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Why you shouldn't say "Pogue Mahone" on the BBC - Off-Ramp for March 17, 2012
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Why you shouldn't say "Pogue Mahone" on the BBC - Off-Ramp for March 17, 2012

A Pogues founder explains why Shane MacGowan had to go - The Negro Problem couple's very public breakup - What does that graffiti mean? - GeoCache with Zorro
Why aren't Irish eyes -- Dodger owner Walter O'Malley, second from right -- smiling? Because that's Major League Baseball players rep Marvin Miller on the left, who had just polled players on whether they were going to call a strike. Photo taken 1972 at O'Malley's St Patrick's Day party.
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A Pogues founder explains why Shane MacGowan had to go - The Negro Problem couple's very public breakup - What does that graffiti mean? - GeoCache with Zorro

The Pogues' James Fearnley on Celtic punk, firing Shane MacGowan, and St. Pat's
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When the Pogues met in a hotel room in 1991, they knew they had to fire unreliable frontman Shane MacGowan, but how would he take it? James Fearnley tells us.
Off-Ramp retracts CyberFrequencies that focused on Daisey's Apple story
Off-Ramp retracts CyberFrequencies episode that focused on Daisey's Apple story
With Zorro's help, geocaching is the new frontier for Long Beach's libraries
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Long Beach calls in Zorro and a Geocaching treasure hunt to help increase literacy.
The Negro Problem's new CD, "Making It," details the couple's breakup during "Passing Strange."
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Mark Stewart & Heidi Rodewald of The Negro Problem starred in the hit musical "Passing Strange" ... while they were breaking up as a couple. Awkward! It's chronicled on their new album, "Making It."
Confessions of a panhandler
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Off-Ramp's Sam Blum talks to panhandler Randy, who divulges the secrets of "flying sign" on Southern California's off-ramps.
Photographer Vince Gonzales gives new life to vintage film equipment
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Photographer Vince Gonzales' new show at the Pickford Center focuses on film projectors and captures -- somehow -- the spirits of the generations of filmmakers who used the equipment.
Graffiti in South LA: The story behind the spray
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Graffiti is everywhere in South Los Angeles – so KPCC asked a couple of officers in an LAPD gang unit totell us the story behind that scrawl on the wall.