LA Goes Live; Clarence McDonald: Follow My Lead; The Schlepometer, Explained; Living the High Life; 21st Amendment Rights; Hey, Cabbie!; They Built It. Will We Come?; Crunchy or Smooth?; Cafe Tacuba; Coldplay Stole My Song!; He's THE Fox
Beers aren't the only things that get "topped off." The head of the ironworkers union tells John that skyscrapers get the same treatment.
Keyboardist, producer, and arranger Clarence McDonald gives Off-Ramp another music lesson. This time: how to accompany a singer.
Driving is a huge part of living in Southern California and quite often a hassle. Off-Ramp contributor Karen Fritsche asks, "How far should I drive for love? And for sex?"
John goes up (and up and up) to the 46th floor of the LA Live Tower and check out the view.
We go to Barkeeper, a store in Silverlake, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
The city of LA now allows hailing a taxi from the curb. Patricia Nazario rides with 17-year veteran taxi driver Charlie Jabber and passenger Frank Petrie to test out the new Downtown program.
John listens in as CBS-2 Anchor Laura Diaz takes roll call of all the trades involved in constructing LA Live. Actor Jimmy Smits (who co-owns the Conga Room) and Mayor Villaraigosa chime in.
In honor of National Peanut Butter month, Dinner Party Download's Rico Gagliano talks with peanut butter pioneer Adrian Vasquez of Providence restaurant.
The Mexico City-based band Cafe Tacuba has a new album out. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman Lopez spoke with the quartet about their work and about their 20 years as a Mexican/American rock mainstay.
Joe Satriani is suing the band Coldplay in federal court in Los Angeles for stealing parts of his song "If I Could Fly." John compares the tracks and gives his verdict.
Alex Ben Block hails the man who really made modern Hollywood: William Fox -- a one-armed golfing champion who made and lost a fortune and an empire.