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March 29, 2013
Weird World of Wine: A News Round-Up
Slate: The William Koch lawsuit over counterfeit wine sparks a look at how a $10,000 bottle of wine is a show of "prestige, rarity and age" and not necessarily of quality. NPR: New Jersey winemakers are seeking to formalize a geographical label of sorts -- Outer Coastal Plain -- to circumvent stere ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2013
Food News Roundup: White House Beer, Best L.A. Tacos A Recipe for the Elvis Presley Milkshake
Mental Floss: Does drinking booze really keep you warm? Hmmm. Ever gotten drunk in Minnesota? Right. The New York Times Diner's Journal: Slow Food USA gets a new leader. Michael Ruhlman: A review of Alex Witchel's book All Gone, a memoir with refreshments. The Smithsonian: Whether or not diet sod ... More >>
Calendar
November 29, 2012
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
Mental Floss: Does drinking booze really keep you warm? Hmmm. Ever gotten drunk in Minnesota? Right. The New York Times Diner's Journal: Slow Food USA gets a new leader. Michael Ruhlman: A review of Alex Witchel's book All Gone, a memoir with refreshments. The Smithsonian: Whether or not diet sod ... More >>
Calendar
November 29, 2012
The Santaland Diaries
Mental Floss: Does drinking booze really keep you warm? Hmmm. Ever gotten drunk in Minnesota? Right. The New York Times Diner's Journal: Slow Food USA gets a new leader. Michael Ruhlman: A review of Alex Witchel's book All Gone, a memoir with refreshments. The Smithsonian: Whether or not diet sod ... More >>
News
November 1, 2012
How KPCC's Quest for Latino Listeners Doomed The Madeleine Brand Show
Mental Floss: Does drinking booze really keep you warm? Hmmm. Ever gotten drunk in Minnesota? Right. The New York Times Diner's Journal: Slow Food USA gets a new leader. Michael Ruhlman: A review of Alex Witchel's book All Gone, a memoir with refreshments. The Smithsonian: Whether or not diet sod ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2012
Hot Cheetos & Takis: Why Junk Food Is Better For Kids If They Rap About It
It's not every day that a group of kids in an after-school program makes a music video that gets a million and a half views on YouTube and is deemed "the summer's final truly great jam" by, um, Rolling Stone. Even more unlikely: The video is about snacks. Well, maybe that does make a lot of sense. I ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2012
A. Martinez Hired at KPCC; the Madeleine Brand Show Gears Up To Go National
This morning marked the last broadcast of KPCC's the Madeleine Brand Show. Don't fret, your favorite Babe of NPR will still be heard weekday mornings on Southern California Public Radio--she'll just be bantering with a swarthy new co-host. Brand, who has hosted the eponymous hour-long show since 2 ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Cornell Seeks Your Help in Naming Two New Wine Varietals
We learned via NPR's Morning Edition this morning that Cornell University's grape breeding program is looking for names for two brand new wine varietals. And they're hoping the public will help. The two varietals are a cold-hearty white-wine grape, which has aromatic qualities similar to Gewürztram ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
For Marketplace Radio Journalists, Midnight Is When the Workday Begins
"Stephen, how's your eye?" Ethan Lindsey asks. It's 3:30 a.m. Outside in downtown Los Angeles, it's the dead of night, but inside the Frank Stanton Studios on Figueroa Boulevard, it's the heart of the work "day" for the Marketplace Morning Report overnight shift. And things are bustling. While mos ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
5 Podcasts for Food Lovers
If you're already a podcast listener then you most likely know and love KCRW's Good Food and The Splendid Table, two of the best shows on the radio, ready for uploading at any time. In terms of food coverage, there's also NPR, Martha Stewart, and the list goes on. Those shows are great because they' ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
Eating Veggies Makes You Prettier, Study Says
Eating fruits and vegetables isn't just good for you on the inside, it makes you prettier, NPR reports. Apparently produce gives you a healthful glow by actually tinting your skin lovely shades of yellow and red. Researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland found that people's skin col ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Coca-Cola, Pepsi Will Modify Recipe to Use Less Cancerous Caramel Coloring
As if you need another reason to scale back on all that soda pop: NPR and Reuters report that Coca-Cola and Pepsi will change their recipe slightly to reduce the amount of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a chemical that, in high very doses, has been known to cause cancer in animals. In sodas, it's used t ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Food News Roundup: No More Starred Reviews, Mario Batali Settles Lawsuit Notorious B.I.G. Food Lyrics
