Bound for glory: The executive vice president...

Bound for glory: The executive vice president of the Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce wrote to object to our designation of the Riverside/Artesia/Redondo Beach Freeway (91) as one of “the most detested freeways” in the Southland.

“Let’s keep facts straight,” Tom Parks said. “The Redondo Beach Freeway was renamed the Gardena Freeway two years ago by the state Legislature.”

OK, Gardena, we stand corrected. It’s the Riverside/Artesia/Gardena Freeway that is one of the most detested freeways in the Southland. Always happy to give credit where credit’s due.

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More unfinished business: Abe Boyarsky of La Mirada--no relation to The Times’ Bill (Spin) Boyarsky--assumes that Dec. 5 is celebrated twice in Coast Federal Bank’s 1994 calendar because it’s an important company anniversary.

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List of the Day: But on to 1995. You really have no choice. If you need some inspiration in the new year, a calendar issued by West L.A.’s Rhino Records salutes some of the true milestones of pop music, including:

* Jan. 13: “The YMCA files a libel suit against Village People for their ‘YMCA’ single. The suit is later dropped (1979).”

* March 11: “The Rhino store creates a new way to get rid of non-selling albums: It pays people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce’s album (1974).”

* April 3: “England’s BBC bans the Coasters’ ‘Charlie Brown’ because of the word ‘spitball.’ It recants after two weeks (1959).”

* July 14: “The Everly Brothers announce their breakup as a duo. At their final performance at Knott’s Berry Farm, Phil smashes his guitar on stage and stalks off as a comment on Don’s lackluster performance (1973).”

* Nov. 11: “On his flight from L.A. to Phoenix to see a Rolling Stones concert, Jim Morrison is arrested for pestering a stewardess (1969).”

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Tell Tchaikovsky the news: Columbia Pictures must be delighted with the timing of its release of “Immortal Beloved,” a film about Ludwig von Beethoven. First, it coincided with Only in L.A.’s item about the existence of a statue of the composer in Pershing Square.

And, second, there was the news out of Italy that a physics student plans to patent a prophylactic that plays Beethoven if it tears (not that Beethoven would have heard it). You just can’t buy advertising like that.

miscelLAny A pair of young filmmakers have modestly formed their own fan club, the Friends of Zach Tate and Roger King (FOZTARK), complete with newsletter, and are inviting the public to join for the price of a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Their address: 1929 N. Curson Ave., Hollywood 90046. While the filmmakers have yet to make any films, they say the fan club will “ease the transition from relative obscurity to stardom.”