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My Uncle Yehudi, Ravi Shankar & The Mystic Eastnew
The death of Ravi Shankar last week made much mention of his close friendship with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who happened to be my uncle, with whom he made three albums, “East Meets West” in the ‘50s before Shankar hooked up with the Beatles.
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Lionel Rolfe |
12-28-2012 |
Music
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A Real Los Angeles Musical Treasure Is Beginning To Reappear Againnew
Sonji Kimmons, one of the last great but mostly unheralded blues pianists and singers in the world, made a rare appearance at a gay nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Lionel Rolfe |
12-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Art Snyder: A Genuinely Interesting Dudenew
Most people knew Art as the very white Los Angeles councilman in the heavily Latino northeastern district, who was elected sometime in the late ‘60s. So Art became the councilman representing El Sereno, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park, among others. He held the post for nearly two decades.
He was a red-headed Irishman who looked like the Marine he had been. But he was born in Lincoln Heights at the bottom of the Great Depression, so it was natural he learned to speak Spanish.
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Lionel Rolfe |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
What is it About Romney That is So Objectionable?new
Romney obviously believes that businessmen are the highest kind of human beings.
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Lionel Rolfe |
10-12-2012 |
Commentary
Chasing Endeavournew
Here was this incredible device, a testimony to the liberating power of science, and what government can do when its power for good is unleashed. This is a contraption that wouldn’t exist without science and technology and the combined power of people’s collective will that in a democracy is called government.
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Lionel Rolfe |
09-24-2012 |
Commentary
A Personal Odyssey To The Land Down Undernew
Southern California cultural arts thinker and writer Lionel Rolfe reflects on his time in Australia with Kron Nicolas and his wife as he recovers from the emotional strain of divorce.
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Lionel Rolfe |
08-30-2012 |
Original Work
An Old Quandarynew
Now that they have found the “God particle,” maybe it’s time to solve far lesser but still deserving and perplexing questions of existence.
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Lionel Rolfe |
07-29-2012 |
Commentary
Deep In Echo Park, A Bohemian Nexusnew
Long time Echo Park residents Anne Stein and Gary Leonard are planning to showcase the paintings of Anne's father, Philip Stein, at their Take My Picture Gallery in downtown Los Angeles. They are doing so as the restored Siqueiros mural "American Tropical" is about to be unveiled in Olvera Street.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-13-2012 |
Commentary
Why I Could Care Less About The L.A. Dodgersnew
The connection between fascism and sports.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-07-2012 |
Commentary
LES & ANNIE CLAYPOOL: Echo Park’s Last And Truest Bohemiansnew
Little more than 50 years ago, a guy named Les Claypool lived with his lovely wife Annie at the top of Echo Park Avenue in what may be the most Bohemian section of Los Angeles. They lived in a home built on the steep hillside out of giant redwood lumber and lots of glass and sunshine. It was a lovely place to wake up in after a great night of partying.
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Lionel Rolfe |
04-06-2012 |
Commentary
Why I Like My Old Friend Gerald Nicosia So Muchnew
Lionel Rolfe's recollections of his time with Gerald Nicosia and the making of On the Road.
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Lionel Rolfe |
03-23-2012 |
Commentary
Free Trade Doesn't Worknew
There's been something wrong in this land for several decades now--most people have been sensing that but haven't been able to put a name to it. Finally, economist Ian Fletcher wrote a book called, "Free Trade Doesn't Work" which pretty effectively says it all.
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Lionel Rolfe |
02-13-2012 |
Commentary
The Truth About On The Roadnew
In his latest book, Gerald Nicosia has unlocked the dynamic of Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and not a moment too soon.
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Lionel Rolfe |
01-02-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Greatest Music In The Worldnew
You might ask by what right do I have to proclaim what is the greatest music in the world and what isn’t. Who the hell am I? Well, you can judge by what I say, but when it comes right down to it, your opinion has as much validity as mine.
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Lionel Rolfe |
12-08-2011 |
Commentary
The Trotsky Projectnew
What does the old Left from the 1950s have to say to today's Occupy Movement?
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Lionel Rolfe |
11-22-2011 |
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