Californium, the new PK Dick video game ... bid for a unique dinner with Russ Parsons, John Rabe, and Piero Selvaggio at Valentino in Santa Monica ... the almost-lost living room sessions of jazz pianist Forrest Westbrook ... how to make money in Hollywood AND not be a racist.
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• 10:15
Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with Piero Selvaggio, owner and founder of Valentino Restaurant in Santa Monica. The 42-year old restaurant is one of the birthplaces of the Food Revolution.
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• 4:53
Off-Ramp's new commentator has a message for Hollywood: If you greenlight projects and you’re not investing in diversity, you’re leaving money on the table.
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• 4:11
That kind of rich nuanced insight into a complex political system is a rare and wonderful gift that I hate having every election year, when everyone else is engaged in magical thinking. Thank you, Mrs. Nichols.
"Believer" comes from Dam Funk’s upcoming DJ Kicks album, out later this month. He'll host his famous Funkmosphere night Friday, May 27 at the Echo.
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• 7:20
Off-Ramp Jazz Correspondent Sean J. O'Connell reviews two new CDs featuring California jazz pianist Forrest Westbrook, who died in 2014.
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• 7:01
In it, you play a strung out, deadline-skipping science fiction writer who spends his days struggling to write and hallucinating.