KFI’s notorious open-mawed radio commentators John and Ken spent 15 minutes yesterday attacking everything about the recently opened Gold Line extension, a light rail line that runs from Little Tokyo to East LA. In the process, the pair slammed the L.A.Times for sending four writers (including me) to the profile the excellent restaurants surrounding each [...]

Don’t get all crazy: Martians haven’t really invaded. But damn if you could have told that to some people when Orson Welles and co. aired their radio-play adaptation of the H.G. Wells tale in 1938. Such confusion seems quaint to us 21st-century folk—but that’s exactly the reason (one reason, anyway) to head over to the [...]

Rodney Bardin, Renaissance Man

PHOTO by LOUIE HUESMANN
“M’m! M’m! Good!” These three words changed Rodney Bardin’s life forever.
Bardin, a Long Beach native, is one of those people everyone seems to know. For those who meet him, it’s difficult to comprehend the many stories he tells about his past. Walk down Second Street with him, though, and [...]

While Googling the words “seitan” and “sushi” (why not, right?) I stumbled across this curious site featuring a recipe for “Shiny Toy Sushi,” featuring a recipe and photo of (presumably) members of Shiny Toy Guns. The sushi turned out fantastic, and I made a mental bookmark to return to the page later.
Turns out the site [...]