Daily Dish: No more starred reviews in the L.A. Times, effective now. The Salt, NPR's Food Blog: Mario Batali settles lawsuit alleging he and business partner Joe Bastianich took employee tips. Gilt Taste: What Francis Lam learned about food from the Notorious B.I.G. ("The milks was chocolate; t ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2012
Astronauts Crave Hot Sauce, Horseradish
While astronauts clearly get a kick out of taking advantage of zero gravity and eating M&Ms like Pac-Man eating Pac-Dots, what they want the most isn't candy. According to recent reports from NPR and ABC News, the men and women who boldly go where few have before constantly reach for a hot pepper o ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Food News Roundup: America as Food Truck Nation, Ruhlman's Toys, Sushi Nozawa Song About Waiters
Michael Ruhlman: Great Kitchen Tools a very fun short film. Smithsonian Magazine: How America Became a Food Truck Nation (by Jonathan Gold). Daily Dish: The LA Times Food section debuted nearly 50 years ago. (It will fold into a new Saturday section beginning Mar. 10.) New York Times: On the cl ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Rave Drug Ketamine Eyed as Quick Cure for Suicidal Depression
The circle of life, or something like it, has come to the field of severe depression medicine. You see, while ravers often complain of depression because they use up all their happy coupons every Saturday night (often in the form of serotonin-greedy ecstasy), physicians who treat hardcore cases of ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Food News Roundup: Kobawoo House, Paula Deen Has Diabetes How Much Bacon Increases Your Risk of Cancer
Flickr/Andy Ciordiaa bacon weaveCBS News: Pancreatic cancer risk increases with every 2 strips of bacon you eat. (Good to know.) Gastronomy: More fun at Kobawoo House in Koreatown. Eater LA: La Cachette Bistro closes for good. OC Weekly: Paula Deen announces she has diabetes and is now a ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Food News Roundup: Giant Rabbits, Making Cider in Burgundy, Holiday Roasts The Glutton in Winter
Anne FishbeinSotto chefs Steve Samson and Zach PollackForbes: 30 mover-and-shakers under 30 in the food and wine industry. (Congrats Jordan Kahn and Zach Pollack.) The Salt, NPR's Food Blog: Why Are We More Hungry In The Winter? Los Angeles Magazine: This year's top 10 restaurants in L.A. ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Food News Roundup: Donut Robots, Gingerbread Typewriters What To Do With A Million Coffee Beans
Flickr/jazzylolobaking Christmas cookiesConsumer Reports: Ways to conserve energy in the kitchen during the holidays. BBC News: Does your kid like to watch Hayao Miyazaki movies more than eating actual food? Maybe if you spent 2 hours making your kid's lunch in the shape of Totoro (or Barac ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Instant Noodles's Tipsy Packaging Causes Burns
[puamelia]/FlickrCup Noodles' lightweight packaging makes it prone to spillingOne of the many reasons why hospital emergency rooms are overflowing with patients? Instant cups of noodles. NPR reports that a good number of hospital intakes each week are victims who burn themselves with the sc ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2011
Food News Roundup: On the Phone with Diana Kennedy, Typewriters How Organic Can Feed the World
C. LeVassera stack of Diana Kennedy booksThe Cookbook Blog: A very cool interview with Diana Kennedy. LA Observed: Ray Bradbury's typewriter, a 1947 Royal KMM #3756210. (Does this have anything to do with food? No. But it's Ray Bradbury's typewriter. Stop clouding pictures of foie with your ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Los Angeles Limerick Fest at Altadena Ale House: Sex and Sheep, Dick Jokes and the Man from Nantucket
Paul T. Bradley100.3's Mimi Chen reads some raunchy internet submissions "Ok, now here are some X-Rated ones," says a kindly, professorial elderly gentleman in a fishing cap before he belts out a few stanzas of offensive rhyming verse about a couple's sexual proclivities. A woman entering the ... More >>
Film+TV
October 27, 2011
Inni: Sigus Ros' Second Movie
Paul T. Bradley100.3's Mimi Chen reads some raunchy internet submissions "Ok, now here are some X-Rated ones," says a kindly, professorial elderly gentleman in a fishing cap before he belts out a few stanzas of offensive rhyming verse about a couple's sexual proclivities. A woman entering the ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Monday Morning Food News Roundup: It's National Bologna Day!
