Brian Eno is probably the most recognizable music producer of the last 25 years. Using his signature "ambient" sound - dense, yet unobtrusive, layers of instrumentation - Eno's shaped the sounds of David Bowie, Devo, U2, and Coldplay. Now, he's channeling his creativity into a visual medium: he's brought his kaleidoscopic video installation "77 Million Paintings" to CSULB's University Art Museum. Here are some selections from the news conference he held 9/25/2009. Come inside to find out how to get to the museum and see the exhibit!
After serving as (minor) celebrity judge at the Aquarium of the Pacific's first sustainable fish cookoff, KPCC's John Rabe talks with some of the chefs about the ins and outs of putting sustainable fish on their menus. Come inside for a movie of the cookoff, links, and info on how you can pick the right fish to eat -- at home or when you eat out.
9-27 UPDATE: In the words of LAT columnist Bill Dwyre, "The tree was just too tall for Chris Arreola to chop down." Arreola lost in ten rounds, saying, "He found a way to win; I found a way to lose." Link inside. BIGGER QUESTION: Why didn't the LA Times, dying for readership, put this on the front page to draw Mexican-American readers? Instead, a feature on Neutra and Wright houses on the market. -- Rabe
Riverside native Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola fights Vitali Klitschko for the heavyweight title against Saturday (9-26) at Staples Center. So let's rub it in that we had an interview with Arreola MONTHS ago ... by sportswriter David Davis. Arreola could become the first Mexican-American heavyweight boxing champion. (More inside...)
UPDATE: David Weidman, featured on Off-Ramp in September, is doing another signing, this time in Long Beach on Saturday. Details inside. -- John
KPCC's John Rabe talks with iconic printmaker David Weidman. Weidman is now in his late eighties, made thousands of prints and posters for homes and hotels in the 60s and 70s, plus backgrounds for several animation studios. He still lives in the house he built in Highland Park more than fifty years ago. He's not making prints anymore, but he -- and his wife Dorothy -- still had lots to say about his craft, which mixes the perspective and emotion of Cubism, with the storytelling and personality of Norman Rockwell, with the sense of humor of, well, David Weidman. COME INSIDE for a slideshow and book signing info ...
AP: A federal grand jury in California investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos is dropping charges against a leading figure in the nation's Hmong community. U.S. Attorney Lawrence Brown says charges have been dropped against 79-year-old Vang Pao, a former Laotian general who assisted American troops during the Vietnam War and is considered a hero by Hmong refugees living in the U.S.
Last year, we ran a profile of Vang Pao produced by his great niece, then-KPCC reporter Doualy Xaykaothao.
KPCC's John Rabe interviews Nicholas Meyer, the author and screenwriter, about his new book, "The View from the Bridge." In the first two segments here, Meyer talks about childhood, the attraction of Sherlock Holmes, casting and meeting Olivier, and making "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan," which revived the Star Trek franchise. (The last piece of audio is the whole, unedited interview.)
KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde caught up with "Project Runway"'s style guru Tim Gunn, who's from the Washington, DC area. She talked with Gunn about the business of fashion in LA…and his opinion of Capitol Hill style.
