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17 March 2012

A horse is a good clean animal, says Betty Grable

betty-bettin'

Stylish, grown up, funny, dirty, great. That’s Jack Cole’s work with Betty Grable, this time in “Meet Me After the Show” (1951). [...]

6 March 2012

Stephen Colbert placidoes Domingo

The great Placido Domingo submits to an interview with the obviously opera loving Steven Colbert. [...]

27 February 2012

Ahmad Jamal, child pianist, photographed by “Teenie” Harris circa 1941

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A massive archive of photographs of African American life in the mid 20th century taken by a Pittsburgh photographer named “Teenie” Harris. Exhibit features a charming photo of the child pianist who grew up to be Ahmad Jamal. [...]

24 February 2012

Meeting Art Laboe, L.A.’s pioneering rock ‘n roll deejay

Art Laboe interviews Ricky Nelson at Scrivners Drive-In 1957-480

A highlight of viewing “Trouble in Paradise” Music in Los Angeles 1945-1975″ was meeting the amazing legendary L.A. deejay, Art Laboe. [...]

16 February 2012

Classical Underground rocks

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When have you returned home from a classical music concert at 12:30 am, kind of worn out and ecstatic? Try Classical Underground. [...]

13 February 2012

News we like to hear: a new live-performance hall for music in downtown Los Angeles

AT&T-night

Concerns the refurbished 500-seat auditorium for music performances in downtown Los Angeles — the AT&T Auditorium, located in a cool mid-century-modern classic skyscraper. [...]

2 February 2012

Hey! You up there, in the rafters, stop chewing gum! Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at the Shrine Auditorium

rehearsal symphony of a thousand

This Saturday night, February 8, 2012, the expansive Mahler symphony #8 gets room to move. [...]

1 February 2012

Talent! Joy! Pure pleasure! Thank you Don Cornelius.

The Jackson Five, lip-syncing, hoof it on on Soul Train. [...]

12 January 2012

Spend a sexy evening at an Eagle Rock motel …

eagle rock

The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound transforms Eagle Rock’s Welcome Inn into a venue for live performances creating a six-hour event featuring experimental music originating in Southern California from 1949 to 1977. [...]

24 December 2011

Balanchine invites you to a ball

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In keeping with tradition, we listen to Vienna waltzes at year end. And we get to watch them too. [...]