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The Monkees aired on September 12, 1966 and by the next summer America was in full Monkeemania. The show was a sitcom about 4 “insane” boys who wanted to be like The Beatles, but never became successful. Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz a
Elizabeth Short briefly lived at Mark Hansen's bungalow behind his nightclub Florentine Gardens off and on in October and November of 1946. On January 21, 1947, 6 days after Elizabeth's mutilated body was discovered in the Leimert Park neighbor
JPL's founder and Aleister Crowley follower, Jack Parsons and Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard performed so many rituals at The Parsonage on Pasadena's Millionaire's Row that the house was said to be haunted by ghosts and screaming banshee'
On a summer day in 1937, 3 young girls went missing from Centinela Park in Inglewood. After an extensive search with roughly 500 volunteers, the bodies of the girls were found 2 days later in a Baldwin Hills gully. Eventually, Albert Dyer was c
On December 27, 1924, the new Mulholland Drive opened to a multi town celebration with an estimated 32,000 people driving the scenic highway on the first day. Unfortunately, the winding road with hairpin turns called, The Snake, Deadman's curve
Before 90210 was even a town, Beverly Farms (its original name) opened in 1912, catering to Hollywood stars like, Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford. Known today as the "Pink Palace", numerous power lunches have taken place at the Polo Lounge
In part 2, we discuss the epic Hotel California album and the band's 14 year vacation.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1971, the Eagles settled on their band name when a majestic Eagle flew over the founding members during a peyote trip among the Joshua trees. The band's country rock sound and superb harmonizing led to them having 2 of
On Friday, January 3, 1992, Darren Stroh's Toyota Corona broke down a few hours north of Los Angeles. Good Samaritan David Scott Baker stopped to help and wound up dead. Police eventually caught up with Stroh in L.A., where he was chased by pol
Welcome to our first LA Short. This week we discuss LA’s iconic Googie architecture. LAX’s Theme Building, The Chemosphere House and Norms on La Cienega were all inspired by John Lautner’s 1949 Googie Cafe.
In 1929, theatre mogul Alexander Pantages was accused of rape by 15 year old vaudeville dancer Eunice Pringle. When the Hollywood Pantages Theatre opened on June 4, 1930, Pantages was listening to the news coverage of the opening from his jail
L.A. has its own sordid mob history. From its humble beginnings as Italian street gangs called Black Hands to Mickey Cohen’s “Sunset Wars” with Jack Dragna, L.A.’s Mafia grew to have immense power during the Prohibition Era. The Sunset Strip b
The 27 Club -- The most unfortunate club in the music business. This week we discuss the untimely and tragic deaths of musicians, who all died at age 27. Robert Johnson, Jesse Belvin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Mia Z
On February 25, 1942, American military units unleashed a barrage of anti-aircraft fire into the L.A. skies at multiple unidentifiable aircraft during the Battle of Los Angeles. Was it another Japanese threat, a weather balloon or a UFO? This w
50 years ago this month the Stonewall riots ignited LGBTQ movements across the country. This week we discuss Los Angeles's own violent past between the police and the LGBTQ community and the history behind the first Christopher Street West prid
For 6 nights in August of 1970, Elton John made his American debut at the legendary Troubadour club in Los Angeles. He became an overnight sensation and his career skyrocketed. For more than 60 years, the Troubadour has been THE "hang" for musi
This week we cover the "The Most Dangerous Band in the World," one of L.A.’s most legendary rock bands. Canter’s, The Troubadour, Slash's top hat, Axl's snake dance and of course booze, drugs and riots!
This week, we cover the first rock and roll Latin star, Ritchie Valens, and the plane crash that cut his life tragically short on The Day The Music Died.
This week, we cover the history of Watts, a neighborhood in South Central L.A. and one of its most famous musicians, Charles Mingus. Mingus grew up in the shadow of the Watts Towers and played at some of Central Avenue's most notorious Jazz
Richard and Karen Carpenter were the brother/sister music duo known simply as the Carpenters from 1969 until Karen's death in 1983 from cardiac arrest due to anorexia nervosa. The Carpenters were the epitome of American wholesomeness until the
This week we are joined by Ellie, who is studying music production in L.A. We talk about how she is the only woman with about 20 men in the first year production classes. She tells us how she grew up in a small mid-west town and ended up at an
On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, we discuss his life and music.
In Part 2 of our Topanga Canyon series we talk about Dennis Wilson's involvement in the Family, we play Manson's creepy song and go through a "are you in a cult?" checklist.
In Part 1 of Topanga Canyon, we discuss the hippie enclave's history, the band's that thrived at the Topanga Corral like Canned Heat and one that didn't, Charles Manson's short lived band "Milky Way". Step into the Snake Pit if you dare!
Bust out your razor blade choker! Audra and Aidan cover the L.A. punk scene between 1977 and the early 80's. We discuss the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization and highlight the bands, Germs, X, Alice Bag Band, Catholic Discipline a
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