Trains Kept A-Rolling: Southern California's Restaurant Bound Rail Cars

A lot of train cars get turned into restaurants. A lot more get scrapped but that's not very romantic now is it? Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising then that in Southern California (having as it did the largest interurban rail network in the known universe) there are a few. How many have you been to?

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Suspense - Radio's outstanding theater of thrills

Suspense - Radio's outstanding theater of thrills



The anniversary of the debut of radio's long-running anthology Suspense just passed. Here's a look back at it...

A map and snapshot of Los Angeles

A map and snapshot of Los Angeles



I painted a large map of Los Angeles County, seeking to depict every community and City of Los Angeles neighborhood. Then I added a bit about the regions of Los Angeles, which I hope you'll explore if you haven't.

COME IN! S, M, L, XLA -- A new exhibit at the A D Museum opens this Thursday

COME IN! S, M, L, XLA -- A new exhibit at the A D Museum opens this Thursday



A cool new exhibit opens at the A+D museum this Thursday... and I helped :)

Tea for all -- 10 June is Iced Tea Day

Tea for all -- 10 June is Iced Tea Day



Today is Iced Tea Day. As far as I know, there's no "Hot Tea Day" so here are my musings on all tea with some tea related films to get you into the holidays spirit.

Hippies and Hooligans -- Great Madchester covers of 60s tunes

Hippies and Hooligans -- Great Madchester covers of 60s tunes



1988 -- the Second Summer of Love. 1989 -- the end of South African apartheid and the cold war. Love was all around and if it wasn't enough to make one euphoric there was ecstasy and Madchester to the rescue. What were baggies but hip-hop-and-house-hip hippies-cum-hooligans-cum-hippies again? In case we needed further proof, the baggies made the connection more obvious with their updated covers of psychedelic and Situationist era tunes which at their worst sounded like karaoke versions spruced up with the funky drummer beat but at occasionally exceeded the popularity of the originals.