Short Takes

A Blood Transfusion from Charli XCX
Angel #270, Annika Gavlak, attends the “Brat” promo at Brain Dead Studios to find out how Charli XCX is feeling now.
May 16
It Was as If We Had Won: In Memory of Alice Munro
Ellie Eberlee reflects on a momentous loss for the international literary community, and for the world at large.
May 15
“Who’s Eve Babitz?”
Paul Thompson scratches the surface of Eve Babitz’s Los Angeles on the occasion of her birthday.
May 13
Mothers and Daughters and Sons, Oh My!
Mother’s Day inspires Emily Quintanilla to revisit Azarin Sadegh’s review of “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the...
May 12
Coloring Outside Your Guidelines
A. J. Urquidi asks, “Who’s punk? What’s the score?” to a bunch of rad nerds at Cal State Fullerton’s PunkCon 3.
May 11
Most Valuable Pfeiffer
Brandon Sward wades through spectral sports audio in search of that yummy-yum at Paul Pfeiffer’s retrospective at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary.
May 8
All’s Fair at the Ren Faire
Brittany Menjivar forgoes turkey legs and opts instead for a taste of pulled pork and momento mori at the Renaissance Faire.
May 2
Melody from Noise
Copydesk chief A. J. Urquidi ponders urban doom loops, world peace, and sacred riffage at the Helmet and Cro-Mags show in Los Angeles.
May 1
Perfectly Acceptable Adult Rage
Emily VanKoughnett cuts through the exquisite bullshit and watches Mannequin Pussy create a kind of heaven at the Fonda Theatre.
Apr 30
IKEA Panacea
Emily Ann Zisko discovers a cure-all for commercialism, consumerism and c-loneliness at the Burbank IKEA residency exhibition.
Apr 26
Being Free, Being Faithful, Being Responsible for Extinction
Kate Sadoff, surrounded by fruiting L.A. bodies, ponders the fungus among us at Jennifer Croft’s “Extinction of Irena Rey” reading in Brentwood.
Apr 25
Voices from the Borderlands
The recent outpouring of literary works from Latin America leads Emily Quintanilla to unearth Dick Cluster’s profile of Texas’s own FlowerSong Press...
Apr 24
Who Does and Doesn’t Belong on Everest?
Your climbing guide Kate Sadoff offers you a “peak” at the release reading of Will Cockrell’s “Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an...
Apr 23
Hello Gorgeous
Maya Chen attends “Funny Girl” to find the music that makes her dance, even with a sprained ankle.
Apr 22
A Network of Machines Speaking Only with Each Other
Office-core hyperobjects give Chase Bucklew the technocreeps at Katherine Behar’s UC Irvine solo exhibition.
Apr 19
Jazz Friends
Jazz group Outside World leads Tosten Burks to self-reflection at their Hollywood release show.
Apr 18