AltWeeklies Wire
'Sessions' with Horace Tapscottnew
Posthumous releases continue to reveal facets of L.A.'s towering jazz pianist.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Horace Tapscott
The Return of Popeye -- Sailor, Hero, American Malenew
Popeye has just resurfaced in two formats: Warner Home Video's gluttonous four-disc Popeye The Sailor: 1933-1936, Vol. 1 and E.C. Segar's book Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, published by Fantagraphics.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
09-21-2007 |
Movies
Way Out There and Right at Homenew
Rick Griffin retrospective reveals the California graphic artist's technical ingenuity and conceptual breadth.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
07-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Alex Cline's Blended Vocabulariesnew

Jazz drummer? Exotic sound-maker? For L.A.'s new-music impresario, it all goes together.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alex Cline
Foster's Bluesnew
A nearly forgotten tap dancer's influence is still felt by L.A.'s modern troupes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
12-22-2006 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Perfect Harmonynew
Pet Sounds 40th anniversary show celebrates Brian Wilson's pop legacy.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
11-13-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: Brian Wilson