DIANE HILDEBRAND - EARLY MORNING BLUES AND GREENS (1967) It's surprisingly hard to find much information online about singer-songwriter Diane Hildebrand, who was a professional songwriter who penned numbers for none other than The Monkees and released a single, wonderful solo album in the 1960s. Hildebrand was apparently about eighteen when one of her compositions, "I'm On My … Continue reading One album wonders: Diane Hildebrand’s Early Morning Blues and Greens
Month: October 2014
California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Westlake, Garden Spot of the Old Westside
INTRODUCTION TO WESTLAKE Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's oil paint map of Westlake -- currently misplaced so no art prints or merchandise available Los Angeles's Westlake neighborhood is home to more people than the entire populations of well-known California cities like Berkeley, Inglewood, Burbank, Compton, Santa Monica, and Santa Barbara. In fact, the neighborhood and Pico-Union … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Westlake, Garden Spot of the Old Westside
Swinging Doors — The Cat & Fiddle
Pour one out for the Cat & Fiddle -- another pub lost in the Southland... Somewhere I don't want to be If in the bar of your dreams every centimeter of wall (and ceiling) space is covered with banks of televisions flashing seizure-inducing commercials unblinkingly stared at by backwards-capped man-children guzzling plastic pitchers of thin macrobrew … Continue reading Swinging Doors — The Cat & Fiddle
Happy Discovery Day — Real Geographic Discoveries of the Modern Age
I will not make the argument that Columbus's arrival in the New World was insignificant merely because he was an absolutely awful person or because he didn't actually discover anything (which he himself maintained, claiming until his death that he'd merely found a different route to Asia). But think about this before you dismiss -- … Continue reading Happy Discovery Day — Real Geographic Discoveries of the Modern Age
Pop-Up Broadway: Exploring L.A.’s Original Great Street
Mayor Garcetti's first executive direction was the launch of the Great Streets program. The first batch of said streets are located throughout almost every region of the city, but especially within the San Fernando Valley, where four of the fifteen streets are located. None of the streets in question are located in Downtown Los Angeles, … Continue reading Pop-Up Broadway: Exploring L.A.’s Original Great Street
Introduction to Subcultural Anthropology: Minet
As a fan of fashion, youth subculture, and the 1960s, at some point I was bound to be made aware of the French minet subculture. Obviously, since I'm writing about it, that momentous occasion has arrived at some point in my past. I can't remember when or where it occurred (the internet is a safe bet) … Continue reading Introduction to Subcultural Anthropology: Minet
Eric Brightwell 