules whereby once you join a Latino gang you cannot get out alive. Nor do black gangs share a racial agenda to rid their neighborhoods of all Latinos. Finally, black gangs don’t give out stripes for executing a murderous racial agenda, or threaten to kill bangers who won’t. All of these, according to Manzella, are known as La Eme’s unwritten rules. Retired L.A. County Sheriff’s Detective Richard Valdemar believes that Bratton is simply in over his head. “He doesn’t know what he’s doing and he doesn’t understand L.A.-based gangs,” says Valdemar, who’s served as a star witness against Mexican Mafia shot callers. “The kids on the street know what’s going on. So, for us to deny it is to show the kids that we don’t know what’s going on. They start to see the government and the police department as stupid.” ✶ MARCH 20~26, 2008

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Side Torrance also has a known allegiance to La Eme and a racist agenda against blacks that can be verified easily by doing a quick Google search for “East Side Torrance gang.” Their hate-speech posts come up first. Interviews with law enforcement experts underscore the racist motives of these killings, but L.A.’s top cop will hear none of it. Chief William Bratton chastised an activist and a reporter on separate occasions for trying to get him to address the racial aspect. At an Urban Policy Roundtable meeting March 8 in Leimert Park, Project Islamic Hope’s Najee Ali caught a tongue-lashing by Bratton for using “ethnic cleansing” when asking about the killing of African American innocents by Latino gangs. On March 12, it was ABC Eyewitness News veteran reporter Leo Stallworth’s turn. When Stallworth asked Bratton if the shooting of Elzy was racially motivated, Bratton angrily fired back, “You’re a one-note band on this issue. You need to get off it.” Stallworth tried to ask a follow-up, with the chief angrily talking over him, and told the top cop that these questions were from African American and Latino residents who “are terribly afraid.” Sometime during the exchange, Bratton made his point that the shooting was not race-related. Councilwoman Janice Hahn was standing next to Bratton. It was her impression that “Stallworth had every right to ask those questions. He wasn’t being combative at all.” Over at the Los Angeles Wave, an “infuriated” Betty Pleasant took the chief to task. “Bratton angrily dressed down my black colleague and then, turning to the other journalists present (and from my experience, they would be something other than black) and said, ‘The rest of you seem to get it,’” Pleasant wrote. “Get what? The fact that black children are being gunned down in their neighborhoods by Latino gangsters and nobody wants to call it what it is? Yeah, I get that.” Pleasant also called out Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Councilwoman Hahn for appearing to nod in agreement with Bratton. Hahn was quick to note that she called Pleasant as soon as she saw the column to say that she actually was nodding at someone she recognized and can be seen grimacing because she doesn’t agree with the chief. She says, “Do we have a major war in L.A.? I don’t think so. But are these crimes racially motivated? We know that Cheryl Green was killed in a racially-motivated killing. Clearly the little six-year-old was with his African American family that was shot at by Latino gang members. I don’t know how LAPD can determine so quickly that it wasn’t racially motivated, particularly since the shocking revelations that have come to light in Los Angeles in the last couple of years.” Deputy District Attorney and landmark Mexican Mafia prosecutor Anthony Manzella concurs on the city’s larger racial picture, but says Bratton’s message was confusing. “I agree with the chief that the fact that the Mexican Mafia wants to ethnically cleanse their neighborhoods does not mean that the city has a larger racial problem. But there’s no question that among Hispanic gangs the Mafia gave orders a long time ago that the Surenos were supposed to move African Americans out of Hispanic neighborhoods. There’s no question about that. That’s documented.” Thing is, Bratton has never stated that the Mexican Mafia has an “ethnic cleansing plot,” despite the prosecutors evidence. He’s been quoted saying the opposite. And when CityBeat, yet another “one-man band on this subject,” asked LAPD for clarification, spokesperson Sgt. Lee Sands reiterated Bratton’s statement to Stallworth that “there has been nothing to indicate there is a racial motivation to these shootings.” It is confusing, notes Joe Hicks, vice president of Community Advocates, Inc. and former executive director of the city’s Human Relations Commission. “I agree with the chief and the mayor that L.A. isn’t on the road to racial Armageddon. We’re not on the edge of a race war. But I don’t think anyone is alleging that. I’m still a bit amused at broader claims that there are no racial implications to what we’re seeing from Watts to South Central to the Valley. And I’m sure Chief Bratton is aware of that information also. He’s a very

The L.A. City Councilmember on the bad budget, the cuts that will make you scream, and your terrible memory

IT TAKES AN ACCOUNTANT TO KEEP track of all the proposed cuts being talked about by the L.A. City Council. Yet, at the same time, the mayor is talking up plans to hire 500 more police officers by 2010. It’s enough to make anyone throw loose change to the wind. Some are proposing another hike in trash fees and water rates and coaxing every city worker to take five unpaid days off this year. And it threatens to get worse. Come July 4, we won’t be seeing as many fireworks in our light shows because when the new fiscal year starts the city will already be $400 million in the hole. Independence Days may have to have a more conservative glow. That, at least, is the position of one Councilman Dennis Zine, of the 3rd District, who also heads the Council’s Personnel Committee. There are a lot of ways to shore up the deficit, he says. The unions, and the rest of the people who live in L.A., may not be thrilled with the outcomes. –Ashley Archibald

Citybeat: So we have a budget issue in Los Angeles. Dennis Zine: It’s more than a budget issue, it’s a budget crisis! There’s a crisis in L.A. city hall. What’s the outlook on budget cuts? We’re trying to find $1.2 million from the council offices to shore up the budget. I’m going to be looking through all of my various accounts, through my salary accounts and the office account where we purchase paper and office supplies to try to come up with $1.2 million. Is there anywhere else in the bureaucracy where the fat could be trimmed? I’ve called for the consolidation of departments where we have separate departments like the Department of Aging, Disability, Commission on Status of Women, Children and Families, Immigrant Relations. There are a number of separate and distinct departments, and what I’m calling for is a consolidation into the Department of Human Services where we’ll be able to provide a service, but streamline that service. In addition, I’ve called for the elimination of the paid Public Works Commission and have them volunteer like any other commission. You name a commission that we have, and most departments have a commission that is not compensated and the only one that’s compensated with a staff is public works. And their salary is over $100,000 apiece. There are five of them with cars and staffs. That’s a $2 million expenditure. Keep the commission and make it like every other commission. Why is it, if the budget is so lean, that we’re hiring more and more police officers? Where’s

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the money coming from? Here’s the problem. We told the voters we’re going to increase the trash fee to hire more police officers. That’s what we told the voters. So now if we don’t do that, what are we doing but lying to the voters once again? I’m not going to do that. I think it’s disingenuous to say we need more money. What’s this trash fee business and is it really enough to cover the new cops? What happens is the general fund has been subsidizing the trash fee. So we increase the cost to the homeowner for the trash collection. That frees up money in the general fund that can go to hire more officers. But our costs are going up too. Now they want to increase the trash fee again to cover what it was meant to do originally, because that money is being used for other purposes. So at what point do we finally say to the homeowners, to the taxpayers, “We feel your pain”? Will there be another tax increase to erase the deficit and hire more officers? When it comes to the aspect of increasing taxes, I read today they want to increase the trash fee. I’m against another increase for trash. The original increase was to hire more police officers. That’s what it’s for and that’s continuing and now they want to increase it even more. The trouble I have is that we’re elected by communities that are paying more for gasoline, paying more for other services, and I don’t think in good conscience I can support a trash increase or any other kind of increase where the voters, the residents, the peoCITYBEAT

ple of L.A. are already stressing their dollar to the maximum point and the dollar keeps shrinking in value. What’s the biggest drain on the Los Angeles budget? How can this be fixed? If you don’t have the money, you don’t have the people. The biggest expense is personnel. You can postpone the purchase of a car, purchase of a truck, purchase of a helicopter for a certain amount of time, but when it comes to personnel you can’t defer those. There is some talk of layoffs. What’s the story on that? There may be union renegotiations because of the contracts there … . I’d rather take five furlough days than lose my job, and I think a lot of other people would. Do you think the unions will be cooperative? Are they resigned to these cuts? I think a lot of people think [the mayor is] bluffing. Well then, what’s there to cut? You can cut library hours, decrease the Recreation and Parks activity. There’s a lot of things they can do. That seems like a hard choice to make. But if you look at budget that we have, it’s a tremendous amount of billions of dollars, but the less you have in the pot, the less services we can give. Then we need to identify the services that are critical: Police, fire, sanitation. Now what’s more important, picking up the trash or having another book in the library? It’s going to have an impact, but I think you have a larger impact on health

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and safety than if you close the library one day a week. What kind of suggestions for fiscal austerity do you have for the city then? It’s just like if I don’t get a paycheck, I’ll won’t get a Ruth Chris steak, I’ll get a hamburger. I won’t get a Corvette, I’ll get a Toyota Tercel. You’ve got to adjust accordingly instead of saying “We’ll get more money from the taxpayers.” I don’t believe in that, we need to live within our means. Why haven’t we been living within our means during the boom years, so we could deal with the bust? It becomes a pattern: they have, they spend. It’s like a child that gets $20. You gotta spend the $20. You can’t put it in the bank and get $25-30. That’s how I think, but I’m a conservative when it comes to spending money and a cheapskate on top of that. Famous statement I came up with: Rich men don’t get rich spending money. They spend other people’s money. Are you at all worried that this is going to reflect on upcoming elections? Reelection is not for another year. But people will remember. No, they don’t remember. They don’t remember September 11 when New York was attacked. People forget. We used to have flags everywhere and a sense of people coming together as a country. People have a quick lapse of memory, so I’m not worried about that. It’s not about reelection. It’s about what’s right for the city. ✶

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PEACE PARADE Antiwar Angelenos mark the fifth year of war by throwing a party BY RON GARMON ★ PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSH REISS A YEAR AND A HALF ON, THE SELF-IMMOLATION OF Malachi Ritscher is due a reconsideration as terminal performance art. During morning rush-hour on November 3, 2006, the 50-ish Chicago musician lugged a video camera, a sign reading “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” and a quantity of gasoline (then averaging about $2.25/gal. in the Windy City) to the “Blaze of the Millennium” sculpture on the Kennedy Expressway. There, in full view of gridlocked hundreds, he set himself on fire. Police didn’t identify the ashes for days and the news didn’t cover the act as protest at all. Almost a week later,

Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper editorially dismissed what the musician did as “sad” and “futile” as if the deed was merely one more occasion to measure thumbs with Roger Ebert. In the interim, Ritscher’s statement had become an underground sensation, with the auto-flambéed peacenik’s self-penned obituary and other leavings pored over by friends, acquaintances, and the generally stunned. That it took so long for big media guns like Roeper to open up allowed many to ponder the horrible significance of this “normal” suicide. Reports of “alcoholism” and “depression” helped depoliticize the act to CITYBEAT

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the point where Ritscher is now scarcely remembered at all, save as one more doomed hippie. His was but an extreme manifestation of the apocalyptic helplessness now on display most everywhere. All recent economic news comes painted in uniform shades of horrible, with venerable investment banks collapsing, national debt spiraling and suburbanites torching their foreclosed houses for insurance. This familiar bankerly process of sweating the middle classes of equity takes place against a backdrop of inflation, stagnation, and threats of permanent recession. The choices this election

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year now narrow to whomever Democrats finally decide to pit against John McCain, who insists a century-long U.S. military occupation in Iraq would be “fine” with him. The war is an issue Democrats have decisively fudged. Barack Obama continues to radiate a genial Reaganesque mushiness on particulars, while Hillary Clinton runs TV ads suggesting she’d sit by the telephone at all hours, toothily eager to bomb the mortal shit out of anyone, anywhere. CBS/NYT poll numbers show nearly two-thirds of the American people disapprove of the way the Iraq war is being conducted, with almost 60 percent declaring it a mistake in the first place. Mainstream liberals remain sunk in gloom. Chalmers Johnson concludes in Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic that Dubya’s blunders are simply the latest in a long series of imperial disasters that must eventually consume all traditional liberty and destroy popular government in America, leaving us to face “a military dictatorship or its civilian equivalent.” Feminist social critic Naomi Wolf, in The End of America, draws the same dreadful inferences from press restrictions, secret jails, extraordinary renditions, cop surveillance, largescale domestic spying, and constant trashing of dissent, terming it a “fascist shift.” Whatever her gifts as prophet, such a prognosis would depress even Pee-wee Herman. Mad Malachi Ritscher expressed similar thoughts in his online suicide note that ended with the homily, “The future is what you decide today.” That this sentiment can be put to

more creative expression was shown to by marchers at the All Out! protest rally/street party staged in Hollywood last Saturday, March 15, by local antiwar coalition ANSWERLA. Despite the lateness of the hour and very formidable excuses for citizen despair, antiwar activism is on the rise all across the political spectrum, with the radicalized trying new techniques, new alliances, and speaking out in startling creative ways about the looming national crisis. The accent is now on raucous dissent rather than moral outrage; a cheerful, two-fingered salute to the status quo. How the traditionally starchy antiwar left will absorb this new energy is but one question posed by the youngsters out in full puckish force. As the current cycle of antiwar protest heats up, it is well to remember the fate of the last wave. THE STATE OF THE MOVEMENT Most of us remember the deafening passion of the antiwar movement at the outset of Team Dubya’s Iraq adventure a half-decade ago. The sheer unlikelihood of the administration’s claims of Iraqi WMD coupled with open-manufactured hysteria quickly made it the biggest antiwar movement in history, with the protest action on February 15, 2003, bringing tens of millions into the streets all over the planet. The New York Times intoned “[T]here may still be two superpowers on the planet: the MARCH 20~26, 2008

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United States and world public opinion.” Steve Mikulan wrote some impressive dispatches on the early demonstrations for the L.A. Weekly. “Well, at that point it was growing by leaps and bounds,” Steve remembered of 2003. “I spoke to Tom Hayden and he pointed out at that time that the antiwar movement was then far ahead of what it was in Vietnam. It took four or five years to accomplish what they did in a matter of months. I think there was a lot of expectation that this thing would keep building and get bigger. That didn’t happen, of course. I think part of the reason is that the mainstream media got a dose of what it perceived as patriotic duty and stopped covering these rallies, even though they were still attracting hundreds of thousands of people. The networks pulled all the antiwar commentators from talk shows and then stopped talking about the movement. You can only sustain energy at that level for so long and, in L.A., the ironically-named ANSWER-LA had no answers. Outrage will only carry enthusiasm so far.” PINKED Not everyone just gave up and went home. One of the antiwar movement’s most durable organizations is Code Pink, the prankish feminists whose giddy stunt-politics include “kissins” staged near military bases (“Make love, not war”) and draping a 30-foot satin “pink slip” out of a window of the Century Plaza Hotel while the president was inside at a reelection 814

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fundraiser. When I spoke to co-founder Jodie Evans, Code Pink was in the middle of planning various pre-rally actions, including an activist “training camp” in the wilds of Malibu and a series of demonstrations at the offices of selected local congresspersons. “I mean,” she laughed, “they shouldn’t go on vacation. We’re gonna take in visuals that show the amount each district has lost in not bringing the troops home. The other message that we’re carrying is that their votes are very critical on the Pfizer bill, which allows immunity for the phone companies to spy for Bush. So there’s actually a few members of the Judiciary committee ready to join Rep. Wexler to demand impeachment proceedings.” That the outgoing president may well be beyond Constitutional reach at this point scarcely matters. “You have to care as much about the war ending as soldiers care about putting their lives on the line fighting for it,” Evans put it grimly. “We spent the last year pressuring Congress to quit funding the war and obviously that’s not gonna happen. The people who are making money off the war seem to have more power with these members of Congress than the voting public. We’re modeling what it looks like not to pay for war by not paying seven percent of our taxes. You can see that on our Web site.” We spoke of trying to imagine a time when the war might conceivably end, but that seemed phantasmal, if satisfying to contemplate. “Unfortunately,” she sighed, “we’re all stuck like deer in headlights inside a war. The lack of imagination on everyone’s part is devastating. After we got back from Iraq five years ago, we went to see Hillary and she told us the reason she wanted to invade Iraq is to protect the people of New York.” Here she paused, then continued with care. “I said, ‘Are these the only two choices your mind can concoct?’” POETS AND PAPERBACK WRITERS Antiwar movements being much too important to leave to the politicos, I spoke to a wide assortment of committed Angelenos and found, as usual, the writers among the most militant voices. Lewis MacAdams is poet, activist, historian of Beat, and noted defender of the L.A. River. His “To the 43rd President of the United States” is a hard jewel of invective destined for anthologies, concluding with the lines: We must search our souls/To understand how/We could have/Lived all these years/And done all this work/And still allowed this to happen. “I wrote it just before the invasion, and read it a few times,” MacAdams remembered. “People were extremely enthusiastic. I read it at the Museum of Natural History, and a couple dressed very ostentatiously walked out and that was about it.” “I think the airplanes have to land in their bases and the troop ships dock and the soldiers, sailors and contract killers have got to get on them and leave,” he drawled, “We in America are going to be suffering, whether it’s this month or the month after next. But it seems very likely there’s gonna be a civil war in Iraq after we leave and it’ll be part of America’s sordid karma. We’ll get ours.” Lest anyone complain the literary tend to cluster at one end of the national political dial, I called my old friend – and sometimes writing partner – Brad Linaweaver. A science-fiction writer and Nebula award finalist best known for spinning bizarre alternate histories, Linaweaver is also a conservative-libertarian pundit Ronald Reagan was given to quoting on matters of doctrinal orthodoxy. Recent political writings and support for Ron Paul win him no friends in rightist circles these days. “The Republican Party should not pretend to spread democracy to the benighted regions of the world,” said Brad, who was in rare form, bellowing down the phone line. “That is not in the Republican party’s job description. He’s in the wrong comic book. Bill Buckley thought his Iraq policy “un-conservative,” a fact noted by Fox News in his obituary, which I thought unusually fair and balanced of them. “The left is completely failing to fight the war machine,” the novelist continued. “They won in CITYBEAT

