Karina Longworth at SF Weekly: Film director Sofia Coppola’s journey to “Somewhere” It is an official landmark, No. 151 on the city’s list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. In contemporary pop culture, it’s a symbol of Peak L.A. — a concentrated dose of a certain fantasy version of this city’s secret life. Jeff Prince at Fort Worth …
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Rotting Spindles
Terrence McNally at The Journal: Dead At 45 Since 2008, the factory, once employing over 200 people, has been managed by a skeleton crew charged with maintaining functions at a bare minimum should the unlikely occur — a restart of the plant’s massive five-story boiler. Gregory B. Hladky at the Hartford Advocate: Maybe If Enough …
Blue Wrinkles
Andisheh Nouraee at Creative Loafing: Why is there political violence in Thailand? The vacation dreams of countless American hipsters and trustafarians heading to Asia are all Phuk’d up now that Thailand’s political crisis has gotten mean and violent. Sam Wardle at Indy Week: Tom Tancredo’s second coming After the appearance, Tancredo rolled through conservative media …
