OBITUARY – ALFREDO RIPSTEIN

ALFREDO RIPSTEIN – Jan. 20, 2007 OBITUARY Award-winning Mexican producer Alfredo Ripstein died of respiratory failure at age 90. Mr. Ripstein began his lengthy ... Continue Reading →

WEEKLY SPORTS WRAP-UP – Feb 1st, 2007

WEEKLY SPORTS WRAP-UP – February 1st, 2007  The college basketball season has reached the meat of conference play, where teams begin to jockey for position in ... Continue Reading →

ONE STROKE AT A TIME

ONE STROKE AT A TIME  SWIMMING AT LANKERSHIM ARTS CENTER I never thought I’d be writing these words in a review, but “ripped from the headlines” ... Continue Reading →

2007 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

GO, GO GADGET EVERYTHING 2007 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW The annual January pilgrimage to Mecca, er….to Las Vegas, for the Consumer Electronics Show reveals many ... Continue Reading →

GOSSIP – D. FANNING LIKES IT ROUGH

DAKOTA FANNING LIKES IT ROUGH GOSSIP GUY Dakota Fanning is Some Hounddog! Now that Dakota Fanning’s new film Hounddog (in which her character is raped) has premiered, ... Continue Reading →

THE 2007 NAMM SHOW

GOD NAMM IT – THE 2007 NAMM SHOW If not for anything else, the NAMM Show (once known as the National Association of Music Merchants, now representing the International ... Continue Reading →

THE BIRD & THE BEE

A FRANK TALK ABOUT THE BIRD & THE BEE Ever since having heard about it from their PR firm, I had been incredibly excited to see The Bird & The Bee at the Troubadour ... Continue Reading →

DVD REVIEW – Feburary 1st, 2007

THIS WEEK IN DVD’S – Feburary 1st, 2007  Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Collection (Sony) There’s little in terms of bonus goodies on Viva Pedro: ... Continue Reading →