Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine
Editat de David Kukoff Contribuţii de Jeremy Rosenberg, John Densmore, Bob Chinn, David Ulinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2016
With the tragic and bloody ending to the optimistic 1960s in Los Angeles's fabled hills, the 1970s became a defining decade in the city. Marked by the Manson murders, rampant inflation, and recession, the decade seemed to usher in a gritty and unsightly reality. The city of glitz and glamour overnight became the city of smog and traffic, a cultural and environmental wasteland.
Los Angeles in the 1970s was a complex and complicated city with local cultural touchstones that rarely made it near the silver screen. In Los Angeles in the 1970s, LA natives, transplants, and escapees talk about their personal lives intersecting with the city during a decade of struggle. From The Doors' John Densmore seeing the titular L.A. Woman on a billboard on Sunset, to Deanne Stillman's twisting path from Ohioan to New Yorker to finally finding her true home as an Angeleno, to Chip Jacobs' thrilling retelling of the "snake in the mailbox" attempted murder, to Anthony Davis recounting his time as "Notre Dame Killer" and USC football hero, and Samantha Geimer discussing the timbre of Los Angeles in the time leading up to her assault at the hands of Roman Polanski, these are stories of the real Los Angeles-families trying to survive the closing of factories, teens cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, the Chicano Moratorium that killed three protestors, the making of a porn legend.
Los Angeles in the 1970s is a love letter to the sprawling and complicated fabric of a Los Angeles often forgotten and mostly overlooked. Welcome to the Gold Mine.
Los Angeles in the 1970s was a complex and complicated city with local cultural touchstones that rarely made it near the silver screen. In Los Angeles in the 1970s, LA natives, transplants, and escapees talk about their personal lives intersecting with the city during a decade of struggle. From The Doors' John Densmore seeing the titular L.A. Woman on a billboard on Sunset, to Deanne Stillman's twisting path from Ohioan to New Yorker to finally finding her true home as an Angeleno, to Chip Jacobs' thrilling retelling of the "snake in the mailbox" attempted murder, to Anthony Davis recounting his time as "Notre Dame Killer" and USC football hero, and Samantha Geimer discussing the timbre of Los Angeles in the time leading up to her assault at the hands of Roman Polanski, these are stories of the real Los Angeles-families trying to survive the closing of factories, teens cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, the Chicano Moratorium that killed three protestors, the making of a porn legend.
Los Angeles in the 1970s is a love letter to the sprawling and complicated fabric of a Los Angeles often forgotten and mostly overlooked. Welcome to the Gold Mine.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781942600718
ISBN-10: 1942600712
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Rare Bird Books
Colecția Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book
ISBN-10: 1942600712
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Rare Bird Books
Colecția Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book
Cuprins
John Densmore—"LA Woman Redux," The Doors in the 1970s
Luis J. Rodriguez—"What Needed Screwing Got Screwed," industrial Los Angeles in the 1970s
Joe Donnelly—"Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney to the Z-Boys"
Dana Johnson—"March 1974," first hand encounter with the SLA house
Deanne Stillman—"From the Desert to the Sea: First Hand Encounters With Los Angeles," Didion-esque musings through adventures in the desert
Lynne Friedman—"Hamburgers, Hemorrhages, and Haute Cuisine"
Joel Drucker—"The Making of a (Tennis) Player," sports and sex in the 1970s
