In thinking about and working on a post covering one-album-wonders, I was reminded of a few single releases that were pseudonymously attributed to otherwise non-existent performers. Of course many musicians release music under stage names and a list of their releases would include the entire catalogs of everyone from David Bowie, to Elton John, to … Continue reading Pseu Pseu Pseudio – Pseudonymous Musical One-Offs
Month: November 2013
California Fool’s Gold — A Channel Islands Primer
WHO WOULD FLOAT ME TO MY ISLAND DREAM? -- THE CHANNEL ISLANDS On planet Earth there are at least two archipelagos known as “The Channel Islands.” Frankly, I'd be somewhat surprised if there aren't more. One is located in an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates France and the UK known in English as “The … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — A Channel Islands Primer
California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chesterfield Square
BLOW SOME MY WAY -- CHESTERFIELD SQUARE Chesterfield Square signs Chesterfield Square is without a doubt, one of Los Angeles’s most obscure neighborhoods. The obscurity is somewhat surprising given the neighborhood’s longstanding and dubious distinction of having the city’s and county’s highest violent crime rate pretty much month-after-month, year-after-year. As a matter of fact, though, … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Chesterfield Square
Nobody Drives in LA — Exploring the South Bay Metro Green Line Extension
With bicycles, buses, ferries, planes, rideshares, sidewalks, subways, taxis, and trains at Angelenos’ disposal, why would any sane person choose car dependency? Nobody Drives in LA celebrates sense and sensibility in transportation. One of Metro's highly anticipated metro rail projects is the South Bay Green Line Extension. The Green Line's current western terminus is Redondo Beach Station, located on … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA — Exploring the South Bay Metro Green Line Extension
In praise of the papoose – Happy Native American Heritage Month!
The term "papoose" in English refers to both young Native American children and their cradle board carriers. The word come to English from the Narragansett term papoòs. As evinced by the following historical photographs, cradle board carriers were once popular not just within the Alqonquin nation but throughout much of indigenous North America and maybe beyond. I don't … Continue reading In praise of the papoose – Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Eric Brightwell 