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Need to go to some cool websites? Try these for starters:
FRIENDS OF LYT
Poperratic - home of Jaye Barnes-Luckett and her band Poperratic (formerly ATE 13). Jaye is also in LYT's on-again/off-again band His Wife Bruce, and a longtime friend of director Lucky McKee.
Patrick Graham - Jokes, goood and bad, are the arsenal of Offpat Consulting
Cuz's Uptown BBQ - The best goddamn restaurant in the world, and I'd say that even if they weren't family
Road Dog - home of film-maker David "ghostboy" Lowery
Cinema Epoch/Greg Hatanaka - The makers of MAD COWGIRL.
Louis C.K. - Genius director of the brilliant movie "Tomorrow Night" and the not-so-brilliant "Pootie Tang." Buy his stand-up CD - it's well worth it.
Advice Goddess - Advice columnist/anti-SUV crusader Amy Alkon is in many ways even better at self-promotion than LYT...but no T-shirts yet!
sean (connery) - Think LYT's obsesed with toys and the like? Wait'll you meet Sean.
Matt Welch - one of the best damn freelance journalists in L.A., and certainly one of the most readable
Emmanuelle Richard - Matt's lovely bilingual wife
Roman Genn - Russian cartoonist who sounds drunk even when he isn't.
Corey Levitan - L.A.'s most disturbed freelancer
Cathy Seipp Archive - The late, great, mostly conservative columnist, gone too soon.
R. Pete Peterson Archive - Pete used to blog - seems to have given up.
Luke Ford "Your Moral Leader" - Keep reading -- you never know when he might utterly disintegrate before your eyes. Or maybe it's all an act? Only Cathy Seipp knows for sure.
Maia Lazar - World-traveling youngster.
Young Man Kang - The coolest-named Korean director ever.
Pat Saperstein - She's an editor at Variety, but what she really loves to do is review food.
Sarah Lassez - Beautiful, talented, and a true pleasure to act with.
Nancy Rommelmann - Claimed she'd stop blogging when she left L.A. Changed mind. Good for us.
CityBeat - Check out the film section for former New Times critic Andy Klein.
Douglas Dunning - The man, the myth...DOUGLAS!
Julia Carpenter - The star of "All Cheerleaders Die"
Mo-Freek/Kevin Ford - Kevin Ford and Angela Bettis are poised to be the next Hollywood power couple, whether they want to be or not.
Myles O'Reilly/Juno Falls - Acclaimed Irish rocker O'Reilly is a former elementary school classmate, and his band is kicking butt.
Dave White - Dave White is a fucking master wordsmith.
Ross Anthony - This guy always sits right behind or beside me at press screenings. I think he's stalking me.
AICN - Harry Knowles and Drew McWeeny seem to routinely ignore most of my scoops, but I always get along great with Drew when I run into him.
McFarlane - OK, I don't know Todd McFarlane personally, but his main PR guy Ken Reinstein is very cool.
Smythe's World - I believe his real last name is actually Smith. Hope that doesn't ruin the whole mystique.
Cinerati - a blog for the discussion of popular culture. Mostly by geeks.
David Ehrenstein's Fablog - David E. knows even more about old movies and shows than your average gay man.
Pererro - David N. Scott is "the Instapundit of boringness."
Justin Stone - Literary and screen giant Stone delivers free-form thoughts and stories like you've never seen.
Steve Davy - A total facking tossah who does CGI and stuff.
Geza Decsy - Film-maker whose name is actually pronounced "Gay-zuh Detch-ee."
Tony Pierce - The most famous bus rider in L.A. blogdom.
Matt Fulchiron - Another proud Sunset 5 alumnus.
James Avallone - The most crazily creative ex-marine I've ever known.
Rian Johnson - Director of the movie BRICK, and one smart/funny motherfucker.
Nate Nance - Liberal common sense -- plus porn reviews -- from Texas.
Tim McGarry Archive - He wanders L.A. landscapes and mindscapes, and can knock you on your ass. Seems to have stopped blogging.
Peggy C. - A regular commenter...now with regular comments!
No Shame Theater - Participatory performance, and a beer, for five bucks -- love it!!!
Joe Donnelly - He's got feelings too, man.
LifeLine Entertainment - Home of independent filmmaker Rocky Costanzo.
Jim "The Poorman" Trenton - The most-fired man in radio.
Glenn Gaslin - A pretty hilarious dude.
Matthew King's Unfiltered Thoughts - The man who created our site opines on stuff at his own blog.