‘I think the airplanes have to land in their bases and the troopships dock and the soldiers, sailors and contract killers have got to get on them and leave.’ ~ Lewis MacAdams ’06 and have failed ever since. They don’t understand even now how the corporate power-elite runs both parties. George W. Bush is such a happy man these days. Why? He’s done his job, serving his masters well, giving us a foothold in Iraq forever. We will never leave. McCain is being unduly optimistic when he said we’d be there a hundred years. We’ll be in Iraq as long as the American Empire exists. Bush went there for one reason – to stay there.” Echoing Jodie Evans, my old friend and antagonist charged the administration with the fantasist’s worst sin – lack of imagination. “They’d rather kill people than develop alternative energy,” he snorted. ‘KUSH, NOT BUSH!’ Well, the idea that the fix is irretrievably in makes some cynical and gives others a reason to get up in the morning. If no one but the fractious, faction-ridden SoCal left had shown up for the ANSWER-LA rally in Hollywood last Saturday, the event would’ve been considerably less raucous than it was. Instead, the party had already started in the Red Line train when I got on at Pershing Square. Normal Saturday mid-morning service was glutted with knots of excited, jabbering young people. Most were dressed in ironical variations on militar y unifor ms, stylishly-frayed tunics, and other fucked-up mufti. Some were carrying homemade signs, one reading “Drop Acid, Not Bombs.” Topside at Hollywood & Vine, the famous intersection was already piled with noisy revelry well in advance of the noon start time. Rows of prop coffins lay neatly, flag-draped to represent the returning dead kept carefully from view by the Bush administration. Clowns jostled with masked anarchists, costume performers and Fire Department officers ostentatiously photographing protesters. The venerable chant One-two-three-four/We don’t want your racist war! welled from the crowd, a sentiment grown fusty from decades of racist wars eventually replaced by performances by the likes of Mojo and the Vibration Army. The marchers were overwhelmingly young, with most of the Movement graybeards sprinkled among them looking as if they’d burst from unaccustomed joy. All was love and camaraderie, even for the media, even from the LAPD. Soon, the procession lurched forward and I entered the police cordon, walking backwards ahead of the mob and scribbling notes. The festive spirit even infected the counter-protesters; a half-dozen males in late middle-age, all with Christian slogans emblazoned on tees stretched tight over starchy bellies. “Hey!” one yelled at me through a bullhorn, “Don’t you write for the Communist World News?” I smiled and waved. It was just like old times. Another crooned, “This is treason! You are the new Al Qaeda!” Again, fierce hip-hop clattered out of the PA, drowning them out. News cameras honed in on a grizzled dingbat with a homemade John McCain sign, his jaws working rapidly as chanting and whoops smothered most sound. Indeed, ANSWER’s usual portmanteau of assort-

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ed left-wing causes was swept away as well. The kids didn’t seem animated by dialectical materialism, livestock rights, or the unhappy fate of Leonard Peltier. This was clearly not business-asusual. Cops cleared a path and the march swung left down Schrader. By this time, many of the sidewalk gawkers had begun to join the parade, stepping out into a self-staged, self-conscious show, a delightful suspension of the rules. There was much amplified jeering as the party bore left on Sunset and the CNN building rose into view, its iconic logo long a symbol of corporate propaganda to antiwar leftists and libertarians. Angry fists went up at this citadel of The Man and hundreds of bawled “Fuck CNN!” Office staff gathered at the windows, dim shadows peering down at a vast Technicolor ruckus their organization looked to be studiously ignoring. I gave a friendly wave, wishing they could be there. Signs reading “Whores, Not War!” “Kush, Not Bush!” and the plaintive “James Buchanan, Come Home! All is Forgiven” flapped in the sudden high winds alongside placarded pleas for Obama, Ron Paul and others, the plausible alongside the ludicrous. The day belonged to the participants, since most of the promised star-power didn’t materialize. Organizers read a doleful list of no-shows from the speaker’s stand on Cahuenga. Marty Sheen, Jackson Browne, Ed Asner, and others all defaulted, and the redoubtable Gore Vidal was addressing the ANSWER rally in San Diego. Mike Farrell’s brief, tearful address that impressed many who weren’t born until after the actor’s run as B.J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H half a lifetime ago. Ron Kovic, the iconic Vietnam veteran now marking his 40th anniversary in a wheelchair, commanded attention for a few buoyant words – “I promise you,” he cried, “our time is coming! We will fill this street with people!” Eventually, the speakers shut down, and some guy with a megaphone started rapping for Obama. The LAPD, out in overly numerate force, were content to hang back and let this street carnival order itself, pausing to puzzle over performance artist Jade Thacker urging passers by to cut off pieces of the U.S. flag she wore as a dress. A performance troupe called Corpus Delecti performed a zombie butoh dance, writhing on the asphalt like undead worms. Bystanders drifted away slowly, but the atmosphere lingered on and I saw kids whooping and lugging signs later that night as far away as downtown. Channel 7 estimated the turnout at 1,500 participants, police put it at 2,000, and ANSWERLA claimed 10,000. The latter figure was exaggerated, but closer to the tr uth as the unexpectedly large number of first-timers plainly startled and elated organizers. Despite histrionic warnings from counter-protesters, I saw no violence and police reported no arrests. MAYDAY Peace, it seems, is back. Five years of even a media-sanitized and conscription-free war were still quite enough to build a wave of revulsion in the young, who have as yet no place in a society that has long since numbed itself to the horror. Protest, long ridiculed in mainstream culture as being hopelessly ’60s and passe, is now retro and hip. This was inevitable, as there are only so many ways one can market greed and apathy, even to consumers offered little else. As this impulse organizes itself, more traditional elements of the left begin to flex dormant muscles. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted a “No Work, No Peace” holiday, stopping all work on the West Coast for eight hours this May 1 to urge “an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East.” Given the public’s surly mood, the idea of a mass-walkout of workers and the timeclock-bound could well gain traction as the hours tick off ’til May Day. After a halfdecade of uneasy acquiesce to this latest, luckless imperial adventure, popular consent for war is being withdrawn and the peace movement has nowhere to go but up. The American people must, as usual, engineer their own rescue. ✶

Poker Jokers Zak Penn’s ‘The Grand’ has a cast of cards ~ BY ANDY KLEIN ~

AK PENN IS BEST KNOWN AS AN A-list screenwriter of special effects titles like X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the upcoming The Incredible Hulk. He was still in his early twenties when he got his big break with the original screenplay for the notorious Schwarzenegger vehicle Last Action Hero; that it was substantially rewritten by other hands – Penn received only a story credit – seems in retrospect like a plus. Much like his previous outing as a director – the hilarious 2004 Incident at Loch Ness – his new film, The Grand, is an improv mockumentary in the Christopher Guest mold. For this story of the world’s second biggest poker tournament, Penn has assembled an amazing cast that includes improv vets (Richard Kind), sitcom stars (Ray Romano, Jason Alexander), movie stars (Woody Harrelson), character actors (Dennis Farina, Barry Corbin), a revered German director (Werner Herzog), real-life poker players (Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth), a fuzzy rabbit (Munchkin), an emissary from the Christopher Guest troupe (Michael McKean), and the long missingin-action Gabe Kaplan. In a sit-down a few hours before the film’s premiere, I ask Penn whether he started out with the poker idea or with the notion of making another improvisational film. “The second,” he tells me. “I absolutely wanted to do an improvisational ensemble comedy, and I was just looking for the right setting to put it in. My friend Matt Bierman asked me if I had ever watched the World Series of Poker on TV and pitched me on the whole idea. I actually had very little interest in doing a movie about poker. I like playing it, not watching it. But the setting just worked too well for too many reasons; the characters really worked in that world.” “Were there other concepts along the way that you considered?” I ask. “Like something that turned out to be what Christopher Guest was going to do next week?” “Not really. When you’re doing an improv movie, you’re in a kind of small group. It’s Christopher Guest or nothing. And it’s not like he churns out a movie every year.” Where Loch Ness followed a more fully preplanned story line, The Grand crosscuts among a bunch of aspirants for a $10 million, winner-take-all pot. One-Eyed Jack (Harrelson), who inherited the casino from his gruff Granddad (Corbin) and lost it in a haze of sex and drugs, is hoping to buy it back from coldhearted magnate

~ GRAND SPECTACLE: DAVID CROSS’S EYES ARE BIGGER THAN THE POT ~

Steve Lavisch (McKean). Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell) is a human calculator, very close in affect to Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Andy Andrews (Kind) is a schnook who seems to have stumbled into qualifying despite having no poker knowledge at all. And the emotional heart of the story resides in the hugely dysfunctional, longstanding family conflicts between Larry Schwartzman (David Cross) and his sister Lainie (Cheryl Hines), both of them contestants, whose sibling relationship was poisoned in childhood when their father (Kaplan) pitted them against each other while always favoring Lainie. The shape of the film changed in response to the casting, with the actors filling in their characters’ traits and backstories. “If you read the first draft of the treatment,” Penn says, “Lainie’s husband Fred has maybe two mentions. He’s barely in it. When Ray Romano came along, we expanded the part. And now – even though we shot all his stuff in two days – he’s all over the movie, which is mostly a testament to him. He and some of his buddies came up with all this stuff, and we wove it into the movie.”

FILM Penn started with a core group of friends in the cast. “Werner and Michael Karnow and Richard Kind were all good friends of mine. I’ve always said that Werner would be a perfect Bond villain. And so ‘The German’ is my interpretation of that. There were a lot of people coming in and out, so there were only a couple of performers that I specifically wrote parts for. For the rest of them, Matt and I conceived the characters, using ideas from other people, and then finding the right actors for it.” What’s really important, he says, is casting and then creating a good environment. “With a good enough environment, you need to have actors who come prepared with material. Well, except for Michael McKean. I feel like you could turn a camera on and say, ‘Michael, we’re going to shoot the whole movie, and you play every part.’ And he’d figure it out as he went along.” It’s not surprising that McKean, after Spinal Tap and the Guest films, could wing it brilliantly. But I wondered about some of the actors who didn’t have that sort of background, like Barry Corbin. “I wouldn’t say that Barry is as up to the improv stuff as some of the other people. I had to help him more and script it out. But he’s really damn funny, and he was great in the moments MARCH 20~26, 2008

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where it was just … behavior.” By coincidence, two of the stars of The Grand, Corbin and Harrelson, were both in this year’s Oscar winner, No Country for Old Men. “We were shooting this at the same time they were shooting No Country for Old Men, so Woody and Barry were going back and forth on what I called ‘the Coen brothers shuttle.’ The Coens were very, very nice about it. They had a lot more money than we did, so they paid for the plane fare.” The entirety of The Grand builds to the final big showdown, the championship table, which takes up almost the entire last third of the film. Amazingly – perhaps insanely – Penn decided to have the game play out for real, with no advance outcome scripted. “We set it up like a real poker game. We had 10 cameras and a live studio audience. I had some fixed decks in case things went wrong, but it’s so complicated that I didn’t really know how to use them. It was a very strange experience, being around actors in character all desperately wanting to win. Even between takes there was a lot of animosity between them; they were all betting each other on who was gonna win. We said ‘Whoever wins, wins. If Andy Andrews wins, we’ll use a scene where he wins.’ So I had to shoot twelve different endings. We shot scenes with Ray and Cheryl where she won, and then a second time where she lost. And we did the same with Andy Andrews.” Having real world-class poker players in the cast helped keep things honest. “They’d correct us if we had anything wrong. Absolutely. Phil Laak and the rest of them would point out when we got the odds slightly wrong. Andy Newman, who plays the dealer in the movie, is also a writer and an actor. He’s the guy who created Celebrity Poker on Bravo. So he was on set every single day, and he’s as close as you get to being in both worlds. He’s an excellent poker player. He really knew his stuff. Frankly, he’s the unsung hero of the movie. I should remember to thank him in my speech tonight. We wouldn’t have been able to do the movie without him.” ✶

The Grand. Directed by Zak Penn. Written by Zak Penn & Matt Bierman. With Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Ray Romano, Dennis Farina, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Werner Herzog, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Karnow, and Michael McKean. Opens Friday at AMC Loews Broadway.

LATEST REVIEWS DOOMSDAY Near-future, post-viral action thriller Doomsday is chiefly notable for the important question about filmmaker evolution that it raises: Is a somewhat selfaware hack better than a blissed-out, oblivious hack who thinks he’s making high art? Written and directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent), the movie un-

folds in 2035 Scotland, after a lethal virus and a drastic quarantine have left a walled-in fiefdom, devoid of social order. With a new outbreak in nearby, overpopulated London looming and an ineffectual British prime minister (Alexander Siddig) being railroaded by his scheming advisor, the military sends in steely ass-kicker Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to extract some sort of vaccine or cure from the survivors. If Doomsday’s story is taped together from the Resident Evil and 28 Days/Weeks Later films, its costuming (purple mohawks! facial tattoos!) and production design seem nipped from The

Road Warrior or a Grace Jones music video. Every single thing in Marshall’s film – character relationships, motivations big and small, and especially action settings and editing – is poorly or thoughtlessly defined, so much so that he righteously dials up the sound mix … during early scenes of expository setup. Usually this is a sign of an impatient commercial director not trusting a screenplay, trying to cold-crank the vehicle and get the “excitement” started. When the director actually wrote the script, however, isn’t this a slyly shrugging acknowledgment of its basic ineptitude? (Brent Simon) (Citywide)

FIGHTING FOR LIFE The new documentary from two-time Oscar winner Terr y Sanders follows medical personnel who received training at the Uniformed Services University – the West Point of med schools and learning center for 25 percent of all militar y physicians. For these freshfaced teenagers, the journey begins by sitting through lectures, dissecting cadavers, and carrying “patients” through obstacle courses. Soon, they’re in Iraq, treating 17 wounded an hour, including a three-year-old burn victim, his tiny arm swathed in gauze, and a newlyparalyzed Iraqi soldier begging an American sergeant to kill him. While the information about those on “the life-saving end of things” is certainly fascinating, Sanders doesn’t take full advantage of his unlimited access. His film is merely a heavy skim of battlefield hospitals and rehab centers. We don’t follow or emotionally invest in any of the medical personnel, although we do witness the rehabilitation of Army Specialist Crystal Davis, who lost her leg in an IED blast. But we’ve seen stories like hers before. While it’s not as powerful as HBO’s Baghdad ER, it’s still an informative shout-out to the selfless few whose contributions cannot be minimized. And horror-movie makeup artists, take note: If an actors’ strike shuts down production, help the war effort by becoming a Casualty Simulation Artist, applying phony injuries to soldiers during field exercises. Show those Republicans that Hollywood really does love America. (Mark Keizer) (Laemmle’s Sunset 5)

THE HAMMER Radio (Loveline) and TV (The Man Show) star Adam Carolla makes the leap to leading man in this rom-com/sports drama. Like Carolla, character Jerry Ferro is a carpenter (not a handyman) and an amateur boxer, and has a Nicaraguan (not Mexican) best pal Ozzie (Oswaldo Castillo, familiar to listeners of Carolla’s morning radio show). Just turned 40, Jerry loses yet another job and gets dumped in short order. At the gym where he teaches evening boxing classes to mostly middle-class women, he gets a second shot both in the ring and at love. The Hammer is at times immensely entertaining, a bit in spite of itself, based on Carolla alone. Middle-aged and lanky, he makes an unlikely opponent for the fit young pugilists he goes up against, but he’s unafraid to look goofy. And, although the romantic scenes can be painfully awkward, Carolla’s particular brand of ranting, tangential comedy, often aimed at his beloved Los Angeles, transfers well to the big screen. Even the sports-movie clichés are enter tainingly tweaked. Unfor tunately, some of the gags and the action lose their impact simply due to shoddy editing and shot construction. Writer Kevin Hench (The Man Show) brought with him wife Heather Juergensen (co-star and producer), who in turn brought on producing partner Eden Wurmfeld and her brother, director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. The trio previously made Kissing Jessica Stein together but is mismatched with this material. (Annlee Ellingson) (Laemmle’s Monica 4, Laemmle’s Sunset 5, Laemmle’s Playhouse 7, AMC Burbank 8)

