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We go inside the only musical instrument you can go inside - Off-Ramp Nov. 15, 2014
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We go inside the only musical instrument you can go inside - Off-Ramp Nov. 15, 2014

Let's all sing "Happy Birthday" to the Disney Organ, 10 years old; water witchery is debunked, but still popular; Merv Griffin interviews now memorialized on 12 DVDs.

Off-Ramp host John Rabe.
Off-Ramp host John Rabe.
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe, by Benjamin Brayfield
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Let's all sing "Happy Birthday" to the Disney Organ, 10 years old; water witchery is debunked, but still popular; Merv Griffin interviews now memorialized on 12 DVDs.

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Paul Caponigro supposedly said, “I love people. I just don’t want them getting in front of my camera.” But his contemporary, Bruce Davidson, made his living photographing people.
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe goes to Sonny's Hideaway in Highland Park to talk with the editors of "Drink: Los Angeles," a guide to the best beverages.
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