Song: "You and Onions" (Hidden Track) by Meiko
Yes, she's singing about hot dogs (and love) on this track from her self-titled album.
Straight Story
Novelist Susan Straight was born and raised in Riverside. She sets most of her stories there, but for her sixth book, A Million Nightingales, Straight looked east to Louisiana. Straight explains the turn and reads from her novel.
Creating Vintage Photos
Pasadena artist Stephen Berkman makes old-fashioned photographs called tintypes, which have appeared in such films as The Assassination of Jesse James and Cold Mountain.
Something Fishy
It's a good thing opponents of same sex marriage aren't fish.
Commentator Milton Love explains the "non-traditional" sex lives of fishes.
Song: "Frank's Wild Years" by Tom Waits
A track from his 1983 album
Swordfishtrombones.
Bunker Hill Revisited
Off-Ramp regular Jerry Sullivan reads Raymond Chandler's description of Bunker Hill and talks about his past drinking life.
Sad Life, Great Writer
Commentator Marc Haefele says hardboiled novelist Ross Macdonald deserves more attention. Like many of his characters, Macdonald led a sad life.
Tarzan of Tarzana
Kevin Roderick continues his tour of the Valley. This time, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Think Tarzana.
My Way on the Highway
John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian find peace and a better way of life by cruising down the Pasadena Freeway at 45mph.
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