Progress! In 1968, as antiwar protests swept across US campuses, UCLA remained calm and quiet. Almost spookily so. Not this time.

Guess what song I'm listening to on headphones, whilst prepping for tonight's big band show?
Hint- Frank Sinatra/Guys and Dolls
The feet don't lie😜
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Get ready to swing🔥🎉

Ill. Gov Pritzker among the Sunday show guests this a m who talked of voters “going into the ballot box”. Not a lot of room in there.

A dismissed potential juror was asked on MSNBC what she observed about Trump: “He was less orange.”

All it took for the Brown and Goldman families to get paid the fine assessed by a civil court against O.J. Simpson for the double murders…was for him to die.

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The OJ trial you didn’t see. The one where he testified! And jurors found him liable for the murders.

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Got to hang with master Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor yesterday. A very special treat.

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This just not in: Elon Musk invites Don Lemon aboard today’s
rocket test.

RIP the unique Ruth Seymour, a brilliant public-radio prioneer, who gave Joe Frank the freedom to create stunning programs. She also gave me a show for more than two decades. She once swore she wouldn’t listen to mine, lest she get mad.

RIP The great Norman Lear. In his stint as a studio head, he greenlit This is Spinal Tap!

Het it for the editing.

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A few tix available for Judith Owen’s return to Space in Evanston, this time with a remarkable New Orleans band. Best way to top off a Tuesday!

This weekend I thought about my friend Paul so much. I can’t believe 5 years have passed.

Correcting the anonymous blurbster, but my guest this week on le show is Dr. Gary Marcus.

Great music in LA tonight, Judith Owen and her Gentleman Callers, reviving lost songs of sex and humor. A few tix left, 8pm, Grammy Museum, DTLA.

Hey, China let’s see you match this for advanced telecom infrastructure!

RIP Fernando Botero. The parade of his oversized statues down “little Santa Monica Blvd.” in BevHills years ago may have been the best public art display ever.