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ICYMI: Please Don't Blow It, Dodgers
Santa Monica swimmers. (Photo by Robert Borden via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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- The Dodgers lost today, and are now 1-1 against the Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series. They'll get another shot tomorrow night in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium. C'mon guys...#WinForVin
- L.A. Weekly partied at a RV resort for the Desert Trip this weekend and it sounds really wild, man.
- The Birth of a Nation produced a disappointing showing at the box office this weekend. Vulture breaks down why it's not doing so hot, positing that the Nate Parker controversy might have been too much for audiences.
- Walt Disney's script for Steamboat Willie is up for auction for quite a pretty penny.
- This cat looks hella good for 31 years old.
- And finally, today is Jackson Browne's 68th birthday. Here he is performing "These Days," which he wrote when he was 16 years old! Wowza. You might've heard the Velvet Underground cover, but we're particularly partial to Jackson's original version.
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