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| + | "[[Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.]]" (1975) The Miracles | ||
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| + | "My impression is you know, places like [[South Los Angeles|South Central L.A.]], around the country look more like the real [[third world]] countries - They're third world countries without the hope. That is that they have no [[medical care]]. They have no real economy - and yet in a third world country, it's developing. There is some onward development. There is some vision for the future."--Dr [[Bob Arnot]] cited in ''[[Spin (1995 film)|Spin]]'' | ||
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| + | "Welcome to [[Los Angeles|L.A.]], the city of the [[one-night stand]]s"--trailer to ''[[Welcome to L.A.]]'' (1976) by Alan Rudolph | ||
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| + | "One of the glories of [[Los Angeles architecture|Los Angeles is its modernist residential architecture]], but [[Hollywood movies]] have almost systematically denigrated this heritage by casting many of these houses as the residences of [[movie villains]]."--''[[Los Angeles Plays Itself]]'' (2003) by Thom Andersen | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Los Angeles''' is an [[American city]] in the state of [[California]]. It includes [[Hollywood]] and leads the world in the creation of [[entertainment]]. |
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| - | '''''The Los Angeles Free Press''''' (often called “the Freep”) was among the most widely distributed [[underground newspaper]]s of the [[1960s]]. It is often cited as the first such newspaper. The Free Press was edited and published weekly, for most of its existence, by [[Art Kunkin]]. The paper initially appeared as a [[broadsheet]], in [[1964]], at the annual [[Southern California]] [[Renaissance Faire]]. At this time it was entitled “Faire Free Press." In [[1965]] it became the ''Los Angeles Free Press." | + | Nearby cities include [[Las Vegas]] and [[San Francisco]]. |
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| - | This newspaper was notable for its radical politics when such views rarely saw print. The paper also pioneered the emerging field of [[underground comics]] by publishing the “underground” political cartoons of [[Ron Cobb]]. ''The Los Angeles Free Press'' was a founding member of the [[Underground Press Syndicate]]. | + | *[[Skid Row, Los Angeles]] |
| - | + | *[[The Los Angeles Free Press]] | |
| - | In [[1970]], much of the newspaper's staff and then editor Brian Kirby left the paper due to financial and editorial differences. The team began a competing newspaper, ''The Staff.'' | + | *[[Ferus Gallery]] |
| - | + | *[[Watts Towers]] | |
| - | On [[13 September]] [[2005]], the premier issue of a revived ''Los Angeles Free Press'' was distributed. It embodies many of the same ideals and beliefs and was again spearheaded by Art Kunkin, albeït with an entirely new staff. | + | *[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] |
| - | + | *[[Pan-Pacific Auditorium]] | |
| - | Author [[Charles Bukowski]] wrote the column Notes of a dirty old man for the Los Angeles Free Press. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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"Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A." (1975) The Miracles "My impression is you know, places like South Central L.A., around the country look more like the real third world countries - They're third world countries without the hope. That is that they have no medical care. They have no real economy - and yet in a third world country, it's developing. There is some onward development. There is some vision for the future."--Dr Bob Arnot cited in Spin "Welcome to L.A., the city of the one-night stands"--trailer to Welcome to L.A. (1976) by Alan Rudolph "One of the glories of Los Angeles is its modernist residential architecture, but Hollywood movies have almost systematically denigrated this heritage by casting many of these houses as the residences of movie villains."--Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) by Thom Andersen |
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Los Angeles is an American city in the state of California. It includes Hollywood and leads the world in the creation of entertainment.
Nearby cities include Las Vegas and San Francisco.
See also
- Skid Row, Los Angeles
- The Los Angeles Free Press
- Ferus Gallery
- Watts Towers
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Pan-Pacific Auditorium
