March 2012 Archives
Commentary:
What's the legacy of April 1992? Bet you haven't thought about it lately, to say nothing of the last twenty years.
Arts & Culture:
Radical, experimental and avidly political filmmakers are featured on the screens of L.A. theaters this week, from Jon Jost to Rose Lowder, Dziga Vertov to Kurt Kren.
Commentary:
Love is a roll of the dice, whether you have all the control or none.
LA as Subject:
In December L.A. announced that it would remove the railroad tracks running down Alameda Street between First and Seventh streets. Lying dormant for years, the rails represent one of the last remnants of Southern California's first railroad: the Los Angeles & San Pedro.
Commentary:
Want to get people in the Coachella Valley stirred up in true "baseball bat to the hornets' nest" style? It's easy. Threaten our hiking trails.
Movie Miento:
Outside MOCA Martin Lopez yells in Spanish at the top of his lungs, "Josefina Vazquez Mota, is the same thing, blood, violence, unemployment."
Where We Are:
With $5 gas, public transit's time has come. But some potential riders will find that the experience lacks an essential value.
Commentary:
California could play a role in picking who President Obama's opponent will be. California does not hold its primary election until June 5th. Typically this is late enough in the primary season that the parties have already picked their nominees. Maybe not this time!
Where We Are:
LACMA's slowly rolling rock is a great publicity stunt for the humane values of public places.
Movie Miento:
Reading "Deepest Valley: A Guide to Owens Valley, Its Roadsides and Mountain Trails" on a recent trip up the 395 to Mammoth brought an avalanche of memories about the edges of town I've lived in.
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