2008 Toppers
As 2008 drew to a close and 2009 began, we were inundated with Top 10 lists (movies, TV shows, books, etc.) and while we get tired of all the ballyhooing of the “tops” in the entertainment world, there are some lists we thoroughly enjoy. Below is a sample. Let’s kick things off with: The 10 [...]
The Smothers Are Back
One of the offbeat highlights of the late-1960s was “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” an hourly variety show that debuted in February 1967 on CBS. Showcasing the talents of irreverent folk-singer/comedians the Smothers Brothers (who had a bevy of folk-tinged musical/comedy album hits in the 60s), the show quickly morphed from a “hip” version of [...]
Bio: Darlene Graeser
Darlene Graeser (Venice High School grad Summer 1963) is a clinical psychologist by day, prolific painter by night. The hyperactive Darlene has little need or use for sleep. While her family dozed away like normal people, Darlene spent her nights wandering around the house and pondering her day, until she discovered that she could ponder [...]
“On the Road” for 50 years
… the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the [...]
Bio: Art Aratin
Name of Birth Certificate: Arthur Wayne Aratin Preference: Art Place of Birth: Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA Date of Birth: April 25, 1945I have lived in (all California residences): Sierra Madre, Ocean Park, Mar Vista, Palms, San Diego, Hollywood, Inglewood, West Los Angeles, Palms, Los Feliz, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood. Education: Montessori Nursery School, Beethoven [...]
Welcome to Dreamsville
Dreamsville: A site for people who came of age in the Sixties A generation bounded by Beatniks, Sputniks, Civil Rights and Camelot on one side, and Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, and Disco on the other. H ere you can chronicle your dreams and aspirations, post musings, thoughts, and histories of that [...]
Welcome to Dreamsville
Dreamsville: A site for people who came of age in the Sixties A generation bounded by Beatniks, Sputniks, Civil Rights and Camelot on one side, and Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, and Disco on the other. H ere you can chronicle your dreams and aspirations, post musings, thoughts, and histories of that [...]
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