Garrison Keilor Loves LA; Song: "California" by Joni Mitchell; A Way With Words; Song: "You and Onions" (Hidden Track) by Meiko; Straight Story; Creating Vintage Photos; Something Fishy; Song: "Frank's Wild Years" by Tom Waits; Bunker Hill Revisited; Sad Life, Great Writer; Tarzan of Tarzana; My Way on the Highway
Garrison Keillor is surprised to find himself defending LA to his friends. For all its faults, he finds a lot to like. Garrison Keillor will be performing at the Greek Theater on June 6.
A track from her 1971 album Blue.
Meet artist Wayne White, set designer for "Pee Wee's Playhouse" and art director for Peter Gabriel's video "Big Time." Now he's best known for painting big words on dime store landscape prints.
Yes, she's singing about hot dogs (and love) on this track from her self-titled album.
Novelist Susan Straight was born and raised in Riverside. She sets most of her stories there, but for her sixth book, A Million Nightingales, Straight looked east to Louisiana. Straight explains the turn and reads from her novel.
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It's a good thing opponents of same sex marriage aren't fish. Commentator Milton Love explains the "non-traditional" sex lives of fishes.
A track from his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones.
Off-Ramp regular Jerry Sullivan reads Raymond Chandler's description of Bunker Hill and talks about his past drinking life.
Commentator Marc Haefele says hardboiled novelist Ross Macdonald deserves more attention. Like many of his characters, Macdonald led a sad life.
Kevin Roderick continues his tour of the Valley. This time, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Think Tarzana.
John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian find peace and a better way of life by cruising down the Pasadena Freeway at 45mph.