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Off-Ramp for May 26, 2007
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Dan Carino
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Episode 3639
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Off-Ramp for May 26, 2007

A Last Goodbye; Hello Tiki-Ti ; Tiki Tribute; Ghost in the Machine; Dad's in Jail; For want of a fingernail...; Eve's Apple; Urban Survivalist; Web Extra

A Last Goodbye; Hello Tiki-Ti ; Tiki Tribute; Ghost in the Machine; Dad's in Jail; For want of a fingernail...; Eve's Apple; Urban Survivalist; Web Extra

The Beverly Hills Trader Vic's closed this month. John Rabe visited a few months ago with Charles Phoenix. The first thing that caught their eye was Trader Vic's famous drink menu.
John Rabe drops in on the venerable Tiki Ti bar in Silverlake.
John Rabe goes to a Tiki warehouse in Whittier and visits a couple who've spent nearly 20-years investing in their Tiki bar.
History will be made at Disney Hall, at a concert featuring ten Theremins, the first electronic instrument. Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim has our report.
Meet Jim Gates, a middle-aged guy who recently picked his dad up from prison. Philip Gates was arrested for protesting at the School of the Americas.
Joe Domanick gives us the update on the Phil Spector trial: the women, the chauffeur and fingernail.
Meet Monica Majoli, an artist featured in Eden's Edge at the Hammer, she's fascinated by gay rubbermen.
Off-Ramp spent a few hours with urban survivalist Christopher Nyerges learning how to eat lizards and foxtails.
This truck was spotted in Little Tokyo. If you have more information about it, send an e-mail to offramp@kpcc.org.