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Off-Ramp
Hosted by John Rabe

Exploring Southern California with John Rabe

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  • Los Angeles, August 20, 2008.
    Off-Ramp's Celebrity "Night Before Christmas" - 12-18-2010
    Your favorite celebrities read "The Night Before Christmas" for Off-Ramp ... "Andy Rooney" doesn't like Christmas ... Marc Haefele pays tribute to author James Salter ... EatLA and Craft Beer ... Judy Chicago treats Frida Kahlo like an artist in her new book ... Life isn't easy as Isaac Haille Selassie ... Black Facts and Wax museum ...
  • Kristen Wheatley (left), Jeff Reichmann and Gale Borden sample a giant snow cone on March 3, 1964 at their school.
    Lamont Dozier's "Infidelity Song" on Dec 11 Off-Ramp
    Lamont Dozier on writing "How Sweet It Is," "Stop in the Name of Love," and "Sugarpie, Honeybunch" ... Dinner Party Download ... Downtown Women's Center's New Home ... Van Dyke Parks, American composer ... B'way Deli closes ...
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  • Off-Ramp for July 25, 2009
    Return to DooDah ... Dandelion Wine Rewound ... Garden Envy
  • Off-Ramp for July 18, 2009
    Julius Shulman RIP ... Biking to Tennessee ... Take the TemperaTour ... Father Boyle on Homeboy Industries ... CyberFrequencies on Kindergarten bloggers
  • Off-Ramp for Jul 11, 2009
    CyberFrequencies on Palin enemies list ... Wayne White, artist, banjoist, new Oldham book ... last silent movie organist dies ... living Chicano rock history ... Dinner Party Download on Ali
  • Off-Ramp for Jul 04, 2009
    Malden, RIP ... Medical Pot via Twitter ... Razorcake Lives ... Virtual AnimeExpo ... Bratton Changes Cop-Godzilla Paradigm
  • Off-Ramp for Jun 27, 2009
    Boxer Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola speaks ... How the Hammer Museum will spend $1,000,000 ... Garrison Keillor reads a love sonnet.
  • Off-Ramp for June 20, 2009
    Garrison Keillor on Jesse Ventura ... OCMA's picture problems ... another episode of Cyber Frequencies ... Chris Ames takes on Santa Ana.
  • Off-Ramp for Jun 13, 2009
    The documentary "The Ashes of Oakridge" takes us to a mobile home park in Sylmar devastated by wildfires.
  • Off-Ramp for Jun 06, 2009
    What happens to comics and crosswords if newspapers die? Plus, billboard art, Eric Garcetti's first career, Norwegian datarock, the new waltzmeister, and a woodworking icon remembered. Enjoy!
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