Ringo Starr has a new album out and he was at LA Live's Grammy Museum to talk about it with the museum's executive director Robert Santelli. Ringo performed some songs off the new album with "Ben Harper and the Relentless 7." We hear one of those songs and from Harper. Ringo also talks about wearing the producer's hat on "Y Not" - his first time taking on the endeavor. And he reminisces about growing up in Liverpool and shares his early music influences.

Michael Cimarusti, owner/chef of Providence, the two-star Michelin restaurant, is a damn good chef. But he's a humble one, and came back from a fellowship to Japan with a new respect for the thousands of years behind Japan's cuisine. Come inside as he gives Off-Ramp an exclusive travelogue of his trip.

Ok, we couldn't resist and we entered the fray. We weigh in on the week's big news: Apple's new iPad! KPCC's Molly Peterson joins us Queena Kim and Tanya Miller. The upshot: We don't get it! And we go to the Glendale Galleria and get conspiratorial: What does it mean that unemployment is at an all time high but folks can't wait to plunk down $500 for their iPad? Go to CyberFrequencies to sign up for our podcast and see the Mad TV spoof of the iPad (think "maxipad") CyberFrequencies on Video

Einstein and Picasso walk into a bar ... KPCC's John Rabe talks with director Justin Gordon and actors Jonathan Biver (Einstein) and Branden Morgan (Picasso) about the Steve Martin play, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," in which the two greats meet and discover they have a lot in common. It's at The Complex's East Theatre, 6468 Santa Monica Blvd 90038, through February 13. Come inside for a link to the play's website.

A country road. Tree. Evening. That's the description Samuel Beckett gives to the setting of his play “Waiting for Godot.” After Hurricane Katrina, that's what artist Paul Chan saw in New Orleans. So he put on the play, outside, for free, for the city. On Monday he'll be at Redcat to talk about that production. KPCC's Molly Peterson lived in New Orleans and saw it. She called Paul Chan for a preview of his talk.

Some of the best food in town is at the new downtown restaurant, Rivera. And as KPCC's Steve Julian discovered, it also has some of the best drinks ... courtesy of the award-winning Julian Cox. Steve also discovered what you WON'T find there. Hint: You never have to say "rocks" or "no salt." Come inside for more photos of Cox and Rivera by Steve Julian.

With all the talk about pithing live fish in Japan and the new butcher shop in Los Feliz ... here's Rico Gagliano, co-host of Dinner Party Download, speaking with Jonathan Safran Foer (best known for his novel “Everything Is Illuminated”) about his latest book, the non-fiction “Eating Animals.” In it, Foer, a vegetarian, explores the industry and culture of carnivorism. The interview begins after Rico told Foer about a carnivorous friend who refused to even invite vegetarians to his home for dinner.

KPCC's Kitty Felde tells Off-Ramp host John Rabe how she developed a schoolgirl fixation on the brooding Adam of "Bonanza." Pernell Roberts died january 24 at the age of 81.

dineLA has come up with a great way to grasp the length and BREADth of LA's restaurant history. It's a nicely designed family tree, with restaurants -- like Spago -- as the roots and chefs -- like Wolfgang Puck, Nancy Silverton, and Michael Cimarusti, to name only a few, as the branches. Click on a root restaurant, and all the chefs who worked there light up in the branches. Click on a chef, and see who's worked together. Off-Ramp host John Rabe talked with dineLA director Carrie Kommers about the project. Come inside for a link to the tree.

The Doo Dahdery is ramping up. The folks who run the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade have released more details on – essentially – how you can be the next Queen of the Doo Dah.

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