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  • Lili Singer at the Theodore Payne Foundation
    Home Movies, Fine Dining in Santa Clarita, and more - Off-Ramp 10-9-10
    Home Movie Day arrives in LA ... Mark Peel dispenses food wisdom ... Santa Clarita: cuisine destination? ... Athol Fugard's new play, "The Train Driver" ... Arthur Fiedler throws parsley, Mark Peel is surprised ...
  • Why is this man smiling? Because he's LACMA's Michael Govan, and he has an acre of floor space to play with in the new Resnick Pavilion.
    An Acre of Art on the Radio - Off-Ramp 10-2-10
    LACMA's huge new Resnick Pavilion ... Lou Adler on The Painted Turtle and his talent ... muralist Siqueiros did landscapes, too ... skeletons in the closet? a German baron has mummies in his crypt ... meet This Old House, finally coming to LA ...
  • Local pop historian Charles Phoenix, breakfasting at Clifton's Brookside Cafeteria, 2009.
    Under New Management - Off-Ramp for 9/25/2010
    Clifton's Cafeteria gets a new operator who promises to revamp gently ... the Mann Bros in LA ... Barry Cutler remembers THE Kevin McCarthy ... Sacred Fools' 14th Season ... Mark Peel on the best table in the house ... CyberFrequencies ... John Cale on Paris 1919 ...
  • A man who appears to be Sacred Fools director Kiff Scholl at the company's season opening party.
    Sacred Fools' 14th Season - Special Podcast for 9-20-2010
    KPCC's John Rabe interviews members of The Sacred Fools Theatre Company about their 14th season and their mission to fully exploit the theatrical medium.
  • John Rabe's personal "Jerry Brown for Governor" tie. We don't know if it came in other colors, but then again, why would it?
    Eat Pray Love On Off-Ramp for 9-11-2010
    CyberFrequencies ... chef Mark Peel joins Off-Ramp ... Jerry Brown Parody Ads ... Dan Walters on 50 years in newspapers ... An East LA polleria that observes strict Muslim dietary laws ... The Roving Archers ... Lou Adler and The Fabulous Stains ... Do we have just one true love in our lives?
  • Off-Ramp on Celebrity & Celebs on Off-Ramp - 9-4-10
    Actor Christopher Murray on life with father (Don Murray) ... RH Greene on Mel Gibson, before the fall ... Dinner Party Download ... kids who get back-to-school supplies at the Salvation Army ... Ellington singer Herb Jeffries ... Lou Adler on sitting with Jack and discovering Cheech and Chong ... Jonathan Gold and Rick Bayless have a Mexican Food Fight.
  • How Hot Is It, Columbo? Off-Ramp 8-28-2010
    The Off-Ramp TemperaTour ... CyberFrequencies and life on the web ... Lou Adler on Monterey Pop ... Burning Man vets ... the historical Arab roots of Ground Zero ... Wm Link, Columbo's co-creator, speaks!
  • Columbo co-creator William Link - Off-Ramp 8-23-2010
    Wm Link talks with Off-Ramp's John Rabe about Columbo.
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