Stan Lee Defies Time ... Fallen Fruit's Jam Session ... The Last Prop Sale
Stan Lee's Time Jumper
UPDATED 9/2/2009:
Given Disney's acquisition of Marvel this week, we thought you'd like to hear our interview with the man who made Marvel acquireable in the first place. True Believers, since you listen to Off-Ramp, you already knew Stan Lee was already working with Disney. AUDIO 1: the long Comic Con interview. AUDIO 2: a much shorter one. And look inside for info on the new Time Jumper episode. -- John
Stan Lee -- the man who made Marvel Comics huge -- has a new project with Disney called Time Jumper. It's a movie/comics hybrid called a "motion comic." Here's a long version of the group interview he gave at San Diego Comic Con on Thursday, July 23d, to John Rabe and ...
Julian Bermudez, Gazettes Newspapers of Long Beach; Brian Heater, PC Magazine's gearlog.com; Joseph McCabe, SFX Magazine; Trina Schwimmer, gamingangels.com CEO; and Chris Ullrich, flickcast.com.
UPDATE 9/2/2009: They've just released Episode 3 of Time Jumper. Check out the links to the left for more info and a chance to meet Stan in the flesh. --John
First Tweet Movie?
Two things: First, the whole Off-Ramp crew is Tweeting and we'd love to have you follow us. Secondly, John made what might be the first videographic Tweet treatment. Come inside for the movie:
CyberFrequencies
In case you didn't hear it, CyberFrequencies was on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. After Scott interviewed Tanya and I, we asked him a few questions. And as a result, Scott Simon's this week's CyberFrequencies guest star!
We're also guest blogging for NPR's Soapbox. Here's our (edited) first post:
KIDS ON THE WEB
It's truly amazing what kids can do on the web these days. NPR's Scott Simon says that when he got his iPhone "literally within two minutes" his six-year-old daughter showed him how to take pics and eventually download aps! My friend's six-year-old, Lola, wants to be a
star on the Web.
And her cousin Ocelotl loves to go to the Jackson Pollack site where he can make his own paint-splattered homage. But still, every parent I know is conflicted. Should my kid go online? Is it safe?
says it's our responsibility to teach kids how to be
safe online.
She's a kindergarten teacher who blogs with her students and we asked her: aren't Kindergartners too young to be on the Internet? Mrs. Knee says that unlike TV, the Internet isn't just a source of entertainment. It's becoming our primary source of information.
So... What do you think? If you have any questions about your kid and the 'net? Email us and and we'll pass them onto Mrs. Knee and let you know what she says!
Take Cover!
Jim Washburn is a music writer, record collector, and guest curator of the new Worst Album Covers exhibit at the Fullerton Museum. The exhibit opens Saturday, August 1. Jim talked with Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson to discuss some of the biggest missteps in the history of rock'n'roll packaging.
FIDM's Emmy Bash
Every year, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles highlights the best costumes on TV. And every year they throw a party. John Rabe cleaned up, put on a jacket, and brought his camera. He made two movies -- come inside for the world's chic-est hat, and Charles Phoenix's new beard.
Jam Session
Fallen Fruit is holding another Jam Session at Machine Project from 10-1 on Sunday, August 2. We got our fingers sticky a couple years ago...
As Machine Project puts it on their website:
Making jam and getting into sticky situations with Fallen Fruit collective is one of our favorite summertime traditions! Bring along your home-grown or public fruit and any clean, empty glass jars you have. At the end everyone will leave with a jar of communal jam. If enough people bring surplus, even the empty handed will leave with jam. Vats of fun for all!
The kinds of jam we make will improvise on the fruit that people provide. The fruit can be fresh or frozen. Fallen Fruit will bring public fruit. We are looking for radical and experimental jams as well, like basil guava or lemon pepper jelly. We’ll discuss the basics of jam and jelly making, pectin and bindings, as well as the communal power of shared fruit and the liberation of public fruit.
Machine Project
1200 D North Alvarado
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213-483-8761
Time Machine: Sunset Strip in the 1960s
What was all the fuss about the Sunset Strip in the 1960s? The answer comes in a series at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this weekend (starting Friday July 31st, if you're checking out this website early), introduced by Domenic Priore, author of "Riot on the Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood." John talks with him about Saturday's movies.
The photo caption in the Herald-Examiner: A long hair leaves teen hangout as police disperses crowd from Pandora's Box on the Sunset Strip. In background, nite spot's owner Bill Tilden (arrow) was arrested. Photo dated: November 20, 1966.
Fighting for YOUR Beach
Off-Ramp correspondent Jackson Musker goes on a beach safari with the Los Angeles Urban Rangers, who stand up for your right to enjoy the public beaches in front of billionaire's estates. The Rangers are hosting FREE Malibu Beach Safaris in August ... (DETAILS INSIDE)
PRESS RELEASE: MALIBU PUBLIC BEACHES SAFARIS--SUMMER 2009
Tired of Zuma and Surfrider? Want to find and use the other beaches in Malibu--The twenty miles that are lined with private development? These safaris show you how to find, park, walk, picnic, and sunbathe on a Malibu beach legally and safely. Each safari visits two different beaches. Skills-enhancing activities include sign watching, trailblazing the public-private boundary, a no-kill hunt for accessways, and a public easement potluck.
We are offering four safaris in August:
SUN Aug 2, 11:00am-2:30pm (east Malibu) [FULL]
SUN Aug 16, 9:00am-12:30pm (east)
SAT Aug 22, 3:00pm-6:30pm (east)
SUN Aug 23, 4:00pm-7:30pm (west)
Safaris are free. Spaces are limited. To sign up, e-mail info@laurbanrangers.org w/name, # of people, and preferred date.
A downloadable "Malibu Public Beaches" guide is available at http://www.laurbanrangers.org
Remembering Taylor Negron and Lucille Ball
UPDATE 1/12/15: Performer Taylor Negron died Saturday of cancer at the age of 57. In 2007, he recorded this story, about Lucille Ball giving acting and life lessons, for Off-Ramp.
Five-Alarm Food
Did you know firemen have to buy their own food for the firehouse? It's a fact John discovered a while ago at Super King in Cypress Park.