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Hosted by John Rabe

Exploring Southern California with John Rabe

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  • Off-Ramp for May 5, 2007
    Going BioDiesel; BioDiesel My Ride; Trolling for Oil; Vegging Out; Spiny Forest; Slide Show'n'Tell; Longing for Llano; Hungary for Sausage; Double Jeopardy; Fast Food Dude-Revisited; Theater LAndscape; Reporter's Roundtable
  • Special thanks to cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz for plugging our little show in his nationally distributed comic strip, La Cucaracha.
    Off-Ramp for April 21, 2007
    Off-Ramp to the I.E. Special thanks to cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz for plugging our little show in his nationally distributed comic strip, La Cucaracha (click "enlarge" to see.) This week, Off-Ramp explores the Inland Empire. The nation's fastest growing community is home to one of the world's oldest orange trees, Chick-fil-A and more. Next week, Off-Ramp will be broadcasting live from LA Times Festival of Books. We'll be at Dickson Court North, Zone F, booth 601. Come vist, we'd love to meet you. -John (and Queena)
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  • Julian Bermudez and husband John Rabe -- in safety glasses -- drinking beer at the "This Old House" wrap party in Silverlake. This week on Off-Ramp, the show's experts give you their top renovation tips, and tell you what they learned working in LA.
    Why the Blue Line Kills - Off-Ramp 2-26-2011
    LA's Blue Line the most dangerous rail line in the US ... EatLA on the best sausage in LA ... the lonely wolverine ... home renovation advice from Kevin, Norm, and Richard of This Old House ... Dinner Party Download ...
  • The Harlem "Rens," world champions of 1939.
    Kareem's new movie -- Off-Ramp 2-19-2011
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's doc on 1930's all-black basketball champions ... See Richard Run - but for/from what? ... CyberFrequencies on The Social Network ... Death warmed over is good ... butterflies in your backyard and flowers at Customs ... Meet Mr. Lincoln ...
  • Whose legs these are, I think I know. Her home is in the Valley, though. (Gloria Pall had great gams and was voted best cleavage by soldiers, and she shocked all decent minded busybodies in the 1950s with her movie show, as Voluptua.
    Love, digging and dinner for Off-Ramp for 2-12-11
    Does true love exist? Can you dig safely out a million pounds of dirt from under your house? Can you win a dinner party in 8 and a half minutes?
  • Tony Curtis, Carol Burnett and Cary Grant enjoying themselves at Hollywood Park in May 1978.
    The Richest You've Ever Been - Off-Ramp 2-5-11
    Hank Rosenfeld asks people, "What's the Richest You've Ever Been?" ... A Life of Crime - How the Scam Works ... EatLA: Happy Hours ... New Music Night at the Crawford Family Forum ... English Dracula v. Spanish Dracula ... the Car Culture and the SoCal Economy ... is the 14th District Council race about to go nuclear? ...
  • Wayne White with Pee Wee Herman, many years ago. That's Wayne on the right. He's got a one-man stage show at Largo at the Coronet February 1.
    One Man Show with Banjo - Off-Ramp 1-29-11
    Wayne White's one man stage show ... Hard Times goes to South Central ... Dinner Party Download ... Vang Pao -- Arlington bound? ... Pluto's Assassin ... LA Phil and Dudamel go to Europe ...
  • An original "Quest for Fire" poster, from 1981
    30 Years of "Quest for Fire" - Off-Ramp 1-22-11
    Ron Perlman and Nameer El-Kadi on "Quest for Fire," one of their most demanding films ... Vietnamese cuisine from North to South ... getting through Hard Times with Pasadena's Union Rescue Mission ... personal finance for kids ... mobile murals ... Mark Peel says, "Skip culinary school." ... Pacific Serenades marks 25th year of chamber music with piece by Army major ... This Old House in Silverlake
  • Quest for Fire movie poster.
    Do I dare to eat a bug? -- "Quest for Fire" turns 30 - Off-Ramp 1/20/2011
    Ron Perlman and Nameer El-Kadi tell Off-Ramp's John Rabe about their first movie: 1981's "Quest for Fire," a landmark film about human life on Earth 80,000 years ago.
  • John Rabe casually persuses Graham Moore's debut novel.
    The Hole Under My House - Off-Ramp 1-15-2011
    Why did he dig a cavern under his house? ... Mac Davis: "And then I wrote..." ... Making Merguez with Farid Zadi ... Graham Moore, 28-year old author of "The Sherlockian" ... Dale Hoppert: "Leave the snow where it is!" ... Two OCMA artists who say "Touch my art!" ... Steve Lopez and the real lesson of the Arizona rampage ...
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