Happy 2nd, Off-Ramp!; There's Gold in These Hills!; Dinner Party Download; Newsletter Alert!; Shaken and Stirred; The Earthquake As it Happened; Gold Fever; Charles Perry, Renaissance Man; Monster Movie Sets: Built for Destruction; Tanker Planes Take a Hit; It Was Worth the Wait, Right?; No Jalapenos? Well try these peppers; Music on Off-Ramp: "My Dwarf is Getting Tired"; Music on Off-Ramp: "Use Me"; Music on Off-Ramp: "There's a Goldmine in the Sky"
Happy 2nd, Off-Ramp!
A message from John and Queena:
It's been two years since the first Off-Ramp hit the airwaves. Feel free to throw yourself a raucous party in our honor.
We're going to celebrate by going Goldpanning in San Gabriel River and taking you behind the scenes of Godzilla.
Thanks for listening and making Off-Ramp possible!
There's Gold in These Hills!
Off-Ramp correspondent Jackson Musker pans for gold just 15 minutes from Azusa! He learns that it's not always what turns up that lures the panners but who turns up.
Dinner Party Download
Join hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam for a fast and funny 12-minute "cheat sheet" of news and culture... designed to give you enough conversational firepower to dazzle friends and family at this weekend's dinner party. This time around: The artist known as Girl Talk tells us about his pop-music mash-ups (and his explosive high school band)... A short history of Jesse Owens... how to mix a "Berliner Olympic" cocktail... Unconventional wisdom about Anthrax and Airlines... and an introduction to an All-American fruit most Americans have never tasted.
Newsletter Alert!
If you sign up for Off-Ramp's weekly newsletter not only do you get the inside scoop on Off-Ramp before the other 55,000 listeners, but you get cool pictures like this one on the left...and the one at the bottom of this Web page.
Shaken and Stirred
John Rabe speaks with some uneasy people downtown just minutes after the 5.4 quake on Tuesday morning.
The Earthquake As it Happened
Reality radio jocks Larry Mantle of AirTalk and KPCC's Steven Cuevas both had their mics on when the earthquake hit.
Gold Fever
The locals school Jackson Musker in the art of working a sluice box and swirling a pan, and he catches a case of Gold Fever.
Charles Perry, Renaissance Man
When Charlie Perry took the LA Times buyout this year, the paper lost a renaissance man. He's roomed with the grandfather of Acid, observed the sex lives of beagles and translated for the Grateful Dead in Egypt.
Goldpanning Video on YouTube
Monster Movie Sets: Built for Destruction
We celebrate the skilled craftsmen who made the intricate miniature sets that appeared in Godzilla.
Tanker Planes Take a Hit
It sure feels good when the big tanker planes fly overhead on their way to fight wildfires. But LAT reporter Bettina Boxall tells John Rabe that their value is overrated and their use is often made for political reasons.
It Was Worth the Wait, Right?
See! Where else will you find a photo of famous NPR reporter Martin Kaste, talking with animals? John and Martin used to work together, years ago, before Martin was Mr. Famous, and the newsletter is where we can share tidbits like this with you. Signing up for the newsletter is quick and relatively painless.
No Jalapenos? Well try these peppers
Now that we're not supposed to eat Jalapenos, Rico Gagliano looks for the next best rush: Blair's 16 Million Reserve.
Rico is the co-host of Dinner Party Download, KPCC's newest online show that tells you how to be the star of your weekend get-together.
Music on Off-Ramp: "My Dwarf is Getting Tired"
From Ry Cooder's recent release I, Flathead.
Music on Off-Ramp: "Use Me"
From Bill Withers' 1972 album Still Bill.
Music on Off-Ramp: "There's a Goldmine in the Sky"
By the Quebe Sisters Band from their 2007 album "Timeless."