Shane Ryan - A sensitive dude who accidentally got famous making fake snuff films.
FAN SITES
Douglas Dunning fan site - This DD fanatic is totally insane, and often flat-out lying...some would say that's appropriate.
Eddie Steeples fan sit - LYT's costar in LOST IN THE BUSH has many fans. Here's one.
Luke Ford fan site - Hasn't been update in a long time, but the archives are gold. Possibly a put-on...
If you know of any fan sites for LYT and/or friends that we've missed,
let us know!
LYT FASHION
Hot Topic -
WWE Shopzone - LYT gets most of his stylin' duds from the above stores.
Big 10 T-shirts - Makers of LYT-shirts, as well as officially licensed apparel for Gold's Gym and David Lee Roth
MOVIES
Movieguide/Dr. Ted Baehr - Right-wing Christian reviews of most of today's movies.
Dark Horizons - A pain in the ass to navigate nowadays, but there's decent news and rumors in there somewhere.
IMDB - The best Internet movie resource, bar none.
Rotten Tomatoes - Anthologizes reviews from all the major critics - be sure to check out their page on LYT!
MRQE - similar to Rotten Tomatoes, but no LYT, alas.
NC Independent - Get a North Carolina perspective on everything, including movies.
Movie City News - David Poland's main site, insanely and obsessively updated throughout the day.
Jeffrey Wells - David Poland's arch-nemesis. Or best pal. Hard to tell sometimes, but he also writes about me on occasion.
Moviefone - Showtimes and tickets, anywhere.
Film Threat - Chris Gore and Eric Campos keep it real. I don't trust anyone else on there, though.
Childcare Action Project/Rev. Thomas Carder - Another uptight Christian movie website which claims to be more "objective" than Movieguide.
Bloody Disgusting - The latest word in horror flicks.
MAD COWGIRL official movie site - LYT is co-first A.D. and a member of the principal cast in this feature film by Gregory Hatanaka
Superhero Hype - Comic-book movie news.
WICKED LAKE official site - LYT plays the part of "Half-Idiot" in Zach Passero's movie.
TOYS
Figures.com - Best action figure news site overall.
RTM - Has the best forums to talk about toys.
WrestlingFigs.com - All about wrestling toys.
Action-Figure - British toy site with news and reviews.
NECA - Homepage for the mad geniuses who make Hellraiser and Kill Bill action figures, among others.
SOTA - Homepage for the equally mad geniuses who make Riddick and Darkman action figures, among others.
Toy News International - Sometimes gets news first
POLITICS
Counterpunch/Alexander Cockburn - It's best to take some of the stuff on this site with a grain of salt, but if you're looking for hardcore leftist opinion that's as extreme as the likes of Hannity and Limbaugh (and occasionally as fact-challenged) on the opposite end, check it out.
Michael Moore - Fuck the Reps, I'm not disowning him
Orcinus - Liberal blog specializing in the analysis of extreme militia and fascist movements.
TBogg - Snarky lefty rants.
Sadly, No! - More snarky lefty rants.
AlterNet - Anthologizes some of the best progressive news and magazine stories nationwide.
Tom Tomorrow - Brilliant cartoonist, and not a bad blogger
L.A. Observed/Kevin Roderick - A good overview of L.A. media. Also the first major L.A. media site to link to me.
The Lefty Blogroll - a directory of left-leaning weblogs, including mine.
Altweeklies.com - Anthologizes the best features, reviews, and such from alternative weeklies, including the New Times papers.
Atrios - Aside from his stupid cat photos every Friday, Duncan Black is a master lefty blogger.
The Ultimate Warrior - deranged right-wing dementia from the mind of a former face-painted pro-wrestler.
Roy Edroso's Alicublog - He reads the right-wing blogs so you don't have to, and skewers them with glee.
Marc Cooper - The L.A. Weekly's disgruntled, Democrat-bashing leftist.
Media Matters for America - ex-Republican David Brock comprehensively fact-checks the right-wing media
Daily KOS - The most infamous militant liberal Democrat online.
L.A. Times Opinion Blog - Easy blog-style links to LAT and other editorials, plus talkback.
VILLAGE VOICE MEDIA PAPERS
L.A. Weekly - I write here sometimes.
Check the journal section every Thursday, and
we'll keep you apprised of what reviews are running where. Eventually,
there may be some new reviews exclusive to LYTrules.com.
Think your link should be here? Go post it on the message board, and
you could see it added within days!
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