Support for LAist comes from
Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire
Stay Connected
Listen
Podcasts Off-Ramp
Off-Ramp for June 28, 2008
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Episode 3577
Listen 52:31
Off-Ramp for June 28, 2008

1984 Revisited; Cruisin' for Neon; Megapuss Live at the Hammer Museum; Harvard Glee Club Celebrates 150 Years; Look Ma--No Hands!; George Carlin Remembered; Reporter's Roundtable; It's a Costume, Savvy?; Cheech The Art Collector; A Late Composer's Early Birthday Bash; Pomp and Circumstance; They're back...

1984 Revisited; Cruisin' for Neon; Megapuss Live at the Hammer Museum; Harvard Glee Club Celebrates 150 Years; Look Ma--No Hands!; George Carlin Remembered; Reporter's Roundtable; It's a Costume, Savvy?; Cheech The Art Collector; A Late Composer's Early Birthday Bash; Pomp and Circumstance; They're back...

Tim Robbins and the Actors Gang talk to John Rabe about their production of "1984." The play doesn't stray too far from George Orwell's original story and the gang says that's what makes it so powerful.
Off-Ramp Correspondent Jackson Musker climbed on board the Neon Cruise - a nighttime tour of Los Angeles hosted by the Museum of Neon Art.
Brendan Newnam talks with Gregory Rogove of Megapuss about music and surf. Devendra Banhart, the other half of Megapuss, will be at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday.
Harvard conductor Jameson Marvin talks about the nation's oldest glee club with Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim.
Off-Ramp's informal survey shows when it comes to the new hands-free cell phone law that goes into effect Tuesday, Angelinos will try to comply. Try, but not too hard.
Barry Cutler leaves Off-Ramp a message describing his run-in with late comedian George Carlin and their shared love of the French stage-farter "Le Petomane."
KPCC's crime reporter Frank Stoltze talks to John Rabe about the high-profile gang arrests in Los Angeles.
Meet Brandon Hillock, one of the actors who played Captain Jack Sparrow at Disneyland.
Cheech Marin shares his collection of Chicano art with KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. The collection is on view at the LACMA.
Off-Ramp commentator (and KPCC's program director) Craig Curtis holds an early birthday party for Leroy Anderson, the most famous composer you've never heard of.
KPCC's Adolfo Guzman Lopez attended graduation at Lynwood High and brought us this sound.
Last week, John Rabe thought he'd discovered a get rich scheme: use his dogs' pee to scare away skunks menacing people's homes. This picture shows that John won't be quitting his day job any time soon.