“No Particular Place to Go” as Chuck Berry sang in 1964 is as good a metaphor as any to describe the current plight of the U.S. auto industry. It was just announced that the once mighty Pontiac is no more, and at least two of the Big Three are in serious danger of being relegated [...]
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No Particular Place to Go
Posted in Los Angeles, Video, tagged Aptera, Big Three, cars, Kurt Andersen, Los Angeles, Petersen Automotive Museum, Studio 360 on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
iPod, Meet Your Maker
Posted in Los Angeles, Video, tagged iPod, Kurt Andersen, Los Angeles, maker, mr. jalopy, Studio 360, tinker on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We recently spent some time with one of the most interesting people in Los Angeles. He’s a leading light in the so-called Makers’ Movement – people who believe that making things yourself, or fixing the things you have, is lots better than mindlessly buying new stuff.
His name is Peter but he goes professionally by [...]
New BLK JKS song! “Banna Ba Modimo”
Posted in Los Angeles, Music, tagged Banna Ba Modimo, BLK JKS, Los Angeles, mp3 exclusive, Music, Studio 360 on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When Studio 360 recently caught up with the up-and-coming BLK JKS in Los Angeles we stumbled onto a bit of a musical scoop. Hanging out “back-stage” with the South African band before their show at the LA Natural History Museum, we were fortunate enough to hear a brand new unreleased song from their forthcoming [...]
Desert Planes and Automobiles
Posted in Design, Los Angeles, tagged aircraft design, cars, desert, Dryden Research Center, Gene Winfield, hot rods, Los Angeles, Mojave, NASA, planes on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just spent a fascinating day in the desert an hour and a half north of Los Angeles.
It was an Art Center College of Design field trip. First stop was a hangar-cum-workshop at the Mojave airport – officially, and very grandly, the Mojave Air and Space Port — where I met Jon Sharp, a charming, [...]
Palm trees and power lines
Posted in Los Angeles, tagged Art Center College of Design, Kurt Andersen, Los Angeles on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings from the other side of the Pacific Rim– Los Angeles! This winter/spring Kurt Andersen has a special residency at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and we’ve got some LA-based stories and interviews in the works. I finally walked around my new nabe today in mid-city. (I’m calling it LaVicPic– near [...]
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