Howard Gerwitz—"Ritam Bhara Pragya," a young meditator moves to Hollywood
Ken Levine—"Me? I've Got a Pilot.," breaking into the LA TV 'biz'
Geza X—"Shitty Lead Guitarist Takes California By Storm," producing LA punk icons in the 1970s
Mitch Schneider—"Merging Worlds: Los Angeles, 1979," a New Yorker moves to LA
Jillian Franklyn—"I Was an Illegal"
Bruce Ferber—"Bright Lights, B-City," working in B pictures
Matthew Specktor—"Last Button on the Left: The Late, Great Z Channel"
Michael Lazarou—"Heart of Darkness: How Dr. Demento Saved My Bony, White Ass"
Lynell George—"For Now"
Susan Hayden—"Borrowing Sugar," a poem about growing up around celebrities
David Kukoff—"It Was Fun While It Lasted... an Oral History of the Innovative Program School"
Rick McCloskey—"Cruising Van Nuys Neighborhood"
Chip Jacobs—"Snake vs. Wolf," the Esalen cult
Anthony Davis and Jeremy Rosenberg—"The Notre Dame Killer," the USC tailback that succeeded OJ Simpson
Del Zamora—"The Day Three Chicanos Died"
Erica Lyons and Debra Wacks—"Snapshots: Seventies Performance Art in LA," the first all-women installation artpiece in LA
Joy Picus—"Running For City Council in the 1970s"
Samantha Geimer—"Just An Ordinary Girl," Roman Polanski
Bob Chinn—"Johnny Wadd: Origins," first encounters with John Holmes
Steve Hodel—"The Snake and Bake Murder," 1970s Hollywood Hills swinghouse turned kidnapping and dead bodies in the desert
Jim Natal—"A Few, Mostly True Things About LA"
Tom Teicholz—When Reality was a Joke: the Making of Albert Brooks’
“Real Life” (1979)
Luis J. Rodriguez—"What Needed Screwing Got Screwed," industrial Los Angeles in the 1970s
Joe Donnelly—"Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney to the Z-Boys"
Dana Johnson—"March 1974," first hand encounter with the SLA house
Deanne Stillman—"From the Desert to the Sea: First Hand Encounters With Los Angeles," Didion-esque musings through adventures in the desert
Lynne Friedman—"Hamburgers, Hemorrhages, and Haute Cuisine"
Joel Drucker—"The Making of a (Tennis) Player," sports and sex in the 1970s
Howard Gerwitz—"Ritam Bhara Pragya," a young meditator moves to Hollywood
Ken Levine—"Me? I've Got a Pilot.," breaking into the LA TV 'biz'
Geza X—"Shitty Lead Guitarist Takes California By Storm," producing LA punk icons in the 1970s
Mitch Schneider—"Merging Worlds: Los Angeles, 1979," a New Yorker moves to LA
Jillian Franklyn—"I Was an Illegal"
Bruce Ferber—"Bright Lights, B-City," working in B pictures
Matthew Specktor—"Last Button on the Left: The Late, Great Z Channel"
Michael Lazarou—"Heart of Darkness: How Dr. Demento Saved My Bony, White Ass"
Lynell George—"For Now"
Susan Hayden—"Borrowing Sugar," a poem about growing up around celebrities
David Kukoff—"It Was Fun While It Lasted... an Oral History of the Innovative Program School"
Rick McCloskey—"Cruising Van Nuys Neighborhood"
Chip Jacobs—"Snake vs. Wolf," the Esalen cult
Anthony Davis and Jeremy Rosenberg—"The Notre Dame Killer," the USC tailback that succeeded OJ Simpson
Del Zamora—"The Day Three Chicanos Died"
Erica Lyons and Debra Wacks—"Snapshots: Seventies Performance Art in LA," the first all-women installation artpiece in LA
Joy Picus—"Running For City Council in the 1970s"
Samantha Geimer—"Just An Ordinary Girl," Roman Polanski
Bob Chinn—"Johnny Wadd: Origins," first encounters with John Holmes
Steve Hodel—"The Snake and Bake Murder," 1970s Hollywood Hills swinghouse turned kidnapping and dead bodies in the desert
Jim Natal—"A Few, Mostly True Things About LA"
Tom Teicholz—When Reality was a Joke: the Making of Albert Brooks’
“Real Life” (1979)
Notă biografică
A graduate of Columbia University and UCLA Film School, David Kukoff has eleven produced film and television credits to his name. He has written for every studio and network in Hollywood, has published two books on film and television writing, and has been the subject of features.