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Podcasts Off-Ramp
Ride that mutant chicken!
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
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Dan Carino
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Episode 15818
Listen • 47:34
Ride that mutant chicken!

It’s an 8-foot chicken with the head of Big Boy, and it’s on San Fernando Road in Glassell Park … staring at you. We track down the artist. ... LA State Historic Park reopens this weekend; was it worth the 3-year wait? Maybe so ... We'll meet one of the people who brought Southwest Native Bird Singing creation stories back from the brink of extinction.

And voila, one Photoshop session later, and Amy Inouye gets to ride Deborah Brown's Cock Bob sculpture into the sunset.
And voila, one Photoshop session later, and Amy Inouye gets to ride Deborah Brown's Cock Bob sculpture into the sunset.
(
John Rabe/Amy Inouye
)

It’s an 8-foot chicken with the head of Big Boy, and it’s on San Fernando Road in Glassell Park … staring at you. We track down the artist. ... LA State Historic Park reopens this weekend; was it worth the 3-year wait? Maybe so ... We'll meet one of the people who brought Southwest Native Bird Singing creation stories back from the brink of extinction.

Can't find a parking space? Audit shows DMV not regulating disabled parking placards
Listen • 5:46
The DMV barely checked applications, didn't cancel dead people's placards, didn't help locals crack down on offenders. Meantime, lobbyists allegedly threatened a lawmaker who tried to fix the problem.
RIP Donna Fuller, thrilling jazz-pop contralto, 85: What a voice, and what a life!
Listen • 12:06
85-year old jazz and pop contralto Donna Fuller died Tuesday. She performed in Playboy Jazz clubs, toured with Christine Jorgensen, was A-list adjacent, and made two really good albums you should listen to.
What happened to that downtown cornfield? L.A. State Historic Park finally opens
Listen • 6:44
What ever happened to that cornfield downtown? And did you know it was an art installation? Surprise! It's officially opening this weekend in its intended form as the L.A. State Historic Park.
Chicken Boy didn't know he had a mutant brother, Cock Bob
Listen • 13:25
What the hell is that Big Boy/Chicken mutant sculpture in Glassell Park all about? We find out.
Try Romanian food (maybe for the first time) at Parsnip in Highland Park
Listen • 4:45
Chef Anca says the food pays tribute to the country's working class: "It's a combination of these stews and braises, things that are kind of making the most with what you have."
DIY Film Fest: Great directors who were One and Done
Listen • 5:51
Lots of people made only one film in the careers. Many of them stank. But a few directors made great films, then never made another film.
Off-Ramp Recommends: Taking an interdimensional road trip to the desert
Desert X is a site-specific art exhibition in the Coachella Valley. The showcase features 16 contemporary art installations, spread out in the desert.