07/31/2005      

Tony Tetro
Tony Tetro never wanted to be an artist he just wanted to copy the paintings of old masters like Rembrandt. But after a few failed attempts of selling his stuff at art fairs, Tony became one of the most prolific art forgers in the nation. Some credit him for driving up the prices of Miro, Dali and Chagall paintings in the 1970s and 1980s. Queena visits Tony and finds out he's still in business.

Mark Sussman
When movie studios need to cleanup the dirty words in a film, they call in voice over artist Mark Sussman. The former child-actor talks about the fine art of imitating Brad Pitt in The Mexican and Jim Carrey in Me, Myself and Irene

Dengue Fever
Angelenos Zac Holtzman and his brother Ethan dreamed of playing in a band together and covering 1960s and 1970s Cambodian pop music. They hooked up with vocalist and Long Beach-resident Chhom Nimol to start Dengue Fever. Ben talks to the band and finds out why Chhom made sure to bring an entourage of escorts to their first practice.

George Herms
Jazz has long influenced the work of beat generation artist and longtime-Angeleno George Herms. George works with found objects or basically junk that he finds on the street. George has filled more than three storage spaces with found stuff. Queena visits one of the storage spaces and George tells her about his latest project: a homage to jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.

George recently had an exhibit of his work at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.

Song Break: Round Midnight
by Thelonious Monk

Randy Sprout
The MOCA used a lot of big words to describe its recent exhibition "Visual Music" but really it was just one fantastic light and color show. Among the highlights was a rare performance of Stanton Macdonald-Wright's Synchrome Kneidoscope, a machine that "plays" psychedelic colors. Ben talks with Randy Sprout, the only man who can operate the legendary machine.

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California Uncovered
Queena visits with writer D.J. Waldie in the South Bay city of Lakewood. D.J. reads an excerpt from his book Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, which is published in a new anthology called California Uncovered. D.J. and Queena also trade stories about growing up in the suburbs that are Southern California.

Music Bridge - All Lost in the Supermarket
by The Clash

Ed Moses
The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum embarked on a unique collaboration between L.A.-based artists and the curators of its collections. The result was an exhibition called Conversations

Artist Ed Moses contributed the piece "Bound and Gagged" made from statues and totems from Africa and New Guinea.