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Monthly archive October, 2009

Tegan and Sara review

The night was a Tegan and Sara concert squeezed into Tegan and Sara’s Def Comedy Jam. They poked fun at each other, the audience, our song suggestions and even America – sometimes all in one go. “We’ll play “Here I Am” when you all have healthcare in your country,” they said after someone called out a...

Needed: A public option you can believe in – robust or otherwise

Just when everyone seemed ready to put the public option on the funeral pyre, it looks like it was brought back to life, or at least a vegetative coma. It’s true, Democrats in both houses want and need the entire party on board before they take their bills to the floor. But in crafting legislation, the...

Pico Art Show – Santa Monica

Local artists came to hawk their goods, local businesses came to promote themselves and local food vendors came to feed the hungry crowds at the Pico Art Show in Santa Monica on Saturday. [Click the photo or here for the full slideshow]

Snowe's vote and the healthcare free-for-all

[From 'First Draft' at Neon Tommy]: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) vote for the Senate Finance Committee version of the healthcare bill yesterday may have been a turning point, but Senate Democrats had no time to celebrate. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) with gather Democrats from the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee...

Bustle, bridesmaids and boba in Downtown

In three blocks, downtown LA is three different worlds. From the aggressive steel angles of the Department of Transportation building on one side to the kitschy markets of Little Tokyo on the other, it’s a study in contrasts. It was noon on a Saturday, but the streets of downtown were largely devoid of people. That...