Don't laugh! The comics are second in readership behind the front page of the newspaper. This week on Off-Ramp, we talk about the not-so-funny pages, learn about LA's society registers, and hear Tim Hawkinson's organ, now installed at the Getty. And by the way, thanks so much for your contribution during KPCC's Spring Fund Drive! -- John Rabe
Radio station owner Saul Levine says when he replaced classical with country, he found love.
In a new push to become a player in the contemporary art scene, the Getty Museum is exhibiting artist Tim Hawkinson's Uberorgan for the first time on the West Coast.
Los Angeles Magazine's Laurie Pike tells us about Southern California's social registries.
The LA Times's Steve Hymon gives an update on a citizen's fight for justice in dread parking court.
How immigrant kids' food sense clashes with their parents'... a story from Youth Radio's Consuela Cisneros.
Off-Ramp film critic Andy Klein risks burning at the stake for criticizing Luc Besson's The Messenger. He says the French auteur should stick to action flicks.
Animation critic Charles Solomon and John Rabe mourn the state of the funny pages.
Alex Ben Block tells a hard lesson he learned as a cub reporter at Forbes.
Sonia and Frank Romero have their first show together. Adolfo Guzman Lopez reports.
KPCC's Senior News Editor Nick Roman talks about the downtown loft tour.
Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly gives his take on LA.
Listener calls to tell John how to speak Italian.