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British writer created Rumpole
John Mortimer, a British lawyer and writer who created the character Horace Rumpole, a disheveled barrister memorably featured in the popular television series "Rumpole of the Bailey," died Friday at his home in Oxfordshire, England. He was 85. The cause...Tags: Celebrities, England, Criminals, Alec Guinness, Dining and Drinking
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Evan Wright: Going where the wild things are
For most people, spending time with a violent, Tabasco-guzzling Oregon anarchist, a teenage member of the Aryan Brotherhood, opera-loving lawyers whose dog fatally mauled an innocent woman and an eternally wired, drugged-out Hollywood agent would not be...Tags: HBO (tv network), Homes, Television, Crime, Law and Justice, Mark Twain
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Manchester's new, true grit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterManchester, England If you live in Los Angeles long enough, you forget how intoxicating height can be. Here I was, 23 stories up in the coolest new hotel in northwestern England, looking across several counties and several centuries. The bar at the...Tags: Fashion Shows, Hotels and Accommodations, Anthony Burgess, Movies, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon)
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A crucial chapter for the storied Chelsea Hotel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Chelsea Hotel had a beleaguered look. A tenant had draped several banners across the legendary establishment's red brick facade: "Stanley Bard is my hero," one banner proclaimed. The signs referred to the hotel's part-owner and longtime manager who...Tags: Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Janis Joplin, Hotels and Accommodations, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York)
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Author Jeff Gordinier won't let Gen-X go down without a fight
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThese days, with a recession on the way, housing prices tanking, the Dow out of control and an unpopular war that won't seem to end, a lot of Americans are feeling uneasy and confused. Recent surveys show a majority think the nation is on what pollsters...Tags: Periodicals, Children, Miss Teen USA, Norman Mailer, Molly Ringwald
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'American Hardcore'
![It's counter-intuitive to think you can cobble together a narrative out of anarchy, but filmmaker Paul Rachman manages to pull it off with "American Hardcore," a documentary exploring the 1980-86 formative years of the American hard-core punk scene spawned primarily in suburban Southern California.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-09/25633250.jpg "It's counter-intuitive to think you can cobble together a narrative out of anarchy, but filmmaker Paul Rachman manages to pull it off with "American Hardcore,\" a documentary exploring the 1980-86 formative years of the American hard-core punk scene spawned primarily in suburban Southern California.")
Times Staff WriterIt's counter-intuitive to think you can cobble together a narrative out of anarchy, but filmmaker Paul Rachman manages to pull it off with "American Hardcore," a documentary exploring the 1980-86 formative years of the American hard-core punk scene...Tags: Henry Rollins, Sony Corp., Washington, DC, Sex, Documentary (genre)
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It's coming 'round again
Special to The TimesWomen dressed in punk-rock T-shirts, short skirts and fishnets skate menacingly, clacking loudly on concrete as they turn circles at breakneck speed. They shriek, bump, talk trash and shove each other to the ground, all in the name of thrills (and spills)...Tags: Toy Industry, Trips and Vacations, Biology, Toys, Death
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British by night in L.A.
Special to The TimesTestifying to the ongoing Invasion, the kingdom's sounds enliven clubs and Angelenos find a cultural kinship. In a town where you can practically dance to the beat of the boom-bust cycle, and six months is a good run for a club night, one part of the...Tags: Fashion Shows, Eyewear, Gang Activity, Moscow (Russia), Starbucks Corp.
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Fashionable Entrance
Forward march back in time
Exploring the fringes of today's folk scene is often like stepping into the Wayback Machine. Press one button, and you're in a forest, swaying gently to an acoustic guitar. Press another, and you're in a room staring at black-...Tags: Music Industry, Death
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Cocktails to nibble, drink
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou have every reason to throw a party. There are signs of diplomatic progress in North Korea, America's Team is undefeated, and both the Sex Pistols and Spice Girls are getting back together (though not to form one band). But the best reason of all is...Tags: Restaurants, Hotels and Accommodations, Limes, Dining and Drinking, New York
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Ron Asheton dies at 60; guitarist for pioneering punk band the Stooges
Ron Asheton, whose scorching and energetic guitar work behind singer Iggy Pop in the Michigan punk band the Stooges established a new model of raw emotion for a succeeding generation of punk, grunge and alternative rockers, has died. He was 60.
Asheton's...Tags: Washington, DC, The Stooges (music group), New York, Mick Jagger, Death
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'A Voyage Round John Mortimer' by Valerie Grove
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJune 25, 2008 Emotionally, William Butler Yeats was a 19th century man, and so his famous dictum that the creative soul must seek "perfection in the life or in the work" once seemed not only practical but also wise. What would the arch-poet have made,...Tags: Biography (genre), England, Adultery, Television, Family
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