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Off-Ramp is a lively weekly look at Southern California through the eyes and ears of radio veteran John Rabe. News, arts, home, life ... the show covers everything that makes life here exciting, enjoyable, and interesting.

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For the broadcast of July 21, 2007

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Armenian Melodies

Queena Kim tells us about Parseghian Records, the world's biggest Armenian music distributor and label.

Parseghian Records is one stop on a tour of Little Armenia. Event info below.

Event Info

Deep Beef

L.A. Times food writer Charles Perry takes us to an old fashioned pit barbecue, born when California cattle barons were shipping hides back East and meat was pennies a pound.

More on Adobe de Palomares

Safer Cities Initiative: One Year Later

KPCC's Frank Stoltze and the Daily Journal's Anat Rubin assess the "Safer Cities Initiative," which turns a year old in August.

Mimislist

Mimi Pond discovers the odd nooks of Craigslist. A spatula? Free false eyelashes?

Craigslist Considered

Commentator Brendan Newnam will see Mimi's spatula and raise her. Newnam goes to Craigslist to find people. Namely, a serial killer fan.

Craigslist

Strings Theory

A couple weeks ago, Colin Maloy of the band The Decemberists told us how much he was looking forward to playing a gig at the Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic. And as you can hear in this exclusive recording, there's nothing like the real thing.

The Decemberists online

The Mayor of Gladys Park

Meet the man who looks after a little park in L.A.'s Skid Row. He says it's an oasis of sanity.

Gladys Park

Skid Row Redux

Downtown gets a new Ralph's, its first major chain grocery store in decades. Is it the missing link?

Sex Abuse

This week, the L.A. Catholic Archdiocese reached an $660 million settlement with victims who were sexually abused by priests. KPCC's Frank Stolze spoke with a victim at the L.A. County Courthouse.

Sapphic Poet

In her new book of poetry, Los Angeles writer Eloise Klein Healy adds a dose of wisdom to the topics of love, death, and Los Angeles. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.

Healy's Web site

On July 28: Off-Ramp takes you to Doo-Dah Surf at Sunset, where surfers wear costumes and try to wipe out agro and bring in aloha.

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