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After an unneeded skim across breakdancing history from the highs (Ken Swift spinning in Flashdance!) to the lows (President Reagan nodding approvingly at a stage of tamed b-boys), Benson Lee’s energetic documentary settles into a familiar structure. It’s the 2005 “Battle of the Year” and 19 teams from 18 countries have mobbed Germany to drop some science. In the first half, we identify our five teams: the lithe, musical French; the battling Americans; the innovative Japanese; and two raucously athletic South Korean groups – underdogs Last for One and last year’s grand champion Gamblerz. (Cheeseball names

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are de rigueur.) Each has a need to win, but the South Koreans’ is most compelling – once they’re drafted into the anti-dancing Army, they’ll never dominate the floor again. Lee does a decent job making us care for the squads, or at least a key member or two of each. But he does better just by pointing his camera at the breathtaking contortions of the human body. A head-spinner who twists his body like a flame is topped by a dancer who stands steady, as his buddy balances on his head whirling like a pinwheel beanie. Too often, Lee interrupts their feats for some extra emotional padding; the climactic duel is paused twice as hip-hoppers ruminate about their daddy issues. (Amy Nicholson) (Nuart)

’TIS AUTUMN: THE SEARCH FOR JACKIE PARIS In 1991, pianist and future documen-

tarian Raymond De Felitta was gobsmacked when he heard a song on the radio by one Jackie Paris – a name he was totally unfamiliar with. A reference book said that Paris had died 15 years earlier, so in 2004 De Felitta was even more gobsmacked when he saw that the 79-year-old Paris would be appearing for three days at a New York club. During the next few months, De Felitta – who had been nominated for an Oscar for his fictional short Bronx Cheers – filmed Paris, trying to uncover just why the amazingly talented singer had remained relatively obscure, despite having worked with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charles Mingus and having among his boosters Peggy Lee and Lenny Bruce. De Felitta talks to musicians and jazz historians, as well as to Paris’s family, searching for some primary reason that Paris never came close to being a household name. Did he have a scandalous secret? Had he offended a mob-connected club owner? Was he an egotistical S.O.B. who had alienated the people who tried to help him? The movie suggests much, but, in the end, it seems to be all and none of the above. What is certain is that De Felitta makes a strong case for Paris’s greatness simply by cramming the soundtrack with cuts from the singer’s sporadic five-decade discography. Revealing a voice a little like Chet Baker, but larger and more controlled, his version of “Skylark” says all that needs to be said. (Andy Klein) (Laemmle’s Grande 4)

UNDER THE SAME MOON When Rosario (Kate del Castillo) leaves her poor Mexican village to find work in the United States, she puts her son Carlito (Adrian Alonso) in the care of his grandmother. But when grandma goes kaput, Carlito has only one last hope for a normal family life: undertake the perilous border-crossing trek, make lots of colorful friends along the way, and magically find his mother just in the nick of time, resulting in the kind of tearful, weepy, audience-pleasing reunion that absolutely never happens in real life. A hit with audiences at the Sundance Film Festival, director Patricia Riggen’s shamelessly manipulative fable (scripted by TV writer Ligiah Villalobos) plays the heartstrings so fiercely you can almost hear them fraying. Not that this film’s core audience will care: This is art-house populism – melodrama with a message – and those who go to see it will already be so predisposed to love it that its actual flaws and merits are almost beside the point. For anyone who wants a similar story told with more grit, honesty, and depth, the flawed but still compelling 2005 Russian film The Italian is a markedly better effort. (Wade Major) (Citywide)

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(Owen Wilson) to protect them from a bully (Alex Frost). Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Without a Paddle) directed from a screenplay credited to Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen, and “Edmond Dantes.” (AK) (Citywide) Nana. Two completely dissimilar girls named Nana become best friends in Tokyo. Otani Kentaro directed this 2005 production, adapted from a manga series by Ai Yazawa. (AK) (ImaginAsian Theatre, 251 S. Main St., downtown L.A., 213-617-1033. Theimaginasian.com/la.) Shutter. Newlyweds (Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor) go to Tokyo for their honeymoon and find ghostly images in the photographs they’re taking. Masayuki Ochiai (The Hypnotist) directed this Hollywood remake of a 2004 Thai film by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom. (AK) (Citywide) Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. Yet another family-reunion flick from one-manband Tyler Perry, who not only wrote and directed this adaptation of his 2004

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Meet the Browns Fri-Sun 11 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40; Mon-Thur 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:25. No Country for Old Men Fri-Sun 1, 4, 7, 9:45; MonWed 1:15, 4, 7, 9:40; Thur 1:15, 4, 7. The Other Boleyn Girl Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30; Mon-Thur 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:20. Shutter Fri-Sun 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10; Mon-Thur 2, 4:45, 7:25, 9:30. Vantage Point Fri-Sun 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15; Mon-Thur 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 9:50. Pacific Culver Stadium 12, 9500 Culver Bl, (310) 855-7519. 10,000 B.C. Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 8:05, 10:50; Mon-Thur noon, 2:35, 5:10, 8:05, 10:40. The Bank Job Fri-Sun 11:40 a.m., 2:30, 5:30, 8:20, 10:55; Mon-Thur 2:25, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30. College Road Trip Fri-Sun 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:05; Mon-Thur 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:05. Doomsday Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 7:30, 10:25; Mon-Thur 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 11:45 a.m., 12:45, 2:20, 3:15, 4:40, 5:40, 7:35, 8:15, 9:50, 10:40; Mon-Thur 12:05, 1:05, 2:20, 3:20, 5, 5:50, 7:35, 8:35, 9:50. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sun noon, 2:50, 5:20, 8:05, 10:35; Mon-Thur 12:10, 2:50, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35. Meet the Browns Fri-Sun 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 2, 3, 4:35, 5:35, 7, 8, 9:45, 10:45; Mon-Thur 12:30, 2, 3, 4:35, 5:35, 7, 8, 9:45, 10:45. Never Back Down Fri-Sun 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30; Mon-Thur 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20. Shutter 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35. Vantage Point Fri-Sun 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30; Mon-Thur 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30. UA Marina, 4335 Glencoe Av, (310) 823-1721. 10,000 B.C. 11:20 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20. The Bank Job 11:40 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30. Doomsday 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 5, 8, 10:40. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 9:40 a.m., noon, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40; Mon-Thur noon, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40. Never Back Down 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10. Under the Same Moon 11 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50.

DOWNTOWN & SOUTH L.A. Laemmle’s Grande 4-Plex, 345 S Figueroa St, (213) 617-0268. 10,000 B.C. Fri 5, 7:30, 9:55; Sat-Sun 1:45, 5, 7:30, 9:55; Mon-Thur 5, 7:30. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri 5:10, 7:20, 9:20; Sat-Sun 1, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:20; Mon-Thur 5:10, 7:20. Shutter Fri 5:35, 7:40, 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:40, 9:45; Mon-Thur 5:35, 7:40. Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris Fri 5:30, 7:45, 10; Sat-Sun 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; MonThur 5:30, 7:45. Magic Johnson Theaters, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, 4020 Marlton Av, (323) 290-5900. Call theater for titles and showtimes. University Village 3, 3323 S Hoover St, (213) 748-6321. 10,000 B.C. 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. Diary of the Dead Fri-Sat midnight. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sat 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45, midnight; Sun-Thur 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. Shutter Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15, 12:15 a.m.; Sun-Thur 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15.

HOLLYWOOD ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Bl, (323) 464-4226. All the President’s Men Wed only, 8. Be Kind Rewind Fri-Sun 11:10 a.m., 2, 5, 7:50, 10:40; Mon 11:10 a.m., 2; Tue-Thur 11:10 a.m., 2, 5, 7:50, 10:40. Doomsday Fri 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:10, 8, 11:10; Sat 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:10, 8:20, 11:10; SunThur 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:10, 8, 11:10. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 11:05 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30, 1:25, 2:15, 3, 4:05, 4:45, 5:30, 7:15, 8:10, 10:25, 11. In Bruges 1:30, 4:10, 7:40, 10:10. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Fri-Sun 11:25 a.m., 12:15, 1:45, 2:25, 4:35, 5:15, 7:45, 8:25, 10:15, 10:55; Mon 12:15, 2:25, 5:15, 8:25, 10:55; Tue-Thur 11:25 a.m., 12:15, 1:45, 2:25, 4:35, 5:15, 7:45, 8:25, 10:15, 10:55. The Other Boleyn Girl Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:05. Run Fat Boy Run Sat only, 8. Snow Angels 11:35 a.m., 2:35, 5:35, 8:15, 10:45. There Will Be Blood Fri noon, 3:20, 7:10, 10:30; Sat noon, 3:20; Sun noon, 3:20, 7:10, 10:30; Tue-Thur noon, 3:20, 7:10, 10:30. To Catch a Thief Mon only, 8. Under the Same Moon Fri-Sun 11 a.m., 12:05, 1:50, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7, 7:35, 8:35, 10, 10:35, 11:05; Mon 11 a.m., 12:05, 1:50, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7, 8:35, 10, 11:05; Tue-Thur 11 a.m., 12:05, 1:50, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7, 7:35, 8:35, 10, 10:35, 11:05. Vantage Point Fri-Tue 11:20 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20; Wed 11:20 a.m., 1:40, 4:20; Thur 11:20 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20.

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Grauman’s Chinese, 6925 Hollywood Bl, (323) 464-8111. Drillbit Taylor 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:20. Los Feliz 3, 1822 N Vermont Av, (323) 6642169. The Bank Job 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. Funny Games 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. Under the Same Moon 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. Mann Chinese 6, 6801 Hollywood Bl, (323) 461-3331. 10,000 B.C. Fri-Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30, midnight; Sun-Thur 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30. The Bank Job 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10. Meet the Browns Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50, 12:10 a.m.; Sun-Thur 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50. Never Back Down 1, 4, 7, 9:40. Shutter Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10, 12:15 a.m.; Sun-Thur 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10. Pacific’s El Capitan, 6838 Hollywood Bl, (323) 467-7674. College Road Trip Fri-Sat 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15; Sun-Mon 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7; Tue 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7; Wed-Thur 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7. Pacific’s The Grove Stadium 14, 189 The Grove Dr, Third St & Fairfax Av, (323) 692-0829. 10,000 B.C. 10:55 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:35, 2:15, 4:25, 5:10, 7:15, 7:55, 10:05, 10:40. The Bank Job 11:50 a.m., 2:50, 5:35, 8:20, 11. Doomsday 5:40, 11:05. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri 10:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:50, 1:45, 2:20, 3:20, 4:35, 4:55, 5:45, 7, 7:30, 8:05, 9:30, 9:55; Sat 10:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:50, 1:45, 2:20, 3:20, 4:35, 4:55, 5:45, 7, 7:30, 9:30, 9:55; Sun-Wed 10:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:50, 1:45, 2:20, 3:20, 4:35, 4:55, 5:45, 7, 7:30, 8:05, 9:30, 9:55; Thur 10:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:50, 1:45, 2:20, 3:20, 4:35, 4:55, 5:45, 7, 7:30, 8:05, 9:30, 9:50. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sat 11:55 a.m., 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30, midnight; Sun-Tue 11:55 a.m., 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30; Wed 11:10 a.m., 2:05, 4:45, 10:30; Thur 11:55 a.m., 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20. Meet the Browns Fri-Sat 10:40 a.m., 1:25, 2:35, 4:20, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:55, 12:05 a.m.; Sun 10:40 a.m., 1:25, 2:35, 4:20, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:55; Mon 11 a.m., 1:30, 2:35, 4:20, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:55; Tue-Thur 10:40 a.m., 1:25, 2:35, 4:20, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:55. Never Back Down 11:35 a.m., 2:45, 8:25, 10:50. The Other Boleyn Girl 11 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25. Run Fat Boy Run Sat only, 8:05. Shutter Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:30, 5:55, 8:30, 10:45, 12:10 a.m.; Sun-Thur 12:55, 3:30, 5:55, 8:30, 10:45. Under the Same Moon Fri-Wed 10:50 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 5:25, 7:25, 10:15; Thur 10:50 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 5:25, 7:25, 10. Vantage Point 11:15 a.m., 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:10. Regent Showcase, 614 N La Brea Av, (323) 934-2944. No Country for Old Men Fri 7:30; Sat-Sun 2:30, 5, 7:30; Mon-Thur 7:30. Vine, 6321 Hollywood Bl, (323) 463-6819. Call theater for titles and showtimes. Vista, 4473 Sunset, (323) 660-6639. 10,000 B.C. Fri 7, 9:30; Sat-Sun 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; MonWed 7, 9:30.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, UNIVERSAL CITY Century 8, 12827 Victory Bl, (818) 508-6004. 10,000 B.C. 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35. College Road Trip 10:40 a.m., 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:45. Doomsday 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 10:30 a.m., 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40. Drillbit Taylor 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10. Meet the Browns 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50. Never Back Down 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10. Shutter 10:35 a.m., 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15. Loews CityWalk Stadium 19 with IMAX, 100 Universal City Dr at Universal CityWalk, (818) 5080588; IMAX Theater (818) 760-8100. 10,000 B.C. Fri-Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:15, 4:15, 6, 7, 8:45, 9:35, 11:30, 12:15 a.m.; Sun-Thur 12:30, 1:30, 3:15, 4:15, 6, 7, 8:45, 9:35. The Bank Job Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:40, 6:25, 9:05, 11:45; Sun-Thur 12:50, 3:40, 6:25, 9:05. College Road Trip Fri-Sun 11:50 a.m., 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:10; Mon-Thur 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:10. Doomsday Fri-Sun 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35; Mon-Thur 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sat 11:35 a.m., noon, 1, 1:50, 2:25, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:45, 6:05, 7:15, 8:05, 8:55, 9:50, 10:30, 11:20, 12:15 a.m.; Sun 11:35 a.m., noon, 1, 1:50, 2:25, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:45, 6:05, 7:15, 8:05, 8:55, 9:50, 10:30; Mon-Thur noon, 1, 1:50, 2:25, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:45, 6:05, 7:15, 8:05, 8:55, 9:50, 10:30. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:05, 6:35, 9:15, midnight; Sun-Thur 1:25, 4:05, 6:35, 9:15. The Eye 12:15, 5:20, 10:20. Jumper Fri-Sat 11:55 a.m., 2:15, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20, 11:40; Sun 11:55 a.m., 2:15, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20; Mon-Thur 2:15, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20.

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IN THEATRES MARCH 28

Meet the Browns Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45, 12:05 a.m.; Sun 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45; MonThur 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45. Never Back Down Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:30, 6:15, 9, 11:50; Sun-Thur 12:40, 3:30, 6:15, 9. Semi-Pro Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:50, 6:10, 8:35, 11:05; Sun-Thur 1:20, 3:50, 6:10, 8:35. Shutter Fri-Sat 11:35 a.m., 12:35, 1:50, 2:50, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:50, 9:55, 11:10, 12:10 a.m.; Sun 11:35 a.m., 12:35, 1:50, 2:50, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:50, 9:55; MonThur 12:35, 1:50, 2:50, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:50, 9:55. The Spider wick Chronicles: The IMAX Experience IMAX 12:10, 2:35. Step Up 2 the Streets 2:45, 7:55. U2 3D IMAX 5, 7:35, 10:10. Under the Same Moon 12:05, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:50. Vantage Point 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05.

