Silverlake's Loch Ness Monster?; Gary Owens Tells All; Mayor of Hollywood?; Gary Owen's Secret Power; Throat Singing, Inuit Style; Playing with the Kronos Quartet; Pow! Wham! and Sake!; A Tale of Two Ballparks; In Living Color; On Politics and Pruning; California Video; Freeway Flowers
John went down into the empty Silverlake Reservoir and found these prints. If you recognize which animal left this track, send an email to offramp@kpcc.org. Listen next week for his reservoir adventure with City Councilman Eric Garcetti and the DWP's Marty Adams.
Meet radio legend Gary Owens. As a disc jockey, he was Number One in every market he worked. He also held together Laugh-In, and was the voice of Roger Ramjet and Powdered Toast Man.
With the honorary post open, radio legend Gary Owens has been mentioned.
Superman has x-ray vision, Wonder Woman her lasso, Gary Owens has his voice.
Even though Tanya Tagaq grew up in an Inuit community in Canada, Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim says she didn't learn throat singing until she went away to college.
Inuit throat-singer Tanya Tagaq is performing with the famous string quartet at Disney Hall next week. Tagaq talks about singing to cellos and the art of the hickey.
American Cinematheque programmer Chris D talks with John Rabe about this weekend's series on Japanese action films from the 1960s.
Off-Ramp contributor Antronette Yancey says the San Diego Padres fans will be healthier than Dodger fans because of a new exercise regimen and better food at the Padres' ballpark.
Watercolorist and commentator Donna Barnes-Roberts celebrates the return of realism in art.
Richard and Laurita Domasin show their political stripes through topiaries. The Domasin's garden will be part of the Glendale Garden Tour.
In the 70s, the Long Beach Museum of Art hired David Ross to create a program that allowed artists to come and make videos. The Getty Museum is putting some of the videos on display at its exhibit California Video.
You've probably noticed the flowers blooming along the sides of the freeways. Off-Ramp contributor Neille Ilel took a drive with a horticulturist in Sun Valley to look at the flowers.