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Jim Mees dies at 57; set designer best known for 'Star Trek' work
Jim Mees, an Emmy-winning set decorator who helped bring alien worlds to life in the long-running "Star Trek" TV series, died Friday at his home in Selinsgrove, Pa., said his partner, Michael Smyth. He was 57 and had pancreatic cancer. Mees, who...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Television, Entertainment
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‘Bioshock Infinite’ review: Violence, with a social agenda
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesUnforgettably disturbing images populate “BioShock Infinite,” the most anticipated first-person shooter game of 2013. In the game, set largely in ...... -
Premiere: Astronautica offers soft digital tones on 'Califlorida'
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticAmong the many stylistic traits of Southern California cultural offerings is a certain easiness, a smooth, groove-centered vibe found both in Dr. Dre’s G-funk sound two decades ago and the dubbed out sounds of Flying Lotus, Teebs and the Gaslamp...Tags: Kanye West, Chet Baker, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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Jazz Reviews: Charles Lloyd's/Jason Moran's 'Hagar's Song'
By nature, duet recordings are all about limitations, and an exercise in trying to say more with less. This month marked a pair of high-profile recordings between saxophone and keyboard, and the results are as distinctive as they are rewarding. Say what...
Tags: Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington
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Surfers, Marines in a tussle over Trestles
A disagreement over a well-known slice of the Southern California coast is threatening to drive a wedge between Marines and surfers, groups that had recently set aside differences and become political allies. At issue is the 2.25-mile stretch of surf...
Tags: Mark Wyland, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon
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Van Dyke Parks, Tom McDermott at McCabe's on March 30
Pop music renaissance man Van Dyke Parks, fresh off an enthusiastically reviewed trip to Australia, has returned to his longtime home in Southern California and will play two shows on Saturday, March 30, at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. He&...
Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Music, Arts and Culture, Australia, Entertainment
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Van Dyke Parks at McCabe's
The songwriter-arranger Van Dyke Parks might be best known for his collaborations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, but he keeps up with contemporary acts as well. He worked with Joanna Newsom on "Ys," and at this show his brings along the L.A.... -
Beatles debut album released 50 years ago
It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...
Tags: United Kingdom, Paul McCartney, Charles Mingus, Eric Idle, George Harrison
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Greek, Gibson 2013 concert schedules unveiled
Los Lobos, Carly Rae Jepsen, a symphonic tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, Diana Krall and a complete performance of English prog-rock band Jethro Tull’s “Thick as a Brick” Parts 1 and 2 by theĀ band’s frontman Ian...
Tags: Ben Folds, Dru Hill (music group), Culture, Charlie Daniels, The Steve Miller Band (music group)
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Review: Little to toast at this 'Divorce Party'
Sometimes, a project comes along that is so cynically lowbrow, it boggles the tortured mind. "Divorce Party: The Musical,” now in its glitzy, empty West Coast premiere at the El Portal, is just such a project, a piece of ossified fluff obviously...
Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Music, Marilyn Monroe, Divorce
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Southern California dreaming on 2013 spring runways
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticOne of the great joys of being a fashion critic is the ability to observe how designers all over the world riff on and reinterpret the L.A. look. Watching the spring runway collections, whether I was sitting at a runway show in the crumbling Beekman...Tags: Architecture, Raf Simons, Isabel Marant, Entertainment Events, Marc Jacobs
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Mickey Mantle play in the works from pop music author David Leaf
It looks like “batter up!” again on the theatrical boards: Mickey Mantle is the subject of a new play that writer-producer David Leaf is working on with the cooperation of Danny and David Mantle, sons of the incredibly talented but careless...
Tags: Detroit Tigers, Babe Ruth, Tony Awards, Jackie Robinson, Entertainment Events
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