SpecialKRB / FlickrNot Oscar Mayer bologna.It's National Bologna Day. Not the day we honor the Northern Italian city famous for its ragù, but a day to honor pressed, sliced tubes of meat. Let the lunchmeat reign -- and rain. It's also National Food Day! [LA Weekly] Drinking whiskey in the ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Top 5 Snacks Most Commonly Enjoyed By 9th Graders
Flickr/MGSheltonhigh school classroom In our spare time, we teach -- nothing too crazy, just six periods a day, most days a week. Our students -- 9th graders -- are caught in that weird, fuzzy maelstrom of very early adulthood, a liminal period to be sure. They are full of bravado. They re ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Something Special
KCRW BROADCAST #1247 for Saturday, August 13, 2011 Fanatics! It is Pledge Drive time at Tha K!!! It is time to show your love for NPR. If any of you Fanatics heard our show during the last drive, you will remember we had prepared quite a bit of material that was written exclusively for that ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Marc Maron on KCRW: LA Weekly's Ultimate Guide to the Top 10 Comedy Podcasts
Doug SadlerHost Howard Kremer, guest Zach Galifianakis and co-host Kulap Vilaysack fart up, err chart up the room on the podcast Who Charted? As the Buggles once forecasted in their 1980s pop single: "Video Killed the Radio Star." Today, it's more accurate to say that the podcast resurrecte ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
NPR on Why We Think We Tip (We're Wrong)
T. Nguyen When it comes to tipping a server at a restaurant, do you: (a) always leave 20% of your bill, as that is the socially proper thing to do; (b) leave greater than the standard 20%, because you too are a server/barista/bartender/etc. and intimately know the pain of bad tippers; (c) le ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Hollywood's Hair-Feather Fad Pits Hipsters Against Fly Fishermen, Dries Up Rooster Population
Outta my way, Gramps.Bob Marriott's Fly-Fishing Store in Fullerton is sold out of rooster feathers. You know -- those long, stripey suckers peeking from the underhairs of everyone from Steven Tyler to your babysitter. "We're out of stock," says Annie Stamper, a Marriott's employee who, for t ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Antonio Hernandez: Cheese Tests Positive For Cocaine, Puts L.A.-Area Man in North Carolina Jail For Four Days
Scarface used to dive in, nose first.Talk about your series of unfortunate events. An L.A. area man in North Carolina took a wrong turn, and things started to really go wrong. Like the cop that pulled behind him to stop him. Antonio Hernandez Carranza thought the officer was just trying to p ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Food News Roundup: Time to Start Drinking Pabst, Robo-Waiters The World's Largest Falafel Ball
-- Pabst relocates HQ to Los Angeles. Guess we'll have to start drinking the stuff. [Los Angeles Times] -- The Rise Of The Robo-Waiter. [NPR] -- Mr. Potato Heart. [Psycho-Gourmet] -- Happy 65th birthday, Tommy's. [LA Observed] -- Treme Watch: Alan Richman Gets a Cocktail in His Face. [Eater] ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Neighborhood Public Radio Creates Symphony Via Car Stereos and Ping-Pong Matches in MOCA Parking Lot
Gabriel Cifarelli Last night the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA brought art into the streets, though not necessarily with the exhibition, "Art in the Streets," which, contrary to its title, shows art in a museum. Rather, with In Your Car, a participatory sound project by the art collective NPR ( ... More >>
Calendar
April 21, 2011
Where the Elite Meet to Cheat and Cause Fiscal Defeat
Gabriel Cifarelli Last night the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA brought art into the streets, though not necessarily with the exhibition, "Art in the Streets," which, contrary to its title, shows art in a museum. Rather, with In Your Car, a participatory sound project by the art collective NPR ( ... More >>
Calendar
April 14, 2011
Zombies Invade Sunset Boulevard!
