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Yao Su Rong (姚蘇蓉)
Yao Su Rong (“姚蘇蓉“) is a Taiwanese singer and actress born on this day, 5 December, in 1946. Today she’s still best-known for her 1969 hit recording of “今天不回家” (“Today I Won’t Come Home”), the title...
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Happy Day of the Doors, Los Angeles
I love the Doors. I think I really got into them when I was fourteen. Around that time I developed a love for pretty much any rock band with lots of keyboards (see also ? & the Mysterians and The...
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Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — The Google Maps
INTRODUCTION Over the years I’ve drawn maps, painted maps, and created digital maps. For the latter, I’ve most often used Google‘s My Maps program for several reasons. It’s relatively easy, looks...
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No Enclave — Cuban Los Angeles
As of 2018, Latinos comprised an estimated 47.7% of Los Angeles’s population. 75% of Latino Angelenos were of Mexican ancestry. Salvadorans comprised about 8% of Latino Angelenos. Guatemaltecos...
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3 March 2020 Los Angeles County Election Endorsements
Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography’s ink and oil paint map of Los Angeles County Hello Angelenos! Are you generally happy with the direction Los Angeles is going? Do you like the thrill of living...
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The Ultimate Directory of All-Female Bands
INTRODUCTION Back when I worked at Amoeba Music, I wrote posts about all-female bands from the 1910s-1950s, all-female bands of the 1960s, and all-female bands of the 1970s. This year, for Women’s...
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Nobody Drives in LA — Public Stairways, Stair Streets, and Walk Streets of...
NOTE: Due to the current COVID19 pandemic, residents of California are currently urged to stay home except when absolutely necessary. We are also currently advised not to even buy groceries unless...
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Swinging Doors — Los Angeles Beer Map and History on National Beer Day
NOTE: Due to the current COVID19 pandemic, bars are considered non-essential businesses and are thus temporarily closed. Residents of California are currently urged to stay home except when absolutely...
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California Fool’s Gold — Southern California’s Lighthouses
When you read (or hear) the words, “California Coast,” what images come to mind? If you’re a Southern Californian, you may imagine beach bums and bunnies, woodies and wave-riding surfers. If you’re in...
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New York City Neighborhoods Map
As most of my readers no doubt know, I’ve made neighborhood maps of many of the cities that I’ve explored, including Barcelona, Busan, Detroit, Glasgow, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seoul, and Taipei. There...
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Literary Los Angeles
Note: Many businesses are struggling during the COVID19 pandemic and if you can support them, please consider doing so. Many book stores are currently closed and but some offer pick-up and delivery —...
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No Enclave – Tajik Los Angeles
INTRODUCTION There are not, I don’t think, many Tajiks or Tajikistanis in Los Angeles. I only know one, personally, and when we first met at a birthday party a few years ago, I got the impression from...
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Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — Coronavirus Pandemic Art Exchange
Who wants to participate in an art exchange? Perhaps you’re quarantined or self-isolating and would like to channel your descent into madness toward something creative. Or maybe, like me, your work is...
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — Teresa Teng
Teresa Teng (鄧麗君) was a Taiwanese singer and Asian superstar. Despite her death at the age of 42, her career traversed four decades. With her covers of Japanese songs in Chinese (including Cantonese,...
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — Thai Los Angeles
Los Angeles is widely recognized for its ethnic diversity. There are several communities — including those of Armenians, Guatemalans, Mexicans, and Salvadorans — which are larger in Los Angeles than...
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No Enclave — Hongkonger Los Angeles
INTRODUCTION Hong Kong has long been one of those globally prominent places up there with London, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo — and yet surprisingly little has been written about the Hongkonger diaspora....
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Pan-Asian Metropolis — Korean Los Angeles
INTRODUCTION Los Angeles is home to the largest Korean community anywhere outside of Korea — a distinction it has held since at least since 1979. Metro Los Angeles is home to the enclaves of Koreatown...
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Man Parrish
NOTE: Around 2009, I wrote a bunch of music biographies for Amoeba Music, which was then planning an ambitious project which ultimately never came to fruition. Some of the biographies I wrote did make...
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Mantronix
NOTE: Around 2009, I wrote a bunch of music biographies for Amoeba Music, which was then planning an ambitious project which ultimately never came to fruition. Some of the biographies I wrote did make...
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The Triffids
NOTE: Around 2009, I wrote a bunch of music biographies for Amoeba Music, which was then planning an ambitious project which ultimately never came to fruition. Some of the biographies I wrote about my...
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