NORTHRIDGE, CHATSWORTH, GRANADA HILLS Mann Granada Hills, Devonshire St & Balboa Av, (818) 363-3679. 10,000 B.C. 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10. College Road Trip 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 9:10. Dr. Seuss’ Hor ton Hears a Who! 11 a.m., noon, 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:50, 6, 7, 8:30, 9:20. Drillbit Taylor 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30. Meet the Browns 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10. Never Back Down 11:40 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:30. Semi-Pro 1, 3:10, 5:40, 8, 10:20. Shutter 12:10, 2:40, 5, 7:10, 9:40. Pacific’s Northridge Fashion Center All Stadium 10, 9400 N Shirley Av, (818) 501-5121. 10,000 B.C. Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:25, 10:10; Mon-Thur 1:35, 5, 7:35. The Bank Job Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:25, 7:20, 10; Mon-Thur 1:55, 5:20, 7:55. College Road Trip Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:05, 7, 9:20; Mon-Thur 2:10, 5:25, 7:30. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:20, 2:50, 3:45, 5:20, 5:55, 7:35, 8:15, 9:45, 10:30; Sun 12:20, 1:20, 2:50, 3:45, 5:20, 5:55, 7:35, 8:30, 9:45; Mon-Thur 1:30, 2:15, 4:50, 5:55, 7:10, 8:05. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25; Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15; Mon-Thur 1:40, 5:15, 8. Meet the Browns Fri-Sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:40, 10:05; Mon-Thur 1:45, 5:05, 7:40. Never Back Down Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55; Mon-Thur 2:05, 5:10, 7:50. Shutter Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:35, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50; Mon-Thur 1:50, 5:30, 7:45. Vantage Point Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:10, 7:15, 9:40; Mon-Thur 2:20, 5:40, 8:10. Pacific’s Winnetka All Stadium 21, 9201 Winnetka Av, Chatsworth, (818) 501-5121. 10,000 B.C. 1:45, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:50, 9:50, 10:30. The Bank Job 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25. Be Kind Rewind Fri 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:40; Sat-Sun 11:55 a.m., 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:40; Mon-Thur 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:40. College Road Trip 2:25, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40. Doomsday Fri 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:05; Sat-Sun 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:05; Mon-Thur 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:05. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri noon, 12:35, 1:40, 2:30, 3:05, 4:20, 5:05, 5:45, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:20; SatSun 11 a.m., noon, 12:35, 1:40, 2:30, 3:05, 4:20, 5:05, 5:45, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:20; Mon-Thur noon, 12:35, 1:40, 2:30, 3:05, 4:20, 5:05, 5:45, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:20. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sat 12:25, 3, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45; Sun-Thur 12:25, 3, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40. Funny Games 7:25, 10:05. Juno 12:35, 3, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20. Meet the Browns noon, 2, 2:35, 4:45, 5:20, 7:20, 8, 9:55, 10:35. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30. Never Back Down 1:50, 4:50, 7:35, 10:35. The Other Boleyn Girl 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10. Penelope 12:35, 2:50. Semi-Pro 12:05, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15. Shutter 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8:20, 10:40. The Spiderwick Chronicles Fri 2:20, 4:55; Sat-Sun 11:30 a.m., 2:20, 4:55; Mon-Thur 2:20, 4:55. Under the Same Moon Fri 2, 4:35, 7:20, 10; Sat-Sun 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:20, 10; Mon-Thur 2, 4:35, 7:20, 10. Vantage Point 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35.

SANTA MONICA AMC Santa Monica 7, 1310 Third Street Promenade, (310) 395-3030. College Road Trip Fri-Sun 11:05 a.m., 1:20, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:40; Mon-Thur 1:20, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:20. Doomsday Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; MonWed 12:05, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Thur 2:10, 5, 10:40. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 10:45 a.m., 1:10, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:25; Mon-Thur 1:10, 3:30, 5:45, 7:55, 10:05. Jumper Fri-Sun 5:30, 10; Mon-Tue 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 9:55; Wed 12:15, 2:30, 5, 9:55; Thur 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 9:55. Meet the Browns Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45; Mon-Thur 12:20, 2:35, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50. The Other Boleyn Girl Fri-Sun 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15; Mon-Thur 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15. Under the Same Moon Fri-Sun 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30; Mon-Thur 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10. Laemmle’s Monica 4-Plex, 1332 Second St, (310) 394-9741.

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Funny Games 4:20, 9:40. The Hammer 12:45, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15. Married Life 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 10. Paranoid Park 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15. Sleepwalking 1:40, 7:10. Loews Cineplex Broadway, 1441 Third Street Promenade, (310) 458-1506. The Bank Job Fri-Sun 11:20 a.m., 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15; Mon-Thur 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Mon-Thur 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30. The Grand Fri-Sun 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; MonThur 12:50, 3:30, 6:15, 9. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Fri-Sun 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10; Mon-Thur 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. Mann Criterion, 1313 Third Street Promenade, (310) 3951599. 10,000 B.C. 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 8, 9:30, 10:30. Drillbit Taylor 11:40 a.m., 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10:10. Never Back Down 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20. Semi-Pro 2:10, 7:10. Shutter 12:10, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20, 10. Vantage Point 11:50 a.m., 2, 4:20, 7, 9:50.

SHERMAN OAKS, ENCINO ArcLight Sherman Oaks, 15301 Ventura Bl, Sherman Oaks, (818) 501-0753. 10,000 B.C. 11:30 a.m., 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45, 10:40. The Bank Job noon, 2:40, 5:30, 8:20, 11:05. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:40, 1:15, 2:10, 2:55, 3:30, 4:30, 5:10, 5:45, 7, 8, 8:30, 9:30, 11; Mon 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:40, 1:15, 2:10, 2:55, 3:30, 4:30, 5:10, 5:45, 8, 8:30, 11; Tue 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:40, 1:15, 2:10, 2:55, 3:30, 4:30, 5:10, 5:40, 5:45, 7, 8, 8:30, 9:30, 11; Wed 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:15, 2:10, 3:30, 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8, 9:30; Thur 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:40, 1:15, 2:10, 2:55, 3:30, 4:30, 5:10, 5:45, 7, 8, 8:30, 9:30, 11. Drillbit Taylor 11:35 a.m., 2:20, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20. Field of Dreams Mon only, 7:30. Funny Games Fri-Mon 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05; Tue 11:20 a.m., 1:55; Wed-Thur 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05. Meet the Browns 11:05 a.m., 1:35, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 11:55 a.m., 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:35. Mommie Dearest Tue only, 7:30. Never Back Down 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5:25, 8:15, 10:55. The Other Boleyn Girl 11:10 a.m., 2:30, 5:15, 8:05, 10:50. Shutter 12:05, 2:50, 5:40, 8:10, 10:15, 11:10. Snow Angels 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10. Under the Same Moon 11:15 a.m., 12:10, 1:45, 2:45, 4:20, 5:20, 7:05, 7:55, 10:30. Vantage Point 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Laemmle’s Town Center 5, 17200 Ventura Bl, Encino, (818) 981-9811. The Band’s Visit noon, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40. Beaufort 1:20, 4:40, 8. The Counter feiters 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10. Married Life 2:30, 7:30. Paranoid Park 12:20, 5, 9:50. There Will Be Blood 4:30. La vie en rose (French w/e.s.t.) 1:10, 8:10. Mann Plant 16, 7876 Van Nuys Bl, Panorama City, (818) 779-0323. 10,000 B.C. 11:10 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 2:30, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:50, 9:50, 10:30. The Bank Job 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50. College Road Trip 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15. Doomsday 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 4:05, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 9, 9:30, 10, 10:30. Drillbit Taylor 11:40 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40. Meet the Browns 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15. Never Back Down 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10. Penelope 1:40, 6:40. Shutter 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20. The Spiderwick Chronicles 11:10 a.m., 4:10, 9:10. Step Up 2 the Streets 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20. Under the Same Moon Sub-Titled 11 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40. Pacific’s Sherman Oaks 5, 14424 Millbank St, Sherman Oaks, (818) 501-5121. College Road Trip 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45. Doomsday 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:35. Penelope 2, 4:45. Semi-Pro 7:20, 9:50. Sleepwalking 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, BEVERLY HILLS, CENTURY CITY AMC Century City 15, 10250 Santa Monica Bl, (310) 2772011. 10,000 B.C. Fri-Sat 10:40 a.m., 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:55, 12:30 a.m.; Sun 10:40 a.m., 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:55; Mon-Thur 10:40 a.m., 1:15, 4, 7, 9:55. The Bank Job Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m., 2:25, 5:20, 8:15, 11:10; Sun-Thur 11:30 a.m., 2:25, 5:20, 8, 10:45. College Road Trip Fri-Sun 9:50 a.m., 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50; Mon-Thur 9:50 a.m., 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50. Definitely, Maybe 10:35 a.m., 1:35, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40. Doomsday Fri-Sat 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 5:05, 7:55, 10:50, 12:55 a.m.; Sun 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 5:05, 7:55, 10:30; Mon-Thur 11:20 a.m., 2:15, 5:05, 7:55, 10:30.

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 9:40 a.m., 10:25 a.m., noon, 12:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:55, 5:40, 7:20, 8:10, 9:45, 10:45; MonThur 9:50 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:05, 12:50, 2:30, 3:15, 4:55, 5:40, 7:20, 8:10, 9:45, 10:45. Drillbit Taylor Fri-Sat 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10, 12:45 a.m.; Sun-Thur 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10. Meet the Browns Fri-Sun 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10:30; Mon-Thur 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10:25. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 10:05. Never Back Down Fri-Sat 11:40 a.m., 2:35, 5:25, 8:05, 10:55; Sun-Thur 11:40 a.m., 2:35, 5:25, 8:05, 10:50. Semi-Pro Fri-Sun 9:45 a.m., 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10; Mon-Thur 9:55 a.m., 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10. Shutter Fri-Sat 10 a.m., 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20, 12:35 a.m.; Sun 10 a.m., 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; Mon-Thur 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20. Step Up 2 the Streets Fri-Sat 1:20, 11; Sun 1:20, 10:25; Mon-Thur 11:05 a.m., 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40. Vantage Point 10:05 a.m., 12:25, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:35. Laemmle’s Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Bl, (310) 274-6869. Beaufort Fri 5:10, 8:15; SatSun 1:45, 5:10, 8:15; Mon-Thur 5:10, 8:15. Dying to Live Fri 5, 7:30, 10; Sat-Sun noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Mon-Thur 5, 7:30, 10. There Will Be Blood Fri 7:40; Sat-Sun 1:55, 7:40; Mon-Thur 7:40. The Yiddish Theater: A Love Stor y Fri 5:30; Sat-Sun noon, 5:30; Mon-Thur 5:30. Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatre, 8000 Sunset Bl, (323) 848-3500. CJ7 3:05, 7:50. Fighting for Life 12:30, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40. Funny Games 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55. The Hammer 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 10. Paranoid Park 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10. Sleepwalking 12:35, 5:20, 10. Beverly Center 13 Cinemas, 8522 Beverly Blvd., Suite 835, (310) 652-7760. 27 Dresses noon, 2:20, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Be Kind Rewind 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 8, 10:10. Charlie Bartlett 12:40, 3, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20. College Road Trip 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50. Definitely, Maybe noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Diary of the Dead 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10. Jumper 12:40, 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 9:10. Juno 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30. The Orphanage 12:50, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10. Penelope 12:10, 2:10, 4:40, 6:50, 9:10. Persepolis 1, 3:20, 5:40, 7:50, 10:20. Semi-Pro 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30. The Spiderwick Chronicles 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:50, 9.

WESTWOOD, WEST L.A. AMC Avco Center, 10840 Wilshire Bl, (310) 4750711. The Bank Job 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 10:25 a.m., 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:10, 9:20. Drillbit Taylor 10 a.m., 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05. Sleepwalking 11:40 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45. Laemmle’s Royal Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Bl, (310) 477-5581. The Counter feiters 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15. Landmark’s Nuart Theater, 11272 Santa Monica Bl, (310) 281-8223. Pink Floyd: The Wall Fri only, midnight. Planet B-Boy Fri-Sun noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Mon-Thur 5, 7:30, 10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Sat only, midnight. Landmark’s Regent, 1045 Broxton Av, (310) 281-8223. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45. The Landmark West Los Angeles, 10850 W Pico Bl, (310) 281-8223. The Band’s Visit Fri-Tue 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30; Wed 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 10:20; Thur 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30. Charlie Bartlett Fri-Sun 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Mon 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50; Tue 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Wed 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 10:05; Thur 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50. Funny Games noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20. In Bruges 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15. Juno Fri-Tue 12:10, 4:40, 9:10; Wed 12:10; Thur 12:10, 4:40, 9:10. Married Life Fri-Sun 11 a.m., 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:10; Mon 11 a.m., 1:15, 3:30, 10:10; TueThur 11 a.m., 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:10. The Other Boleyn Girl Fri 11:10 a.m., noon, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:20, 9:55; Sat 11:10 a.m., noon, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 8:20, 9:55; Sun 11:10 a.m., noon, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:20, 9:55; Mon-Tue 11:10 a.m., noon, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55; Wed-Thur 11:10 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55.

Paranoid Park 11:40 a.m., 1:45, 3:50, 6, 8:05, 10:15. Penelope Fri-Tue 2:30, 7; Wed 2:30; Thur 2:30, 7. Run Fat Boy Run Sat only, 7:15. Snow Angels 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:35, 10:10. Under the Same Moon Fri-Sat 11:10 a.m., 12:20, 1:50, 3, 4:30, 5:40, 7:10, 8:15, 9:45, 10:45; Sun-Thur 11:10 a.m., 12:20, 1:50, 3, 4:30, 5:40, 7:10, 8:15, 9:45. Majestic Crest Theater, 1262 Westwood Bl, (310) 474-7866. The Other Boleyn Girl 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Mann Bruin, 948 Broxton Av, (310) 208-8998. Never Back Down 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:40. Mann Festival 1, 10887 Lindbrook Av, (310) 208-4575. Shutter Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:30. Mann Village, 961 Broxton Av, (310) 2085576. 10,000 B.C. 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50.

WOODLAND HILLS, WEST HILLS, TARZANA AMC Promenade 16, 21801 Oxnard St, Woodland Hills, (818) 883-2262. Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde Sat only, 9:30 a.m. Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde - Encore Sun only, noon. Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7 Cinemas, Fallbrook Mall, 6731 Fallbrook Av, West Hills, (818) 3408710. The Bank Job Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55; Mon-Thur noon, 2:40, 5:30, 8:20. Beaufort Fri-Sun 1, 7; Mon-Thur 2, 8. The Counter feiters Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10; Mon-Tue 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:40; Wed 1:10 a.m., 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:40; Thur 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:40. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30; Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:15; Wed 10:45 a.m., 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:15; Thur 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:15. Funny Games Fri-Sun 4:10, 10; Mon-Tue 2:20, 5:10, 8; Wed 11:20 a.m., 2:20, 5:10, 8; Thur 2:20, 5:10, 8. In Bruges Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; MonThur noon, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55; Mon-Tue 1:20, 3:45, 6:05, 8:30; Wed 11:10 a.m., 1:20, 3:45, 6:05, 8:30; Thur 1:20, 3:45, 6:05, 8:30. Race (Hindi w/e.s.t.) Fri-Sat 2:30, 6, 9:30; Sun-Thur 2, 5:30, 9.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS THURSDAY, MARCH 20 American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Av, Santa Monica, (323) 466-3456. Aerotheatre.com. George Stevens Retrospective – Alice Adams, 7:30; followed by I Remember Mama. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood, (323) 466-3456. Egyptiantheatre.com. Mario Bava: Poems of Love and Death – Danger: Diabolik (Diabolik), 7:30; followed by Planet of the Vampires (Terrore Nello Spazio). Discussion between films with Diabolik actor John Philip Law. CineFamily at the Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N Fair fax Av, Hollywood, (323) 655-2520. Silentmovietheatre.com. Busby Berkeley Dreams – Dames, 8. Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N Alvarado St, Echo Park, (213) 484-8846. Echoparkfilmcenter.org. Dino’s Drive-In: Forgotten Formats, Forgotten Films, 8; curator in attendance. Majestic Crest Theater, 1262 Westwood Bl, L.A., (310) 474-7866. Westwooodcrest.com. Sneak Preview – Endless Bummer, doors at 6, film at 7. Per formance before screening by Street Drum Corps and a surprise musical guest from the film’s soundtrack. Hosted by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Bl, L.A., (323) 938-4038. Newbevcinema.com. The Monster Squad, 7:30; Night of the Creeps, 9:15.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre George Stevens Retrospective – Shane, 7:30; followed by A Place in the Sun. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre Mario Bava: Poems of Love and Death – A Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Ner ve, a.k.a. Reazione a Catena), 7:30; followed by Four Times That Night (Quante Volte … Quella Notte). Introduction by Hostel director Eli Roth. CineFamily at the Silent Movie Theatre Local Flavor: Les Blank’s Food Films – Program Three – Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking, 7:30; followed by Always for Pleasure. Charles Bronson: The

Sacred Monster – The Mechanic, 10:30. Cinespace, 6356 Hollywood Bl, second level, Hollywood, (323) 817-3456. Cinespace.info. Dinner & a Movie – No Countr y for Old Men, 8. Film in a restaurant/bar setting; call for reser vations. Echo Park Film Center Sphere Great 8, 8. Eight original shorts from Sphere: An Artist Corporation ar tists. Hammer Museum, UCLA Film & Telivision Archive at the Billy Wilder Theatre, 10899 Wilshire Bl, L.A. Info: (310) 206-3456 or Hammer.ucla.edu. Wire, Tape and Rubber Band Style: The Effects Work of L.B. Abbott – The Boston Strangler, 7:30. L.A. County Museum of Art, Leo S. Bing Theatre, 5905 Wilshire Bl, L.A., (323)8576010. Lacma.org. Reel Epics: The Films of Béla Tarr – Almanac of Fall, 7:30. Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Bl, West L.A., (310) 281-8223. Landmarktheatres.com. Pink Floyd The Wall, midnight. New Beverly Cinema The Monster Squad, 7:30; Night of the Creeps, 9:15.

