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The "lost" sounds of a long-gone amusement park - Off-Ramp for September 6, 2014
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Episode 6743
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The "lost" sounds of a long-gone amusement park - Off-Ramp for September 6, 2014

The sounds of Santa Monica's Pacific Ocean Park; the most powerful man in LA you never heard of; sci-fi tv and movies becomes real life; the Huntington's new American galleries
Historian Anna Sklar, who discovered a treasure trove of photos taken by the City of LA's engineering department from about 1890 - 1980. She's at the Baldwin Hills Rec Center, site of a years-long peat bog fire.
Historian Anna Sklar, who discovered a treasure trove of photos taken by the City of LA's engineering department from about 1890 - 1980. She's at the Baldwin Hills Rec Center, site of a years-long peat bog fire.
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Anna Sklar takes Off-Ramp to the nicest places. Image: John Rabe
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The sounds of Santa Monica's Pacific Ocean Park; the most powerful man in LA you never heard of; sci-fi tv and movies becomes real life; the Huntington's new American galleries

Kenturah Davis weaves words into art in Leimert Park
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with LA artist Kenturah Davis about her exhibit of drawings, "Narratives and Meditations," at Papillion Art in Leimert Park in South LA.
What does a defunct amusement park sound like? The lost sounds of Pacific Ocean Park
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One music collector discovered the sound effects and narration recorded for Pacific Ocean Park, an ambitious seaside amusement park that lasted just nine years.
LA historian discovers treasure trove of historic photos, now online
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KPCC's John Rabe talks with Anna Sklar, an LA historian who discovered and put online hundreds of photos from the city engineer's office dating back to 1890.
Actress/musician/comedian Charlyne Yi takes risks, goes her own way
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Charlyne Yi's humor has always made people uneasy. Besides being recognized as "the awkward character" from "House," Yi has always tested her audience.
New galleries highlight the 'whippersnapper' part of the Huntington
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"More American Art" is a great way to christen tons of new gallery space and show that the Huntington isn't just "The Blue Boy."
Meet the man who hand-painted hundreds of signs at Disneyland
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Off-Ramp talks with Patrick Smith about his days at the happiest place on earth and how the Vietnam War made it possible.
'Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide,' the final edition. It's a death in the family
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R.H. Greene talks with Leonard Maltin and critics about the death of Maltin's indispensable movie guide. The 2015 edition is the last one.
Matt the mattress got recycled (and we've launched a #sadmattress Tumblr)
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KPCC's Molly Peterson and Kevin Ferguson left a mattress on the curb with a GPS tracker in it. Four days later, it got picked up. Where did it go?
Meet the pair who ignite the Hollywood Bowl's fireworks show
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Helmed by pyrotechnician Eric Elias and score reader Sara Hiner, setting off fireworks to music is a performance in and of itself.