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Review: George Carlin's autobiography is colorful

"Last Words" (Free Press, 297 pages, $26.99), by George Carlin, with Tony Hendra: In 1987, when he was 50 years old, George Carlin decided the time had come for an autobiography from the groundbreaking comedian who had famously said "The Seven ...

From JOHN ROGERS, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Carlin,  Tony Hendra,  National Lampoon, Inc.,  Lorne Michaels

Berlin Wall divides L.A. art community

The concrete wall that divided the city of Berlin for 28 years is suddenly splitting a segment of Los Angeles' art community just as the 20th anniversary of the wall's falling nears. The trouble began earlier this month when the Wende Museum ...

From JOHN ROGERS, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ronald Reagan,  John F. Kennedy

Berlin Wall drives wedge through LA art community

The concrete wall that divided the city of Berlin for 28 years is suddenly splitting a segment of Los Angeles' art community just as the 20th anniversary of the wall's falling nears. The trouble began earlier this month when the Wende Museum ...

From JOHN ROGERS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ronald Reagan,  Shepard Fairey

Club Bounce beckons big babes

THE latest fad in the fat advocacy or big-is-beautiful movement are clubs that cater especially to fatties, who dress to the nines, strut their stuff and say they're proud to be fat. John Rogers weighs in. Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Shanghai Daily,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Rogers

Nightclubs for the plus-size begin to weigh in

Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way. These are big, big people, all dressed to the nines and many tipping the scales at 250 (113), maybe 300 pounds (136 kilograms). That's ...

From JOHN ROGERS, eTaiwan News,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cartoonist R. Mr. Crumb takes on the Book of Genesis

H is religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, come to think of it, may have made Mr. Crumb the perfect artist for ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Globe and Mail,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles

R. Crumb zaps the Book of Genesis in latest work

LOS ANGELES — His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, come to think of it, may have made Crumb the perfect ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Contra Costa Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles

Lenny Bruce memorabilia headed for auction

If he'd had a Lenny's House to go to, Lenny Bruce's daughter says, her father might have lived to celebrate his 84th birthday on Tuesday. But there wasn't one, and the groundbreaking comedian who pushed free speech boundaries to the limits with ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Taiwan News,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Lenny Bruce,  Richard Lewis (actor)

Lenny Bruce memorabilia headed to the auction bloc

LOS ANGELES - If he'd had a Lenny's House to go to, Lenny Bruce's daughter says, her father might have lived to celebrate his 84th birthday on Tuesday. ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Access Atlanta Vendor,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Lenny Bruce,  Richard Lewis (actor)

Water gushes down streets in drought-stricken LA

LOS ANGELES - Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles in nearly four months, and the main river that runs through the city looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days. ...

From JOHN ROGERS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: National Weather Service,  Robert Lee (actor)

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