American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre Mario Bava: Poems of Love and Death – Closing Night Triple Feature – The Girl Who Knew too Much (a.k.a. The Evil Eye / La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo), 6; followed by Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Il Rosso Segno della Follia) and Caltiki the Immor tal Monster (Caltiki – Il Mostro Immortale). Introduction by Girl Who Knew Too Much actor Dante DiPaolo. CineFamily at the Silent Movie Theatre The Circus, 4. Ozu’s Early Comedies – I Was Born, But … 7. You Hit Like a Girl: The Ladies of Kung Fu – Royal Warriors (a.k.a. In the Line of Duty 2), 9:30. LA FilmForum at the Echo Park Film Center You Pick ‘Em 2, 7; selection of films from the Canyon Cinema archive chosen by LA FilmForum and EPFC audiences. Co-presented with LA FilmForum. New Beverly Cinema The Wizard of Oz, 3:30, 7:30; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor y, 5:30, 9:30.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22

ArcLight Cinemas Sherman Oaks, 15301 Venutra Bl, Sherman Oaks, (818) 5017033. Arclightcinemas.com. AFI’s Sports at the Movies – Field of Dreams, 7:30. New Beverly Cinema The Wizard of Oz, 7:30; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor y, 9:30. Reel Talk with Stephen Farber at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Bl, Hollywood, (323) 464-1478. Arclightcinemas.com. Run, Fat Boy, Run, 7; followed by discussion with director David Schwimmer.

American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre George Stevens Retrospective – Giant, 7:30. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre Ar t Deco in Animation, 2; lecture by David Pacheco with example clips of deco in animation. Co-presented with the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles. Mario Bava: Poems of Love and Death – The Whip and the Body (La Frusta e il Corpo), 7:30; followed by Kill, Baby, Kill (Operazione Paura). Introduction by director Ernest Dickerson. Angel City Drive In, 240 W Four th St, Second Floor, downtown LA. Myspace.com/angelcitydrivein. The Wild One, gates at 6:30, film at 8. Cinespace Dinner & a Movie – No Countr y for Old Man, 8. Film in a restaurant/bar setting; call for reser vations. Echo Park Film Center Benefit Screening – Black Gold, 7. Documentary exploring the international coffee trade, followed by discussion on the state of the industr y and ideas for improving it. Co-presented with Café para la Vida Digna (Coffee for a Dignified Life). Hammer Museum, UCLA Film & Telivision Archive at the Billy Wilder Theatre Wire, Tape and Rubber Band Style: The Effects Work of L.B. Abbott – Towering Inferno, 7:30. L.A. County Museum of Art Reel Epics: The Films of Béla Tarr – Sátántangó, 2. Landmark’s Nuart Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show, midnight; with live performance by Sins O’ the Flesh. New Beverly Cinema The Monster Squad, 3:55, 7:30; Night of the Creeps, 5:40, 9:15.

MONDAY, MARCH 24

Santa Monica College Humanities & Social Science Building, Room 165, 1900 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, (310) 434-4588. Smc.edu. Political Film Series – Citizen Ruth, 6:30; followed by discussion moderated by Political Science Professor Alan Buckley and Film Studies Professor Josh Kanin.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25 L.A. County Museum of Art Tuesday Matinees – Rancho Notorious, 1. New Beverly Cinema Hit List, 7:30; Maniac, 10.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre Hollywood Singing & Dancing: The Musicals – Hollywood Singing and Dancing, 7:30; followed by discussion with director Mark McLaughlin and actress Shirley Jones. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre Outfest Wednesday – Cruising, 7:30. ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Bl, Hollywood, (323) 464-1478. Arclightcinemas.com. All the President’s Men, 8. CineFamily at the Silent Movie Theatre Mary Pickford: America’s Sweetheart – The Sparrows, 8. New Beverly Cinema Diva, 7:30; Let’s Get Lost, 9:50.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre George Stevens Retrospective – The Greatest Stor y Ever Told, 5.

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8:30pm

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June With Cheap Trick Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Edwin Outwater, conductor Plus special guests

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July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers

Los Philharmonic LosAngeles Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Bramwell Tovey, conductor Bramwell Tovey, conductor Cyndia Sieden, soprano Cyndia Sieden, Benjamin Butterfield, Benjamin Butterfield, tenor Keith Phares, soloists • Pacific Keith Phares, baritone • Pacific Chorale Chorale • L.A. Children’s Chorus TOVEY New Work TOVEY Don JuanRunway • STRAUSS STRAUSS Urban ORFF Juan Carmina Burana Don • ORFF Carmina Burana

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Mozart Under the Stars

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Andrew Davis, conductor•Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano • Orion Weiss, piano • All-MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito • Ch’io mi scordi di te Piano Concerto No. 17 in G • Exsultate Jubilate • Symphony No. 38, “Prague”

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Daniel Mueller-Schott, cello GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

2-3-4

7:30pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic • Rob Fisher, conductor • Randy Newman, special guest Have a ball on the 4th of July with America’s favorite pastime! The Dodgers celebrate their 50th Anniversary in Los Angeles for this great American extravaganza with our very special guest Randy Newman hitting it outta the park. Enjoy classic baseball music, visuals, plus Dodger greats and the Bowl’s dazzling fireworks!

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SAT

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8pm

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Swing Night! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: 100 Years of Cab Calloway The Manhattan Transfer 35th Anniversary Sophie Milman

An Evening with Chris Botti & Orchestra Cassandra Wilson

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Symphonie fantastique

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Bramwell Tovey, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ” BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Tchaikovsky Fireworks

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Long Yu, conductor • Lang Lang, piano Ben Hong, cello • HUA YANJUN Moon Reflected on the “Erquan” Fountain TAN DUN Crouching Tiger Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

Mozart Under the Stars

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11-12

Some Enchanted Evening: A Night of Romance with special guest Chris Isaak

8:30pm

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra • Thomas Wilkins, conductor • Peter Soave, bandoneon From passion and drama to sentimental favorites, join us under the stars as we celebrate romance through the ages.

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra • Julie Andrews, host and narrator 8:30pm Ian Fraser, conductor • Additional special guests to be announced Joined by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and special guest vocalists, Julie Andrews hosts an evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein classics and then presents the new musical adaptation of her best-selling children’s book, Simeon’s Gift.

Diana Ross: Lady Supreme Los Angeles Philharmonic Steven Reineke, conductor As a solo artist, and as lead singer of The Supremes, Diana Ross has dazzled audiences all over the world with her unforgettable hits from “Stop! In the Name of Love” to “I’m Coming Out”. A night not to be missed.

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18-19

Julie Andrews: The Gift of Music

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Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Christian Zacharias, conductor/piano All-BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture • Piano Concerto No. 1 • Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

Music of Philip Glass and Edward Elgar

8pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin, conductor Martin Chalifour, violin GLASS Two Interludes from the CIVIL warS • GLASS Violin Concerto ELGAR Enigma Variations

Joshua Bell à la Française

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Bramwell Tovey, conductor Joshua Bell, violin BERLIOZ Hungarian March CHAUSSON Poème • SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso STRAVINSKY Petrushka

German Romantics

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Edo de Waart, conductor Sa Chen, piano WAGNER Meistersinger Prelude SCHUMANN Piano Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

Etta James & The Roots Band Solomon Burke Paolo Nutini

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Christian Zacharias, conductor Peter Stumpf, cello RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales BOCCHERINI Cello Concerto No. 6 in D BIZET Symphony in C

8pm

Jamie Cullum with 8pm The Count Basie Orchestra A Christian McBride Situation Elizabeth Shepherd

George Benson Stanley Clarke/ Marcus Miller/ Victor Wooten: The Thunder Tour Additional artist to be announced

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Percussion, Planets, and Pictures

8pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor • Colin Currie, percussion • Pacific Chorale WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries • ROUSE Der Gerettete Alberich • HOLST The Planets

Thibaudet Plays Khachaturian

8pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic • Lionel Bringuier, conductor • Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano • GLINKA Russlan and Ludmilla Overture • KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto • TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet • KODÁLY Dances of Galánta

The Russian Soul

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Los Angeles Philharmonic • John Du Prez, conductor 8:30pm Pacific Chorale, John Alexander, director • Guest soloists and bagpipers to be announced • Python superstar Eric Idle, his Spamalot co-composer John Du Prez tell the tragic-comic story of a man mistaken for the Messiah, inspired by Handel and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Idle – singing baritone-ish – reprises some of his best-loved songs from the film, including “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.”

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Nothing But Beethoven

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Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) with Eric Idle

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Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Edo de Waart, conductor Julian Rachlin, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

8-9-10

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra • Kevin Stites, conductor • Richard Jay-Alexander, director • Cast to include: Melora Hardin, Aaron Lazar, J. Mark McVey, Lea Michele, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rosie O’Donnell • The world’s longest-running musical comes to the Bowl in a staged concert adaptation. Winner of eight Tony Awards, this timeless masterpiece will transport you to post-revolutionary France, where you will be moved by this sweeping story of love, passion and redemption.

Fri. & Sat., 8:30pm Sun., 7:30pm

15-16

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor Cachao and the Mambo All-Stars, special guests The Grammy-winning “father of the mambo” and his all-star musicians will be joined by spectacular dancers for a tropical evening you won’t soon forget!

7pm

KCRW’s World Festival

Les Misérables in Concert

A Night in Old Havana – Mambo Style!

Reggae Night VII UB40 Beres Hammond Barrington Levy

8:30pm

JVC Jazz Boney James James Ingram David Sanborn Ledisi

6pm

22-23

Dance the Night Away: An Evening with Donna Summer

8:30pm

“Dim All the Lights” as the five-time Grammy-winner powers through her hits – “Love to Love You, Baby,” “On The Radio,” “Enough Is Enough,” “Bad Girls,” plus selections from her new CD. CHRISTIAN McBRIDE July 30, Aug. 20

29-30

John Williams: A Hollywood Legend

Los Angeles Philharmonic • John Williams, conductor 8:30pm Stanley Donen, special guest Multiple Academy Award-winner and incomparable film music composer John Williams returns to the Bowl. He’s written countless beloved film scores filled with uplifting themes that are impossible to forget. This year, Williams includes a special celebration of the great MGM movie musicals, hosted by legendary director Stanley Donen (Royal Wedding, Singin’ in the Rain, Anchors Aweigh).

The Big Picture: The Films of Warner Bros.

7:30pm

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra David Newman, conductor From Casablanca to Harry Potter, we celebrate the legacy of Warner Bros., with scenes projected on the big screen. Produced in cooperation with Warner Bros.

SEPTEMBER TUE Sarah Chang Plays Sibelius Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Sarah Chang, violin NIELSEN Maskarade Overture SIBELIUS Violin Concerto GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 SIBELIUS Finlandia

“Symphony of a Thousand”

WED 2

8pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 8 Eight superb soloists, the L.A. Master Chorale, and the L.A. Children’s Chorus, join in for Mahler’s rarelyheard musical masterwork.

Bossa Nova at 50

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& the Bad Seeds Spiritualized

Prokofiev & Rachmaninoff

Los Angeles Philharmonic 8pm Bramwell Tovey, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano TCHAIKOVSKY Festival Coronation March • PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

“Symphony of a Thousand”

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Sept. 9, 11

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FRI

THU

Los Angeles Philharmonic • Joana Carneiro, conductor 8:30pm Eugene Ugorski, violin USC Trojan Marching Band, Dr. Arthur C. Bartner, director Tchaikovsky and fireworks – a beloved Hollywood Bowl tradition! This year’s spectacular features the great Russian composer’s beloved Violin Concerto, as well as the 1812 Overture complete with roaring cannon and blazing pyrotechnics.

The Peking Acrobats Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor

7:30pm

The delights of musical and acrobatic art forms will be showcased on this spectacular journey with festive pageantry and amazing aerial feats.

12-13-14

Fireworks Finale: Celebrating Summer with Brian Wilson

Fri. & Sat., 8:30pm; Sun., 7:30pm

Los Angeles Philharmonic • John Morris Russell, conductor One of our greatest American composers and the mastermind behind Pet Sounds, SMiLE, and countless hits, Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson and his wondrous band will perform all the classics for an unforgettable end-of-summer spectacular and fireworks finale! Sunday’s concert benefits the Los Angeles Philharmonic Musicians Pension Fund.

6pm PRE-SHOW Melissa Peterman, host 7:30pm MOVIE

Everyone’s favorite sing-along is back as the Bowl is transformed into the world’s largest outdoor movie theater.

For his first L.A. show in six years, Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds return with a tremendous live experience drawn from their new record.

THE PEKING ACROBATS Sept. 7

SARAH CHANG Sept. 2

SUN

Produced in cooperation with Warner Bros.

5-6

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks

Sing-A-Long Sound of Music

Sept. 19

SAT

BRIAN WILSON Sept. 12-14

A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights & Sounds of Mystic Persia

7:30pm

Ozomatli Michael Franti & Spearhead Lila Downs Nortec Collective

7pm

KCRW’s World Festival

YO-YO MA KAYHAN KALHOR Sept. 27

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’VE BEEN LISTENING TO African music sporadically and unsystematically since 1986, when I underwent an epiphany after interviewing Fela Anikulapo Kuti and witnessing his now-legendary performance with Africa 80 at the Olympic Auditorium. Fela’s music was my doorway into the continent’s sounds, and in the years since I’ve turned my scattershot attention mainly to the blues- and funk-derived styles of West Africa – largely the guitar-driven product of Mali, Senegal, and Nigeria. The latter nation, Fela’s homeland, has always been the richest melting pot of all, and the nation whose funk-embracing music is the most familiar to Western ears. A hearty shot of obscure but stimulating vintage material from the region can be heard on Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 19706, a generous and consistently lively new two-CD set. The package is the work of Soundway, a Brighton, England-based label devoted to charting some of the murkier

Out March 18th are reissues of Goodbye Blue And White, Pezcore, Losers, Kings And Things We Don't Understand, and the DVD Peoples History Of Less Than Jake.

SONIC NATION backwaters of world music. Compiler-annotator Miles Cleret has brought together 26 choice yet virtually unheard singles and album tracks from the period following the end of the Biafran war, an era of political and musical transition for Nigeria. Highlife – the lighter indigenous dance style, which dated back to the 1950s – was on the wane, and a new, heartier form of Western-influenced soul/funk was coming to the fore, much of it spawned by the brawny, outspoken work of provocateur Fela. It can be said with some assurance that only the complete connoisseur will recognize any of the names on this collection; the Don Isaac Ezekial Combination, comprising some former members of Fela’s band, is the only unit that might possibly be a blip on the average geek’s screen. The songs, performed in a variety of Nigerian dialects, were originally issued on labels created by the English majors for the African market, such as EMI Nigeria and Decca’s Afrodisia.

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Don’t let the no-name nature of the performers stop you. Nigeria Special is a consistently surprising, enlightening, and, yes, danceable set that will set you digging deeper into the West African treasure chest. At its best, the compilation is a textbook illustration of cross-cultural pollination in action. For instance, on Bola Johnson & His Easy Life Top Beats’ “Buroda Mase,” from 1971, one hears musicians of the airy highlife school attempting to incorporate James Brown beats into their style. (Brown, via Fela, left a huge footprint on Nigeria’s sound of the period.) Or check the Nigerian Police Force Band’s “Asiko Mi Ni,” where the keyboardist breaks out of a chant with a burst of jazzy organ delirium seemingly lifted from Larry Young’s out-there excursions with the Tony Williams Lifetime. Younger, more aggressive musicians were driving routes of their own: My favorites here are the Hykkers, whose tough 1972 guitar instrumental “I Want a Break Thru’” is a chunk of wah-wah insanity, and that group’s successor the Funkees, a stone heavy Afro-rock unit whose members attempted in sound and style (check the promo photo) to channel newer U.S. bands like Sly & the Family Stone. Nigeria Special is the most informative and aurally satisfying work of musical documentation you’re likely to hear this year. If your thirst for solid-sending West African sounds isn’t entirely slaked after you finish with it, a couple of recent twoCD collections from the cool, sketchy Vampi Soul label will fill the bill. Orlando Julius’ Super Afro Soul charts the evolution of the influential bandleader’s group from highlife in the ’60s through a sortie into Afro-beat in the ’70s. (Favorite track: “James Brown Ride On.”) Tony Allen’s Afro Disco Beat brings together four powerful, essential ’70s LPs by Fela Kuti’s great drummer, always a percussion force to be reckoned with and most recently a member of the U.K. super-band the Good, the Bad & the Queen. You want African roots? Check these: they’re as deep as they come. ✶ Chris Morris hosts Watusi Rodeo on Indie 103.1 every Sunday at 9 a.m.

