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Photo by Jack GouldMonique leans halfway in through the doorway of my store to scope the attractive customers. Then he leans halfway out to take a drag on his cigarette. Monique is a man—a 6-foot, 120-pound, black transvestite. He seems to have his eye on somebody, but when I raise my eyebrows in suggestive inquiry, …
The lights dim and the curtain opens, revealing a gorgeous Chinese countryside. Suddenly, swordsmen fly through the sky and beautiful women exchange bone-crushing blows. This is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a sweeping Asian action film of the wu xia(martial chivalry) variety that has become a modest box-office success in a fairly xenophobic industry. Director Ang …
Sugarcult/Cheswick/Fish People Chain Reaction Saturday, Jan. 6 Back from our long holiday weekend, during which we rang in 2001 in the squashed confines of Times Square, watching an endless cacophony of tanked-up people as they barfed and peed all over themselves—fun! Still, it was certainly nice to leave freezing NYC and return to our normal, …
Photos by Jack Gould (left) and AP Wide WorldLooking back on the year just ending, the spookiest thing—eerier even than the Supreme Court playing Junta for a Day with the election—is how much President-elect George DUI Bush looks like Elian Gonzalez. The look works on Elian. He's—what?—7 years old and has been through shipwreck and …
Illustrations by Bob AulJANUARY 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 Antonio, Texas-based, global telecommunications giant SBC Communications, which felt obliged to press release us on Jan. 2 to say so. “SBC employees monitored the …
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 Antonio, Texas-based, global telecommunications giant SBC Communications, which felt obliged to press release us on Jan. 2 to say so. “SBC employees monitored the network and supporting …
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 Antonio, Texas-based, global telecommunications giant SBC Communications, which felt obliged to press release us on Jan. 2 to say so. “SBC employees monitored the network and supporting …
Photo by Jeanne RiceA quick look around Super Hero's reveals it's a very new restaurant: the paint's still shiny, the counters are absolutely spotless, and the gargantuan fish tank is curiously empty because they haven't gotten around to buying the fish yet. But try a sandwich, and you'd think they've been in business for years. …
We at the OC Weekly DataLab understand how difficult it is to shop for Dad. To make your job easier, we conducted a series of rigorous studies to determine the best gifts for the big guy. Our results indicate that dads fall into four main shopping categories, which we've outlined below, along with each of …
In its editorial “Safeguarding the Vote,” The Orange County Register wrote that nothing was more critical in an election than an accurate accounting of the people's will as expressed at the ballot box. Too bad if “seeking the truth” upset some political interests, the paper opined. “Any investigation, whether by local authorities, the state or …
Photo by Jack GouldHasn't it been fun watching Jim Baker's head practically explode as he demands that Al Gore concede, forthwith, immediately and now? Isn't it funny what bullies the Bush camp have become —screaming spittle-a-flyin' for an end to the madness—when the overseas ballots aren't even in yet? Doesn't that seem a bit disingenuous …
In the odd limbo of an undecided presidential election, Samuel Beckett's existential mind-bender Waiting for Godot feels particularly appropriate. Does life have a purpose? Do we merely occupy ourselves with meaningless tasks in a vain attempt to fill the void of our existence? If corn oil is made from corn and olive oil from olives, …