The old bungalow on De Longpre Avenue, the house where Charles Bukowski wrote many of his best known novels and became the voice of Los Angeles, is now the subject of a dispute between preservationists, who want to turn it into a monument, and the owners of the property who claim that the writer was [...]
Over at the Los Angeles Times, Richard Rayner reviews The Long Embrace - Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved by Judith Freeman. The book focusses on Raymond Chandler and his obsession with another man’s wife.
Freeman traces the ups and downs of the marriage and career with utmost delicacy. We spend time with Billy Wilder [...]
Chilli Palmer is looking to make another movie. But this time it’s going to be based around LA’s music industry.
There’s a band headed by a woman with a voice, Linda Moon. There’s a group of gangsta rappers. There’s a low life pimp with a huge body-guard who has a record for throwing people out of [...]
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