The Los Angeles comedy scene is so fertile and frenetic that figuring out which funny person is performing where and when can be frustrating — if you’ve not yet discovered “The Comedy Bureau.” Maven and aficionado Jake Kroeger maintains a reliable calendar of events, a frequently updated comedy-centric newsfeed, and a keen sense of who...
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Clarinetist Glenn Dickson, master of klezmer, has made a solo recording, “Wider Than the Sky,” that’s been on perpetual repeat at our home office. Using over-dubs and electronic digital effects, Dickson fills the aural soundscape with a rich melange of chordal textures supporting the melody. His celebrated virtuosity is subsumed here to long, elegiac musical...
