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Los Angeles
Posted inMusic
A City Aches
Gabriel Kahane’s Portrait of Los Angeles
The Ambassador is Gabriel Kahane’s portrait of Los Angeles.
Posted inEverything as Fuck
Everything as Fuck
Pumpkin Spice
And now, an obligatory column about “pumpkin spice.”
Posted inComedy
Eating Accomplishment and Shitting Inconsideration
The Ian Karmel Interview
Comedian Ian Karmel on LA, Portland, and shitting inconsideration.
Posted inComedy
Karmel Out
The Portland as Fuck Columnist Heads to LA
In which Ian Karmel struggles to explain his decision to abandon Portland FOREVER.
Posted inMovies & TV
Original Gangsters
Gangster Squad: Lovingly Smothered in Clichés
Gangster Squad is this close to becoming a blood-and-cliché-drenched masterpiece.
Posted inMusic
Hollywood Forever
Father John Misty’s New LA Outlook
Josh Tillman finds an alter ego—Father John Misty—and a new outlook in Los Angeles.
Posted inMovies & TV
Nowhere to Run
Stacy Peralta’s latest doc, Crips and Bloods, looks at gang
warfare in Los Angeles.