“We have come a long way since the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the other Music Center venues opened. So much great energy has come to the fore.”

Via Roger Vincent Los Angeles Times
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This morning's New York Post cover

Great thread

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He did it.

This tweet from southpaw made me laugh out loud just now

'Even though it was a multibillion-dollar company, 99 Cents Only operated under a premise straight from the Great Depression: a fair shake for everyone who entered.'

Lovely read from Col. Gustavo Arellano Los Angeles Times on why the end of this discount chain matters
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A downtown LA restaurant tacks an extra 4.5% charge to all customer checks to “ensure the safety for all staff and guests”

Not everyone is happy about that.
Via Summer Lin Los Angeles Times
latimes.com/california/sto…

'Ed Ruscha / Now Then' LACMA, Christopher Knight writes, 'stinks.'

And that's a good thing.

latimes.com/entertainment-…

Happy to see a photo by Al Seib on this morning’s Los Angeles Times front page! #SolarEclipse2024

Yikes! And remember what happened during total solar eclipses in Stephen King novels?

Wow. Those pinhole viewers actually work! #Eclipse2024

This is cool.
A gift link below #Eclipse2024
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😎

That time Bruce Bruce Springsteen was right in front of us

Tonight’s entertainment:

Class act

Didn’t go the way I had hoped, but what a game. Congrats to South Carolina.

Iowa!!

Two Broadway musicals feature the music of Huey Lewis. But in a cruel twist of fate, Lewis can’t always fully appreciate any of that music... He's losing his hearing

A lovely read from David Browne Rolling Stone
h/t Sherry Stern 🎭✈️ 😇✌🏻
rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…