KPCC photog Maya Sugarman lets a king snake slither around her neck, and John lets a reasonably friendly tarantula crawl up his arm ... It’s done by hand, is quite painful, and is very expensive. We'll take you to a Garden Grove shop that is one of the few places in the US approved by one of the ruling Samoan tattoo families ... John brings in pop culture experts to evaluate the new Godzilla reboot, "Shin Godzilla," which sets the Godzilla story in modern-day Japan .... The story of Bobbi Bratt, a punk rocker from Southern California whose life was cut short by cancer almost thirty years ago.
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Tim Cogshell and Mike Roe say this Godzilla reboot is made for talking, and that's just what they do.
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Garden Grove's A-Town tattoo shop is one of the only places in the country to offer customers a proper Samoan tatau — a practice dating back generations.
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Her style and attitude were legendary in the mid-'80s punk scene, and her bands could go toe-to-toe with L.A.’s best, but today, Bobbi Brat remains largely unknown.
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Achieving the American dream can mean different things to different people: owning a house, climbing the career ladder — or making falafel an American household name.
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When KPCC photog Maya Sugarman got to hold a king snake, you won't believe what happened next. And will Off-Ramp host John Rabe faint when a tarantula crawls on his arm?
Frankenthaler often used the word “beautiful” to describe her works. And, often, they are, but in a hard-won way that belies critics who saw the attractiveness of her paintings as a kind of softness.
NxWorries (pronounced "No Worries") is a collaboration between Los Angeles based producer Knxwledge and singer Anderson .Paak.