April 2009
19 posts
“The streets were glistening from the rain which had fallen early in the morning....”
– Knut Hamsun, Hunger
‘Kobe Doin’ Work’ →
Trailer for Spike’s Kobe doc.
The Brain Behind the City Room →
Media Bistro has an interview with Sewell Chan, bureau chief of the New York Times’ excellent City Room blog. If you haven’t checked out City Room yet, it’s a terrific combination of breaking news, features, interactive Q&As and links, all about New York City. Fascinating stuff, even for those of us who don’t live in the Big Apple. L.A. Now could learn a few things.
Pau Has a Blog →
Did anyone else know Pau is blogging for the L.A. Times? (Let’s see if he sticks around longer than Kareem.) There’s a great picture of him shopping for groceries (at what I can only hope is a Ralphs) in his first post.
While we’re on the subject, here’s Lamar’s Twitter page.
Farmar has also been blogging (sorta) for a while on his own site and Playboy.com...
Inside a 1970s Student Newsroom →
Teletype, rubber cement and rotary phones. (Via CP)
Nancy Silverton's Perfect Burger →
(Part 1 in a series on burger theory.) Back in 2005, chef Nancy Silverton put on a burger clinic for the L.A. Times. Remember: Summer’s coming.
WSJ on Los Lakers →
How and why the Lakers own Los Angeles. Via LAO.
Real Talk Episode 7: Jai Ho
This week’s Real Talk...
Cocktail Classics: The Dark and Stormy →
Best consumed near the sea.
Fast-food Tips
The best McDonald’s is the one at the airport.
The best Carl’s Jr. is the one at Dodger Stadium.
Never eat Jack in the Box before midnight.
“Always grab the reader by the throat in the first paragraph, sink your thumbs...”
– Paul O’Neil, writer
Voice of San Diego Wins IRE Award →
The nonprofit news site Voice of San Diego recently won a prestigious journalism award from Investigative Reporters and Editors. NPR has the story. Here’s some background info on VOSD from the NYT and LAT.
John Fante’s Legacy* →
Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of John Fante’s birth. Fante was the author of Ask the Dust, a guy who really got Los Angeles, a hero to Bukowski and a hell of a writer. There’s a Zócalo panel on him at the Hammer tonight and a celebration at the King Eddy Saloon tomorrow night. (Previously on IRB)
*Update: More at LAT, UCLA and Zócalo (all via LAO).
“Why check a rumor? Then it’s no longer a rumor.”
– Herb Caen
Warhol's First DVD: Screen Tests →
13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, the first authorized Warhol DVD, is due out Tuesday. As the title suggests, it contains 13 of Warhol’s nearly 500 screen tests. They can be played with or without music by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. Some neat trivia:
Each test lasted as long as a single 100-foot roll of film. Each was shot at 24 frames per second and...
Happy Birthday, INFY
My king.