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~ ROAR LIKE A SASQUATCH: CLUTCH’S FALLON ~

Jam Room Maryland’s Clutch swings heavy in Hollywood ~ BY JOSHUA SINDELL ~

BAND THAT HAS survived being bobbled by at least five record companies, which has surmounted being labeled as grunge, funk-metal, and nü-metal, and which has no gimmick other than loud grooves and witty lyrics, Clutch is truly an anomaly on the scene. Which only makes the Maryland-based group’s continued success – big crowds turned up to see it play Thursday, March 13, at the Music Box @ Henry Fonda Theatre – that much more unique. Up first was Virginia’s bludgeoning Hex Machine, clearly taking on the mantle of all those Amphetamine Reptile Records groups from the last decade (i.e. Melvins, Unsane, etc.) with its sludgy sludgeness. Second on the bill was Southern rockers Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, which twinned its lead guitars à la Skynyrd

LIVE but instead of smooth, came off as raw as Corrosion of Conformity’s 90-proof rawk. And the showcase spot went to Bloomington, Indiana’s Murder by Death; balladeers of all things gothic and spooky, set to a country-punk beat with an accompanying cello, the four-piece’s Nick Caveinfluenced sound went down well to an engaged audience. In the 30 minutes before the headliner took the stage, the floor and balcony began to swell; guess folks knew it was time for the hoedown to begin. Smoke from various “jazz cigarettes” began to spurt up hither and yon, and the eyes of security guards began to frantically scan everywhere for suspicious puffage. Reduced to the group’s original fourpiece, due to a sabbatical from organist Mick Schauer, Clutch popped the question to the crowd right from the off. “Hands up! Who wants to rock?” howled bearded, slightly-rumpled frontman Neil Fallon in the opening number. With plenty of takers, the group was off, running and, quite often, in full-blown stampede mode. While not a “jam band” per se, in the live setting Clutch has always tried to let the music pull them in improvisational directions. Deft guitarist Tim Sult lets his axe

split his band’s rock into shards of funk and blues, but Sult could only succeed in this mission with a mighty rhythm section at his side, and Clutch’s is the envy of many a group. Few drummers give this kind of music the same heft and swing that the nimble Jean-Paul Gaster does from behind his sparse kit. Lanky anchor Dan Maines, a fluid bassist with outstanding chops, stays rooted to the floor like the late John Entwistle, and, like the great Ox, Maines thumped out bass lines that had the Fonda’s foundation shifting. When Fallon grabbed a cowbell and added – yes! – more cowbell to Gaster’s bopping beat, the resulting go-go syncopation crunched as hard as a Trouble Funk groove. There are few lyricists like Fallon, who roars out free-floating anachronisms and allusions to people, places, and things with a surreal and humorous flair: “So you say you want to go to Heaven/Well I got the plans/It walks like the Sasquatch/And it breeds like Kubla Khan” (from “Texan Book of the Dead”). Clutch’s eighth album, last year’s From Beale Street to Oblivion, is one of the band’s strongest, as evidenced by the smattering of songs aired tonight. But the group seemed keen to showcase 1998’s The Elephant Riders this evening, with no less than half of the album performed for loyal long-timers. (Clutch’s set changes every night, depending on which member of the band gets to serve as pilot.) Through it all, Fallon was in fine, bellowing form. The crowd was eager to do the singing for him, chanting along to the grim, flag-draped-coffin chorus of his 2004 antiwar anthem, “The Mob Goes Wild”: “Twenty-one guns, box made of pine/Letter from the government sealed and signed/Delivered Federal Express on your mother’s doorstep ….” Never known fer speechifyin’, Fallon simply acknowledged his audience’s enthusiasm by saying, “You guys might as well write off Friday.” After an appropriately noisy “Burning Beard,” Clutch returned for a greatly demanded encore, with the ZZ Top-like shuffle of “Electric Worry” and “One Eye Dollar” wrapping up a rousing 90-minute set. Patrons quickly headed for the doors and Hollywood Boulevard’s cool night air. No need for an after-party tonight; this show was shindig enough. ✶ MARCH 20~26, 2008

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~ SPITZER’S DATE: “YES, THAT’S FOUR-THOUSAND” ~

The Adulterer’s Perp Walk As with Spitzer’s self-destruction in New York, sex scandals are spectacular but brief ~ BY MICK FARREN ~

OLD THE FRONT page! Clear the decks! Emergency! Emergency! We have a sex scandal, people! A sex scandal – especially a political sex scandal – is the media equivalent of DEFCON 4. Prurience sweeps all before it. In the case of disgraced (and now former) New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the New York Post actually cleared its front page for a coyly topless photo of Ashley Alexandra Dupré, or whatever the hooker in the story is currently calling herself. Eliot Spitzer now joins the list of all the recent careers to be flushed away, or at least severely dented, by sexual misconduct – like those of David Vitter, Randall Tobias, Mark Foley, Don Sherwood, Newt Gingrich and, of course, Bill Clinton, plus the one woman on the list, Helen Chenoweth, who admitted to a six-year affair with a married associate. And, of course, for more historical tarnishing of legacies, we can go all the way back through Jack Kennedy, to Warren G. Harding, and Thomas Jefferson, without even adding the suspected but unbusted, like John McCain, Joe Scarborough, and Gary Condit, plus the whispers that have always dogged George W. Bush – the criminal rape complaint by Margie Schoedinger, and the allegations of former stripper, Tammy Phillips, of an affair. Unfortunately Schoedinger killed herself and Phillips simply disappeared. The political sex scandal, however, has a weakness as a media event. It may create an initial voyeur frenzy. Once, though, the news is no longer breaking and the pundits’ faux-moralism starts to fade, it’s like the old-time beat cop used to say: “Move along. There’s nothing to see here.” The pol caught with the whore knows his or her options are clearly defined. They may or may not face resignation or impeachment, but will definitely be required to perform an act of televised contrition, an adulterer’s perp walk, with the wronged spouse at their side, that is near-Nathaniel Hawthorne in its puritanical self-abasement. Any robust carnality has long been

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drained from modern U.S. politics by the prevailing tide of mealy-mouthed hypocrisy. It would be impossible to imagine the following 18th century British Parliamentary exchange between cabinet minister the Earl of Sandwich and MP John Wilkes on the contemporary floor of the House … . Sandwich: “Egad sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox.” Wilkes: “That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.” Spitzer must have been a major disappointment to the lurid media in that he kept the story short. After the obligatory mea maxima culpa with the wife looking on, he was gone like a cool breeze, no squirming to stay in office. But he did prompt me to wonder why the wife was forced on camera to stand mute-but-humiliated. Why not let the fornicating sonofabitch take his media whupping on his own? The demented Dr. Laura Schlessinger attempted on The Today Show to suggest that Eliot Spitzer’s wife Silda – and other cheated-on spouses – only had themselves to blame. Her argument was if Silda Spitzer, who rather resembles an aging Jennifer Aniston, had been keeping hubby happy in the sack, he would never have strayed. “These days, women don’t spend a lot of time thinking how they can give their men what they need.” While Schlessinger is clearly attempting this provocation to jump-start a career that I thought was over years ago, I suppose some philandering political wives do tolerate their husband’s shenanigans (and maybe seek consolation with the tennis coach or the pool boy) in return for the power, prestige, and perks that go with the territory. Even so, I still fail to understand why they follow them to the television pillory. Another thing (although perhaps not directly related) I don’t understand is what Ashley Dupré, a 22year-old from New Jersey, who is not exactly Angelina Jolie, does for the Governor of New York that is worth a cool $4,300. ✶

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~ BY RICHARD FOSS ~ HAVE GOTTEN USED TO restaurant names that are oblique, places like Cordiale, Redwood, or Lucy’s 51. No clues there about what is served or what experience awaits, as mysterious and alluring as poetry. It’s almost a novelty to find a place that encapsulates its concept in the name. Such as Calitalia, the outpost of modernism and creativity in Old Town Calabasas. When this restaurant was Native Grounds, it led people to think that a Southwestern restaurant was here – reasonable, given the Old West architecture. Many diners who might have relished Californian-Italian fusion probably passed right by. When they did so, they missed what is probably the most creative restaurant in miles. On a recent evening we settled into a pair of comfortable sofas to view the menu. (Standard tables are available, but how often to you get to dine while snuggling into an overstuffed couch?) The selection did indeed reflect the name – an array of Italian traditional dishes with the eclectica that is called Californian – but the décor still retains a Southwestern theme. We ordered from both sides of the aisle, commencing with Portobello mushrooms stuffed with spinach and topped with cheese ($9.50) and the house salad with goat cheese, strawberries, avocado, and blueberries. That salad was a real winner, showcasing how well the two berries worked with the fatty, creamy textures of the avocado and cheese. There were other things in there too, like Roma tomato, cucumber, and organic mixed greens, all tied in nicely by a light application of subtle berry balsamic vinaigrette. It was an astonishingly good idea, starting dinner off with a bang. The big stuffed mushrooms were a more conventional idea nicely executed, the spinach very lightly cooked so some of the raw texture was still apparent, the cheese a smoked mozzarella that added extra flavor to the cheesy richness. We paired our food with flights of wines – twoounce pours of three wines, priced competitively with one six-ounce glass. The flight selection is hidden in the middle of the bottle list; we had already ordered from the well-selected but disorganized by-the-glass list, and I had to go find our server to cancel and get the flights instead. The poorly organized and typo-ridden menus are

the only lapse in what is otherwise a very wellthought-out experience. As for the flights, at $12 each for three nicely chosen wines, it was a great deal, and we sipped through the course of dinner. For main courses we picked sand dabs in lemon-caper sauce ($18.50) and bison steak in cherry-port sauce ($32.50). Sand dabs are a nostalgic treat for me – as a teenager I used to catch them from the Hermosa pier, and I remember how good they are when fresh. These were done just right, subtly seasoned and served in a sauce that had just the right light touch of tartness and sharpness. Sand dabs don’t need an ornate presentation, and these were fine just as they were. The simple accompaniments of mashed potatoes and broccoli were nicely done, though I wished our server had told us that we could have ordered other sides – we didn’t notice the notation on the menu until our meals were already on the way. Our server had warned that the bison would be a bit chewy and strongly flavored compared to a beef steak, but that’s to be expected – millennia of breeding have resulted in tender but comparatively flavorless cows. It was chewy, but also pleasantly smoky and delicately gamy, a perfect match with the cherry-port sauce, which I had ordered served on the side because I was afraid it would be too sweet. I now know to trust the kitchen, which has a gift with this sort of thing. There are other intriguing sauces on this menu, such as the cinnamon plum sauce on the ahi tuna, which I plan to investigate on future trips. We finished with homemade apple tart tartin with ice cream ($9.50), a simple, rich dessert that was quite enough for two. It had been an excellent meal in a relaxing environment, combining the best of Californian and Italian ideas. This place deserves a wide audience – the West Valley is most noted for chain restaurants and their clones, and Calitalia’s originality and style should be rewarded. ✶

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~ KILLING ME SOFTLY: THE NEWEST SWEENEY TODD ~

Cut to the Core Ahmanson’s new ‘Sweeney’ has fewer players and often unfolds like a concert ~ BY DON SHIRLEY ~

HOSE ANGELENOS WHO WERE recently introduced to Sweeney Todd via the Tim Burton movie can now see a rendition of the original, at the Ahmanson Theatre. Too bad, then, that this isn’t the ideal stage production for a Sweeney newcomer. It’s a better choice for those who have already seen at least two or three staged versions of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler masterpiece. Certainly John Doyle’s revival is refreshingly different from the usual Sweeney – or from most other Broadway musicals. How often does a cast double as the orchestra? There are only 10 actors – no “chorus.” Eight of the 10 play more than one instrument, and everyone is expected to contribute greater singing support than usual to the chorus numbers. Doyle’s concept requires unusual musical versatility and virtuosity from its performers. For the most part, these performers pass their various musical tests. Of course Sweeney Todd is not a musical talent show. Nor is it a concert. Yet this production sometimes suggests an elaborately staged concert instead of a fully staged production. Doyle’s actors look straight at the audience, not at each other, far more often than in most Sweeneys. This is hardly a completely unfamiliar technique – the Actors’ Gang, for example, employs it often – but when the show is so musically rich, this presentational style signals “concert.” Also contributing to this impression are some of Doyle’s design decisions. The most prominent feature of the set is a towering, largely twodimensional panel that includes a collection of artifacts that are too high for anyone to touch. Down below, the actors/instrumentalists use a few simple props to fill many needs. The costumes look vaguely neutral and hardly suggestive of the show’s 19th century setting. The foundations for most of the men’s costumes are basic white shirts with dark pants and ties. These choices sometimes muddy the storytelling. The actors can’t move as expansively as in a normal production. We don’t actually see the more byzantine operations of Sweeney’s famous barber’s chair, in which his murdered victims

are dispatched to the lower bakehouse through a trapdoor. Earlier, when Sweeney and his cannibalistic cohort Mrs. Lovett are hatching these arrangements, it appears as if all the other characters are listening and comprehending the plan – which, of course, would be a severe breach of security. None of this has much of a muffling effect on Judy Kaye’s witty interpretation of Mrs. Lovett, which nails every nuance. But David Hess’s Sweeney, while technically and musically adept, appears to be in some sort of a directorial straitjacket. At least this production should correct the movie’s misguided impression that these characters are still relatively young, which probably was induced by Hollywood’s usual lust for a younger audience. The film’s Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter look as if they still could have some sort of future ahead of them if this cannibalism business doesn’t work out. The modish highlight in Depp’s hair, the pair’s gothic makeup and their breathy vocals also help convey the impression that these are two contemporary hipsters despite their grim surroundings. Hess and Kaye might not be a lot older, but they have mastered a more desperate appearance. These characters are fully aware that this is their last shot, and their full-throated singing reflects that urgency. Some of the other roles are also cast older here than in the film. Those who have seen only the movie might be surprised to hear that Mrs. Lovett’s elfin assistant (Edmund Bagnell) is not a boy soprano. Thanks to its heightened intensity, this production might dispel the layer of gray lethargy that sometimes infects the movie. But you want a truly intense Sweeney? I’ve seen several, but none more so than Brian Stokes Mitchell, who should be summoned back to this role ASAP. ✶ Sweeney Todd, Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A. (213) 628-2772. CenterTheatreGroup.org.

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With apologies to both musicians, and for the sake of conciseness: The one-man band Phosphorescent sounds like a lusher version of Will Oldham. While Matthew Houck may have taken fewer risks than Oldham fans might like on last year’s overlooked Pride, that album specialized in the kind of unembarrassed warmth that can send even the most hard-hearted among us scurrying back to the enveloping brace of nostalgia. Phosphorescent performs on a bill with another folk singer-songwriter, Bon Iver, in a night that promises to be as slow and mopey as the best (and worst?) of ’em. 8:30 p.m. $10. The Echo, 1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, (213) 413-8200. Attheecho.com.

John Cage’s infamous music piece 4’33” instructs its performer to sit in front of an instrument for four minutes and 33 seconds without playing – the resulting “silence,” of course, is usurped by the sounds of the environment being performed in. Over the years, it’s been interpreted as a commentary on everything from death to commercialization. What it definitely is is a total bummer in any jukebox. CalArts’ Experimental Music Workshop’s 4’33” and Beyond traces the piece’s artistic lineage through performances of works both past and present. 8:30 p.m. $20; $16 students. REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., downtown L.A., (213) 2372800. Redcat.org.

It’s a typically inspired weekend of grassroots programming at the Echo Park Film Center. Tonight explores the unfairness of the international coffee trade with the documentary Black Gold, the screening of which benefits Café Para La Vida Digna (Coffee for a Dignified Life). A discussion hosted by the group follows. (7 p.m.; $5; Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N. Alvarado St., Echo Park, 213-484-8846; Echoparkfilmcenter.org.) Sunday at 7 p.m., Filmforum presents “You Pick ’Em 2,” a selection of shorts from the catalogue of San Francisco avant-garde collective Canyon Cinema as chosen by Filmforum audiences.

Art via print series dates back about as far as the invention of the printing press itself. Well equipped to explore such history is the Hammer Museum, which already hosts a reputable collection of works on paper, and culls from its Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts for And Then Again: Printed Series, 1500-2007. The exhibit opens today, with works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco Goya, and Christiane Baumgartner (through July 13; $5; 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood, 310443-7000; Hammer.ucla.edu). In other museum goings-on, the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA opens Allan Kaprow – Art as Life, a retrospective of the postwar American artist (through June 30; $8, $5 students; 152 N. Central Ave., downtown L.A.; Moca.org).

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FORGOTTEN ‘EDEN’ POST-LOONEY: TEX AVERY’S SWING SHIFT CINDERELLA (1945) ~

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Tonight’s Academy tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese seems to be more about remembering the two men themselves than their work for Looney Tunes, considering those works are as timeless as any cultural artifacts of the past century. Avery created Daffy Duck and contributed to the formation of Bugs Bunny’s character; Maltese wrote and storyboarded well-known classics including “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century.” Any reason to see that work on the big screen, as they were first meant to be, is a good one. 7:30 p.m. $5. Linwood Dunn Theater, 1313 Vine St., Hollywood, (310) 247-3600. Oscars.org.

Whether it be forays into experimental folk rock or the latest outshoots of minimalism, I hope Angelenos can agree, at the least, that one of this city’s fascinating pleasures is the occasion of hearing something new happen at the Disney Concert Hall. And the L.A. Phil’s most unmistakable nod to the progressive is its successful Green Umbrella series, dedicated to keeping the torch burning for contemporary classical music. Tonight, the Philharmonic New Music Group performs two world premieres, of Harold Meltzer’s Privacy and Gabriela Lena Frank’s New Andean Songs. 8 p.m. $22-$47. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., (323) 850-2000. Laphil.com.

