Category Archives: Offbeat LA

Offbeat L.A.: Happy 88th Birthday to Custom Car Legend George Barris!

As we think of the many offbeat subcultures that have sprung from the creative loins of our beloved City of Angels, one that has reverberated worldwide has been Custom Car Culture. After all, Los Angeles came of age with the … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Meet Marty & Elayne! A Video Trip to the Dresden Room in Los Feliz

Sometimes in Los Angeles the Santa Ana winds of change blow warm and caressing, taking one’s soul down a haunted memory lane in which the past comes softly knocking. At times like these the best medicine is a stiff drink … Continue reading

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Living in the Material World: Kai Aspire’s “Lost Values” Show

Street Artist, Kai Aspire’s solo art show “Lost Values” opened October 24, 2013 at Lab Art Gallery, Los Angeles.  Growing up in a Los Angeles household void of televisions, radios and other brain washing devices, Kai uses his art to rail … Continue reading

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THE UNDEAD AMONGST US: Zbooth THIS WEEKEND

  So, I’m just standing here in line at Target, stocking up on Halloween candy and hoping we don’t get any trick-or-treaters so I can keep it all for myself. So why is that weird woman staring at me? Why … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: There Are Strings Attached- The International Puppetry Museum in Pasadena

“Pull the string and I’ll wink at you, I’m your Puppet. I’ll do funny things if you want me to, I’m your Puppet…” – 1966 soul hit written by Dan Penn Carved from blocks of wood, porcelain, layers of paper mache … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Halloween ’13- Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor

The salt filled air of the Port of Long Beach  is not the first place you might envision when pondering one of the most haunted places in America. The blue skies, sunshine and tourists might pose as a convenient cover … Continue reading

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A Thin Place, with Dr. Paul Koudounaris

We’re in a thin place– and not just because we’re in weight-obsessed, gluten-intolerant, dairy-free Los Angeles. Pre-Christian civilizations from the Maya to the Celts identified this time of year, between the Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice, as a specific period … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Kim Fowley- Bad Boy With a Heart of Gold (Last Stop Before the Neon Graveyard)

As the timid souls of our city tuck themselves into bed at night, crossing their hearts and summoning angelic aid should they die before they wake, the real werewolves come out to play. The eccentrics, the freaks, the oddballs – … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Halloween ’13- Haunted Hollywood Sports

It’s nearly October, and as the days get shorter and our California nights get nippier, the veil begins to get thinner between the world of the living and the shadowy ghost vista on the other side. Or so they say. … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Hot Off the Presses- The Los Angeles Times Tour

The Times they are a-changin’, wrote folk balladeer Bob Dylan, back in 1964. Of course it’s obviously true. Nothing stays the same. The Los Angeles we know today, around which we’re fairly sure the world revolves, is a fairly recent … Continue reading

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