| | | Big-Wave Surfing's Swell Guys BY CHASEN MARSHALL  Corky Crandal is standing on a dock, loading the last of the equipment into his boat, when five federales come striding toward him. Each one is carrying an assault rifle. He knows what they're going to say before they say it. "The marina is closed," the one in front of the pack declares in English. Crandal continues to load, acting as though he doesn't notice or hear them. It's nearly 5:30 a.m. in late December 2007 at a hotel marina in the Baja California port town of Ensenada. Waves are crashing into the marina's rock jetty, filling the still-dark skies with a thunderous roar and a thick layer of mist. Crandal appears to be sweating as he hands the last of seven surfboards to his son, C... more >>
| | | | | | | | Gang of Four Are Leeds Lads Live! BY JEFF STRATTON  Three distinct waves of rock bands have copied Gang of Four's sound, almost all of them lifting Andy Gill's slicing guitar riffs like generations of rappers co-opting off P-Funk bass lines. "It makes me laugh," the 54-year-old says with a chuckle from his home/studio compound in downtown London. "A certain hollow laughter. Laughter in the dark." Most recently, he says, Bloc Party and the Rapture... more >> | | | | | | | | Roots Gourmet for the Home Team BY EDWIN GOEI  Roots Gourmet is hard to pigeonhole. Is it a coffee joint or a sandwich shop? Is it a Latin restaurant that serves vegan food or a dessert place that does juice? To describe it as all of the above is the same as not describing it at all. The 4-month-old eatery takes residence at a corner spot in a breezy commercial center where Trader Joe's does brisk business and boats dock at a marina less than... more >> | | | | | | | | Liam Neeson Has Cognitive Dissonance BY NICK SCHAGER  To age brutishly is Liam Neeson's apparent career goal—with Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team and now Unknown, the actor continues to follow the Nicolas Cage path from respected thespian to big-budget ass-kicker. In this tepid thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan), Neeson is Dr. Martin Harris, who, after arriving in Berlin to attend a biotech conference with his wife, Elizabeth (J... more >> | | | | | | Heard Mentality ? It's time again for the annual Ragga Muffins Festival to take over Long Beach--and this year, the festival is dedicated to Bob Marley, who passed nearly 30 years ago (yes, ... Navel Gazing Corky Crandal and crew like to get away from the surfing crowds. When a good swell comes into town, instead of heading to the Huntington Beach Pier or the jetties in Newport Beach, they pack up ... Stick a Fork In It This week on Dueling Dishes, we compare and contrast the golden fried birds from BBQ Chicken versus that from Pizza & Chicken Love Letter, the two preeminent Korean fried chicken chains in ... | | | | |
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