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Harlan Ellison doesn't hold back ... Off-Ramp for July 13, 2013
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Dan Carino
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Episode 6012
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Harlan Ellison doesn't hold back ... Off-Ramp for July 13, 2013

An in-depth interview with writer Harlan Ellison ... a glorious reprint of a classic guide to California ... the OCMA Triennial, Pt 2 ... how to design a space suit for the movies ...

Olympic Fields Nudist Camp in 1937
Olympic Fields Nudist Camp in 1937
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Olympic Fields Nudist Camp, 1937/LA Public Library
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An in-depth interview with writer Harlan Ellison ... a glorious reprint of a classic guide to California ... the OCMA Triennial, Pt 2 ... how to design a space suit for the movies ...

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The celebrated author of comes out of retirement this weekend for a book signing and, as expected, speaks his mind.
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At his 20,000 square foot shop and warehouse in North Hollywood, Chris Gilman and his team at Global Effects made costumes for "Firefly" and "Contact."
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San Francisco artist John Bankston makes massive, novelistic paintings drawing from fantasy, autobiography, and coloring books.
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'John Steinbeck navigated by these guides and called them "the most comprehensive account of the United States ever got together, and nothing since has even approached it."'
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In the very back of Langer's, the pastrami-lovers paradise, you'll find three paintings. Off-Ramp producer Kevin Ferguson went to Langer's to find out their story.