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LA, Baby

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Mike reads from the book at Book Soup tonight on Sunset, at 7pm, and he’ll be on the BBC/PRI show The World this afternoon, talking about Cuba and Bali. Listen on one of these stations live, or hear the podcast later on. Read more

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Captured

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This astonishing photo series at the Denver Post shows the colors of the American countryside during the first years of World War II. Some people have commented that certain faces and expressions are gone for good, but to me it’s amazing how little has changed. “These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town... Read more

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Station Identification

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Mike reads tonight at Borders in Torrance: Wednesday, July 28 7pm Borders Books Torrance 3700 Torrance Ave. … And on Wednesday at Book Soup in LA: Friday, July 30 7pm Book Soup 8818 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles Come out and buy a signed copy! If you can’t make it, of course, there’s always a number of fine Internet outlets: And, if you want, you can splash this Facebook page all over your news feed: Now back to our regular programming. Read more

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Cephalopod Intelligence

From Radio Free Mike, 3 days ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles

How smart would you be if all your legs were crammed up into your head' In the wake of the Paul the Octopus phenomenon, the Boston Globe sticks up for cephalopods. Octopuses ?make decisions all the time, complicated decisions,? says Roger Hanlon, a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. ?People don't expect that from a creature related to an oyster.? Read more

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The Zoggs On Stage

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The South Bay’s finest homegrown surfband, The Zoggs, will play at Sainte Rocke in Hermosa Beach tomorrow night, Friday, at 9pm. Everyone’s encouraged to drop by. Copies of Sweetness and Blood should be available at a concession table. This officially kicks off the California book tour. UPDATE: The full list of readings is here. Read more

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Saltwater Buddha

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Jaimal Yogis, the author of Saltwater Buddha mentioned below, has a video trailer for his book too, complete with footage from my old neighborhood in San Francisco. Pretty spiffy. Saltwater Buddha is a funny and trenchant memoir of running away from home, learning to surf, and “finding Zen on the sea.” Read more

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The Geyser in the Gulf

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The BP leak may be “capped,” but those leaks in the ocean floor may be methane, according to this disturbing radio interview with Matt Simmons, the so-called Dr. Doom of the oil spill. Actually he says the oil geyser was a “leak,” but “this other thing’s a gusher” ? sending poisonous methane into the Gulf of Mexico and, perhaps, accounting for the mysterious non-oil-related deaths of sea life along the coast. If he’s right, it could be quite a bit... Read more

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