by | Jun 10, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from the NY Observer The Sultan of Stains By Spencer Morgan John Mahdessian prefers not to be called a dry cleaner. “That’s a fuckin’ insult,” he said, between pulls off a Marlboro Light on a recently Sunday morning. “That’s like calling a world-renowned surgeon a...
by | Jun 8, 2009 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from The LA Times Susan Farley / For The Times COLUMN ONE The typist’s tale of ‘Last Tycoon’ Years after ‘Gatsby,’ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s secretary got to witness the second act of an author who didn’t believe in them. By David...
by | Jun 1, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
MY COUSIN’S BAND IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM WINNING A NATIONAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITION ! http://www.VoteBeatnikJr.com My cousin Andy has been a struggling musician in L.A. for the past 3 1/2 years. Last month his band won the L. A. Hard Rock Cafe...
by | May 30, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from the Los Angeles Times American art gets a higher profile in U.S. museums TIM STREET-PORTER, THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY The Huntington Library’s early 20th century gallery features works of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Huntington, the Met and museums in...
by | May 24, 2009 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News, Los Angeles
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by | Apr 19, 2009 | Los Angeles
from the LA Times Gehry on L.A., art (and Gehry) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao,1997. Photo by ©David Heald, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York NOT THE MET: Gehry calls his Guggenheim Bilbao “an antidote to the Metropolitan Museum syndrome.” The book...