Joshua Ferris’s National Book Award-nominated first novel is about white-collar workers who lose their jobs during an economic implosion, and the pathetic measures they take in the face of layoffs. The depressing part is that it’s set ten years ago. Ferris, a UC Irvine product in the footsteps of Richard Ford and Michael Chabon, presents Then We Came to the End and bursts the dot-com bubble tonight right off the Third Street Promenade. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble Santa Monica, 1201 Third St., Santa Monica, (310) 260-9110. Barnesandnoble.com.

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lklj The “forgotten” in Daniel Hurewitz’s upcoming lecture, “L.A.’s Forgotten Bohemia,” is all too plausible for Angelenos. “L.A. gets treated as a different place,” says Hurewitz, an L.A. native who wrote the book Bohemian Los Angeles and the Making of Modern Politics and now teaches history in New York. “People don’t talk about its history. L.A. gets treated as new.” But when Hurewitz began examining the gay history of Edendale – the site of modern-day Silver Lake and Echo Park and the home of the first movie studios – he found a neighborhood with that particular brew of radical activists, gays, and artists more often associated with Greenwich Village. “There was a place like that in L.A.,” he says. “To me that was such an exciting discovery.” Hurewitz began his graduate research on the neighborhood as a way to spend as much time as possible in Silver Lake, which was attracting modern-day bohemians and students such as himself. With his background in gay history, Hurewitz already knew that the neighborhood had been the founding site of the Mattachine Society, the first gay rights organization in the U.S., in 1950. But he became especially intrigued with the neighborhood when a resident told him the story of Julian Eltinge, who had lived just a block away and had gained fame in silent movies as a female impersonator nearly a century before RuPaul. “It’s sort of a gay book, but it’s sort of not a gay book,” Hurewitz says of Bohemian Los Angeles. “It was triggered by a question about gay history, but it’s about more than that.” Hurewitz used Eltinge and the Mattachine Society as an entry into the broader political history of Edendale, where he found gays who were communists, actors and artists who were activists. Though there were communities like this all across the country, many of which ended up opening their own spin-off chapters of the Mattachine Society, Hurewitz suggests Edendale’s geography gave it a leg-up in becoming a modern, if forgotten, Bohemia: “There’s a real fence of separateness with the hills, the streets that just sort of dead-end.” Perhaps, he suggests, this sense of separation allowed all the strains of gay and artistic and activist thought that made their home in Edendale to fully coalesce together into a brand of politics that still looks modern and bohemian to some of us – even 50 years out. –Emma Gallegos “L.A.’s Forgotten Bohemia.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Huntington Library, Friends’ Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. Huntington.org/information/eventscal.html. ~

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Bob Mould Band Oh, Robert … . While we’re glad you seem, well, happier these days, we fans of yours kinda miss those times when you were your old raging, sweating ball of confusion; your guitar and vocal cords screaming in unison at those who’d wronged you. Your recent solo work – The Last Dog and Pony Show, Modulate, Body of Song and your latest, District Line – all have their moments when your raw feelings work in sync with your melodic gifts, creating hard, alt-pop ~ BOB MOULD ~ manna from heaven. But plenty of us still remember Sugar and, of course, Hüsker Dü, and those were indeed the days. You don’t need me to tell you about it: You’ve stated over and over that your hearing loss from standing in front of your overdriven amplifiers is reminder enough. District Line is no Black Sheets of Rain, no Copper Blue and it sure isn’t New Day Rising … but it’s a good batch of mid-tempo tunes that shows you still have a way of letting your emotions bleed in ways few 47-year-olds know how. We’re glad for you that your life in Washington, D.C. is going well, even if you’re still venting some of the old bile on “Stupid Now” and “Again and Again.” But some of us wouldn’t mind hearing Warehouse: Songs and Stories played end-to-end, blasted out at jet-enginelevels by you and your willing accomplices, y’know? That live album Warners put out just doesn’t scratch the itch. But hey, we’ll just hafta wait, won’t we? (Tue. at the El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Miracle Mile. For tickets visit Ticketmaster.com.) –Joshua Sindell For info, see Rock, Pop, Acoustic listings.

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SOUNDS ROCK, POP, ACOUSTIC Alex’s Bar, 2913 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, (562) 434-8292. Alexsbar.com. Call for showtimes. Fri: Action 45, Suckerstar, Beneath The Cellar, 3. Sat: Bullets and Octane, The Amplifiers, The Knives. Sun: Running on Fumes, Candy From Inglewood. Wed: Indoor Swapmeet. Avalon Hollywood, 1735 N Vine St, Hollywood, (323) 462-8900. Avalonhollywood.com. Sat: Cas Haley, 9. Mon: Blue October with Soul Asylum. Boardner’s of Hollywood, 1652 N Cherokee Av, Hollywood, (323) 462-9621. Boardners.com. Thur: Perversion. Fri: Dekada. Sat: Bar Sinister. Mon: Blue Mondays. Tue: Let’s Independent. Wed: Club Moscow. Bordello, 901 E First St, downtown L.A., (213) 6873766. Bordellobar.com. Thur: Willoughby, 8. Fri: Bird Monster, Little Teeth, The Afternoons. Sat: Crucial Riddims. Sun: Burlesque. Mon: Warpaint, Hecuba, Lucky Dragons. Wed: Blue Sky Divide, Milo, Fever Fever. Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City, (310) 398-2583. Boulevardmusic.com. Call for showtimes. Sat: Paul Reysno, Kenny Blackwell, Westey Westenhofer. Café-Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 W Adams Bl, L.A., (323) 954-8080. Faisdodo.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. The Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills, (818) 879-5016. Canyonclub.net. Shows at 8 unless otherwise noted. Thur: Hollywood Men, 9. Fri: The Tubes, Boogie Nights. Sat: Craig Shoemaker. Cat Club, 8911 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 657-0888. Myspace.com/thecatclub. Shows at 8. Thur: Caps & Bells, Wildcat, The Sea, Space, The Drills, Starfuckers. Fri: Monte Gigantic, Chevalles, Serial Miller, Jimi Homeless, Silversteel, Burning Sky. Sat: Kelly Sue Peters, Cambridge 5, After Rifles, Aces & Eights. Mon: Susan D, Tracing Amber, Brooke Station, Preachers & Pornstars, The Wreck, Pong. Tue: Latina Webb, Al-X, Traces, Arian Lenarski, Nraca, Futhermuckas. Wed: Kawahi, Joe Maurer, Simone Deblasio, Kyle Van Band, Ila, Jane Carrey Band. CIA, 11334 Burbank Bl, North Hollywood, (818) 506-

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6353. Ciabnormalarts.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City, (310) 390-1328. Myspace.com/thecinemabar. Shows at 9 unless noted. Thur: Noah West, 9:30. Fri: Groovy Rednecks, 9:30. Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, (818) 348-3789. Cobaltcafe.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Bl, Altadena, (626) 398-7917. Coffeegallery.com. Thur: Audrey Auld Mezera, 8. Fri: Barry McGuire and Terry Talbot, 8. Sat: High Hills Bluegrass Band, 7. Sun: Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys, 7. Cowboy Palace Saloon, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth, (818) 341-0166. Cowboypalace.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: Coldwater Canyon. Fri: Mar y White. Sat: Grand Junction. Sun: Jeffrey Michaels. Mon: Chad Watson. Tue: Deanna D’Amico-White. Wed: Debra Lee. The Derby, 4500 Los Feliz Bl, Los Feliz, (323) 6638979. Clubderby.com. Thur: O-Halo, Brandon & Maggie, Pacific Ocean Fire, My Imaginary Friends; VIP Lounge: Chicago Farmer, 9:45. Fri: Down & Blue, The Capshuns, 9:30; VIP Lounge: Mike Shanley, Dalton, 9:30. Sun: Sunday Swing. Wed: Avyd’s Fuse, Late Night Access, Olin & The Moon, Speakeasies, Mouse Kills Tiger, 8. Dragonfly, 6510 Santa Monica Bl, Hollywood, (323) 466-6111. Thedragonfly.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. The Echo, 1822 Sunset Bl, Echo Park, (213) 4138200. Attheecho.com. Thur: Bon Iver, Phosphorescent, Winter Hinterland, 8:30; In the Echoplex: Kraak and Smaak. Fri: The Parson Red Heads, The Devil Makes Tree, 8; In the Echoplex: The Whale. Sat: Check Yo Ponytail vs Heist with Black Ghosts, Riot in Belgium, Future Cop, 9. Sun: GPart Time Punks, 10. Mon: The Chapin Sisters, Glasser, Early Dolphins, 8:30. Wed: In the Echoplex: The Dub Club, 9. El Cid, 4212 W Sunset Bl, L.A., (323) 668-0318. Elcidla.com. Thur: The Super Sexy Show, 10. Fri: Mash Di Place. Sat: Club Maconado, 10. Mon: Garage Comedy, 8. El Rey, 5515 Wilshire Bl, L.A., (323) 936-6400/4790. Theelrey.com. Shows at 8. Thur: Vampire Weekend with Yacht, 8. Sat: An Evening with Mr. Scruff, 9:30. Tue: Bob Mould Band, 8. 14 Below, 1348 14th St, Santa Monica, (310) 4515040. 14below.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: SGP Thursdays. Fri: Blisses B, The Effects of Cable Television, Los Duggans, Old Bull, Stealing Love Jones. Sun: Loyal Enemy, Fozzy’s Hero, AEDOSE, Janes News

MARCH 20~26, 2008

Addiction. Tue: Acoustic Tuesday, 9. Genghis Cohen, 740 N Fairfax Av, West Hollywood, (323) 653-0640. Genghiscohen.com. Thur: Ann Driscoll Layne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, 8. Fri: David Babich, Christian Lane, Lee Ferris, 8. Sat: John Craigie, Claudia Russell, 8. Mon: Deborah Cade, Ty Stone Doop, 8. Tue: Milneh Kurdian, Julie Lloyd, Arthur Autumn, 8. Wed: Jennifer Grayson, Kathleen Haskard, JT Spangler, 8. The Gig, 7302 Melrose Av, L.A., (323) 936-4440. Liveatthegig.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Bl, West L.A., (310) 3901076. Goodhurt.net. Wed: The Dark Jam, Bonapar te, Culprit, 8. Thur: Clay Hughes, David Microwave, 8:30. Fri: Temple of Roots, Mayaztek, Caso Do Samba, 10. Sat: Battle of the Bands: Kindred Fall, Hear and Now, High Stereo, 9:45. Sun: Oedipus, Stealing Love Jones, Kongos, Natives of the New Dawn, 8:30. Mon: Concept Artist, Vaiedos, Black Whole Sons, 8:45. Tue: The Jungle, 10. Wed: Celebrate the Life of Cesar Chavez, 8. Hallenbeck’s General Store & Café, 5510 Cahuenga Bl, North Hollywood, (818) 985-5916. Hallenbecks.net. Tue: Open Mike, 7. The Hotel Café, 1623 N Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood, (323) 461-2040. Hotelcafe.com. Thur: Adele, Lady Danville, Johnnie Newman, 7. Fri: Hanne Hukkelberg, Tyrone Wells, Freeman, Brandon Rogers, 7. Sat: Arthi Meera, Jen and Abby, Chelsea Williams, Ben Jelen, The Quiet, Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls, 7. Sun: Jack Tempchin, 8. Mon: Sally Jave, Private Showcase, 7. Tue: Jackie Tohn, Jason Reeves, Holly Conlan, Nathan Gaunt, 7. Wed: Test Your Reflex, Michael Mazochi, War Stories, Steve Carson Band, 7. House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (323) 848-5100. Hob.com. Thur: Latin Fusion Night. Fri: Trey Songs & J Holiday. Sat: The Outskirts, Pink Spiders, Steve E Nix and The Cute Lepers. Tue: Ace Frehley with The Trews. Key Club, 9039 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 274-5800. Keyclub.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: Nile, 7. Fri: The Alkaholiks, 7. Sat: Winkler Fest, 7:30. Mon: Metal Skool, 8:30. Tue: Ruby, 8. Wed: Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball, 9. King King, 6555 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood, (323) 9609234. Kingkinghollywood.com. Thur: L’effleur Des Sens, 8. Fri: Radioslave & Butane, 10. Sat: Matt Mau, DJ Kemal, 10. Tue: Descargo con Timba with SonoLux and DJ Saoco, 10. Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood, (323) 463-0204. Knittingfactory.com. See also Knitting Factory AlterKnit Lounge. Thur: The Gay Blades, Le Meu Le Purr, Stiletto Formal, 8; In the Front: Dead to Me, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Femurs, Gentlemen Prefer Blood, 7. Fri: The Briggs, Angel City Outcasts, The Forgotten, Broke ’Til Thursday, 7:30; In the Front: The Mae Shi, RTX, Bad Dudes, Foot Village, 8. Sat: Pilbilly Knights, Bucksworth, Sacred Cowboys, The Snakehandlers, 8. Sun: The Beaches, The Emeralds, Detroit 7, Ketchup Mania, Petty Booka, Scandal, 7:30; In the Front: Halos, The Cover Up, Emerald Honor, 7. Mon: The Giraffes, The Stranger’s Six, The Slants. Tue: City & Colour, The Last Days of April, 7; In The Front: Fly Boy Ent, Chinaman, Industrial Strength, 3rd Degree, Home Crowne, Breezelowest, Rashondra IV, 7:30. Wed: In the Front: DBen Jelen, Tamar, Kyle Lardner, 7. Knitting Factory AlterKnit Lounge, 7021 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood, (323) 463-0204. Knittingfactory.com. See also Knitting Factory. Thur: Animal Farm, Jern Eye, Mic Crenshaw, Omni, DJ Wicked, 9. Fri: Michael Craig Band, 7. Sat: The Real You, Mury, Foiled, 7:30. Sun: Twilight of the Gods XVII, New Maximum Donkey, The Flower Machine, Tommy Peacock & The Gas, Long Live Logos, John Ramey, 7. Mon: The Pedal-Tones, The Sweet Sensations, Penny Reel Duo, 7:30. Tue: Lydia, Andrew Lawrence, 7; Bluebeat Lounge, 9. Kulak’s Woodshed, 5230 1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood, (818) 766-9913. Kulakswoodshed.com. Thur: Justefanie and Friends, 8. Fri: Shane Fontayne and Friends, 8. Sat: Jeff Kossack and Friends, 8. Mon: Open Mic with Lisa Turner, 7. Wed: Community Acoustic Jam, 8. Largo, 432 N Fairfax Av, L.A., (323) 852-1073/1851. Largo-la.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: David Garza. Fri-Sat: Nellie McKay. Mon: Sarah Silverman and Friends. Tues: Heather Reid, Jill Sobule. Wed: Colin Hay. Little Temple, 4519 Santa Monica Bl, L.A., (323) 660-4540. Littletemple.com. See also Temple Bar. Shows at 9. Thur-Wed: Call for info. The Malibu Inn Bar and Restaurant, 22969 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, (310) 456-6060. Malibuinn.com. Shows at 8. Thur: Nettie Rose, 8. Fri: Hollywood All Starz, 8. Sat: Arrow Dynamics, 8. Sun: Wadi Gad and Jah Roots, 8. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, (310) 828-4497. Mccabes.com. Fri-Sat: Cheryl Wheeler, 8. Sun: Pierre Bensusan, 7. The Mint, 6010 W Pico Bl, L.A., (323) 954-9400. Themintla.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, 575 S Fairfax Av, L.A., (323) 935-1577. MollymalonesLA.com. Thur: Wizard Finger, Jill Benjamin, 9. Fri: Dave Ellis, Caire Howe, Austin Hanks, Red Circle Underground, 8. Sat: McCrea Adams, James Fuchs, The Ro Chambeaux Show, The White Buffalo, 8. Sun: Emily Loizeau, Christy Hemme, Stephen Ashbrook, Mark Latham, Million Dollar Month, 6:30. Mon: Cast of Kings, Vicious Licks, Ript, Adam Stackpole, Carolina Hoyos, 8. Mon: Adjoa Skinner, Jane Carrey Band, Carney, 8. Tue: Elisa Victoria, Puppies and Kittens, The Heartstring Symphony, B.R.A.M., 8. Wed: Lily Wilson, Annie Barker, Philip Sayce, 8. Mr. T’s Bowl, 5621 1/2 N Figueroa St, Highland Park, (323) 256-7561. Mrtsbowl.tripod.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: Moosknuckle, The Adapted, Ravens Moreland, Sleepingboy, Chopsuzy. Fri: Dahlia and an Immaculate Reflection, Romak and The Space Pirates, Mad Happy, Baseck, Hobo Gobbelins. Sat: Amnion, Cobra Lilies, No Little Kindness, Avi Buffalo, Ema and The Ghosts, Tenlons Fort, 9. Sun: Lauren Modery, 9. Mon: Heath, All Wrong and The Plans Change, Broken Remotes, Jim Sallinger, Juggle. Wed: Security Productions, Follow the Flood, Sleeping Boy, Slo Mo Erotic, Master Cylinder, At the Rate of Fast. Portfolio Coffeehouse, 2300 E Fourth St, Long Beach, (562) 434-2486. Portfoliocoffeehouse.com. Sat: Blue Sky Divide, 7. Sun: Baracca da Bossa, 9. Wed: Open Mic, 9.

