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WEB EXCLUSIVE
The Final Moments of Elliott Smith’s Life: The singer's autopsy reveals details of an argument with his girlfriend. By Christine Pelisek

Two Against One: Teenage Love and Murder in Redlands
When Kelly Bullwinkle took Kinzie Noordman to her senior prom, it could have been the start of something positive for the 17-year-old animal lover who was just starting to figure out who she was and what she wanted from life. Instead, the prom kicked off a long, hot summer of love triangles, jealousies, betrayals and drug use that ended with Noordman and friend Damien Guerrero killing Bullwinkle and leaving her body in a shallow grave. Noordman and Guerrero say it was a practical joke gone awry. With the two alleged teen murderers facing a possible death sentence, nobody is laughing.
BY CHRISTINE PELISEK

News

Scream IV: Despite what Arnold Schwarzenegger is saying this week, trust us, taxes are going up. BY BILL BRADLEY

Music Industry Puts Troops in the Streets: The Recording Industry Association of America is resorting to raids on street vendors in the war on illegal CDs. BY BEN SULLIVAN

War on Wardrobes: The LAPD’s wild idea for controlling street demonstrations: Ban ski masks. ROBERT GREENE checks out the key wardrobe component of anarchists — and a nagging civil liberties question or two.

Second and Long: Time for the retrial of the Inglewood cop accused in a videotaped beating case. A look at the troubled case, and what it will take for District Attorney Steve Cooley to redeem his first loss. BY JEFFREY ANDERSON

Exiled by Love: Immigration law does not look kindly on gays and lesbians who fall in love with foreigners. Things could change, but don’t hold your breath. BY JENNY HONTZ



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A CONSIDERABLE TOWN
Why Is He Pointing Like That? MICHELLE
HUNEVEN witnesses the worst kind of road rage.

CONSIDERABLE PEOPLE
CHRISTINE PELISEK gets Remote with DVD don Jason Roe.

DISSONANCE
The Democrats aren’t going to like this. MARC COOPER analyzes a ZIP-code-by-ZIP-code report on campaign contributions.

QUARK SOUP
Mars attack: MARGARET WERTHEIM on the fiction and the reality of NASA’s Spirit rover.

ROCKIE HOROSCOPE


FILM
Tales from the Vienna ’hoods: SCOTT FOUNDAS on Dog Days and the new Austrian cinema.

Dark victory: ELLA TAYLOR revisits The Battle of Algiers and the histories we’re doomed to repeat.

Dragon’s daughter: Anna May Wong simmers at center of UCLA retrospective. BY SANDI TAN

BOX POPULI
Dykes on bikers — and other queer stories from Showtime’s The L Word.
BY BRENDAN BERNHARD

DYER ON BOOKS
Revelations: GEOFF DYER on the best
photography books from the past year.

ART
Heavy petting: Artist Tracy Nakayama portrays hot sex from a feminine point of view. BY ARTY NELSON

THEATER
New York marquee: STEVEN MIKULAN on what’s playing in the big town.

MUSIC
Ten years after: Campfire Girls return from the near-dead. BY SEVEN McDONALD

Doheny: Shapeshifting cults and great rock songs. BY PAUL ROGERS

LIVE IN L.A.
Performance Reviews: The Polyphonic Spree; Aerosmith, Kiss; goodbye, Rick Van Santen.

A LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC
2003 highlights: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, John Adams, William Bolcom, Unsuk Chin and more. BY ALAN RICH

STYLE
Thoroughly modern living: RON MEYERS sorts the modernist from the modern fashion victim.

COMICS
"BEK," BY BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN


RESTAURANTS
Counter Intelligence: Mission 261 . . . accomplished. BY JONATHAN GOLD

ASK MR. GOLD
Hide and go sushi. BY JONATHAN GOLD

Where to Eat Now
A list of favorite restaurants compiled by JONATHAN GOLD and MICHELLE HUNEVEN.



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