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Erik Sanko, left, former Lounge Lizards bassist and New York City puppet-maker, and Jessica Grindstaff, right, have created a macabre Edward Gorey-meets-Tim Burton marionette spectacle called The Fortune Teller. It will have its West Coast debut at UCLA Live, featuring a score by Danny Elfman. Sept. 17, 2007. Photographed in their New York home. Photographer: Robert Caplin For The LA Times