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Jack Kemp: 'Bleeding-heart conservative'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, today remembers Jack Kemp, the party's 1996 vice presidential nominee, housing secretary and onetime Buffalo Bills quarterback iwho passed away last night. "For...Tags: Migration, Parties and Movements, International Military Interventions, Roger Goodell, State Budgets
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Dillard & Clark: Celebrating an unsung L.A. country rock classic
Pop & HissBanjo player Doug Dillard, who died on Thursday, was known for his work with the Dillards, but fans of Los Angeles country rock know him for his collaboration with Gene Clark, "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark." Times pop music critic Randall... -
Burt Bacharach and Hal David to receive Gershwin Prize
Pop & HissThe veteran songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David has been chosen to receive the Library of Congress' fourth Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which will be presented at an all-star tribute ceremony in the spring in Washington. The creators of... -
Andre Ethier, All-Star, Latin rap aficionado, swings to Delinquent Habits
Pop & HissThe attendance statistics read 35,249, but Sunday's crowd at Dodger Stadium felt even smaller. It's been that sort of year for the congregation at Chavez Ravine, part of the flop that's occured since their owner decided to turn the team...... -
Buddy Holly score card -- Hollywood star: 1; Grammy awards: 0
Pop & HissBuddy Holly got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week, but still has no Grammy Awards. Holly and other pioneering rock and rollers have long been overlooked by Grammy voters.... -
Trina Turk takes a sunny piece of SoCal to N.Y.
All The RageL.A.-based designer Trina Turk's spring presentation was a sunny piece of SoCal moved to New York. Turk brought all the trappings of home with her to breathe life into her collection, including '70s-era fiber art wall hangings, Herb Alpert LPs...... -
Mexicans With Guns premiere 'Icaros' (Free the Robots Remix), play Low End Theory
Pop & HissIcaros are medicine music. The songs and incantations taught by elderly shamans and utulized to aid ayahuasca visions and heal the sick. Power disguised as hymn. The wails of the possessed. An attempt to drill toward the supernatural, via means...... -
CalArts' Wild Beast performance hall ready to open
Culture MonsterThe beast is alive! And it turns out it’s wired with a 5.1 surround sound system and high-speed Ethernet connectivity to boot. CalArts’ long-awaited state-of-the-art performance space, the Wild Beast, is up and running finally, “humming from 9 a.m.... -
Herb Alpert-funded awards will pay five artists $75,000 each
Culture MonsterThe annual Alpert Awards in the Arts –- for which Herb Alpert’s charitable foundation antes up the five $75,000 prizes and partners with California Institute of the Arts in the selection process -- announced this year's winners on Monday. Rachel...... -
This week's on-sales: Lil Wayne, Arctic Monkeys, Journey and more
Pop & HissA list of upcoming on-sales across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Staples Center Lil Wayne, April 21 (Sat.) Hollywood Palladium Arctic Monkeys, June 3; Kid Cudi, April 18 (now) Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Journey, July 23 (Sat.) The... -
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz to begin partnership with UCLA in 2012
Culture MonsterIn an effort spurred by jazz greats Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock and Herb Alpert, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will start a partnership with UCLA that will establish a new graduate program for jazz in 2012.... -
Record executive Mo Ostin gives $10 million to UCLA for new music center
Culture MonsterMo Ostin, a record executive and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who sent the likes of Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young and Paul Simon into the recording studio, now will send students at UCLA’s School......
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