J.D. Salinger has died at age 91 at his home New Hampshire. I just re-read The Catcher in the Rye about 2 months ago. In the Hollywood Hills, you can hear the rustle of movie execs scrambling for the opportunity to finally adapt The Catcher in the Rye for the screen.
Enraged by all the [...]
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J.D. Salinger dies
Empty L.A.
Some of the best times I have in the LA area are when I wake up early enough to ride my bike around town before there are any cars on the road. If you live on the west side, I highly suggest you set your alarm for 6am on a Sunday and ride your bike [...]
Los Angeles Fun Fact: In LA, it’s legal to marry a rock.
In 1976 Los Angeles secretary Jannene Swift officially married a 50lb rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.
Get more fun LA facts in this book: Bright Shiny Morning
LA Times Festival of Books – or – festival of big crowd induced panic attacks
Yeah I didn’t hang out long enough to form too much of an opinion. Lots and lots of people with bags of swag bumping into each other. Oh and the guy with the wizard hat. I did see find some cool needles in this literary haystack, those being the out-of-bounds located McSweeney’s, and the Vroman’s [...]
Barry Gifford appearing at Diesel in Brentwood
Barry Gifford, author of Wild At Heart, will be appearing at Diesel in Brentwood to sign his new book The Imagination of the Heart, the final chapter in the saga of Wild At Heart characters Sailor and Lula. Details:
Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Location: DIESEL, A Bookstore BRENTWOOD
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is please [...]
