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Off-Ramp spawns Vampira film documentary - June 23, 2012
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Dan Carino
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Episode 5334
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Off-Ramp spawns Vampira film documentary - June 23, 2012

Take THAT, Ira! RH Greene's Off-Ramp doc "Vampira and Me" is now a movie. Plus, the man who pitched a foetus, Crenshaw kids' summer plans, and Jerry's junk.

A fabric spinner collected by modern junkman David Palos.
A fabric spinner collected by modern junkman David Palos.
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Jerry Gorin
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Take THAT, Ira! RH Greene's Off-Ramp doc "Vampira and Me" is now a movie. Plus, the man who pitched a foetus, Crenshaw kids' summer plans, and Jerry's junk.

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RH Greene turned his Off-Ramp documentary about 1950s TV sensation "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi) into a film that's nominated for best documentary in the LA Film Festival.
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Jon Regardie: In the LA mayor’s race, don't ignore Kevin James, attorney, former AM talk show host, and a onetime college football cheerleader.
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"I pitched a very cool show to a fetus at Buena Vista. And when I say I pitched it to a fetus, I exaggerate, but he was sponging amniotic fluid from his brow."
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When you go to a flea market, you generally try to find things that aren’t worn out. But not David Palos. His one condition as a collector is that his items be warped by time.
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Crenshaw High graduates talked to contributor Tanya Jo Miller about the future, and they're outlook is refreshingly optimistic.
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Don't cook that meat! Don't turn on that coffee maker! And whatever you do—do not buy roasted coffee beans ever, ever again.
KPCC's Adolfo Guzman Lopez talks with Daniel Alarcón about his newest project: Radio Ambulante, a podcast of This American Life-style stories told in Spanish.
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