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The Wild Animals of Los Angeles

50,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch, Los Angeles was home to mammoths, giant sloths, saber-tooth tigers and dire wolves. These…

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The Wild Animals of Los Angeles

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Peter Gabriel Was My Therapy Soundtrack

I was 28 and living in San Francisco when my girlfriend of two years broke up with me. She didn’t tell me in person. Instead, she slipped a…

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Peter Gabriel Was My Therapy Soundtrack

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Elvis Perkins Made Music to Overcome Tragedy

On September 11, 2001, Berry Berenson-Perkins was heading home to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11. She was among the 92…

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Elvis Perkins Made Music to Overcome Tragedy

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The Man Who Wrote Citizen Kane

Herman Mankiewicz was a tough-talking, wisecracking screenwriter who despised sentimentality. When Warner Brothers insisted he write a Rin…

Sep 23

The Man Who Wrote Citizen Kane

Sep 23

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Picture Palace

The Movie That Killed John Wayne

In June 1954, a Hollywood cast and crew flew to Saint George, Utah to make the movie The Conqueror starring John Wayne. The film was…

Sep 19

The Movie That Killed John Wayne

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RiverRhythms

The Lost Art of the Mix Tape

There are many reasons to make a music mix tape. To win the love of someone, to make a soundtrack for a long road trip, to help a friend…

Sep 12

The Lost Art of the Mix Tape

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RiverRhythms

The Genesis of Phil Collins

In the summer of 1970, 19-year old drummer Phil Collins was looking to join a band. He’d recently played percussion on George Harrison’s…

Sep 9

The Genesis of Phil Collins

Sep 9

Loren Kantor

Dealing With Online Trolls

I recently made the mistake of stepping into the snares of an online troll. I was reading a political op-ed with an anti-Trump perspective…

Sep 8

Dealing With Online Trolls

Sep 8

Loren Kantor

Remembering My Grandpa Al

My Grandpa Al loved to tell the story about his first job at age 16 working at a Brooklyn hospital. One day he was asked to carry a…

Sep 3

Remembering My Grandpa Al

Sep 3

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RiverRhythms

Daniel Johnston, Unlikely Rock Star

Daniel Johnston’s origin story is the stuff of legend. In his early twenties, he worked as a cashier at a Houston-area McDonald’s. He gave…

Sep 2

Daniel Johnston, Unlikely Rock Star

Sep 2

Loren Kantor

Loren Kantor

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Loren is a writer and woodcut artist based in Los Angeles. He teaches printmaking and creative writing to kids and adults.

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