Gabriel Cifarelli Last night the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA brought art into the streets, though not necessarily with the exhibition, "Art in the Streets," which, contrary to its title, shows art in a museum. Rather, with In Your Car, a participatory sound project by the art collective NPR ( ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Monday Morning News Roundup: Yak Farmers, Vegan Boxers, World's Worst Restaurant More
Guzzle & NoshAnd when we say "news," we mean it in the loosest sense of the word. --"Mrs. Cheeseburger," wife of cheeseburger inventor, passes away. [Denver Post] --Japan faces food radiation problems. [WSJ] --Iodized salt is no antidote for radiation. [NPR] --But red wine might be. [Telegrap ... More >>
Calendar
March 17, 2011
Geeky on the Radio
Guzzle & NoshAnd when we say "news," we mean it in the loosest sense of the word. --"Mrs. Cheeseburger," wife of cheeseburger inventor, passes away. [Denver Post] --Japan faces food radiation problems. [WSJ] --Iodized salt is no antidote for radiation. [NPR] --But red wine might be. [Telegrap ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
Most Plastics Leak Harmful Chemicals Into Food, Study Finds
Flickr/adactio Most plastic items leach chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen into food products, even if they don't contain BPA, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives, reports NPR. That includes everything from food wraps to water bottles to bento boxes. Much ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2011
Is the NPR Music Blog Trying to Be More "Low-Brow" Than Us? How Dare They?
We thank commenter Toby (on today's Strokes post) for pointing us in the direction of NPR's music blog The Record, which apparently called us out for, are you ready? "Going low-brow" while discussing the demise of revered alt-legends The White Stripes. This would be amusing enough--after all ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Jason Bentley Demands Money, Drugs and Sex From KCRW Listeners
You should have read by now our enlightening article on the challenge to KCRW and other NPR stations by GOP and Tea Party goons, who are trying to defund them through Congress. As we said before, we support KCRW and all the other Public Radio stations and everything they do for good music in ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Beverly Hills Woman Lisette Lee Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Pot Via Private Jet
Lisette Lee: Korean American chola? You decide.You're from Beverly Hills. You're rich. You smuggle pounds from a medical-pot state to Ohio illegally? Yep. Lisette Lee on Friday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more weed. Lots of it ... More >>
Music
February 3, 2011
Public Radio Music Under Attack
Right-wingers’ “Defund NPR” campaign threatens the local music scene (among other things)
Blogs
December 30, 2010
NPR Claims Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Was Bigger Than Coachella in 2010
Timothy NorrisBigger (and more rollin') than Coachella? NPR's blog The Record just published an interesting end-of-the-year survey of the current rise of dubstep, and it's frattier doppelganger "bro-step" (read the comments thread for that post for a kinda pointless debate about the nuanced d ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Muslim Journalist Asra Nomani To TSA: Racially Profile Me; Profile My Family
Georgetown UniversityIs Asra Nomani's journalistic reputation at stake?If you're a non-Muslim male, we recommend you don't spew offensive stereotypes about Muslims on national television. That is, if you're keen on keeping your job as a left-wing journalist. If you're a Muslim woman, though ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2010
Thank You, Friends: A Mini-Mix For Thanksgiving
thank you, bill! NPR did an insane list of Thanksgiving songs, but they're pretty much all about food--that's fine, but there's apparently something else to the holiday, isn't there? So here's a tiny little set of songs for the rest of the evening that hopefully touch on the actual thankfuln ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
National Public Rollins: Henry Rollins on the Pleasures of Voting, his New Favorite Documentary, and What Happens When You Give Him Your Band's CD-R (Yes, He Might Play It on his Radio Show!)
Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins![The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Tonight: Superchunk, Broken Social Scene, Manu Chao, Deer Tick, Interpol, Ra Ra Riot
Jason ArthursSuperchunkThe most treacherous territory Superchunk had to negotiate to make Majesty Shredding, the band's first album in nine years, had nothing to do with music. It was -- and you aspiring rockers can relate -- those pesky day jobs. Frontman Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Ba ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
This weekend: Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, the National, Die Antwoord, Paul Oakenfold, Hoodoo Gurus
JonsiFans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo alb ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Story of His Life
JonsiFans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo alb ... More >>
Calendar
September 30, 2010
THE SUN'LL COME OUT TO-MARROW
JonsiFans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo alb ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2009
Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do," part 2. [NYT] -- Pets on plates! Elizabeth Kolbert reviews Jonathan Safran Foer's lastest book Eating Animals. [New Yorker] -- After Gourmet: ... More >>
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