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Room 5 Lounge, 143 N La Brea Av, second floor, Hollywood, (323) 938-2504. Room5lounge.com. Thur: Mark Franco, 8. Fri: Acoustic Playhouse, 12. Sun: Brad Stewart, 7. Mon: Gemma Hayes, Joey Ryan, Jay Nash, noon; Acoustic Mondays, 8. Tue: Dawn Mitschele, Kirsten Moore, Eric Macek, 7. Wed: Tam Baxter, Nicole Gordon, Claire Holley, New West Guitar Quartet, 7. The Roxy, 9009 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 276-2222. Theroxyonsunset.com. Thur: Tristan Prettyman, Whitley, 8. Fri: Presidents of the United States of America, 8:30. Sat: The Mooney Suzuki, The Vacation, Billy Boy on Poison, Reno, 8. Sun: The Deadly Syndrome, Dusty Rhodes and The River Band, Love Like Fire, 8. Mon: AJ McLean, 8. Tue: Candlebox, Goldenstate, Black Summer Crash, 7:30. Wed: Kaki King, Sheehy, 8:30. Safari Sam’s, 5214 Sunset Bl, Hollywood, (323) 6667267. Safari-sams.com. Thur: Carla Bozulich’s Evangelista, Mike Watt, Silver Daggers, John Wiese, Missincinatti, Plus Films! 8. Fri: B-Movie Rats, Pat Todd & The Rank Outsiders, Sasquatch, Sky Wreck, 8. Sat: The Dollyrots, Bangkok Five, Suffrajett, Kaura3, 8. Sun: Brunch Americana with Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers, Jaimi Shuey, noon; 999 Eyes Carnival of the Damned, 7; Le Disko, 10. Wed: MOD, Fueled By Fire, Absolution, Drenroms, Army of Darkness, 8. Scene Bar, 806 E Colorado St, Glendale, (818) 241-7029. Thescenebar.com. Shows at 9. Fri: Bullet for Dali, Qu est-ce Que cest, Brutus Gets the Girl, Virgo Serna, DJ Christopher. Sat: The Holy Kiss, The Guilty Hearts, Last Kind Words, Lily Marlene, The Rippers. Wed: The Henry Clay People, The Natural Disaster, Downtown/Union, Aushua. Silverlake Lounge, 2906 Sunset Bl, Silver Lake, (323) 666-2407. Foldsilverlake.com. Thur: Birdmonster, Little Teeth, The Afternoon, 9. Sun: Maria Taylor, Waxflight, Michael Runion, Alex and Sam, 8. Mon: The Vox Jaguars, Dangerbees, Charts and Maps, The Coast, The Sea, DJ Rich Pack, 8. Tue: Where’s Moo, Craft Club, The Great Gleaming Sea. Wed: The By and By. The Smell, 247 S Main St, L.A., (213) 625-4325. Thesmell.org. Shows at 9. Fri: Religious Knives, Little Claw, Barr, DJ Blazerwrecks. Sat: The Late Severa Wires, Justice Yeldham, DJ Donna Dummer. Tue: Abe Vigoda, Talbot Tagora, Teenage Moms, Hey Buddy and The Pals. Wed: Married in Berdichev, BDRMPPL, Suzanne Killer, Wisdom Teeth, Winners. Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Bl, Silver Lake, (213) 833-2843. Clubspaceland.com. Shows at 8:30 unless otherwise noted. Thur: Film School, Airiel, Famous Amos. Fri: Travis Morrison Hellfighters, Say Hi, Kevin Devine. Sat: School of Language. Sun: Rock ’n’ Roll Prom. Mon: Monday Night Residency, Voxhaul Broadcast. Wed: Club NME. Taix 321 Lounge, 1911 W Sunset Bl, L.A., (213) 4841265. Taixfrench.com. Shows at 10:30. Thur: The Fallen Stars, The Good Ole Country Railroad. Fri: Someparty, Lucky Phillips. Sat: Kingsizemaybe. Wed: Madame Pamita. Tangier Lounge, 2138 Hillhurst Av, L.A., (323) 6668666. Thur-Wed: Call for more info. Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica, (310) 393-6611. Templebarlive.com. Thur: Sascha Sackett, Inglewood and Bayonics, 8:30. Fri: Equinox Show, Kaleo Futuristo and Glory For The People, 9. Sat: Vikter Duplaix, 9. Sun: Mystic with DJ Bonds, 9. Tue: Suzy Williams and Her Solid Senders with Industrial Jazz Group, 8. Wed: Joshua Silverstein Reflection, 8:30 Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 276-6168. Troubadour.com. Thur: Low vs. Diamond, eskimohunter, Annie Stela. Fri: Portugal, The Man, Foxy Shazam, Wild Orchid Children, Flobots. Sat: Gravy Train, Peryton, Ritchie White Orchestra 8. Mon: Bell X1, The Submarines. Tue: Saul Williams, Dragons of Zynth. Wed: Tokyo Police Club. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 W Pico Bl, Santa Monica, (310) 315-0056. Unurban.com. Fri: UnUrban Open Mike, 7:30. Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 358-1880. Viperroom.com. Thur: Ben Jelen, Carlotta, Chris Pierce, The Answer. Fri: The Ringers, Minx, Jermiah James, Carolina Liar. Mon: The Weather Underground, Miniature Tigers, Army Navy, The Voom Blooms, 8:30. Tue: Aces & Eights, Monster in the Machine, Cellphish, Dead Lazlows Place, 8. Wed: Halestrom, Aura, Shut up and Kiss Me, Dead Sara, 8:30. Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr, Burbank, (818) 845-2425. Vivacantina.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. Whisky a Go-Go, 8901 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 652-4202. Whiskyagogo.com. Thur: Bradford. Fri: Droud. Sat: Bluesetta Band, Ever N Ever, Chapel of Thieves, The Women Rock Show, 8. Mon: Locke ’N’ Load, Hyperbola, Seventy Seven, 8. Tue: Beneath the Massacre. Wed: The Petes. Zeropoint, 1049 E 32nd St, L.A. Zeropointspace.org. Thur-Wed: Call for info. –Daryl Paranada

Audion Since his 1999 debut collaboration with the late Disco D. (“Hands Up For Detroit”), Texas-to-Detroit electronic artist Matthew Dear (a.k.a. Audion) has helped shape the tech-centric sound of now. His production work has taken him from minimal techno (for Richie Hawtin’s M_NUS label) to live-band stage work (his own Matthew Dear’s Big Hands act) to remixing (the Chemical Brothers, the Postal Service). His Audion guise has the artist in big-room-DJ mode, with bouncy, rubbery textures enveloping cantankerous, acidic rhythms. Get your hands up for Audion, Saturday at Avalon. –Dennis Romero

T h e W o r ld- Fa m o us C i rc us, Is home to some of the Largest and hottest parties in the city Los Angeles! Every week Circus brings the best DJs to the decks! Circus is LA's largest nightclub featuring 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor clubbing. The sound at Circus is HUGE featuring a 120,000-watt EAW Avalon sound system. Circus also features seven separate areas, ten fully stocked bars, outdoor patio, private bungalow and VIP lounge. A big new night of Big Top electro and house attractions:

MARCH 22

Avaland presents Audion with Ryan Elliott, Saturday at Avalon, 1735 N. Vine St., Hollywood. 21+. Doors at 10 p.m. Tickets $15 advance. Info: avalonhollywood.com.

★★★ THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS ★★★ THURSDAY, MARCH 20 Kraak & Smaak bring their funky Dutch down-tempo (via DJ set) to the Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Bl, Echo Park. 21+. Info: attheecho.com. Respect is a give and take of drum ’n’ bass at Jimmy’s Lounge, 6202 Santa Monica Bl, Hollywood. This week: Hive, Breakage. 18+. Info: respectdrumandbass.com. Root Down digs deeper than commercial hip-hop with WyaTT Case, Miles, and Loslito at Little Temple, 4519 Santa Monica Bl, Silver Lake, (818) 759-6374. This week: Inka One. 21+. Info: rootdownclub.com. Afro Funke takes you to the motherland of dance music with organic grooves at Zanzibar, 1301 Fifth St, Santa Monica. 21+. Info: afrofunke.com.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Compression maximizes the minimal with Radioslave and Butane at King King, 6555 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood. 21+. Info: kingkinghollywood.com. Spider After Dark goes after-hours for the post-red-carpet crowd at Spider Club, 1735 N Vine St, Hollywood. This week: Steve Prior, Bernard Thomas. 21+. Info: avalonhollywood.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 How Sweet It Is gives ear candy to the rave babies with ATB, Donald Glaude, Green Velvet, Charles Feelgood, more, at the Shrine Auditorium, 665 W Jefferson Bl, Exposition Park. 18+. Info: insomniacevents.com. Avaland anchors Hollywood nightlife with superior sound at Avalon Hollywood, 1735 N Vine St, Hollywood. This week: Audion, Ryan Elliott. 21+. Info: avalonhollywood.com. Giant flaunts oversized DJs at Vanguard, 6021 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood. This week: Dirty South. 21+. Info: giantclub.com. Red raves up the biggest room in town at Circus Disco, 6655 Santa Monica Bl, Hollywood. This week: George Acosta. 21+. Info: nexxez.com. Balance feng-shuis your house at King King, 6555 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood. This week: Matt Mau. 21+. Info: balance-la.com.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 23 Deep gets down with Marques Wyatt’s all-stars at Vanguard, 6021 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood. This week: Harley & Muscle. 21+. Info: deep-la.com. Moonshadows Blue Lounge has the ocean motion of DJs Mick Cole, Julien Couly, and Jean Louis, at Moonshadows, 20356 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu. Info: moonshadowsmalibu.com.

JAZZ, BLUES, LATIN Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia, (626) 447-9349. Arcadiabluesclub.com. Shows at 9:30 and 11:30. Fri: Dennis Jones Band. Sat: Coco Montoya. Babe’s & Ricky’s Inn, 4339 Leimert Bl, Leimert Park, (323) 295-9112. Bluesbar.com. Thur: Jam Session with Mama’s Boys. Fri-Sat: Mighty Balls of Fire. Mon: Jam Night, Mickey Champion. Back Room at Henri’s, 21601 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, (818) 348-5582. Shows at 8. Thur-Wed: Call for info. The Baked Potato, 3787 Cahuenga Bl, Studio City, (818) 980-1615. Thebakedpotato.com. Shows at 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Thur: The Steve Weingart Group. Fri: Don Randi & Quest. Sat: The Amazing Mike Keneally Trio. Sun: The Paul Peress Project. Mon: Monday Night Jammmz. Tue: Cartaya’s Enclave. Wed: The Kevin Eubanks Group. B.B. King’s Blues Club, 1000 Universal Center Dr, Universal City, (818) 622-5464. La.bbkingclubs.com. Thur-Wed: Call for info. Blue Café, 210 Promenade, Long Beach, (562) 983-7111. Thebluecafe.com. Call for showtimes. Thur: Con Job, Living Sons, Simpkin Project; In the Blue: Live Music. Fri: Cubensis, Satisfaction; In the Blue: 13 Hour, Club Isolation, 8:30. Sat: Rockabil-

MONDAY, MARCH 24 Monday Social lubricates the dance biz with e-music by Freddy Be, Mick Cole, and global guests at Nacional, 1645 Wilcox Av, Hollywood. This week: Scott Hardkiss. 21+. Info: budbrothers.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25 Dim Mak Tuesdays has anti-DJ Steve Aoki and the celebutantes who mix for him at Cinespace, 6356 Hollywood Bl, Hollywood, (323) 817-3456. 21+. Info: cinespace.info.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 Therapy takes the right steps with local house hero Scott K and friends at Tokio, 1640 N Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood. 21+. Info: balance-la.com. Dub Club has existential dance music producer Tom Chasteen and friends at The Echo, 1822 Sunset Bl, Echo Park, (213) 413-8200. 21+. Info: attheecho.com.

CIRCUS is located at 6655 Santa Monica Blvd.

–Dennis Romero

323.462.1291 • www.circusdisco.com 9pm-4am • 21+ • Tickets available at groovetickets.com

MARCH 20~26, 2008

2 blocks east of Highland Ave. Behind Arena

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Rejoice and Renewal Since she’s been on our national radar, Brazilian pianist and singer Eliane Elias has exhibited impressive growth. Like the best instrumentalists from her country, her piano has charming warmth and a deceptive simplicity. She’s chosen to interpret Bill Evans on her new Something for You (Blue Note) CD, to touching results. Elias doesn’t share the technical avoirdupois of Evans but she taps into the emotional canyons and harmonic iridescence that he uncovered ~ CHUCK MANNING ~ in his compositions and his playing. She’ll bring that special lyricism – along with the estimable talents of bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Billy Hart – to the Jazz Bakery, until Saturday. Friday at Royce Hall, the all-star octet San Francisco Jazz Collective (with trumpeter Dave Douglas and saxophonist Joshua Redman) interpret Wayne Shorter, that most beguiling of jazz composers. The same night at the Metropol, percussionist/composer Brad Dutz explores his own canon, from whiz-bang kinetics to zen-like resonance. Saturday at Gianelli Square (19451 Londelius Square, Northridge, 818-772-1722; 7:30; $15/20), tenor saxophonist Chuck Manning celebrates an impressive new album, Notes from the Real. This is Manning in a gleefully hard bopping mode, essaying an admirable range of composers, among them Monk, Trane, Alec Wilder, and Kenny Barron. This is the album we knew Manning had in him all along. The soaring, extravagant vocalist Dwight Trible has only worked one local gig this year. Sunday at the Bakery, he’ll roll away the stone for an Easter concert that promises nothing less than ecstatic joy.

THEATER CRITIC’S CHOICE

‘Secrets of the Trade’

E.B. BROOKS

JAZZ CRITIC’S CHOICE

Jonathan Tolins traces the maturing of the precociously theater-obsessed Andy Lipman (Edward Tournier) from ages 16 to 26, between 1980 and 1990, as he gradually changes his adult role models from his parents (Amy Aquino, Mark L. Taylor) to a glamorous theatrical mentor (John Glover) to – well, he learns to rely on himself. Tolins doesn’t chase headlines as he did in his lumpier, earlier plays, Twilight of the Golds and If Memory Serves. Instead, he enlivens familiar (and JOHN GLOVER & very personal?) material with a convivial wit and an unEDWARD TOURNIER canny ability to comprehend and appreciate all of his ~ characters from the inside out. Director Matt Shakman’s production features magnificent performances from all of the above, as well as from Bill Brochtrup as the mentor’s assistant. This is one of the strongest affirmations in a long time that L.A.’s tiny, peanuts-paying theaters sometimes produce remarkably professional results. –Don Shirley

–Kirk Silsbee

Black Dahlia Theatre, 5453 W. Pico Blvd., L.A. Info: (800) 838-3006 or Thedahlia.com. Weds.-Sats. at 8 p.m.; Suns. at 7 p.m. No performance March 23. Closes Apr. 20.

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ly Revenge 3; In the Blue: Live Music. Sun: Live Music; In the Blue: Live Music. Tue: Mic Check Tuesday; In the Blue: Live Music. Wed: Jah Roots, 11; In the Blue: The Wheel, Secure Sounds, 9. Café Boogaloo, 1238 Hermosa Av, Hermosa Beach, (310) 318-2324. Boogaloo.com. Thur: Alex Schultz & Friends. Fri: Delgado Bros. Sat: Justin Hopkins, 9:30. Wed: Dieselcreek. Café Metropol, 923 E Third St, downtown L.A., (213) 613-1537. Roccoinla.com. Fri: Brad Dutz Quartet, 8. Sat: Motoko Honda & Roger Nduku, 8. Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 Sunset Bl, Hollywood, (323) 466-2210. Catalinajazzclub.com. Shows at 8:30 & 10:30 unless noted. Fri-Sun: Bobby Caldwell. Tue: Jules Day. Wed: Kenny Garrett Quartet. Charlie O’s, 13725 Victory Bl, Van Nuys, (818) 994-3058. Charlieos.com. Thur: Pete Christlieb Quar tet. Fri: Bill Henderson Quar tet. Sat: Azar Lawrence Quartet. Sun: Doug Webb Quartet. Mon: Steve Huffsteter Big Band. Tue: Jennifer Leitham Trio. Wed: Jack Sheldon Quartet. Cozy’s Bar & Grill, 14058 Ventura Bl, Sherman Oaks, (818) 986-6000. Cozysblues.com. Thur: Michael Williams Band, 9. Fri: The Bill Lynch Band, 9:30. Sat: Marc Ford, 9:45. Mon: Pro Blues Jam, 9. Tue: Watchawount, 9. Wed: CSON Lounge, 9. Csardas, 5820 Melrose Av, Hollywood, (323) 9626434. Mon: The Harmony Club Jam Session, 8.

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