On 28 September, Nobody Drives in LA's co-hosts and friends-of-show -- Eric Brightwell, Ivy Kwok, Kyle Rebar, and Rogelio Pardo -- hosted a panel at LA Comic-Con called LA Transit in Pop Culture. It was filmed by past-guest and friend-of-the-show, Alex Denney. Rogelio talked about Missing Persons's radio staple, "Walking in LA" and how it … Continue reading Nobody Drives in LA at LA Comic-Con: LA Transit in Pop Culture
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Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Historic Film Studios
The following was first published by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council as part of it's "Ask Silver Lake" column. "Ask Silver Lake" is dedicated to exploring the history of our community. If you have questions or ideas you'd like us to consider, please send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. Selig Polyscope in Edendale, 1910 We've received a … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Silver Lake’s Historic Film Studios
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Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
Thanks, in large part, to its proximity to many early film studios – Silver Lake has been home to numerous film stars since at least the 1910s. Not all of those stars were human. There was, for example, Tom Mix’s horse, Old Blue, who is rumored to be buried underneath the parking lot in front … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — Music Box Steps Day and Silver Lake’s Stair Stars of the Silver Screen
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Mapping Pee-Wee Herman in Los Angeles (and Beyond) on the Anniversary of Large Marge’s Passing (Which Should Probably Be Designated Pee-Wee Herman Day)
It was on 11 January 1974 -- every fan of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure knows -- that Large Marge died in the worst "accident" that many had ever seen. The sound of the crash was evocatively compared to that of "a garbage truck dropped off the Empire State Building." Ten years later, an apparently quinquagenarian truck … Continue reading Mapping Pee-Wee Herman in Los Angeles (and Beyond) on the Anniversary of Large Marge’s Passing (Which Should Probably Be Designated Pee-Wee Herman Day)
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Christmas Ghost Stories On Film
I'm not sure how widespread the practice of telling, reading, and watching ghost stories is on Christmas Eve, nor when it began. The custom appears to be almost unknown to most of my fellow Angelenos -- despite, you know, the most famous Christmas story, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, containing new fewer than four ghosts. … Continue reading Christmas Ghost Stories On Film
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Mother’s Day Movies
Mary Cassatt's After the Bath (circa 1901) The American Mother's Day was invented by Anna Jarvis in 1905, when her own mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Her mother's death proved the inspiration for a holiday and by 1908 others joined her in this macabre celebration.After five years of dedication to her obsession, Mother's Day was … Continue reading Mother’s Day Movies
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Fear of a black galaxy — Black people in science-fiction
Photo by JD Hancock The other day I was listening to the podcast The Auteur Cast. In discussing The Empire strikes back, one of the hosts used the character of Lando Calrissian to question why there are so few black people in science-fiction. It’s not a new question. In 1976, on the album Bicentennial Nigger, Richard … Continue reading Fear of a black galaxy — Black people in science-fiction
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Happy February — here’s your line-up of month-long observances and ways to celebrate with music, movies and games
IT'S FEBRUARY Gloomy Day 1565 by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder As with all of the months of the year, even short February is packed with its share month-long observances. There are well-known observances, obscure ones and frankly some ridiculous ones whose very existence annoys me. If you live somewhere with a temperate climate in the Northern … Continue reading Happy February — here’s your line-up of month-long observances and ways to celebrate with music, movies and games
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Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2011
I missed the opening date (Film Radar is my one source for all things cinematic happening in and around LA). Oh well, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival runs from April 28th till May 7th. The festival began in 1983 as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival back when Asian-American Cinema was … Continue reading Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2011
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — Japan Film Festival Los Angeles
The Japan Film Festival Los Angeles gets underway today with screenings in Hollywood, Irvine and Little Tokyo and goes until April 17th. Directors Kinshiro Ogino, Katsuhito Kobayashi, Kenji Kobayashi, Lisa Takeba, Hidetaka Inazuka and producer Shoichi Kawahara are scheduled to appear at various events. Click here to check out the website for scheduling, tickets … Continue reading Pan-Asian Metropolis — Japan Film Festival Los Angeles
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