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BACKYARD VIOLENCE KNOCKS SILVER LAKE ON ITS ASS

By | September 2002

On September 14th, “The Backyard” director Paul Hough brought with him a few friends to the splendorous Vista Theatre in Los Angeles to teach the hipper-than-thou Silver Lake crowd what it means to engage in a little backyard wrassling…

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