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Think back—way back to the last century—when dot-com stock was worth more than the lint in your pocket, when Eminem was spelled M&M, when Napster was an unheard-of start-up. Even in the covered-wagon days of MP3 file sharing, there were ways to circumvent the banality of MTV and mainstream (or even public/college) radio. There still …
It's night in the city as a desperate man holes up inside the works of an enormous clock. Thirty-six hours ago, George Stroud (Ray Milland) was a respected, well-to-do magazine editor with a loving wife and son. Now he's a wanted man, on the run for a murder he didn't commit. Spun from a novel …
Jeanne RiceTim was a rare bird, guided by principles of love, beauty and honor. His ultimately humanitarian motivations are sure to be more pervasively recognized and appreciated in the echo of time. Some day you—or your descendants—will enjoy the luxury of removing your Tim McVeigh tribute from its present, safely encrypted confines. Regards, David Woodard …
Illustration by Bob AulThese are weighty days for Orange County apartment landlord George Argyros. Hoping his ambassador to Spain nomination sails to confirmation in the U.S. Senate, he is being investigated by the California attorney general for fraud and faces potentially ruinous civil lawsuits. You might think Argyros would be on his best behavior. Think …
Photo by Johan VogelSo you're up for a multimillion-dollar government contract, but you've got this problem: in less than a decade, you've racked up multiple fraud and bribery convictions. Your reputation among government investigators and prosecutors is beyond damage control. Are you in trouble? Not if you own Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC), a Burlingame, California-based …
So you're up for a multimillion-dollar government contract, but you've got this problem: in less than a decade, you've racked up multiple fraud and bribery convictions. Your reputation among government investigators and prosecutors is beyond damage control. Are you in trouble? Not if you own Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC), a Burlingame, California-based company working since …
Johnny Light—which is not his real name but rather the name he always gives when he must give a name and his own seems all too real—has perfect teeth. So perfect, in fact, that his dentist—keeper, tender and admirer of said specimens of dental correctness—recently called to ask if he could photograph Light's perfect teeth. …
Photo by Jeanne RiceOrange County Registerpublisher Chris Anderson was in such a great mood on April 2 he just had to share it with someone. Having just learned that Local 404 of the Graphic Communications Union had withdrawn its petition to unionize about 100 of his pressroom “associates,” Anderson typed this e-mail to his staff: …
Photo by Jeanne RiceOn one recent post card-perfect Southern California day—belly agrowl, brain in desperate need of coffee, my biggest dilemma being eating breakfast or lunch—I met my friend Mr. Laguna at Anastasia. Surrounded by a sidewalk verandah, Anastasia is two places in one: a restaurant that is funky and airy (earthy citrus colors; sleek, …
Over the course of their 40-year collaboration, producer Ismail Merchant, director James Ivory and writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala have earned what might be called a false reputation as boutique adapters of the world's great books. False because in their marrow, Ivory (born in Berkeley, California), Merchant (born in Bombay) and Jhabvala (born in Germany) are …
Photo by Keith MayAt the Top of the World, you can sit on a bench and watch the Pacific Ocean roll toward Laguna Beach. Or you can turn around and look into the deep, hazy crevasses that form Aliso Canyon. Then you can stand up, walk not quite 50 paces off the main paved trail, …
Illustration by Bob AulWe are all Derrideans now—sort of. The proof is last year's election. No one knows who “really” won. The truth of that election is one muddy mise en abyme. Analyze the thing all you want—and we keep analyzing: The Miami Herald's recent “recount,” despite the outrageously pacifying way it was headlined in …