Tag Archives: Los-Angeles
links for 2009-12-09: hanging with Pynchon
LRB ยท Hanging with Pynchon A short memoir of encounters with TRP in the early 70s, by poet Bill Pearlman. "One of the things Pynchon liked was to be driven around LA by one of the young women from the … more…
Corner boys
Alas, you don’t get street gangs looking this smart anymore (or, maybe you do. Stick yours in the comments). This appears to be an autochrome – on which subject I have a long uncompleted post sitting in the back.
Shock and Awww…
Doc Searls revisits a story I noticed on BoingBoing a while ago, regarding the aftermath of a controversional photography exhibition in LA recently, pointing to a story on the LA Times site (which may well have scrolled off into SubscriberWorld, … more…
The Case for Raymond Chandler
Allen Barra makes, or remakes The case for Raymond Chandler at Salon. You might think – I certainly did – that yet another appreciation of Chandler would be superfluous, but a quick trawl down the first twenty or so results … more…
Rapper Charged with Murder After Human Flesh Found In Stomach
BET.com – Rapper Charged with Murder After Human Flesh Found In Stomach Ah, the peculiar joys of PCP… Strictly speaking, though, the cops found the human remains in the guy’s stomach after he was arrested for the murder – they’re … more…
Berkeley boycott
Who was it who said, “a single intelligent remark can destroy an entire career”? (I thought it was probably Robert Anton Wilson, but I can’t find the quote. No matter, somebody said it. The citezens of Berkeley CA are discovering … more…
Joe Coleman – Gates of Heck
Gates of Heck: Joe Coleman – official (whatever that means) Joe Coleman site…
The Watts Towers
The Watts Towers are restored and re-opened to the public after six years (NYTimes via Follow Me Here)