Email Author MATT COKER

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 4, 2010

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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2001 Stories by MATT COKER

• Still Desperate

  published April 26, 2001

  Tiger Army, X House of Blues Friday, April 6 Do you kids really need another review contrasting neopunk with vintage... More >>

• We Blow

  published April 26, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulCompact mirrors being given away to promote the drug-dealer biopic Blow are raising a stink, and some of that... More >>

• Bigger, Longer and Uncut

  published April 26, 2001

  Photo by Jack GouldTrojan Brand Latex Condoms sent Clockwork word on April 9 that it's coming out next month with willie wrappers to... More >>

• Blow Didnt Blow

  published April 12, 2001

  Johnny Depp at his best as a lovable scumbag More >>

• We Missed On This One

  published April 12, 2001

  A county committee established to clean up the beaches produces a law that excuses polluters More >>

• Blow Me

  published April 12, 2001

  Clockwork pulled an envelope out of our mailbox on March 30 that said we'd won a free children's book. But when we tore it open, there was no... More >>

• Goodbye, Gurza

  published April 5, 2001

  Plus, the powers out! The Times bites! Let Freedom wring! More >>

• Laugh-In

  published April 5, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulCops in two Philadelphia suburbs compared notes last week and discovered a heinous crime wave plaguing their fair... More >>

• Dine and Dashboard

  published March 29, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulThe American Automobile Association's Foundation for Traffic Safety released a study on March 16 that found nearly 20... More >>

• We Love to See You Smile From a Tree

  published March 22, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulRonald McDonald was lynched in Billings, Montana, on March 7. The 5-foot, solid-PVC clown in the bright-yellow jump suit... More >>

• 'NSync or 'NStynk?

  published March 15, 2001

  Two views of Bigger Than Live More >>

• Death Trap

  published March 15, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulThe Environmental News Service reports that a brown pelican was found dead by workers at the San Onofre nuclear power... More >>

• Breaking News!

  published March 15, 2001

  Illustration by Bob Aul This just in to Clockwork's Action Live Eyewitness Station of the People Storm Watch 2001 Desk:... More >>

• Cruz Control

  published March 1, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulWhich is richer with irony: Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante accidentally saying "nigger" at a Black History Month... More >>

• Californias Misadventures

  published February 22, 2001

  Disney fetes Californias diversity as Anaheim trashes it More >>

• End of Grays

  published February 22, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulArnold Schwarzenegger might seek the Republican Party nomination for governor of California in 2002, according to George... More >>

• Must-See MTV

  published February 15, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulClockwork recently pulled into the parking lot of a Costa Mesa hardware store, where we'd gone just before closing to... More >>

• One Hand Clapping

  published February 8, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulThe feds have launched an investigation into the toy rifles on Disneyland's Tom Sawyer Island following a freak accident... More >>

• Joan of Park

  published February 1, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulWow, that Joan Irvine Smith really knows how to draw a crowd. The Irvine family heiress made a rare public appearance at... More >>

• John G. Schmitz, In His Own Words

  published January 25, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulIn honor of John G. Schmitz's Jan. 10 passing at age 70, Clockwork turns this week's installment over to the... More >>

• Shut That Bitch Up!

  published January 18, 2001

  Tired of near-'round-the-clock yelping at the popular Huntington Beach Central Park bark park, eight neighbors claiming emotional distress have... More >>

• Trout Season

  published January 11, 2001

  Illustration by Bob AulThe rare, Southern California steelhead trout that is teeming in South Orange County's San Mateo Creek should be given... More >>

• Year in Review

  published January 4, 2001

  January NO NEWS IS, UH, NEWS? The millennium came and went at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1. Near as we can tell, we're still here. So is San... More >>

• Year in Review

  published January 4, 2001

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• The Year in Bits:July - December

  published January 4, 2001

  Illustrations by Bob AulJULY WEENIE ROAST The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council reported that Americans consumed a record... More >>